SLCW

https://slcw.github.io/SimpleX-Themes

Handyman engineer. I bounce from project to project, fixing problems that have fallen through the cracks, or have otherwise been left unresolved. I'm often called in to do the finishing touches, and bring 90% complete projects over the finish line. I'm good at making disparate systems talk to each other.

Public Key

npub1vkgj57k30l2u7wave6t4nua75wjylx3nju6qu4vu7pneghwx8zlsf7q4uq

NIP-05 Address

slcw@nostrid.info

NIP-57 Address

slcw2@speed.app

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsxtyf20tghl4w08wkva96e7wl28fz0ngeewdqw2kw0qeu5thrr30cpzemhxue69uhhymmrddujumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6qg4waehxw309amk7apww3jkzmr9v9nzuer9wcf783fk

Publishing to

rocky.nostr1.com

wot.tealeaf.dev

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1vkgj57k30l2u7wave6t4nua75wjylx3nju6qu4vu7pneghwx8zlsf7q4uq

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2024-11-05 08:02:02

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Do you think the fact that I'm using paid relays might be to blame?

2024-11-05 08:00:46

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That's because people don't understand the investment that's needed throughout the game to be competitive. They see a cheap way to play a game and win prizes, so they join. It's not until after the game has gone on that they realize that additional, ongoing funds are needed to have any chance of winning, or placing in the money.

2024-11-05 07:56:35

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Yeah, 13 bucks a month for access to a relay is pretty steep. I already pay 12k sats for my personal relay. If it's a one-time fee I can justify it, but my subscription to the nostr.wine DM Inbox relay is a monthly 2500 so I wanna be sure before I make a payment.

2024-11-05 07:52:32

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2100 sats is like a $1.25. I don't think that's excessive. Especially if that value is credited in gSats so users have a starting bank to fund their initial equipment purchases. And it seeds the pot. Maybe make it an even 2000 sats, but I wouldn't go any lower. If users can't afford 2000 sats, how are they going to be able to afford the equipment purchases necessary to be competitive? If 2000 sats is a hardship, those users are better off not playing. Make entry 2000 sats, and credit their starting balance with 2000 gSats.

2024-11-05 07:35:02

Is the 18,888 sat admission fee for nostr.wine a one-time fee, or a recurring monthly subscription? I didn't see anything on their site to indicate one way or the other.

2024-11-05 07:27:38

I've replaced almost all of my general relays with wot relays from the list provided by @nprofile…8grv. So far, so good! My feed is full of solid content from real people, and I haven't seen a single piece of spam or other low-grade notes. I was worried that I wouldn't qualify to use some of them, but apparently I've got enough good people in my network to grant me admission. WoT is a great way to ensure a quality feed without any of the bullshit. And most of them are NIP-42 so they can be used as private home relays.

2024-11-05 07:17:19

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That's true. Although it depends on how willing members of the other side are to negotiate, and work across the aisle. In a perfect world, our elected leaders would prioritize getting things done for the American people over the tribal partisanship. But as has become apparent, we definitely do not live in a perfect world.

2024-11-05 07:08:50

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The American People: 4 more years of crazed division

2024-11-05 06:34:49

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3rd parties absolutely need to build their support and infrastructure through local and state elections before they can expect to be able to compete, and be a viable choice.

2024-11-05 06:33:26

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Well, typically the winning candidate has the unified support of their party. So, if a Republican president wins, and Republicans control Congress, then the president basically has the support of Congress. It gets a little trickier when the opposing party controls Congress because then you have a divided government. Some people prefer a divided government because they believe the controlling opposition provides a check on the power of the president. Others are opposed to divided government because it makes executing the president's agenda more difficult, which is either good or bad depending on whether your party is in control of Congress.

2024-11-05 06:15:16

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By and large, people are lazy and don't want anything more than a choice between A and B, despite the regular complaining about the fact that we only have two viable parties. In all this time, not one 3rd party has done the work to elect local and state candidates, and build the necessary infrastructure to plausibly compete. They always pop up every four years to run a promotional candidate with no chance of succeeding without having done any of the ground work to make their party viable.

