Bitcoin. @willcole on birdapp. Previous builder of Unchained Capital and Stack Overflow. Now building Zaprite.
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Last Notes npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole One of my favorite web projects ever. I wish these home server solutions would allow you to do delicious + caching to build your private index. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Wouldn’t it be funny if a trans racial conwoman’s fight against bitcoin was Biden’s undoing? Everything is good for bitcoin. Even it’s lying race baiting enemies. https://m.primal.net/IjNA.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole If you live in Austin, or several other cities in the US, you haven’t experienced sub 10% inflation since before 2017. https://chapwoodindex.com npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole This is actually incredible if all the claims are true. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Moving the Wyoming citadel home server set up to @npub126n…e9ll . New hardware, new OS, new bitcoin node. RIP to the first and longest running bitcoin node in the state of Wyoming, circa 2016. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Wyoming now has two fantastic bitcoin centric conferences. The Sovereign Roundup from @npub1yd2…80tv was a resounding success. Bitcoin, beef, and scenery like this… https://m.primal.net/IfkW.jpg https://m.primal.net/IfkV.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I was about to call you to lecture you on my distaste for the fetishization of failure…then you totally redeemed yourself. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Summer has begun. https://m.primal.net/IPjM.jpg https://m.primal.net/IPjN.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Fantastic demo at btc++. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Is this note a seedphrase? It could be. Any note, song, book, essay, advertisement, or prayer could be. And endless nest of authors, musicians, publishers, executives, and pastors transmitting money acting as money transmitters. Or the US DOJ is making a retarded argument. The US courts are mostly good at shutting those arguments down. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I googled “how to deliver a baby” when the midwife didn’t show up in time. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Today Texans celebrate San Jacinto Day, the last battle of the Texas revolution. It’s wild that it’s the last battle of the revolution, because the Mexicans still had a ~ 5:1 advantage of troops in the area. However after the battle, Mexico’s president and lead general Santa Anna pleaded for his life after capture. He wrote to Urrea to get him and Filisola to withdraw. Filisola did. None of it makes sense really. The Mexicans just retreated. The Texans won a single major battle in the entire war. Yeehaw. These guys fought at San Jacinto in 1836. https://m.primal.net/HyNn.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole People will pretend to be busy instead of just working on bitcoin. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Burn-it. May-nor. It’s endless. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Austinites, who mispronounce everything (lol Manchaca), are halvening people. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole You’d be amazed how much testing goes into any bitcoin release. It is one of the reasons Bitcoin just did what it’s always said it would do…like clockwork. You may not need to be that extreme, but maybe something like this. #note12q9…drqw npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I’m writing faster to save my Mutiny bros npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The penultimate post in my series on software development is finally ready. Invariant 4: Do What You Said You’d Do. Here I talk about QA and generally being professional in your approach to software development. https://www.thetoolsofignorance.xyz/invariant-4-do-what-you-said-youd-do/ npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Still have ~1 million days to match for SNI donations. Send me your receipts! #note1fdd…jfsf npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The Satoshi Nakamoto Institute is doing a fundraiser to modernize the site’s design. What @npub1j4u…d6x9 and @npub1hxw…40pf built over the years is remarkable, and Michael is now dedicating himself full time to the 501c3 to educate the next million bitcoiners. I owe a lot of my own understanding of bitcoin to SNI. If you feel the same, please consider donating. If you donate, DM me your Zaprite receipt and I’ll match the first 2 million sats I see. https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_saYgrVYmCi npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The @npub1cwn…raju band right before and during totality here in Austin. https://image.nostr.build/79e1c2740bec2dcc82943b8b8079f1d102ab3cbe0c8cbd707d55495927ec0ffe.jpg https://image.nostr.build/c1223b202417ca4c9073e51e966c00aef956411c6aba82c182c7d52ce2d899aa.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Looking good boys! npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Getting myself in the @npub1sax…u5fv sats flow state of mind. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole They also have an excellent OTC desk, generally good design. They have a lot going for them, but the focus is baffling. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Downloaded the Coinbase app for testing the other day. This is not a serious place to custody millions of bitcoin. https://m.primal.net/Hoci.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole KISS. Comfortable T’s, engraved YETI, custom AR-15’s. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Yessir. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Bitcoin Takeover time. https://image.nostr.build/83b0e9136b48f1393d3cc4269f2b93d2e3915245dfda510d4659883c978437dc.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8016930e4d1b06ef507587c280d89c73b6866ed53a0c2f7ae3f7aed24e391cf2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/84a8accb8e237481ae818735d32464da34bb7c5d9fec7dd0ed9223162a5b7a37.