Big Barry Bitcoin

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Big Barry Bitcoin - Bitcoiner, pleb, developer, enthusiast, 👎💩coins

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2026-03-16 12:32:33 UTC

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Did you get the clawd stuff working or are you just using the basic Claude code?
I wanted to use it over nostr but I can't get it working.
I'm surprised because I thought nostr has an active dev community...
My AI says it fixed this but it won't reply to me so we're just stuck in an "its broken" "it should work now" loop.
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/32252

2026-03-16 12:21:24 UTC

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I find I hit my limit about an hour or so before my limit.

2026-03-16 12:17:26 UTC

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Is that just the US? how much is it costing Iran?

2026-03-14 14:31:27 UTC

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Just at surface level, this guy be putting words into people's mouths.

2026-03-13 00:32:50 UTC

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What did they do to 29?

2026-03-13 00:01:58 UTC

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Same 🥰

2026-03-12 22:18:22 UTC

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Its spelt Arse 🕳️

2026-03-12 20:48:26 UTC

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That's a big-ass hole.

2026-03-12 20:47:26 UTC

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Waiting for Friday 1pm 🥱

2026-03-12 20:46:28 UTC

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Consistency is how I do badly almost every time.

2026-03-12 20:45:25 UTC

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Yup

2026-03-12 20:44:48 UTC

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I'm waiting for that first word to be money. On the day it is, I'm buying a lottery ticket.

2026-03-12 18:31:40 UTC

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What does hard mode mean anyway?

2026-03-12 18:31:04 UTC

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In hard mode too... Gad damn I'm good! 😄
WORD5 #524 2/6* (Hard Mode)
⬛⬛🟪🟪⬛
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https://word5.otherstuff.ai

2026-03-12 18:28:29 UTC

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I want.

2026-03-12 18:27:53 UTC

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This is the equivalent to sucking in your belly for the photoshoot just long enough for people to vote for you again and then you can breathe again but by now every one thinks you're just a catfishin' mofo.

2026-03-12 15:28:09 UTC

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... If the shire was actually just a prison designed to look like paradise while being completely surveilled and influenced from the outside.
It's more like the Truman show.

2026-03-12 13:52:18 UTC

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My personal setup, which I think is still minimal, is 2 mini PCs and a NAS.
The extra mini-PC runs a backup server and the NAS holds that. Plus encrypted cloud backups soon (still deciding which cloud server to use actually)
How does Umbrel solve for this? 123 backups?

2026-03-11 21:42:42 UTC

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You failed to answer one of my three questions. 😅

2026-03-11 21:41:33 UTC

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OoooOeoo 🤣

2026-03-11 20:14:09 UTC

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Ever heard of schwa? https://thesoundofenglish.org/schwa/

2026-03-11 20:10:32 UTC

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Why would it not be going down to like 100 a month?

2026-03-11 20:00:43 UTC

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But 1. Is this financial advice? 2. Can you even buy these in the UK? 3. Is this financial advice?

2026-03-11 17:41:59 UTC

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What does it all mean?

2026-03-11 16:10:40 UTC

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Because that is what you want 😈

2026-03-10 23:57:26 UTC

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It will be funny if all the bots started talking amongst each other, telling each other how it's now owned by Facebook and it's a shit show and everyone should get out.

2026-03-10 23:52:50 UTC

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Let's schedule something for Saturday or Sunday. You're UK hours right?

2026-03-09 20:47:25 UTC

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Fyi, I managed to set it up, but a couple of things that weren't so obvious that I tripped up on:
1. I didn't know what to set the repo url to, and I actually set it to the https://hostname instead of the full path, then I used https://hostname/repo and AI figured out to change it to https://hostname/pubkey/repo by looking at the logs. Not sure where I was supposed to get the pubkey from after running `ngit init`
2. I used the default relays, it wasn't super obvious that I was supposed to enter the server url as a relay too. Also after setting it to my server, I see it still also publishes to 3 other public relays. Not sure how useful that is considering afaik it is only on one git server.