2024-11-05 06:10:22

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Maybe, but his sentence was within the legally established guidelines. Any anger about his circumstances should be directed at the judge in his case, and not any greater notion of "them". He was convicted by a jury of his peers after a trial where he was represented by competent counsel, and the judge made the decision to sentence him to life based largely on the evidence presented at the trial supporting the prosecutor's contention that he attempted to contract the killing of 5 people. Then, he lost his appeals to overturn the conviction with the appeals court again pointing to the evidence that he attempted to hire a hit man to murder 5 people. On paper, his sentence may be seen as overly harsh, and I am one of the people who believe it was an excessive sentence, but he was most definitely afforded due process within the bounds of the law.

2024-11-05 05:59:56

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That's funny, but it's important to keep in mind that, despite the incessant ranting about voter fraud by Republicans, voter fraud—which is exceedingly rare—is almost entirely carried out by Republicans. It's another case of, "accuse yout enemies of that which you are guilty", and repeat it often so that that false notion is perceived as truth by the public.

2024-11-05 04:59:08

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It's a little confusing. I sat down with pen and paper and made a diagram to help me visualize and understand it.
Notes, replies, reactions and zaps to other people's notes get published on your public inbox relays.
Replies, reactions, and zaps to your published notes and replies from other users get logged to your public inbox relays.
Private messages, both incoming and outgoing, get written to your DM Inbox relays.
Your drafts, and client app settings get written to and accessed from your Private Home relays.
Your local relay (Citrine) is used like a public outbox relay. It stores copies of all your published notes, replies, reactions, as well as information about zaps you've made.
Search is handled by your search (NIP-50) relays. These relays are queried whenever you conduct a search from your client app.
General relays are the foundation of your feed. They deliver everyone else's notes to your client to be viewed and accessed on your feeds.

2024-11-05 04:49:25

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Did it generate one of those cool whale-zap notes? I always wanted to be whale zapped. 😔🐳

2024-11-05 04:45:53

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I that case, I don't think Citrine comes into play. Pokey is generating notifications from your configured public and private relays. If you just have Citrine configured as a local relay, I believe it only records your published notes and replies, as if it was another public outbox relay. I don't believe it also acts as a public inbox. Also, unless you've opened up a port so that it could be accessed from outside of your device, I don't believe it would be able to act as an inbox relay, because inboxes need to be able to be accessed and written to from the internet.

2024-11-05 04:40:16

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Are you using Citrine as one of your public inbox relays?

2024-11-05 04:38:24

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There was a review site that did comprehensive comparisons of all the different hardware wallets, but I can't remember the URL, and I don't I bookmarked it. I'm going to dig through my browser history and see if I can find it. It wasn't that long ago, so maybe it's still in my history 🤷‍♂️

2024-11-05 04:36:23

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It's weird, isn't it? Like, what's happening behind the scenes that could explain that? Does something happen with the status of a reply once you reply to it that alerts Pokey that it's a new event that needs to generate a notification? I always get the craziest bugs! Lol and I feel bad about bothering the devs, but at the same time I know devs wants their projects to work properly, so it's important to report issues like this.

2024-11-05 04:17:17

Hey @nprofile…vh28... I think I mentioned that the Amber authentication bug in Pokey has been successfully resolved, and its properly authenticating now with the release of v0.0.5-alpha.
Now, I hate to be the annoying guy with all the bugs, but I think I discovered another potential issue. I've noticed that generally, notifications are instantaneous. However, when someone replies to one of my comments, I don't get a notification for that event until I comment on their reply. Weird huh?
I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, or have noticed this, but I figured my best course of action is to just let you know about it so that you can appropriately address it if the situation actually calls for a fix. I appreciate all you do!

2024-11-05 04:08:07

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I'm with you. It seems like it's become a nonstop, all-the-time thing. It used to be that nobody thought about politics until a month before an election. Some people who are die hard politics fanatics did, but the average person didn't really think about it, and it wasn't in your face every day.
We need a break. It's not healthy for there to be this constant, national focus on political battles, and divisive political propaganda.

