billybigpotatoes

https://compassmining.io/
We bought a few asics and I really should have known better. Everything happened at least three months later than promised, and the asics regularly went offline without any support for getting them hashing again. Overall we just about broke even in fiat terms, but I paid in btc and ended up seriously down on the trade.

2026-07-17 18:13:34 UTC

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Compass mining must be in the top 3.

2026-07-15 17:21:02 UTC

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Surely education is about so much more than preparing little robots for the world of work? I'd want my kids to know about STEM for exactly the same reasons I want my kids to study history, languages or play sport or music.

2026-07-09 18:14:30 UTC

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Greetings from the welfare state 😉 https://blossom.primal.net/8e1025d58c1b65d982b7d4d15d3b8af842eda8faf273114fff93e377a4c46e0b.mp4

2026-07-09 17:54:36 UTC

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All this will do is push sensible EU citizens into the arms of bitchat, reticulum, simplex, session, threema etc etc.

2026-07-04 16:12:55 UTC

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I just type into a terminal:
yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/........
and I can download whatever I want.
My mate loves newpipe though, seems to be a great option too.

2026-06-30 15:28:10 UTC

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shorter of breath, and one day closer to death 😉

2026-06-26 19:23:30 UTC

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I feel exactly the same way - I am using currently using it, but I despise seeing the google logo every time I turn the bastard on. I'm seriously considering switching to a dumb phone or semi dumb phone next. Preferably one where I have the liberty of ....... removing the battery.

2026-06-22 19:45:39 UTC

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Nice to see you here, I bought one of your cloaks for a blitz a while ago, its great!

2026-06-19 20:32:24 UTC

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⚡ Boost ⚡
Nice Boots
Boosted 1000 sats → NMNU - Revolution Rocks Live from Belgrade
📻 NMNU - Revolution Rocks Live from Belgrade

2026-05-29 16:09:37 UTC

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Cheers Luxas, I found it really useful for posting my favourite tunes.

2026-05-12 16:29:10 UTC

Pounds and Pence
https://blossom.primal.net/377fa0922fc14c7b8b30772e1dfcf4fac561df9c21fe18ffd321a51f7a580259.webm
Spot of reggae today
https://plebs.app/#/video/a725a77408aeee071d8fa7aaa66bbc36c0ab165846ec81eef0561d89b8072914

2026-05-12 15:38:02 UTC

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Bitcoin doesn't make poverty obsolete. It doesn't change that equation at all. Its an enabling technology that gives more power and freedom to the individual (that individual could be rich or poor). It can protect them from inflation, gives them access to financial services (remittances etc) that they otherwise might not have had, and helps to prevent governments/corporations censoring their transactions.
It doesn't automagically prevent rich people from getting richer and richer.

2026-05-03 09:16:47 UTC

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El Salvador has a welfare state - free health care etc.

2026-04-25 15:54:05 UTC

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Why would having a degree make you a better candidate for a job in target? Its likely to make you less employable, since you'll be less likely to stay for long.

2026-04-17 20:12:16 UTC

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But surely this tells you the square root of fuck all about what really happened? The same trading entity may have been short to cover this on another exchange - they may have made a packet on a crafty bit of arbitrage.

2026-04-12 15:50:10 UTC

Another Screen - Kormac
https://24242.io/19c2c6941adb0898c6fa7251ebe1d850880015c69c153ded193c1491d6832d4b.mp4
https://plebs.app/#/video/02ee70d65d254245c2a3849285c2a92c9d5a6bb0495d6cbc8ddbf97d8988e56c

2026-04-08 19:50:11 UTC

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I switched about 15 years ago and what a beautiful 15 years its been. Felt really weird at first, and I wasn't immediately convinced. But after 6 months with windows and linux dual boot, I took windows off the desktop (basically once I got civ 4 running).

2026-04-08 13:56:10 UTC

Johnny Reggae
https://blossom.primal.net/9bde2ce1ad0289f19db158db70a995b510a3faee292772a461b21f1e4abdfa48.webm
Some reggae for the UK on a sunny day
https://plebs.app/#/video/0ae3b9ee80cf58ffebe181a3ac110250475e2bbf7353d38d2f00a95b89373b7c

2026-04-06 18:33:28 UTC

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That looks proper nice. Superb upcycling.

