carl
Carl

What is your spaghetti policy?

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2024-08-18 05:39:48

I run an umbrel node on Rasberry Pi, but was considering buying their hardware. Anyone use it and have thoughts? Worth saving money and just building one for cheaper and installing umbrel? Seems to be what Reddit suggests.

2024-08-17 05:35:56

Who here has connected their lightning wallet to a custom domain. What was your experience? Pros, cons? It seems like it’s pretty limited to people running their own node, so that alone creates a pretty big hurdle. Alby hub seems to offer it as a feature, but only read about it.

2024-07-26 18:56:23

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Love the exposure, but like always a party is taking the great technology and making it political. I think it’s a huge mistake for the adoption of Bitcoin in USA. It shouldn’t be a red vs blue thing, like all the other bullshit out there.

2024-01-15 23:40:19

It’s nice to refresh and read a bit about MLK today. One thing that they really don’t teach in school is his focus economic equality regardless of race. Bitcoin has the potential to bring more balance and equality to our broken financial system. I really don’t think it’s a stretch to think that he would have been a #bitcoiner in today’s world.

2023-12-03 04:51:09

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Gracias! A new nostr user brought in!

2023-05-13 05:41:08

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Do you have a website/domain? Start there, it’s really easy. https://www.name.com/blog/how-to-get-nostr-verified-on-a-custom-domain
If you don’t already have a website, you can host a JSON file free with services like GitHub, cloud fare, etc.

2023-05-10 18:40:27

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🙌🏽

2023-05-10 05:54:50

#[0] will the nostrica shirts come back? I was there in person and never got a chance to snag one before they sold out. Seeing a bunch of people with them made me verrrrry jealous.

2023-05-07 13:59:51

Charlie Munger continues to detach further and further from reality. Downplaying the importance of AI is the next thing on his list of things that makes it clear to me that he has lost “it”. Warren and Charlie were pioneers in value investing, and I have learned a lot from them, but it’s clear to me that they are very wrong about where we are heading. Fortunately for them, they don’t have to be right at 90+ years old.
Can’t wait to hear #[0] take on what comes out of that world. Having lived so deeply in both worlds of traditional value investing and now Bitcoin, his insights are usually spot on.

2023-05-06 23:48:27

#[0] is fighting the good fight over on BS today. Not going to lie it is hard to watch, the amount of ignorance and hate really about nothing that should be controversial. It’s funny the difference between nostr and BS. He is getting attacked for spreading hate on an “app” he owns 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ Clearly most people over there don’t understand what a protocol is. Also the ignorance around Bitcoin reminds me where most of the world still stands on the subject: misinformed and lied to.
But through all that, it almost makes me think there is an opportunity on BS that nostr doesn’t have. The AT protocol can be a Trojan horse for decentralization, and expose people to the value of an open protocol and hopefully Bitcoin (pray for zaps). I think nostr is about a year ahead, if not more, but at least it’s something to get more people out of the walled gardens that are Twitter and instagram. Nostr is relaxing, BS is not, but I feel a responsibility to try to be on both. And it seems like #[1] might be doing the same…at least today he is haha

2023-05-06 18:52:55

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Very down for this

2023-05-05 21:02:39

This is amazing, AI creation of a Wes Anderson Star Wars movie: https://youtu.be/d-8DT5Q8kzI

2023-05-05 03:26:59

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Roger

2023-04-28 01:58:12

So what are people’s thoughts on NIP5 vs. bluesky verification? I don’t have an invite yet to bluesky but from what I’ve seen they have made it pretty easy by just applying a TXT record to your domain that they supply inside the app UI. I don’t have a super informed opinion here, so asking the room.

