jamin
Jamin ☦️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Software Engineer working in Fintech to pay my mortgage. #orthodox #england #noderunner #bitaxe #miner #datum

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2025-05-24 20:12:12

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This comes across as cope.
A dollar bill can be scribbled on to a point it is no longer usable as money and a monument can be defaced so badly it is no longer recognisable.
We've seen what happens when you reduce efforts against people who attack our monuments and open the door to them. They pull them down and throw them in rivers, or melt them down in furnaces, destroyed forever.
When some radicals attack your monuments you don't throw your hands up and say maybe it just wasn't as valuable as we thought, you increase patrols and throw out harsh penalties to make it harder for them.
Core are doing the former and trying to negotiate with terrorists instead of the latter and telling them to fuck off and doing what they can to prevent harm.
It the same suicidal altruism and cowardice that has destroyed the West playing out here. Grow a backbone and defend the good thing we have before it's ruined.

2025-05-24 10:45:54

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This is why getting more developers working on knots is imperitive. You need to begin fostering a culture around the implementation that keeps it close to bitcoins roots and nodes at the top of the hierarchy.
It would also be good to move away from centralised platforms like GitHub and Google mailing lists. Maybe a nostr git implementation (where we can zap PRs and releases directly) and a Keet room?

2025-05-20 15:47:52

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"Buy cheap, buy twice." Sometimes it's cheaper in the long run to go with the more expensive option if it saves you this kind of headache!
Sounds like a hell of a journey but I'm sure you will look back on it as a great experience in years to come.
Hash power heated studio sounds so cool, very jealous.

2025-05-16 19:51:16

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"Whatever we do with bits vs sats as units of account, just don't let the British decide", he said in English.
🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

2025-05-06 10:01:33

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Very true, most normies are so used to getting their services for free they don't even care it's at the cost of their souls.
They have inadvertently become slaves to these "free" platforms and drive their growth by being food for the algorithm. Google and X I'm looking at you.
There was a great clip of @nprofile…zj6n doing the rounds a while back where he described it perfectly.

2025-05-05 15:35:40

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Your mempool should be as configurable as possible. OP_RETURN should be 42 bytes by default as it was originally.

2025-05-05 15:30:04

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How do you zap if you don't hold any of your sats? 💅🏻

2025-05-05 10:17:23

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I didn't renew the road tax or insurance on my car this year and just stacked more sats

2025-05-05 05:53:36

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TLDR:
This change treats bitcoin like free cloud storage for any kind of data rather than as money.

2025-05-04 16:19:34

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This is my 2 your old when I tell him to go back to bed at 5am

2025-05-02 21:25:52

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It was my end! All fixed now.
https://giphy.com/gifs/starwars-star-wars-episode-3-3o84sq21TxDH6PyYms

2025-05-02 21:09:38

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I think the issue is without knots you can't really configure much of your mempool policy

2025-05-02 20:18:11

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Yep, bitcoin is money as the white paper stated, and that is the intention of the protocol.
Censorship and spam filtration are not the same thing.
Censorship is X node/wallet/address cannot broadcast transactions to my mempool.
Spam filtration is I will not include non financial transactions in my mempool, even if they are otherwise protocol compliant.
The irony is with knots you can do whatever you like because it's completely configurable. You could set mempool policy to only include non-financial transactions if that was your desire.

2025-05-02 19:07:39

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I dont think it will cause a hard fork but this kind of war will have to be re-fought repeatedly if we want to keep bitcoin as a decentralised money.
The less decentralised it becomes and the less money it becomes, the more risk that bitcoin fails to deliver what we all want it to.

2025-05-02 00:00:53

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Shitcoiners have inflitrated core and @nprofile…5h0z is funding them 🤷‍♂️

2025-05-01 23:58:42

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Removing OP_RETURN limits will ultimately not change anything because garbage data is already being inscribed in blocks at a lower cost as input data. It does however set the precedent that node runners should not be able to configure these things and that the blockchain is for any kind of data, not just financial transactions.
Does that make Bitcoin a better money? No.
- It makes people using bitcoin as money have to compete with people abusing bitcoin with shitcoinery for block space and increase fees.
- It bloats the UTXO set making nodes more expensive to run, ruining decentralisation, the thing that makes bitcoin not a shitcoin.
Adding an anti-inscription filter will make it harder (not impossible) to attack bitcoin in this way and sets a precedent that the blockchain is strictly for financial data. This aligns with the intention of the protocol as stated in the title of the white paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System"
Does that make Bitcoin a better money? Yes.
- It makes it harder for people to use bitcoin as something other than money, keeping the block space almost entirely for financial transactions.
- It will prevent further bloating of the UTXO set, giving improvements in storage some time to catch up and ensure nodes remain (relatively) cheap to run.

