MikeMonty

🏡🎓 homeschool dad
🧬📚 science enthusiast/sci-fi addict
🎴📊 running trading card eBay store

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2026-03-23 23:48:51 UTC

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I don’t think you ever actually read any of my posts because you don’t seem to understand what I do. I’m not making games I’m making a tool to more efficiently add products to my eBay store. I’m going back to muting you now okay? 👍

2026-03-23 23:05:07 UTC

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Fuck off

2026-03-23 23:03:43 UTC

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Part of why I wrote this yea.

2026-03-23 23:03:08 UTC

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He didn’t make anyone use his platform. The platform was a symptom of the fiat system.

2026-03-23 15:42:15 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/f365d056c25a0b89fa078842b3121d17451955f65ba62ae90d547a821bb90b51.gif

2026-03-22 21:43:48 UTC

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Yeah, you can spend money on credits, but I put five dollars in when I ran out last week and I tore through those in about an hour

2026-03-20 20:54:34 UTC

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God I would love to pull a Les Stroud and just live in the woods for a few weeks. Darn these children and my responsibilities…

2026-03-17 22:59:17 UTC

17 more hours till I can use my agent again

2026-03-16 00:43:56 UTC

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I like to imagine you’ve pulled that branch down and you’re about to launch something
https://blossom.primal.net/a5137f729d6dbffcec23c5278507462f6eb63e9338bf1f0adb0f6df2dd29182e.jpg

2026-03-16 00:35:53 UTC

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I dream of a nostr that works like Napster

2026-03-15 20:12:29 UTC

All of a sudden I wanna watch “edge of tomorrow” again.

2026-03-15 14:41:44 UTC

gm happy Sunday.
Was looking for an old coffee meme to share and couldn’t find it so here’s a yo-yo trick from Jan 2017
https://blossom.primal.net/4f6a9bd20859c9f6ce96944527e3bc66a94de3c7175f80bca57692888a4645da.mp4

2026-03-08 05:13:35 UTC

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😂 I’m going to sleep now

2026-03-08 05:12:13 UTC

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I’m fresh outta dildos

2026-03-08 05:05:28 UTC

Oh, by the way, if I start swearing in my post in the future, just tell me to go to bed

2026-03-08 02:22:16 UTC

Do you wanna have a laugh at my expense? My nieces were trying to blow bubbles into slime so I tried to show them how to do it and the slime grabbed onto my mustache and beard and took me 30 minutes to get it out.

2026-03-03 23:30:58 UTC

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The sun is a star. It is producing energy and heat and light through fusion. don’t fucking tag me.

2026-03-03 20:49:36 UTC

I love it when I’m scrolling and I accidentally like a post and I can’t fucking unlike it

2026-03-03 20:22:12 UTC

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It needs to be more obvious to new nostr users that their media isn’t stored here
#nevent1q…3mjn

2026-03-01 17:59:32 UTC

Just waiting to click “implement plan” and then I can go take my shower…

2026-03-01 17:11:04 UTC

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Now that I’ve got the stock cable in it’s charging just fine lol… never thought about power capacity for them, usually what I’m worried about is if they can handle data or not. Oh well learned something new 😂

2026-03-01 16:58:43 UTC

Just figured out that my laptop’s battery wasn’t going bad, but the usb-c cable I had been using wasn’t rated for the power I needed to run through it. 🤦‍♂️

2026-03-01 15:11:44 UTC

Posting about goals or ideas has always been a wonderful way for me to kill them before starting. Something about getting applauded for having the idea to do some useful work usually gets your just enough endorphins released to think, “that was great, I should post about what I want to do more” and then instead of working on your project you animorph into Pavlov’s dog.

2026-02-27 03:03:18 UTC

eBay sales seem to be picking back up a bit compared to last month.

2026-02-25 20:34:11 UTC

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Now the question is will he steal this one too?
https://blossom.primal.net/8a0983234e18b0ef377cbf47c004766ea75454b45ff4b4de0c8631ceb4c22dff.jpg
#nevent1q…gyfz

2026-02-25 17:21:41 UTC

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Gm!

2026-02-24 16:42:22 UTC

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gm!
https://blossom.primal.net/f072de56aebebd4d5d535f73d0f6e5a399b464332ed83559b975ba9c949bec0f.jpg

2026-02-18 16:26:20 UTC

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gm!

