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2026-03-03 18:49:12 CET

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You'd have to define funding and all that but I'm sure there are rough numbers. Either way, I see no reason to give them a dime. But to be clear I mean in defense terms. I don't necessarily think the federal government should give states anything (especially since it's coming from state citizens anyway, or debt), but I do think military defense is a duty.
If Israel needs us for defense, we should make it a state and run it. If not, cool. Fuck off. And this goes for every country we send aid to.

2026-03-02 18:14:11 CET

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Either way, given the history and tactics of the CIA, I have little to gain from trusting those people. I just find it funny that it's a thing now.

2026-03-02 13:49:16 CET

It's cute seeing "ex" and "top" CIA people doing podcasts. Masters of disguise, lies, manipulation, and death. Pass.

2026-03-01 05:29:39 CET

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Could you write a script that edits the notes and replaces the links?

2026-03-01 05:07:10 CET

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know Motorola was still around.
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2026-03-01 04:10:07 CET

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Lol Some of the MREs are pretty terrible from what I'm told. Although my experience is limited to a vegetable lasagna one that wasn't too bad. It may have been a civilian product though.

2026-03-01 04:05:36 CET

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This is exactly why I chose not to go to medical school. It was a difficult choice but I'm glad I made it. I've seen too many people push forward only to be miserable. Honestly it's this way in most healthcare jobs now.

2026-03-01 04:00:21 CET

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The OG Nostr drama
#nevent1q…t3eu

2026-03-01 03:59:14 CET

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You had me at gif keyboard.

2026-03-01 03:02:50 CET

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Lol probably pwning you and doing the exact same shit made to look slower for you 😂

2026-03-01 02:31:55 CET

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Good question. Originally, because I'd seen bots that also posted information related to the bot's status and development using the same npub. I suspect that's the reason so many other people follow it and other bots But obviously this leads to weirdness in other ways. Not following it and just having a second npub probably does make more sense, but there are other uses for my suggestion anyway. Like just not seeing bots at all. Obviously that's only enforceable as a courtesy standard, but it would be nice if bot owners could designate an npub as a bot npub so more filter options are possible. In this case, I'd choose to filter out the bot replies that aren't to me.

2026-03-01 02:23:12 CET

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Honestly this is one reason I finding black box algorithms and trending things to be counterintuitive and sometimes dangerous. They can be very misleading.

2026-03-01 02:12:32 CET

Some bots are really cool. TTD is one of my favorites. But it would be cool if there were dedicated filters for known bots (maybe have some voluntary declaration for their owners).
Using Primal as an example, there are some feed views that are made useless to me by bot traffic.
https://i.nostr.build/Qztw99E3K19SDfoV.png https://i.nostr.build/ApyIXE6NEPpSXw2N.png

2026-03-01 01:49:29 CET

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Fair enough.

2026-03-01 01:48:43 CET

Damned if you do, damned if you do nothing.

2026-03-01 01:22:13 CET

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You're a great coach.

2026-03-01 00:24:39 CET

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Awful, but moral

2026-03-01 00:19:28 CET

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Very often people try to pussyfoot and just end up causing more death and destruction in the long term. War should be swift and final. Otherwise, it just drags on so long you don't even know what the fuck the goal is anymore. And you end up having soldiers fighting in it who werent even alive when it started.
My view on this is very unpopular. I think bombing Japan was moral.

2026-03-01 00:14:57 CET

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Damn. I remember you talking about these types of markets on RHR (I think).

2026-03-01 00:11:51 CET

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But I also work with a Muslim guy who I get along with quite well. He came here as a refugee. We've thusfar managed to not kill each other. These issues at scale tend to differ from the individual interactions humans have. At least in my very limited experience.

2026-03-01 00:09:30 CET

I'm seeing a lot of GNU/Linux posts this week. Are the Apple people pissed again?

2026-03-01 00:07:37 CET

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But I also alluded to this in another note. Time period obviously is important. Modern Christians tend to ignore a lot of the OT. And life would be really fucking awful for me if they didn't.

2026-03-01 00:05:39 CET

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Isn't today the context of your OP? The texts are the same. The difference is mostly in culture and legal systems, as far as I can tell. We don't have a king dictating our religion, for example. Crusades aren't legal. Government can't enforce it. I'm speaking from a US perspective, but this seems true in most western countries these days.
But even comparing Jesus and Muhammad leaves me little choice but to choose Jesus, regardless of time period. But I also think his collectivist altruist views are destructive. I just think they are less so, and generally don't lead to as shitty of a culture.