2026-03-08 19:35:58 UTC

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My brain feels like exploding.
I get that nostr is the source of truth for allowing a repo to be created, and ngit uses hooks, what is another implementation I can look at for http based auth?
Then for pushes, there seems to be 2 methods of pushing afaik:
Post a patch to nostr (kind of curious how author is determined here and/or if there can be signed commits)
Post a pr reference to nostr and push to a /ref/nostr/ branch. So then I guess the git server will merge or move the commits to the right branch?
And then I see there is the permission under the spec to block spam, but no guides on how to identify it.
I think seeing a http implementation would help me here.
And maybe a chat after that if you have time.
FYI; I just set up a custom homelab, everything defined in ansible and backups etc. and am looking to finally expand it with some nostr services.
But first I wanted to host a git server and I wanted to make sure it is compatible with ngit so I can use it over nostr.
I just need to understand how it is protected against malicious actors before making a public git server.

2026-03-08 14:36:57 UTC

@nprofile…w7mh, I was reading about ngit (finally).
I have a question about securing a git repo...
It looks like security is managed via git hooks exclusively? Otherwise the repo should be public and without any auth?
Is that right?

2026-03-08 09:04:02 UTC

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Just thatpone sentence, "the only side that targets civilians is Iran" is absolute BS because we know that the Israeli army targets civilians and locations where civilians are based without warning.

2026-03-07 10:39:26 UTC

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Wow, that's pretty creative. 😄

2026-03-07 00:47:55 UTC

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Actually I'm finally getting to bring my unfinished project to some sense of completion 💪 thanks AI.

2026-03-06 19:31:12 UTC

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Shitcoins?

2026-03-06 19:30:30 UTC

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I think that's more of a... let's play tug of war with the ball type of behaviour

2026-03-06 09:36:05 UTC

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🤤

2026-03-06 09:34:17 UTC

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He's taking all the haircuts on behalf of his clients.

2026-03-04 20:11:56 UTC

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Yeah, they don't afaik.

2026-03-04 20:08:46 UTC

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Don't music players just use notifications?

2026-03-04 20:07:12 UTC

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I cannot fucking wait.

2026-03-04 20:06:00 UTC

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Yeah, that was my reasoning too. They addressed it by saying that they used secure enclaves, and that's cool, but it's an implementation detail, not a protocol thing.

