Jeremy Cady

Removal of the gold standard was government's admission that it has no intention of ever paying it's debts.
There is no worry of redemption for an underlying asset.
When debtors call, it simply prints the notes, that have become the new standard, necessary to fulfill its obligation.
In essence, the government counterfeits its own money, debasing the value of its own note, at the expense of all those who use and are reliant on that same note.
Value has been stolen from the citizens to facilitate government largess, benefitting the politically connected.

2024-06-27 16:09:10

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Using a self-hosted instance of nostrudel

2024-06-26 21:13:53

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Understood and now worries.
Happy to discuss without being "debatish". You believe something. I believe something else.
Doesn't mean we still can't work together to expand freedom for one another.

2024-06-26 21:04:39

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Happy to have a respectful conversation.
I don't see Satan's rebellion as one against oppression but as an attempt to seek greater power in an effort to oppress.
I firmly believe we all serve a master and choose who that master is. I also believe we sometimes do a poor job of serving said master (especially Christians).
Though Scripture calls for us to act and live a certain way, it is, for the most part, voluntary. Feeding the poor, caring for your elderly parents, helping the stranger with the tire on the side of the road, are voluntary actions. You can voluntarily show God's love or you can choose not too. One will grant one greater relationship with Christ, one will not.
I would disagree with the idea of ultimate individualism. How many individuals, who don't adhere to the Scriptures, live in ultimate individualism? Unbelievers and unregenerate believers seem to live pretty similarly.
To me, technology is a the result of man creating with God's creation. We've been given the ability to do some pretty amazing things. Technology doesn't detract from my beliefs at all.

2024-06-26 00:34:46

> The obligations of the law of nature cease not in society, but only in many cases are drawn closer, and have by human laws known penalties annexed to them, to inforce their observation. Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others.
John Locke

2024-06-26 00:05:16

> When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary.
Dale Carnegie

2024-06-25 18:07:44

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I'm not sure I necessarily enjoy that idea.
Say, for example, candidates for president was on Nostr - Biden, Trump, Kennedy.
I would want to follow all of them, because I believe it would be important to see what they're saying, what they support/oppose.
I don't necessarily trust any of them. I probably trust them far less than the average individual.
However, if you're doing commentary on some of their positions, I may very well trust your opinion (note trust ≠ agree).
Users of other networks have grown with the idea, already, that you can follow a wide range of folks but can mark or separate out those you want to see more of, for whatever reason. It's natural to have a simple follow list that is large in scope that then can be treated with further actions to specialize it.

2024-06-25 17:28:48

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Would it be advantageous to allow an individual to "favorite" some of those they follow?
There could very well be a reason I want to follow an individual but not because I find them to be necessarily a high quality follow.
Instead of linking the WoT directly to a follow list, allow users to somehow compose their recommended influencer list?

2024-06-25 13:41:51

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Followed and I'll look into it more.
I'll be very cautious until I do.

2024-06-25 05:22:48

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Has anyone created a WoT that I can control?
I haven't seen one yet.

2024-06-21 00:37:40

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Aren't they?
I don't think they are really communists, they just don't like corporations, and for good reason.

2024-06-21 00:35:21

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Is it open source and can I fork it and remove it if I want?

2024-06-20 13:45:14

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Nothing wrong with non-profits either.
Options are a good thing.

2024-06-20 13:34:15

There is nothing wrong or immoral with making a profit on anything that creates value for another, including health care.
However, there should also be free and open competition in health care. Not huge monopolies that control every drug, procedure, or research study.
The current system is a perversion created by the symbiotic relationship between government and corporations.
#nevent1q…jm34

2024-06-19 20:07:13

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Did you disable iMessage before switching?

2024-06-17 21:00:38

If someone releases a new Bitcoin wallet but doesn't open up their statement with the specific problem they are providing a solution for, that none of the other wallets solve, I ignore it.

2024-06-13 01:22:03

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I didn't realize we could do markdown in our posts.
This changes things.

2024-06-12 21:40:48

> “How do you beat Bobby Fisher?” Answer: “Play him at anything other than chess.”
Guy Spier

2024-06-12 18:09:57

> Test
Let's see.

2024-06-12 18:07:04

Anyone know what @npub1l2v…ajft is using to do the blockquotes in his posts?
I love sharing quotes and I haven't seen how or where I might do this.
#nevent1q…754v

2024-06-12 15:35:43

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See you in July!

2024-06-11 15:21:23

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I'm still using Phoenix!!

2024-06-11 12:29:06

I highly recommend these books for children (even some adults).
They breakdown the often complex ideas of markets and prosperity into stories that children can easily understand.
#nevent1q…qvag

2024-06-11 01:43:33

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You're going to force me to step it up, aren't you?

