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Coincidentally, 2035 is about the age for me to retire and collect.
My undergrad econ prof told us in 1988 or so that there wouldn't be any Social Security to collect when my generation retired, and I've never seen anything to suggest that he was wrong. If the US is still around, there will still be something they call Social Security, but it's not gonna be what my generation was promised.

2024-09-10 18:55:31

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Does one of the many standards allow specifying a fallback address/pubkey to pay?

2024-09-06 18:26:11

Help me crowdsource a title for my spring course about Bitcoin aimed at business & economics majors. I need to get this course description in today!

2024-08-25 19:16:56

Operation Chokepoint 3.0: The Cattening
#nevent1q…mfu9

2024-08-21 20:10:52

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Without a widely-used web of trust or some other simple method of checking fingerprints and matching to identities out-of-band, self-signed certs aren't very useful.
Definitely does seem like a problem we could solve with freedom tech, tho.

2024-08-17 23:23:59

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You have my vote.

2024-08-02 23:53:05

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I agree with all of this. But I do think the CIA conspiracy theory has a couple of things going for it: (1) US government funding of Tor (it isn't above embracing freedom tech when it serves its purposes) and (2) the NSA's history of involvement in non-classified crypto to steer adoption toward weak ciphers.
While I don't seriously think the CIA invented Bitcoin, we *do* need to be aware that three-letter-agencies may be working to subvert it.
Bitcoiners need to be whole lot more skeptical when the government decides to "help". I'll leave folks to draw their own conclusions about how that applies to a "strategic bitcoin reserve" and other current foolishness…

2024-08-01 16:38:39

TFW you're running a #Bitaxe
https://image.nostr.build/a1f7475cf86d865a40d98eb8d3e754b68c9ccfc0f1132022a7917ed632c16a34.jpg

2024-07-31 10:20:28

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Unfortunately, he's still basically a Democrat. But at least he's the old kind of Democrat, from back when Democrats at least pretended to care about civil liberties (and Republicans pretended to care about government spending). Those were simpler times…

2024-07-25 19:21:09

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Yup. This is why I'm bearish on both Trump and the ETFs. The best case scenario is that it gets co-opted… And "crypto" people will happily go along with it because NGU.

2024-07-24 18:08:40

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When? He's already said that he wants all the bitcoin mined in the US, revealing that he doesn't understand and/or care about decentralization.
And let's not even get started on his statist economic policies in general…

2024-07-18 18:05:53

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I mean, it's supporting Trump or Biden in the first place that makes them "sheeple". Showing solidarity this way with someone you support who's just been shot at strikes me as no different than shaving your head when a friend is going through chemo.

2024-07-13 07:48:43

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Total normal.

2024-07-08 19:25:55

Very cool! I just installed this game because it promised I could earn some sats, and now I see there's nostr integration, too!
https://blocks.thndr.games/r/HpcC

2024-06-29 03:32:17

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https://image.nostr.build/de699a785b4d2e8442383d7a0f99ce7f8c2f925773cec8b03071c00a5721df2f.jpg

2024-06-29 03:29:06

My Bitaxe Supra is offline to get fixed, but I just added this #Bitaxe Ultra in its place. Gotta collect them all!
https://image.nostr.build/fa52e470d93f2e99ae9997e1936f550362deee6659adf89be03254085f5fe0a1.jpg

2024-06-29 03:23:06

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I may have to try that! Just bought my second Bitaxe and I will probably buy more.

2024-06-29 03:15:03

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But it's impossible to know whether those sats came from customers.
Instead, try asking your customers to post pictures of your products in use and then link to those.
Also, maybe add Bitaxe stands. :)

2024-06-29 03:06:40

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Dozens not in use. Dozens more in use.
I registered my first domain name in 1992, though. I used to have more. 😂

2024-06-29 03:03:44

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Those are rookie numbers.

2024-06-29 02:53:00

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How do both choices keep getting worse, though?

2024-06-25 23:45:08

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Especially on a hot summer day!

2024-06-24 01:34:33

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https://image.nostr.build/3b8251a36e694b8f41be1972d085107111051bf396bc5275e25964b5a463967b.jpg

2024-06-22 18:05:43

This got me thinking: if this real Swedish sentence sounds exactly like the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, does he just sound normal when the show is translated into Swedish? Or do they dub him in nonsense French?
https://image.nostr.build/0d6de024875f4a9a784ec82c3fab7eaf732f5fb468ab4f66bfbacfa7ee1679d8.jpg

2024-06-22 02:31:42

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I was thinking maybe I just needed more fans, so I ordered another Bitaxe.

2024-06-22 02:30:01

I would like to thank everyone who believed in me.
https://image.nostr.build/9316c4b8ec6f8dcf3a5e881408b4a382cc3aa24d4c886c34be003d3bcb7471f0.jpg

2024-06-21 22:39:37

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IYKYK 😂

2024-06-21 01:58:36

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Incidentally, I think this is the first time I found out that a celebrity died from nostr rather than from Twitter.