2024-11-05 03:50:37

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I haven't zapped any large amounts. My default zap is 21 sats, and my max zap is 100 sats. If I had a specific, compelling reason to zap more (ie. lost a bet, making a purchase of some sort, etc), I definitely would, but for the purpose of rewarding quality content, I've found that the 21-100 sat range is just fine. The lower amounts allow me to reward more notes than if I was zapping 500+ zaps.
I have a budget, and I want to be able to reward the most people while staying within my means. Plus, my goal is to increase my holdings over time, and if I'm pretending to be a high-roller with overly generous zaps every day, I'm shooting myself in the foot for sake of promoting an image that isn't authentic.

2024-11-05 03:01:16

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I don't think so. I've never come across an account for them.

2024-11-05 02:58:07

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That's crazy if that info isn't available in the app. That's pretty standard stuff. Maybe a good reason to switch to another wallet?

2024-11-05 01:59:41

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I can't help but speculate. It's in my nature.

2024-11-05 01:52:31

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Given that many bitcoiners believe Trump would be good for bitcoin while Harris would not, pre-election dumping may indicate a belief that Harris will win, resulting in the price dropping. The sell-off could be an attempt lock in profits before the anticipated price drop associated with5a Harris victory.

2024-11-05 00:02:49

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@nprofile…deau will be thrilled that he has another task!

2024-11-04 19:39:42

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In Amethyst, do you know what relay catagories these wot relays should be used for? Are they supposed to be your public inbox/outbox relays? Or do they go in the general relay section?

2024-11-04 19:31:33

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I'm no longer getting the "Amber not installed" error, and looking at my Pokey entry in Amber, a full suite of permissions is now associated. It's looking real good!

2024-11-04 05:56:44

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I think Sizzler went bankrupt. "We going to Sizzler, daddy!" is a line from the movie, "White Men Can't Jump.

2024-11-04 05:48:41

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I'm going to Sizzler, daddy!

2024-11-04 05:12:56

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I know what you mean. My mom's at that age where I start panicking everytime I call her and she doesn't answer, or everytime she calls at an odd time. It's so stressful.

2024-11-04 05:08:42

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Fantastic. There's not much value in ecash if you can't redeem tokens minted from outside mints. Coinos.io looks great, and has the potential to be a really valuable platform for both Nostr, and lightning payments in general. I can't wait til I can move over completely.👍

2024-11-04 04:59:00

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I think you may want to keep those others as read-only general relays so that you're properly connecting with users who are using those relays. The nostr.wine relay with deliver that consolidated content, but it won't necessarily provide a connection with your followers who are using other relays. I could be wrong about this, but that's how I believe it works. It may be worth reaching out to the operator of nostr.wine to get a authoritaritative answer on this.

2024-11-04 04:47:25

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So it looks like the problem was on my end after all. Turns out my system DNS blocker was interfering with the zaps. I exempted Amethyst from the DNS blocker and it's now working fine.

2024-11-04 04:30:27

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I'm not saying your followers to follows ratio should be 1:1, and that you should automatically follow everyone who follows you.
You should look at their profile and read through some of their notes and replies to get an idea of what their account is all about, but I think the goal should be to add quality accounts that mesh with you, and to also make sure you're following users with different viewpoints and ideas.
You don't want to create a monoculture echo-chamber. Look for value and diversity, and follow it. It really will improve your experience on Nostr.

2024-11-04 04:02:13

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That's OK. I'm an equal opportunity nostrich. Although I'm not sure why anyone here would hate me. I may have conflicting opinions with some, I always try to treat people with respect and dignity. Besides, life would be pretty boring if we all believed the same things, and had the same perspective.

2024-11-04 03:50:18

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That's an excellent analogy. 👍

2024-11-04 03:48:32

Hey @nprofile…tdq0! My zap.store app isn't detecting that apps have been uninstalled, and is showing these old apps as needing updates. Basically, it thinks these apps are still installed on my device. And I don't see any way of correcting this o my end. Not a big deal, but perhaps something you'll want to address in a future relase.

2024-11-04 03:44:09

Tip for new users:
I doubled my followers, from 65 to 131, in just one week. Engagement is the secret. The more you engage and interact with others, adding quality content to discussions with various other users, the more value your account will have, and the more people will want to follow you. And follow them back! The more good users you add to your network, the better your feed will be and the more value you will get out of nostr. You get what you give.

