TheEpic
The Epic

Officially a professional epic.

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2025-05-20 01:29:55

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Exactly!

2025-05-16 21:28:31

Whoa hold on... Light theme Amethyst isn't too bad! I might prefer this. 🤔

2025-05-07 19:25:37

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Caloric? As in calories? Oh dear... https://youtu.be/YI-2ibsvLbs

2025-05-04 21:11:55

Apparently it's not enough to just run Bitcoin Knots. If you're using Umbrel, go into the Bitcoin Knots app and click on the three dots next to connect. Then click "Advanced Settings" and then "Optimization." Scroll down until you find "Relay transaction with embedded data" and ensure this setting is disabled. Bonus points if you also turn on "Reject tokens transactions" to disable other garbage like runes. 😁

2025-04-14 19:56:56

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Hm, that's a good idea to chew on. Because who knows where the free people are and what they're doing? Only by having a government that tries to know and enslave would you find out.
But there is also the decentralized problem of, "hey I see this bit of land on this map over here and I want or need it. Oh, looks like someone's already taken it and they won't part with it. I'll just kill them to take it." Now killing in this situation isn't necessarily the first thing that might cross someone's mind, but it could become a option given either dire circumstances or eventual malice.
This situation is perhaps more local than global. So relating it back to your point, and convincingly in favor might I add, that governments may only exist to expand and scale the local problem to a gobal level. Now the question, should that be the case? I honestly don't know.. What do you think? Or are these the wrong questions? 🤔

2025-02-14 00:17:51

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My friends are smart but not open nor trusting enough. I talk about Bitcoin and Carnivore. They're gripped by the jaws of nutritional lies and they probably are too afraid of Bitcoin's "volatility" to get interested in it. I learned that a lot of them don't want kids and they believe in some dark future kind of thinking. They're miserable. Had these conversations last night and it was the closest and most telling moment we've all had. I kept my mouth shut for a good portion just to listen and I tried to encourage as best as I could and tell the truth in small doses. I want the best for them since they're my bros but they're caught in the spider's web, the matrix of fiat. 😔

2025-01-26 22:35:05

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Fucking awesome. That guy won't even remember in 10 years time anyways.

2024-09-22 04:15:26

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🤨

2024-09-22 04:13:53

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Yes. This. ^

2024-09-21 05:20:23

Holy on-chain fees! I honestly thought I wouldn't see fees as low as 2 sats/vb after the fee environment we had for a long time. 🤩

2024-09-20 21:08:45

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Awesome! One step at a time. 😄

2024-09-20 21:07:33

So I know there are mute lists you can use here on nostr but I was wondering if there was a way to create a mute list filter based on profile aliases or profile descriptions. Bit of a band-aid solution for bot spam but it could be helpful for other things. 🤔

2024-09-20 21:03:28

Rough day today but I'm alright and emotionally healing. 🤗

2024-09-20 21:02:27

I'm playing through Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. When it had released and when I had watched it for the first time, I felt a bit mixed on the story. Now that I'm playing it myself I totally understand the premise and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. The only thing I feel mixed about is that it's the mainline Batman Arkham story and timeline. I could see why they decided to go with the Suicide Squad over a Justice League game. Technically, I believe the Arkham Batman games already reside in the DC universe as it is. So it gives the writers some creative license to do something like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Hopefully this opens the door for Rocksteady to make more DC games.
Now I haven't completed the story nor anything DLC related but from what I've heard, the end game is a little rough with grinding. The always online requirement is also a little ridiculous. Overall, I'm enjoying the game a good amount. For what it is, I think I got it at a steal for the discount I paid. That and I might not be so favorable to the game once I'm finished with it. Who knows? I might write more about the game after I'm done. 🤷‍♂️

2024-09-19 23:08:38

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Ya that's for sure.