2026-02-17 05:13:55 UTC

One thing I miss about Twitter was when I was working late at night I could drop into a space and just listen to people chitchat or pipe in from time to time. If I understand it, Nostr has stuff like that, but I don’t really know how to use it

2026-02-15 17:36:35 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/0b7c404c3bdc64c0c1d8ac63843f6b470887efc9c3d972bc124446d882e1bf82.gif

2026-02-15 17:30:45 UTC

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That’s gonna be good 🤤

2026-02-15 17:26:47 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/beee3251c7362ec6880e5c764eea87cb985140dbee18b0715ef7a4be69b90e47.jpg

2026-02-09 23:06:58 UTC

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I hope I earn enough/save enough before it does that 😂

2026-01-29 17:06:08 UTC

I would say I’m a technology fan in the same way others are sports fans, i’m not necessarily good at it, but I will go out of my way to learn a little more about it just for fun

2026-01-28 20:45:33 UTC

Shows up in Damus but not primal, I’m guessing it’s a relay issue out maybe I need to restart my phone. Anyways…
#note1s3w…a9wf

2026-01-28 19:05:48 UTC

yoyostr test post

2026-01-26 05:37:52 UTC

This is only a test
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system.

2026-01-25 20:16:39 UTC

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Let’s vibe code the eBay of Nostr

2026-01-25 17:07:24 UTC

gm
https://blossom.primal.net/3af195d8fc4e311d19c5851095c2187c234b03a591d4d4eafcdfc277f21ef7e6.jpg

2026-01-22 19:16:29 UTC

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Thank you for the info :)

2026-01-16 19:00:53 UTC

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One concern that popped into my head was the safety side of it, like what if someone sets up a high-value reward for a location and then mugs whoever shows up. If you’re into Bitcoin, you’re kind of advertising that you might be worth targeting.
That said, I really do like the idea. It sounds fun, and I’d honestly love to join a hunt or even run one myself. I guess this is just the cynical part of my brain going, “wait a second…”

2026-01-16 18:27:31 UTC

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Part of me thinks, “wow this is awesome”, and part of me thinks, “interesting way to get robbed”. I mean, I like the idea I just wonder about the negative side potentially.

2026-01-16 18:25:31 UTC

I think my Pokémon card manager is at an mvp point and can finally be put to use

2026-01-15 21:29:10 UTC

I keep seeing a lot of anti-AI and anti-crypto arguments that hinge on the idea that water is being “used up.” Data centers get described as if they’re consuming water the way a fire consumes wood, like it’s being permanently removed from the world.
Maybe I’m missing something, but that framing feels strange to me. In most cases the water is being used for cooling, it absorbs heat, some of it evaporates, and it goes back into the broader water cycle. It isn’t disappearing. It’s changing state and location for a while.
That’s not what people seem to be reacting to. What I don’t understand is why “water use” gets talked about as if it means water is being destroyed or permanently removed from the system. Cooling water changes temperature, sometimes changes phase, moves around, then re-enters the same cycle it’s always been in. So why is this the thing that my kids ask about? 🙃

2026-01-07 20:42:15 UTC

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Oh I’m excited to make merch 👀

2026-01-07 16:34:31 UTC

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Not too far enough
https://image.nostr.build/e2ff9587d89ecfa86cfd9ca4aab48f1d8c5335cbadbf61ddd592bc3a71092f50.jpg

2026-01-05 21:50:02 UTC

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It still would be nice to listen in. I’m actually actively working on an nostr project for once

2026-01-05 21:48:35 UTC

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I hit mine against a wall. Not the cheapest upgrade I’ve made…
https://image.nostr.build/818a035f5e72218bcb73d826ce2aa0664e257a218cc2a205da38adbb793ad3c5.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/50349fd091d87dfca59b4057dd1ee23f3ae9340eb68e21149675f98ac7d7dfc9.jpg

2026-01-05 21:45:47 UTC

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Thank you :)

2026-01-05 21:40:33 UTC

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Depending on when my kids get home tonight and my family wanting to celebrate my birthday, I will try to come and listen or talk

2026-01-05 21:31:15 UTC

I should probably offer apologies for my occasional public freak outs at technology not working right

2026-01-05 21:13:46 UTC

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Meanwhile this is what I’m trying to run a node on.
https://image.nostr.build/98eca5b64e5084d2c375007f4ce153a18e9397af5dd0872d063433c46e994525.jpg

2026-01-05 21:11:45 UTC

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Can’t tell if sarcasm or not. You’re expected to spend several hundred dollars on a solid straight hard drive just to run a node, and we want a decentralized network of nodes to keep everyone honest?

2026-01-05 20:44:58 UTC

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Almost 75% synced
https://blossom.primal.net/4e4050caaf9d9cd5fe0ea3f79bd0c1a63cbfa2798108317d2a33d2ed9440621d.png
#nevent1q…mp6w

2026-01-05 05:11:22 UTC

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I’ll need to do some experimenting and documenting… maybe I just kind of need to crash course in Nostr video that teaches people, I don’t know a birds-eye view of all this. What are you vaguely saying is coming soon?

