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Mark E. Jeftovic

I use generated code on a regular basis. Not on anything critical. But I've basically been building in Laravel and Python and I don't really know either.
I had stopped coding entirely over 10 years ago. Now I'm building out my own projects again because it's easier and faster for me to do it via LLMs than to write up a spec and hand it off to my devs or farm it out to freelancers.

2025-03-10 03:09:21

Latest on Bombthrower:
The Singularity Has Already Happened...
https://bombthrower.com/the-singularity-has-already-happened/

2025-02-15 16:59:33

Happy Flag Day hosers! 🇨🇦
Here’s how Justin Trudeau helped get Donald Trump re-elected:
https://bombthrower.com/how-the-canadian-government-helped-trump-win-the-2024-election/

2025-02-15 05:29:17

New Bombthrower piece on the 3rd anniversary of the Canadian government invoking the Emergencies Act and seizing bank accounts…
How Justin Trudeau helped re-elect Donald Trump
https://bombthrower.com/how-the-canadian-government-helped-trump-win-the-2024-election/

2025-02-06 16:29:12

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What do you mean when you say "point to my domain" - point what at your domain?

2025-01-30 23:19:17

Question for relay operators:
Would it be worth a nominal stack of sats each month to have your relay uptime and availability monitored by an external entity (that already has monitoring infrastructure in place for other systems network services) ?

2025-01-29 05:08:10

GN Nostr
https://m.primal.net/OFah.jpg

2025-01-21 01:59:49

My latest (Frazzledrip Overdrive) hit Zerohedge today.
Comments are 🔥
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/when-future-shock-meets-mass-formation-psychosis

2025-01-20 02:16:54

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P.S can't send you zaps - need to set up your wallet?

2025-01-20 02:16:09

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Ah - good to know, thx

2025-01-19 22:40:34

Ok, new Bombthrower piece just dropped and I'm posting it here before anywhere else.
Frazzledrip Overdrive:
When Future Shock Meets Mass Formation Psychosis
https://bombthrower.com/frazzledrip-overdrive/

2025-01-18 23:34:20

About that $TRUMP memecoin launch…
https://bombthrower.com/about-that-trump-memecoin-launch/

2025-01-18 19:22:10

How can one short $TRUMP coin.

2025-01-15 04:28:07

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I put it in my coffee when I’m out of MCT oil.

2025-01-11 14:36:33

GM Nostr
https://m.primal.net/NbwV.jpg

2025-01-11 06:11:14

GN Nostr
https://m.primal.net/NbWn.jpg

2025-01-05 13:56:55

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“Four queens is *not* a gamble” — Krusty the Clown

2025-01-02 22:53:06

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Dp?

2025-01-02 17:37:05

I want to create exclusive long-form content for Nostr, I really do, but when I try to create my publication on highlighter, it just hangs... am I doing something wrong?
@nprofile…t3zk @nprofile…rnkd
https://m.primal.net/NPIG.png

2025-01-01 05:12:41

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That was supposed to be animated

2025-01-01 05:04:44

Happy New Year Nostr
https://m.primal.net/NNSH.jpg

2024-12-31 18:39:12

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For sure, can you message me user ID or domain name?

2024-12-31 18:04:23

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Still gets the job done - especially with frameworks like Laravel now

2024-12-31 16:09:43

Speaking of WordPress plugins and specifically wrt Nostr, there is also the easynostr-nip05 plugin which turns your WP site into a NIP-05 endpoint (you can then use your local user accounts under your installation hostname as nip05 ids)
This is how I implement my markjr@bombthrower.com id. https://m.primal.net/NMlA.png
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/easynostr-nip05/

2024-12-31 15:55:54

Not a lot of people using it, but my bitcoin-blockheight plugin for WordPress broke (this is what I use to display the blockheight of the publication date on my Bombthrower posts)
There was a call to number_format() which wasn't typed to explicitly float which broke when PHP8 hit, sorry about that, all good now.
If this is the first you've heard about it, and run a WP site, check it out! https://m.primal.net/NMkT.png
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/bitcoin-blockheights/

