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I’ve only been coding for like a month now, but so far, each challenge seems like you stare at the problem for hours with no progress, then suddenly have a mental breakthrough and solve it in 5 minutes.

2024-05-04 01:23:14

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I stuck my fingers in an electrical outlet as a kid, and have avoided getting zapped ever since then.

2024-05-03 20:19:01

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So go convince people. Put a concrete proposal with a specific PR out there instead of whining.

2024-05-03 19:07:04

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You choose which devs code you want to run. You can also write your own code to run.

2024-05-03 18:09:18

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You don’t need to write code, you choose to run code.

2024-05-03 17:42:38

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Things @npub1sn0…jdv9 could have done instead of simply issuing a warning:
-drafted an on-chain privacy proposal with a PR to Bitcoin Core
-if he lacks the technical skill, he could sponsor a dev to work on this for him
-forked Bitcoin Core and integrated a protocol level privacy feature, then pushed for adoption of his chain
-built a new privacy tool akin to coinjoin, payjoin, silent payments, etc.
-helped improve existing decentralized privacy tools like Joinmarket
But instead, all @npub1sn0…jdv9 has done is talk, talk, talk and act holier-than-thou. Zero action.

2024-05-03 17:37:19

If you’re not drafting a concrete privacy proposal, accompanied by a pull request to the Bitcoin Core repo, your “warnings” are useless, and simply a demand for developers to work, for free, on things that you want. #note1acv…0f28

2024-05-03 17:32:14

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Wallet? I’ve got one in my pocket!

2024-05-02 23:15:27

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Please provide links where people can donate to support your work.

2024-05-02 23:13:02

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“McDonalds doesn’t produce the BigMac- they just assemble it for you.”

2024-05-02 23:08:22

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Well, they don’t produce hardware, so it’s naturally easier to iterate.

2024-05-02 21:38:53

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Love SS, but that’s a matter of opinion. There are pros/cons to every signing device.

2024-05-02 21:38:20

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Are you saying devs should write code that compensates themselves based on how many lines of code they wrote?
Do you get how bloated that codebase would get, and the perverse incentives it creates?

2024-05-02 20:42:12

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Easy for you to say, you live in the Free Nation of Canada, not the USSA. 😉

2024-05-02 20:40:41

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You run into a free rider problem, though.
Users benefit from the project, whether they donate to it or not. So everyone thinks, “Why should I contribute? Someone else probably will.”
That’s how you end up with systemically underfunded FOSS projects.
Which is why finding a monetization strategy (like fees for coinjoin coordination, or sales of hardware) can be very useful.

2024-05-02 20:00:24

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Relying on charity isn’t as sustainable as a business, though. Devs need to pay their bills.

2024-05-02 19:41:41

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Learning to code, my brother. 🫡

2024-05-02 18:40:02

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It’s a purely political prosecution.

2024-05-02 03:33:20

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Malpractice risk leads to defensive medicine.

2024-05-01 22:20:58

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It was hosted on Gitlab, from what I understand. They were apparently very close to rolling it out. Not sure if anyone had cloned it before their arrest, but I assume so.

2024-05-01 22:19:28

Writing code stretches your brain.

2024-05-01 03:50:55

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40% exit tax is insane.

2024-05-01 02:53:13

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I’ll look into it 🙏

2024-04-30 15:16:18

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Yeah, I’m still not sure how we keep relays from centralizing over time.
There might be a solution, though. 🤷‍♂️

2024-04-30 15:12:37

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When Stratum V2 kids book?

2024-04-29 14:07:07

Craig Wright permanently ruined the name Craig; if you’re a Craig, you should change your name just to distance yourself from him.

2024-04-28 17:00:53

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Maybe read @npub17u5…t4tp's article. He worked on email software for a decade, and has far more experience than you or I.
https://blog.lopp.net/death-of-decentralized-email/amp/

2024-04-28 15:47:00

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https://image.nostr.build/411c9ec073a57618401ea81de7277ff2fc87fc2b63abd72ee73e07dd1876f034.jpg https://image.nostr.build/76e267536c13aa30287e1a10df58f3d206cba0e6a40c2747b21cffc894a52048.jpg

2024-04-28 15:03:00

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Your outgoing emails will end up in the recipient’s spam.

2024-04-25 03:45:44

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Don’t be a martyr, just win.

2024-04-24 22:26:28

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We’re firmly in the and then they fight you stage.

