Matt - Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Czar

Objectivism🔸Computer Science🔸Emergency Medicine🔸Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Czar

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2025-04-15 23:14:15

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2025-04-14 11:43:38

Proprietary software and any evidence it produces should never be allowed in court. I believe this violates the spirit of the US sixth amendment by denying one's ability to verify evidentiary credibility.

2025-04-13 04:29:37

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Weird.

2025-04-13 04:29:03

Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.

2025-04-13 04:27:46

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I am the client.

2025-04-13 04:27:19

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Sad.

2025-04-13 01:56:21

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Freewrite Smart Typewriter.

2025-04-13 01:53:10

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A buddy of mine has one with a display and basic file management. It's pretty neat.

2025-04-13 01:51:22

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My position: I'd rather use known good oils than oils that may not be as bad I suspect they are (more research needed, as always). We have become so stupid. We need expensive studies to tell us everything. It's not enough to look at the chemistry and suspect that something probably is bad. No. We need proof beyond doubt. Fuck that. I'll just use butter and extra virgin olive oil that's traceable. I'm okay with that.

2025-04-12 22:30:39

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I think certain high profile cases made people more anxious about this sort of thing, and that's fair. But we still need to balance safety with learning and growing.

2025-04-12 22:29:23

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Same. We'd get lost in the woods or spend the night in them. Ride off miles on our bikes. We learned to fix them if anything went wrong. No cell phones. Parents would call around if we went missing too long 😂 We'd hop around houses to sleep or eat. It was a network really.

2025-04-12 21:46:30

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Yep. I let several go recently. I actually sold one for about $700 that I'd had. They offered... Stacked more sats 😂

2025-04-12 21:44:45

Thank you to everyone who is working on and supporting (including users, zappers, designers, funders, and testers) the #Nostr and Nostr integrated apps I use. You're building generational freedom.
#Amethyst #Amber #Citrine #Minibits #Zapstore
@nprofile…vavr @nprofile…tdq0

2025-04-12 18:44:28

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That view is scarce for most people.

2025-04-10 13:40:11

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Oh, shit. Well. Not an idiot then (kind of). Nice work.

2025-04-10 13:38:22

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Yeah. I'm an idiot though. I thought that was the app you built. Then it hit me that there was no color picker. 😂 It worked nicely though, whoever made it.

2025-04-10 13:29:00

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That zap me a coffee thing is pretty neat. Enjoy.

2025-04-10 02:08:02

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Sometimes a country just has to FAFO.

2025-04-09 21:17:19

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It is definitely needed. QA is virtually nonexistent it seems.

2025-04-09 05:07:21

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The problem for me is that the effort has been a massive waste of my time in Nostr land. Almost all of my feedback has been ignored, so I just give up and move on. It gets old after a while. I'm still dealing with the same editor bug I've had in Amethyst since I first joined Nostr. The response was to install a specific rando keyboard just for Amethyst. Issues in Zeus were reported and all I ever saw was that they're piling on more shit. Great. I moved on. Same with Primal. This is anecdotal and of course some devs may listen, but there seems to be a cultural tendency toward not giving a fuck from what I've seen. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's how I feel and I've stopped putting as much effort into it as a user. My attitude isn't totally fair to every dev. I admit that. I'm just exhausted.
I will try Zap.stream though. I rarely make it to live streams but I will make an effort. I believe @nprofile…qft7 uses it and I like his podcasts.

2025-04-09 04:54:45

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Your YouTube channel is your social profile. Are you saying that people should do both or not use YT at all? Because completely cutting YT is a great way to reduce discovery to near nothing if Nostr is the only other thing being used. At least if your focus is anything other than Nostr or Bitcoin. Personally, I would try to stream to multiple platforms with a clear bias toward Nostr. I think that's the path to growth anyway.

2025-04-09 03:13:35

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Although, I suppose exposing the decryption key once would theoretically expose it for good. Piracy 🤔

2025-04-09 00:39:48

Hearing my wife laugh on the phone with her sisters is one of the best sounds I've heard in a while. She will probably never see this note.
Bittersweet.