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Beef from K&C cattle prepared by Johnny Ochoa. This is regular fare for special events like today’s PlebLab and tomorrow’s Takeover event. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Everyone eats well at Bitcoin Commons events in Austin, Tx. https://m.primal.net/Hktu.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole To give you a sense of scale, on March 12 1836, colonel William Ward stared down 1500 Mexican soldiers - fully equipped and parading prior to attack - and refused calls to surrender. He had about 150 men. These guys were committed. This was the battle of Refugio which lasted 4 days. It was also a bit of a shitshow. Infighting between leadership, disobeyed orders, and ultimate defeat. Many of the Texian men (mostly from Georgia) would be executed later at Goliad. However, they did just enough to seal the Mexicans fate. Urrea, the Mexican general, was slowed down just enough that he would never make it back to Santa Anna’s main army. That turns out to be a big deal. Texas rules. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole We’re all getting second families. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I doubt fully self custody, but some form of collaborative custody, likely with other large financial services firms with Bitcoin products. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Shill me blacksmithing follows. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Around this time in 1836, the weakest section of the Alamo manned by Davy Crockett and other sharp shooting volunteers fell to Mexican forces. All Texian combatants, even in-firmed ones like James Bowie died in the attack. Bowie’s mom summed up what a badass James was when told of her son’s death: “I’ll wager no wounds were found on his back”. Texas rules. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Your boys at TVA look to be next up. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole It’s hard to overstate the impact of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute when it first launched. A couple of Texas-Austrians effectively orange pilled a generation of bitcoiners in the most genuine and intellectually fulfilling way possible. Many that had been around prior to SNI like myself found new conviction around this bitcoin thing we were playing with after reading @npub1j4u…d6x9 and @npub1hxw…40pf ‘s work, along with the wealth of knowledge they curated. Seeing SNI get its second wind is the most bullish bitcoin news since the ETF. I just donated to contribute to their second act. https://nakamotoinst.substack.com/p/sni-going-institutional npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Alright. For real now. Looks like we have ~25 tickets left for next week’s Bitcoin Takeover in Austin. Don’t blow it. #note1fej…stak npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Western Hill Coach Pitch “Silver Team”, powered by Zaprite. https://image.nostr.build/090470ea4bf4d0bdb8dea02feb1f3430bac74d4e118e0038a2e840e186c110a3.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Financial planning for psychos: try out every Bitcoin trading service ever built for over a decade. If they have it, try out their DCA tool. Forget you set it up for years at a time. Never check your finances. Ever. Just be confused why you have less money than expected. Every three years or so remember and panic about having too much bitcoin on these services and sweep to cold storage. Any liquidity event in your life, ape 100% into Bitcoin without considering your kids future. Forget everything again. Repeat forever. Only responsible behavior: meticulously setting up cold storage, multisig etc… ^ A true Bitcoin story. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Good idea. I hadn’t thought to do it, but as an opt in that is obviously valuable. Thank you! npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole We just launched teams for Zaprite, allowing colleagues to collaborate on their bitcoin (and fiat) payments, reporting etc… This is the third time I’ve built teams functionality for a web app (Stack Overflow and Unchained prior), and by far the earliest in a product’s lifecycle. It’s a testament to John and Tom’s forward looking architectural decisions making a feature that is usually a slog a breeze. I love this team. https://blog.zaprite.com/teams-for-zaprite/ npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I shudder to think, but I imagine it will be rough…possibly violent. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I would take out Russia. I should have said 6 instead of 5. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The Swiss central bank prints francs and buys US equities, essentially for free. Which country buys bitcoin next doesn’t really matter. Which of 5 central banks with an in demand currency follows the Swiss model by debasing in secret, and obtaining bitcoin does matter. Only one will get away with it, and the price of bitcoin is inconsequential to this ultimate speculative attack. Knowing this is the most likely end game is why I’ve never sold any bitcoin. https://mises.org/power-market/swiss-national-banks-us-stocks-150-billion-and-counting npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Should have followed up. Got it working. Looks great! npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole We’re filling out for the Bitcoin Takeover during SXSW at the Bitcoin Commons on n Austin, Tx. I don’t want any nostriches to miss out because of procrastination. The lineup is stacked and the food will be great as always. 3 weeks away! https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_FnAaejk5Ky npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I’m having issue receiving the wallet confirmation email. Worked seamlessly for you? npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole On this day - February 23rd 1836 - a group of Texian (and Tennessee) heroes settled in for what would become the siege of the Alamo. Demanding surrender, William B. Travis responded to Santa Anna with a cannon shot. Their demonstration of courage that ended March 6th has become core to the identity of every Texan that followed. It doesn’t surprise me that bitcoin is beloved here. https://image.nostr.build/7f70e8780766850a55899deb5cc5fb0ce0d41d19aed4a625235879db4631400c.