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2026-05-07 20:34:26 GMT

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I feel like allopathic medicine has its lane... if I shatter a bone, I want surgeons and such. But for microbial disruptions... well, let's just say I'm doing my part to keep herbalism alive!

2026-04-12 04:22:29 GMT

My husband is subjecting me to a video compilation of porch pirates acting all offended and traumatized when they get a booby-trapped package. I'm sure some are fake, but I'm exactly as sure some are real, and that is disturbing.

2026-01-05 00:14:58 GMT

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Well, that's as useful as a screen door on a subarine...

2026-01-05 00:06:02 GMT

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That would put Vance in the driver's seat. ARE YOU SURE?!

2026-01-02 22:14:03 GMT

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I thought The Crow was so bad I was embarrassed for the script writers and actors. But the OMPS is one of the most solid of the decade.

2026-01-01 01:57:30 GMT

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Back atcha! I always give you ++ Karma when Baggy Trousers plays on the FABULOUS Rock-n- Roll PreShow. Best of the Season!

2025-12-31 23:42:03 GMT

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I just want to know where to sign up to get my tax money back. Can we sue these fkrs for ACTUAL economic damages? Is there a class action thing I can join?

2025-12-13 01:40:00 GMT

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Adam has a fair point. I got a bit over enthusiastic. I could've accomplished the same thing in 10-15 seconds. Sir Gene was pushing my buttons on purpose and I was way too defensive, so he won. It was kinda funny though... 😁

2025-12-11 21:03:23 GMT

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They might be able to listen, but good luck taking over my favorite car... 1989 Isuzu Trooper. Still less than 100k!

2025-12-08 08:19:35 GMT

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You know how fiercely CSB protects his privacy, so, sorry I don't think he will be publishing his voice anytime soon. You'll just have to endure mine 😏

2025-12-08 08:17:42 GMT

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I don't think there is an easy way to lose your mom, but some are more shocking than others.
Christmas will be tough, being the first one without her. You'll need all the strength you can get. Blessings to you and your family.

2025-12-06 11:39:30 GMT

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Me too. That's why I'm submitting to this torture. These interviews HURT. But if there's the smallest chance of a revelation, it's all worth the pain.
I've been vomiting for the last two days, and it's not from food poisoning. These discussions LITERALLY punch me in the gut.

2025-12-05 20:20:51 GMT

If any podcasters would be willing to bring this reopened unsolved murder case to the attention of your audience, I would be eternally grateful. Hit me up.
It's my MOM. It means the world to me. I'll come on your podcast to talk about it if that would be the way to go. Or if you'd just give it a mention, that would be great too.
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/cold-case-reopening-bapd-asking-for-communitys-help-in-2021-homicide-case

2025-12-05 20:11:45 GMT

OK frens, you did a great job the first time, but I need to to do it again. BOOST THIS!! PLEASE!!
This is the second news interview about my mom's murder case with a different channel.
I know you only see a few selectively edited seconds of me, but these are usually 20-minute interviews. I know that doesn't sound like much, but reliving the incident is a throat punch EVERY TIME. It knocks the wind out of me.
If I can do that, Y'all can BOOOOST!!!!
TIA.
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/cold-case-reopening-bapd-asking-for-communitys-help-in-2021-homicide-case

2025-12-05 00:20:20 GMT

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That is HORRIFIC! I'm so sorry! At least my mom died instantly and relatively painlessly... 6 bullets will do that.
Prayers... SINCERE prayers... I know what it feels like.

2025-12-04 03:24:44 GMT

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Yes. Extensively.
I can't divulge much beyond that for fear of messing up the case, but that is where they are investigating.
THANK YOU for boosting! I want this shared to the ends of the earth!
And there's a 10K reward for an answer.

2025-12-04 00:53:23 GMT

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A NSFW filter would be nice...

2025-12-04 00:43:45 GMT

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Broken Arrow is a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma USA.
My thoughts regarding suspects are centered around her work as a CPA. I suspect she may have discovered "funny" accounting, and refused to participate. She was as ethical as they come. She would NEVER allow cooked books on her watch. Lots of money was in her purview as an accountant. LOTS. I think that's where the answer is.

2025-12-04 00:31:31 GMT

*** PLEASE BOOOOST!!! ***
This is a news story TODAY about my mom's murder 4 years ago. We still need answers!
That is MY face. Those are MY words. That is MY mom!! This isn't some unrelated thing. You KNOW the person who is begging for answers. PLEASE SHARE!!
https://youtu.be/vZmjoD1MvEA?si=ivP2Z0nQhfRVjPpE

2025-11-30 03:05:52 GMT

Is there a new scam where a seemingly normal looking email from microsoft, thus:
[email protected]
Is sent to you about a security breach, but it's not your account?