2023-04-01 16:33:14

Remember. Keep stacking. Even on April 1st, this is not a joke 🚀

2023-03-23 21:47:47

There is something ironic about seeing a protester hold a sign that says “my voice thrives on Tik Tok”. A quote in the article: “it is one of the most powerful tools that young people have to engage each other and to get civically involved.”
….
Let me introduce you to a thing called #nostr

2023-03-23 14:31:54

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This feels a bit like gmail undo, and I never have used it. I could see it being useful for some, but like some said at #nostrica, there is beauty in the mistakes.
I do think there is some value in ephemeral notes. Unlike conversation, notes can live forever. Even today we see that be used against people who may learn, change opinion, and grow as people. I would love to find a way to promote that type of growth on nostr instead of continue the trend of canceling people for what they may have posted about a decade ago. Maybe they needed to learn, grow, or found themselves in a bad place at the time. Social media today promotes judgement, would love to see nostr promote understanding.
Okay I got really off topic. Sorry elsat, this just became a rant I couldn’t stop haha

2023-03-22 02:17:59

Got a good picture of a panel Jack was on. Showed it to my girlfriend and she pointed goes….really….was this angle intentional. No, it wasn’t. I was too busy laughing at #[0] and #[1] sitting next to Jack’s bad ear.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a04b5585ff8dc54ffdd63d75be8f2c5e49ca17cc5403a47a636b3559fdcdf143.jpg

2023-03-22 02:10:01

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I got you homie

2023-03-19 01:29:04

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Nostr.how

2023-03-18 20:08:06

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Bought my first real meal with Bitcoin! So cool to be able to use it in the real world and not just zapping. It was incredibly quick and easy.

2023-03-16 17:18:10

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Don’t you think DNS is fairly decentralized already? I don’t really get the concern to be honest. The internet is decentralized. Root servers around the world, not centrally managed.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/simplifying-bitcoin-addresses-dns
“It’s true that DNS has an inverted tree structure that terminates at the root “.”. But even that root is fairly decentralized, comprising thousands of servers operated by at least 13 disparate operators. The legacy DNS may be logically centralized but in reality functions more like a decentralized federation of sorts.”

2023-03-14 03:58:34

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For three long, lonely months haha. I am starting to get some nibbles of interest though. Only a matter of time.

2023-03-12 07:19:29

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And they love to stack sats! Of course.

2023-03-12 05:28:42

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Birdie and Gryff #DogsOfNostr
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_51b710c652beed848806ace4c41b4bec0521be401dc5a4bd21c6beb4cdaf193e.jpeg

2023-03-08 01:03:11

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I’ll be at nostrica as well and would love to join this convo! I find DIDs really interesting and want to learn more.

2023-03-07 20:28:44

The word “colonel” makes no sense. Where is the “r”!?

2023-03-04 00:39:09

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Best game ever made. Period.

2023-03-03 23:11:15

We are over here zapping and delivering value for value. And this is happening elsewhere in the world…(not condoning the caption he chose) also apologize for the Twitter link, but too funny not to share.
https://twitter.com/corybates1895/status/1631606947051978754?s=46&t=Tzn9jLaGs9tZ364lAQzL1g

2023-03-03 22:19:44

Even if my answer ended up being wrong. I liked mine more. “Proof of work”
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_b91e68faa85750e3c44dd998452bb9d05280714878934c1647bc2a73b8d77f7b.jpeg
For those wondering, it was actually “digital cash”

2023-03-03 16:38:25

On Damus, it feels like profile images and usernames go away each day, or after a certain amount of time. Is this expected behavior with regards to caching? Anyone else have this issue, could see it being a setting that allows the app to store for a longer amount of time? I’m on the latest test flight version.

2023-03-02 17:35:54

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Thanks for sharing!

2023-03-02 16:33:16

So who is in the bluesky beta? How is it going, curious what the vibes are over there?! #[0]

2023-02-27 23:40:18

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Agreed, I see a lot of people having some varying opinions on Twitter, as expected, so I wanted to form my own as well based on actually reading it.

2023-02-27 22:57:04

I’m not sure if Jason is on here yet, but #[0] turned me onto him a while back when he was on the podcast.
This is going to be a great read, but a long one. A chapter in and my head is spinning with….delight? Maybe that’s not the right word haha.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_63223f66e1221b2d7280dc0bb284500ac3aa774b326f219d45d6999f446b1ab5.jpg

2023-02-27 15:42:04

Not many feelings like sitting in a meeting and seeing a zap pop on my screen from a nostr post⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

2023-02-27 14:46:28

Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: T-tuIWsPQG1Qt4C3klyGewKeWPPs_Wry61v0QS0m6q0
https://nostrnests.com

2023-02-23 21:30:30

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Love this idea

2023-02-20 16:49:22

So do we need to start publishing books on NOSTR too? This crap is getting ridiculous: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64702224
Now the word "fat" is not allowed?.....jeez.