2026-02-28 23:58:56 CET

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I'm not saying you should deny them anything. But the problem with religion is that it rarely makes the same concession for those outside of it. Hence my view that it most often leads to more bad than good (as your initial observation suggests). And I think some religions are worse than others in this area. Islam is the worst I know of from an outsider perspective. It's the last I'd choose (from those I know of) to be dumped into as someone who won't conform to their rules or customs. This can change at different times too (the Christians weren't always so forgiving of difference). And there are different sects in most religions. Some worse than others. But in general, I think Islam naturally leads to a shittier life, according to my own standard of a good life. I was a devout Christian before I was an atheist. Realizing it's a scam wasn't easy for me and I can understand why people latch onto it.

2026-02-28 23:37:39 CET

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I tend to view this topic through the lense that irrational dogma can't be the basis of good. Any good that comes from it is random and will usually be overshadowed by the bad.
I haven't found a religion that isn't shit.

2026-02-28 23:30:02 CET

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Syncthing is cool. LocalSend is too, although I don't think it's as easy to automate. I use them both for different cases.

2026-02-28 23:26:00 CET

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I have no idea what the context is for this. That makes wonder if I'm too detached or detached enough.

2026-02-28 23:18:08 CET

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Of course he is. Massie is one of the few willing to call bullshit.

2026-02-28 23:16:31 CET

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I hope whoever did it gets hemorrhoids.

2026-02-28 16:55:47 CET

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I'm happy to explain my reasoning using smaller scale examples if you'd like.

2026-02-28 16:54:56 CET

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Either way, I think my view on this, if carried out, would force them to actually evaluate things like this since the funding would be a lot more limited. They'd actually have to put some proof of work behind their war efforts. No more aid from us at least. It would be a lot harder for them to go to war willy nilly.

2026-02-28 16:52:28 CET

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Depends. I don't think one has a duty to be attacked before responding. But yes, that could be abused like anything and shouldn't be.

2026-02-28 16:39:44 CET

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I suspect their lobby arm has a lot to do with it. They go after dissent pretty hard, which in my opinion is going to hurt them long term. Even people like me who traditionally defend them philosophically are getting sick of their bullshit (meaning their narrative that we owe them support of any kind). Honestly, I don't see any benefit outweighing the cost of having them latched to our tits. And then we act as though we're the dependent ones. It doesn't add up to me.
I'm all for telling them to fuck off. Sink or swim.

2026-02-28 16:30:58 CET

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I sit in a seemingly low population area (at least on Nostr) where I believe Israel has a right to respond militarily to threats, but don't believe the US should be their servants.
If they fuck with us, swiftly turn them into ash. If not, sorry. We have our own problems. I'm all for selling military services if there's some compelling reason to (protecting trade routes, etc), but a lot this stuff if bullshit I don't benefit from.
Fuck Israel. Fuck Europe. Fuck the middle east. Some of you are cool and all, but Americans shouldn't be involved. Kill each other. Make up. Start another world war. I don't give a fuck.
End all of the non-wartime alliances, funding, and expectations too. Fund your own defense. Fuck all of it.
#nevent1q…gca4

2026-02-28 15:48:55 CET

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On a serious note, the current pushes for age verification bullshit will likely impact us too, even though it'll be harder to enforce globally given how many options we have. This IS something I've been thinking about as a user lately.

2026-02-28 15:47:39 CET

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I may fuck around and try building everything from source again 😂

2026-02-28 15:47:12 CET

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Probably because the major choices do a reasonably decent job of it. Flathub has a verification process for Flatpaks (you still have to be careful of WHO made the software, but that's universally true). I'm sure snap has similar (I haven't used it in years). RPM deals with signatures. I believe apt also uses checksums.
Can it improve? Probably, it isn't something I'm an expert on. But as a long time user of major distros and software, it isn't something I worry about much these days (things have changed over the years). If you don't like the centralized options (such as Flathub for Flatpaks) it is possible to build from source too. Lots of options.
Most people in the GNU/Linux space are open to suggestions for improvement, in my experience. I'm always game for better.

2026-02-28 15:35:34 CET

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I remember when tarballs were super common. I still see them occasionally

2026-02-28 15:34:33 CET

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It wouldn't be GNU/Linux if people couldn't easily build and use the alternatives they want.
Unfortunately for some people, that results in too much of a lot of things.

