Iain Cheyne

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2023-11-29 23:02:15 GMT

I bought a used game from BGG and the seller said he would accept #Ethereum I have a little for playing around with, rather than investing, so I went for it.
Regular ETH payments only make sense on L2 networks because of gas fees, so mine is sitting on zkSync Era and his is on Loopring.
The UX of bridging the two L2 networks via orbiter.finance was terrible. Dangerously opaque. I managed it in the end, but I honestly thought I had lost the funds.
#Bitcoin maxis can rest safely for now.
#crypto

2023-09-16 09:47:13 GMT

Inspiring call to arms from Erik Voorhees.
https://youtu.be/2XlYSmIlpfs?si=KuaAc9Ghu7RpybRb

2023-09-15 08:13:38 GMT

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Thanks. I'll listen. 👂

2023-09-14 22:33:26 GMT

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500k is a lot more than the estimates I have seen. Source?

2023-09-14 22:31:19 GMT

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Russia's invasion makes sense to them. If Russia tried to get Canada or Mexico to join a new Warsaw Pact, then the USA would probably invade.
On the other hand, the West's strategy with Ukraine is also rational. Russia and China supplied Vietnam during the Vietnam War and we are doing the same.

2023-09-14 21:57:09 GMT

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are the fees cheaper?

2023-09-13 18:39:56 GMT

@npub1sg6…f63m what do you think of BIP-300 Bitcoin drivechain?

2023-09-09 16:48:01 GMT

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Not at all. Have you ever worked in big organisations? They are generally well meaning but slightly incompetent and lazy. Shining a light on that would paralyse them through constant butt covering.
That's the real world. 🤷‍♂️

2023-09-09 14:36:14 GMT

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They'd lose all organisational agility if their treasurers were paranoid about public criticism. They'd never get anything done.
Their annual accounts deserve scrutiny.

2023-09-06 15:58:52 GMT

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I'm walking back on this. Decentralised stablecoins could change everything but right now the UX is horrible.

2023-09-06 07:37:43 GMT

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🤡

2023-08-27 22:10:47 GMT

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Piers Corbyn - prize twat

2023-08-27 21:56:42 GMT

Why You Are Probably An NPC
https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/why-you-are-probably-an-npc

2023-08-27 19:41:11 GMT

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Etsy?

2023-08-26 23:17:22 GMT

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🖕

2023-08-25 22:11:47 GMT

So much discussion about which is the best stablecoin, but so little discussion about how to use one effectively in practice. I can't see a practical use case at the moment - except high-value/international/private payments.

2023-08-25 19:18:38 GMT

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After voting, I got stuck in Phoenix wallet and could not return to amethyst. I force closed phoenix wallet and then amethyst opened with no problems.

2023-08-24 08:42:44 GMT

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Nostr Wallet Connect
https://github.com/believethehype/nostr-wallet-connect

2023-08-23 22:38:41 GMT

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Demand a refund

2023-08-23 08:48:40 GMT

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On a web browser Primal is the best.

2023-08-23 07:19:22 GMT

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https://habla.news/u/[email protected]/1692653451828

2023-08-23 07:19:17 GMT

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https://habla.news/u/[email protected]/1692653451828

2023-08-22 20:23:03 GMT

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Brilliant! Social media is fun. I stay out of the negativity. 👍 🌞

2023-08-21 21:37:05 GMT

Measuring board game skill based on the ELO ratings of the top players at Board Game Arena
naddr1qqxnzd3exgmr2ve5x5cnsv3cqgs06stfe3epxns5edx6skjced7pl0pfvny58qelcp9m6t0g7arejrqrqsqqqa28a6c2qf

2023-08-21 06:52:54 GMT

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🤡

2023-08-20 19:39:34 GMT

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That worked perfectly. Thank you.

2023-08-20 19:22:22 GMT

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I tried Obtanium, but the latest amethyst-googleplay-universal-v0.74.2 fails due to a "conflict" error. I installed from Google Play.
I would try the x86 releases, but I'm on a Google Pixel which has an ARM processor.

