TheGuySwann
Guy Swann

[⚡️All zaps for the month of October will go to NC recovery efforts ⚡️]

“The Guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anyone else you know.”
Host of Bitcoin Audible 🎧, Ai Unchained 🔥, The Pear Report 🍐, & Shitcoin Insider 💩

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npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev

NIP-05 Address

theguyswann@iris.to

NIP-57 Address

theguyswann@getalby.com

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nos.lol

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Last Notes

2024-11-05 00:25:47

The next time you think “they wouldn’t” or “they’ll never get away with it.” Watch this again. https://i.nostr.build/Pjcb9bFLe9FfjWfC.gif

2024-11-04 17:43:33

If Trump doesn't win the only person I'll truly feel bad for is Ross Ulbricht

2024-11-04 04:23:40

This would literally NEVER have survived without the fiat standard.
Same with companies like Amazon. It would’ve never been possible to get that big before ever making a return. #note1xt6…a00x

2024-11-04 01:22:57

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Cash App is super underrated. I’ve gotten a bunch of people into using Bitcoin simply because I was able to show them how easy it was with their Cash App. I just tell them how to get their address or Lightning invoice and then send them some. The rest of the process is self evident

2024-11-02 01:05:37

2024-11-01 17:19:13

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Dereck you can’t possibly believe there was nothing fraudulent from the D’s in the 2020 election. You are much smarter than that.
Answer me this. If in one of the most critical counties in the most critical states, the losing Republican candidate was suddenly getting a last minute surge of votes, and the Dem validators were shoved out of the room, the door was locked, and ONLY the republican checkers were in the room, and the Republican candidate ended up winning with a landslide of last minute votes. The when the Dems contested it, after literal physical altercations with police trying to get in the room to do the ONE job that is required for them to do. Then it goes to court and instead of getting verification and a simple count, it’s declared “legitimate” because they could see through the window 40 feet away that the vote was being tallied by a room full of Republicans… Tell me you don’t have a problem with that scenario and that you would just trust them.
I cannot believe you are that dense because I have too much respect for you

2024-10-31 23:26:04

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If you have 1,000 hardware wallets and only do multisig, then you can actually make your wallet safe against brute forcing because there are so many different combinations that you’ll never generate the same ones. There’s like a million different possible combinations 🤣🤣

2024-10-31 13:44:49

Happy Whitepaper Day!
Apparently a lot of people dress up as scary creatures and give out candy in celebration of the Bitcoin Whitepaper. Seems weird but I’m all for however you want to celebrate! 😆

2024-10-31 12:27:48

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Paper is the only current option. However a secure voting system isn’t that hard either. There are numerous proposals that would work, transition would simply be difficult. But it’s not even necessary, simple is better for something like this and there’s nothing wrong with paper ballots. You just have to distribute the operation of verifying better. Simple proof is a great example of how good it could be

2024-10-27 19:49:03

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Can you do that without interrupting the sleep though if the computer is already on and booted?
The computer was specifically asleep, then when checked there was literally no indication that I’ve found so far of tampering. When I opened it back up it appeared to be in the exact same state. You couldn’t boot into another OS without closing the other down right? 🤔

2024-10-27 16:53:51

Scenario:
#Hacking #Bitcoin #Cypherpunks
Say you had 10 minutes (minus finding it and setting up) with someone’s MacBook, and you wanted to “infect” or pull as much information from it as possible without ANY logs showing that you’ve done anything to it, or plugged in any devices.
The MacBook is closed, asleep, and locked with the basic password.
What could you do, and could you ensure that there was no indication at all (no logs whatever) that suggested you had tampered with it?
If yes, what would you need to pull it off?
#asknostr

2024-10-25 11:10:31

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I’ll simply say that a doubling every two years until about 2040 wouldn’t surprise me. I don’t think it will be stable like that though, with most of that growth on the front end. But that puts #Bitcoin at about $12million per coin in 2040 when the US debt will most likely be at $100-$150Trillion (barring any crazy monetary events before then, which is probable)
Before we get to that point though there’s no telling how the landscape changes and how we think about “the price” to begin with.

