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Last Notes npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 There are exceptions (like rare ladies who are into cars), but in general, I don't think they care if it isn't a beater. The ones who care, but aren't into cars... run, run away! (I had the car that is my avatar in my 20s, and it didn't help as far as I can tell... but that isn't why I bought it.) Good news, is that yeah, you can get nice used cars with a bit of research, and save a heck of a lot of money over the typical new and fancy car-buying trends. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Well, or you're a car-person/driver type, and derive enjoyment from a particular type of vehicle and how it drives. That's the only good reason... it actually provides appropriate value to you. Maybe a compete beater has certain social-status costs. But, you can get a perfectly nice and reliable car for not all that much money, do proper maintenance/repairs, and come out way ahead financially. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 <sarcasm> Don't worry, Core and the 'boys' are going to prop the system back up via spam. </sarcasm> npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Wow, that's pretty cool. Will have to look into that someday. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, there's just no good reason for the competition. Even if Bitcoiners did out-price spammers, I'd still want to get rid of it. We shouldn't be allowing it at scale. The fact that we have been is a travesty.... or that there are any supposed-Bitcoiners defending doing so! npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, and it isn't just re: Bitcoin. Lots of really confused people out there, and many think they are really clever. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I'd like to blame that, but I think a very small number of people are aware of it, even among Bitcoiners. While that may be the biggest threat right now, I doubt it is having any price impact. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Hmm, I almost like that better. But, we need a proper Satoshi symbol in the standard character set. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Hehe, 1°C isn't *that* cold, unless you're from the tropics. That's like Canadian shorts to pants weather, right? 😂 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 As a student of the Bible, it always seemed odd to me that God took fats and organ meats as part of the required sacrifice. We're finally learning. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 That's really awesome! I love the v4v model, and glad to hear it is working for people. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, I think Bitcoin HODL'ing is something you'll have to maintain a somewhat active role in. As technology changes, be willing to move or adapt the setup. There is a discipline that deals with this kind of stuff for archival of data or even physical stuff. So, probably lots of lessons that could be learned by looking at some of the thinking from that discipline. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 What in the world are you talking about? The point is trying to fix node policy filters, fix bugs introduced with Segwit the Core devs refuse to fix, and limit some areas of consensus that have been big areas of spam abuse. Also, limiting OP_Return down to prevent Bitcoin becoming a file storage system with potential dangerous outcomes. You gotta be careful. The Core-advocates are making up all kinds of stuff. I'm not aware of any lawsuits (fill me in if you are). I think the initial release of BIP444 had a conflict with some old, rare method of multi-sig, but that has been fixed as far as I know. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 That's true, you are free to troll and risk ruining Bitcoin and all sorts of things like that. You don't need me to understand your why, I guess. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I can understand people not liking Luke or Knots' approach. I can't understand people purposely running v30. 😔 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Some things never change, eh? npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 😂 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 So, does that mean you're trimming trees for Sats? Or, the much more interesting concept of a woof-fired Bitcoin miner? 😂 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, that could certainly be the case, as well. But the thinking here was poor regardless. Straw-man, poisoning the well, etc. False analogy to the situation the argument was trying to defend. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I don't know Greg at all, and maybe he's a brilliant coder, but his thinking skills (as demonstrated the last week that I've seen) are very, very poor. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 ASICs can only do a very specific task. ASIC (Application-specific Integrated Circuit) They are very high performance in that one specific thing. But, as Jeff said, AI is competing for the energy and infrastructure. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 But, who is going to be the drummer? I nominate Jen Ledger, though she's kinda busy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-54-HUTEbEg (When she tried out for Skillet, John Cooper thought she was too young, so he assigned her Tom Sawyer as one of the demo songs, and she killed it. She's my favourite drummer now that Neil is gone.) npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 My understanding is that there are areas that require smaller amounts of data (in any Bitcoin financial transaction), and people come up with clever ways of disguising & breaking up data into those areas. Then you are into a cat & mouse situation. And, I suppose various forms of pattern matching to exclude non-monetary data, could also be applied to matching patters within a monetary transaction... thus where the concern over monetary-censorship comes in. To me, this is still a massive distinction, and ultimately, the Bitcoin community is in control either way. We'll either resit crossing that line, or we won't. It isn't like going from arbitrary data exclusion to excluding certain financial transactions will just happen on it's own. We can do one, without the other. But, I'm more for excluding *excess* data-storage. That is quite easy. No cat & mouse. No one potentially calling a real financial transaction (because it also includes some arbitrary data) spam... though this latter ones seems more like some silly FUD. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I've yet to have anyone explain to me, how implementing data-size restriction filters, introduces any kind of potential censorship to Bitcoin financial transactions. My take, is people are purposely (or naively) equivocating on the term censorship. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Haven't listened to this yet, but this is how I knew about Voddie. https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/the-dividing-line/remembering-voddie-a-short-road-trip-dl/ npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Oh no, that is way too young. 😢 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 All we have to do is set the rules. It is much more strict than a democracy. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 This is what I mean. You've conflated what censorship resistant means. That is in regard to financial transactions. If we (Bitcoiners as a community) want to stop non-financial transactions, or over so many bytes of data, etc. we can do that. Bitcoin might not care, but it follows the rules we as a community decide because we decide on the code. *I* can't stop anyone, but *we* can. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Sorry, this is conflation of terms like 'free' and 'open'. I see this confusion in many areas (like political thought), not just Bitcoin. Free and open in civilized societies (or where that is the goal) doesn't mean 'do whatever you want.' That isn't freedom, but hellscape. If we don't remove the filters, they can only force things in via out-of-band, which only works with overly-centralized mining... which is something we can't have (and need to fix) anyway (and such efforts are heavily underway). We don't actually have to cater to the attacks just because we can't stop 100%. Do you use an email service with spam filters? npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, that was superior in many ways, once you get a bit of physics technique down. Though I suppose few people got that physics technique down? So, they went squeeze, and plastic, and waste, and mess. 🤦♂️ npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 You can often find them on apps like Meetup, but that is more focused on your own local events, I think. Orange Pill App is also a great way (and community!) to find events, meetups, and Bitcoiners on a proximity basis, but you can see them around the world if you're willing to travel. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Need some repeater tech that operates on some other communication networks and connects the parts of the mess up together. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Seriously?! Not you guys too. Horrible idea that is just going to cause confusion. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 It is even worse than lack of interest. They'll discourage you if they find out you're interested in Bitcoin. I was talking to a financial adviser at my bank about setting up retirement savings account, and just asked if ETFs were available in those, like Bitcoin ones. He said, yeah, but he'd stay away from those, as while Bitcoin looks good, it is just a bubble. You want to get into something solid. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 If you want your mind really blown, check out the Metamorphosis documentary. Here is a review I wrote years ago: https://www.tilledsoil.org/media-review-metamorphosis/ npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, it has flaws, but worked for hundreds (thousands?) of years. We can now do much better with digital and eliminate some of the flaws. The problem, I think, with saying now that we're digital, we'll just bypass the above model, is that there are tradeoffs. If we just do everything direct, then we run into that chain-bloat situation. Going to a somewhat parallel model to the 'cash drawer' (like Lightning), solves the chain-bloat problem, but has to accept a few tradeoffs. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, and that is really how most businesses operated up until things went digital. Someone went to a bank, and got a bunch of change and put in cash drawers and their vault. Then, settled up with the bank and their accounts. Repeated each day. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, I really don't understand how people don't get this. With a 10m block time, Bitcoin was never intended for typical retail... BY DESIGN! It is P2P, not retail. Certainly some retail applications could easily use it... like buying a car. But, most couldn't. No one is going to stand in the grocery store at the register, waiting 10m to a half hour or more, for their grocery purchase to clear. It doesn't matter if the fee were only 1 Satoshi. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, I think a lot of us are Bitcoin 'maxi' in spirit. My family situation won't let it be otherwise at this point. And, then there is the whole aspect of moving to more direct commerce, instead of using gift cards or other pass-through services. Are there more than a few dozen of these true Bitcoin maxis then, though? npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Has anyone created a YouTube like Nostr UI focused on video? Sounds like with Blossom & Nostr, something like YouTube could certainly be created. I suppose distribution/hosting costs are the big issue for anything that gets popular. I've heard some speculate YouTube might not even be profitable. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 The Core side has been quite toxic and condescending since the beginning of this debate. They have softened up the last couple weeks as they realized many of us are serious, and have actually started defending their position. They didn't start off that way. Maybe if they wouldn't have been such jerks (when they thought it was just Luke and Mechanic), the whole temperature of this thing might have been more toned down and productive. If they aren't compromised and corrupt, they sure haven't acted like it. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 That's a use-case I'd never considered before. 