2026-04-05 20:10:55 UTC

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Who do you think it was? https://blossom.primal.net/ae35193ff3944804c08e442ab15ca8ae210e0868dc33f336f39ed2147562243f.jpg

2026-04-05 18:29:50 UTC

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Its trivial to determine the day of the week from the date if you just remember this number:
0336 1462 5035. (Month Code).
Take any date
month day
+ month code
+ last two digits year
+ integerpart(last two digits year/4)
-1 (century code).
Then divide by 7 and find remainder. 0=Sunday, 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday etc etc.
e.g. 22nd May 2010.
22+1+10+2-1=34
remainder 6 after dividing by 7 so this was a Saturday.
e.g. 14th March 2007.
14+3+7+1-1=24
remainder is 3 after dividing by 7 so this was a Wednesday.
For dates in the 2000's we subtract one from the end. But its even easier for the 1900's as we don't need to subtract anything. eg.
20th July 1987
20+6+87+21 = 134
remainder is 1 when dividing by 7 so the day was a Monday.

2026-04-04 08:15:00 UTC

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I've got a tortoise, not as big as this one. Little Hermann tortoise called Sally. When she wakes up from hibernation I'm going to give her a big strawberry.

2026-04-03 09:11:00 UTC

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Just bought some stickers - so thanks for that. But it wouldn't let me pay the community contribution bit. Very happy to pay, just send me the invoice over.....

2026-04-03 08:40:03 UTC

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Youtube has been deplatforming people for years and yup, its a shadow of its former self. But if you are interested in a browser which doesn't show ads, you can use librewolf. Alternatively, newpipe is quite popular on android too.
But fundamentally, fuck youtube, seek out and use other platforms. Like Nostr for example.

2026-04-02 10:46:01 UTC

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I might give rizful a spin then, as alby seems to confuse me a lot when trying to connect it to my node.

2026-04-02 10:41:45 UTC

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I've really struggled to sort out alby with primal after updating my node so I feel your pain. In the end, I found that using Iris.to instead of primal seemed to fix my problem.
Anyway I've just zapped your note 200 sats. Did you receive it?

2026-04-01 22:30:13 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/a3176bd2cf2d8af0419e6974541a1f7fc8f32c325e2eee34bf7bea467d320b9c.mp4
Listen to the sheer joy from Spain.

2026-04-01 13:18:14 UTC

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Yeah I'm still getting my head around the meshnet stuff. I tried Reticulum and it is absolutely 'comprehensive' in what it offers in terms of features, but its not that easy to use. I will keep playing around with it and learning. Let me know if you have an rnode to talk to within 100km of South Essex.....

2026-04-01 10:12:36 UTC

Apparently I can purchase Microsoft Office Family for just £105 per year.
What a fantastic deal! I'll take two!

2026-04-01 08:46:07 UTC

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Oh and full credit to Evan at the ''ourphone'' project (find it on github). I merely copied his ideas and where I couldn't understand what he was doing, I muddled through with some half-arsed workarounds.

2026-03-31 20:23:20 UTC

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Cheers man. You may feel differently if you were using it as your everyday runner for work. With its resistive touch screen and 2G network coverage, you'll build it and realise why more people aren't doing the same.

2026-03-31 08:28:49 UTC

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Raspbian. https://blossom.primal.net/dddde5d8dab0c79eec24a5c8a7f57efcb3f4a17601fe77f140c1b46faff64d6e.jpg

2026-03-28 14:15:14 UTC

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Yeah apologies if my post came across as quite combative, I guess those channels really grind my gears. Anyways I've just bought a new sd card from Tesco's, and I'm finally going to follow your advice (pretty sure it was you) of upgrading my node from core 26.0.0. So please do know that I value much of your content - just not this particular post.
And can I recommend the book 'Amusing ourselves to death' by Neil Postman. Here's an ironic youtube summary of the book so you don't have to go through the daunting task of actually reading the text.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUXkzDRxFhE

2026-03-28 12:37:07 UTC

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These channels are a dime a dozen on youtube - they prey on people's insecurities using clickbait psychology and encourage the naive to believe they're 'special' or 'different' in some way, with some kind of 'high IQ' or 'unusual personality traits', because no one wants to face the truth that they're just another shitmuncher.
Nothing wrong with reading Machiavelli or any other philosopher. I bet you don't find a chapter in there on 'why getting rich is simpler than you think'. That's the difference between pop psychology youtube slop and reading classic literature.

