Nostr notes by pourteaux

no u r #note1gur…9syx

2025-11-11T21:54:36Z

no u r

quoting
note1gur…9syx
Liar

which is custodial and which is non custodial

2025-11-11T19:29:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…7l8f
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which is custodial and which is non custodial

what is the best: - custodial lightning app - non-custodial ...

2025-11-11T17:53:23Z

what is the best:
- custodial lightning app
- non-custodial lightning app

i don’t always run a node, but when i do, i run Bitcoin Core ...

2025-05-15T01:13:53Z

i don’t always run a node, but when i do, i run Bitcoin Core

(jk i have several nodes)

muted but thanks for the lol

2025-01-26T23:01:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…nzcx
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muted but thanks for the lol

that was my video, not gladsteins :) i am curious however if ...

2025-01-24T21:08:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…6mxs
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that was my video, not gladsteins :)

i am curious however if there is a way to get it to work without this propaganda baked in?

yes exactly- you can often get an answer on the local version, ...

2025-01-24T21:03:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…0l36
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yes exactly- you can often get an answer on the local version, but it is still propaganda

this is incorrect… the censorship/propaganda still happens when ...

2025-01-24T21:00:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…85y6
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this is incorrect… the censorship/propaganda still happens when running locally, just in different ways: https://x.com/pourteaux/status/1882828191963971909

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2025-01-05T15:24:41Z

on nostr you can say cis-gendered without being censored

social networks are incredibly destructive weapons when owned and ...

2024-12-19T13:30:18Z

social networks are incredibly destructive weapons when owned and wielded by one person. neutrality needs to be at the protocol level.

an interim step to disintermediation is automated cross-posting ...

2024-11-14T14:53:26Z

an interim step to disintermediation is automated cross-posting to corporatized platforms

i’ve never been more motivated to disintermediate my online ...

2024-11-07T04:07:10Z

i’ve never been more motivated to disintermediate my online identity

bitcoin and nostr are declarations of self-sovereignty they’re ...

2024-11-02T21:01:42Z

bitcoin and nostr are declarations of self-sovereignty

they’re an emancipation from oligarchs and regimes trying to manipulate you

they are opt-in: you don’t need permission and no one can stop you

especially as that company’s equity is held by Saudi and Diddy ...

2024-10-28T13:05:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…kza9
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especially as that company’s equity is held by Saudi and Diddy and Russian oligarchs

a “neutral town square” ran as a for-profit company by a ...

2024-10-28T13:02:17Z

a “neutral town square” ran as a for-profit company by a conspiracy-minded mega donor to one political candidate… is not credible.

also: loans (lava.xyz)

2024-10-27T16:56:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…u8ak
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also: loans (lava.xyz)

also: home servers (umbrel)

2024-10-27T16:46:53Z

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also: home servers (umbrel)

you can increasingly move more of your life to a digital bunker, ...

2024-10-27T16:45:50Z

you can increasingly move more of your life to a digital bunker, meant to withstand all sorts of chaos and perfect for a time like now: bitcoin, nostr, signal, vpn, tor

nostr, like bitcoin, is a declaration of self-sovereignty

2024-10-27T15:53:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…37z3
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nostr, like bitcoin, is a declaration of self-sovereignty

two years ago, i wrote about Nostr and the moral imperative of ...

2024-10-27T15:51:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…4wsg
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two years ago, i wrote about Nostr and the *moral imperative* of a distributed social layer

corporations cannot run town squares

https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/the-moral-imperative-of-a-distributed

posting directly to a protocol, rather than a company, is ...

2024-10-27T15:49:08Z

posting directly to a protocol, rather than a company, is incredible.

it is hand-delivering your words to the world rather than entrusting them to someone whose self-interest is adversarial to your own.

and it’s not like other alternatives to Twitter that have ...

2024-10-27T14:42:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…l8ka
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and it’s not like other alternatives to Twitter that have survived with hundreds of millions of VC runway. nostr endures because it *is engineered* to do so.

i’ve been here nearly two years, and the endurance of nostr ...

2024-10-27T14:38:30Z

i’ve been here nearly two years, and the endurance of nostr through it all proves that it is here for the long haul.

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2024-10-27T14:35:53Z

testing X as L2 integration …

investors buying hedges against disaster

2024-10-27T14:07:45Z

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investors buying hedges against disaster

bitcoin, of course, is anti-fascist power is distributed rather ...