2025-11-29 22:00:53 GMT

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It's not Trump. I mean, maybe a little on the surface, but mostly young people are crushed by debt and floundering in an increasingly unaffordable cost of living. They feel unable to achieve the level of success of previous generations.
Some of that is their own fault for being unwilling to start small and work up... they want everything their parents and grandparents had in middle and old age, but they want it right out of college.
But some of it is capitalism that's gone too far.

2025-11-27 02:54:51 GMT

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When you said Curry dinner, I thought you meant you would be enjoying the talents of Adam Curry, the Podfather... which I find immensely more appetizing than turmeric...

2025-11-27 02:49:40 GMT

I give thanks for @npub1gx2…4lmh . MUCH thanks! I kinda went on about it on our last episode of Grumpy Old Dames. We appreciate you!!

2025-11-23 23:47:42 GMT

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Did you have an attachment to go with that suggestion? Or was it more a lol than a suggestion?
I'm still too new to go into "sacred spaces". Listening to tech podcasts is like a modern American going to Latin mass. I believe in the concept, but I don't understand the language.

2025-11-23 23:42:14 GMT

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Amen. To heal ourselves and others.

2025-11-23 23:38:33 GMT

Cleanfeed users,
(Everybody else, PLZ boost for visibility! xo)
2 questions:
1) a noticeable gap has recently appeared before each clip, when I hit the button, even if the front of said clip is trimmed to a hair's width. What happened, and how do I fix it?
2) HOW does Adam do those instant replays? Like when the stream gets wonky and Adam just says, "ok take it from here" and replays to that exact point in the conversation. Is he just a wizard? Or is there a special secret?

2025-11-23 01:52:46 GMT

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All I'm saying is that if the good guys play dirty because the bad guys are playing dirty, the good guys, BY DEFINITION become bad, because they're doing bad things, and we are what we do, not what we say. So at that point, since you're as bad as them, you have no moral high ground. But, if playing dirty is a precondition of winning... then you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

2025-11-22 22:01:29 GMT

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I'm always up for defining nomenclature... When I say "values", I mean morals, scruples, ethics. Do you feel that's misconstrued? If so, how do you define values?

2025-11-22 21:59:26 GMT

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Being resolved in your position is noble (assuming it's a noble position), but fanaticism implies an extremism that can't be characterized as good or just.
You certainly don't need to identify with an opposing ideology to not be a zealot.
There are degrees of dedication, and it is possible to cross a line, maybe without even realizing it until it's too late.

2025-11-22 21:29:05 GMT

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The problem with that is you can't do it if you have a healthy conscience, and if you compromise your values that way you become the same or worse than your adversary.
It's a truly damned if you do and damned if you don't situation.

2025-11-22 06:48:06 GMT

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That makes sense.
WE do feel sad. It's a very, very mad world.

2025-11-21 02:58:37 GMT

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Should I feel bad that the best performers in my portfolio other than real estate are Exxon Mobile and Palantir?

2025-11-20 21:07:39 GMT

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Darren said the same thing! 🤣

2025-11-20 19:45:13 GMT

What a GREAT day!!!
@npub1778…53yq fixed my Alby issue once and for all! Thank you SO MUCH!! It was like an itch I couldn't reach. Drove me CRAZY! WHAT a RELIEF!! All hail DarrenO!!
AND my mom's murder case has gone back to the detective I like best. The one who CARES.
I'll be doing more TV news interviews on my mom's behalf soon and I hope each of you will share them far and wide. SOMEBODY knows SOMETHING, and you never know who might have the missing piece of the puzzle. 10k reward, too!

2025-11-20 02:17:57 GMT

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Oops. Sorry. Stepped away for awhile.
I'll check IRC.

2025-11-20 01:29:40 GMT

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It seems like a step in the right direction!
My wallet in albyhub.com and in the Alby app through Umbrel still shows 7770 sats. How do I meld these wallets? It's okay if I lose some sats, but the end goal is to have ONE wallet, ONE hub, and for sats to be able to flow into and out of that single account.
Loca does all the stuff for Grumpy Old Dames website, and I think we all need to be on the same page, since she's the one who links up the boost capability.

2025-11-19 21:09:00 GMT

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I'll be on that immediately!
You are so kind! I hope everyone is as kind and generous to you as you have been to me!!!