2023-02-19 19:36:48

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Ya for sure, wasn’t trying to develop an opinion based on that article, but definitely something I want to learn more about. I feel like I understand the principles of Bitcoin, but am less confident with the technical/development side of things. E.g. patches, improvements, core development, etc.

2023-02-19 17:01:12

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#[4] - is that how you do this? Lol

2023-02-19 17:00:50

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Agreed, love this article. With this most recent article in WSJ, #[1] curious what your thoughts are on the security/decentralized aspect when you factor in the lack of Bitcoin core devs/maintainers? Is that the point of failure we should be worried about? See my note for more context/questions: note1ms4ke80r05eg6xenjkg2qdh9ps2huequ9aggnwel703ada8m3twsluccm0

2023-02-17 23:15:33

So I’m not super familiar with the Bitcoin maintainers. I just read this article https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-core-maintainers-crypto-7b93804 and obviously need to learn more, but a couple questions that come up in my head, what happens to Bitcoin if we stop having this small group? Obviously we tout decentralization, but isn’t that contradicted by have so few maintainers (~5?). I know there are a few Bitcoin contributors on here, including #[0] . So I feel like I’m missing something here? Anyone want to provide some clarity?

2023-02-12 16:37:57

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I was pulled away from my phone but catching back up on the zaps now!

2023-02-12 03:46:18

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Francis Victoria

2023-02-12 03:43:49

Alright let’s start a zap chain. Anyone I
Who responds to this is getting ⚡️⚡️⚡️I’m feeling generous. And I’ve had a few drinks. That’s always helps.

2023-02-11 17:40:46

Connected #umbrel , seeing events come through. So dope. 🤙🏽

2023-02-11 15:36:49

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Agreed, onboarded experience is a top priority. #[2] was our heroic 🫂 leader. Important to continue extending the 🤙🏽🫂 and ⚡️

2023-02-11 03:39:24

Balancing nostr and hogwarts legacy is my next battle.

2023-02-11 03:38:59

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It worked! Hell ya, you are doing amazing stuff!

2023-02-07 14:48:23

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Same! #plebchain

2023-02-06 16:31:07

Nostr node on umbrel. 🔥🔥🔥🤙🏽
Thanks #[0]

2023-02-06 05:10:01

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Haha ya that always gets people. Glad it was useful!

2023-02-05 18:52:03

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Thanks!

2023-02-05 07:13:36

I guess this is what I must drink from how on. Just learned of it while in Austin. Love this place.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a83b5531c2d5700358f6624b477a8132a894980cac99b51ed1bb8128b44e2974.jpeg

2023-02-04 23:57:17

Showing a friend Damus lnbc10700n1p3aauxrpp54thaw03kgqqx7a6cja8vd9yc09rtmd0xt99twqgdn8z336xsja8sdqu2askcmr9wssx7e3q2dshgmmndp5scqzpgxqyz5vqsp5wakd0sxx9hldxg0f6eag99v6jug3d70lq67pw6jrtpg7nampx9ls9qyyssqvtd59rfwusy2rwv4jk98n32tfm84tet27w2sd53964779jqh7ax4gfrmrl47wp04fkpmd0ef005qnht06wmn9wxqqd624pfne770aygqkgqd45

2023-02-04 22:27:55

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Followed all y’all. #nostr community is the best! Building the future!

2023-02-04 21:51:38

Haven’t been on Twitter in days. And it feels great. Thanks #nostr #plebchain

2023-02-04 17:46:08

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Could always just make web apps. Mobile development is kind of moving this way already it seems like?