2025-04-09 00:29:20

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What exactly is the experiment? To see how much one can sell their credibility for?

2025-04-09 00:16:54

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Sounds like a likely predictor for being retarded from what I've heard from friends who have tried it.
So basically what you said. Lol

2025-04-08 22:33:02

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Yeah I figured relay level would only apply to that relay.

2025-04-08 20:51:00

You have the same opportunity every day. It's always speculation. I just hit buy when I need to.
#nevent1q…ctzz

2025-04-08 20:48:06

Are zap to see notes a thing?
If they were, would it be a client side issue, protocol issue, or both?

2025-04-08 20:39:41

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I've been thinking about a terminal based Nostr client. Would be dope.

2025-04-07 11:48:03

Historical research has massively improved my ability to understand complex modern things.

2025-04-05 18:26:41

For sure.
#nevent1q…a66d

2025-04-05 11:25:23

@nprofile…qft7 RE: RHR comments on capital gains.
The issue for me isn't that I pay taxes on my gains (although that should go away).
The issue is figuring out the bullshit required to report it. I have to manually keep track of every buy and sale to calculate cost basis. That's a ridiculous amount of effort for me when I get paid in fiat. It's much simpler to just give the fiat to my fiat bill collectors and put the rest into Bitcoin.
To convert it all into Bitcoin (for a fee) just to spend it (more fees) and deal with a bunch of math is asinine (under US tax code). Each transaction requires a form on taxes as far I could tell.
I would eat the fees if not for all the time spent on taxes. I plan to figure out a system this year, but there is more to this issue for some of us. Will investigate private, offline software as well.
The most likely way I'd handle this is that I'd still do larger sales for chunks of fiat, putting me right back where I started. I'm not doing this for small purchases. It's too ridiculous to do manually.

2025-04-05 01:10:46

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I'll be here for it. Whenever and whatever it is.

2025-04-05 01:07:06

This is annoying.
#nevent1q…zs8m

2025-04-04 20:06:10

Is there a good central resource for people who want to build on #Nostr?
If not, I'd appreciate any favorite resources.
#AskNostr #NostrDev

2025-04-04 18:20:21

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Of course, but I'm being a realist here. We are the smaller network. By a lot. It isn't even a comparison really. I imagine it could have an unintended consequence of flipping us to our preference over time. A lot of people would be more likely to hunker down on Nostr if they could at least have a watch-only view of certain people's main posts. In my theory anyway. Maybe it would mean little in terms of retention and growth. Reducing friction seems like a good bet always though.

2025-04-04 18:11:58

Is it possible for posts from the centralized networks to be posted to Nostr automatically?
I can see why the centralized boys would want to prevent this, but do they?
I'm a #Nostr maxi, but it would be cool if people could at least have their stuff automatically cross posted here.

2025-04-04 17:58:36

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It reminds me of LocalSend and Briar. Really cool concepts. I remember something about Apple devices being used in China in a similar way during a protest. I think Apple shit it down though. That's why we need decentralized options.

2025-04-04 17:54:50

The differences between humans (some of them quite significant) aren't imaginary. That's the problem. That's why we have the lines.
#nevent1q…6lkf

2025-04-04 17:52:13

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That's fucking cool. Thanks.

2025-04-04 17:41:45

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Ah, the good ole cost basis privilege. I'm enjoying that now after five years of hard stacking. Some people don't understand that you have to earn that. I remember shitting my pants calmly and hodling on. Lol Congrats on your basis though. That's awesome.

2025-04-04 17:39:41

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Six years seems like an eternity by any standard in the software world. Especially for something like that.

2025-04-04 17:25:01

I have Citrine running on my phone. What are the primary uses for people? It mostly seems like a backup method to me. Is that right?