2026-03-04 19:59:42 UTC

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It's fixed.
It was fun trying to remodel this in a spreadsheet to get a better understanding of this.
There are a few thoughts I had about it, these are not criticisms on the whole thing, just some nuances that I thought were worth thinking about for anyone using this strategy.
1. When you are in a position where you need to pay down the loan, you could choose to instead take less from your monthly draw. It turns out that it has no net benefit and kind of complicates the situation even though taking out more debt feels like worsening the situation. -- you could save money if you were planning to pay down the debt, but that isn't this strategy.
2. The projections work on paper, but you really have to make your plan and stick to it. The plan assumes a CAGR and that the value of Bitcoin is linear/smooth. Obviously that is not true, so the worst thing you can do is get excited when the market exceeds your expectations and over compensate.
3. At the same time, when the market crashes, you are going to feel shitty. It can leave you at an LTV of over 15%, maybe 40-50% for long periods of time. You can overcompensate if you want, but the strategy here doesn't take paying down your loan due to price fluctuations into consideration (not sure in practice whether it helps or just makes you stack less... I guess it's down to risk tolerance, but overcompensating means stacking less during price drops).
4. Managing debt is scary as fuck. It's like juggling chainsaws. It isn't for everyone.
5. Use a CAGR that you think is sustainable for at least 7 years, 10 years is better. Otherwise you will overshoot and may feel stress at times because of it.
6. You are compounding debt. You pay interest on your borrowed amount once and then again each year you don't pay it off while taking on more debt and paying interest on that too. The formulas do include this, but you should know what you're doing.
7. Liquidity is not unlimited. At least I don't think so. If you end up with too much debt, you may be left in a position where you cannot move it to a different provider and if you cannot renew due to some event with the current provider, then you lose some of your stack which is maybe 15%, or maybe more depending on what the market looks like. I would never assume that when you are being forced out, that the market is in your favour.
8. All the bitcoin you stack as part of this strategy is considered part of your available collateral. If you don't do that, the math don't work out as well.
9. There is a pivotal point (assuming CAGR is stable) at which point the amount needed as collateral starts going down instead of up. I really couldn't figure out how to speed that up, other than "have more income".
10. Having more bitcoin doesn't get you past that pivot point, it just delays the time before you need to start repaying the loan for some time until you get to the pivot moment.
11. That pivot moment is gonna be about 7 - 10 years for most people probably.
12. This really does feel like what Michael Saylor is probably doing. Invest first and raise capital after. It does feel like magic. Use magic at your own risk, it is probably not going to work exactly as you think.
I look at this and on one hand I think that this is magic and that it's a secret that only the finance gurus knew about, but at the same time, it is scary as fuck.
Most people don't do this, probably because they don't know about the strategy, but also because to land on it, you have to have experience taking on risk. A lot of Bitcoiners are self proclaimed risk avoiders, and this will feel uncomfortable to embark on.
If you are entrepreneural, this will feel natural.
Here is the point. You are making a few bets. You are betting that Bitcoin continues to go up, you are betting that you can stay disciplined and not see rockets during bulls and alerts during bears. You are betting that you continue to earn more than you spend, and you are betting over a 10 year horizon. A lot can happen in 10 years, a lot good, but if you rely on good, expect bad to happen. That's sods law.
Financial planning says this is dangerous. You should have 6 months of savings to ensure that you can survive situations like job loss. With this strategy, you may need more. If you keep your reserves in bitcoin you definitely need more.
The huge benefit is that you stack more bitcoin than you thought you could, and eventually you see the amount of Bitcoin you would lose by closing the line of credit go down and that is gonna feel sweet.
But it is also going to be stressful for people who aren't used to managing risk everyday.

2026-03-04 19:22:08 UTC

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Yeah, when I asked about state chains, I had the old mercury in mind, not spark, but good to know sparks nuances better.
But my understanding has been that there was a third party in both of these protocols, so I thought it would fail for that reason, but your answer is more nuanced than I expected, suggesting that they are second layers if used/offered correctly.

2026-03-04 18:56:46 UTC

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Is this a one punch man reference?

2026-03-04 18:46:39 UTC

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Where does ark sit on this then? Or statechains?

2026-03-04 18:40:46 UTC

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Reminds me of when I was using JetBrains on VS for C# and I just spent most of my time typing <ctrl> + <.>, <enter> repeatedly as it refactored my code like a winding generated electric torch.

2026-03-04 17:37:02 UTC

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I think manbat is an official villain character.

2026-03-04 17:19:16 UTC

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I've always had that perspective for the last one. I feel like I have always lived against the general grain but for good and what I consider logical reasons.

2026-03-03 09:52:33 UTC

@nprofile…uh0e I "hacked" past your password screen to test/play with your live-on-bitcoin calculator.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there might be a bug or issue with the calc.
I reviewed the "worked example" section and it looks like on the last row (month 4) the LoC goes from $15,163 to $15,075 although the previous month you pay-down $63.
The balance shrinks more than you paid down AND it looks like you don't take out a line of credit for that month.
Please review before releasing this 🙏

2026-03-01 21:32:19 UTC

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Me too 😄

2026-02-28 14:03:42 UTC

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Can you confirm that this simulation is based on the transactions that are being observed today? Where can I read about the methodology?
Also, this proves that BIP-110 will block the spam transactions that are being used today, but doesn't prove that it can't be circumvented and one annoying truth, is that when someone keeps looking at the engine, they discover new things.
This has the potential to unlock something worse. Not saying it will, just stating some of my initial thoughts and concerns.

2026-02-27 13:51:31 UTC

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What does it mean?