2024-10-27T14:07:05Z

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bitcoin, of course, is anti-fascist

power is distributed rather than centralized… it’s the whole point

i expect X/Twitter to be a cesspool around election day. lets see ...

2024-10-27T14:05:27Z

i expect X/Twitter to be a cesspool around election day. lets see how nostr does in comparison…

is it possible to delete posts on Nostr? from what i understand, ...

2024-09-19T14:50:28Z

is it possible to delete posts on Nostr? from what i understand, seems like Nostr is forever 💎

so much respect for y’all consistently posting on Nostr. it ...

2024-08-27T22:56:23Z

so much respect for y’all consistently posting on Nostr. it reflects good values and clarity of vision!

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2024-08-25T22:12:20Z

we back

imagine thinking you’ll have privacy in imperial russia

2024-04-25T01:41:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…eg3j
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imagine thinking you’ll have privacy in imperial russia

hmm so is that what they wrote?

2024-04-13T18:27:34Z

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hmm so is that what they wrote?

nostr is looking pretty good! nice work @npub1xts…kk5s on Damus

2024-04-11T21:00:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…uk4k
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nostr is looking pretty good!

nice work jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) on Damus

incredible, i cherish every one and only wish i had more

2024-04-11T21:00:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…fm9c
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incredible, i cherish every one and only wish i had more

i’m still here 📍 marked safe on nostr

2024-04-11T20:44:48Z

i’m still here

📍 marked safe on nostr

jpegs on bitcoin are fun jpegs on bitcoin are good jpegs on ...

2023-11-23T03:07:12Z

jpegs on bitcoin are fun
jpegs on bitcoin are good
jpegs on bitcoin are forever

New from me- Geopolitical Horseshoe Theory: a Convergence of Bad ...

2023-10-22T16:42:19Z

New from me-
Geopolitical Horseshoe Theory: a Convergence of Bad Ideas at the Extremes

https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/geopolitical-horseshoe-theory

Our words should support the self-determination of people rather ...

2023-09-24T22:30:45Z

Our words should support the self-determination of people rather than the imperial ambition of their neighbors

It's time we retire "Mainland" China and "Chinese Taipei," just as we did with "Kiev" and "The Ukraine"

Ukraine & Taiwan are independent countries

New from me:

https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/the-geopolitics-of-language

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2023-09-06T00:15:06Z

every time i come back, damus is better and better

New from me: https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/im-cute-im-punk-rock ...

2023-07-16T20:56:55Z

New from me:
https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/im-cute-im-punk-rock

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2023-07-15T20:29:17Z

we still here

most mastodon people have went elsewhere

2023-07-08T12:01:52Z

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most mastodon people have went elsewhere

ppl have been talking about celebrities and pop art since ...

2023-07-07T04:28:04Z

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ppl have been talking about celebrities and pop art since forever. not my preferred topics, but some ppl are into it.

having spent some time on Threads, i actually think it will be ...

2023-07-07T04:15:35Z

having spent some time on Threads, i actually think it will be successful.

its success though isn’t in anything that Nostr is trying to achieve.

instead, Threads seems to be focused on a conversation around influencers (celebrity and NFT promoters) the same way that twitter (used to) be a conversation around news and the journalists reporting on it.

in fact, this seems to be a secular trend of fracturing of social media platforms generally that probably has been ongoing since the rise of facebook.

where twitter used to be all-purpose, it’s now:

Twitter: laggards and Musk loyalists
Bluesky: journalists and liberals
Nostr: bitcoiners and cypherpunks
Threads: influencers (celebrities, NFTs)
Farcaster: ethereans
Truth social, Gab: qAnon, MAGA, xenophobia

i think this is the new normal for social media. RIP the general purpose platform.

BUT- if you’re unwilling to lose it, won’t you capitulate at ...

2023-07-05T22:59:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…6f9h
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BUT- if you’re unwilling to lose it, won’t you capitulate at a local bottom?

it’s a beauty

2023-07-05T19:56:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…0krv
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it’s a beauty

No Frodo don’t destroy the ring, it will further polarize ...

2023-07-05T17:31:47Z

No Frodo don’t destroy the ring, it will further polarize Middle Earth!

elon is owned by Saudi and PRC why did bitcoiners and ...

2023-07-05T17:20:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…axgr
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elon is owned by Saudi and PRC

why did bitcoiners and libertarians became allies of these regimes?

100% - i see this a lot from contrarian “experts” who have a ...

