aldin
Aldin

An example of shrinkflation #scam:
In several places I have seen minced beef being sold with added water. In one case it was 6% water + some chemicals to help it hold onto the moisture. In another case the label did not show the exact water content but it was called Bio Beef Product, from which I deduce that there is so much water, that they are not legally allowed to call it meat.
Reading labes is a must. There is no reason minced #beef should contain anything else besides 100% meat.

2023-08-02 15:44:41

Do you use mind maps?
For me personally it's the most useful tool for organizing thought, brainstorming ideas and planning projects. I am using SimpleMind app on my phone and loving it.

2023-08-01 12:58:26

Sovereign Individual - written in 1997
just found my old notes from this book:
- an individual can free himself from the masses
- ideas in your head are more important than physical capital
- states will lose control but they will use violence in an attempt to keep it
1. choose the best government to live under
2. avoid USA
3. don't leave money in a state that claims to own you
4. don't reside in a country from which you own your first passport
5. travel to select attractive residencies
6. get physically secured space - walled off from troublemakers
8. some formerly good countries will suck
9. some shitty countries will grow
10. pick places unlikely to be nuked
11. do business online
12. use encryption
13. offshore business
17. jobs will be gigs, not occupations
19. wealth will be created by adding knowledge
23. cybermoney will replace fiat
27. cognitive skills and clear thinking will be rewarded

2023-07-31 14:07:15

What's up with all the surveillance cars in European cities? With cameras all over like a "street map" cars, yet they keep driving around all day multiple times through the same spots.
Some look like the are checking parked cars with their cameras on one side pointing down. Others 🤷‍♂️

2023-07-30 15:47:56

are no KYC Bitcoin based debit cards still a thing?

2023-07-29 18:42:03

I made a bet with a friend on who is gonna do more pushups within 2 minutes. We have one month to train.
I suggest it as a trick to get more motivated to workout but it was likely a bad financial decision, since he is the one who is currently stronger.
What would be the best training program?
#workout #pushups #fitness #gym #gymstr #sweatster #shredster

2023-07-28 22:36:02

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Joyful Wisdom is an easier read so I'd recommend starting with Nietzsche there.

2023-07-27 23:08:31

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the worst are white LEDs blasting full throttle in the evening

2023-07-25 10:13:41

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Suicide of the West - James Burnham

2023-07-22 20:45:22

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Are you having swan for dinner tonight?

2023-07-22 16:43:42

Does it make sense to be bullish on real estate?
Because, despite birthrates staying below replacement level, the population of the world is projected to peak at 11 billion by the end of the century. The issue is that they will be old.
This documentary suggests we should worry. Yeah, because the welfare state is a fucking ponzi scheme. Like every other ponzi, they are destined to run out of people to rip off eventually.
https://rumble.com/v2okppk-birthgap-childless-world-by-stephen-j.-shaw-part-1.html

2023-07-22 13:06:57

How to onboard a merchant to btc:
#note12mm…fsj7

2023-07-18 18:52:14

The empire is toast. I am moving to a libertarian enclave somewhere in the wilderness mountains.

2023-07-17 20:30:21

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Rex be like: https://media4.giphy.com/media/8US6ERbtKbVfCLeHc7/giphy.gif

2023-07-17 13:02:13

I am looking for more methods, tools and habits in my life that would help me to maximize my individual sovereignty. Please share tips and tricks, even obvious ones. Looking for inspiration.
#cypherpunk #bitcoin #sovereignty

2023-07-16 00:45:43

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https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_4117810842234278441689461079.webp

2023-07-14 19:37:56

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Absolutely! These days it's super easy to onboard people into self custodial wallet in two steps.
1) download Phoenix Wallet
2) write down seed
Done. Help your buddies if they have questions later.

2023-07-13 15:42:55

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Yeah I see it. If I understand correctly, they got a list of naughty words somewhere and made them part of "reserved identifiers". So you cannot come and create an account @hitler. That does not mean it's a forbidden word as @npub180c…h6w6 suggests.

2023-07-13 15:27:04

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It's a list of "reserved identifiers". Saying it's list of banned words is misleading.

2023-07-10 22:03:49

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I suspect that the positivity here is due to the fact that we have relatively small number of people selected for having somewhat similar values or interests with ethos unappealing to most people outside.

2023-07-10 20:12:06

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1) Be their customer and offer them payment with Bitcoin. Make them curious.
2) Call it Bitcoin - they don't need to know terms like lightning, on-chain until they need it or other unnecessary technicalities. Say "it's easy, you just need to intall an app".
3)Make them install Phoenix Wallet and backup the seed properly. Explain why it's important to not lose the seed.
4)At the start send them large lightning transaction so that the app opens a chunky channel. Make tham send most of the money back - that way they will be left with inbound liquidity. This step is also an excercise for them to try receiving and sending.

2023-07-09 23:32:53

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10 years from now you will find this post and think "good ol' days"

2023-07-08 20:09:23

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grandpa

2023-07-08 20:04:09

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seems like a typo *cold card

2023-07-08 19:49:12

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"Normies" by definition will not understand things. That's normal and it's okay. We often get the democratic urge to make people understand, turn them to our side, and imagining how great it would be if... Best thing an individual like you and me can do is to continue being awesome when we can.

2023-07-08 16:32:06

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No chance this will happen. Elon is going the opposite direction. He is building a walled garden - that is KYC all users, no bots and moderated by community notes.

2023-07-08 14:17:34

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isn't it a safe bet to assume that all those apps already have 0-day exploits?