2024-06-21 01:57:44

RIP, Donald Sutherland, you absolute legend.
https://image.nostr.build/069f1237012cec5d34f998dc3cacad48685c286a6584d655a47ce1c2c0d5098a.jpg

2024-06-21 00:45:08

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If you get this joke, you are no longer young. 😂 ☔ 🪩

2024-06-20 08:10:12

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YAML was first, but JSON wasn't a proper subset of YAML until version 1.3, IIRC.

2024-06-19 23:34:56

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To be fair, YAML came first. ;)

2024-06-19 23:27:31

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Yeah, wish I had thought of it.

2024-06-19 17:24:30

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Relatively new, but enjoying so far: https://www.pod256.org/

2024-06-16 19:30:25

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Though, of course, the Bitaxe can be even more fun if you do also run a node and lottery mine using your own templates. :)
If you want to do that, getting an Apollo II might be a better way to go. Or, both, since they can work together.
Anyway, the Bitaxe is really fun.

2024-06-16 19:21:55

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I've probably said this before, but this seems like a good place to use (a network of) caching proxies for reads. I wonder whether software like Squid could be adapted to our purposes?
There's also the old NNTP model, but all that storage space and indexing was really a bitch back in the day!

2024-06-14 21:30:55

You bootlickers know who you are.
https://image.nostr.build/82ca924eaf432503a2b12d4833cf4468ad40d9b77ea1947fc6abbf2a3c0c7cde.jpg

2024-06-14 15:53:49

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I'd wear a shirt with a tasteful picture of a Bitaxe. Just sayin'.

2024-06-14 15:31:11

GM
https://image.nostr.build/e29d85f2be253807148a62ceeb2170368baacd045ea0de9d895896123d488f72.jpg

2024-06-13 18:19:12

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I would get involved in a project like that. I'm not a developer, but I've been hosting Internet email since UUCP was a thing, and could probably find other ways to contribute like testing and documenting.

2024-06-13 18:14:53

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I'm not there yet, but I am at "laughing when my friends gripe about their 401k going down 1% in a single day".

2024-06-13 06:46:31

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I think… holy unencrypted DMs, Batman! 😲

2024-06-13 04:15:13

Now that I have my new #Bitaxe and my old S9 mining on a local public pool instance, my next goal is… https://blurt.blog/bitaxe/@offgridlife/7vdmku-turning-sunshine-into-bitcoin-solar-mining

2024-06-12 23:55:07

I just increased my hashrate by ~0.1%… #bitaxe #bitcoin #plebmining
https://image.nostr.build/696e71120b6f1c25b4466ceeb774aed185aa4793a949069438152f1647524857.jpg

2024-06-12 18:05:25

BitAxe: *arrives*
Me: Ooo! Stickers! Shiny!
https://image.nostr.build/54d02df394d2a103bf5a18d28f6cda5a55cfb82d807a3028c92c48a35a34ea5c.jpg

2024-06-09 19:37:35

Been diving down the #Bitcoin silent payments rabbit hole lately and it's making me so bullish! tl;dr A way to have a convenient permanent on-chain address that simultaneously increases privacy, with no soft-fork required.
Peek into the rabbit hole: https://silentpayments.xyz/
Go deeper: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/579/
Even deeper: https://bips.dev/352/

2024-06-09 08:08:46

An important Bitcoin PSA
https://image.nostr.build/2abf71b0ac1fa9f95488de857c8a4f65eb2f57df48a670f8c47fd40b70472195.jpg

2024-06-08 09:12:24

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Guy on the right looks like he might sprain his neck.

2024-06-08 08:12:35

Fuck Business Insider.

2024-06-03 16:56:10

GM
https://image.nostr.build/e08aef31c1f6555752107b2743a74ca818d13da6698ab08898550e1c3293e936.jpg

2024-05-30 20:46:54

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To be fair, this was how I originally discovered that I *could* make a screenshot with my phone.

2024-05-30 18:34:23

#bullish
#nevent1q…yamm

2024-05-29 19:53:53

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What could go wrong?

2024-05-29 19:45:19

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As a former BBS sysop, I knew what I was getting myself into. 😂

2024-05-29 19:43:56

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Exactly.

2024-05-29 19:37:59

Gonna be lazy and try to #AskNostr on this one…
What's the best solution (node software + hardware) for using a hardware wallet with one's #Lightning node? (I'm fine with using a command line, but will be connected to the node via SSH, not locally.)

2024-05-28 07:22:01

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Feed me, Seymour!

2024-05-23 17:40:35

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Right now I am disassembling a piece of flat-pack furniture for the second time to fix a piece I put in wrong, so I need all the validation I can get. 😆

2024-05-22 22:25:20

Proof of Pizza https://image.nostr.build/858dab5630248d28f0e39d4c4e79d5dc3e2a7a43271873d15176661801beec3e.jpg

2024-05-22 20:51:11

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I'm doing both.

