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2024-11-05 02:09:38

current energy
#nevent1q…fh8x

2024-10-11 00:29:25

Austin, Texas to me is great, partly because it gives me access to _all_ of Texas which is *very great*
but you may not prefer Austin or Texas. that's okay. find your place. find your happy. you'll never see me trying to convince people to live in one place or another because i understand that people are different.
i just want everyone to find their place

2024-10-08 02:31:50

every time i see a caps @nprofile…p7e2 post https://image.nostr.build/a92e604dc4b84c8330f087943a55734a3a825143f0696343278f8494354f8046.gif

2024-10-08 02:03:37

i fact checked this and there is at least one film (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) where computer-generated tails were used to counteract excited dogs
anyway gn nostr ✨ https://image.nostr.build/8384bbbd128aa5d7be75ea7965541e233579bac8346efd53fbb1bacd38bb1b4b.jpg

2024-10-07 15:35:38

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i mean, it's also not milk and has just1g of protein but ok

2024-10-07 13:39:15

i know a couple people who are often outraged online and clutch pearls about clickbaity news stories claiming books are being banned somewhere
and i can say with certainty—because they've said so on other occasions—that they have not personally read an entire book in years
always be mindful of the difference between what people say and what they do. most stated preferences are performative and done for in-group acceptance and status games.

2024-10-05 13:08:35

this is my favorite book on that age old question "why is there something rather than nothing?"
i read it back when it came out but still think about it from time to time
highly recommend
https://image.nostr.build/d6c13ab12ee170705ba13eab314260badc5027a9e49a6cd33f8e8ed15df5777e.jpg #bookstr

2024-10-04 12:08:05

that the government cares about you and tells you the truth is the real conspiracy theory
gm

2024-10-01 13:28:11

recently i took an uber to the airport. it was an early flight so the uber arrived at like 2:30am. based on the unusual name i assumed it would be a guy and that he was of African heritage, neither of which i was ever able to confirm which to me is just a hilarious side note. they had almost 3,000 trips logged and nearly 5 star rating. so far so good.
this person did not say a word to me the whole time, which would normally be ideal. however: he/she had the windows down and was passionately singing Bob Marley tunes the entire time. 3 Little Birds. No Woman No Cry. really feeling it despite clearly not being a singer.
now, on the one hand it's 2:30am so please stfu. through this lens it was completely jarring and annoying. i had had no coffee and was barely sentient.
on the other hand, I actually love Bob Marley tunes and there's something heartening about someone driving cars for a living in the middle of the night and in the most cheerful of moods. we probably need more of that in the world.
but at 2:30am?!
anyway, i'm still torn on how i felt about that ride.
gm

2024-09-30 15:14:37

if a jerk tells you the truth it's still the truth

2024-09-29 03:02:39

remember when adult coloring books were a thing? lol
anyway gn

2024-09-24 20:17:15

You can't get what you want till you know what you want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6WpYaseyW4

2024-09-19 13:56:28

QR code menus can fuck all the way off
when will society be done with this awful trend

2024-09-12 12:26:17

the value of having a large vocabulary isn't in being eloquent or impressing others, it's in being precise
you don't need to use a big word when a small word will do, just don't use the wrong word
“To use language well is to use it particularly. Precision of utterance is both a form of lyricism and a species of attention.”
gm

2024-09-11 15:52:23

"what, you missed the debate??"
i wouldn't say i missed it, Bob.
https://m.primal.net/KmvU.jpg

2024-09-10 23:56:42

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K&C Cattle hosted a burger night at an outdoor bar here in Austin and they were also selling tallow & take-home cuts 😀

2024-09-05 15:56:02

i'm a simple man.
i just want an AnchorWatch hat.
why can't i get an AnchorWatch hat.