2024-09-18 17:46:55

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Very exciting! Can't wait! 🤩

2024-09-18 05:01:32

Since I'm kind of in a flow state right now here's roughly where my head was and how it went for me from when I started Bitcoin to now. These are some of the questions and thoughts I've had for a few years now:
1. What is Bitcoin? What makes it different vs the other coins? Is there any use for the other coins?
2. Well I guess I'll just put a little money in Bitcoin since it's the first one and that's probably the safest bet. I'll dip my toes in and figure out what an address is. Electrum seems to be a good wallet.
3. I should get a hardware wallet because that seems to be the safest way to store any cryptocurrency. I guess I'll get a Trezor because that's popular. Maybe I should get a BitPay debit card for spending...
4. Cool, I've got a hardware wallet! Time to ditch Electrum.
5. Oh hey, there's a capital gains tax on the conversion from Bitcoin to USD. Maybe I should be careful with that... Hmm, not so sure how I'm going to spend Bitcoin for things. It would feel cool if I could do that. I shouldn't play with fire with my BitPay debit card...
6. Hey these gift card merchants and options are a little expensive. They have some fees and I don't know which ones are useful.
7. Oh, BitRefill seems to be really reputable but the time for a transaction to confirm on Bitcoin is pretty slow. Still not sure how I'm going to use or spend Bitcoin daily on expenses. I'm not even sure which gift cards I should be looking into.
8. Hey I'm not understanding these other alt coins and don't really seem to have a use... I'm still curious though.
9. I just read the Bitcoin Standard and holy crap this Bitcoin thing is actually a political thing and really useful! It's not just for making money! It's serious about being money and it's actually trying to make money better as a technology. This thing could probably fix a lot of societal problems! I also now know what a Satoshi is. This is really cool and easier to look at versus the long decimal point.
10. Hmm... Kind of a mistake to start talking about Bitcoin with certain people. It's hard to change people's minds and orange pill. Maybe I should be more aware of who I talk to about it. I should probably respect the fact that it's not easy to understand and that not everyone will really care. I really wish I could talk about it though...
11. Everything is clicking. No wonder these altcoins don't have a use. They're literally designed to be scams.
12. I should probably set up a Bitcoin node for myself. It's the next step after getting a hardware wallet. If I get a node, I won't have to necessarily use Electrum again. Let's look into Umbrel.
13. Nice, I've got a Bitcoin node! Now what? How do I use this lightning network thing and how does it work?
14. Oh nice, the lightning network is like a bar tab. That's really clever!
15. But is it really instant and cheap?
16. Okay so I need a lightning channel. Let's look up some tutorials about that.
17. Coming back to the question... How can I spend and live on Bitcoin?
18. Okay I'm getting more confident with the whole lightning channel thing.
19. OH WAIT HOLD THE PHONE. THE LIGHTNING NETWORK IS AMAZING, WTF!
20. Ohhh... Wait, that BitPay card idea wasn't actually a good idea and now I understand why merchants like BitRefill are so good. You can use the Lightning network to pay for the gift cards. And hey, it looks like they have more selection now! I also really like The Bitcoin Company.
21. Time to look up how gift cards exactly work.
22. Now that I've done that I know what gift cards I'm looking for and how to ensure I'm maximizing the most I can out of them.
23. Oh shoot, not everyone accepts gift cards. Welp, I guess I'm gonna have to start being strategic with my bank account and Bitcoin.
24. Hey this book called Softwar is pretty interesting. Bitcoin as a weapon, that's a cool idea. I should return to this because this is a little over my head right now.
25. Hm... My Bitcoin node that's on my Raspberry Pi is going down an awful lot. I should reflash the SD card.
26. Okay, that's done and it seems to have better up time. I should wait and figure out how long it'll stay up.
27. Ugh, 15 days. That's not very good and I don't like having to go over and reflash the OS onto the SD card. I should probably use a different computer for my node so I can have better uptime.
28. Cool, I'm taking a trip to California! I'll be able to test and see if I can access my node all the way from Cali!
29. NICE! It works and it works really really well! That's kind of impressive!
30. Hey, if I just spend my lightning sats within my means I might actually be able to get ahead a little in savings. That way I won't be tempted by bull markets nor over spend during a bear market. Hey, this thing might help lift people out of poverty if they establish good habits... I'm starting to like bear market conditions way more than bull markets.
31. Man, I want to just use only Bitcoin in my life instead of my bank but there are still a lot of things you can't just buy with Bitcoin indirectly.
32. Oh... Oh my god... That bit about food in the Bitcoin standard is actually real? Wait WTF? There are people on YouTube talking about the Carnivore diet? Hey wait a second what's going on here? Are we all being poisoned?
33. Oh my god the carnivore diet is healing my mind and body. Wow! It feels like this is the modern panacea. Why was this hidden? Why is American culture so mess up with food? Is gluttony a real thing?
34. Please, don't tell me this is real. I can't believe what I'm reading in the Fiat Standard. Is greed also really that destructive that it has forced gluttony onto an entire country? Holy crap hold on, these things aren't like some fantasy demon creatures or ghosts, they're real concepts and problems. WTF? Thank goodness for Satoshi, the carnivore diet, and everyone who's done the research and leg work to figure these things out.
35. Now I really want to read more Bitcoin books and maybe get some Bitcoin merch. Though that would paint a target on me for anyone who might want to steal Bitcoin from people... I guess I'll try to wear orange more? Lol!
36. Maybe I should look into the capital gains tax thing and think about conversion for really huge purchases that can't be done directly or indirectly in Bitcoin.
37. Borrowing based on my Bitcoin could be a solid idea for those huge purchases...
38. Time to upgrade to some better hardware for my Bitcoin node. I've got an old computer that used to be on 24/7 and it had no issue. I'll just use that.
39. Sweet, it's up and now I'm confident that my uptime has been thoroughly extended. The external hard drive attached to my Raspberry Pi was getting a little full anyways.
40. In emergencies, credit cards might be nice to use in conjunction with Bitcoin if I'm not going to have any dollars in a bank account in the far future. But that would trigger a capital gains tax and I'll have to pay back the card. Not gonna play with fire until I know what I'm getting myself into. Eeeh, best to wait and see if things change on the US dollar side of things...
41. Let's put that credit card idea on the shelf for now... I want to get back to stacking more sats.