2024-12-28 21:27:45

Thanks to @npub16c0…6nvr I am now zapping ⚡️⚡️⚡️

2024-12-28 03:33:38

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Oh that’s a bummer

2024-12-28 03:33:29

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I can receive zaps ok but not send them

2024-12-28 00:00:36

Is there a way to tie my wallet of Satoshi to Primal mobile app?
When I try to enable wallet in Primal settings it won’t let me because I’m in Canada
I want to be zapping again

2024-12-27 04:03:53

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I found it was somewhat of a necessity for me because that’s where I pick up news and signal for my newsletters faster than anywhere else.
Have to set up more curated lists now and figure out a way to never see the “For You” tab ever again.

2024-12-27 02:44:43

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The backlash against excessive immigration and illegal migrants (both are problems) is morphing into outright racism (and usually nobody rolls their eyes harder than I when everything gets accused of being racist )

2024-12-27 02:31:31

Twitter becoming increasingly cringey.

2024-12-22 06:29:28

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What are you talking about

2024-12-22 01:53:33

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🫡

2024-12-22 01:48:03

We just hit Zerohedge and the no-coiners are big mad in the comments, as usual
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/its-denominator-stupid

2024-12-21 21:32:12

It's the denominator, stupid:
Wrapping your head around Bitcoin’s inexorable rise.
The reason you think it's a bubble is because fiat debasement has hardwired your brain to look at it upside down 🙃
Newest 💣Bombthrower piece 👇
https://bombthrower.com/its-the-denominator-stupid/

2024-12-06 15:10:10

Financial Nihilism and the Flight Out Of Fiat:
https://bombthrower.com/catastrophic-boom/

2024-12-02 01:43:06

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Sent

2024-12-02 01:27:18

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I have the actual PDF - just search it up, it was co-Published by AEI and Mises Institute
I can shoot you a copy if you need it

2024-12-02 01:05:59

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Have you noticed that thread has been deleted from 4chan?

2024-11-19 13:24:03

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Oic. Yes some of the new TLDs premium pricing are crazy - I’d have bought a couple myself if they didn’t renew at the same rate. That’s robbery

2024-11-18 22:54:07

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Just noticed I was tagged on this - where are you in your domain migration?

2024-11-18 22:53:13

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Oh geez you sent me that a week ago - sry

2024-11-18 22:52:44

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Yes sir. Happy to help

2024-11-11 20:57:13

There’s a detectable shift in comments on ZH Bitcoin articles (the no coiners are still full blast - but they’re meeting resistance now )
My latest….
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/welcome-only-mode

2024-11-04 21:18:55

Anyone here doing graphic design for social media banners, etc freelance?
It’s not for anything BTC related (yet) but for my wife’s author pages (romance suspense novels)

2024-11-02 22:37:07

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Funny you’re the second guy to mention Handshake to me this week. I’ve been keeping an eye on that for some time - I think the TLD land rush was a mistake
We were running an experimental resolver at easyDNS which resolves HNS and BNS (Stacks) domains but when I checked this week HNS resolution is busted. Need to fix.
Of course we’ve been involved in ENS since nearly the beginning but it was such a letdown to see them ditch PoW and everything else going on there
Still watching for a naming layer to emerge directly on Bitcoin or an L2 on top.

2024-11-02 22:32:54

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No worries man. It’s all cool.

2024-11-02 16:39:08

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By desktop do you mean app or browser?
I can’t use Primal in browser as I get incessant pop-ups from Alby wallet on everything (maybe I need a diff plugin there)

2024-11-02 15:54:18

My latest for Bombthrower - it's over 10,000 words and spans 2000 years, so put on a pot of coffee, and maybe print it out:
Bitcoin vs CBDC's & The Battle for the Soul of Humanity
https://bombthrower.com/bitcoin-vs-cbdcs-the-spiritual-battle-for-the-soul-of-humanity

2024-10-12 20:00:40

Toronto Marlies home opener with the kid. On the glass.
https://m.primal.net/LTuC.jpg