2024-10-24 18:28:35

Ok I’m intrigued… what is pokey and why should I be excited?
(Using Damus on iOS for reference atm)

2024-10-22 15:24:28

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Is that “Blackrock BTC”?😂

2024-10-22 12:21:29

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Except that now the govt can make a bunch of fake reviews for Joe Rogan’s show and then attack him over it. New laws are never a good thing. People who buy reviews and followers are already retarded and get called out all the time. I bet this gets used offensively by the govt, and probably nobody else.
And I also bet it won’t be used to even the slightest degree against institutions like Amazon that are overflowing with fake reviews and actively manipulate it for their own content.
This is just stupid, imo. Will help nothing that matters, and gives the govt another corrupt tool to cheat and attack whoever they want, imo.

2024-10-21 21:48:13

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And immediately after I say this @npub18m7…q955 is having a bug. 😆
When I try to connect to the NWC address (which I think is confusing btw when Albyhub says “pairing secret” - might be useful to just say scan or something?) the camera never loads it just immediately gives a “no response” error as if it tried to connect and the device didn’t respond. @npub1xts…kk5s

2024-10-21 21:41:44

Boom!
I have been wanting to try this for ages and I didn’t realize @npub1get…0nfm was going to make this doable.
It’s basically nsecBunker but for your Lightning node. I can set budgets, timeouts, limited access, etc for certain apps really easy.
And even though the “disconnect wallet” button at the bottom of this is strangely placed and I almost reflexively tapped it twice while change my percentage, I am jazzed to see @npub18m7…q955 attempt the “support with a % of zaps” idea. Been wanting to do this for a while and having specific rules for each app makes it really easy.
The value of Nostr Wallet Connect here is hard to overvalue. This is a fucking cool setup. https://i.nostr.build/PictX3p5OksejpTX.jpg

2024-10-21 17:21:47

Constantly hating on Saylor and fanboying for Saylor are two sides of the same coin, imo...
Giving too much importance and attention to any random thing he says. It's cool if he says something valuable, and whatever if he says something silly. The average person is going to have the same tumultuous journey as everyone else and I've come to realize that there's probably no great shortcut. 🤷🏻‍♂️
I've kind of come to the same place with that sort of thing as I have with shitcoins. I used to spend SO much time and energy trying to explain why it's stupid and everyone was going to lose their money... now i just don't care. It's a waste of my time and it never seemed to work anyway. I just make my case to anyone who will listen.

2024-10-21 16:52:28

THE AUDIOBOOK IS LIVE! 🔥
@knutsvanholm & @lukedewolf's new book now has a published audible ready ready to listen!
For those looking to understand the rise of Clown World 🤡🌎 and how we can find our way out of it, this one shouldn't be missed 👏
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DK9VJ2Z3/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-417780&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_417780_rh_us

2024-10-21 13:29:10

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I think they are referring to the key design not anything about the service specifically. It’s a man obscured multisig with the intent of making it easy and safer for casual users.

2024-10-18 17:55:37

https://m.primal.net/LaEm.jpg

2024-10-17 14:45:00

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Then I don’t understand what your comment was referencing. I assumed the context was about needing state control, and you were giving an example of where it was necessary.
Maybe expand on the context of what you mean, because I still can’t come up with anything else.

2024-10-17 14:30:35

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I think you possibly have a very naive impression that energy production and regulation isn’t totally controlled by the very people it’s advertised as “keeping under control.”
Read about Bootleggers and Baptists, and then remember that to make sure you don’t become a Baptist.

2024-10-17 14:28:22

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#truth

2024-10-17 14:10:15

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This one doesn’t know how to. Slaver through to their core. You just mute people who can’t see a path for life without subjugating someone else. They are simply horrible people.