2024-04-24 02:15:02

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I’m learning python now, and ChatGPT/Co-Pilot has been a godsend. Clarifies any questions I have, reviews my code for errors or improvements and points them out to me, it’ll even compare my code to another sample and explain which is better and why.

2024-04-24 00:19:36

I have no idea how people learned to code before AI came along.

2024-04-23 20:05:40

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Those are all good, but stock Android is riddled with Google spyware. Graphene has been giving me headaches for weeks now.

2024-04-23 19:33:30

I hope one day we have open source tools that rival Apple products in terms of user experience. Seems a long way off right now.

2024-04-23 03:43:10

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Wow, I went two years without cleaning my Berkey filters. Just replaced them, though.

2024-04-22 13:01:53

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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

2024-04-21 12:33:53

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Bitbox does have a secure element, but this presentation is primarily about whether or not air gapping is beneficial.

2024-04-21 02:14:59

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This presentation by one of the guys at Bitbox claims air-gapping offers little practical benefit:
https://youtu.be/UdNxecnAcF8
As far as firmware updates goes, though, it gives me incredible peace of mind doing it via SD compared to USB, since even if the firmware update is malicious, it can’t extract your seed remotely if it’s air-gapped.

2024-04-21 00:02:13

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Cause it’s plugged into your computer via USB. A malicious Trezor Suite update could potentially swipe your seed.
Air-gapping offers incredible peace of mind.

2024-04-20 23:28:05

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Every Trezor firmware update scared the hell out of me.

2024-04-20 02:11:55

Happy Halving! May the next epoch bring you great fortune! https://image.nostr.build/0fc3f700659f8f7e94b0223084409b73dd261d9e9ed23dde48cf459e904bb89f.jpg

2024-04-19 17:42:04

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It’s sad. Jeffrey Tucker was the first person I heard about bitcoin from. He’s so deep in Roger Ver’s pocket now, there’s no way out.

2024-04-18 14:52:33

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Now that’s what I call a full stack developer!

2024-04-16 23:40:38

Any sufficiently advanced money is indistinguishable from bitcoin.

2024-04-14 17:21:49

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The people protocol is implemented very poorly, time to hard fork DNA.

2024-04-14 17:19:37

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Before now, I had no idea CMC even had a community/social media aspect to it.
I thought it was just a site that listed the prices and market caps of various cryptos.

2024-04-14 03:16:11

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Unfortunately, Apple and Google are complicit in the move away from this the last ~25 years.

2024-04-13 23:12:01

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$58k gang about to win big

2024-04-13 21:55:16

Day 5 of learning python complete. I’m ready to start contributing consensus-critical code to Bitcoin Core.

2024-04-12 23:06:05

@npub1art…m0w5: “What’s the support line for Bitcoin Core?”
@npub1s6z…wk4c: “X.com”
🤣🤣

2024-04-10 21:15:03

Latest full node sync on a new Start 9 Server One with ~277 mbps download speed: 27 hours.
Not bad, not great.

2024-04-10 21:10:17

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Well said. 👏

2024-04-10 14:31:06

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What’s the benefit of Tutanota over Protonmail?

2024-04-09 22:04:31

Don’t worry about bitcoin, worry about your bitcoins.

2024-04-09 17:23:05

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Can anyone provide details on this allegation?

2024-04-09 01:41:42

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This is beyond insane.

2024-04-07 17:42:52

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So, no revenge?

2024-04-07 15:03:36

Shoutout to the Meme Factory @npub1nw5…n2gn @npub1zh3…4qq9 @npub135x…5xpr for putting on an amazing Halving celebration. Can’t wait to make it back to El Salvador and see the rest of the country.
Having said that, I’m never listening to any song by Journey ever again. https://image.nostr.build/c6bc74014f6c3b30298d9615a44be0192bb98c9382293e677ab813788b1b0604.jpg

2024-04-03 21:08:51

Anthony Bourdain, except instead of eating food, he travels from country to country orange-pilling people.

2024-04-02 15:06:43

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I read it, but I’m not cool enough to post there.

2024-04-01 01:03:02

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😬

2024-03-30 00:40:54

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The bitcoin blocksize limit.
Bitcoin’s current blocksize limit is 4MB, which means the blockchain grows at about 200 GB per year.
Whenever someone syncs a brand new bitcoin node, they must download and verify every single block in bitcoin’s history, dating back to the Genesis Block.
The faster the blockchain grows, the harder it is to sync a full node, meaning fewer and fewer people do it, and eventually the blockchain is only run a handful of small entities (Google, NSA, etc.) in centralized data centers.
The big blockers (Roger Ver, Craig Wright, etc.) wanted to raise, and perhaps even eliminate the blocksize limit altogether. Over the long run, this would be a disaster of epic proportions and lead to the failure of bitcoin altogether.