2024-11-04 03:33:59

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Yeah, science, bitches!

2024-11-04 03:22:30

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It sucks that institutional discrimination against those without a permanent address still exists in banking. Like life isn't already hard enough. It's great that you're pushing through and making it work despite the obstacles.

2024-11-04 02:58:02

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I've got an awful pair of loafers that should have been retired at the turn of the century. They're totally falling apart and have holes worn into them so that my foot is exposed at various locations. I only wear them when I take the dog out because they're so damn comfortable and perfectly molded to my feet from years of wear, but I wouldn't be caught dead wearing them in public. People would think I'm homeless. I'm riding these bitches til the wheels fall off, which could be any day now.

2024-11-04 01:48:34

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Being outside of NY, I'm still able to do lightning transactions. It sucks that NY has restricted lightning. Very shortsighted and oppressive if you ask me.

2024-11-04 01:43:11

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I bet it's reading the bootloader status flag, or the factory/non-factory ROM flag and preventing operation is one or both of them are tripped. I sorta understand their desire to prevent their system from being accessed by a non-standard device. I know they're not the only one who takes similar precautions. Some other banking and financial apps also restrict use to official, standard devices.

2024-11-04 01:28:55

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I wonder if the devs have restricted its use on devices with an unlocked bootloader, or a non-factory ROM?

2024-11-04 01:26:25

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Oh I see. Any way to side-load it? Or will the app just not work on a non-standard ROM?

2024-11-04 01:19:49

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But bitcoin isn't illegal, nor does it have a history of being used to criminalize a huge number of people, disproportionately minorities. I don't think this is an either/or situation. I think we can do the right thing with both weed and bitcoin, even as what that actually means is different for both.

2024-11-04 01:15:48

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Yeah, that's different from me because I only have 3 inbox relays defined; nostr.land, relays.diggoo.com, and my personal inbox/outbox relay from relay.tools. And I just added relay.coinos.io to see if that made a difference.

2024-11-04 01:09:01

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Yes that's correct. The wheel gets to about 95% complete (about the 11 o'clock position) and it just hangs. Not indication of any communication with Coinos.io, no corresponding zap entries in my inbox relays. I don't think it's a budget issue with coinos.io because I can immediately paste the same NWC connect string into Primal and it zaps just fine.

2024-11-04 01:05:30

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Cash App gets a bad rap among the more hardcore bitcoiners, probably due to KYC requirements, but I think it's a really convenient and reasonable service. I was able to buy bitcoin in under a minute using the app. I didn't even need to wait for confirmations. And the coin was on its way to my self-custodial wallet literally a minute after I bought. Also, their rate was good, and didn't include some jacked up premium.

2024-11-04 01:02:29

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How else would you know your balance or move money? Unless I'm mistaken, you have to either use a computer, a smartphone, or call into the bank.

2024-11-04 01:00:36

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It's not really useful if you have to go into the wallet and approve the transaction everytime someone zaps you. How would you even know to go into the wallet?

2024-11-04 00:58:27

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None of them require auth (42). I just checked my personal relay.tools relay which is one of my configured inbox relays, and it's got no entries for kind 9734 or 9735.
Additionally, I tried adding relay.coinos.io to my public inbox config, and I'm getting the same result: the purple wheel gets to about 95% complete and it just hangs. Checking my coinos.io wallet, there's no corresponding zap transaction. And checking my personal relay records show no corresponding 9734 or 9735 entries.
Do you know if any other coinos.io users have successfully zapped via NWC in Amethyst? I think it would be helpful to know whether this is a systemic issue, or some weird thing specific to me.

2024-11-04 00:46:47

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Ok thanks. I'll get to work! I appreciate your help, as always.

2024-11-04 00:25:36

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I should look for kind 9734, right?

2024-11-04 00:17:30

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So it could be a problem with my inbox relays? Should I add the coinos.io relay to my inbox config? I'm just confused why it works quickly and without problem o Primal, but the same NWC connect string in Amethyst keeps failing.

