BenGWeeks
₿en Weeks ⚡

https://www.robotechy.com

Dev | @Damus Contributor | @LightningPiggy | Zapp.ie | Help kids run @RobotechyShop (3D printing shop)

Public Key

npub1jutptdc2m8kgjmudtws095qk2tcale0eemvp4j2xnjnl4nh6669slrf04x

NIP-05 Address

ben@bengweeks.github.io

NIP-57 Address

superstarfish2@primal.net

Profile Code

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Last Notes

2025-04-12 09:14:14

Does your employer, or if you run a business, customers, know you prefer to be paid in Bitcoin? #asknostr

2025-04-07 11:18:29

Taken from X. Audio on :-)
https://v.nostr.build/RwwGmSgOLtAHiZdY.mp4

2025-04-06 20:55:56

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Ha ha very cool. :-)

2025-04-06 12:39:46

GM
https://i.nostr.build/ficZauzDPBgaVgbH.jpg

2025-04-03 15:41:47

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If humans do figure out how to significantly extend life beyond 1 year per year, I’m glad I existed at a time it wasn’t clear that might be an option.

2025-04-03 15:28:20

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Love you too :-)

2025-04-02 19:15:22

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FayI @npub1wdz…2z0e

2025-04-01 21:23:26

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I recon they count :-)

2025-04-01 20:58:11

#asknostr: How many on-chain transactions have you sent in the last 3-days?
Interested in the usage among Bitcoiners on Nostr.

2025-03-31 12:47:38

It may not look like much, but it was built with my own two hands :-)
https://i.nostr.build/frBgDdFrFxfvL7xC.jpg

2025-03-30 17:29:14

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👀

2025-03-30 15:37:32

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I think it was Joan who also said “I wrote to know what I think”, which I think is also very true (including code).

2025-03-30 09:07:19

“Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.” - Epicurus

2025-03-29 09:42:50

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Scary

2025-03-28 10:24:54

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Not seen it - but not great by all accounts?!

2025-03-28 09:55:40

Saw this on [thou that shalt not be named] and thought it was quite funny.
https://v.nostr.build/FLnyqq6tZltWdqJq.mp4

2025-03-27 20:24:06

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Nice. Would regular users put the API end point address into settings?

2025-03-26 23:26:56

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Is Dave a cube?!

2025-03-26 22:21:40

Finally got round to watching Atlas Shrugged. I know, I’m a pleb, but I tried to read the book but I’m not a fan of long fiction - prefer to just to get to the point :-) Ideas are very applicable to the current west though. But what nuance and I missing from the books?
https://i.nostr.build/UPHx9tg6IbkAxh3y.jpg

2025-03-26 21:41:27

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Oh, not just me. What’s up with that?

2025-03-26 19:21:08

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There are a few diamond hand retards who also like Bitcoin - so I’m told ;-)

2025-03-26 14:25:32

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Ha ha. Interesting move!

2025-03-26 13:12:09

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Unknown / private relays, multiple accounts per user, abandoned accounts, lost accounts, bots …

2025-03-26 09:59:57

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Weaving about a lot weren’t they?!

2025-03-25 21:14:39

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#note180t…fp6r

2025-03-25 21:12:55

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#note180t…fp6r

2025-03-25 21:07:57

Would be nice to see GameStop do more than just stick it on the balance sheet. They could announce BTC is now the preferred method of exchange in 4,000+ stores, Bitcoin ATMs in every location, in-store sessions teaching self-custody, selling hardware wallets & building custom @npub17ty…3mgl. Would load up @npub1864…t2tq's somewhat :-) A Gambit for GameBit.

2025-03-25 13:18:32

Really like the ability to run multiple models simultaneously in Open Web AI, which helps me validate how a "lesser" model such as Deepseek-r1:16b compares against OpenAI GPT-4o - and it's pretty good actually!

2025-03-24 17:03:56

CC @npub1ref…64x3
#note1rg4…34jg

2025-03-24 14:58:34

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Very promising and interesting.