2024-09-18 04:45:56

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You've got some great replies and some really good questions I see. I'll reinforce what some people have been saying. Definitely get a hardware wallet. I like the Coldcard from CoinKite. Avoid the Ledger hardware wallet. It's okay if you use Coinbase as an exchange for a while. I recommend eventually using Strike instead of Coinbase. Take it all slow & learn the basics of on-chain Bitcoin. There's also a lot of leveling up you can do beyond hardware wallets! 😄

2024-09-18 03:05:08

For most of my life I never spoke my mind on the internet. I used to never give my opinions nor my thoughts. Now that had to do with two things. One is due to family trouble and the other is due to poor health. I've only recently started to give my thoughts here on nostr and in YouTube comments. Ever since those family troubles got eliminated, I started using Bitcoin and going carnivore. Through Bitcoin and carnivore I've become more secure in myself and confident. I've started to speak up, tell the truth, and discern who is worth listening to and conversing with.

2024-09-17 21:44:18

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That's a hard question. I have yet to orange pill anyone myself. So I'm kind of trying to figure out the question myself. 🤔

2024-09-17 21:39:03

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Fascinating! This will be interesting to keep up on.

2024-09-13 02:04:33

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Good question, problem is that I feel like I'm not the best to answer it. 😆 I like to check the trending notes and just browse through the global section on Primal. Admittedly I rarely search for things on nostr. Discoverability is a little tough on nostr but it is something people are discussing and working on...
I also suggest being liberal with muting if you see something you really don't want to read or see again. In some regards, nostr isn't the safest social media for work. Though that might depend on the relays and clients you use. Most of the time, there's not much to mute around here since there's a lot of good people. Which is a little surprising considering how nostr is huge on free speech and you really can say whatever you want.
Also, sometimes you might see some 1 sat zaps with advertisements. There also are some interesting ways to advertise to people beyond that like reacting, following, replying, and whatever else might give you a notification.
There's a lot more to nostr than what Primal shows so I've been trying out noStrudel to see things like live streams and whatnot. I haven't dove into all of it yet. So depending on your device, you could try out different clients and have some fun.
Lastly, from what I've seen people who get zapped usually contribute with valuable insights, information, and project announcements. It's pretty awesome and wholesome. Other than that, I don't know of any other tips or thoughts off the top of my head.

