notmandatory

Public Key

npub1ke470rdgnxg4gjs9cw3tv0dp690wl68f5xak5smflpsksedadd7qtf8jfm

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nprofile1qqstv6l83k5fny25fgzu8g4k8ksazhh0ar56rwm2gd5lsctgvk7kklqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduuf04cr

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nos.lol

relay.damus.io

relay.primal.net

nostr.btc-library.com

nostr.thesamecat.io

nostr.land

Author Public Key

npub1ke470rdgnxg4gjs9cw3tv0dp690wl68f5xak5smflpsksedadd7qtf8jfm

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2026-07-26 14:21:11 UTC

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I know some devs here are bullish on radicle but I cant support it or any other project funded and controlled by a shitcoin org. https://docs.radworks.org/rad-token

2026-07-01 22:32:04 UTC

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After you’re done with the books check out the apple tv season, it’s pretty good ! 🔪🤖

2026-06-05 13:20:55 UTC

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Thanks for the plug! Its very experimental quality and now Im experimenting with @AGENTNOISE agentnoise to try and make it work on a headless linux system but struggling a bit to get it to use db-keychain

2026-05-28 05:02:16 UTC

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Was in 2024: https://cryptonews.net/news/security/32900034/

2026-05-27 16:38:12 UTC

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Some of the kinks should be worked out now but needs more testing to be sure. We (me and the 🤖 ) refactored to use mdk-python and nostr-sdk and removed dependency on marmot-cli.

2026-05-27 00:46:40 UTC

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I got something roughly working but still some kinks to workout. It receives my messages from @nprofile…9puf but responds slow and then not at all.
It seems to be having problems with the "epoch" getting out of sync. I pretty much let my OpenCode + @nprofile…etsy coding agent write the whole thing.
I'll keep hacking on it when I have time, happy to get help from anyone else interested.
https://github.com/notmandatory/hermes-marmot

2026-05-26 13:35:41 UTC

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Is anyone working on something like this to talk to a Hermes agent?

2026-05-20 17:37:29 UTC

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First channel successfully created!
$ just l list-channels
{
"channels": [
{
"channel_id": "62a4f96a725f82206915bb41e4206ba48cf124346c7c25cf7d968cb870814fc4",
"counterparty_node_id": "02a98c86ef366ce226aad6e7706959456e1701058915c3cbf527b37da143bb1441",
"funding_txo": {
"txid": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...",
"vout": 1
},
"user_channel_id": "104657457929790906827754287720134454496",
"unspendable_punishment_reserve": 1500,
"channel_value_sats": 150000,
"feerate_sat_per_1000_weight": 253,
"outbound_capacity_msat": 97756865,
"inbound_capacity_msat": 48583135,
"confirmations_required": 3,
"confirmations": 80,
"is_outbound": true,
"is_channel_ready": true,
"is_usable": true,
"is_announced": false,
"channel_config": {
"forwarding_fee_proportional_millionths": 0,
"forwarding_fee_base_msat": 1000,
"cltv_expiry_delta": 72,
"force_close_avoidance_max_fee_satoshis": 1000,
"accept_underpaying_htlcs": false,
"max_dust_htlc_exposure": {
"fee_rate_multiplier": 10000
}
},
"next_outbound_htlc_limit_msat": 97385865,
"next_outbound_htlc_minimum_msat": 1,
"force_close_spend_delay": 144,
"counterparty_outbound_htlc_minimum_msat": 1,
"counterparty_outbound_htlc_maximum_msat": 147000000,
"counterparty_unspendable_punishment_reserve": 1500,
"counterparty_forwarding_info_fee_base_msat": 1000,
"counterparty_forwarding_info_fee_proportional_millionths": 5000,
"counterparty_forwarding_info_cltv_expiry_delta": 144
}
]
}