2023-08-20 13:54:33 GMT

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How can anyone play Monopoly in 2023? Modern games are so much better.

2023-08-20 13:54:30 GMT

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How can anyone play Monopoly in 2023? Modern games are so much better.

2023-08-19 07:30:53 GMT

I didn't realise this. Great I can just share my nip05 ID ([email protected]) instead of my pubkey.
#note1wgy…qh24

2023-08-19 07:17:37 GMT

Argentina should dollarize
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-18/argentina-s-future-is-promising-with-the-dollar

2023-08-17 15:00:09 GMT

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I'm mostly on Mastodon these days. It's great. The only real problem is too much censorship from server operators.

2023-08-16 13:27:55 GMT

According to a study by University College London, only 16% of students actually achieve their predicted grades. In 2019, 84% of predicted grades were wrong, with 79% of them amounting to overestimates.
https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/08/scrap-predicted-grades-a-level

2023-08-16 13:27:23 GMT

2023-08-15 21:02:23 GMT

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🇺🇦

2023-08-15 20:34:23 GMT

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Thank you. I really wish Lightning advocates would discuss this trade-off more clearly and openly.

2023-08-15 15:57:57 GMT

If I want to pay someone in Bitcoin Lightning using a non-custodial wallet like Phoenix, do I have to make sure they are online? Does this also apply to a custodial wallet like @npub1hcw…h9rq? #asknostr @npub15c8…ssvx

2023-08-14 20:54:56 GMT

“Altogether, my analysis shows that political affiliation can help to predict outcomes in over 90% of circuit court cases.”
https://www.nber.org/papers/w31509
(via https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/08/monday-assorted-links-419.html)

2023-08-14 17:01:34 GMT

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might be bullshitting you of course

2023-08-13 21:41:05 GMT

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https://nostr.how/en/guides/get-verified

2023-08-13 15:12:18 GMT

Potion Explosion
I want to like this game. The marble dispenser is clever and pleasant to the touch. The explosion mechanic of coloured marbles falling together is fun, but the rest of the game is mediocre. It goes on too long, there's no interaction and it is repetitive.
I didn't feel there was a lot of skill involved, but the top players at BGA have ELOs in the mid 600s, so there must be plenty.
#boardgameshttps://m.primal.net/HIgU.jpg

2023-08-13 15:11:53 GMT

ZÈRTZ
Two player abstract. Feels similar to Draughts (Checkers), but you place the pieces on the board, the board shrinks and the winning condition is based on the number of coloured pieces you capture.
Not much more to say, but it looks and feels great - despite my terrible photo.
#boardgameshttps://m.primal.net/HIgT.jpg

2023-08-12 12:53:21 GMT

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I would like it more if Tor wasn't so slow

2023-08-12 09:30:58 GMT

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He's 56.

2023-08-11 17:35:01 GMT

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email and password were enough for me

2023-08-11 08:14:44 GMT

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I got bored of listening when you had audio issues, so I read a transcript and got roasted for reading. 🤓😅

2023-08-11 02:42:35 GMT

Primal arriving is like when Google arrived when all we had was Altavista, Yahoo and Dogpile

2023-08-10 16:38:59 GMT

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Bitcoin is not Web3, but it is a cryptocurrency.

2023-08-10 11:40:42 GMT

Concordia
Slow-paced learning game with 5 players.
This is my kind of game. Middling complexity. Lots of interaction without being too zero-sum. Keen to try again.
Mac Gerdts also designed Antike and Imperial, so I am now definitely a fan of his work.
#boardgames
https://m.primal.net/HIOS.jpg

2023-08-10 08:24:54 GMT

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tl;dr I don't know but I don't trust it

2023-08-08 21:48:14 GMT

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https://www.privacytools.io

2023-08-08 20:10:02 GMT

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K-9 Mail
Kiwi Browser + Bypass Paywalls Clean extension + uBlock Origin

2023-08-08 14:20:07 GMT

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https://mostr.pub/

2023-08-08 13:08:41 GMT

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Their website recommends Alby

2023-08-08 10:14:44 GMT

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try disabling any add-ons. they can sometimes screw things up

2023-08-08 09:55:16 GMT

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tried in another browser?