2025-05-01 18:42:19

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Just to be clear, I didn't mean we shouldn't also discuss on nostr, just that the bulk of people seem to still gravitate to X.
It's a shame considering this is the defacto bitcoin social media.

2025-05-01 18:36:48

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We should still make spam as difficult as possible to mitigate the Blockchain being used as free data storage. Filters are the main tool to do this.
We aren't on a bitcoin standard and people will use abundant fiat to pay people to shove crap into the Blockchain, causing unnecessary competition against people using bitcoin as money (the intended purpose of the protocol)
A junk transaction is protocol valid but if it is not a legitimate financial transaction and we should attempt to filter it, the same way we filter junk emails, junk mail, junk nostr posts, etc

2025-04-13 10:11:10

I've been off work on parental leave and decided to start organizing my garage. Going through some old boxes and came across these bad boys! #pokemon
https://m.primal.net/QNsE.jpg

2025-04-06 21:45:55

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Yeah 20k i could believe, but 2k is insane.

2025-04-06 07:14:39

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Was a range Rover really 2k in the 70s?

2025-04-02 20:34:14

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Mine is set up using protonvpn and wireguard but I'm sure the gluetun image can be used with any vpn provider.
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/bjrb20/d316bbc7a32ac55d59a8bd18a1cb3972/raw/e04596de9beab9ff93af8b6047aca7f11056de54/qbittorrent.docker-compose

2025-04-02 05:59:46

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How does that track with my response?

2025-04-02 05:56:29

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Best way to sent it to you?

2025-04-01 12:17:23

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I recently started using qBittorent in a docker container, that only allows traffic through another container using gluetun so it all passes through a VPN without affecting the host network.
It works really well so far. I can share the docker compose file if you are interested.

2025-04-01 12:11:49

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Unironically yes. People post on X about deeply controversial topics and then piss and moan when they get censored, but always go back.

2025-03-31 10:33:28

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This is one I threw together during the giblification madness
https://m.primal.net/PzOt.jpg

2025-03-30 20:11:52

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I'm eating a millionaire shortbread in bed with my wife and our newborn daughter

2025-03-26 17:09:47

My only lightning channel was closed on my @nprofile…fy4z hub, lesson learned!
New channel opened with @nprofile…zjpe and opening some others to improve my node health.
Let the zapping commence!

2025-01-15 18:43:48

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Apparently magnesium is great for anxiety and insomnia, especially the kind you spray on.

2025-01-13 18:26:15

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I'm setting up a CLN node so I can create a Bolt 12 offer and get lightning payouts from @npub1qtv…7dze.
I could run my Alby node in parallel but if possible I'd like to use my own CLN node as that is running on my Bitcoin Node.
Appreciate the help 🙏🏻

2025-01-10 22:28:59

@nprofile…sg0j is there a way to migrate my AlbyHub instance from using it's own lightning node to a lightning node I run myself? Or would I have to start from scratch?

2024-12-22 10:23:52

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I've been looking for a good replacement for Google keep so will give this a try! Does it support sharing notes between users?

2024-12-21 07:12:48

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Ausländer raus

2024-12-20 11:06:38

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proofofsteph has no npub?

2024-12-20 07:32:27

GM
35 years old today 🎊
Married, 2nd kid on the way, life is good
I just need to lose a bit of body fat 😅

2024-12-19 21:53:22

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running a node on a Mac mini?

2024-12-19 19:47:34

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Sounds like CLN is the way to go?

2024-12-19 19:31:35

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Still unable to send

2024-12-19 19:23:38

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Yep and just running a node in general. I want to manage my own channels etc

2024-12-19 19:20:45

I run a #bitcoin #knots node on a linux server and plan to get a #bitaxe to mine on @npub1qtv…7dze using #datum
#asknostr what #lightning implementation would you recommend for this setup?
CC: @npub1wnl…n3wr, @npub1lh2…a9nk

2024-12-19 10:00:48

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I think the title is too long, just call it, "The Good Wife"

2024-12-19 09:37:11

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Built different. Hope you feel better soon! 🍲

2024-12-19 09:29:42

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Tried to zap you but failed 😔

2024-12-19 09:23:03

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Oh man I don't envy you. That sounds like the start of a really shitty few days

2024-12-18 19:08:27

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Yes, I'd say that there has always been a subset of women with this temperament but only with modern technology and ideology have they been able to engage in these occupations. Women are more prone to outside influence than men because historically, being ostracized by the group would mean death for themselves and their children in small communities.