2024-09-13 00:47:20

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I disagree. If 21 million is enough for everyone, then there's always enough for yourself. But yes, stack sats! 😂

2024-09-12 02:39:55

Using noStrudel on my new node. Not gonna lie, this is much faster than what I was using before. 👍

2024-09-12 02:15:00

Working on migrating to a new bitcoin node. Everything is going pretty smooth. It took a few days and some searching. Also, zaps aren't working yet but they will soon. 😃

2024-09-11 02:32:49

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Welcome to nostr, friend! 👋

2024-09-02 18:22:12

I've been chilling all week because my grandparents have been staying for labor day weekend. Needless to say, I really want to get back to stacking sats and doing more productive things. 😩

2024-09-02 18:15:40

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Those are students, not necessarily experts. "Students" aren't usually students nor experts. They're just starting out and they're incubating inside a thought bubble. And if you can stomach some harsh words, most "students" are willingly institutionalized and brainwashed by a university. They're trying to rub up to someone and in the process their minds aren't their own. Perhaps this is more apt with the kind of students mentioned. 🤔

2024-09-02 18:06:58

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Indeed!

2024-09-02 18:06:03

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While I did use AIM when I was a kid, I am certainly younger than 30.

2024-08-29 16:04:12

Forgot to talk about Borderlands 3. The story's ending is extremely anticlimactic and quite awkward. That's fine because the gameplay itself isn't bad. I'm not exactly itching to get back to it and play through the other vault hunters quite yet. I still have several side quests to complete before I get to that. Which I suppose is a thing I'll try to do off and on. I've actually never been huge into the Borderlands games. They're very good and enjoyable, just not my exact fix. Unfortunately I think Borderlands 2 will still be the best regardless of quality of life improvements in the 3rd game but only time in the end game will tell.

2024-08-29 04:15:45

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God, it's beautiful! 🙀

2024-08-28 06:53:15

Feeling a good mood right now! 😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wes5S1D9nK4

2024-08-28 06:52:18

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EPIC! 🤩

2024-08-28 06:49:15

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Wow! Fantastic photo. Absolutely beautiful. If you're at leisure to say, where in the world did you take this? I'm a bit of a laymen in the world of "geo guessing."

2024-08-24 18:34:39

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Oh yes, I remember PeerTube. Been a long while since I've caught up with that.

2024-08-24 15:12:43

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Dang. Well, try it get it back. Or maybe we just need a nostr powered YouTube alternative. 🤔

2024-08-23 16:55:03

I just thought of something a few days ago. Ethereum is not a real currency, it's an attack on our finances and Bitcoin. Likewise the vegan diet is not a real diet, it's an attack on our health and the carnivore diet.
Here's the connection I'm making... When you haven't researched Bitcoin or any of the cryptocurrencies, it all looks too similar. So the uninformed and those who don't care as much believe Bitcoin to be a scam.
When you haven't done your research and you're still on something like the standard American diet, all the diets seem ridiculous. It seems too hardcore to eliminate down. And if you're looking at vegans, you realize that not only is something off about them emotionally but also physically. So you believe that if people do any kind of elimination diet, that must lead to problems. Therefore a "varied and balanced" diet is better, also known as the SAD or "just eating whatever you want to eat." Though there is an advantage to just eating whatever you want which could help lead to a carnivore diet. I digress...
A vegan diet is an elimination diet. You eliminate everything but vegetables. It's an attack on the carnivore diet which is also an elimination diet. The difference is that carnivore is the logical conclusion to the elimination process for the sake of health and the vegan diet is elimination in the name of "compassion, morals, and mother nature."
It's the same sort of attack and it's probably been playing out for longer than Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. It's an absolutely genius attack strategy that is almost guaranteed to fool a great amount of people.
If we're to talk about how people will eventually come around to Bitcoin, I'd suggest to look at the world of diet and ask if everyone eventually comes around to the carnivore diet. It's just not always the case. It's also not so obvious and discernment is tough. People might need more help than they're willing to admit and receive. And that's a struggle whose worth needs to be in constant re-evaluation on a case by case basis. Crazy, right?

2024-08-23 16:20:07

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Steak and ground beef is also fairly "low hanging." 😋

2024-08-22 17:42:10

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https://youtu.be/P2RacS_BvWo

2024-08-22 17:34:07

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Cool, wonder if they used Flux somewhere in their process for this video.

2024-08-20 18:50:33

Bro. Just got done playing the Borderlands 3 story for the first time and just 30 minutes ago as I wake up this gets released. https://youtu.be/VEEkW7y_tZU?si=ywRCIP8pCLSGIwcg

2024-08-19 16:55:38

I do believe I have been anonymously zapped for the first time. To whoever zapped... 🎉
https://youtu.be/DnoqzFrQ_aY

2024-08-19 16:39:08

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Your welcome friend. :D

2024-08-19 03:59:50

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TARDIS spotted! 👀

2024-08-18 15:51:10

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Lol!