2025-11-19 20:16:23 GMT

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I don't know if this means anything, but I feel I should mention it:
I contacted Alby support a couple of days ago to get instructions directly from them. They answered very quickly. Within an hour. I followed the instructions PRECISELY and kept hitting a wall regarding a recovery path. So I emailed again, thus:
"Please send me the correct Windows desktop installer (.exe) for the version that supports seed recovery."
Crickets for 24 hrs.
Does Alby not want me to recover my stuff?

2025-11-19 19:58:49 GMT

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I'd be glad to hand over the reigns. Just tell me when.
The other copies you see in the screenshot are when I attempted to re-install the app so that it would show a recovery path. Alas, to no avail. But they're just copies. I don't think I made it worse.
lmk when/if you have time.

2025-11-19 09:20:02 GMT

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I've followed instructions to the letter. I'm trapped in a loop. It would make anyone frustrated. Most non-tech people would have given up weeks ago. Or months ago.
I've provided all the relevant screen shots. I'm not sure if you were tagged in all of them, but I'm as transparent as I can be.
The 4 steps are probably geared for those who subscribe, and that's a viable business model.
I inadvertently made a tangle when I tried to migrate. It's not intuitive.
You have been nice.

2025-11-19 08:33:48 GMT

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I missed the sleep and affection...

2025-11-19 08:31:57 GMT

You're right. A hundred bucks wouldn't even cover a night at the movies with my family. It's chump change. The POINT is that I'm not a chump! I don't simply throw money at every prince from Nigeria who just needs my bank account numbers to receive his inheritance.
I only want a clear path forward to recover the account. I did my part. I retained all the recovery phrase words and the public and private keys. It's not unreasonable to ask Alby to do its part and show me where they keep the lock.

2025-11-19 08:05:19 GMT

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yeah, nothing says 90s like a VCR remote...

2025-11-19 06:09:53 GMT

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That's a logical fallacy commonly called an ad hominem attack It is pretty easy to call out once you recognize it.

2025-11-19 06:05:42 GMT

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Please demonstrate...

2025-11-19 06:01:20 GMT

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Is it wrong of me to wonder why this guy/chick has FOUR remotes and not a single spray bottle?

2025-11-19 05:59:31 GMT

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It IS correctly labeled...

2025-11-19 05:24:59 GMT

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Thank you for sticking with me as long as you did. I apologize again for how frustrated I was at the start. None of that was directed at you personally. I’ve just hit so many roadblocks — loops, missing screens, files that won’t open, recovery steps I can’t reach. I know developers don’t always see what end users go through, but you’re the only one who even replied, so I’m grateful.

2025-11-19 05:05:35 GMT

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I have both the seed/recovery phrase and literal virtual keys. I cannot find the ignition. That is, I cannot locate a field in which to type either the seed or the keys. Not on any platform. Not on the web. Not on the app through Umbrel. Not in the extension. It's deeply hidden.

2025-11-19 04:58:44 GMT

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This is the screen shot when I click, double-click, centi-click, etc. on that folder. No matter how much I click its brains out, it just lays there.
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/574/591/854/221/817/original/2129916c1ec39364.png

2025-11-19 04:53:05 GMT

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This is the screen when I right click on the application. If I click "Run as admin", it either does nothing or takes me to a new browser window.
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/574/569/274/930/031/original/6d2c46b066c29918.png

2025-11-19 03:57:56 GMT

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We keep trying to wait until we get the boost thing sorted, but that's looking more and more like a distant fantasy.

2025-11-19 03:40:36 GMT

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You still don't understand that this isn't penny-pinching (although I do DESPISE being sucked into one way subscription models. They're like roach motels where you can check in, but you can't check out.)
I'm financially comfortable, okay? But I don't like being played for a fool. It's PERSONAL now!

2025-11-19 03:37:29 GMT

I'vr TRIED. I've sent MANY screen shots. EVERYTHING leads me in a giant loop. I'm not trying to crochet here. There HAS to be a solution!
This whole thing is due to the fact that I CANNOT access any field in which to plant my SEED, which I still have. It appears that Alby has removed ALL access for ME (Maybe others can do it, but my system and setup simply WILL NOT) to a recovery link.
I've contacted support for a direct recovery link. They haven't answered yet.

2025-11-19 03:31:59 GMT

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That's the thing. I HAVE the keys. The car disappeared.

2025-11-19 03:31:14 GMT

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Darren, I've double-clicked on that entry so many times it should be having a post-climax cigarette by now. IT DOES NOT OPEN.