2023-07-06 12:57:53

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this ilustrates that 1) conventional devices have backdoors built into them ready to be used. 2) in current society the state will get away with totalitarian practices without much resistance from the general public. 3) in general your political regime will do anything necessary to sustain itself

2023-07-06 11:43:33

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Would you please post all that stuff here? I would love to have this thing in my back pocket without having to go through that depressing process of collecting it myself.

2023-07-04 20:27:14

https://youtu.be/hGPjy8qVoJA?t=654
Are people here familar with Curtis Yarvin? Here he is suggesting that creating parallel societies is the best way to make a change, which I find quite inspiring. Nothing new, but worth a listen.

2023-07-04 12:32:30

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no KYC is in many countries in Europe if it's under 1000€ in fiat

2023-07-04 10:38:02

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I discovered that cooking can be art and a form of self expression. Plus you get a tasty reward at the end.

2023-07-02 23:13:55

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If you gotta stack up on drones you might as well use them for something nice. 😅

2023-07-02 20:25:01

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how about just eating it normally 😅

2023-07-02 12:27:06

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Was it? Or did they change their mind?

2023-07-01 14:20:00

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I bet it exists somewhere but those who don't search for it just don't know about it.

2023-06-30 22:29:19

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Also they could cover the ship with solar panels and connect them to a giant fan mounted on back of the ship blowing into the sail. Trust me, it will be worth it if you subsidize it enough.

2023-06-30 20:04:44

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_9061665755556152911688147693.webp
You might think that central banks would pull out coins of small denomination from circulation when inflation makes them worthless. Wrong! This one tiny #fiat coin is worth about 8 sats and was issued in 2022.
They might be getting to a territory where the metal is worth more than the face value which would technically make them backed by metal. How based is that? 😅

2023-06-30 19:24:00

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Small restaurants and buffets that seemingly suck, yet they are somehow profitable always made me wonder about their potential. How good and profitable they could become if someone competent took over?

2023-06-30 14:52:20

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*Mad Max

2023-06-30 12:16:11

I would love to see a postapo movie where survivors use Bitcoin as currency. Imagine Max Max had antenas on his car.
Thinking about it now, most post apocalyptic fiction forgets the need for trade and assumes it just wouldn't happen, when it's obviously a solution. Although less interesting that having to eat the other guy.

2023-06-23 00:31:30

beauty > comfort

2023-06-20 21:05:52

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Don't you think that the eco people should love burying plastic instead of recycling it? Since that puts muh carbon back into the ground. 🤔

2023-06-17 23:15:15

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Good point. Especially when no one can censor content, "piracy" will be easy.
On the other hand we see elsewhere that people don't make a pure economic calculation when it comes to choice to get unauthorized copies. For example you can torrent films at a click of a button, yet many still get a subscription for a service where you have comparatively limited choice plus ads on top of it.
Simplest explanation of this would be that people get subscription because it's the "right thing to do".
Perhaps solution would then be to allow creators to signal to the reader what the correct price is (even in a situation where there is no paywall). Then reader could Zap The Recommended Amount. He would have an indication of what the "right thing to do" is.
We wouldn't be in a situation where people Zap 50 sats and think "hey, I am helping!"

2023-06-17 20:53:37

Trying different #nostr klients. Bitcoin has conditioned me to feel uneasy about simply copying private keys around - it just feels like a wrong thing to do.

2023-06-17 19:08:30

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Having an option to put content behind a paywall seems like an obvious solution but still you would need to be a big name to get enough people. It could be called Nostry Fans.

2023-06-17 11:08:40

Looking into distant history people seem to have no problem understanding that purpose of war is expansion of the empire - accumulation of power over more people and territories. There is understanding that the soldier is a tool of a Machiavellian ruler.
When it comes to modern history and present, sentimental narratives dominate. Most find themselves in a fairy-tale where Good is fighting the Evil. Well, at least we are lucky that we happen to be on the right side. 🤔

2023-06-15 13:42:25

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No, once the transaction happened (confirmed by being mined in a block) it cannot be taken back. They can of course decide send the money back. So it's like cash.
Unless you use some escrow mechanism which adds a middleman or through some sort of smart contract like Bisq uses.

2023-06-14 23:20:40

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When thant happens, it will be a sign of nostr's success.

2023-06-14 21:29:58

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Yes, but this seems like something that needs to be solved on a protocol level, not by clients. If only some do it, then other clients wouldn't know what to do with your edited post.

2023-06-12 21:19:46

Thought experiment: Try to think of hypothetical worst possible meal for human health that would still pass as food by your fellow humans.

2023-06-11 20:06:02

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you can try now 🤓

2023-06-09 16:19:57

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Being from Europe and having traveled many european countries I see myself as being inside the American Empire. I wish this wasn't so, yet it seems to be the political reality.

2023-06-08 18:13:28

Having his existence subsidized by the state for his whole life, the university socialist is able to live completely detached from the economic reality, that effort must be put into producing before a good can be consumed. In these people, childish feelings of envy and entitlement never got challenged.

2023-06-07 20:54:23

Popularity of an idea depends on its ability to replicate, not on its truthfulness. Don't expect mainstream to get things right. Treat popular ideas with suspicion.

2023-05-25 10:02:31

What medical treatments do billionaires buy to live until 100 years of age? Buffet, Munger, the Queen, Rockefeller and the list goes on.

2023-05-14 16:56:42

Every few years a new technology buzzword becomes popular among talking heads and con artists. "Big data", "blockchain" and now "artificial general intelligence". Remember that those who talk about it rarely understand the basics of the actual technology.