2026-03-28 12:03:32 UTC

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Pure self-help. Help yourself by not leaning on Robert Greene's 30 something laws of power and just read Machiavelli's original text.

2026-03-17 20:36:52 UTC

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Come on ghost, give me an option to click.....

2026-03-14 09:17:52 UTC

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Another trend forecaster. Reminds me of Geralde Celente. Remember him?

2026-03-07 20:38:37 UTC

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@nprofile…8dqx HIGHER

2026-03-05 19:02:11 UTC

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Which vpn are you using? I'm using mullvad and switching locations, but certain sites seem to not like it.
I agree with you though, fuck those sites. Their loss.

2026-03-04 20:34:51 UTC

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I run core version 26.0
Not because I've taken a principled stand, rather because upgrading is a strangulated vein in the rectum.

2026-02-28 16:27:44 UTC

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@nprofile…8dqx HIGHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2026-02-27 18:05:56 UTC

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Sure Bill.
https://blossom.primal.net/15d4e0ca2aaf2c1792e1b18a8ce20c538d6167b6b028a515ddb6aabd11b582d2.jpg

2026-02-24 16:35:39 UTC

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@nprofile…8dqx HIGHER

2026-02-19 11:08:43 UTC

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On the basis that his 2019 interview with Emily Maitlis was the funniest interview ever recorded, I would accept him avoiding a custodial sentence and just being given 2000 hours of community service, picking up litter n shit on the central reservation of the motorway.

2026-02-19 09:17:32 UTC

Bowling - or - Rollerskating.
Tough decisions today....

2026-02-14 15:28:22 UTC

Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend
https://24242.io/c25c412968687f74460efde3c79e94560b5efac6bf9341d99dc9df7717e0b0af.mp4
For all the singletons out there, a little reminder for you.....
https://plebs.app/#/video/e8fde2a43b469a1c490a8e42db0458a28bea08879d4a996a37670e8f1cf21372

2026-02-14 12:10:42 UTC

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Rules without rulers.

2026-02-10 20:26:14 UTC

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Wasn't that on a punkarama cd back in the day? I definitely had it.

2026-02-09 17:21:10 UTC

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Who indeed has the qualifications and expertise to discuss Economic matters?
It certainly isn't anyone at the Financial Times - the paper that completely misunderstood the biggest thing to happen to currency since promissory notes replaced gold coins.

2026-02-07 10:07:33 UTC

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The old 'left wing right wing' 'socialist/capitalist' dichotomy seems pretty meaningless to me. What does it matter to the individual if he's being subjugated by the state or by private entities? The result is the same either way.

2026-02-07 09:53:30 UTC

No Values - Black Velvet Flag
https://blossom.primal.net/4045a61f5cfaf4f1636e0313c48de20c44cf6ba5d0794fd741b0c80ac39f59ec.webm
Do you have no values? Nothing to say? Neither has Black Velvet Flag.....
https://plebs.app/#/video/14a72c4092dffdd6f90da0517963527d777f3f19880382a37869bdec010d82dd

2026-02-04 19:22:05 UTC

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I had a card like this years ago (forget the name of the company, from the baltics I think - Lastbit?) and haven't been able to find a company that run one again since. I really miss it though. Can your card be used in the UK?

2026-01-31 11:51:33 UTC

Citizen Fish - Better
https://blossom.primal.net/8b6058e241771ae3ed096c049164ca428b4c4eb203df2f79c517aa21289bccfe.mp4
Bit of Punk Rock to kick Saturday off.
https://plebs.app/#/video/4f19334f62d9b864110df4138ccd65210bf4773c5a9cbdacc72aa1ca7ad104a9

2026-01-26 21:15:02 UTC

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Yes please. 02d456e1829f6258bf74a757fab5fdb856f81a3e1672faa4dd9fe42ac7a8961aa9

2026-01-14 18:06:19 UTC

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Nick is about as believable as the Easter Bunny. A pantomine villian so obviously forced down your throat that you'd have to be blind to truly believe he wasn't controlled opposition.

2026-01-13 20:17:35 UTC

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Hmmm. 10 bitcoin or an El Salvadorian passport. The agony of choice......