2024-06-10 23:43:52

But how many are actually wealthier?
https://image.nostr.build/2369483585a9c266394f611aeaf818075a3032819a62c4ea04a780db6f357839.jpg

2024-06-10 12:58:09

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Check the console errors in the browser.
Should tell you if it is CORS.

2024-06-09 17:46:52

Sold for Bitcoin on 100% self-hosted software.
No banks. No middleman.
Just me and the buyer.
#nevent1q…2wjj

2024-06-09 16:42:05

My wife and I upgraded to the Pixel 8s and we're selling her old Pixel 6.
128 GB. GrapheneOS.
Bitcoin only.
Shipping included but US only.
Let me know if you have questions. Signal in bio.
https://btcwill.win/apps/3vEdtbz4F1DYhevd1ESNMJbAitpf/pos
https://m.primal.net/IeYC.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IeYF.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IeYG.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IeYI.jpg

2024-06-09 12:37:55

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I believe that might be a CORS issue.
You may see if this helps:
https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-set-a-static-ip-for-your-umbrel-server/845

2024-06-09 12:28:23

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Good morning.
Have a great day!

2024-06-08 17:58:47

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Having issues zapping the Mutiny.
Feel free to invoice 1000 sats.

2024-06-08 17:19:03

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You can do two.
Install Island to create an work profile (if not using stock Android).
You can run one VPN in the personal profile, and then another in the work profile.
Getting to three is where in have difficulty.

2024-06-08 13:31:34

How to run Mullvad, Tailscale, and Orbot on one's Android all at the same time...
🤔

2024-06-08 03:51:16

I just mentioned @npub1gcx…nj5z on Amethyst and the app didn't crash.
Zaps go to Vitor.

2024-06-08 01:19:25

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Okay. I don't think it is Amber.
Looks like a Nostrudel or Umbrel issue.
On the Mac, I'm getting a source map error.
On Linux I am getting a Cors issue and a gateway timeout of https://mostr.pub/.well-known/nostr.json?name=goodboyuv_at_poa.st
I may need to brush up on my React to delve further.

2024-06-08 00:43:03

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Trying to set this up on nostrudel.
Ideas on what I am doing wrong?
https://image.nostr.build/635ad3b5b623ac0ce4386aa929c8eb3a06acd4265fe623bba3c138f25edd2255.jpg

2024-06-07 13:11:12

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Good morning and may your day be blessed as well!

2024-06-07 12:39:20

Installed Citrine as my local relay this week.
Working as intended.
#nevent1q…dy4n

2024-06-07 12:13:54

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Good morning.
What are you using for your self-hosted relay?

2024-06-07 12:09:45

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Having an issue. I would have mentioned you in a separate post but I crash when that occurs.
https://video.nostr.build/29a1c367ee059f294382b2580d0153e235c5b8b0619afa1a6029d2381f5a0d41.mp4

2024-06-05 23:22:03

If you’re paying for the product, then you are still the product.
#nevent1q…nsxh

2024-06-05 21:50:24

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Maybe a spend limit.
Maybe they give the ability to exchange back to normal fiat.

2024-06-05 01:05:06

Some Bitcoin miners will lobby government to have your tax dollars used to subsidize their profits.
This is wrong and should be opposed by all Bitcoiners.
Cronyism is a product of the fiat system and should be abolished.
#nevent1q…d7ys

2024-06-03 14:55:09

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I have been using Magnet and have enjoyed it so far.

2024-06-03 14:40:49

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The Libertarian Party has been a sham for decades.
I tried but quickly came to the realization that all they did was meet at the government library once a month to complain about the recent news.
They never got up and did anything.
That and their skill at picking candidates is nonexistent.

2024-06-03 14:37:55

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Good morning, Maria.

2024-06-03 14:37:24

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Good morning, Kris.

2024-06-03 14:36:58

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Good morning, Count.

2024-06-03 14:34:22

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Good morning, Shawn.

2024-06-03 14:28:15

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Absolutely.
I mostly use Nextcloud for contacts, to do, and to sync up Obsidian.
Oh, and gpodder.

2024-06-03 12:58:11

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Wish I could help. I don't recall having any issues on my end.
I installed it and it was running.
Hope you figure it out or someone comes along that can provide more guidance.

2024-06-03 12:39:54

My Nextcloud service ended up having some issues yesterday.
I'm so thankful I backup each night.
It adds to my monthly costs but this is the second time in as many months those backups have saved me.
The next step is to talk one of my family members to let me setup a server in their home so I can backup there rather than in the "cloud."
P.S. Those wanting to help their spouses to go down the privacy rabbit hole, backups help there too. My wife doesn't want to lose her photos. That she's been able to restore them multiple times makes it easier for her to accept that we don't need Google to store them for us.