2024-08-18 15:38:30

Wait a minute... I accidentally liked my own note and I can't remove it on Primal? Well that's annoying. 😒

2024-08-18 15:32:10

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I disagree on some things here but fair enough. Onward friend! 🎉

2024-08-18 15:26:46

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Ya I agree. Though there's something a little odd here... With a protocol that lets you say just about whatever you want, you would think there would be more bad actors.
I guess Primal and maybe relays might be doing some heavy lifting to filter some of that. So I suppose it makes it feel like an "immaculate conception." Maybe that feeling is still right considering that people are nice on nostr. Those that aren't don't really get my attention.

2024-08-18 15:18:53

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Thank god. I've never really investigated this but this makes sense. You have no idea how annoying it is when people say "we don't know how the pyramids were made." How could we not know? All that's needed is to essentially apply Occam's razor.
Just venting now, I have a family member who loves "Egyptology" and believes we don't know how we made the pyramids. I've been annoyed with this stupidity for way too long. It's simply not interesting and there's a lot of "we must not use our brains to ensure we can milk a non-existent neverending mystery!" 😩

2024-08-18 15:06:51

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Lol!

2024-08-18 15:01:23

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Use uBlock Origin's advanced user mode to block the advertising JavaScript. It works and I haven't seen ads for years.

2024-08-18 05:24:04

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Aw man, I just realized I misread your note. My bad! 😔

2024-08-18 04:22:12

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This is a very good point; albeit up until saying "making clients that can use multiple crypto currencies." I don't think we should be encouraging other crypto currencies.
I think your line of thinking is right but the conclusion that we should encourage or support scams for adoption is wrong. Of course, nothing's stopping anyone from making a client that does support such crypto coins.
Did we forget ordinals and Bitcoin magazine's scam shill articles? I understand mentioning this isn't exactly directly related to your point but I bring it up because I think I'm seeing a pattern here. I think it's a slippery slope that's down the same avenue of thinking that made those kinds of articles happen at Bitcoin magazine.
Is nostr a Bitcoin thing? Honestly, yes. But could it exist without money being attached in any way? Absolutely. But I think that hardly matters given our reality.
I think it's just the nature of the beast and the unfortunate reality that people will immediately turn away if bitcoin is mentioned. In time they will learn either the hard way or the easy way. That's okay and people will find utility in nostr as much as they will in Bitcoin. Patience, we don't need to play games to try and "get people on nostr." Though I think such a thing is fun to ruminate on and speculate.

2024-08-17 19:18:43

Just had a thought... Perhaps people don't really want the freedom nostr provides. They would rather be coddled by centralized entities who censor words, ideas, and filter spam. I genuinely think people think that's more valuable than decentralized, censorship resistant communication.
Because until we can emulate algorithms, AI filtering, and whatever else a big centralized entity can do on cheap consumer hardware, lots of people won't touch nostr. Each should be able to have the experience they want right outside the box. That's a tall and tough order for a decentralized communications platform like nostr.
The only reason why people might say they want something like nostr, and yet never move to nostr, is because they believe that if they complain and throw a large enough trantrum, authority will give them what they really want. It's an extremely abusive relationship. Network effects don't help either.

2024-08-17 19:05:28

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I think that would be taking a few steps back. Honestly, I think adoption is a very slow burn. People will use it but it'll have to spread by word of mouth. Perhaps a company down the line will use nostr and it'll be huge. That happened with Linux gaming, Valve, and the Steam Deck. So it's possible it happens again.

2024-08-17 04:35:36

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Maybe we shouldn't use terms like "censorship resistant" and instead say "you can post whatever you want and no one can stop you." Because that's the reality of it, yes? This might be a little misleading but maybe we could also say that you can "make money" off of nostr since a lot of clients have lightning built in. You could also say "hey you can make an infinite amount of accounts on nostr with no workarounds needed." That would also spark people's interest but also turn some away. As far as I know, couldn't we also say that you can post a note that contains volumes of text? I've also seen some nostr streams on noStrudel. I feel like I'm being a little too obvious and shallow here; I haven't really deeply thought about this and this is just my first reaction thoughts.