2025-03-24 14:31:08

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Understood :-)
The "I already have a Nostr account" asks for a recovery phrase? Does it mean nSec? Planning on allowing for delegate authentication? (I think that's NIP-46)? The "Create account" gives me a recovery phase (12 words) - is this creating a Bitcoin wallet, or an nPub/nSec and then converting to 12-words as well?

2025-03-24 00:03:47

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Twitter without the Inc and the corporate servers
Although not a popular native to compare to Twitter at the moment I know ;-)

2025-03-21 16:22:14

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You have feature requests on your repo now ;-)

2025-03-21 14:50:56

Testing fit data sharing formats. FYI @npub1qvu…m3rx
https://i.nostr.build/wk2uDALNjacb529X.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/oHd8SiV87lodBL4q.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/NQxCRz8ICyGmyCTH.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/Q5vszz6I3UxSeuu1.jpg

2025-03-21 13:37:20

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Didn’t know that was a thing in Uvita :-) Well done! Water looks surprisingly clear!

2025-03-21 00:56:43

Waiting for a really good tool that can take Figma designs and create truly responsive and factored code.

2025-03-20 23:20:58

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Timely, as just giving comments back to @npub1qvu…m3rx on UX/UI for the Nostr training app :-)

2025-03-20 23:19:53

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Great work!

2025-03-20 23:12:17

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What ya do?

2025-03-20 13:23:27

Take note vibe coders :-)
#note1yt2…wky0

2025-03-20 13:22:35

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PR on existing app > another new app :-)

2025-03-20 12:58:10

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To vibe code from? I would look at MLS implementations if looking to vibe code something. Although without a good simplified framework to implement it sounds pretty darn complicated! FYI @npub1zuu…c2uc

2025-03-20 12:56:02

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Looking forward to MLS implementations.

2025-03-19 16:41:31

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How do we get this?! :-)

2025-03-19 16:37:50

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Does it run on Linux? :-)

2025-03-19 14:37:13

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Pretty sure that’s how I found out about it too. Thanks @npub1sg6…f63m

2025-03-19 08:39:58

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I once it heard it described that super computers “borrow processing power from multiverses”. Personally not into multiverse theory - sounds way too inefficient use of process power.

2025-03-19 01:56:03

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Currently running Open Web locally with deepseek-r1:14b with files uploaded to a knowledgebase. But yeah, might look into hooking it into something like Perplexity for a bit more oomph.

2025-03-18 20:55:58

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https://i.nostr.build/ZiiWXBMvmRBMRFih.jpg

2025-03-18 01:09:24

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But i’d prefer the data on Nostr :-)

2025-03-18 00:51:39

Anyone working on a workout app for Nostr? @npub1xts…kk5s
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1816

2025-03-17 16:15:20

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*top dog

2025-03-15 19:01:36

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Yeah, has been amazing. Has been a trial of working more remotely as well. Starlink has been pretty great (albeit “Elon bad”). Time zone has been challenging working UK/EU timezones (took some time off, then half-days). Daughter got involved and tried out some local schools too.

2025-03-14 15:50:55

Feature requests @npub1864…t2tq:
- Ability to filter to business types (e.g. I want to know restaurants that accept Bitcoin near me)
- Ability to see comments / pictures on a location, ie.e Nostr integration**
- Easier to click on a location to see details (some quirky behaviour on iOS here where it zooms back out and I loose which one I clicked on).
- Ability to click on a website for it.
** Figured out how to do this one?
PS I know what you’re gonna say @npub1cn6…wt8a ;-)

2025-03-13 17:45:17

Me? Just hangin’ around. Puerto Barillas, El Salvador. https://i.nostr.build/QWX1nwlN6L8KBOkL.jpg

2025-03-12 03:11:22

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Keep me in the loop for a self-custodial implementation. I’d like to work in that if possible :-)

2025-03-12 03:05:12

Hummingbird. Los Naranjos Town Houses, Los Naranjos, El Salvador. #losnaranjos #elsalvador @npub1wdz…2z0e @npub1sfp…cq9l https://i.nostr.build/G4WmbxEYF3bgS03B.jpg

2025-03-12 03:01:56

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And where are we with self-custodial Lightning integration (not looked at Arc yet we spoke about)? LDK a goer yet?