2026-01-05 04:45:32 UTC

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Yeah, it just has to spin at the end of the string for a few seconds

2026-01-05 04:40:11 UTC

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Any dollar store yo-yo is good enough to learn the basics on. once you know how to hold it, how to throw it, how to do a sleeper, walk the dog, forward pass, rock the baby, around the world, break away, elevator; then we should talk about ball bearing yo-yo, and if you really want to dive down the rabbit hole, we got you

2026-01-05 04:36:19 UTC

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I never understood why they broke so easily. It’s literally just two spring loaded weight loaded arms that grabbed the axle. when you throw it and they spin those weights are pulled away from the axle with centrifugal force that makes sense to me, but if you unscrew it for any reason it screws it up. 😂

2026-01-05 04:27:32 UTC

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Yomega brain auto return yo-yo :) yo-yo with a clutch. I had one as well

2026-01-05 04:23:53 UTC

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It once used to be amazing

2026-01-05 04:05:12 UTC

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Well, the way I’m building... The project is meant to be cloned and reskinned for other hobbies, so I can see what you mean. But if they don’t already believe in the decentralized web, we have some time to build.

2026-01-05 03:53:05 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/78afd215c85bb3eb6d8ec8440a3cfdc2038a91109b24a3facaaeb3e50a73165c.mov

2026-01-05 03:03:08 UTC

I don’t need to see a price chart to know that I believe in bitcoin

2026-01-01 20:35:52 UTC

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Same here, I always wished Duncan yo-yo professionals could still be around to verify you knew a trick and give you patches to sew onto a jacket. But since we can do it digitally on nostr now I’m going to make a digital equivalent.

2026-01-01 20:28:43 UTC

Getting close to a rough version 0.1 of yoyostr. Initial release will focus on teaching. I will curate tutorial videos into difficulty levels. Users will be able to post a video of them doing the trick, after enough community members confirm the video is of the trick then the user will receive a badge for that trick. If they get all the badges for a skill level they’ll get that skill level badge. If you have a badge you asserting someone’s done a trick right will have more weight. Once this is working I will add more community/forum functionality.

2026-01-01 16:30:14 UTC

Happy new year, time to start vibe coding this idea I’ve had since forever.
https://blossom.primal.net/a2d28c00c9d7759bc4c7c752b13c741b92b2ab22da6a70ced3e000a20422d5b4.jpg

2025-12-31 22:03:59 UTC

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I believe I can prune after the fact, but I have 4tb to work with so it’s not necessary for now.

2025-12-31 21:59:13 UTC

We need to find a way to expedite the process of getting new Bitcoin nodes running. As soon as you comprehend the concept of Bitcoin, you should promptly set up your node. I’ve been aware of this for almost three years now, and I’ve been procrastinating for far too long. There’s no better time than the present.
https://blossom.primal.net/55743334a7d070c6ec468305c80cc3624a36ac64d5fc81ec7f9920f72b7ae09c.png

2025-12-31 18:43:55 UTC

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Cute little guy

2025-12-26 04:28:19 UTC

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Slowly, but surely thank you

2025-12-26 04:27:03 UTC

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My hands got messed up for a few months from a bad nail infection and then a bad reaction to antibiotics so I’ve been wearing gloves four a few weeks now 😅 tonight was the first time throwing since those last trick videos a few weeks back

2025-12-26 04:22:22 UTC

Combo of combos :) merry Christmas!🎄
https://blossom.primal.net/f6ac8f06f67ec32c6005e780e1bb37e5ad7cf23f5fb45e0ccad6885bcb7d1e02.mov

2025-12-07 03:04:11 UTC

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Agreed lol

2025-12-07 03:02:32 UTC

An attempt at horizontal.
https://blossom.primal.net/b4e9d7f68b076d9cd6eb8913e64c1ccbe034c93f60c7a5b3082a6353a6e77a48.mov

2025-11-21 05:12:16 UTC

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I put it into autosort mode, it worked :)
https://blossom.primal.net/e03bea33df488fdc4bd595dd51e0e6cfcbc05dba95c17c3bd270cbb7cc530f7b.png

2025-11-21 05:03:06 UTC

Still working on the auto sorter but we’ve made progress 🙂 at least the most confident match is the actual card 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/8364e6925ffde68111166c657bd72ed14f2f3232db395cce3d500f88089aac89.png

2025-11-20 21:29:04 UTC

The kids had me generate coloring book pages for them. My son asked me to have a pet turkey eating with us so his doesn’t have a cooked turkey 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/f01ef25bafa94248acbf96ddb5caf30de2f1782b02e0f8c43bb84188f6600f2f.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/ea4439959a269523e2a0fd2c1399ddabd54cb0235cfc5bc28eeefce08d1eaa75.jpg

2025-11-20 19:05:34 UTC

Finished reading The Price of Tomorrow, now on to The Big Print.