2023-08-07 19:55:03 GMT

When openai's Whisper came out, I tried it's audio transcription capabilities out on my PC. It was OK but slow.
Tonight I tried again (after getting a new AMD GPU), using this Windows port of Whisper and it works *far* better. Easy to install and fast to use. No need to pay for otter.ai or anything else.
https://github.com/Const-me/Whisper

2023-08-07 13:28:44 GMT

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Maybe - but "They had ALREADY surrendered before the bombing." is a new one to me. Would like to know the source of that statement. And yes it does matter.

2023-08-07 08:32:03 GMT

Primal is a game-changer. So much better than the alternatives - at least once you figure out that you can only login with the Alby brower addon.
The "My Tribe" filter should be the default.

2023-08-07 07:01:07 GMT

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citation needed

2023-08-05 13:53:32 GMT

Anyone got a #bluesky invite?

2023-08-05 07:55:37 GMT

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Bisq

2023-08-04 20:18:26 GMT

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Pinboard - https://pinboard.in

2023-08-04 14:14:32 GMT

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Thanks but that's from bech32 to hex, not the other way around. 😞

2023-08-04 14:05:38 GMT

Playing Ra and Acquire was the best possible antidote to Food Chain Magnate. Both fast-playing, elegant classics with plenty of interaction and skill, that don't grind the losers' faces into the dust.
The new deluxe version of Ra is *gorgeous* but I'll hang onto Priests of Ra and print player aids.
#boardgames
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/a00366f58a3a1da604851d0884316eaaae5931a8b79145c1e50b965e58c9c41f.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/2cc2ba254100ef87741765d382644677da5bf2473aa4d94226f30e88f1568c7a.jpg

2023-08-04 11:49:03 GMT

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I used https://github.com/rot13maxi/key-convertr. Harder than it should have been...

2023-08-04 10:06:23 GMT

My nostr private key is a 64 character hex string and does not start with nsec1. How do I convert to that format?
#asknostr

2023-08-03 16:05:42 GMT

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how do you login to the web version?

2023-08-03 16:04:51 GMT

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how do you login to the web version?

2023-08-03 15:42:40 GMT

Food Chain Magnate
I learned this yesterday. No milestones, but otherwise full game. I knew it was heavy but I'm amazed at how unforgiving it is. Losers get blasted. Amazing system, but there's no safety net. Too much for me.
#boardgames
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/3b044ac707f2fc9d4493dc8653713703bec17e8cad39b9fa0f1a858b024dd670.jpg

2023-08-02 10:53:20 GMT

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Beautiful job

2023-08-01 17:44:06 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDb00Mx7D7g
😂

2023-07-31 20:33:07 GMT

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Are you the Greycoder? I've been following your rss feed for a while. Great stuff.

2023-07-31 17:46:48 GMT

Keyflower
Worker placement mixed with auctioning your workers for better action options. Very involved and clever.
Looks like multiplayer solitaire, but there is some brutal indirect competition.
Lovely art in a simple but effective production.
Delighted I finally got to play it, but it's the last time with 6 players. 4+ hours in a learning game was painful. 90-120 minutes on the box is a joke.
#boardgames
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/8911a28019aa939a7b776041a05c6be77ed0368e716bec5413e67e72a2cbe192.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/9d0ab97783e55d83773f2479d88c0b615279d188c8ed1eea1475c8ac83301cec.jpg

2023-07-30 21:53:54 GMT

Priests of Ra
This is essentially Ra but with different scoring.
We
would have had a lot of fun, but the rules were a wall of text with no
illustrations and the scoring prompts on the board were illegible and
ambiguous. This led to us playing wrongly.
I'd like to try again with decent player aids.
I have heard Ra has simpler scoring, so I asked a friend to bring his copy next week, so we can compare.
#boardgames
https://us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/dufflepud/uploads/dba0175e-9c23-4a13-9b15-ddab821a9dfd.jpg