2026-05-19 17:37:01 UTC

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... and I finally got my ldk-server node up, and recklessly on mainnet! 🙌 Next step is setting up some channels and shuffling sats around.
$ sudo ldk-server-cli -c /etc/ldk-server/config.toml -t /var/lib/ldk-server/tls.crt get-node-info
{
"node_id": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...",
"current_best_block": {
"block_hash": "000000000000000000006e23ae3b95a74cf13018dd44aa4f4b1a89c0289ce4c7",
"height": 950112
},
"latest_lightning_wallet_sync_timestamp": 1779211650,
"latest_onchain_wallet_sync_timestamp": 1779211650,
"latest_fee_rate_cache_update_timestamp": 1779211203,
"latest_rgs_snapshot_timestamp": null,
"latest_node_announcement_broadcast_timestamp": null,
"listening_addresses": [],
"announcement_addresses": [],
"node_alias": null,
"node_uris": [],
"network": "BITCOIN"
}

2026-05-12 18:23:54 UTC

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This image is obviously photoshopped, one of those is a parallel cable and I do not see an accompanying dot matrix printer.

2026-04-30 04:34:52 UTC

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Hot off the @nprofile…xv7m Xtter here's @nprofile…htzu 's slides!
https://spiral.xyz/ldkserver.pdf
#nevent1q…kr87

2026-03-27 00:18:14 UTC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs4ckyKSDA

2026-03-20 14:48:28 UTC

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Found the answer to my question here:
nostr:
#nevent1q…2w4c

2026-03-20 14:34:54 UTC

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Which distributions will not have this anti-feature? Better to run one of those.

2026-03-12 22:03:12 UTC

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You can find Jesse here @nprofile…ja5g , expect silly memes on his feed.

2026-03-10 17:51:50 UTC

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Thanks! that did the trick. Peer connected:
fipsctl show peers
{
"peers": [
{
"authenticated_at_ms": 1773164469403,
"connectivity": "connected",
"direction": "outbound",
"display_name": "fips-test-node",
"filter_sequence": 937,
"has_bloom_filter": true,
"has_tree_position": true,
"ipv6_addr": "fd00:dc7a:5def:9255:b47f:79a7:199:3d8e",
"is_child": false,
"is_parent": true,
"last_seen_ms": 1773165050021,
"link_id": 1,
"mmp": {
"delivery_ratio_forward": 1.0,
"delivery_ratio_reverse": 1.0,
"etx": 1.0,
"goodput_bps": 191.0813622684924,
"loss_rate": 0.0,
"lqi": 1.62394,
"mode": "full",
"smoothed_etx": 1.0,
"smoothed_loss": 0.0,
"srtt_ms": 62.394
},
"node_addr": "00dc7a5def9255b47f79a701993d8ecf",
"npub": "npub1qmc3cvfz0yu2hx96nq3gp55zdan2qclealn7xshgr448d3nh6lks7zel98",
"stats": {
"bytes_recv": 113573,
"bytes_sent": 112410,
"packets_recv": 1220,
"packets_sent": 1217
},
"transport_addr": "217.77.8.91:2121",
"transport_type": "udp",
"tree_depth": 0
}
]
}

2026-03-10 14:37:51 UTC

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Current master where? I don't see it here:
https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips/tree/master/README.md

2026-03-10 04:03:51 UTC

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Don't I need the npub for the public FIPS testing node?
peers: []
# Static peers for bootstrapping (UDP or TCP):
# - npub: "npub1..."
# alias: "gateway"
# addresses:
# - transport: udp
# addr: "217.77.8.91:2121" # public FIPS testing node
# connect_policy: auto_connect

2026-03-09 15:06:03 UTC

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Any tips on how to find a peer to test with?

2026-03-09 14:47:05 UTC

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Any tips on finding and initial peer to test with?