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The bitcoin only options will work for y’all, but I hear you. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Ditch the SXSW shitcoining and join us at the Bitcoin Commons for the Bitcoin Takeover during SX. As always, a great lineup followed by a live RHR. https://image.nostr.build/d37a735422f7e196a89c916f82349aab1c17801d7d162905001198e81a6c7d55.jpg https://image.nostr.build/09b73fc91acdc1010a915d8d6d90cafbac42a624519116e638504ca00cd5edc0.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I’ve created a lot of spitecoiners over the years. From what I can tell, BlackRock didn’t get a sat off of any of them. Underrated bitcoiners. https://image.nostr.build/461a57d9ce17d4946236be12bbd352dc8e9082a0dcd035231b4734a49d1ada7c.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I like paying for the software I use. Very happy to be paying for Damus. I hope a lot of you will. https://image.nostr.build/9307bdd724ce62cb473ce77d8a6267662ae0e314d1e913c79cc0f5d99c54fb04.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Glad your first experience has been a good one. Reach out with any issues or asks! npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Texas is bigger than all 3 combined! npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Texas is far larger than Washington DC. Look how puny it looks in comparison. DC doesn’t stand a chance. https://image.nostr.build/cdbfad789ba1ccd7c4457ca26091815abb6ca79b308debb8bffc890b40ad1ee2.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Texas flexing their sovereign muscles. Bitcoin maximalists should also be 10th amendment maximalists. This type of fortitude will matter for the Bitcoin economy in the United States. #note1wlc…2sl6 npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Thanks Tony, and you know where to find me for the deep dive. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole We’ve reached the midway point in the Invariants of Building Software series. Invariant 3: Don’t Build Without a Plan. We’re talking writing code, because we have a plan. Let’s “wire in” (which is a real thing) like the dorks at Facebook and Build. https://www.thetoolsofignorance.xyz/invariant-3-dont-build-without-a-plan/ npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Since opening their owned and operated processing plant in Lulling, K&C in Austin is on a roll. Everything rules. 3.5 lbs of denver and chuck eye. Oh, they take bitcoin too. https://kandccattle.com/collections/all npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Prepare yourselves for Texans freaking out over sub 32 degree weather. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Succeed where Trump failed, sir. Also congratulations. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Paper bitcoin for thee, but not for me. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Bcash vibes. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole After 12 years learning about bitcoin, I’m thankful for the incoming effort posts from 5th year Wall Street associates. So much to learn. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole My sarcasm posting is off I guess. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Where’s the edit button? What the fuck Nostr. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole My good friend and Nostr enthusiast, Parker Lewis, is going to be at Bitcoin Park in Nashville July 17-19. @npub1atn…h4x3 and @npub1qny…95gx have arranged a book signing for the 17th. If you’re attending the mining summit (it’s going to rule), order a first edition copy of Gradually, Then Suddenly by Wednesday so we can get your copy to Nashville in time. https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_i3cY2KufYH npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Not sure. Seems credible that a lot of the Renaissance era manuscripts found that are the basis of everything we know outside of architecture were forgeries. There was a big market for Roman stuff, so a lot was faked. Many have subsequently been found out, including some of Gibbons sources. But there’s forgery questions even around things like Tacitus. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I’ve thought like this for a long time, but I’m not so sure anymore. For instance, I’ve told my dad I expect nothing from him. I’d prefer he ball out with my mom in their 70’s and 80’s (they’re long time hodlers) I wonder if my kids will feel the same. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbons. 2nd time through recently. Read it when I found out the founding fathers were obsessed with it while fighting the revolution. Even if Roman history is mostly fake, it’s sensational. Letters from Cortez. Correspondence from Cortez back to Spain during his expeditions in Mexico. Including a fun bit on Charles the 5th not understanding inflation when the gold market is flooded in Europe. My favorite two old books from last year. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole DEI rebranding as AI safety. It’s not about any particular ideology or mission, just paychecks for the unproductive. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Most people I know working in AI are the most pessimistic people in my social circles. Most people I know working on bitcoin are the most optimistic people in my social circles. Lines up pretty well with Peter Thiel’s communist vs libertarian framing of AI and bitcoin years ago. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Part 2 is out: https://www.thetoolsofignorance.xyz/invariant-2-dont-design-without-a-strategy/ npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Part two in my series, Invariants of Software Development is out. Invariant 2: Don’t Design Without a Strategy. This is full of the product manage-y and designer stuff before we write code. But we will be writing code soon. https://www.thetoolsofignorance.xyz/invariant-2-dont-design-without-a-strategy/ npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Not sure how much they’ve deployed on loans, but there’s likely trickery if it’s a large amount. All interest payments would be booked as “revenue”, but the net income would be 10-20% of that number. The rest goes to the capital providers. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Bird statue things everywhere. https://image.nostr.build/44ac52ddc364ad42fdf86f498865615f1ad0854d22a913b5066c9a8746b0140a.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Merry Christmas! https://image.nostr.build/886402243142d7bb10a7e059531c62ecc5f164edae0cdf4ea5f43d19b20047de.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I can’t name a regulation they’d be subject to that, I don’t know, Bing isn’t. Seems self inflicted. Probably by muh safety people. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole There is a war on VPN users. Funny enough, GPT should be the most ambivalent. Odd. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole One year with Damus. It’s gotten so much better. Last year at this time I had never ending relay issues, couldn’t post pictures, couldn’t send a bitcoin transaction, even getting a profile pic was an exotic quest. Great work @npub1xts…kk5s and team. #note1e0c…t87j npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole If you’re selling with WooCommerce check out @npub1cwn…raju ‘s new payment plugin. Non-custodial, bring your favorite wallet. From sign up to receiving bitcoin n your store should take less than 5 minutes. https://blog.zaprite.com/how-to-connect-your-woocommerce-store/ npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole $6. Really good price compared to Austin. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole If you find yourself in NW Wyoming, Shumway Farms in Star Valley is a must visit. The best steak, lamb, raw milk, and ice cream. Accepting bitcoin shortly. https://image.nostr.build/22e7b0dcd8b6a4a1a5baa5a128d9878a15d0a764c353f9c73ee742b4ce6215aa.jpg npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole It turns out I prefer being robbed in fast forward rather than in slow motion. It’s far more effective in gaining allies. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Don’t tease me. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Sounds like pothead stuff to me. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The Big Bang is pothead babble. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole It’s a bad idea to sell bitcoin to institutional investors. They’re harder to get back. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I spoke with @npub1guh…6hjy the other day about this as well. https://youtu.be/D5Monx-1peM?si=nFxj43MTAoRN9l6S Hoping you pedant programmers, PMs, and designers will either love this, or want to fight me. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I’m doing some writing on bitcoin and software development. To start I’m doing a 5 part series that I call: The Invariants of Software Development. The invariants are things all good software teams do, regardless of methodology followed. The Intro: https://www.thetoolsofignorance.xyz/an-introduction-to-the-invariants-of-building-software/ And Invariant 1 - Think, Then Do https://www.thetoolsofignorance.xyz/invariant-1-think-then-do/ If you work on a product or engineering team, you may get something out of this. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Should be up tomorrow. I’ll be posting here. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole How can I tell if I’m paid up on certain relays? The DMs sketch me out. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole My family had Thanksgiving dinner last night because of some travel issues. Please consider this conversation recipe advice from the future. * Start with Trump. It energizes the troops and sets the tone. Our table looked like a damn rally. Throw in a bit of Milei and at risk of peaking early. Had to calm folks down for… * Effective Altruism. Rechannel some of that enthusiasm, and really rile your loved ones up before the main course. * Bitcoin. This year is easy. Gradually, Then Suddenly is for sale. The fam is well taken care of and of course you already purchased copies for the whole gang. https://academy.saifedean.com/product/gradually-then-suddenly-hardcover/ * Slip in a few “put a chick in it and make her gay” references. You’re going to want to watch the latest South Park as a family after dinner, and you’ll need to pique their interest. This is a good tactic to get off any Israel/Palestine talk. That’s inappropriate for Thanksgiving and gets in the way of bitcoin talk. * It’s very important you save mocking Sam Altman and OpenAI for close to last. Everyone loves a good callback, and you can expand on your EA shit talking. It’s a two for one. * End on a high note. Back to basics with Number Go Up. Have @npub1gdu…6nak ‘s interview with @npub1a2c…w83a at the “Wen Moon?” question queued up. Pass it around. Happy Thanksgiving from the future. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole TBF it’s a tough job. But yeah, you want to bring on board members who believe in the vision and the mission of the company, but also know what a well run company looks like, and have the backbone to govern towards that. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Where’d you find this egregious propaganda? Stinks of Russian disinformation. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole The role of a board as a group is to provide governance for the company and accountability to the management team. The typical board member is a venture capitalist that had to win the deal in a competitive round, or was appointed by a founder. That’s a bad starting relationship for effectively executing those jobs. Plus, it’s a hard thing to do. People without operating backgrounds (at least 50% of board members I’ve seen) would have no experience doing these things at any scale. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole I think the general tech public would be amazed how little even typical board decision making would stand up to public scrutiny. It’s pretty bad out there. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Worrying about, working on, and legislating stablecoins is such an utter waste of everyone’s time. npub1du6sgl90wse0cz44fg50a4kg9ea4sgctlxps90ccx58lw8ssgv9qhjyf3c willcole Baseline government CPU excludes taxes, energy, and food. It is close to useless. As is often the case, a few Texans did the work to get you a much more accurate number. https://chapwoodindex.com/