2026-01-12 21:29:54 UTC

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Yeah i did notice the transfer speed was a blistering ..... 1kb/s. Still, its been sitting in its original packaging and I can't resist getting the thing up and running. Seems useful.

2026-01-12 21:03:52 UTC

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How bad are things exactly for your typical lazy GOS signal user? Is it time for me to finally learn how this meshtastic lora shit works?

2026-01-11 15:44:48 UTC

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Bitcoin cannot be undermined in such a way. Its just not that fragile.
And calling someone selfish when they gave away over 100btc for free is just......clueless.

2026-01-11 13:30:05 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/24b6cf2645f2fb980b3af5beadd144e8e0dba89bd7561f3ff44db7c4d9925845.gif

2026-01-10 16:52:07 UTC

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He was always a shitcoiner - personally I think he's great, even though for me, shitcoins are a waste of my precious time.

2026-01-10 14:00:15 UTC

Bankrobber - The Clash
https://blossom.primal.net/5b6fa30b02365675e321267b6d9f8d601943005532ab455f9d47e426ed7ee514.mp4
An old classic
https://plebs.app/#/video/9531f3a5b4964ab41f413deb2ce522e022a5a85cd81b50aca17cf44fdcbe4d7f

2026-01-10 13:03:57 UTC

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Ahh I see you've accepted my request to join on Amboss. Many thanks, will zap you to test if it works once the channels are established.

2026-01-10 13:02:12 UTC

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How do I join this community? I'm a node runner (raspiblitz) and in the past I used lightningnetwork.plus to find others like me to set up liquidity swaps. I figured you could help me get my zapping back online on nostr.....

2026-01-10 10:42:03 UTC

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Absolutely awesome show, used to watch it with my mate. What was with the bouncing giant beach ball that stopped him escaping?

2026-01-04 16:02:24 UTC

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I am of course joking. I think the total value of the wallet was 11,145 dollars from what I could tell. His seed phrase (24 words) is just about visible in the first five seconds.

2026-01-04 15:32:52 UTC

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Its only eleven thousand dollars. I thought he overreacted.

2025-12-21 15:14:16 UTC

Noche De Ronda - Eydie Gorme and Trio Los Panchos
https://blossom.primal.net/a0e80cc1d48e6b69f61d5a036138e82b9c8470b422d96ca67eb49531b90314c9.mp4
Who doesn't love a Mexican Waltz?
https://plebs.app/#/video/ea285e443bada77512c465164ab6c5fd393b537064e4702eb99d94966e04a26c

2025-12-17 20:56:26 UTC

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I've just started getting into lora devices and Andy's videos really helped. Interesting device, privacy is a different ballgame when you're on your own network.

2025-12-13 09:34:27 UTC

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Nick Fuentes. Not organic? Well I never......

2025-12-10 19:34:46 UTC

Is there anywhere on Nostr I can find others who are interested in setting up lightning channels?

2025-12-10 16:53:09 UTC

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Can you imagine submitting passport id - to shitpost on reddit?!?

2025-12-07 18:21:59 UTC

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I'll keep having a go with it over the next few days. I'll try with my phone rather than desktop too. Will let you know how it goes.

2025-12-07 17:28:23 UTC

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I think the site looks really nice, I'm just struggling to use any of the buttons which don't seem to respond when clicked. Problem could be my end. Primal doesn't seem to be working brilliantly for me either. Running it on firefox with ubuntu.

2025-12-07 16:21:25 UTC

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Happy to test your site, just gave it a spin using firefox browser and nsec app to log in. Unfortunately the page hangs when I go to 'view profile' and I get the spinny icon and loading posts'.

2025-12-06 12:41:24 UTC

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Something like this?
https://blossom.primal.net/972448770f151b667ac3deb3fe1564b5f902f7f3b9c99f4bfc0babad6408c95e.jpg

2025-12-02 13:11:39 UTC

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Are those quantum computers running above 0 degrees kelvin yet?

2025-11-30 20:22:10 UTC

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hehehe Im laughing because as you point out, that's pretty ridiculous as well. Best of luck to you with the business - I'm getting some bits n bobs to help me set up a personal server at home to host my own files and possibly a nostr relay, so I'm sure we're both happy with the outcome. VPN seems to be a much more convenient way for me to torrent too.
All the best and good luck on Nostr.