2024-06-03 11:43:47

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Sure. My Signal username is in my profile.
Shoot me a quick message.

2024-06-03 02:20:55

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It was good, thank you.

2024-06-02 23:52:43

Dinner is served.
https://image.nostr.build/1d5e53c56a0b2678f34603e563f89577652ab98ac170ea9d98e3b2511a81fcca.jpg

2024-06-02 16:13:55

Biden has not been good for the US.
https://m.primal.net/IWFU.png

2024-06-01 15:07:55

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Long answer.
Startups are racing against a clocking of burning capital. At the beginning, they are all moving to zero (run out of cash).
The goal is to hit profitability, sell, or lock in further funding before hitting zero.
Labor is a significant cost, especially for startups.
Equity options are meant to reduce labor cost and give a startup a longer runway before hitting zero.
Even if one can trust the leaders of a company to not rug everyone, one must also trust that they are competent, properly allocating capital, and driving development in the right direction. Many startups fail, not because of malicious activity, but because of ignorance and poor decisions.
Even if the startup us successful, as you mentioned earlier, there is a potential that a vast amount of dilution takes place.
Again, it might not be malicious. Maybe funds were needed to get through thr next round of development before profitability could be achieved.
But the risk is present.
Then, on top of all that, you have the risk that leadership is greedy and will do anything they can to maximize their returns or exit, without regard to those who worked diligently to make it a success.
Historically, the vast majority of startups fail.
So its reasonable to assume that the vast majority of equity options are worthless.

2024-05-29 12:33:24

Good morning!
33 days away.

2024-05-28 03:21:56

I'm not saying there is a Dollar General everywhere, but there is one here.
https://image.nostr.build/12f2888e0c617ba1e27f7b842876664ddea4f366a97e52933aeaa2a671526cf0.jpg

2024-05-27 15:10:01

I would start with Bastiat.
"The Law" can be consumed in very short order and is easy to comprehend.
It makes a great first introduction into the good and evil uses of government and law.
How theft is theft, even if it has the force of law. That just because an action has the government's backing doesn't make it moral.
#nevent1q…7u7q

2024-05-27 11:19:47

Good morning.
35 days.

2024-05-25 10:19:33

I never get tired of seeing the prices drop when we start a #Bidenomics event.
Here, we drop the gas prices down to $2.38.
Let the fun begin!
https://video.nostr.build/519f4923b5d1170e872f55fdb1eeaddbe6c8ef78a8eea7917b23991ca853a628.mp4

2024-05-24 19:52:32

I'm in Springfield, MO today to do a gas station event.
In a little over an hour, the price of has at this station will drop to 2.38 per gallon. The national average when Biden took office.
We do this to highlight the cost of inflation and how #Bidenomics has impacted Missourians.
https://image.nostr.build/f47a70586d2f56097d6229f3a441c34d4bde972b628018a1825cb4a0b4f40744.jpg

2024-05-21 19:22:02

Our main office has a bookshelf anyone is allowed to raid.
I enjoy picking up a couple of items that haven't yet made it to my own collection.
https://image.nostr.build/7b91dd0bc9d97de8e54ae38f8c0d27f9e1ceafaea045d340406cd1c91a75573d.jpg

2024-05-19 12:50:02

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Good morning, Shawn.
Have a wonderful day.

2024-05-18 00:28:29

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Always a tough balance to maintain.

2024-05-17 15:22:49

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Good morning and looking forward to this one.

2024-05-17 14:59:39

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The value will be the learning experience.
She'll take more if you want to spend it 😁
But, it is REALLY fragile. I'll need to get her some real clay.

2024-05-16 19:00:12

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I want to work on my penmanship for my letter writing.
I want something more stylistic than basic cursive but calligraphy is too much.

2024-05-16 18:47:34

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What are you using for your writing practice?

2024-05-16 13:31:51

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DMV

2024-05-16 01:39:00

I decided to take it to the next level.
₿₿₿
https://image.nostr.build/f200522973f92140a37e0e84e772059f78e6bd279d31c40089311f99223602dd.jpg

2024-05-15 21:00:20

Just ordered The Genesis Book by @npub1art…m0w5.
Thanks for the suggestion @npub1jpv…qgsz!
I'm looking forward to reading it.

2024-05-14 22:48:47

I just received a "has been pwned" notification for a service I never used.
Fun time!

2024-05-14 19:44:14

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Do you add Bitcoin/ecash to my wallet if the price of Bitcoin goes down compared to the dollar and remove it if it goes up in price?