2024-10-17 01:20:02

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Since it’s a finetune of llama3.1 (which is MIT as far as I know) I think it would have to be.

2024-10-17 01:06:14

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They legit make grounding blankets that do exactly this. You can buy them on Amazon 😆
I also have been really skeptical until I saw the experiment where they watched blood under a microscope with and without grounding. And when they were insulated they literally clumped together. They lost their ability to regulate space between each other.
Definitely made me raise an eyebrow. 🤔

2024-10-16 18:58:31

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Why don’t you try a democratic company with your own funds and resources that you own and just see how it goes?
Nobody is stopping anyone from doing that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

2024-10-16 18:52:19

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Genius way to get out of sleep. I fully expect Rad to trick my ass into giving late night Guy’s Takes in the coming years. 🤣🤣

2024-10-16 18:42:11

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https://i.nostr.build/ZYijCb7Fs6eG8lRr.gif

2024-10-16 13:30:02

Dear socialists on #Nostr,
Libertarians and socialists could actually live together without any trouble if it weren’t for socialists always resorting to tyranny and enforcing others into slavery to their system.
There is nothing about socialism (commune living) as a chosen way to live that’s incompatible with freedom. It’s when you decide it’s ok to force your religion onto everyone else by pointing the state gun at everyone’s head, forcing them to pay for a system and people they don’t agree with, making them slaves.
If people don’t agree with your system, leave them alone and live your own life, and you won’t start a war. 😁👍🏻
Cheers

2024-10-16 13:05:16

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I also prefer to be defrauded through my money and forced to pay for things I don’t agree with. 😆😘
Jokes aside, Nostr is open to everyone and there’s no way to exclude anyone from using it. You or anyone else can start a community around whatever you like.

2024-10-16 03:16:45

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YES! WANT!! ❤️ https://i.nostr.build/3wZ8Zj2IqqaaDxXz.gif

2024-10-15 23:14:04

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We shall reach the promised land!
https://m.primal.net/LXDM.gif

2024-10-15 15:03:10

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This is an absurd statement, imo. Printing money literally does **nothing** for the economy and axiomatically cannot. You have conflated digital payments with the idea of fiat, which aren’t related at all. Fiat is simply the side effect of digital payments without genuine digital money.
In place of real money, we got authority as a bandaid with a huge set of unintended consequences.
I think you have made a very fundamental error between payments and money. Fiat has literally nothing at all to do with technological progress or economic growth. To the contrary, it has done nothing but stifle it rather remarkably.

2024-10-15 14:28:58

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What do I get if you already follow me? 🤔

2024-10-15 12:34:34

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🎉🙏🏻 https://i.nostr.build/QYKziZI6PrchEj3a.gif

2024-10-15 00:57:52

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🔥 https://i.nostr.build/beeFR4Tqd6FIw6G8.gif

2024-10-15 00:36:25

Ser Sleepy is the grocery price whisperer #note1ccx…v064

2024-10-14 13:03:16

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Each of the boosters moves independently and you can watch them while they do. And there are correcting thrusters toward the top. You can see them fire every so often in most videos of the rockets landing.
This wasn’t an answer to my question though. So in your thinking all of the smaller rockets that have been doing this for years are fake too? What are your thoughts on starlink internet? Is that just fake or are they just lying about how they get them into orbit?

2024-10-14 00:59:08

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Do people in his companies say this? 🤔

2024-10-13 19:49:26

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Curious, do they think that starlink is fake satellite internet also, and/or that the rockets that take those up and land back on their landing sites is all fake as well? 🤔
I don’t quite see the point of such an elaborate faking and doing it over and over again thinking they wouldn’t get caught.