😂 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 "so any promise of a filter is a lie" Not unless you're meaning 100% effective filters (which would be kind of disingenuous, right?). Filters obviously work. They are used in real world and tech, extensively. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 But, they do take extra blockspace, which makes running a node more costly. Unfortunately, Taproot increased that consensus limit, allowing more exploitation. I guess my question... why not still try to limit the graffiti, rather than encourage it? "We can't eliminate every piece of graffiti" seems a pretty lame response to not try. Will it destroy Bitcoin? Probably not. We've got a very determined community. We'll find a way to run nodes even if the costs to do so go up. But, it would be MUCH better if that cost didn't go up, and more people ran nodes. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Nothing quite like it, is there? I miss those days. That said, all the stages have their things like these. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Exactly... put the problem where it belongs! If spammers get around the filters via miners, then we decentralize the mining (which needs to be done anyway). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Horse had to be thirsty. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 LOL, probably a good idea. When we lived up in central BC, one day when we came home and pulled into the car port, we went around the house towards the back entry (where we almost always used), and around the corner... probably like 2 meters, was a good sized black-bear. I pulled my son behind me and we started backing away, and made it into the car. Luckily, I guess the bear was more interested in other things, as it didn't chase us. We waited for it to go away until we could get into the house. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 IMO, but big point of the debate is around growth of the blockchain. Monetary transactions take up a small amount of space, but much of this spam is exploiting data/filtering limit holes, for example in SegWit additions to Bitcoin. This means data storage requirements to run a node have been growing at a much more rapid rate. This makes node running less accessible/more expensive, and take a lot longer for an initial sync (and more network resources). The Bitcoin network needs more nodes, not less. Thus, this is a threat to the primary objective of Bitcoin in the first place. There really is no need for non-monetary transactions, especially if they harm Bitcoin in any way. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 The thing is, I am as certain as one can be (excluding alternate reality stuff like the Matrix, or non-reality type Eastern religions). First, I have had what is, to me, a convincing supernatural experience (it was highly personal, so I won't go into detail... though it was shared/confirmed by another person, so not just some kind of hallucination). I obviously don't expect you to place much weight on such a thing... outside whatever weight you'd apply to such testimony. Second, the evidence is such that I see no way for there to be no creator god. The question then becomes, which religious view is the correct one, if any. This is where the faith/trust step comes in. The God of the Bible and revelation of nature/character via Jesus, is convincing to me that this God is worthy of trust and worship. It is possible for me to be in error on that point, because a being that powerful, would have the capacity to deceive me (if that is possible to coincide with the nature of such a being). But, doing otherwise would be bit like not trusting your spouse. I suppose they could be a serial killer who has been tricking you for decades. But, as you know them deeply in every possible way, your trust/faith that this is not the case, becomes well justified. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yes, though keep in mind that a proper definition of faith, is more akin to trust (vs 'wishful thinking' as it is sometimes portrayed). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I'm not a full anarchist, so maybe I don't qualify to answer (yeah, that would seem problematic). But, I am opposed to abusive or corrupt forms of authority. Since I don't believe God is corrupt or abusive, I welcome that form of authority... one that has my best interests in mind. Democracy might be a good counter-system to a fallen humanity in terms of governance, but it also has huge issues when it gets manipulated, or people aren't well-educated or even well-intentioned. It simply becomes a people-centric version of 'might makes right.' npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 No, that's pretty cool. I self-verified on my own domain, but I'm not 100% sure it's working everywhere. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 That is pretty cool! I'm still hoping to make the time to give it a try one of these days. I keep getting reminded when I see your posts. (Saw you today on BTC Sessions chat.) Sats and Minecraft, a couple of my favourite things. 😄 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 If you can, you'll probably want to wait for more reviews though, especially if you're not wanting to buy that top-end model. I'd imagine once the novelty (or shock value for views) of it wears off, people will start trying other models. Then we'll get a bit better idea of sweet-spots of performance/$. I just wanted to be sure you were aware of that option. 😃 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 True, though you don't necessarily have to buy it completely maxed out. Even half the RAM would still be a lot. Or, it would be interesting to see how the lower models (like with the M4 Max instead of Ultra) would perform with a lot of RAM, but less GPU/CPU, etc. Hopefully we'll see more tests come out as people get these running. And... 5090s aren't cheap either. 😄 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Hey @nprofile…8aww I heard you on Gigi's podcast talking about AI and GPUs... just wondering if you've heard about using the Mac Studio? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwIZ5VI3Eus npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 That is really cool. Was that expensive to print? npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yes, really good to keep both of these principals (re: UTXO-size) in mind, and then be willing to adjust based on what happens with the state of fees and BTC price. This can always be fixed/adjusted by sending whatever sized 'chunks' to a new wallet. You might just incur more fees than you'd like if things go crazy on the fee side of the equation. I've always suggested 0.005 - 0.01 BTC, but a lot of people think that's too small. Most haven't considered the point you're making here on the privacy side if BTC goes way higher... and I'm still not convinced fees will go astronomical. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 If it is a resource issue, the Canadian exchange rate would make my salary quite reasonable, too. 😉 😁 (I'm guessing it is silly regulation issues, but would ♥️ to see Strike in Canada, BTW!) npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Conspiracy theories? npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 BitaxeWannaBeJustAnS17Pro https://m.primal.net/PszF.mov npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I guess I'd say that besides a more built-in algo feed, so I was seeing interesting stuff, what you describe was my experience on Twitter from like 2011 - 2019 or so. And, I don't think I broke 100 followers until a couple years ago. Almost a decade of grind before I really felt like I was a part of it (with much engagement). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 True, but a lot of modern electronics are so tiny now, the process looks quite different (ex: Bitaxe). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Still catching up... I got a bunch of back episodes at once. ROFL on ep 63. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Don't these things eventually self-resolve if there is longer-term use/confusion.... ie. #AmethystApp #AmethystCrystals npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 If you generated your seed phrase externally (like using dice), then it does have to calculate the last word, because that last word is a checksum (so a dice roll for the last word might generate invalid wallets). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 It should just give you the 12 or 24 words if you're generating a new wallet. I'm guessing you're trying to restore your old wallet. It should just be asking you to enter/pick the 12 words for a restore, and you'd typically have them all recorded down somewhere. Sorry, haven't done this a bunch, so I'm a bit confused as to where you're stuck. 😃 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 @nprofile…mdf3 Could we please have a setting that switches the default behaviour to auto-play being off, and/or volume not muted? (This would save a lot of data, too, right?) Even for the stuff I want to watch, I have to try and pause it, turn the audio on, grab the scrubber bar and get back to the beginning. And, for me, auto-play of everything is really distracting. Thanks much! npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Not working for me. (I also tried on an earlier post of yours a couple times today). I have sent/zapped between my AlbyHub and OPA wallets w/o issues, but no luck on Nostr (Primal). I'm using the Alby extension, and have budget. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I've sent SATs between my AlbyHub and Orange Pill App, but haven't been able to send a zap on Nostr (Primal) from my AlbyHub account all day (just tried again a bit ago). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 #asknostr Do relay connections 'go to sleep' or something like that when not being actively used? I'll often switch to Nostr and do some reading, and want to like, repost, etc. and get failure messages. I'll look at all the relays are disconnected. Eventually, they come back, and I can continue. But, curious what is going on. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 To answer the @nprofile…fy4z zap... are Bolt12 offers doable with AlbyHub? I haven't seen it if there, or heard about it yet. But that would be great (so I can hook to Ocean). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Probably the same organizers/funding protesting Tesla. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I look at $80k car loan, and think I must be getting really old or frugal or something... or interest is even more out of control than perception. I spent $4500 (maybe up to $15k all in, now, like 8 years later) on my last car, and it's a pretty nice car to drive. That's not to say I wouldn't like a nice M340i or something, but I wouldn't even spend $80k on that. I'd find a used one for $30k. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I didn't even know about SeedSigner when I got my Jade, but I really like the approach. That seems like a really great device, too. Especially, like you say, if you can actually build it yourself. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 While things like Bluetooth or USB are typically safe, still better to avoid them. That's why I use my Jade in stateless mode, no BT version of the firmware, and via QR. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Happy Birthday! That looks pretty good. I'm not a traditional cake guy either... maybe carrot cake. I'd rather have so many other types of desserts. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Here is an article on the architecture difference between Nvidia/AMD and Apple Silicon. https://www.rastergrid.com/blog/gpu-tech/2021/07/gpu-architecture-types-explained/ npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I'm not sure a lot of computer people even get that aspect in regard to the GPU. I still have people putting down the Apple machines because 'it's just an integrated GPU, not a discrete one.' Sure, it is an entirely different GPU architecture (with +/-), and doesn't have some of the massive amount of hardware aspects an Nvidia or AMD card has... but for the stuff it is good at, it blows them away. (That said, from a 3D/CAD perspective in real-world apps, we're just at the, this is getting realistic point.) npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 That's so wild... I didn't even know that could be done in a web browser (not using the app). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Or, they are only going to buy used ones. 