2024-05-14 11:47:36

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Not sure what the new iPhones are using but it scratched the first day I got it. I set it down on my coffee table and slid it some when I picked it and now have a nice gouge.
But also, I have never had a screen crack when I use a glass protector. The protector cracks, and I replace it.
I had one screen crack and it was when I neglected to put a screen cover on it.

2024-05-14 11:35:04

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Or that I have to put a layer of glass over the layer of glass...

2024-05-13 23:01:36

This is cool.
#note19g8…apm8

2024-05-13 22:04:45

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Absolutely. This is certainly a part of the equation.
Unfortunately, a lot of people will choose what they know over the new.
Maybe because they don't understand the risks and tradeoffs.
It could be a number of variables, each with their own level of trustworthiness.

2024-05-13 21:47:58

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Phones are more ubiquitous.
Same issue exists on most computers.
Also, still possible to create and store your seeds off the phone but you'd still need to carry around a signing device.
Probably best to have, and teach, multiple levels.
This wallet for saving-more secure. This other for spending, less secure.

2024-05-13 21:44:05

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I believe pasture-raised is signifying that the chickens are living in a field eating insects and such from the ground.
Free range just means they don't live in cages.
Many US free range large farming corps put them in a large enclosure on the dirt and still feed them the same grain and such that they would get in the cages.

2024-05-13 21:02:53

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An individual has to trust that Bitcoin works before they will are willing to use it.

2024-05-13 20:59:44

Bitcoin is not trustless.
It takes a lot of trust to move your wealth into a new system.

2024-05-13 14:23:28

It should give them the peace of mind that the individual's property is in fact their own and no one else has a claim to it.
#nevent1q…aplu

2024-05-12 03:27:10

https://image.nostr.build/c611f0f8b51c408a53e57d84f947eba2c46988960d6eee5f11c55acfddf54d87.jpg

2024-05-11 00:04:25

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I've spoke to my wife about a change of scenery.
We'll need to take a few trips.
She unfortunately won't be coming to the Bitcoin Conference with me.

2024-05-10 23:59:30

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You elect Glenn Jacobs as Governor and I may not have any choice.

2024-05-10 23:57:54

I suppose I'm not the worse off.
Another has half a Bitcoin stuck in this transaction.
#nevent1q…nhf9

2024-05-10 23:54:17

Wyoming, Tennessee, and Florida are looking pretty tempting.
https://m.primal.net/IFUA.jpg

2024-05-10 23:51:05

This week I learned that JoinMarket allows mining fees to be set FAR too low.
Luckily I don't need the sats right now but this will either take forever or potentially never hit.

2024-05-10 19:26:15

Listening to @npub1qny…95gx's interview of @npub1c87…8avm
and I'm pretty sure Ben is a capitalist but doesn't quite know it.
Do not try and protect the commons. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
There is no commons.
#note1whn…almt

2024-05-10 17:44:54

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Followed!

2024-05-10 17:02:21

On the road.
https://image.nostr.build/5dba5cd6ebdad5e8fa2734ed71fadaedffab353b7a9ff81b500b980965d14401.jpg

2024-05-10 15:49:19

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Tagging others is working great.
NWC isn't. I'm getting an insufficient balance error.
My NWC works fine on Amethyst with all same permissions.
Also, my feeds keep resetting. Not sure why.

2024-05-10 15:43:56

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I'm using lnbits for their lightning wallets.
They interact with @npub1xnf…lpr5 for send and receive.

2024-05-10 15:22:30

I am mentioning @npub16c0…6nvr in the @npub12vk…pugg app.

2024-05-10 14:47:41

Allowance has been paid.
The girls collect via lightning during the year and will perform a swap at the end to move their Bitcoin into their savings account (on-chain).
The goal is to impart good habits, knowledge of sound money, and how to use the tools.
I want it to be second nature for them.

2024-05-09 14:39:00

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and I don't mind FOSS corporate owned Bitcoin wallet phone apps as long as they work and stick to the mission.
Options create accountability. Corporations are only evil if they manipulate the system to their advantage.

2024-05-06 13:48:24

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I use Obsidian for my my notes during the day and other items I wish to save.
But I always love the feeling of taking a pen to paper and creating a physical record rather than a digital one.
It's a part of my morning routine and I really enjoy it.

2024-05-06 13:31:32

I try to fill a page each day.
I record yesterday's events, what I read and learned over the past day, what I am thankful for, how I'm feeling at the moment, and the priorities of the current day.
I often fail to do so, but the morning always seems clearer when I do.
https://image.nostr.build/1c2fa831c4f87f44383ebf31aecb6b6eb30b68a4778c0991b41df211d0098c79.jpg