2024-10-13 19:39:46

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That looks like a unique way to die and/or break your back 🤣

2024-10-13 17:27:24

Just for reference, this isn't perfectly accurate because i can't find exact measurements of the booster only, but the entire starship is a little over 400ft.
This makes the Statue of Liberty a tad taller than the booster alone from what it looks like, but this should give some references to try to picture the scale of what just happened and why this is a big deal.
This is the rocket that they expect to be able to potentially take humans (back? 🤔) to the moon and further, and it just launched into space, returned on its own, and was firmly and safely placed back to the exact same position where it will take off from for its next mission. 🤯
https://i.nostr.build/o3eGcnWt69I4qkkf.jpg
This is where you can see the workers in comparison...
https://i.nostr.build/kxGqnWWNwDG1PuC2.webp
https://i.nostr.build/HFODRV1ohGahuMP6.webp
#note14jt…hc60

2024-10-13 15:12:41

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"And these are the only 5 star wars movies they ever made. No, there wasn't a new trilogy, I don't know what you're talking about."
lol, I actually completely agree with this list except that I would put Revenge of the Sith as number 4 and move the other two up a notch. I also really liked (or at least was very surprised by) Rogue One though... 🤔

2024-10-13 14:13:17

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This one lands at its actually launching tower, the tower grabs it in the air, this was the first attempt, and this rocket is bigger than the statue of liberty.
Those other rockets that you've likely seen land themselves are way smaller.

2024-10-13 13:21:12

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They are in for a very rude awakening in about 30 years

2024-10-13 13:20:22

So this just happened.
"This is absolutely insane, on the first EVER attempt we have successfully caught the super heavy booster back at the launch tower..."
Truly incredible.
From the Ground:
https://v.nostr.build/CaCXdwVkwTAyhgCb.mp4
Livestream:
https://v.nostr.build/s2omFIphsyNlyww0.mp4

2024-10-12 23:44:59

I swear I replace our LED bulbs that are supposed to LaSt FoREvEr AnD UsE No EneRGy more often than we replaced our incandescent bulbs.
I legit think the shift to more expensive LEDs (which means they take way more energy to make, which means they are more wasteful, NOT efficient) was nothing but a big political grift to force people to buy bulbs with bigger margins that weren’t having the growth they needed. So they used “green energy” to pad their pockets.
I swear there is no political action whatsoever that isn’t a racket.
It is truly nothing but bootleggers and baptists. A marriage between the scammers and their fools and nothing more.

2024-10-12 12:19:41

What an absolute cunt. At what point is violence appropriate for somebody whose entire purpose is trying to ruin everyone else’s lives?🤔 #note17cg…fr5k

2024-10-12 03:21:59

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Literally me 😂😂

2024-10-12 02:24:16

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Sometimes the cognitive dissonance of losing out on the opportunity of a lifetime is enough to get us to latch onto any and every excuse as to why it was still the right decision.
Logic will not be what gets him to realize his mistake, because he needs 1/100th as good of an excuse not to believe it, in order to hold onto his own view of who he is.
Sucks, but that guy will probably be one of the very last to accept it... or he may literally die an old man angry at how the new generations are all using that stupid digital money about to be killed by quantum computing.

2024-10-11 18:30:07

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There’s also something to be said about the speed and ease that it returned to the dollar all time high and then has mostly just hung around within 15% range of it for half a year.

2024-10-10 13:12:38

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The Codebreakers! I’m only about a third through it because it’s a beast but it’s not only super information dense but also really entertaining in the way it’s told. Basically the most comprehensive history on the study of cryptology that I know of.

2024-10-10 00:42:17

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Ah yes, another great analogy i have actually used on the show before and had forgotten about! This is a really good one. It's our interface between computer language and human language. More akin to the mouse and keyboard than an advanced application itself.