2025-11-18 22:27:34 GMT

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I'm obviously no tech wizard, but I’m also not trying to summon lightning. (Just the NODE!) I’m just trying to find ONE screen that looks like the guide says it should. Instead, everything shape-shifts the moment I look at it. It’s like my computer is auditioning for experimental theater. I’ll get this sorted eventually, but goodness, this journey has... personality.
Thank you for your attention to this rant.
5/5

2025-11-18 22:25:50 GMT

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So far I’ve downloaded files that open nothing, tapped buttons that change identities, and followed guides clearly written for a much luckier version of me. The features I need behave like they’re in hiding. Meanwhile, tech bros shrug and say, “We’ve never seen that happen.” Of course you haven’t. I’m apparently the proud owner of a limited-edition software chaos mode.
4/5

2025-11-18 22:24:57 GMT

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All I want is to use the seed words they told me to save. Should be straightforward. Instead, every route politely escorts me back to the same login page like an overly helpful maître d’. I keep thinking, “Surely this time,” and then—nope. Back around we go. I’m beginning to suspect I’ve entered a very elegant GLITCH!!! in the matrix.
3/5

2025-11-18 22:24:00 GMT

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People keep saying, “It’s easy.” Sure. Easy like assembling furniture with no instructions and three extra parts. Screens shift, menus hide, and each click feels like rolling dice. I’m convinced the software has a secret sense of humor. I’m keeping it together, but honestly… if one more button disappears, I might develop a new facial twich. This could explain Adam's Turrets...
2/5

2025-11-18 22:22:08 GMT

@npub1778…53yq @npub1glq…4zwa @npub1z6g…amwj @npub1gw9…74re
I’ve spent WEEKS trying to get into the Alby Hub wallet I made in July. Every tutorial shows magical buttons that refuse to appear for me. Pages loop, menus vanish, features teleport. I’m starting to wonder if my setup was built on a dare. Adam was right — it’s a miracle any of this functions. At this point I’m running on sheer determination and caffeine.
1/5

2025-11-18 21:38:41 GMT

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It'll rally. It always does. I keep an eye on my positions, but I don't sweat the swings too much. Long-haul investments like mutuals and metals usually trend upward over time. I've taken a chance on a very few individual stocks, and I usually just break even on those. The fund managers are WAY better at it than I am. I'll gladly pay a commission for that.

2025-11-18 06:28:38 GMT

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Probably for the best. The market took a big ol dump today. This could be the dip you were looking for. I wish I'd held off on the nuke stocks. Today would have been a much better day to buy those. I lost about 15% on them in approximately a week, so I'm glad I didn't put too much into them.

2025-11-16 20:00:52 GMT

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Okay. So @bumi, please give me EXACT instructions on how to reach the place where I can enter the recovery phrase/seed that I wrote down last summer. I can either use the Alby hub through Umbrel, albyhub.com through my browser, getalby.com through my browser, or the Alby extension.
Thank you for being so patient. If you can fill in the last piece of this puzzle, I'd LOVE to return some value to you.

2025-11-16 05:23:56 GMT

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I think they've been "fixing" it a LOT over the past year 🙄

2025-11-16 05:17:36 GMT

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I may have gotten those out of order, but if you scroll back a bit in this thread you will find the first 3 pages after I sign into getalby.com.

2025-11-16 05:15:00 GMT

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When I click on the "My Alby" button, I get the pages I posted earlier:
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/664/439/581/808/original/4873ab6238bdc00c.png
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/666/328/387/222/original/11604acbf6aaf23e.png
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/668/974/076/381/original/3e5c35faa45c5264.png

2025-11-16 05:12:48 GMT

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Yes, the one that starts like this:
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/660/333/460/724/original/abc3e41a07d66d7b.png

2025-11-16 05:03:11 GMT

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Does this look familiar?
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/622/178/133/968/original/b353616453f74165.png

2025-11-16 05:00:00 GMT

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Yes, the screen shots I sent immediately prior to the last screenshots were from the Alby Hub app. Do they look wrong?

2025-11-16 04:16:33 GMT

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The screens I sent previously were Alby Hub. This is the first screen Top and bottom) after the sign in for getalby.com:
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/436/104/060/457/original/2d12d7149a75c406.png
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/437/047/746/600/original/9e1cfa4ff2e02684.png

2025-11-16 03:36:41 GMT

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Okay, so after I sign in, this is the first screen, second screen, third screen after following the prompts for "self-custodial".
Please show me on the dolly where to touch...
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/279/094/859/503/original/b9eda1fc78c1b3c2.png
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/280/691/356/455/original/72c5deb74c964d34.png
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/557/281/807/548/149/original/7bb1062eaefdbfa3.png

2025-11-16 03:20:35 GMT

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Are you saying that I should NOT sign in? Should i pretend like I'm making a new account?