😄 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Good to hear! Maybe I haven't been following closely enough, but do you mind sharing what happened? Curious how they got control... or inside job, etc. 🙏 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 We're gonna win... it might just take a while (and another halving). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 #asknostr So, on @nprofile…mdf3 regarding zaps, if I want to set/choose the zap amount, do I need to remove the default? When I click the lightning bolt, it usually just sends that default and doesn't ask (though it has sent a different amount once, and I can't figure out why). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Fair point... but I suppose that would be quite a bit of work keeping it all blocked and filtered appropriately. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I think most of them left 𝕏 because they were upset it was no longer censoring views they don't like. I think they'd have a pretty rough time on a true free-speech platform. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Colin actually did an interesting post on this cartoon, in light of some studies published. https://x.com/SwipeWright/status/1857460190167142578 npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Interesting... what is the spectrum, though? Current political parties? More classical liberalism? (Colin Wright's cartoon, heh? see attached) If we're talking politics, I've been a bit surprised how right-leaning the community seems, even in very left-leaning locations. https://m.primal.net/PPOE.jpg npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, and sad. They were such a revolution in the early days of the Internet. One of my cousins was on the original team. I was a big fan until the whole Eich debacle. They have just destroyed it piece by piece. I love Brave, though (and Safari) so I'm quite happy with my browser setup. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 A couple of times on 𝕏, I've gotten 'popular' enough to get a taste, and it is hard to imagine. You go from zero interaction, to wanting some interaction, to a fire-hose (in my case) of hundreds of interactions you can't possibly respond to, or not even sure you're seeing them all. When you get into thousands all the time, I suppose you're just picking a few here and there to read and interact with. I think I'd have a hard time with that. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I miss a lot of things about San Francisco... but I really hope all the messed up governance can get fixed. (Though I've ended up in a similar mess again, just on a smaller scale here in Victoria, BC. LOL) npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Sounds like every popular account's worst nightmare. LOL npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 It is really the 1/0 thinking that is the problem. You don't have to think Russia is 100% right, or the 'good guy' to see who has overall been in the wrong (and unfortunately, IMO, that has been the USA). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Yeah, I think so. I don't know the true paid/unpaid impact, but that seems to be the thinking. I'm a paid account over there... and not just to rank better, but I'm truly grateful for what Elon did (no matter his true motives). It was world-changing, so unless it gets really ruined someday, I'm a supporter. So, not trying to be down on X at all! But, I also see the value in Nostr being successful, so really excited in what is going on here. I'm an old-school blogger, hugely into podcasting, etc. We have to move the world back towards our own sites, feeds, etc. and not a few platforms (no matter how good/useful they've been in some ways). npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 I mean, almost literally here, right? If you have no followers and create a new note, does anyone see it? But, this isn't all that much different than X, really. I've been active there since like 2011, and only recently have my 'solo' posts been noticed much if at all. I spent years responding in conversations of people who are seen, and thus I was seen, and slowly picked up followers. I suspect it is similar here. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 My understanding is that a physical Kindle hardware device was needed to get the download of files to work. Maybe there are still other ways. But, you need the file to convert w/ calibre. (It used to work... haven't tried it recently.) I did this years ago (after grad school), so I've got a copy (somewhere) of the most expensive stuff we have in digital form. Hopefully I'll never need them if Amazon doesn't pull any funny business. They are much more useful to me in digital form, and I have all the notes and highlighting, search, etc. Yeah, I kind of wish I hadn't gone digital in terms of ownership... but dozens of super-heavy boxes, and like 4 big bookshelves in small apartments/condos was getting to be too much. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 True (re: centralized DNS). But, I don't know why they didn't just do DNS text record. Pushing it to a web server just introduces a lot of complexity (unless they intend to do more with it a simple txt record can't handle?). And, agree... though I guess it at least links someone to some kind of human readable domain-name. But, anyone just normally interacting probably won't notice the difference between [email protected] and [email protected] . I'm not really sure what the proper solution is, though. npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Oh, thanks! Just been trying out both Primal and Iris** so don't know what all the UI elements mean yet. Thanks re: CORS. Maybe a lot of people have their own domain NIP-05 setup and CORS not functioning. It's just driving me crazy the discrepancy between what I'm seeing in Pirmal vs Iris. :) (** And, another mystery... as your response didn't show up in Primal notifications. I suppose because the default Iris relays haven't talked to the relays I have setup on Primal? I have so much to learn.) npub1j5er26s255jh3e6z2a9twg5sz7dez83xuyq26pp6k8v7qq7sxlhql32kek SteveW928 Hehe, not from working (yet), but running all my own tech. I (and a couple friends/partners) used to run our own pretty-much-everything IT related in-house, and then I went to outsourcing almost everything, and now am returning to some self-hosting of some things.