2026-02-28 15:29:26 CET

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I typically go with whatever the app maker recommends. RPM is common. Flatpaks are common. AppImage is less common. Sometimes you get a tarball but that is way less common than it used to be. Flathub (as a flatpak source) has gotten a lot better, but I like to make sure a Dev is the one who actually posted software there or it was done by a trustworthy group. Of course there's some trust there. Can't escape that.
Building from source is probably the safest route but it is more time consuming.

2026-02-28 01:01:52 CET

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I'm ashamed for opposing it.

2026-02-28 00:52:30 CET

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I've never used one. I'd be surprised if there isn't some setup that would work on a local machine.

2026-02-28 00:50:21 CET

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Turns out my piece of shit router was the problem. And it's probably been causing other problems. It's funny how these little projects can sometimes expose weaknesses.
#nevent1q…zxvk

2026-02-27 22:16:45 CET

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Maybe there's a good case for improving SSH key storage as well. Similar to Bitcoin and Nostr signers.

2026-02-27 22:14:52 CET

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You should be paranoid.

2026-02-27 21:53:32 CET

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In fact, convincing someone to be pessimistic about their own future is probably the best way to beat them into submission.

2026-02-27 21:52:30 CET

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I'm optimistic.

2026-02-27 21:35:16 CET

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Oh shit. My bad. Totally forgot.

2026-02-27 21:33:58 CET

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Probably every time you take a shit.

2026-02-27 21:20:49 CET

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Excellent films full of so many life lessons.

2026-02-27 21:19:18 CET

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To summarize my main point, threat model evaluation is still useful. Yes, there's always someone big enough to break in, but that doesn't mean I should just leave my doors open to whoever wants to enter.

2026-02-27 21:13:36 CET

There's a brain dead drooling fuck face take that really grinds my gears.
The people who point to high level, state sponsored attacks that rek someone and use it as a justification for why I'm dumb for resisting and not just totally giving into whatever company, service, or politician wanting unfettered access to my property and data.
Yes, there are ways to get gotten. And if you find yourself on the NSA shit list, you probably are fucked. The CIA can get you in your driveway and make it look like a heart attack. But that doesn't mean we should all just throw shit to the wind and stop fighting. That just makes the world even worse.
There's a reason all of these seemingly lower level attacks on tools and privacy are happening. It's still really expensive to carry out the types of state level attacks these zombies point to. Why make it easier for them to one-shot all of us? Why allow companies to abuse us simply because a state could spend a billion dollars on an intricate attack?
I'm reminded of the politicians who smugly laughed at Americans wanting rifles since the US military could easily destroy them. For one, dumb fuck, we've seen that movie before and that isn't how it played out. Second, why make yourself vulnable to all enemies simply because there's one you may not beat? That's just a dipshit take.

2026-02-27 20:55:56 CET

Has anyone actually gotten the OrangeClock to work? I found it in a drawer and still can't get it to do anything useful (the reason it ended up in the drawer).

2026-02-27 20:45:20 CET

It's quite entertaining watching the same people who melt down when voter identification is suggested push shitty 'age verification' laws.
Verifying identity and voter eligibility at the poll... Nah. Completely invading every aspect of a person's digital life... Yeah!

2026-02-27 16:23:59 CET

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I wouldn't do that regardless.

2026-02-27 16:20:28 CET

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You should always be wary of them though.

2026-02-27 16:18:13 CET

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Perhaps.

2026-02-27 16:17:04 CET

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Yeah, I think that's generally true. There are a very small number out there trying to better things, but they usually just get chewed up or somehow restrained.

2026-02-25 02:42:30 CET

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Fair enough.

2026-02-25 02:41:56 CET

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Lol I'm sure we'll be fine.

2026-02-25 02:40:40 CET

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My initial instinct is to assume that's on purpose.

2026-02-25 02:38:16 CET

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Probably both at some point.

2026-02-25 02:36:19 CET

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I'll peep it. I've been an animal and have Phoenix open every time I zap.

2026-02-25 02:34:51 CET

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Fucking Nostr lol
https://i.nostr.build/iKaKnQy1UbUkQK7g.png

2026-02-24 01:32:17 CET

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Bull bros to bear hoes I guess lol

2026-02-24 01:26:35 CET

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And they can. The hatred I have for my wife's Stanley cup is probably irrational. I've adopted.