2025-11-16 03:12:26 GMT

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At the risk of sound like a cross between dumb-as-a-brick and a nagging wife, WHERE, PRECISELY do I find the place to type in the recovery words?

2025-11-16 02:40:29 GMT

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Ok. There is the off chance that when I very first got the Alby app, pre-Hub, on a device that drowned a couple of years ago. Did the sats drown with the computer?

2025-11-16 02:37:25 GMT

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But I want ONE hub. That seems to be an option that eludes me.

2025-11-16 02:36:24 GMT

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The hub through umbrel has the sats CSB sent. The hub that I poked around and found in one of my computers is prompting me to go back through all the steps. It wants me to open my "first" channel. Again.

2025-11-16 02:28:09 GMT

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I tried poking around at some keys and i got a new page asking me to open my first channel. From this I will infer that I do have more than one hub, and now that is a BIG PROBLEM. How to I integrate everything I've done for the last few years into a single account with a single wallet?
The last few weeks represent the most concentrated time I've spent at a computer keyboard BY FAR in my entire 55 year old life.

2025-11-16 02:07:47 GMT

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Honestly, I don't know. I followed the instructions on the screen to the best of my ability. Was I supposed to intuit something that was inferred but not explicitly instructed?

2025-11-16 02:00:27 GMT

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I found this:
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/556/903/883/460/191/original/d4b7ff7391ca9e15.png

2025-11-16 01:20:50 GMT

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yes

2025-11-16 01:20:35 GMT

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I really do not know how to do that. I looked at settings>apps, but to no avail. I really don't understand how to look for specific software. Is it at all user friendly?

2025-11-16 01:18:14 GMT

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No, the words on the Lightning node match what I wrote down last month when I opened a Lightning node. The Alby recovery words are different.

2025-11-16 01:16:43 GMT

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No. They're two different sets of words for two different apps.

2025-11-16 01:10:31 GMT

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I don't see any words in Umbrel. There are words in Lighning node that match my words. I cannot find the recovery words in Alby.

2025-11-16 00:57:51 GMT

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I have two sets of random words, A set or 12 called "Alby recovery words", and a set for Lightning node called "secret words".

2025-11-16 00:55:35 GMT

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Yes, but I don't recall which one it was.

2025-11-16 00:52:01 GMT

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No. I have the laptop I set up on. I was just going to press the old laptop into service in place of the Pi but it would not cooperate.

2025-11-16 00:50:18 GMT

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First, by "one of them", do you mean one of the wallets? And how can I see if it has Alby Hub software installed?
Vaguely. Until this morning, I could see sats on both computers, but only in the extension. The Hub ALWAYS said 0 sats until today. I consider that progress.
If you think you're getting confused, remember I've been on this project for months and it's still opaque.

2025-11-16 00:44:33 GMT

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I know. I'm not lacking vocabulary, but jargon and acronyms really throw a wrench into anything I'm trying to learn.

2025-11-16 00:42:52 GMT

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The really old lappy you refer to is sadly laid to rest forever. I thought I could squeeze a little more juice out of her, but she was bone dry.

2025-11-16 00:38:00 GMT

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ok, then I definitely established the account on one of the two computers in front of me now. Is there a way to check which one?

2025-11-16 00:34:42 GMT

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I guess that would be you, since you seem informed @npub1xld…9wzl
Use small words, no jargon and spell out the acronyms, if you please Sir.

2025-11-16 00:32:33 GMT

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From July? Geez, you're asking for an insane amount of recall... on my phone maybe?

2025-11-16 00:29:36 GMT

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I used Umbrel to set up Bitcoin node, Lightning node, and Alby Hub.... although I had an Alby hub set up since July, but it never was functional. i was not asked to copy down more words when I started using Umbrel. Ostensibly, it was all the same account.

2025-11-16 00:21:16 GMT

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My settings in the Alby Hub has no "backup" feature.
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/115/556/513/843/639/124/original/5a8acd77ebc6fb43.png

2025-11-16 00:12:53 GMT

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This is confusing me again. Do I have two hubs? How can I check? Afaik I only have one set of recovery words.

2025-11-15 23:54:31 GMT

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Yes. I wrote them down. I just didn't know that it had euphemistic references.

2025-11-15 23:50:49 GMT

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OK. They called it "recovery words" on the app. "Import the seed" didn't ring a bell at all.
WHERE do I "import" the seed/recovery words?

2025-11-15 23:43:26 GMT

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Adding @npub15us…jnvx to thread