2024-11-04 00:15:38

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I had the same issue with Cashu.me so I switched to the Minibits Wallet and it's been smooth sailing.

2024-11-03 23:34:33

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And FYI, my comment wasn't directed at you. Just the general state of affairs.

2024-11-03 23:31:08

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They put their foot down on transaction fees!

2024-11-03 23:11:34

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I can totally relate. I'm pretty handy behind the scenes, but my design and UX abilities are virtually nonexistent. I think it's two distinctly different skillsets, and modes of thought, and it's rare to find someone adept at both. That's why it's always a good idea to pair up with a design guy (or gal) so that each of you can focus on what you do best. And like chocolate and peanut butter, the two sides come together to make a magical end product.

2024-11-03 22:43:58

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A laudable goal.

2024-11-03 22:10:04

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Does the meshtastic network provide high bandwidth? Or is low-bandwith used mostly for text transmissions?

2024-11-03 21:34:51

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So I tested it in Primal, and it works fine. But it's not working in Amethyst. That means either there's an issue on Amethyst's side, or some FUBAR problem specific to my Amethyst configuration. @nprofile…deau and @nprofile…0pev, any idea why Coinos.io NWC is working in Primal, but failing in Amethyst?

2024-11-03 21:21:29

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Things tend to take a turn after 35.

2024-11-03 21:18:31

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Wow that's great! And that really adds up over time. At an average of 75 sats per day, that returns over 27,000 sats per year at the current difficulty. It'll take little time zero out your ROI, but it's a longterm investment.👍

2024-11-03 21:09:24

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Are you referring to birth and death registration (certificates)?

2024-11-03 21:08:21

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Do you know about how many sats per month this device generates?

2024-11-03 21:06:58

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I disable tor for money operations, so that's not an issue for me, but I agree that zapping in Amethyst feels slower than in Primal, or Nostrudel. But that may be an illusion because Amethyst displays that little purple progress wheel that goes around, and then hangs for a bit before zap is completed while Primal and Nostrudel immediately register the zap visually while the zap completes in the background.

2024-11-03 21:00:26

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Oh I see. Could it be that one or more of the relays is paid? Because I have two paid relays defined as my outbox relays, and one paid relay defined as my DM Inbox relay.

2024-11-03 20:35:39

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Damn. That would suggest that the problem is on my end. May I ask which client you're using?

2024-11-03 20:34:24

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The exciting thing isn't purchasing a ticket for ecash, but for basically creating a new Cashu-based token type to be used as the ticket. So, your ticket is a Cashu token.

2024-11-03 20:26:40

Has anyone got their @nprofile…0pev wallet to successfully work with NWC? It Just doesn't work for me. I'll try to zap in Amethyst, and that little purple wheel of death spins to the 11 o'clock position and just freezes. No error message generated, and no indication of transaction in the wallet. I'm really curious if it's a general problem, or something that's specific to me.

2024-11-03 20:19:00

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Let me know if you'd like me confirm that this fix resolves the original problem of auth failing and that "Amber not installed" toast being generated before you publish an updated Amber release.

2024-11-03 20:15:53

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@nprofile…fpck is tagged in this thread, so let's see what he has to say about it. Awesome debugging work! Nothing gives me the tingles like collaboration! When you say "dud relay" does that mean that the issue ultimately stems from a bad relay defined in Amber?

2024-11-03 10:27:46

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On-chain + cleaning up the few minor bugs = perfect wallet

2024-11-03 09:41:45

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Use Primal if you want Facebook-simplicity and a dumbed down experience.

2024-11-03 08:53:57

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Pull2Refresh is the one feature that's sorely missing. I keep instinctively swiping down to refresh, but no joy! Lol Hopefully it will be added in a future relase.

2024-11-03 08:24:06

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A simple metronome would work, too.

2024-11-03 08:21:25

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True story: Minibits is incredibly easy to setup an use.

2024-11-03 07:32:36

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Devs like YakiHonne are making long-form articles easier to create and promote which will encourage creators to make nostr their home. Nostr is a work in progress, and the more we can do to encourage and lift people up, the better it will be for us all. I'm not really sure what the point is of pointing out correlations between some external factor and levels of engagement, but it doesn't move the ball forward. Positivity and encouragement are the way to growth.