2025-04-04 16:39:29

Probably another unpopular #Nostr opinion:
Relay moderation is going to be critical for Nostr adoption by the masses.
Moderation will be a blessing on the decentralized protocol.
It requires no force.
You can still add degenerate relays if you want. The rest of us won't have to see it.
That's what freedom looks like for me.

2025-04-04 15:43:32

It's hilarious when people give you the side eye grin when Bitcoin is down 3-5%. Bitch, wake me up at 20-25% so I can scramble for fiat to smash buy.

2025-04-04 05:01:28

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What is zap ratio?

2025-04-04 02:50:42

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Free speech AND go fuck yourself.

2025-04-02 19:20:54

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Lol Good luck. Everyone is so focused on piling more shit into the clients that I've dealt with some of the same bugs the entire time I've used Nostr. And that's for all the major clients I have used.

2025-04-02 17:52:55

Public schools will never work in a system that isn't under total political control. And even if it did 'work,' the outcomes will never be good in the long run. You may end up with skilled students, but what good is that if they're also state drones? I don't want to compete with China. I want to be free and different. I want public education in the US to die. Free markets should determine which schools and teachers work best.
#nevent1q…8nvy

2025-03-31 05:20:00

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Ah. Reality vs fantasy I guess. Fiat reaches everywhere eventually.

2025-03-31 05:09:49

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Whatever you do to them, be a gentleman.

2025-03-31 03:55:59

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What data should I believe? How is growth/retention being measured?

2025-03-30 18:43:47

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Really cool. Should probably be standard.

2025-03-30 04:31:59

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Internet litter is only going to get worse with AI. We will need filters for sanity at some point.

2025-03-30 01:35:26

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I didn't realize you could disable them.

2025-03-30 01:28:59

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I think it's different if people are up front about the fact that they have no clue what they're doing. Then everyone is on the same page. But I doubt that's how most people will do it. Like you've posted things you've vibed up with warnings. That's ethical in my opinion. Not disclosing and releasing would be unethical to me.

2025-03-30 01:25:48

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I would like the option to set a profile preference for this so everyone in every client can know where you stand. Because a client can hide it from you, but that doesn't mean other people won't still try to DM you (as far as I understand DMs). It would be cool to just reject DMs across the board. Similar to how people can do with zaps by simply not listing an address.

2025-03-30 01:22:24

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Vibing I can get on board with. 😂

2025-03-30 01:21:43

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I would hide them entirely in my client if I had the option. At least for now. They've always been a shit show for me.

2025-03-30 01:20:00

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My opinion: Something that seems to work but the maker can't say why or how. This is exactly how people end up getting rekt. It's cool for applications that aren't safety-critical. Have a blast. But just letting Jesus take the wheel for cryptography and other critical systems is retarded. It's just going to erode trust and respect for the profession and software if someone is dumb enough to "vibe" together a substantial system. That's shit code to me.
Good doesn't mean mistakes are never made. The difference is that an engineer can articulate why a decision was made and learn from errors as they are discovered. Rinse and repeat, making everyone better. AI will eventually help with that, of course, but it isn't there yet (if it ever will be) and people are going to FAFO. That's just what we do. I wouldn't trust anything AI outputs unless the "viber" can understand it and verify it, which makes it shit to me.

2025-03-30 01:09:34

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What other creature even has a concept of beauty? Humans should enjoy beauty. Otherwise, it doesn't really exist. There's nothing inherently beautiful about nature. It's just a bunch of random shit happening. It's beautiful because of humanity. We can be respectful to maintain it though and I agree we should in some cases.

2025-03-29 04:48:43

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I still don't know what a hellthread even is.

2025-03-26 18:19:44

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Because we aren't a single government. We have hundreds of governments in the US. Thousands probably (I haven't counted). But yes, every state in the US has an element of socialism. That's true for every major country right now. Some of our states are particularly bad relatively.