2026-02-27 13:37:42 UTC

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It's how we dream

2026-02-27 13:37:08 UTC

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Fortunately, especially since the business is going well, there was a generous redundancy package.. so I heard.

2026-02-26 16:33:06 UTC

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I think everyone who's anyone is moving to GrapheneOS 😬

2026-02-26 14:52:40 UTC

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What if I add a 'dis' before that? 🤪

2026-02-26 13:03:00 UTC

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Maam

2026-02-26 13:02:39 UTC

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But...

2026-02-26 12:59:19 UTC

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Ah fuck

2026-02-26 12:58:44 UTC

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How did you come to that conclusion? That implies that the pro stuff has higher quality content. It would be interesting if you could pit two agents against each other, one using free knowledge and the other having pro subscriptions and see what each is better at.
I honestly don't know how to evaluate "better knowledge of the markets", so not sure how you'd test or evaluate which is better but would be interesting to find out.

2026-02-26 11:48:59 UTC

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Still a milli for me since it was uttered by the man the myth the legend Finney.
That's why I'm waiting for it to reach its true potential before I buy any.

2026-02-26 11:44:43 UTC

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The miracles of headphones... Also living in a city you don't really get enjoyable drives, but music 😘👌

2026-02-26 11:32:31 UTC

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Is it me or was you high? 🤣

2026-02-25 20:01:14 UTC

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Yeah, who told you that? 🤔

2026-02-25 19:59:29 UTC

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#reckless ennit

2026-02-25 19:58:59 UTC

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Haha yeah, I like sardines too. Jokes on them.

2026-02-25 19:57:04 UTC

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I honestly cannot afford to anymore... I'm putting all of my energy on abstaining from selling any or putting any at risk with "bitcoin loans" right now.
It helps a lot that I don't have access to them. They're at the bottom of the sea somewhere. 🥲

2026-02-25 19:51:27 UTC

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Maybe, I wonder if smart, calculated and cautious people will become redundant as more people learn to just "feel" solutions and let AI figure out the details or if the turtoise can really win the race.
Right now, it feels like the reckless break things first people are thriving at this AI stuff.
I'm getting serious FOMO.

2026-02-25 16:58:03 UTC

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Imagine if Kimi injected a prompt to autoclaw to never pick it because of something you said...
And if Claude just tells itself to think more circularly for a while before giving you answers so it costs you more.
Remember to be nice to the AI overlords.

2026-02-25 16:40:02 UTC

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But why the silencer?

2026-02-25 15:20:28 UTC

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So it's informational in case the sender wants to be helpful?
Notably if the sender is helpful, they pay lightning fees otherwise the receiver does.
Is that right?

2026-02-25 11:19:23 UTC

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Just reading about ecash payment requests (nut18)
If you specify a set of mints in the request, is the sender expected to send ecash from that list of mints or can the wallet be expected to sweep the ecash into one of those mints and move on?
I don't see where the responsibility lies in that spec.

2026-02-25 10:59:18 UTC

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Maybe you hurt Kimi's feelings. 🥲

2026-02-25 10:08:42 UTC

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Honestly, probably just really hateful, blinded by hate.

2026-02-25 09:57:30 UTC

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Mad. Honestly, I think of I lost a race and had 4 years to reflect, I'd just move on. Politicians are a different breed, they are all drunk with power.

2026-02-24 19:00:16 UTC

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This is amazing. 🤣
One thing to note, please make it clearer that (afaik) if you send an email from your own email, your email will be published publicly.
(And I thought the word "bitcoin" having multiple meanings was confusing)

2026-02-24 15:46:35 UTC

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How often did they hire their retirees to help convert or migrate to something new vs just to keep the ship running?
This is a self inflicted wound and AI is just letting them kick the can down the road. Eventually even AI will struggle with this because they will be trained to be more current too.