2024-12-18 18:36:40

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I think there's a bunch of things that can be done:
- Call out feminist propaganda in media
- Be a good example as a man or woman respectively
- Teach them to lean into their femininity in a healthy way
- Tell them that very few people find the most meaning and fulfillment from their career
There's a bunch more but these are simple ones that pop into my mind

2024-12-18 17:00:56

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Family, friends, teachers, media, etc

2024-12-18 16:53:27

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mislead

2024-12-18 12:08:09

Upping my default #zap to 210 sats because it won't be long until 21 sats are worth less than one Great British Decline Penny

2024-12-17 19:59:41

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I've been using @npub12vk…pugg since the start and never looked back. I was pleased they had both a web and Android option to go between and it's improved so much over the last year.
I need to start testing out other clients to get the full #nostr experience but I'm just so comfortable now

2024-12-17 10:55:53

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What would drive chain do? Is there a proposal I can read?

2024-12-17 09:38:26

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Ah you are right. You prefer your software being setup on someone else's hardware 😂

2024-12-16 21:16:40

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loool this is brilliant marketing. On the one hand you are encouraging people to self host while on the other you are calling them cucks for doing it 😂 Genius

2024-12-16 09:28:33

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I considered my pension dead money so moved it all into a SIPP and dumped it all in MSTR. If it doesn't get confiscated in the next 20 years I'll be very pleased but if it does I still have my cold storage.

2024-12-15 20:45:42

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It's been top news in the UK all week with incredible takes like this one.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/shame-on-the-men-exploiting-lily-phillips/

2024-12-15 13:12:38

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What is the reason for this?

2024-12-12 08:36:18

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Alby hub was really straightforward to setup and migrate from their shared node. Any reason you don't want to do that?

2024-12-10 09:11:12

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I like dunking on the French as much as the next Englishman but having been born and raised in London... We don't really have a leg to stand on here.

2024-12-09 16:37:36

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This dude looks like Bitcoin Tarzan. Followed.

2024-12-09 15:22:50

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That's an interesting way of putting it, I need to do some more thinking on this topic.

2024-12-09 14:03:38

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Do you think there is any place for paywalled/exclusive content in a Nostr world? Or even a subscription model?

2024-12-07 14:40:13

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Yep but unfortunately Farage seems to be another containment figure

2024-12-07 13:06:14

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The way things are going, the UK will be the last woke country. The rest of Europe and the US is moving right, embracing new technology and deporting people.

2024-12-06 23:30:23

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That's why projects like @npub126n…e9ll and @npub1agh…mhct are so valuable in making it as easy as possible to be a node runners.
I'm on a GrapheneOS phone, I've never really checked out Linux phones but might be worth a look.
Yeah that makes sense. This will be my first venture into mining and I've been following @npub1qtv…7dze since their launch and believe they have the best interests of the network in mind. I want to do my small part in securing and decentralizing the network. I definitely want to look into mining for heat at some point too.

2024-12-06 21:15:44

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I'm going to run everything on my linux server just because I like the pain 😅 Start9 was originally my plan but I thought it would be a good opportunity to put my software engineering skills to use in a different way and start to learn a bit more about the bitcoin stack.
Then Bitaxe and DATUM on @npub1qtv…7dze to follow!

2024-12-06 08:06:07

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I've only just started running a full node so I need to go down the rabbit hole of tor and running my own lightning node properly. I just needed to move off of albys shared node before it gets deprecated!

2024-12-05 23:01:52

Running @npub1get…0nfm Hub

2024-12-05 14:14:34

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Gohan is literally me

2024-12-05 09:52:22

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True but at least the coins are sent in batches so you get a mix and lower fees for free

2024-12-05 09:48:48

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Yep, never had any problems, very easy to use.

2024-12-05 09:04:59

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Peach has been such a godsend for getting no-kyc sats in the UK. I bought my son's first sats after his christening on peach. Thank you peach team and God bless 🙏🏻

2024-10-20 14:48:47

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what would you recommend as a small node and mining setup for someone just getting started? I was thinking something like a start9 and a bitaxe

2024-06-19 11:55:27

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This is crazy. Did you guys ever jump on for a part 2?

2024-06-19 11:51:45

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This is crazy. Did you guys ever jump on for a part 2?

2024-05-31 07:55:52

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I use primal on android and brave browser. Works really smoothly on both

2024-05-28 10:55:37

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I think it'd be a really interesting conversation between the two of you. I like a lot what Jeff has to say but most of what I have seen is just people nodding along in agreement or just being orange pilled at a high level. You do a great job of getting into the weeds on these issues so it would be great too see you highlight them with some of the big faces in Bitcoin and see if they are even aware they exist.

