manny_goldstein

Interested in self-sovereignty, martials arts, music and tech.

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2024-09-05 14:22:05

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I am much more relaxed here too. I feel much more like I am selecting things to think about rather than having them pushed into my head.

2024-09-04 15:04:23

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100%. I switched to a flip/dumb phone for a few months at the beginning of this year and I felt like a completely different person. I would actually daydream and come up with ideas again. It ended up being too obstructive and I unfortunatey switched back.
Since then though, I've tried a couple easy habits that have really helped.
1. Keep it put away (out of sight and out of touch). I'll zip it into a pocket of my backpack when I'm working and close it into the nightstand when I'm in bed. Just not seeing in your peripheral vision or feeling it in your pocket really cut down on a MASSIVE percentage of that passive, compulsive feeling to "check" something. Even just 1 second of extra friction is enough to make a huge difference.
2. Set the phone UI to greyscale (black and white). It is amazing how much less interesting / engaging this makes your phone even though it is still usable/functional its just not very enjoyable (which is what I want).
Anyone else got any simple habits for reducing phone usage?

2024-08-04 17:06:16

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Lol. I did this when I was recording the proposal to my wife. Turned the video on, leaned it up against the wall and pressed record. Have a really romantic audio recording of my proposal and really solid footage of the wall

2023-12-13 02:35:53

I am able to post on #nostr on one computer but when I try from a different device I am stuck in "read only" mode. I have the private key stored in the getalby extension on both devices and I am using the Iris.to web client. Any idea what could cause this? Is there some documentation somewhere? @npub1sg6…f63m

2023-12-13 00:02:15

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https://image.nostr.build/6ec5f7d0349ecea52624af8df6e7cee53ddf395f27d2f4675ebdf7d4d962b7e8.jpg

2023-12-12 23:57:45

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Even though I love self-custody, it really is a huge sense of responsibility. You have to desire self-sovereignty for it to be worth the perceived extra stress. I think that what Obi is doing with Fedimints (where someone personally connected to you is self custodying the bitcoin for a group of people but not every single person needs to learn it in depth) is going to be more scalable.
I hear people say that self-custody is going to get "so simple" but the more I hear that the more trust is involved. If the people taking self-custody don't understand the basics for how to vet whether a self-custody solution is actually secure, eventually you are going to have a herd of people fall victim to marketing campaigns about self custody that aren't actually self custody. Imagine for example how many people who own ledger hardware wallets are 1) not aware of the private key backup recovery they use on some devices and 2) wouldn't know why that was an issue even if they did know.
The simpler you get with self-custody the easier it will be to push people into unsafe products in my opinion.

2023-12-12 23:50:33

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I think the number of people who own bitcoin that self custody would be maybe in the 20-30% range. I think it really depends on how unstable and confiscatory governments get and how obvious it is to the general public. If the average person doesn't think their government is going to steal their bitcoin then they will probably hold it in a bank for peace of mind.

2023-04-23 15:53:37

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Tee hee stop it Cupid me

2023-04-21 20:26:33

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Congrats!

2023-04-21 20:22:14

Any other chess players on Nostr? #grownostr

2023-04-20 20:45:39

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Money is stored energy.

2023-04-20 12:11:57

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Love it

2023-04-20 12:06:58

Some really interesting info on some of the health benefits of prolonged fasting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RT4qIO27uw&pp=ygUOYWxhbiBnb2xkaGFtZXI%3D
#grownostr

2023-04-20 12:06:28

Just got done with a 4 day water fast. Results....lingering joint aches/pains down 60-70%, inflammation way down, down about 4lb (although that's not part of my goal). Mental state.....super chill. Cardio capacity --- way up (subjective but just did kind of a triathlon to test).
Anyone else have experience/inclination towards fasting for healing/overall body maintenance? I feel like I've really benefitted from it over the past 5 years or so.
#grownostr

2023-04-20 11:59:12

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I need to check these out I have the Bose Quiet Comfort but they are starting to crap out after quite a few years

2023-04-19 15:30:49

When the world looks like its decaying....it feels someone defeating but I'm grateful that we are getting to stage where the decay is becoming so acute that we will actually get to be part of the solution and see what happens on the other side. #grownostr

2023-04-18 19:57:47

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Closer to real life :)

2023-04-17 16:05:46

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Hahah soooo many possibilities :)

2023-04-17 13:22:02

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Thanks! I'll try that out. I'm mostly just looking for a practical and beginner friendly way to get STARTED. I'll eat whatever ends up getting grown :).