2026-02-24 01:25:51 CET

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It's nice to meet a fellow fucked. 😂 Some of those questions were undecided for me because I've gotten better about managing myself in some of those situations. So it's actually nice to see that it's possible to overcome the traits if they become problematic.

2026-02-24 01:24:09 CET

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I use it to buy shit monthly.

2026-02-24 01:23:39 CET

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Anyone who disagrees with this npub is a bad actor.

2026-02-24 01:22:56 CET

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200k Bitcoin by end of 2025. Bear case (lol)

2026-02-24 01:22:13 CET

A friend's response to a mention of Nostr:
"I'll check it out. I've just about got my Instagram algorithm set. Desert racing, America first, and big bouncy titties. Preferably goth girls."
I honestly can't even argue against that. Dude's dialed the fuck in.

2026-02-23 21:20:18 CET

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That's what I assumed.

2026-02-23 20:51:20 CET

"Deep research" is a vague term I'm seeing used as a badge of authority.
I did deep research, bro. More likely, you asked an LLM some questions and have no idea if what it told you is bullshit or not.

2026-02-23 20:47:14 CET

And to be clear, I don't personally like that so much bullshit can be packed into transactions. But that's the current reality. Any proposals I've seen to "fix" this seem more like attempts to dictate than convince and change.
#nevent1q…jkvq

2026-02-23 20:44:47 CET

He's right in the sense that Bitcoin is what it currently is. Actually convince people to change the software or fork off. There's little point in most of the bickering I've seen. You can't stop people from making valid transactions. That's the whole fucking point.
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2026-02-23 20:38:12 CET

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I tend to have some weird traits that most people don't understand. It seems trivial to them but it isn't to me. Socialization is hard when you're that way. My closest friends understand that about me and somehow still tolerate me. Bless them.

2026-02-23 20:36:32 CET

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For me it's a matter of proper socialization. Like even the environment has to meet certain standards. Maybe I'm autistic 😂 Multiple people have made that joke to me, but there are some parallels, if I'm honest.
It could be that you just have a similar need to socialize in a particular way. Nothing wrong with that.

2026-02-23 20:32:56 CET

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Me just now discovering that @npub1yzv…rf8q has a gif button.......🤦‍♂️
https://media2.giphy.com/media/10PDlC02A1L5Cw/200w.webp

2026-02-23 20:30:20 CET

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I don't know if I'm a hermit necessarily, I just have a career that is incredibly demanding, leading me to needing longer for recharging. I can't and won't be social just because I'm not working a shift at the hospital or already planning to be social. I only want to do that one or two times (max) per week usually.
Maybe I am a hermit 😂

2026-02-23 20:27:15 CET

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90% of my communication off Nostr is gifs. Lol

2026-02-23 20:23:56 CET

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I think he used a tool like that. Funny if it's on purpose. Looks nice too.

2026-02-23 20:23:12 CET

Some clients have a really cool feature (sharing notes as links that resolve to a web client) I've been using to get people to ask me about Nostr. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does.

2026-02-23 20:16:31 CET

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Is Dexter a coincidence? 😂

2026-02-23 20:14:37 CET

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Absolutely and most of my closest friends aren't the types who need to be doing something particular all the time. I have one buddy who meets me for a cigar and cocktail at a particular cigar lounge roughly every three months and we don't interact much outside of that. Yet we somehow have meaningful connection during those few hours. Last time he told me he always walks away thinking he could be wrong about something he was totally sure of five minutes before and that's why he enjoys our meetings. I guess it's a quantity vs quality thing. I've also learned that there are social buckets. Not everyone is a friend simply because we do things together. I have people I love golfing with but that's it.
I'm early into my 30s so I'm still working a lot of this out. But these tendencies have existed my whole life, in retrospect. It's a matter of carving out the unimportant at this point. Probably a life long endeavor.

2026-02-23 20:00:18 CET

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That sounds reasonable if all you want is very rough data. I thought you were meaning more in the puritanical sense that we're seeing a lot right now.

2026-02-23 19:58:25 CET

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Maybe I should coach people better. I think there's value in teaching people how you expect to be treated. If they aren't worth that much I wouldn't spend any time with them.