2024-08-14 23:29:12

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Perhaps. Though, to be honest I'm completely clueless to how ETF's and taxes function together.

2024-08-14 20:10:14

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A hard fork is usually a very huge step. So we'll need to really think very carefully about something like this. Why do we need a hard fork in this case? How would this benefit people in differing regions with different governments? As for what Satoshi would have wanted, I haven't looked for any quotes regarding this particular issue. But does it necessarily matter what Satoshi would have wanted? He made the way, gave it away, and then went away.

2024-08-13 17:02:45

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Hm, that's sounds highly probable and lots of people already don't pay taxes. You make a good point. With voluntary tax you could have a weak military. So the alternative is enforced mandatory tax. But could that be a slippery slope towards fiat currency and tax via inflation? I think you've thought about it this more than me, so I'm curious and open to listen.

2024-08-12 23:51:40

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I was thinking the same thing.

2024-08-12 17:43:31

So I've been playing Borderlands 3 and I'm really enjoying it so far. Is the story better than Borderlands 2? Probably not but the game itself is pretty good. I'd say I'm enjoying it equally or more than the original Borderlands; which I'm also replaying on occasion. Not to mention I think the story is probably about as good as the original Borderlands. I dunno, we'll see how I feel once I'm done.

2024-08-11 19:33:10

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Perhaps. I guess I haven't thought about it enough. 🤔

2024-08-11 18:04:55

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I wonder if the pessimism might be due to depression from malnutrition. Could be a possibility.

2024-08-11 18:02:05

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Very true.

2024-08-11 18:00:48

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I think it might be "harder" this time around since Bitcoin is money and people try to be very careful with money. So maybe people are more likely to be slow to understand and change.

2024-08-11 17:57:45

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Absolutely.

2024-08-11 17:57:04

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That, ego, or both. You're definitely right.

2024-08-11 01:59:22

So I have a bit of a problem. I like using sxiv for veiwing images. The problem is that I want to use jpeg XL. I've tried using a script to create a library file so that I can have it view jxl images but it doesn't work. I've also tried nsxiv which according to the Arch wiki, allegedly supports jxl images. That hasn't worked either. My default image view works. So it's either get used to my default image viewer or hope that I can get either sxiv or nsxiv to work. : 🤔

2024-08-10 23:28:02

Gonna be playing Borderlands 3 for the first time. We'll see how it goes!

2024-08-07 00:13:20

I only just found out about this today. Death to jpg and png (and maybe gif too)! Long live jxl or jpeg xl! The king of image file formats! Better image quality, lossless images with smaller files sizes than png, hdr support, and more! Just played around with it and it's way better than its predecessors and competition. 🤯
https://youtu.be/FlWjf8asI4Y
https://youtu.be/t63DBrQCUWc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_XL
https://jpegxl.info/

2024-08-05 22:16:02

https://m.primal.net/JpNe.png

2024-08-05 22:15:31

https://m.primal.net/JpNd.png

2024-08-05 22:14:55

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Cool! 👍

2024-08-05 04:38:07

Just started using my own instance of noStrudel. It feels faster and seems better than Snort in general. As of right now, Snort isn't working very well on my node.

2024-08-05 04:35:51

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I'm very curious, which AI model was used for this image? A Stable Diffusion model or the new Flux model?

2024-08-03 18:14:51

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Guess I'm going to read the Genesis Book thanks to this note and those who have replied. I suppose I ought to brush up on some history.

2024-08-02 17:52:29

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Could you please reduce our rewards to 1 sat every 100,000 purchases? 😏

2024-08-02 00:10:27

Finished the new animated Batman show. Meh, the ending was a bit disappointing. The idea is to leave it as a cliff hanger. I'd watch another season I suppose. It's not bad.

2024-08-01 18:34:44

Might as well say just because... I watched the new Deadpool and Wolverine movie recently. It was quite good and it's gotten me interested in Marvel's current phase moreso than any movie prior.

2024-08-01 18:24:55

Watching the new Batman Caped Crusader show. Just finished the first episode. It's likeable and it's good. Not exactly amazing but I find it refreshing. However the background artwork is stellar. I'll probably post more thoughts and feelings after some more episodes.