2026-03-09 14:45:59 UTC

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check here: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips

2026-03-09 02:26:11 UTC

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Many things, not just one.
1971 Nixon Shock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock
2010 Dodd-Frank
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090716/why-bank-bailins-will-be-new-bailouts.asp
2012-2013 Cypress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–2013_Cypriot_financial_crisis
2018 BIS
https://www.bis.org/speeches/sp180323.htm

2026-03-08 21:15:55 UTC

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check here: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips

2026-03-01 19:40:26 UTC

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Only Ocean of course but has it been reorged out?
https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000161b65dc9cf0adfdad107b801cd87f1dcf0cfbb454654

2026-02-26 13:51:45 UTC

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Thanks for building this @nprofile…ge4r , great tool that I'll certainly be sharing with friends and family. You should include your related blog for the full backstory.
https://www.firebtc.io/p/introducing-the-fire-btc-compass
#nevent1q…64l3

2026-02-23 14:53:07 UTC

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@npub1yrv…8nmj

2026-02-23 14:52:20 UTC

I sometimes get ask how to contribute to BDK and here's an evergreen post from @`danielabrozzoni` I like to share. It applies to folks looking to contribute to any FOSS project.
https://danielabrozzoni.com/posts/contributing-to-oss/

2026-02-22 14:59:25 UTC

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Flatpak looks like something similar for linux: https://flatpak.org/

2026-02-22 14:51:17 UTC

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Looks like Apple does enforce signing and sandboxing for app store apps and should be able to do the same for side loaded apps:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/app-sandbox

2026-02-15 20:30:17 UTC

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A great related read.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FS%2Fcompressed.photo.goodreads.com%2Fbooks%2F1631585309i%2F32758901.jpg&f=1&ipt=97a9877f8396fc72f600849b37797d1ab6d6b5f5cf31c4e73488c05b5d5d8f82

2026-01-26 03:17:28 UTC

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Oh sorry looks like you already ruled out LibreOffice. Have you tried Proton’s Docs and Sheets?
https://proton.me/drive

2026-01-26 03:15:12 UTC

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You mean something like this?
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/

2026-01-16 04:57:33 UTC

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Whats really going to bake your noodle is they do it with LN splice outs!

2025-12-21 21:07:09 UTC

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True. I havent found any that take LN payments which would better default privacy.
I wonder is it possible to atomically swap LN to onchain somehow?

2025-12-21 17:00:36 UTC

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Ive heard namecheap is a good one.
https://www.namecheap.com/support/payment/bitcoin/

2025-12-16 01:42:10 UTC

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Seeing a major “crypto” wallet offering proper bitcoin on-chain support is what I call a win.

2025-12-14 17:15:50 UTC

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So glad to see high quality kids content like this! Here’s another TT I saw recently you and the son should enjoy:
#note1t72…6c7s

2025-12-09 22:39:23 UTC

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Also couldn’t have done this without the awesome docs and tech help from @npub1th5…ywk4 !

2025-12-09 16:59:57 UTC

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Big thanks to @nprofile…h23z and @nprofile…dnhq for making these cool cards and providing some for our dev testing !

2025-12-04 23:38:59 UTC

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Ah ha! thanks, that makes sense since deposits these days are use like physical cash. All I found one of the few ~non-sneaky~ things the Fed has done lately. 🧐

2025-12-04 18:26:48 UTC

Anyone know why the FRED removed savings deposits from their M2 stats. in May 2020? Right before that change it looks like M2 as going vertical. Is there any way to compare what current M2 would be like with/without this change?
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

2025-12-02 16:18:10 UTC

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FRED link:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1OnQb

2025-12-01 20:28:36 UTC

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Have you taken a look at Dioxus ? Should be able to make a very attractive desktop UI if youre comfortable with html/css styling.
https://dioxuslabs.com

2025-11-28 19:32:46 UTC

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Not a bug, a primary feature:
“Self-hosted wallet users can easily trade crypto assets by relying on peer-to-peer trades or by relying on fully decentralised applications. Given the lack of service provider involvement, this ‘dark side’ of the crypto ecosystem is fully out of the reach of tax authorities.”
https://taxjustice.net/2023/05/25/eu-ambition-for-dac8-transparency-on-crypto-is-cut-short-by-failure-to-think-outside-the-oecd-box/