2023-04-17 13:16:27

FED: the labor market is strong and therefore the economy can handle additional rate hikes.
Meanwhile over in big tech..... #grownostr
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_eb61f54c5efe9f0bba5440964bf5d6958826b8f6be0bfe4c44ac4dcc538d71dc.gif

2023-04-17 13:03:26

If you had a small set of raised garden planters (think a 15 X 20 foot area) what would you grow in it? I'm new to gardening and have limited space but would like to dip my toes in. #grownostr

2023-04-17 12:38:36

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Nice! I will definitely get my kids one some kind of combat sport some day. I didn't when I was a kid but I wish I had. I became so much chiller afterwards. Crazy how good you can get at things when you are a kid too. There is a 13 yr old kid who can regularly submit many of the adults at my gym. Wild :).

2023-04-17 06:04:52

Honestly, after trying to explain lightning to people in real life to a bunch of blank stares....it feels so good to be able to use a permissionless payment network on a permissionless communication network. What a time we are living in now.
https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/747b388abf806eace4febf55841285da?width=1024
#nostr #btc #lightning

2023-04-17 05:32:27

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Fees for bitcoin transactions are completely auction/market based....why don't you think they would go up as BTC takes more and more market share as a settlement layer?

2023-04-17 05:05:31

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Assuming nation state actors are able to accomplish a reasonable amount of obfuscation for their holdings.....it seems like the only way to successfully censor transactions in a 51% attack would be to require each transaction to be explicitly ALLOWED (rather than just NOT DISALLOWED).
I feel like this tidbit would dramatically reduce the incentives to cooperate (i.e. a country would be more likely to comply with an attack if the request was to simply blacklist a handful of OFAC addresses than if the requirement was that other countries basically have to have US permissions to transact for ALL transactions). Do you think that's accurate?

2023-04-17 04:58:07

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It's so exhilarating to see how far we are into the "then they fight you" stage. Although the idea of the US becoming openly hostile is a stressful concept....I am a bit relieved at the thought that:
1. Most countries outside of the G7/NATO would benefit if the US's dominance of the global financial system was eroded (which would incentivize them not to cooperate in censorship). Many in the G7 would probably like to see the US lose that power as well.
2. Every country that issues a fiat currency has a potential selfish incentive to block their own populace from using bitcoin....however they don't need to attack the network itself to do that.
So considering a country can choose to block capital flight in their OWN country without attacking the bitcoin network, and NOT cooperating with the attack erodes the US's financial power over the world which they benefit from.....I feel like the US would be likely to lose this battle since they are really the only people who would benefit from attempting the attack.
I mean I can easily see a scenario where Russia and China rev up bitcoin mining to 11 even while disallowing their own populations from using it just to watch the US lose power over sanctions. Thoughts?

2023-04-16 13:57:30

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Haha I actually haven't tried it. How does it compare to Monero?

2023-04-16 12:54:33

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Lol is this the IMF's new commercial for their new CBDC?

2023-04-16 12:52:59

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I feel you bud. Been there several times in my life for quite long chunks. Just remember its ok to feel depressed for a while. In my life it has precipitated much better chapters afterward (like the coiling of a spring). Also, for me...cold showers, sunlight on your skin and movement all help a lot....and if that doesn't cut it, water fasting for a couple days can help too. Good luck bro.

2023-04-16 12:42:29

A huge proportion of the people I talk to who are interested in self-sovereignty/freedom are into training with firearms...how many people are also interested in training combat sports? If you are interested....what do you/have you trained in? #grownostr #bjj #mma

2023-04-16 12:39:36

Incredible rendition of Moonlight Sonata's 3rd Movement. #music #piano #classical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zucBfXpCA6s&pp=ygUbYmVldGhvdmVuIHZhbGVudGluYSBsaXNpdHNh

2023-04-16 12:20:06

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hey DPR depends on what you mean by projects in terms of protocols, btc, nostr, monero, etc. For hobbies pretty into BJJ/Music would be interested to get some kind of channels or groups together there. Also learning software development so groups around self-taught software dev might be interesting too (since you probably get a lot of independent types on here).

2023-04-16 12:11:13

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LOL. I'm learning to code right now and already worrying about this.

2023-04-16 12:00:19

TESTING.....Hello Nostr World

2023-04-15 22:55:10

So Excited to be finally be on nostr! Been putting this off for a while and already blown away to see how this works.