2025-03-26 17:07:25

"I'm just building the stuff I want to. You can donate if you want to support me, but I'm still doing whatever I want to."
That's perfectly reasonable. That's actually professional. There is a difference between a donation and a payment. Users either accept that or they don't.
I just think models like this generally result in worse UX. It's my opinion. I don't have to support it.
What pisses me off is when a developer or organization takes money under the claim to support user-focused software development without actually caring what users think or want. It's a warped and dishonest relationship. It's totally fine if everyone is up front about the terms. Mozilla, for example, would take money for software development and then just spend it on bullshit that has nothing to do with software. That sort of shit is ridiculous and I won't support it. Fuck their expression.

2025-03-26 02:51:19

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Hopefully you can bridge the gap until you get to the dentist. 😉

2025-03-26 02:46:01

Is it possible to delete Nostr DMs?

2025-03-26 02:40:14

I'm going to be a good guy and help @nprofile…n6q3 scam me 😂
https://image.nostr.build/d3dde20a1c2e4da271b4f9bb049433e19d8cdf280727f368732c5760b88017b9.jpg

2025-03-26 01:51:17

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That's still generic. You're saying function as if it's a single thing. An algorithm that works may actually have multiple components. It's not as simple as just saying "function that does what I want." The point is that it isn't possible with Nostr as it is right now. We have to either change our expectations or use something else. Shifting what we mean by algos may give us something better, even if it isn't the same thing traditional platforms have.

2025-03-25 23:22:49

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Do you have any favorite relevant resources? I'd like to run one.

2025-03-25 23:21:30

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What if we redefined 'algo' in the context of Nostr? Algorithm is a generic term anyway.

2025-03-25 22:22:58

Poor soul is figuring out how shit eBay is now. I doubt it will be around in five years. I got scammed on some DVDs a couple years ago and their response was to just delete my account. Saved me a step I guess.
#nevent1q…0955

2025-03-25 22:21:06

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N64 was peak.

2025-03-25 22:19:55

LocalSend is so cool.

2025-03-25 17:43:52

Software developers who don't care at all what users think are morons who shouldn't be software developers.
Imagine if a chef didn't give a hot fuck how his food tasted. What would be his purpose exactly?
Markets solve this issue. Unfortunately, FOSS often has a problem where funding doesn't come directly from users. There's usually a middleman that somehow influences development toward the opinions of those who control the fund rather than users.
Ideally, Nostr will eventually reach a point where development is funded by users so a proper marketplace for features and ideas can form.
I'm not giving to foundations anymore. I'm directly funding developers who value my opinions and needs as a user. If they don't offer an easy way to be paid and offered feedback, fuckem.

2025-03-25 17:14:59

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Nice. I will look into Nostrudel again. Wasn't a fan when I tried it some time ago.

2025-03-25 17:04:14

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What is your definition of a trad man?

2025-03-25 17:03:09

A cool client feature:
Allow note pinning with a specific message like "Solution Found" or "Problem Solved" so people can see that no more responses are needed for a given note. There are obviously other uses for this, like updating one's view on a note and making it the first note to be seen, etc.

2025-03-25 05:00:46

My main point is that I don't think Nostr is attracting people who don't live for Bitcoin and software development. Maybe I'm just not seeing these people. Although, I think I have the major relays added that new people would likely use.
Either way, telling me to create all the content isn't really a solution. We need more people to come here and post.
I don't see enough "genetic diversity" here to populate an entire ecosystem like the major centralized platforms. They all had marketing and features that attracted people to come post. I came to Nostr specifically through Bitcoin. Cool, but we need something else for all the other people. Something is missing. It could be that the tech is too new or unreliable. Maybe people just aren't ready for Nostr. Maybe we lack marketing. Either way, pretending that everything is fine right now (just post stuff, bro) doesn't seem productive to me.
It seems stagnant to me and I don't think posting about cigars or my other interests is going to magically fix that problem. Neither will looking at few pictures of flowers or some rando's plate of food (probably posted by Bitcoiners if I dug deeper). We don't seem to have a funnel for people to get here and stay. Bitcoiners seem to be the major on ramp, and that obviously limits Nostr to Bitcoin growth and adoption.