2025-11-26 16:11:30 UTC

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How many lbs of potatoes do you recommend to make mashed potatoes for ~21 people? 🥔

2025-11-23 01:27:42 UTC

Some parts of SoCal are pretty ok.
#surf #nature
https://blossom.primal.net/723088f8ea46e15eab091fa5936f5e6e3edddf18a7b1a87d5f80e150bb8a82d6.mov

2025-11-23 01:19:06 UTC

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Ah ok it looks like he’s skipping RPC and jumping right to compact block filter support:
https://github.com/andreasgriffin/bitcoin-safe/releases/tag/1.6.0rc1

2025-11-22 23:58:19 UTC

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Also the way @nprofile…g3df works

2025-11-17 21:36:44 UTC

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Rustaceanrob found using only V2 transport imporved peer discovery:
https://github.com/2140-dev/kyoto/issues/414

2025-11-16 00:01:54 UTC

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Id love to see a writeup of how you set it up for personal use 🙏

2025-11-12 19:14:20 UTC

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Plushies and leave-behind sheets for merchants are ready to go at @nprofile…wds9 Nashville.
Which city will be the #bitcoin accepting capital of the world? It's up to you ladies and gentlemen!
https://blossom.primal.net/77fd3fc162eb9cb49a373199328acc294a470594e4bffc2347daf1126ef973c6.jpg
#nevent1q…k5qc

2025-11-12 18:45:36 UTC

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A whole article about discontinuing pennies and not one mention of why they now cost more to make than theyre worth. Hint: its inflation and all the fiat money has become worth less.

2025-11-12 16:48:43 UTC

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I heard that not everyone got the update, maybe need to wait or force update somehow

2025-11-12 03:02:12 UTC

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You can also use BTC Maps:
https://btcmap.org/map#13/36.15721/-86.77877

2025-11-11 18:03:50 UTC

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The lady who runs the business told me 1. she needed to sign up for #bitcoin payments with Square first, and then 2. select "other payment types" before turn the screen around to show me the QR code.
Hopefully as Square becomes more comfortable with this new feature they can make it more of a default option like Speed Pay does for Steak n' Shake.

2025-11-11 17:43:13 UTC

Made my first Square LN payment today, was very easy and paid with my @nprofile…r4yc app.
https://blossom.primal.net/b908e67b40540e78adb2ade73b48639c96a56127bdfb0dc9c7641a3acf6701be.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/9dd4d9dae877987241d06cfd59bae9e9736df399278cb09f2745bfcf190ab848.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/5385dfb22c22b5f664f54c683d8dcbbb96a2d19b0cc38a52b5e33e45ce3e5a59.jpg

2025-11-11 04:19:09 UTC

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Also follow @nprofile…wq2n and thank 'em for getting LN payments enabled!

2025-11-11 04:14:48 UTC

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If you find places that already have Square terminals just ask them to turn on the bitcoin features. They still can get the same $$ USD in their account and they pay zero fees on the BTC transactions for the next year.

2025-11-11 03:03:15 UTC

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🤷‍♂️ why not do both?

2025-11-11 01:31:11 UTC

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You don't need to give a precise location, howdy Nashville ! 🤠
https://blossom.primal.net/ef6a1880a6d6a5173e2c881195705874cfad2dbb2da4ca30da433d4f9573c6ae.png

2025-11-11 01:22:40 UTC

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Find local #bitcoin accepting merchant via the CashApp app.
1. click on the "Money" bank icon
2. click on "Bitcoin"
3. scroll down to "Ways to use bitcoin"
4. click on "Spend bitcoin"
5. allow location access (☹️ otherwise app crashes)
6. find your local bitcoin accepting merchants!
https://blossom.primal.net/7ce01e36eaf5a2d7c444e7e91f495e20050939f661b086422594cd14b50f26bd.png
#nevent1q…pazp #nevent1q…pazp