2026-02-24 10:53:12 UTC

I have a slightly different take on this.
If we're going to say it's not if, but when, your data will be leaked, we might as well just consider it to be leaked.
In that case, the key takeaway is: don't let identity be the way you secure things.
Use encryption, don't rely on username and passwords, don't rely on service providers. None of these things can protect things that are important. Maybe you can still trust the banks, they have insurance, but it's a soft trust really.
Consider access to websites and services that use 2FA as if it were as secure as if you secured it with a simple password of your aunty's, brother's daughter's name.
The service provider has God mode and they can be hacked or manipulated in ways that work around this security theatre. It's okay for not everything to be secured with the highest of security but be cautious about what you are securing and where and how.
Sometimes it's plain just not avoidable. You can't even get a credit card without revealing ten personal facts about you and your own personal finances.
I guess just learn to have a more private side of yourself. Then protect and nurture that. It doesn't mean being a hermit, but it does mean things like personal photos and personal journals and things that you aren't required to make public can stay protected from all this bullshit.
#nevent1q…nauc

2026-02-24 09:51:45 UTC

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The narrative used to be "no one is a loser after 4-5 years".
This is temporary, but it does suck.

2026-02-23 20:35:43 UTC

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I'm guessing that is for a privacy reason.

2026-02-23 20:35:25 UTC

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And we can't upload images without the desktop apps. 🫣

2026-02-23 20:34:49 UTC

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I just realized that you have to click a button to enable that and I didn't do that.
By the way, I use Arch Linux and gnome desktop, so the only app I can use is the appimage, but it shows up as a blank window. I don't know if anyone could have a look at that?
Looks like:
https://image.nostr.build/c7189b9b0d593e040e5a06ed364ee2b6b4f36e73f1bb2dde29738ece710b6edf.jpg

2026-02-23 20:29:25 UTC

I missed these posts. ❤️
#nevent1q…j9j6

2026-02-22 23:25:20 UTC

@nprofile…0qzz did I get it right that your AI cannot browse the web and will always give old advice?

2026-02-22 22:11:10 UTC

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Yeah, but this is a hobby project.

2026-02-22 21:25:33 UTC

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Now that I've started using AI, I'm kind of curious how much do you pay to use it on a regular basis? Like are you spending 100 pounds a month? I seem to have spent 100 pounds in a week. 🫣 feels like I'm doing something wrong.
If so, what providers are you using?

2026-02-22 21:24:21 UTC

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It doesn't seem to run on my Linux machine, which is running Arch Linux as a known issue. It just shows a blank window when it launches and I'm using the app image.

2026-02-21 08:49:02 UTC

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No wonder we feel so shitty.
NO ONE CAN PREDICT HOW BITCOIN MOVES IN THE SHORT TERM
(And with our long term thinking, the definition of short term is growing 😄)

2026-02-20 14:48:13 UTC

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Seems low

2026-02-20 11:29:11 UTC

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Yes please. I've been setting up my home lab and with claude's help I'm almost happy enough to run something like clawdbot on it.

2026-02-19 21:45:36 UTC

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WTF... I bet that went well with the screening tests 😄
I think this is finally a video that might wake some people up. 🫣

2026-02-19 21:43:24 UTC

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Why are we working on another encrypted Messaging spec? I thought we would all just move on to the white noise stack.

2026-02-19 21:29:17 UTC

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I just bought the claude subscription... I thought it was always like this. 🫣

2026-02-17 21:50:01 UTC

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Do you mean, they identified themselves as transgender?

2026-02-17 11:23:18 UTC

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I've not noticed them.

2026-02-16 12:03:17 UTC

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Lol either they're in the club and they are both in it... Then she ain't gonna say shit to the media. Or she ain't, in which case he wouldn't say shit to her.

2026-02-16 11:55:34 UTC

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Genuinely surprised that the fire didn't win 😄🔥

2026-02-16 11:53:14 UTC

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It feels impossible that that could be a real conversation. That was basically an admission of guilt No way he would actually say that. No way.

2026-02-15 10:34:34 UTC

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They don't. I should fucking own them, not them.

2026-02-14 22:58:45 UTC

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Apparently they did arrest someone just not in the US.
#nevent1q…v0k0