2023-07-05T17:06:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…mnj2
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100% - i see this a lot from contrarian “experts” who have a psychological need to feel cancelled and counter-cultural.

certainly possible

2023-07-05T15:45:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…qgml
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certainly possible

i don’t know for sure why the note was removed. possibly it was ...

2023-07-05T15:14:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…6yym
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i don’t know for sure why the note was removed. possibly it was just community notes working as intended, perhaps it was elon protecting his interests in China. elon has certainly acted to remove specific community notes in the past.

the point is the same either way: even the appearance and possibility of corruption make it untenable for a company to be a public square.

another example of why companies cannot be a public square.

2023-07-05T14:21:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…q87w
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another example of why companies cannot be a public square.

Twitter scrubs a community note on a China-state account that ...

2023-07-05T14:18:15Z

Twitter scrubs a community note on a China-state account that mentioned the Uyghur genocide.

Elon, of course, maintains Tesla showrooms in Xinjiang, huge
manufacturing plants and Tesla sales in China, and limits his usual outspokenness to never offend the Chinese Government.
(before and after)

it’s so easy to see every situation as another example of ...

2023-07-05T12:55:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…hxst
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it’s so easy to see every situation as another example of grievance politics. btc tips are cool (and potentially *really* cool) without having to invent this stuff.

and it shows a different number each time! endless thrills

2023-07-04T23:57:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…3aah
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and it shows a different number each time!

endless thrills

jesus too (not technically a founding father)

2023-07-04T18:55:05Z

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jesus too (not technically a founding father)

just checked: no problems found ✔️

2023-07-04T15:03:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ewfh
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just checked: no problems found ✔️

blame it on someone you don’t like

2023-07-04T13:02:54Z

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blame it on someone you don’t like

🔥

2023-07-04T00:28:36Z

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how do you execute it

2023-07-04T00:20:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…lffk
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how do you execute it

second post shows net im-/emigration

2023-07-04T00:10:11Z

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second post shows net im-/emigration

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2023-07-04T00:06:39Z

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🫡 https://damus.io/note1juqky0f8q2yzq77syey5yx4l6y09twzqdk76vl0zq6aalhunm4qq749ngq

Overall migration data: ...

2023-07-04T00:04:36Z

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Overall migration data:

people want to exit to america, not from: Asylum seekers- Cuba ...

2023-07-04T00:01:12Z

people want to exit *to* america, not from:

Asylum seekers-
Cuba 🇨🇺: 8
Bangladesh 🇧🇩: 24
Iran 🇮🇷: 34
Afghanistan 🇦🇫: 218
Ukraine 🇺🇦: 502
New Zealand 🇳🇿: 573
Estonia 🇪🇪: 631
Philippines 🇵🇭: 780
China 🇨🇳: 785
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿: 840
Russia 🇷🇺: 1,066
Nigeria 🇳🇬: 1,623
Denmark 🇩🇰: 2,776
Indonesia 🇮🇩: 2,889
Poland 🇵🇱: 3,020
Norway 🇳🇴: 3,313
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: 3,941
UAE 🇦🇪: 7,110
Iraq 🇮🇶: 10,621
Argentina 🇦🇷: 11,100
Japan 🇯🇵: 12,473
Sweden 🇸🇪: 14,469
Ireland 🇮🇪: 15,108
India 🇮🇳: 15,794
South Korea 🇰🇷: 15,952
Greece 🇬🇷: 22,139
Angola 🇦🇴: 30,268
Netherlands 🇳🇱: 31,594
Pakistan 🇵🇰: 38,277
Belgium 🇧🇪: 41,810
Libya 🇱🇾: 42,509
Austria 🇦🇹: 53,087
Egypt 🇪🇬: 63,881
France 🇫🇷: 75,708
Italy 🇮🇹: 79,979
South Africa 🇿🇦: 84,316
Australia 🇦🇺: 90,549
Canada 🇨🇦: 113,066
UK 🇬🇧: 167,289
Spain 🇪🇸: 134,580
Brazil 🇧🇷: 206,764
Mexico 🇲🇽: 210,609
Germany 🇩🇪: 261,019
Turkey 🇹🇷: 272,336
USA 🇺🇸: 1,798,792

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2023-07-03T22:34:29Z

itsHappening.gif

why is there no inter-island ferries in hawaii? only way to get ...

2023-07-03T20:21:39Z

why is there no inter-island ferries in hawaii? only way to get around is by flight.