2024-07-30 17:34:28

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The hardest part about Bitcoin is that your enemies will use it. 😔

2024-07-30 17:15:04

Artistically, this new ToonTown project looks interesting. I haven't watched the entire video yet to understand their gameplay changes but I did get a glimpse. I'm honestly just posting this for my own sake so I can remember the project.
https://youtu.be/4iuhQJK8PCQ

2024-07-28 22:14:52

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https://m.primal.net/JggN.png

2024-07-28 22:10:18

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https://youtu.be/upkYQqbrjSc

2024-07-28 22:07:15

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It seems to be the case. Maybe in a few more years everyone will know for certain. 🤔

2024-07-28 17:50:31

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Ya there's a neverending pushback of centralized and decentralized forces. Like, camera surveillance for a grocery store is fine and it makes sense. Though I draw lines regarding surveillance from a purely tech perspective. I know I draw some lines about what's ok for me to do in regards to decentralized tech but that's more a personal "don't" than "the tech needs to be limited."
In regards to taxes in the west, man I would love it if we were on a Bitcoin standard. Then maybe we could become educated about issues that the government could help with and we could vote with our tax money effectively. If someone doesn't agree they don't have to pay the tax. Taxes could actually function and work properly according to what the people deem reasonable. As long as the people can be reasonable. Which might also be a tall task in and of itself. At least this could be a systematic nudge towards something better.

2024-07-28 17:40:41

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True, he is that type of guy.

2024-07-28 04:28:55

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Yes, I've gotten some one sat ads before. I don't mind that. I don't need to look at the memo and it's an extra sat. 😆

2024-07-28 04:15:16

Interesting game... Some bots are liking posts to advertise their accounts and their products. Now this is definitely not new but it's certainly new to me. Kinda cool!

2024-07-28 04:11:51

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I used to think Monero was a great idea. But honestly, I'm not so sure anymore. @npub1s33…252p has a great video talking about this issue. I think he's brought some good points to the discussion. https://youtu.be/1LTT7wwyUAQ

2024-07-28 04:03:59

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Interesting fact, Bitcoin does actually have "inflation" but it halves until it reaches that 21 million asymptote. At that point, we will be effectively capped at 21 million.
Also from what I gather any of the new bitcoin from the block subsidy past 21 million will not be usable by the protocol. I need to sharpen up on the exact details of how that works but that's the gist of it. Kind of a cool fact! Though a little misleading to call it "inflation" in this case considering that we colloquially understand inflation as the infinite printing of fiat money.
I had gotten in a debate with a guy once and he told me about Bitcoin's asymptotic feature, saying Bitcoin had "inflation." Funnily enough but he was against Bitcoin. He came off as a bit trolly or perhaps a bit arrogant. Kind of resorted to using a bit of ad hominem, the "uneducated mob", and the authoritative position he was currently in.
Though in his defense we were doing something very unrelated to Bitcoin at the time, so it's also possible he just wanted to focus on that thing and not a discussion about Bitcoin. Which is fair considering how Bitcoin is in a political league of its own and there are people who are against it due to the fact that many still conflate scam coins and Bitcoin. 🤷‍♂️

2024-07-28 01:31:06

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2024-07-28 01:22:44

This video by Swan just a month ago is still pretty good regardless of the bitcoin conference and the speeches the presidential candidates gave. https://youtu.be/fEqQHXwPoZM

2024-07-28 01:16:38

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Ya the likelihood that you're right is pretty high. Silly, to be honest. A lot of people have been saying that the Bitcoin conference hosted by Bitcoin Magazine has been declining recently. I mean, god they posted articles in support of ordinals, inscriptions, runes, and whatever that karma scam was. 😕

2024-07-28 01:04:47

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Certainly both. The proposal is interesting and you might also be asking the right questions there.

2024-07-28 01:01:19

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Interesting. 🤔

2024-07-28 00:44:29

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Epic!

2024-07-28 00:42:30

Just watched this teaser for the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special. Looks like a classic Steven Moffat scene. I really enjoyed Boom from the latest season and I'm excited that RTD and Moffat have been writing for the show again. I thought that Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the Doctor was fun, different, and fairly low stakes. At least that's how the vibes felt.
I feel like Doctor Who has been quite political with it's recent season and I feel like it was a risky play for it to be so. Regardless, I've enjoyed the show quite a bit and this last season was certainly a return to form. Looking forward to more Doctor Who!
https://youtu.be/j9_RYmJswmM

2024-07-28 00:28:36

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