2024-09-04 11:20:14

gm 🌅✨
i started using this Winamp clone on Mac called re:Amp
now instead of using whatever apple bloatware music store that requires login and takes forever to load, or an always-on streaming subscription firehose that sucks up bandwidth, or a youtube tab that sucks up memory...
i just go to a music folder and drag in some mp3s and press play 😌
https://image.nostr.build/fa79a4be36cea25f9dd6d9b01024dc694b736df10904fb4d9a836eefdbb78d72.jpg
https://re-amp.ru/

2024-09-04 00:34:14

there's a point in the aging process where you pass through the "dude, grow up" phase after which, if you successfully do exactly that, you will soon be admired not for growing up but for maintaining a youthful spirit and optimism 😅

2024-09-03 18:59:37

the physical and the ephemeral—body and soul—are deeply interwoven, to the point that even making the distinction amounts to a kind of absurdity
Aristotle called this idea 'hylomorphism' and was mainly referring to the duality of physical matter and immaterial form. (this term was eventually picked up and used in computer science to talk about recursive functions)
Einstein later followed the logic of his relativity theory to discover that physical matter and immaterial energy were literally two aspects of the same phenomenon: E=mc^2 Hylomorphism had passed the rigor of modern physics.
Then decades later Werner Heisenberg had this to say regarding the duplex world of quantum mechanics, from his 1958 book 'Physics & Philosophy':
"In the experiments about atomic events we have to do with things and facts, with phenomena that are just as real as any phenomena in daily life. But atoms and the elementary particles themselves are not as real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts...The probability wave [...] mean[s] tendency for something. It's a quantitative version of the old concept of potentia from Aristotle's philosophy. It introduces something standing in the middle between the idea of an event and the actual event, a strange kind of physical reality just in the middle between possibility and reality."
https://m.primal.net/Kcfm.jpg

2024-09-03 13:47:19

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i hope not!

2024-09-01 13:39:55

tell the truth. leave people alone. be kind. work hard. take responsibility. aspire to greatness. ignore what you cannot control. be of service. build things. practice courage.
these are my politics

2024-09-01 02:03:02

read paper books.
listen to audio recordings if you want, and have a kindle around if you like it, but not at the expense of paper books
not out of nostalgia or tradition but out of efficacy
physical media sticks around

2024-08-28 15:51:30

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i'm sincerely trying to find out, and if so why

2024-08-28 15:32:21

make it make sense
https://image.nostr.build/acb3984d487e140e4bc1aa80d19c8f4778be8565a9e72ad443be1dd402d56279.png
https://image.nostr.build/f77b45d5c0cec9229094fdf937c74499da7a18412392570ba4a6a8f753b98be5.png
https://image.nostr.build/41ce5647875e6b7db2d2edc18a58de225cc07ba08d4ea984f36527f7876e7cc9.png

2024-08-22 16:49:53

"To be entertained" and "to be distracted" are synonymous in modern Greek (διασκεδάζω) while the etymology of the word (ancient Greek διασκεδάννυμι) means: to scatter oneself, to dissipate, to dilute.
Same with French divertissement – (divertere, ‘turn in separate ways’)
Greeks have a second word to differentiate the mere entertainment of the senses/diverting of the mind from the higher forms of "entertainment" (ancient Greek plays, philosophy, public debate etc.): ψυχαγωγία, from ψυχή (soul, spirit) + ἄγω (to guide, to induce)

2024-08-21 14:22:32

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it was made specifically for long form content
the design and functionality is like Medium, not Twitter

2024-08-21 14:07:00

「もし人間が機械だったら、その主な機能は夢を見ることだろう」
‘If humans were machines, their main function would be to dream’

2024-08-21 13:59:37

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pretty sure, yes https://habla.news/

2024-08-21 13:59:08

do these box office records ever control for ticket price inflation?
pretty sure we're gonna just keep breaking box office records in perpetuity
https://image.nostr.build/a972adb7469f9dc83b5e66a68546ed6eb1dd08cd910ce12f81c23ff58052979e.jpg

2024-08-21 01:37:00

"Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free.
Our mind
Our soul
Our body, our hopes, our dreams
Our ambitions, our intelligence
Our love of family
And children and friends
All these priceless possessions
Are free…"
—Earl Nightingale

2024-08-20 15:44:59

putting in the work is increasingly scarce
in a world of endless conveniences and shortcuts, simply making an effort has become a significant competitive advantage

2024-08-18 01:27:23

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ah cool! i'm out that way every so often. went to Shiner last weekend actually

2024-08-18 00:46:55

picanha is on the menu tonight fam
courtesy of K&C Cattle here in Austin, TX https://image.nostr.build/8410af139176232c5f7dcecdf429ec16ae151af5fdcc83e2974f8c31cd3108a5.jpg