2023-07-30 20:56:57 GMT

Thor
My last play of this was November 2004, which I was amazed by. Deserves to be played more often.
Knizia has made several iterations of this game - Wildlife Safari, Quandry, Loco, Botwana, Flinke Pinke and others. It is simple and elegant and you should make your own set.
Thor is only different because you have a few special action cards which are fine but do not add much.
A great little pub game/filler.
#boardgames
https://us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/dufflepud/uploads/a4e2d517-eb32-425d-a540-9a14521944a7.jpg

2023-07-30 20:45:38 GMT

Maskmen
Maskmen is a clever little climbing card game, from Oink,
with shifting suit values that would be good, if the rules were more
regular. We were asking rules questions all the way through two games.
I'd rather play Gang of Four or Frank's Zoo or even Asshole.
#boardgames
https://us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/dufflepud/uploads/0a187fa3-4d85-4082-9e06-9ae12a34b9ae.jpg

2023-07-29 20:08:27 GMT

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Kiwi browser works perfectly with Bypass Paywall Clean

2023-07-29 19:48:03 GMT

I'm enjoying Geo Gods.A gentle but clever time waster. Wish I didn't have to wear my glasses to play it.
"Geo Gods is a solo card game which combines card drafting with a simple tile placing mechanic."
http://www.geo-gods.com/
#android #ios #videogames
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/c57994ceb24bafe3f91f8cbe1a11b75315aebc5ed31c99c9e58d7cdcf638c111.jpg

2023-07-29 11:02:25 GMT

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🤞

2023-07-29 09:48:11 GMT

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Force close the app?
Delete the wallet and restore from backup?

2023-07-29 08:51:41 GMT

I asked the new Android ChatGPT app some general questions I've been wondering about. I got useful answers:
Q: At the end of a long software project when the user experience is essentially complete, it is always appropriate to have a user researcher?
Q: What reforms could be made to Britain's utilities privitization system to ensure that private equity companies to not load up the utility companies with too much debt?
Q: Britain's Conservative and Labour parties select their leaders by member vote, but this benefits extremist candidates who appeal to the party's grassroots. What reforms could be put in place to produce more centrist candidates that are more likely to win elections?
Q: If you assume that Israel's supreme court is overpowered, what constitututional checks and balances could replace it?
Q: Suggestions for when I can use the ChatGPT app in my normal life?

2023-07-20 09:44:31 GMT

I haven't used Gossip in a month or two, so I'm impressed by progress with the UI. Much better looking and a bit easier to use.

2023-07-20 06:55:18 GMT

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Don't feed the trolls

2023-07-20 06:54:42 GMT

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I put a filtering DNS on my router. Worked perfectly when they were little.
https://www.opendns.com/setupguide/?url=familyshield

2023-04-18 08:15:33 GMT

The NYPD Can Now Shoot GPS Trackers at Your Car
https://jalopnik.com/starchase-guardian-hx-nypd-vehicle-gps-tracker-police-1850327888

2023-04-17 22:08:20 GMT

Amazed that UK ranks 2nd in the world for Environmental Performance. Even more amazed that there's been zero publicity.
https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2022/component/epi

2023-03-07 18:42:24 GMT

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Thanks for explaining. It seems like a problem that needs to be fixed eventually.

2023-03-06 16:57:27 GMT

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It looks good. I like the numbers.
I just wish that Gossip could reliably find the threads. Very often I click on on of @jacks' conversations and I cannot see the source. Is this a relay problem or a protocol problem?

2023-03-04 04:38:53 GMT

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Massive improvement. Thank you.

2023-03-02 14:01:37 GMT

So hard to unfollow people in Nostr. They keep coming back. 😞

2023-03-01 23:37:45 GMT

Tesla Master Plan 3 in 4 minutes 🤔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_otmElnbM

2023-03-01 20:07:11 GMT

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There are Gossip packages for Windows and Linux. https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip/releases

2023-03-01 10:25:14 GMT

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