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2023-07-03T17:29:54Z

haven’t tweeted in 24hr, has to be the first time in years

As a 10+ year bitcoiner: NFTs, DeFi, and tokenization are ...

2023-07-03T17:06:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…pjm0
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As a 10+ year bitcoiner: NFTs, DeFi, and tokenization are forever.

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2023-07-03T01:35:32Z

i’m conscious uncoupling from twitter

why does Muji play weird Italian tarantellas and harpsichord ...

2023-07-02T22:25:51Z

why does Muji play weird Italian tarantellas and harpsichord music

they don’t want you to know this

2023-07-02T19:41:55Z

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they don’t want you to know this

So was Nara!

2023-07-02T15:50:44Z

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So was Nara!

hate is the lifeblood of social

2023-07-02T15:16:16Z

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hate is the lifeblood of social

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2023-07-02T15:14:55Z

no one has ever explained why Tokyo and Kyoto are anagrams

yesssss udi is becoming fully nostracized

2023-07-02T15:08:45Z

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yesssss udi is becoming fully nostracized

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2023-07-02T12:26:16Z

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2023-07-02T12:11:42Z

ok it’s working again

2023-07-02T11:26:52Z

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ok it’s working again

has been around a long time

2023-07-02T00:50:00Z

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has been around a long time

thanks for that helpful answer

2023-07-02T00:49:24Z

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thanks for that helpful answer

but i am able to receive lighting tips and i’m a nic carter fan

2023-07-02T00:19:37Z

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but i am able to receive lighting tips and i’m a nic carter fan

i’m out of the loop, what do the ⭐️ and ⚡️ mean next to ...

2023-07-02T00:08:21Z

i’m out of the loop, what do the ⭐️ and ⚡️ mean next to names?

🪄

2023-07-01T23:53:02Z

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🪄

there tend to be more bitcoiners here, but other coins also have ...

2023-07-01T21:59:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…r6c7
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there tend to be more bitcoiners here, but other coins also have apps using nostr

https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/the-moral-imperative-of-a-distributed

fyi nostr uses no blockchain or cryptocurrency

2023-07-01T21:54:19Z

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fyi nostr uses no blockchain or cryptocurrency

a more ethereum-centric decentralized social graph ...

2023-07-01T21:50:46Z

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a more ethereum-centric decentralized social graph

https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/the-moral-imperative-of-a-distributed

farcaster not working, but nostr still humming along ...

2023-07-01T21:47:55Z

farcaster not working, but nostr still humming along

In order to meet Comrade Musk’s 5-year Engagement Revolution ...

2023-07-01T21:29:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…kzss
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In order to meet Comrade Musk’s 5-year Engagement Revolution Plan, Twitter will only be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays at your local Soviet Party Member building, users are required to present Party Membership papers and pledge abstinence from Nostr and decentralized temptations.

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2023-07-01T21:22:11Z

我不要，再见。

be nice and welcoming

2023-07-01T20:39:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…3gmz
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be nice and welcoming

from nostr’s PoV, it’s a feature

2023-07-01T20:38:33Z

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from nostr’s PoV, it’s a feature

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2023-07-01T20:31:22Z

doing my RFKs rn ...

2023-07-01T20:20:53Z

doing my RFKs rn

remember when they called nostr a “scam” because it didn’t ...

2023-07-01T20:10:37Z

remember when they called nostr a “scam” because it didn’t have…….. DIDs????

wen enable lightning?

2023-07-01T20:07:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…q6hk
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wen enable lightning?

scrolling through my follower list and keep thinking “oh shit, ...

2023-07-01T19:47:46Z

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scrolling through my follower list and keep thinking “oh shit, they’re here too??”

i’m really struck by how high quality the user base is on nostr ...

2023-07-01T19:47:00Z

i’m really struck by how high quality the user base is on nostr

truly excellent people here

this is how network effects begin to compound

standard Nostr fomo

2023-07-01T19:11:32Z

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standard Nostr fomo

inshallah

2023-07-01T19:10:17Z

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inshallah

Buy an @npub1agh…mhct home server to run your own: - Nostr ...

2023-07-01T18:57:35Z

Buy an umbrel (npub1agh…mhct) home server to run your own:
- Nostr Relay
- Bitcoin node
- Lightning node
- Cloud storage
- Network-wide ad blocking
- Web streaming
- Usenet and Torrent PVR
- Ordinals explorer

www.umbrel.com