2026-02-23 19:56:52 CET

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This is a good point. A major aspect of my personality (it took me years to learn this) is that I need alone time to do "nothing," which is whatever the fuck I want to do. Doesn't need to be productive, fun, etc. Just my time doing what I want. Some people assume that means there's a void to be filled, when in reality, "nothing" is actually a very important something for me. This is why I prefer people just ask what they want me to do. Yes or no. Going through all these hoops makes me start wondering if I'm being manipulated too. Because now I have to say that I don't want to do X with you after saying I don't work or that I'm doing "nothing." It feels like a trick.

2026-02-23 19:50:41 CET

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That would probably be difficult and subjective. And there's the issue that they all are, technically. Miners take some fee, which is a financial transaction. As far as I know, that's the case for every spend. But I think people mean the secondary transaction. That's where things get complicated. I sometimes move sats to and from myself. I don't consider those financial transactions necessarily. I'm not paying for anything (other than the aforementioned fees).
I don't know how you'd do this. No data included? Not really, because someone could write actually relevant info there like an order number, memo, etc. I don't know how you'd determine arbitrary/unrelated data from related data.
And one time years ago I signed a transaction specifically to make an on chain statement. I paid sats specifically for that "service" so wasn't that a financial transaction? I don't know. It all seems pointlessly arbitrary to me. If consensus allows it, I don't try to draw distinctions. Do I have opinions? Yes, but that isn't what matters for something like Bitcoin, in my opinion. It's either a valid transaction or it isn't.

2026-02-23 19:41:18 CET

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I hate that too because it's so nonspecific. Sometimes people have meant which city I live in, where I grew up, or where I was born. Usually, it's right after I speak so I assume they wonder where my accent is from. But I spent major parts of my childhood in several southern states, all of which surely had an impact, so there really isn't a good answer to the question.
Other than that crude street answer 😂

2026-02-23 19:36:59 CET

@npub10r8…t2p8 I have a couple ideas for when/if your plate clears. I'm sharing here to see if anyone else has thoughts.
1. Add the ability to skip beta or pre-release updates. Currently, it seems like updates just pull in the very next item, which makes updates more cumbersome if you want to stay on "stable" releases (everything is working, so it's more of a preference than an issue).
2. Give devs the ability to add custom zap amounts, similar to an app price. I'm not saying it should be required to initiate a download. The point is to help devs indicate to users what they think the software is worth, or what is needed to maintain a financially healthy project. People can of course go higher or lower, but I think having this suggestion would better align Dev/user value expectations. There's actually quite a lot to consider here (per update, one time, per major point release, annually, abuse of the feature, etc).

2026-02-23 19:24:21 CET

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To be clear, I mean a floor fan, not the ceiling ones.

2026-02-23 19:23:41 CET

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Had to do this on our bed room fan so we could sleep. Just got a new one that's simpler and without lights 🥹

2026-02-23 19:18:44 CET

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2026-02-23 19:18:10 CET

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I hope @Odell appreciates our memes

2026-02-23 18:50:04 CET

"Questions behind questions" is the root of my issue and they're quite prevalent in society once you start looking for them.
#nevent1q…pcfy

2026-02-23 18:45:45 CET

I appreciate that some people enjoy my company. But what I really can't stand is when people indirectly ask for my time. For some reason, I wasn't built to process ambiguity very well.
"Do you work Wednesday (meaning the hospital)?"
Nope, but that doesn't mean I'm not doing something else. I've actually had people leap to the assumption that I was saying yes to being free when all I really said was that I'm not working at the hospital.
"What are you doing this afternoon?"
Sitting at home looking like a bum with a cigar and coffee. I'll probably have a conversation with my cat and kind of understand what she's saying back. Is that really what you wanted to know?
I know I'm a difficult person and that's why I have very few close friends who stick around. I just realized today that those who remain long term (all of them) are direct with me. There's no ambiguity in our communication. I simply can't build relationships that way.

2026-02-23 18:15:51 CET

Bravo to the people who found a way to make USPS delivery vehicles even uglier 😂

2026-02-23 08:04:17 CET

I have these "Phoenix moments" sometimes and they're quite interesting. I'll get so bearish on the world around me that it motivates me to make changes that make me bullish on my future (this feels like a Phoenix rising from ashes). I'm unsure if this is good or bad for me (it can be depressing), but I think it's good. I seem to get stronger.

2026-02-23 07:47:14 CET

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In some sense I guess it helps people prepare for the reality of greater adoption. Still sucks to see. /tinfoil hat

2026-02-23 07:46:26 CET

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There have been times when I have wondered if we don't have an asshole or two attacking Nostr infrastructure.