2024-10-08 13:35:53

Straight out of Clown World: The Canadian government sought to rename "inflation" to "heat-flation" so that they could blame rising prices on climate change... 🤡
https://thedailybell.com/all-articles/canadian-newspeak-inflation-is-caused-by-global-warming/

2024-09-08 18:13:01

My latest just hit Zerohedge (sometimes I write these headlines just to trigger the ZH no-coiners)
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bitcoins-bull-run-intact-ahead-schedule

2024-09-08 18:10:59

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Thanks for doing the honours

2024-08-26 12:39:02

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/r/Bitcoin is a total dumpster fire. Most of Reddit is. The only places I’ve found that aren’t are /r/firearms and /r/QualitySocialism (which is hilarious)

2024-08-26 02:23:16

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Oh - who knew you can add extended bios with premium accounts - just added it there

2024-08-26 02:05:07

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The npub? No, I’m out of space in my bio

2024-08-19 21:58:58

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Thanks - and for the zap as well
It’s maddening that when you bring up Ayn Rand today, people still regard you as a nutcase.

2024-08-19 21:57:37

That time Francis Foster zinged me on my own podcast…
https://m.primal.net/KEza.jpg

2024-08-19 03:49:28

When politicians tell you they want to be able to control prices, believe them - but what the public must understand is that for forty centuries, price controls have always meant tyranny and serfdom.
https://bombthrower.com/forty-centuries-of-failure-price-controls-debasement-and-tyranny/

2024-08-15 00:51:33

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That’s also one that was a pet project of mine and the front line support has no clue - they’re supposed to forward any NIP-05 stuff to me.

2024-08-15 00:35:30

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I can help you with that. Sorry about that. DM me

2024-08-15 00:05:27

Check out our 1-star review on TrustPilot ⭐️
https://m.primal.net/JzmO.jpg

2024-08-15 00:03:41

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What you did was completely understandable - and given how you feel about it, you apologize for it.

2024-07-21 17:44:45

What a Trump Presidency Means for Bitcoin
(We’ve gone from “Notgeld” to hyper-Bitcoinization in under two decades)
https://bombthrower.com/fixing-americas-balance-sheet-with-bitcoin/

2024-07-08 18:19:35

GM Nostr
https://m.primal.net/JKwA.jpg

2024-07-07 16:36:04

GM Nostr…
https://m.primal.net/JKHJ.jpg
https://m.primal.net/JKHK.jpg
https://m.primal.net/JKHL.jpg

2024-07-06 18:26:44

If I could apologize to @jack for thinking ill of him when he ran Twitter - I would (regret now naming our mastodon instance “nojack” in my pr-Nostr days.
This is probably the closest I’ll be able to get - is to stick up for him when I can on Twitter
https://x.com/stuntpope/status/1809653561824809006?s=46

2024-06-22 21:39:22

It is with great reluctance that I publish this:
The Radical Left can’t understand why normal people are angry…
(HINT: when the Venezuelans pull up stakes and split, it’s time to pay attention)
https://bombthrower.com/the-radical-left-cant-understand-why-normal-people-are-angry/

2024-06-19 17:51:06

This was somewhat unplanned - but I’m the new publisher of TheDailyBell - if any of you are familiar with it, long time libertarian site.
Here’s my welcome message of freedom as the new owner:
https://thedailybell.com/all-articles/editorials/ringing-in-a-new-chapter-at-the-daily-bell/

2024-06-08 15:21:58

I updated this post with some data on MSTR’s continuing outperformance over ETFs (and a surprising finding about how badly the futures ETFs are actually lagging)
https://bombthrower.com/betting-big-that-bitcoin-mining-wont-exist-in-five-years/

2024-06-08 03:16:54

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No need for the zap. (I’ll settle for a follow tho :)
https://m.primal.net/IcmG.png

2024-06-07 21:06:10

Betting Big That Bitcoin Mining Won’t Exist in 5 Years
Talk about “mid-curving” it: Long BTC / Short miners has to take the cake..:
https://bombthrower.com/betting-big-that-bitcoin-mining-wont-exist-in-five-years/

2024-06-03 14:39:02

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

2024-06-01 18:25:03

Another season open for the back-office - will finish the forthcoming Bitcoin Capitalist right here today…
https://m.primal.net/IVGx.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IVGy.jpg