2024-08-17 15:58:25

people are going to go out and vote in november based mainly on fear of social judgment + out-of-context tiktok clips, and then proudly share an 'i voted' sticker on instagram for the likes
best to mentally prepare now

2024-08-16 14:57:33

the craziest thing about the placebo effect is that it still works even when you tell people that it's a placebo
"The efficacy of open-label placebo was superior to that of no treatment. Relative to no treatment, the placebo, under each information condition, accounted for more than 50% of the drug effect."
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.3006175

2024-08-14 12:03:15

Do Quests, Not Goals
this is great: https://www.raptitude.com/2024/08/do-quests-not-goals/

2024-08-13 15:43:39

i think it was Naval who said you should find three hobbies: one that makes you money, one that makes you fit, and one that makes you smarter
i'd add a fourth: one that makes you build
building things conditions you to see the world as changeable and subject to your will

2024-08-12 01:51:11

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i would keep letting him hang and just keep an ear/eye out for any causes for concern. odds are he will eventually feel comfortable enough to tell you more about his situation without you even having to probe. (it could just be a case of a latchkey kid with loser parents)

2024-08-11 20:58:28

you'd be surprised how many problems can be solved by walking 5 miles outside by yourself on a hot summer day ✨ https://image.nostr.build/dae514f5344e2651787c52c050e7aff387b5820e392f12d09990ec773ef5b3e8.jpg

2024-08-11 19:34:05

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memetic contraband 🏴‍☠️

2024-08-10 17:54:13

if you're not washing your shoelaces instead of buying new ones and drying them on a busted chair you refuse to throw away you're short bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/6d440e59c0c44f1e7ab017ae77d786adecfd2c9786e8ce20c84dfac4d42fc47b.jpg

2024-08-10 17:47:11

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zapped for displaying gratitude ✨

2024-08-08 14:47:10

stay
https://image.nostr.build/dca6672be98ba181ae6add1a9c5c00e2c1c449016262086a8e63d10c35cc3071.jpg

2024-08-08 14:18:59

fine i'll explain:
the reason to stand in line before boarding is to get on the plane sooner and claim overhead space, since now they run out of room due to people avoiding checked bag fees
"who cares, they'll just gate check it" no, my bag stays with me, i don't trust these idiots

2024-08-06 01:09:58

samourai wallet left me. phoenix wallet left me. mutiny wallet left me.😢
what are y'all using for wallets these days? (especially lightning)

2024-08-05 02:21:31

while bitcoin was crashing i was building a bar in my backyard ✨ https://image.nostr.build/eaea3d192cfa5f99ce906c2d093a479da9b600c2a10cd1dc311d7ed17e292ac9.jpg
#nevent1q…7klg

2024-08-02 03:43:25

DARPA is translating all their C code to Rust 👀 https://www.darpa.mil/program/translating-all-c-to-rust

2024-08-02 01:36:58

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yes!
1. move quickly. have someone using a float to smooth the top and an edger to smooth the sides after you pour—don't wait til the end. it will start curing faster than you think, at which point things get messy.
2. rent a mixer. it's worth every penny.
3. add a little bit more water than the instructions and youtube say. makes it smoother. not too wet, just a bit.

2024-08-01 23:28:34

proof of slab
i learned a lot about concrete but it's level and it's finished so it's going in the Win column https://image.nostr.build/96605d601f324a0ea2cb726a43617dad7c441dfcf42d7fe537c37de9585d4ff5.jpg

2024-08-01 13:21:28

me: leave me alone
gov't: "No we're gonna have MANDATES to FORCE you to do things under the threat of PENALTIES and FINES."
me: ok gfy
gov't: "How dare you"

2024-07-31 13:40:38

In a better world, every family will learn from children. You are in such a hurry to teach them. Nobody seems to learn from them, and they have much to teach you.
—Osho

2024-07-30 19:14:35

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yes, great book!

2024-07-30 16:13:51

is there a good argument for living in california that does not involve the weather/temperature/beach etc.?
i don't know many people who live there, but the ones who do only seem to mention the weather as the thing they like

2024-07-30 14:05:05

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it may be easier or more natural-sounding to say but it's less accurate.
i suspect most people feel there's some sort of prestige about reading books as opposed to listening to them. i don't think there is, but they are very different activities.