2025-11-09 14:22:48 UTC

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See also:
nevent1qqs0t5m6kvm248lapkc5tgamnmxx35ua9mj8rugawxtwr7vgagh985cy230hp

2025-11-03 15:24:50 UTC

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Great questions. You should ask @nprofile…z8fh and check his posts:
https://squareup.com/us/en/the-bottom-line/inside-square/square-opening-the-door-to-bitcoin

2025-11-02 17:58:17 UTC

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Kinder folk game

2025-11-01 01:20:32 UTC

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aha! I've never seen a TUI based online store, very cool 😎. Would love to see them incorporate LN payments too.

2025-10-31 15:15:05 UTC

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Love this essay @nprofile…w3cr! fantastic call for designer/devs/builders everywhere to focus on what it takes to win user adoption with non-custodial bitcoin tech.
See also a related talk @nprofile…z2zr gave at btc++ in Berlin.
https://youtu.be/HBEcyydJ7ek?t=513

2025-10-31 02:08:17 UTC

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At least I know what I'll be reading this summer!

2025-10-30 14:06:43 UTC

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BVS waitlist and BitDevs RSVP here:
Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2025 [JOIN THE WAITLIST] https://meetu.ps/e/Pbdnf/1P0WS/i
NashBitDevs Socratic Seminar #37 https://meetu.ps/e/P2wmx/1P0WS/i

2025-10-29 18:53:44 UTC

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“Never believe anything until it is officially denied.”

2025-10-27 17:17:37 UTC

For all you future bitcoin billionaires (in fiat), CA is giving you a taste of things to come. And for everyone else don’t forget the income-tax was originally only for “millionaires”.
https://calmatters.org/health/2025/10/billionaire-tax-initiative/

2025-10-23 12:21:56 UTC

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I thunk @npub1p0r…x40r is working on it

2025-10-12 17:59:23 UTC

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I'm generally against new stupid programming languages, but this one I like. Would be cool in a MMOG to do spells this way. 🧙

2025-10-12 16:36:52 UTC

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For context this video was inspired by the f'ing "WorldCoin" booth I see every time I go to my local shopping mall. Also an excuse to do something redeeming with Altman's latest privacy sucking social media + AI creation.

2025-10-11 23:57:34 UTC

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Above video plays on my laptop/browser but doesn't seem to work on my phone so tried to re-encode it per LLMs suggestion:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -profile:v high -preset slow \
-crf 23 -vf scale=-2:720 -movflags +faststart \
-c:a aac -b:a 128k output.mp4
https://blossom.primal.net/62d584967dced5f8b24594a0fb97b2a653d4674842d510797ad9034c7016486f.mp4

2025-10-10 01:42:20 UTC

The devil’s favorite onboarding flow 🔥💀 #sora2
https://blossom.primal.net/3e5f34d3036dacac21434e98b521e39d83465fa6fec9b086c01c44581df069f9.mp4

2025-10-09 22:54:59 UTC

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I want to know what the prompt was for this! Ha!
#nevent1q…569g

2025-10-08 14:28:24 UTC

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“Bitcoin Conversions is available today to eligible US-based sellers,³ and Bitcoin Payments will be available on November 10, 2025.”
Anyone know if there will be a way to find square merchants accepting btc? @nprofile…jjx3 @nprofile…0734

2025-09-29 01:02:13 UTC

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This essay explores the topic, short answer is no.
https://www.unchained.com/blog-tag/bitcoin-astronomy

2025-09-27 14:09:25 UTC

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Nostr multiplayer NetHack ?