2024-11-03 06:33:44

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Absolutely. That's just a matter of engineering. Bringing this concept from theory to practical reality is a truly amazing feat. Why the hell haven't I heard of this before now?? This should be on the front page of every newspaper!

2024-11-03 06:28:34

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"Imagine Trump wins and appoints Elon to accountability office and Elon brings in Ron Paul and they actually cut the budget."

2024-11-03 06:27:15

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I had not heard about this machine, or it's creator. So, I stand corrected on the water issue. I appreciate you showing me this.

2024-11-03 06:24:42

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I stand corrected. Not exactly what I was thinking, but it definitely fits with what I was talking about. Thanks for sharing this. If it actually works as advertised, it's an amazing advancement with the potential to save lives.

2024-11-03 06:22:39

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I thought I was taking crazy pills. I was scouring the site for like a half hour trying to figure out how to redeem the damn token. Lol Instead of a button that says "Redeem token", they have a button that's "Swap", which isn't helpful if you're trying to redeem. But it's in that swap function that the message about not accepting outside mints appears. So, maybe an update to some of links and button labels would be good, in addition to actually allowing outside mints to be redeemed.

2024-11-03 06:19:42

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Yeah the goal is great. The way of achieving the goal that's been described here is not great.

2024-11-03 05:40:38

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Do you have any evidence that the numbers are wrong? Or do you suspect they're wrong and are conflating your suspicion with fact?

2024-11-03 05:36:14

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I don't know what you're talking about. We can't magically create food and water out of nothing.

2024-11-03 05:34:12

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I'm actually interested in discussions with people of various beliefs, and not engaging in ad hominens, and personal attacks and insults. So I think we're at an impasse.

2024-11-03 05:32:52

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Well, you could learn on your own. The library is filled with good books on the subject. Or you could take economics courses in college. If you're actually interested, you could easily obtain a relevant syllabus from pretty much any university, and use that as a guide for your own self-directed learning.

2024-11-03 05:26:35

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I agree with you about the problem, but not your take on the solution.

2024-11-03 05:25:40

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I'm not arguing that everything is great and nothing needs to be fixed. But economic principles and the application of economic principles are two very different things. One is empirical, based on math, and the other is tainted by politicians and their perpetual priority of advancing their own self-interests. I'm speaking about the empirical stuff. The math. You're talking about the political side which I'm in complete agreement with you on.

2024-11-03 05:22:09

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Ok, so apparently the ability to redeem ecash tokens from "outside" mints is "coming soon". I think that means that only ecash minted by Coinos.io's mint can be redeemed. Which is dumb because why would I be redeeming ecash minted by coinos.io into my coinos.io account? Unless I've received that ecash from another coinos.io user, I'm basically SOL. Hopefully they get that squared away sooner than later.

2024-11-03 05:16:19

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I can't redeem ecash tokens either. It correctly reads the token and displays its value, but there doesn't seem to be any way to actually redeem the token so that its value is reflected in my balance. Has anyone had any luck redeeming ecash tokens?

2024-11-03 05:12:08

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And there it is. The pivot to ad hominens.

2024-11-03 05:10:15

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Another edgy non-response. LMFAO 🤣

2024-11-03 05:09:17

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Utter nonsense. Sound economic principles are a matter of objective fact based on empirical evidence and data. It's literally math. Looney Tunes ideas about economics by people who have never studied economics and have no educational or experiential foundation for their beliefs are not a basis for determining how our problems should be addressed.

2024-11-03 05:05:17

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I like how you have nothing substantive to say, just some edgy sarcasm.

2024-11-03 05:03:31

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The inflation rate just fell for the 6th consecutive month. The perception of the situation doesn't exactly match the reality. The fact is we live in an inflationary economy, and inflation is normal, expectated aspect. There's still work to be done, especially in sectors like food, and transportation, but it's simply not true that we're in some runaway inflation. And the notion that we can end inflation is absurdity that's being sold by politicians as a way of getting elected. Such a thing has no basis in fact.