2025-11-30 17:48:27 UTC

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I didnt run it again. Like 99.9% of the internet using general public, i have no need to download porn. I have no idea how it happened. I suspected an inside job, since i was using an API key.

2025-11-30 13:22:27 UTC

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There is no 'solution' to the rich and powerful trying to manipulate events for their benefit. Bitcoin solves an unrelated problem of transfering value without fear of censorship or confiscation.

2025-11-30 10:19:24 UTC

Sunday Service
An old classic for all you Christians on this fine Sunday morning.
https://blossom.primal.net/f8fdb3cf5fe646ade0936dd67a284536605774e77afe7fef24bbe16ad4451645.mp4

2025-11-30 08:32:30 UTC

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I eat pretty good, but that guys dinner is making me so jealous. You really can't buy the best things in life.

2025-11-29 19:49:14 UTC

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I have no idea what happened, but I know that I haven't downloaded porn for at least a decade, more likely two. I'm merely posting my experience of using your service, and that experience for me was negative. I lost out on maybe three weeks of server use; if I'd paid upfront for a year then I would have been pissed, but as it happens it wasn't that bad. You were very helpful initially too, after I changed my package with support with no worries at all. This is my honest review of your service. Perhaps you could improve by making it abundantly clear that you will enforce any DMCA requests and so torrenting the latest films isn't allowed.

2025-11-29 19:42:11 UTC

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What exactly needs correcting? You don't like torrenting. You should make sure customers are aware of that fact.

2025-11-29 09:39:55 UTC

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You may think whatever you like.
The conclusion I arrived at was that there is no such thing as privacy when you use someone else's server.

2025-11-29 09:15:09 UTC

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Hehehe, I promise you it wasn't anything too spicy. So anyway, I initially set up a Nostr relay on the server and everything was fine. But as soon as I started torrenting they got upset. And even when I stopped, they falsely accused me of carrying on. I think they just wanted their server back so they could rent it to someone else.

2025-11-29 07:14:06 UTC

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Some shit film. They gave me a warning so i stopped. Then they accused me of torrentng porn 3 days later, which was completely false, but they cancelled my account. Not impressed.

2025-11-28 20:23:21 UTC

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Note, they will shut your server down for torrenting, as I learnt from bitter experience.

2025-11-26 17:55:55 UTC

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I don't care if someone wants to be involved in something that I'm not interested in. Work out what you stand for and you don't have to worry about what you stand against.

2025-11-23 17:46:44 UTC

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........or hardly any time left.....

2025-11-23 13:11:04 UTC

Shake Your Money Maker - Peter Greeen's Fleetwood Mac
A bit of 60's Rock from Peter Greeen
https://blossom.primal.net/28ab5a708766ccc177cb9c4153b713cbf96786e5401f0d4781c409e6d2e0268f.mp4

2025-11-22 17:24:00 UTC

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Massive respect for Andreas. I have him to thank for convincing me in the early days. I know you can find him on Patreon, anyone know if he's on Nostr?

2025-11-22 15:47:30 UTC

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I listened to it all, but still have no idea what he's trying to say.

2025-11-22 14:30:10 UTC

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*unless you're using ssh to communicate with any device on your local network.

2025-11-22 14:13:10 UTC

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I've subsequently realised that you almost certainly knew the power was even and hence it takes a value of 1 in any case. Apologies!

2025-11-22 14:10:31 UTC

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The reason it cannot take a value of -1 is simply because its an even power of cos(x).

2025-11-22 14:08:53 UTC

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So -1<=cos(stuff)<=1
So if we have an even power of cos(stuff) then
0<=cos^(2n)(stuff)<=1
Now let then power tend to infinity and you'll see the curves' peaks get steeper so that as n gets larger, most values are close to zero whereas the peaks shoot up to 1, WHEREVER THERE IS A MULTIPLE OF PI. Use geogebra to convince yourself of this (see below) https://blossom.primal.net/3eba8e7d562cdfba26453996d6dbe92a493297edd441070c8d6769e9e62a6391.png . Now consider the 'stuff' inside the function. Now if x is a rational number, then it can be expressed as p/q where p and q are integers. After multiplying by m!, as m gets arbitrarily large, you're bound to cancel the q. Hence we are dealing with a multiple of pi and its therefore a peak and equals 1. Otherwise it equals zero.
Not a proof, just an attempt to explain intuitively. Hope that helps.