2023-02-04 02:27:54

For the new folks out there, all around the world! Here is an article I put together for those of you that want to verify on your own domain. [name]@[custom_domain]
Personally I think verification on your own custom domain is one of the best ways to ensure an imposter doesn’t try to pretend to be you.
https://www.name.com/blog/how-to-get-nostr-verified-on-a-custom-domain
Tried to make it a step by step process with pictures for us non-technical folk.
And again I setup a promo page for 50% off domains. If we get more momentum and I can get more TLDs added to the promo list. (Also have some non-English TLDs that have not been added but if we see the need)
https://www.name.com/nostr
Let’s get it #plebchain

2023-02-03 21:09:30

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How did you get these stats?

2023-02-03 20:57:06

Trying to read up on DID to get a deeper understanding. Anyone have good resources I should reference? articles, podcasts, books, etc. Thanks in advance!

2023-02-03 17:32:38

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Maybe a small sats fee per upload. If people can get tipped for great meme/gif/image content, then they can make up any small fee they incurred to upload. I get that goes against “free”, but if the experience is great and the service is worth it, maybe people would adopt? Like you mentioned, it’s all trial and error right now.

2023-02-03 17:29:05

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Awesome! I see you are verified and gave you a follow!

2023-02-03 07:30:25

Thought. If retail locations start to accept BTC more widely using lightning network, they could provide discounts to customers due to their increased margin because of lower fees and instant settlement. A win-win for the business and end customer. Then in turn, retail incentivizes lightning adoption by customers…. I can’t see the downside in this move. I’m sure banks and credit card companies disagree, but they love a lot of things that don’t serve their end customer. Okay, I know this is just going to be mostly seen by people who agree, but wanted to let that thought out of my head.

2023-02-02 16:41:36

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https://images.app.goo.gl/ZyXpYa6XbxmaJ1w8A
On the edge of my seat. Going to be so sweeeeeet.

2023-02-02 16:35:41

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It worked! Nice.

2023-02-02 05:50:31

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我不懂中文

2023-02-02 04:50:09

2023-02-02 04:48:22

Seeing adoption from around the world is exciting!

2023-02-02 00:46:54

So I’m just playing around with lightning now and interested in being able to accept payments @mycustomdomain , to do this do I need to run my own lightning node? I have a full BTC node on umbrel and following #[0] guide that uses bridgeaddr
So I guess my question is … am I going down the right path? Or is there a simpler way to do this without running my own node and managing my own channels?

2023-02-01 05:55:20

What book(s) y’all reading right now?
I’ll go first: Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
First time reading it, and it’s a ride for sure.

2023-02-01 03:15:10

For the new folks out there. Here is an article I put together for those of you that want to verify on your own domain. [name]@[custom_domain]
Personally I think verification on your own custom domain is one of the best ways to ensure an imposter doesn’t try to pretend to be you.
https://www.name.com/blog/how-to-get-nostr-verified-on-a-custom-domain
Tried to make it a step by step process with pictures for us non-technical folk.
And again I setup a promo page for 50% off domains. If we get more momentum and I can get more TLDs added to the promo list.
https://www.name.com/nostr
Let’s get it #plebchain

2023-02-01 01:13:30

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Just ride the wave 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

2023-02-01 01:11:10

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Jack crashing wallets, love it.

2023-02-01 01:04:36

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Yes and it’s great. I think you said it in December #[1] , with each surge of users we will learn the limits of what has been built so far. Stress testing lightning through nostr adoption is a beautiful thing. #nostr #plebchain

2023-02-01 01:01:01

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Done! 🤙🏽

2023-01-31 22:45:00

Other people having to click on profiles to load their images again? Is this because prod version needs to cache images? Same with pub key names?

2023-01-31 21:57:28

Hell ya #[0] , Damus about to 🚀🚀🚀

2023-01-29 19:11:56

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+1 on that

2023-01-29 19:07:59

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This would be a fun little breakout at #nostrica , really good thought exercise and may unlock some cool ideas.

2023-01-27 00:17:50

Damus blurring images of people you don’t follow is such a great feature. I see a lot of people complaining about dick pics and was confused for a bit…

2023-01-26 17:35:47

I want to do a nostr lunch and learn with my company. If you had 30mins what would you cover? Graphics, topics, and all ideas welcome! I would say the audience would be semi-technical.