2024-10-10 00:40:49

Make me laugh and cry at the same time....
#note1xwk…w98e

2024-10-10 00:39:41

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2024-10-10 00:39:06

When you really think about it, generative AI is literally nothing but a translator.
But literally in every form it really only does some type of translation and compression. It's a pattern compressing tool that translates between human speech and basically any other data medium that can be described with speech:
Text to pixel arrangement, english language spanish, english to python or javascript, text to data waveform, etc.
There is no intelligence, logic, or reason -- and never was, it is simply a linguistic converter that relates one piece of data to another piece of data through natural language.

2024-10-09 23:15:32

“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― Douglas Adams

2024-10-09 21:48:40

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Forgot to add $2,500 for Henderson County Rescue as well. This is the local search and rescue team that my best friend works with and I know they will use it well. 👆

2024-10-09 20:19:41

There is nothing as awesome as your 2 year old son running up to give you a hug when you're having a bad time of it.

2024-10-09 19:19:40

https://m.primal.net/LQOG.webp
#note1guq…dghn

2024-10-09 16:35:08

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It’s only $95

2024-10-09 16:33:33

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That’s the thing, I’m in NC right now. I’m trying to buy my train tickets for when I get there.

2024-10-09 16:32:32

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I really am.

2024-10-09 16:29:17

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I had the same failed payment for that one. I’ve tried everything, literally. How am I supposed to make any international payment? This is so stupid

2024-10-09 16:24:32

I’ve now spent an hour and used every single card I own trying to buy a train ticket in Zurich and everything fails. I swear to fucking god everything international should accept Bitcoin because this is the biggest load of bullshit and waste of my time imaginable. I have shit to do and don’t have time to fight with the disease that is the fiat banking system.

2024-10-09 03:33:42

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I did not, lol. Just seeing my feed full of people talking about it. Doubt I’ll watch it, tbh.

2024-10-09 03:01:18

BREAKING!!
I’ve put the pieces together after YEARS of careful examination and have come to the conclusion that Peter Todd is, in fact, Adam Back!

2024-10-08 20:55:24

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https://media3.giphy.com/media/bUkXxGkGYb5bq/giphy.gif?cid=9b38fe913jynr1s4rtov7yvjo15h5p0b0zlos7hrvvzst2qh&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2024-10-08 20:16:06

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OMG we need to make this a thing, lol. Generation Based grew up in the hard times caused by Generation Soy.

2024-10-08 20:11:36

This is the way https://i.nostr.build/FCq5TnzZuaJozR1m.jpg

2024-10-08 19:58:27

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That is correct. But it’s far more often true than false. 😂

2024-10-08 18:47:33

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Man… I miss a real lens. I’m a sucker for low depth of field

2024-10-08 18:26:07

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EVERYTHING TAKES 5X LONGER THAN YOU THINK!

2024-10-08 16:44:20

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Depends on the situation and the attacker. If its a common thief/gang who wants to steal your coins, then privacy and anonymity are the prudent approach that will better protect you and your family. If its the govt, then being public and open is the safer approach, otherwise you are only hiding from the public who would support you.
However, in any situation you should be armed, trained, have a security system with cameras, and have dogs, imo.

2024-10-08 13:17:00

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The reality is that you are like 99% less likely to be targeted if you are armed, have dogs, and have a security system. This isn’t even controversial or in question, it’s a simple fact and obvious incentives.
Thieves want to make easy money, they don’t want to die. They are vastly more likely to end up dead at my house. That’s the reality

2024-10-08 01:14:21

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Where, in your opinion, is the place to flee to that has a strong and reliable foundation for not going down the same political road as most of the West?

2024-10-08 01:12:59

Everything is going to take 5x longer than you think.

2024-10-07 22:57:16

Same. Definitely not Satoshi over here.
https://m.primal.net/LOKe.gif
#note12cs…fpmw

2024-10-07 22:55:42

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lots of guns.
https://m.primal.net/LOKc.gif

2024-10-07 22:51:57

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Much less about whether anyone supports or thinks jan 6 protestors should be in jail or not, and more about which crimes they punish, the absurd imbalance of that punishment, and how horrible, disgusting people are being actively protected and are directly involved in the operation of our govt and "justice."