2024-03-29 23:05:02

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Yeah, there’s something weird going on with Okung where he wants to act like he’s smarter than all the bitcoiners that have been here and doing this for a long time.

2024-03-25 16:03:42

How did people pay for gasoline before credit cards? Did you seriously have to go inside and pay the cashier every single time?!?

2024-03-22 04:44:06

Bitcoin mining will gravitate to Russia, Venezuela and Iran.

2024-03-14 15:30:54

I’ve been sleeping on the same cheap, shitty IKEA bed frame and mattress for 7 years now. Might finally spend some sats on an upgrade.

2024-03-13 17:28:47

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Inflation you can mitigate or avoid without leaving your jurisdiction.

2024-03-13 17:20:49

The US/IRS is going to pull a Grayscale.
Specifically, they’re going to hike capital gains tax rates (much like Grayscale’s exorbitant ETF fees), and milk the bitcoiners as long as they can, until we get fed up and leave for friendlier jurisdictions.
The difference is that they can make the exit much more expensive and difficult than Grayscale can.

2024-03-12 21:49:01

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Efficiency? Do more with less.

2024-03-12 16:51:32

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Classical bangers? Can’t wait till I hear this in a nightclub.

2024-03-11 18:09:06

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A student of Vakeology or a worshipper of Vakeism?

2024-03-10 13:38:49

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Maybe he should’ve been a little more…. bearish?

2024-03-10 02:33:38

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TIME IS AN ILLUSION YOU CANNOT SEE TASTE OR TOUCH TIME

2024-03-09 18:23:32

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That’s no random girl on the right; that’s the Sandwich World Champion!

2024-03-09 01:16:01

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That’s why I’m puzzled when I hear people say that $1 million is outlandish. That’s the same return as $4750 (last seen <4 years ago) to today.

2024-03-08 17:32:53

Travel is overrated. Go to the gym.

2024-03-08 02:13:30

Since nostr posts can’t be undone or deleted, every nostr client should display a warning “do you really want to broadcast this dumb shit to the entire world?” before it actually sends.

2024-03-06 03:12:11

Just cracked open @npub1art…m0w5's new book. https://image.nostr.build/4ce2dea6a2f86ac8b7b728bd38ebbb558d8cbae3d22e810ace243ec1f90ba3ce.jpg

2024-03-02 18:07:11

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Happened to my Umbrel running on a Raspberry Pi a year back as well. Those Pi’s don’t make great full nodes, especially if you Whirlpool a lot.

2024-03-01 23:27:21

IT’S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR! 🐊 🐊
Very proud of my alma mater (although this should’ve been done long ago). https://image.nostr.build/c844dea311e46c3002bb45ba2f94ca28c02aac6db2b69941ca6e5e2f98aedb0f.jpg

2024-03-01 21:40:49

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Let me introduce to the great, great state of Florida someday.

2024-03-01 16:03:26

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I can’t get FOMO for a place I’d never even heard of until they announced a bitcoin conference there.

2024-02-28 13:20:44

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They make checking signatures easier, with no command line experience?

2024-02-27 15:58:59

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And always check for Craig’s PGP signature on your download.

2024-02-27 10:07:34

If Musk hadn’t bought twitter, nostr would be much bigger now.

2024-02-26 18:58:31

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Kiwi.com (never, ever use that site) sent me the wrong boarding pass for my flight out of Buenos Aires today. So I’ll miss my check in at the hotel in Puerto Iguazu, get penalized to reschedule , had to rebook a new flight…. 😡

2024-02-26 16:28:57

It’s crazy to me that showing up late to a hotel booking (not extending it, just arriving a day or more later) incurs a penalty or potential cancellation.

2024-02-22 13:44:29

The real test of a woman’s loyalty is whether she’s willing to do thirty years to life behind bars for crimes you committed.

2024-02-21 01:27:01

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It’s better than Atlas Shrugged in my humble opinion.

2024-02-21 01:17:27

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Wait till you read The Fountainhead and meet Dominique Francon.
Roark was eating sloppy thirds by the time she was done with Peter and Gail.

2024-02-20 20:13:47

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I’d switch from PlayStation back to Xbox.

2024-02-20 19:10:02

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That’s a good start.