2025-11-20 03:42:47 UTC

Today with Gemini 3 (Googles AI) I was able to get the image warping/homography working perfectly. Then the square cropping working perfectly. And then we ran into an issue with OCR (optical character recognition) to grab the names off cards so their processed pictures could be moved into folders. Luckily there’s another way to accomplish this, download pictures and json data for all the sets and compare my photos to them to identify the card and get the name that way. So I’m currently waiting for the library of card data to download and then we’ll move forward with automating identification. Once that’s all working I’ll begin working on having a script use all this organized data to create eBay drafts automatically (I hear it’s possible) and if not that, a csv list to import the data manually but still make all the drafts at once.

2025-11-19 19:37:48 UTC

Just finished reading The Price of Tomorrow by @nprofile…wc22. Very good book, and some of it a time capsule from when it was written. 😊

2025-11-19 03:46:56 UTC

Gemini 3 was able to come up with a python script after a few back and forths of the console output/image outputs that could identify the rectangle of a Pokemon card and use it to straighten the image how I wanted. There’s still a small bug to fix but progress was made finally.

2025-11-18 19:30:10 UTC

My new ai benchmark is “can it write a script that warps a photo of a Pokemon card to be flat”.

2025-11-18 17:23:11 UTC

I find funny that most of the retail interfaces for bitcoin go down and the price recovers.

2025-11-17 20:16:55 UTC

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👏👏👏 iykyk 🤭

2025-11-17 02:03:01 UTC

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K trimmed them, now i can sleep without them tickling my ears 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/d2daca1b204689a9c9ca6b638aad638db1394c1cb2f58e29998935d0bcad9287.png
#nevent1q…k69v

2025-11-17 01:26:15 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/e78934b450eed2630169a8e914d27b3968c9b27b7abb62ae06c35e7e4a5279b3.jpg

2025-11-16 19:46:53 UTC

I think my next vibe coding project will be to make an app that helps me with my eBay listings. I want to be able to take all my pictures, put them in a folder, and the app automatically crops all the pictures, names the files, organizes them into folders… idk what else.

2025-11-16 03:12:45 UTC

79 more cards listed 🙃
https://blossom.primal.net/08962b3750c0dc7c82e4ff4be67f1f460d76219158c37c03b851753efe10249d.jpg

2025-11-11 23:54:03 UTC

Little demo video of my Barrels vs. Humans game on Roblox
https://youtu.be/TFqFQsJ2y9M

2025-11-11 17:08:23 UTC

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Thank you for the suggestions I’ll see what I can do :)

2025-11-11 16:39:22 UTC

Reduced server sizes on the game so that if one bugs out the others will keep running. Found a few bugs I’m not sure how to fix/test aside from advertising the game. In one case the intermission never ended. In another the game time wasn’t working. Couldn’t find errors in the log

2025-11-11 15:31:46 UTC

It costs 1 cent per play to get someone into your Roblox game. Crazy. 🤘

2025-11-11 06:21:35 UTC

Finally have got my barrels vs humans game working. I think it’s playable enough that I can try advertising it again and seeing what new bugs show up lol

2025-11-10 22:58:40 UTC

Switched from using codex to co-pilot because I am out of codex credits until Wednesday. It fixed a bug for me in half a minute. The bug was that if all members from one team quit the game wouldn’t end until the game timer ran down. Yay :)

2025-11-10 20:19:02 UTC

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Autocorrect makes a lot of gems

2025-11-10 17:49:29 UTC

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Having watched the Brian documentary, it’s sad to see how far from his original mission he’s strayed.

2025-11-10 17:02:13 UTC

Would be fun to buy a bunch of automated drink machines and hook them up with square. Build a self service btc powered cafe. I’d have to fix and refill machines until a humanoid robot could take over for me.

2025-11-10 16:03:33 UTC

Hey @nprofile…canx your chat bot doesn’t even know about the map
https://blossom.primal.net/a74fb634fa918bacb5a3907509a5c5261fc8047666a49d2d0de0e89200bfdc96.png
https://blossom.primal.net/2c573bb64a0b3c80a3221de897f8671e7a1e3d5b1829000131c3d763a48f0761.png

2025-11-09 22:37:46 UTC

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Derek’s a really dope dude.
#nevent1q…0xp3

2025-11-09 22:36:27 UTC

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Seems like they would be most likely to relate to my existence 😂