2024-05-28 07:12:04

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Have you ever discussed this topic with @npub1s05…eyhe? He's always so optimistic about the future of Bitcoin I'd be interested to see his thoughts on this

2024-05-02 08:43:17

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Twitter just feeds you rage bait all day. Not worth it

2024-05-01 20:38:17

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great suggestion!

2024-04-05 12:41:12

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This is genius

2024-04-05 06:13:05

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always was
https://m.primal.net/HrWd.png

2024-04-03 15:18:55

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Would this actually handle your nostr keys (the way the browser extension does) for web apps on a mobile device, or is it strictly for native apps?

2024-04-03 14:53:48

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Oh nice one!

2024-04-03 06:36:27

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Yeah I use the alby extension for web apps, but I don't think anything like that exists for web apps on android.

2024-04-02 17:38:35

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That sounds really interesting actually, do you have a repo I can have a peak at?

2024-04-02 17:37:09

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I've been using Primal as I like to go between web and android. I've always liked PWAs but not sure how that works while handling #nostr keys securely.

2024-04-02 07:18:36

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Hey Gary, I appreciate your response and think you have a good point there. My issue with seperating the Bible from church history is that it leaves everything up to interpretation and gets muddled up with mistranslation. My priest recommended an Orthodox study Bible for English speakers which is essentially a king James translation but with notes adding context to the passages, highly recommend.
Ultimately I think it's great more people are turning to, or back to, Christianity. #orthodoxy #orthodoxstr

2024-04-02 07:12:27

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Yeah I totally understand that, I'm lucky to have family ties in the community and the priests always introduceme to other converts. Even if you manage to attend just to check it out I'd highly recommend.
And yes you are correct about the Pope, most Catholics really don't like the current Pope and say the church has always had bad popes, but the individual popes are not the infallible part, it's the the papacy and what it teaches. My point goes more to the church history and whether the infallibility of the papacy has any justification and I don't believe it does.

2024-04-01 21:48:55

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There are plenty of men that want these features too. Yes we are all adults and can deal with people being rude online or seeing adult content that we might not be interested in. That doesn't mean we want to see child porn and other horrific content. We can understand the need to for an open protocol while still wanting tools to curate our experiences online, they aren't mutually exclusive. We want to build a better internet that can be safe for kids, enjoyable for women and for men who aren't interested in seeing porn without having to hand over authority to big tech. The irony of saying men always lead and dismissing the needs of those you are supposed to be leading 🤦🏻‍♂️

2024-04-01 21:31:16

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I'd also like to contribute some code too, I've been a software engineer for over 10 years but have never done anything in open source. I guess, as you say, the best way to get started is to start engaging with developers.

2024-04-01 20:43:43

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I married into a Greek Orthodox family as a non believer and developed more of an interest in Christianity over the last few years. I wanted to do my research on denominations so started with Anglicanism being an Englishman and all, but all you have to do is look at the CoE to see how well that is going. Protestantism didn't make any sense as they seem to think you only need the Bible, not the church, but it was the church that constructed the Bible, so for me it came down to Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Long story short is whether you agree with the infallibility of the papacy and I don't think the evidence in favour holds up. Orthodoxy follows the ways of the church pre schism, even most Catholics agree on that but think the papacy has authority to change things. Thats why I leant into Orthodoxy and haven't regretted it one bit. As for the service in Greek, my church does Saturday service in English as there are other English converts and other non Greek attendees and the other services in Greek are still lovely, the same way a traditional Latin mass would be for Catholics. I would definitely encourage you to check out your local Orthodox Church 🙏🏻☦️

2024-04-01 20:19:01

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I want to contribute but not sure of the best place to start 🤔

2024-04-01 20:16:59

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This form of protest is so British and I am here for it 🇬🇧

2024-04-01 20:11:33

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This is the kind of thing that will make or break nostr. I get that the protocol has to be the Wild West for it to work but we need solutions to this. I agree it will get solved it's just a matter of time

2024-04-01 13:33:18

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Interesting idea but I think search engines are becoming redundant in favour of LLMs

2024-04-01 12:08:24

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Yep, it's still early but I can totally imagine personal AI models helping to curate you social media feeds

2024-04-01 12:04:26

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Exactly the same in the UK. They then complained the army barracks they were put in were too poor qualified so burned it down and we're moved into hotels at even more tax payer expense. Our governments hate us

2024-04-01 12:02:05

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I'd like something like this to block adult inages and other degenerate content. I wabr to be able to check nostr without worrying about family and kids seeing something obscene on my phone

2024-04-01 11:58:00

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Imagine cheering on people's unhealthy lifestyles and thinking your the good guys