2025-09-26 21:49:59 UTC

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cc: @nprofile…quxy and @nprofile…x7wj 🤠

2025-09-26 20:39:28 UTC

For all you Rust 🦀 or Swift 🐦 wallet builders out there, if you want to add SATSCARD or TAPSIGNER support check out the first crates.io release of `rust-cktap`! a big thanks to all the folks who contributed with code and testing and to @nprofile…h23z for creating these cool little cards.
https://crates.io/crates/rust-cktap

2025-09-26 17:14:34 UTC

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cc: @nprofile…7zp2

2025-09-26 17:11:52 UTC

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Also check out what Josh has proposed and written code to support here:
https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-simple-backup-scheme-for-wallet-accounts/1607/13

2025-09-26 17:07:28 UTC

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checkout the proposed "Compact encryption scheme for non-seed wallet data" BIP, it's a good example of this idea:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1951/files

2025-09-26 16:40:32 UTC

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Same happening to me. Looks like spam repos created to tag you on spam issues. When reported girhub removes or hides the repo and notifications but leaves the notification counter numbers and no way to clear /remove them. Very annoying.

2025-09-10 18:02:12 UTC

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PostgreSQL
https://www.bytebase.com/blog/oracle-vs-postgres/

2025-09-06 22:28:57 UTC

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Used this one on a trip to Egypt and it worked great. Many global carriers available.
https://www.lnesim.com

2025-09-05 02:41:16 UTC

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Would be nice to be able to opt out of all stream notifications.

2025-09-02 01:37:34 UTC

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Frost Snap is taking pre-orders if anyone wants to get in on the first batch of "frontier" edition units!
https://frostsnap.com
#nevent1q…r9zh

2025-09-01 22:05:43 UTC

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This “bank secrecy” act and how it abuses our rights and freedoms is so under reported. Thanks to Nicholas and you for raising this issue.
https://fountain.fm/episode/CuFy9yf3HDEBUYxtzQWi
#nevent1q…flng

2025-09-01 21:02:11 UTC

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The internet definitely killed BITNET relay, but the concepts it pioneered live on in IRC. AFAIK UUNET news and readers still exist but are not installed by default on any modern systems.
It's cool and interesting to see new tools like #bitchat incorporate concepts from both. BITNET relay used /<command> syntax and UUNET was a decentralized store and forward, P2P relay based system.

2025-08-31 02:42:21 UTC

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While a student in the late 90s I worked the weekend graveyard shift as a datacenter "operator". My primary duties were change the 1/2 inch backup tapes and racking them with their corresponding green bar printout logs. I also cleaned the backup drive heads with a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol and made sure all the nightly batch jobs finished.
I also read Usenet news, chatted with strangers on Bitnet Relay and played a lot of NetHack. Good times.

2025-08-28 17:52:20 UTC

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My geo spy network tells me this is 410 7th St NW! But what will it be?

2025-08-24 18:25:20 UTC

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I suspect the artist was told to make her look like her father and took it a bit too far.

2025-08-20 17:48:21 UTC

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Still early days for Silent Payments wallets but this is big step in the right direction!
#nevent1q…9e0s

2025-08-14 18:02:28 UTC

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Congrat's @nprofile…sez6 happy to have you on the team!

2025-08-09 15:12:01 UTC

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My 2sats … if you want to make those cakes fluffier add a tablespoon of white vinegar to the milk and stir wet and dry ingredients as little as possible right before cooking 🥞

2025-08-07 19:12:57 UTC

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😍 that mini-rack! I really don't need but still want one.
More details on the full build here:
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-clustered-four-framework-mainboards-test-huge-llms

2025-08-06 20:03:35 UTC

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My little AI research assistant pointed me to this data on glyphosate use in the US:
https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pnsp/usage/maps/show_map.php?year=2019&map=GLYPHOSATE&hilo=L&disp=Glyphosate

2025-08-03 23:19:32 UTC

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Will our elite top 1% be managing, repairing, upgrading, etc. the spyware and killer robots? Won't the other 99% also be able to acquire their own counter-spyware and protection bots?
I'm just saying if bitcoin prevents most people's wealth from being covertly siphoned off, as in our current system, it will be much harder for a small minority to control them.