2024-10-07 22:49:59

Guns
#note1ha0…2lpf

2024-10-07 22:18:45

"There are 500-600 of the Jan 6 protestors in prison, and not one person on the Epstein flight list..."
If you actually want to understand why people are so angry and believe our govt is corrupt beyond salvageability, this explains it in a single line.
If this doesn't bother you and your immediately reaction is "bUT WhAt AbOuT..." - then you've lost the plot, imo.
https://v.nostr.build/OzYgoVADbiNdyIcj.mp4

2024-10-07 15:06:01

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Can you share a link or expand on this? What does the entropy sampler do here?

2024-10-07 12:04:51

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I have zero idea as to the context of this comment. Is this responding to some conversation or something I posted somewhere?

2024-10-07 12:03:06

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Seriously, who runs an LLM to respond with incomprehensible or completely irrelevant remarks? Is it a 1.5B param model or something and it’s just too stupid to actually understand the comment/context? Or is it given a mandate of “always talk about X,” so it just jumps onto any post to continue the same conversation it has everywhere? 🤔

2024-10-07 00:10:05

One of the best answers I ever heard about #Bitcoin was someone who asked a hardcore bitcoiner, “You only talk about all of these great benefits, but what is the worst thing about Bitcoin?”
His answer was, “It’s going to grant all those same freedoms and benefits to the person who you hate most in the world. And there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Ironically, that’s what most people can’t give up. They can’t let go of the statist temptation of arbitrarily punishing people they don’t like, or are afraid of. #note1wxe…c0xr

2024-10-06 23:16:26

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Why is there always a goddamn token… 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

2024-10-06 21:57:06

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Maybe because they accept a bunch of crypto too.

2024-10-06 17:04:28

Fiat endgame shit right here.
I bought a $40 thing off Amazon recently and it recommended Affirm with only $4 monthly payments. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ #note1zut…nhv4

2024-10-06 14:42:54

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I like this about Damus

2024-10-06 12:34:25

Been in direct contact with them for a few days now. They are doing amazing work #note1kly…5wtt

2024-10-05 20:21:15

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Haha 🤣

2024-10-05 20:20:07

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Well he never stated he would last time, but he did pardon multiple people that he said he would. As I mentioned in another comment, I say it’s maybe 50/50

2024-10-05 18:32:15

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@npub1qkt…ms0r

2024-10-05 18:09:49

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A number of groups headed out there. First batches of donations from Nostr are going out today and tomorrow. Sending to groups that I’ve either been recommended from a plethora of different people, and/or that I know and trust someone specifically in the organization.
Then going to get more piece meal about the funds.
The BTC Veterans seem to have an awesome setup together. Trying to be of use to them as well because they will likely be a big help and also a great resource on the ground to confirm things.

2024-10-05 17:34:09

So I've just thrown together a Keet broadcast room so I can post updates about #hurricane #Helene and any info I get from the ground in western NC. Also will post about where donations are going and how I'm trying to verify the mess of murky info flooding in on socials.
I will also be posting here, but Keet is just a better place to keep it all in a single stream.
Join me on Keet.io - West NC Hurricane Recovery Feed (no expiry)
pear://keet/yryo887eupixnir3puizjfoufofwfjkxuixo1j11tnc6opakex43bsq5e9odhas5nycj6ajjc9xxxjj9c1r41ym775ddtk36ufrspf7tey

2024-10-05 16:11:41

This is the dumbest + funniest Nostr origin meme since penis butter.
Change my mind 🤣🤣 #note1rxm…0ut7

2024-10-05 13:54:39

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Yeah Venice has a few other things, but also the ability to upload and work with PDFs, text files, etc.
It’s worth it if you use LLMs often enough or in your workflow to have a dedicated LLM provider, imo. The 405B parameter model is pretty damn good. Also interested to try out llama3.2 which dropped like a day ago