2024-05-21 21:04:25

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Or this… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(South_Park)

2024-05-21 21:03:02

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So happy I managed to close and open some Lightning channels while I could…

2024-05-21 20:57:40

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"When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." would also work with this image. 😂

2024-05-15 19:37:14

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I always heard it as the second one, but lately only hear it as the first!

2024-05-15 19:35:34

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https://youtu.be/i1wZVVMKojw

2024-05-12 21:44:10

https://image.nostr.build/6b8acd1b1d4871718e32fb8bc47a7979393a6cf7de1cfde57d4c47550274a6e0.jpg

2024-05-09 22:40:06

Current Mood:
https://image.nostr.build/47bdd447ef407e19ac1b3aaa4d308d220b685a688627140f7ec16712431945d0.jpg

2024-05-09 21:40:48

GM
https://image.nostr.build/fa5699776e7c99cbdee1d1d6a52a4b42de0595d67c42dac4596aed2f64ab3884.jpg

2024-05-09 21:32:39

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It's what qualifies you to be president.

2024-05-01 15:55:17

If you didn't live through this, go read Crypto by Steven Levy. Great history of non-classified public key crypto and the (ongoing) fight to keep to keep private communications private!
#nevent1q…gt8a

2024-05-01 15:50:30

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Few.

2024-04-17 19:58:36

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The Dems used to be antiwar in the same way that the GOP used to be the party of fiscal restraint: mostly talk, but at least they did pretend to care.

2024-04-17 17:23:21

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I think part of it may be that it looks less stable if you're estimating it from the packets of work submitted. I.e., once "warmed up", the hash rate is actually pretty stable as viewed on the money, but the reported hash rate at the pool will look much less stable.

2024-04-15 16:49:01

Bitcoin fixes this.
https://video.nostr.build/21cd72dc1c4855d4af9542868b220d0796f04b4e97ff62b54bc2a6167ce91e0a.mp4

2024-04-13 23:30:55

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The problem with the Constitution is that it doesn't stop the government from getting big enough to violate our rights in the first place.

2024-04-09 18:37:57

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I mean, if you worked for Biden, you'd need to pound a few brews, too.

2024-04-09 02:53:12

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon…
https://image.nostr.build/01f76c3ba15c8d793210ad94f1c3daa79c4277f416b5fc821e04deda324dc7f1.jpg

2024-04-06 21:04:04

Helpful tips for Monday's eclipse.
https://image.nostr.build/b32aff5c735c28f513d3f26127d3c7f854ca5afa29242381b8efee0d7a9db26c.jpg

2024-04-05 00:17:56

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Maybe I forgot one important detail: I'm using Pandoc to render the slides. :)

2024-04-04 21:07:55

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2024-04-04 21:05:11

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I like all these things! :)
I happen to be giving a presentation about Markdown tomorrow, and I'm trying to solve this issue:
#nevent1q…r0vq

2024-04-04 21:01:34

OK, fellow #Markdown nerds, I have a stumper: I want to get the stylized word LaTeX in my beamer slides but also have the PowerPoint slides fall back to "LaTeX". If I use "\LaTeX", it looks great in the PDF, but doesn't appear at all in PowerPoint. Can I specify a fallback?

2024-04-04 01:19:39

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I spent 20 minutes tricking the hotel WiFi into giving my laptop an IP. Now I eat cheesecake.

2024-04-02 00:02:30

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can buy a smaller home. Today's average home is twice as big as when my parents were starting out.
You can also move somewhere that starter homes don't cost $1 million.

2024-04-01 19:42:43

https://image.nostr.build/80fb61a2c42e0266f429121277860f1fe7f821a1a5c4f53f8ac0e06a5b20e194.jpg

2024-03-30 22:53:28

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It's all fun and games until you get your first bill…

2024-03-30 22:51:29

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As a professor, it was a great way to keep up with what my students were *actually* doing all week. 😂

2024-03-28 04:37:45

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Mostly, we were so traumatized by how bad the first one was that anything would seem good by comparison. (Though I did like the TV mini-series from 2000, despite the low budget.)

2024-03-26 21:04:18

https://image.nostr.build/92bbf1c8207f130c5c32b761df18a54f46f5233d1c7446e31071e147baff2018.jpg

2024-03-26 20:48:15

One of my econ students told me today that his middle school English teacher explained the Cantillon effect to him. #bullish

2024-03-25 17:08:45

Me: I need bitcoin to 14x from here.
Friend: So you'll be rich?
Me: No, so I don't have to do math in my head to figure out prices.
#nevent1q…tu7k

2024-03-18 01:02:26

#SundayMeditation https://image.nostr.build/e5735211622e702a01e68234acc09d2b24fdf1c62a7508abc07e30bcea4a3754.jpg

2024-03-14 15:41:53

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TBH, exactly the opposite for me, because I was happily stacking sats for cheap in 2023.

2024-03-14 15:39:40

The city is a jungle and I'm a beast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg3m1N6V_fk