2025-03-25 03:44:08

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What kind of stuff are you seeing?

2025-03-25 03:07:05

I literally deleted everything else. I just wouldn't use anything if not for Nostr at this point. It's all hot trash. My wife even told me today that she deactivated her Facebook and Instagram because of how shit it makes her feel.
I wish there was more non-Bitcoin/Nostr stuff on Nostr though. Currently, there's little that interests me outside of tech. And that's getting boring because there is little point to any of it outside of us talking about the tech. Lots of circle jerking and GM bullshit.
#nevent1q…58w3

2025-03-24 20:40:23

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Why isn't this something that happens without user input? I would never think to do this, and I still don't understand what it even means. I assumed spending meant the amount was deducted from my balance.

2025-03-24 20:27:32

I've been having this happen a lot with @nprofile…vavr.
It's a law of the universe. All good and easy things must come to an end when it comes to #Nostr and #Zaps. 😂
https://image.nostr.build/d131f80c2380867b204c240c0d62ee5d11c17ae6a259a8787512c74b66cbec31.jpg

2025-03-24 20:17:08

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I can't wait for Nostr to be commercialized. That's the only way users will ever have a real voice in product development.

2025-03-24 17:58:02

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I don't want to use a phone that's basically just a copy of what's already out there either. The only thing that would interest me would be open hardware and hardware switches for components, SD slots, removable battery, and physical SIM slots. That's probably not going to be pretty by today's standards. Open hardware is going to require a lot more money and there probably isn't enough of a market to get the costs down to a reasonable point if a small company is heading the project. I just don't see it. I wish it was real.

2025-03-24 17:53:45

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Lol rip

2025-03-24 16:49:43

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They'd have to do something better than the Pixel. Purism went down this road and it didn't turn out well for anyone as far as I can tell.

2025-03-19 16:30:21

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I won't even use things now if they don't work with Amber.

2025-03-18 19:35:09

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I think you answered your own question. Lol Fiat creates perverse incentives and outcomes. What saddens me the most is that it doesn't have to be that way. College doesn't have to be useless. Intellectual curiosity was encouraged in the past. Not anymore. Anyway, I appreciate the encouragement. Maybe people like us will fix college too.

2025-03-18 19:25:56

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I'm 31 finishing my BS. I get that, but I think it's somehow harder to do this shit after you already learned that lesson. Lol
I'm in my last semester anyway. Hopefully my rants benefit younger people on Nostr at least. 😂

2025-03-18 18:57:46

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Lol Technology promises are frequently made and rarely kept.
There will always be an instance. You may not be funding and maintaining it, but someone will be. They can be distributed or centralized, but there will be instances.
Software isn't magic. Resources are required.

2025-03-18 07:09:09

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Fyi
https://image.nostr.build/4e1c84f813c897cee969b65af89f0c577c3f0fbb41510837fb65f2779b3b90e1.jpg

2025-03-18 07:02:24

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I wish I could easily run my own instance and still communicate with the users who only use Signal servers.

2025-03-18 06:50:27

Power BI is dog shit. The fact that Microsoft is still in business amazes me every time I use one of their products. I'll be happy when school is finished so I can go back to not torturing myself.

2025-03-17 07:02:32

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Glock 19

2025-03-17 04:48:28

I'm definitely inventing cigars.
#nevent1q…2fvj

2025-03-17 04:46:39

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I'm considering getting a flip phone and leaving it in my truck so I can enjoy the best of both worlds.

2025-03-16 08:40:43

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Even if you did get divorced, I don't see why that means dating apps are your only choice.

2025-03-15 16:28:27

Super dope.
#nevent1q…z8uz

2025-03-15 16:15:10

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You backing up individual sats? Lol

2025-03-14 19:50:30

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No. My internet speed should have no effect on old posts loading anyway. They shouldn't load automatically on any connection in my opinion. It's inefficient for storage and bandwidth unless I specifically choose to load them.