2024-07-30 13:56:53

don't say you read a book if you listened to it. say you listened to a book.
one is not necessarily better than the other i'm just a stickler for telling the truth

2024-07-26 15:24:44

i wrote 1,000 words on data and decision-making inspired by Formula 1 https://codeandstrategy.blog/what-to-do-when-data-disagrees/

2024-07-24 18:11:18

i've kept a very open mind re: AI despite its obvious shortcomings.
i've used Midjourney for months, tried ChatGPT 3.5 and 4.0 many times for different types of tasks, tried Unleashed.chat many times, and even gave a go at self-hosting my own LLM, exploring different models and developments on Github, etc.
still a no from me dawg, but i'll keep my mind responsibly open until further notice.

2024-07-24 15:08:23

okay now we're talkin 🔥
#note1gfd…ssxw

2024-07-23 18:51:12

everyone seems to use vs code so i understand i'm in the minority here but it's so damn bloated and full of extra services, extensions, etc.
Sublime Text for me. it's as close to the charm of a notepad txt file as i can get without sabotaging my productivity.

2024-07-23 14:52:35

my favorite take on disgraced secret service director kimberly cheatle resigning:
"she girlbossed too close to the sun." —@nprofile…lt03

2024-07-22 21:31:44

the only drill i've ever owned has been this old corded Craftsman my dad gave me when i moved out after college, which was already ancient back then. it still works but the torque is shit, i couldn't even drive wood screws into a 2x4 the other day. plus it's heavy, and i've had to run extension cords all over which is a real pain https://image.nostr.build/49c3b27e2668ec7725e8a145559630a0dedc915b9fb2d1c014efada3ce7667a2.jpg
anyway i just got this bad boy and it's so much better in every way i feel like a kid on Christmas 😭
worth every sat https://image.nostr.build/6d66f0cec4bd42f5c4d4a7c045cc755014f6332fe847b465db13dde869431bf4.jpg

2024-07-20 12:57:16

i know Windows vs. Mac is a thing re: desktops & laptops, but i thought Linux was the industry standard for running servers and important computing infra, not Windows
am i wrong or does enterprise deals + legacy equipment + laziness explain all these Windows servers out there?

2024-07-19 00:07:18

my hobby is being extra kind to people for no particular reason

2024-07-17 14:26:35

just as novels are a trojan horse for truth, video games are a trojan horse for tech mastery and innovation
- all the senior devs and tech leads i know got into coding because of video games
- both bitcoin proof-of-work and LLM's grew thanks to gaming graphics cards

2024-07-15 21:49:24

grapefruit is the best fruit https://m.primal.net/JSEB.png

2024-07-14 14:45:02

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welcome! 🫂

2024-07-14 14:43:02

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welcome! 🫂

2024-07-14 14:42:32

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welcome! 🫂

2024-07-14 14:41:51

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welcome! 🫂

2024-07-14 14:41:34

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welcome! 🫂

2024-07-13 12:31:23

a lot of people don’t know that computer source code is protected as free speech under the first amendment.
Bernstein v. the U.S. Department of State (1996)
And the case was argued using a private key encryption program with a one-way hash function 👀
https://image.nostr.build/a0193c16968d4450fd183b0672b474a37c24e3d81a9f455ee0eeb4dbbb9dc608.jpg

2024-07-11 15:39:49

me every day just vibing on fahrenheits and margs https://m.primal.net/JNDh.webp

2024-07-09 19:34:13

anyone got poetry recommendations?
a poet who's under-recognized but goes hard?

2024-07-09 16:15:27

hi hello, spicy take of the day:
"pescatarians" eat meat, fish muscle is meat. it's animal flesh.
if you insist on trying to hang with the vegetarians just because you only eat aquatic flesh and not mammal flesh it's because fish and crustaceans gross you out a little, sort of the way bugs and worms gross you out, so you consider them a moral exception for aesthetic reasons.
similar rationale as to why people always want to save the bees but not the wasps. bumblebees seem cuter and pollinate pretty flowers and fruits. wasps seem like vindictive jerks that just build grey papery nests or mud caves.
it's an emotional/aesthetic decision trying to disguise itself as an ethical one

2024-07-09 13:09:04

germany selling all its bitcoin and shutting down its nuclear reactors is such a profound self-own i have to believe they're still repenting from the whole hitler debacle and thought some additional self-imposed punishment was in order

2024-07-08 22:49:47

built my own linkree-style site, hosted on a private virtual machine: https://mark.mulvey.xyz
little by little i'm reclaiming more tech independence
feels good. learning lots.