2023-01-24 05:23:33

Daily reminder! Custom domains for your identifier. Get it while it lasts!
Hey #nostr ! Trying to add some useful content and get my company behind nostr growth. Put together a blog for anyone wanting to use a custom domain to get verified. You can do it super easily and for free using GitHub pages.
https://www.name.com/blog/how-to-get-nostr-verified-on-a-custom-domain
Tried to make it a step by step process with pictures for us non-technical folk.
And again I setup a promo page for 50% off domains. If we get more momentum and I can get more TLDs added to the promo list.
https://www.name.com/nostr
Let’s get it #plebchain

2023-01-18 14:45:14

#[0] have you thought about a service built for nostr on SMS? As I was going to sleep last night I was thinking it would be super cool if I could subscribe to a private relay (maybe paid) and a service enables notes to be sent via SMS. I imagine a single content creator being the source of a majority of the content and I just ingest it via text. If one of their paid users responds to the text, it acts as a threaded reply. There is a ton of UX to solve, but I think there could be a market for such a service? Have you ever thought about it? It’s like SMS is the nostr client lol.

2023-01-12 20:58:32

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Thanks!!

2023-01-12 20:52:38

Showing my company instant settlement with lightning. Who can help?
lnbc26310n1p3uquh6pp5s26nhv7k70j7vqamfft0f0f20mmhwh5q0zm30ayyr6qcqgr7udesdqu2askcmr9wssx7e3q2dshgmmndp5scqzpgxqyz5vqsp5wdztggf0gnnqy6j5x2f40zug23gkadajw8v93ls0czz090pd3aaq9qyyssqk769uwlnfv5h3yqtzv0e403cpk06dxglgld0mqxr7vcvj9x7x7fqfm34y8mn8arhhdxw3x84c05sy3x75lkprnwcxzj6gr3n77f655cqsgs96h

2023-01-11 21:45:04

So how do we get non-coiners on here? I’ve been telling friends and family about the future of the protocol, but understand that right now they probably don’t want to just see all us bitcoiners in global talking about things they don’t care about (yet…they obviously should care about it eventually).

2023-01-11 06:13:05

2023-01-10 05:21:45

2023-01-09 00:31:25

Busy moving and doing some projects so didn’t get to spend much time on nostr today. But here is my daily reminder that
You can setup verification yourself on a custom domain for basically free (just cost of domain if you don’t have one)
Hey #nostr ! Trying to add some useful content and get my company behind nostr growth. Put together a blog for anyone wanting to use a custom domain to get verified. You can do it super easily and for free using GitHub pages.
https://www.name.com/blog/how-to-get-nostr-verified-on-a-custom-domain
Tried to make it a step by step process with pictures for us non-technical folk.
And again I setup a promo page for 50% off domains. If we get more momentum and I can get more TLDs added to the promo list.
https://www.name.com/nostr
Let’s get it #plebchain

2023-01-07 08:06:43

Pre-bed thoughts: elon wants to maximize unregretted user minutes, but it feels like nostr will be a better solution for this with a tight integration with lighting. As jb55 said in his interview, paying/tipping for notes and relays is how the protocol/client will evolve.

2023-01-07 04:09:31

Playing code names and we are using chatGPT to see how it does at word association. Wild times…
https://nostr.build/i/2265.jpeg

2023-01-06 22:52:12

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Agreed. Just need to get my non-coiners over. Still follow a lot of sharp financial peeps that hopefully #[4] can get to move over hahahaha

2023-01-06 22:42:14

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Nice to have an option for non-Damus users too. Give people less and less reason to stay on Twitter haha.

2023-01-06 22:35:15

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Www.nostr.build is what I have used

2023-01-06 22:06:04

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Same here

2023-01-06 02:59:21

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Hahaha love this

2023-01-05 16:13:39

Any thoughts on using DNS with scoped TXT records like _nip05 to signal your pubkey for verification? #[0]

2023-01-05 01:23:04

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That’s awesome! I may have to play around with that myself. I have a few domains as you may expect!