2024-05-21 22:33:05

My latest hit Zerohedge…
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-private-equity-adds-value-fiat-financed-world

2024-05-20 19:16:04

Private Equity in fiat world is basically an arb-play:
Swindle founders of profitable small businesses out of their companies, mash them together into a holdco - and flip it to a the lumpenvestors at a higher multiple…
https://bombthrower.com/how-private-equity-adds-value-in-a-fiat-financed-world/

2024-05-03 16:03:31

I can't believe how much of a dumpster fire /r/Bitcoin is.
WTF is the matter with the mods there? They remove half my posts.
https://void.cat/d/4SoyP65T2DC8TE8BqeTz99.webp

2024-05-03 14:25:30

My latest orange-pillin' laser-eyed chillin' hit Zerohedge last night - so the mass triggering amongst the no-coiner wojacks in the comments as commenced....
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/renewed-regulatory-pressure-bitcoin-no-surprise

2024-05-03 14:23:35

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Thanks - you too, sorry I didn't recognize your name when I asked, the other client wasn't showing me your userid.

2024-05-02 17:22:57

Renewed regulatory pressure on Bitcoin is no surprise...
(nor will it forestall the inevitable rise of crypto-sovereignties)
https://bombthrower.com/renewed-regulatory-pressure-on-bitcoin-is-no-surprise/

2024-04-17 15:52:04

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I see what you did there.

2024-04-17 15:44:11

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Ah yes. You are correct.
You know, I write about the global hash rate every month in TBC portfolio update and I knew something was "off" with it.
Damn.

2024-04-17 15:42:58

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I thought I replied to this via mobile.
Anyway - I didn't write The Apocalypse of Yajnavalkya, that series was from a guest writer goes by "Mr. E" (get it?)
He is a dude from the crypto scene, circle 2017 cycle. Some people here may know him or the biz if I mentioned the name.

2024-04-17 15:41:27

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Oof. Fixed on Bombthrower but out of my hands for ZH.
Tyler hates it when I belatedly send him corrections.

2024-04-17 15:40:40

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Including /r/Bitcoin lol

2024-04-17 15:39:39

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That preview is showing it in EH/s
What I nabbed in the flurry to write the article (had an outlet pressing me for it fast) was this:
https://void.cat/d/Ruzhh5jdUafg8dySqtttmj.webp

2024-04-17 15:38:10

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I grabbed it from here
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/charts/hash-rate

2024-04-17 15:37:22

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No it was probably me, I often confuse big numbers and measurements.

2024-04-17 14:02:12

The no-coiners Big Mad in the comments as my latest piece hits Zerohedge...
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bitcoin-halving-crash-course-what-it-why-it-matters

2024-04-17 13:58:24

No-coiners big mad in the comments as my latest hits Zerohedge…
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bitcoin-halving-crash-course-what-it-why-it-matters

2024-04-12 10:26:42

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The internal contradictions of wokeness are truly mind boggling.
I once found that it bears all 10 markers of cognitive bias
https://bombthrower.com/deconstructing-wokethink/

2024-04-09 11:29:52

NetZero and Human Rights Are Mutually Exclusive
(featuring: The Three Big Lies of Climate Action)
https://bombthrower.com/netzero-and-human-rights-are-mutually-exclusive/

2024-03-25 14:34:05

https://image.nostr.build/c49080740f9ab52e71e66163ca7076fbeb0fabdf4ca9646e177bf17c1e2e1242.jpg

2024-03-22 15:13:28

Honoured to appear on @npub15vz…k4um ‘s “What Is Money?” podcast, which just dropped:
https://youtu.be/lPPDllyfmtM?si=9oj5dvjCL7b4GVRu

2024-03-22 15:08:39

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Ho-lee fuck.
Who are you?

2024-03-09 21:09:39

In another lifetime, I played guitar in a Toronto underground band called The Parkdale Hookers - former bandmate just remixed our Blue Monday cover which was on our final record, Echo Bubble Overdrive...
https://soundcloud.com/noise-ca/tph-blue-monday/