2024-07-08 22:28:18

many people are one medical emergency away from being broke
health is wealth in more ways than one

2024-07-08 17:43:55

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love that movie

2024-07-08 15:28:24

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it's all about tradeoffs i guess. no single place has it all.

2024-07-08 15:27:16

"Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want." —Naval
#nevent1q…pknv

2024-07-08 15:23:52

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😅
i'm definitely in the minority re: the heat. whenever i tell people how much i love it they tell me to stfu

2024-07-08 14:31:20

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there are exceptions of course, but they prove the rule
the number of storms that have remained strong that far inland have been rare

2024-07-08 13:33:43

Austin, Texas is sufficiently inland that whatever storms come through the Gulf only ever turn out to be intermittent light rain for a day or two before returning to the regularly scheduled sunshine
hashtag blessed

2024-07-08 13:19:37

pv fam 🤙🌅
feeling grateful and motivated. it's a fresh new week, let's get to work

2024-07-07 22:09:57

"The shorter way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time."
—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2024-07-07 21:56:31

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

2024-07-07 21:46:57

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wired headphones require your phone—a far more powerful nnEMF emitter—to be kept nearby or in your pocket. these let you keep your phone away from your body and low-energy radio receivers out of your skull
no sense letting perfect being the enemy of good. the only Optimally Mindful™ alternative is not using headphones at all

2024-07-07 19:19:45

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just zapped you the fuse amount on principle

2024-07-07 18:27:17

if you want to be more mindful about placing radio transmitters inside your ears pressed against your brain for hours on end
try these: https://wavtubes.com

2024-07-05 20:30:22

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congratulations!

2024-07-05 15:57:25

consider getting more sunshine onto your skin and into your eyeballs
not from behind glass. not from behind lenses. not from behind chemicals.
just exist, as you are, outside in natural, full-spectrum sunlight
walk around
relax
heal

2024-07-03 23:04:27

https://image.nostr.build/c2f63879c83212e0214f39bcdc78e276f34d7c5e1d607d0d745edd4c37c13804.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b908243590e745cbc403806a06a8e06c786823fa99ffa9ee5db756f739468fc2.jpg

2024-07-02 14:43:09

this is the best intro (or refresher) to statistics i've read, and i've read a bunch. very accessible, not intimidating, will make you smarter
The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data, by David Spiegelhalter #bookstr
https://image.nostr.build/974e4cf3ca34f17d8fd9dd9a2ed5a75bebf5345e062312383356fea3550bf025.jpg

2024-06-30 03:06:13

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lfg 🔥

2024-06-25 16:15:21

someone asked Google's AI chatbot how to infuse garlic in olive oil without heating it and was given a recipe for botulism that nearly poisoned his entire family: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1diljf2/google_gemini_tried_to_kill_me/

2024-06-25 01:02:52

https://image.nostr.build/40054f6c181bf319596d10a493a0caec0017e050e3e59542276caeb94f488f68.jpg

2024-06-24 20:04:20

it bothers me how delicious this is
can't be good https://image.nostr.build/b144ba859b93f2d104dc2cbfc6bea0858cb17a51de632c97a917c2daad2ce7e6.jpg

2024-06-24 17:06:11

there's a difference between being a good writer and being a considerate writer
i've seen very good writers—in terms of their ability to craft a sentence and wield words—release these massive blog posts that take 30 minutes to an hour (or more!) to read.
(this is not a commentary on modern attention spans, and i understand the appeal of long-form content)
it's not enough to write well. or rather, part of writing well is saying what you want to say efficiently, not just out of principle but out of respect for the reader's time.
super long articles may be necessary as part of the process of honing and refining an idea, and indeed writing does help to clarify your thinking, but these long meanderings go by another name: drafts.
in the end, writing succinctly and concisely is self-serving anyway, since the average reader is more likely to both start and finish something that doesn't appear to be daunting or a chore. this is reasonable behavior.
if you just want to get something out and don't care if anyone reads it then you can dismiss this opinion of mine, obviously. but if you want readers you would do well to consider them.

2024-06-24 17:04:47