2025-03-07 18:24:17

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Wow, never knew that. From ChatGPT:
Yes, Alfred Nobel was involved in the production of explosives and weapons. He was a chemist, engineer, and inventor best known for inventing dynamite. Nobel held numerous patents related to explosives, and his inventions were widely used in construction, mining, and warfare. He also owned weapons and armaments factories, including Bofors, which he transformed from an iron and steel producer into a major arms manufacturer.
It is believed that his decision to establish the Nobel Prizes was influenced by a premature obituary published about him, which condemned him as a “merchant of death” due to his involvement in explosives and weapons production. This may have motivated him to leave a legacy that recognized and rewarded contributions to peace, science, and literature.

2025-03-07 18:10:33

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Ones I can think of (in addition to tax paid in it):
(a) if departments under budget, savings go into SBR (are governments ever under budget though?!)
(b) additional seizures
(c) sales of the other crypto
(d) deals with miners (he mentioned keen for mining in US)
(e) sale of other assets such as gold / foreign reserve currency
(f) donations :-)
Any others?

2025-03-05 14:32:54

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Ah, so you are “M M M”?! :-)

2025-03-05 13:32:53

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Correct, sound principles.

2025-03-05 13:20:47

GM x Picked this up from @npub17cy…4ml3 https://i.nostr.build/lyr5tEcsYVNQslPb.jpg

2025-03-04 20:41:00

Still some orange gaps. @npub17cy…4ml3 #sansalvador #bitcoin https://i.nostr.build/STxy2DFPE0crkoiW.jpg

2025-03-04 16:44:03

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Nice. You mean it generates the audio for it even?

2025-03-04 03:00:08

Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador, El Salvador. #sansalvador I decided best to not join the queue for confession. https://i.nostr.build/j2OalA5mMZHzdZwy.jpg

2025-03-02 18:40:20

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👀

2025-03-02 18:38:49

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Have Shopify allowed for a better flow now? Used to be it would take you to the confirmation of order page but user would have to then go on to pay …

2025-03-02 02:31:26

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I thought “snuff” was the preferred choice in parliament.

2025-03-01 14:57:52

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Nice, I was thinking the other day that people’s pay slips should list how the tax is being divided between departments. Would start off a very long payslip! But would help drive down the number of departments of government with time.

2025-03-01 14:04:49

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It’s all about the prompt and the training though. How could we ensure it reflects our principles?

2025-03-01 13:41:47

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Unfortunately I think so. And the UK/EU (in particular UK and France) seem eager to fill the void of the US.

2025-03-01 13:34:05

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Seems a generally well-constructed peace deal arrangement.
However, what’s the reasoning behind Zelensky (apparently) not wanting at least a cease fire? I can only assume:
- The terms of the cease were too ludicrous to be able to accept
- A cease fire makes a peace deal more likely, and for whatever reasons he doesn’t want that (e.g. corruption).

2025-03-01 03:17:41

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Sounds interesting :-)

2025-03-01 03:00:41

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A good soup spoon?

2025-03-01 02:58:03

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What’s the workflow you are using?

2025-03-01 02:30:24

Today I used SINPE in Sierpe to pay for lunch using my Bitcoin Lightning bakance in a very remote cafe in Costa Rica.
SINPE (Sistema Nacional de Pagos Electrónicos) is Costa Rica’s national electronic payments system, managed by the Central Bank of Costa Rica. The SINPE mobile allows for a mobile phone to be linked to a bank account.
Using @npub14f2…v7lu I signed up with @npub18ul…dcl9. To make the purchase I then enter the SINPE mobile number and the balance is instantly sent to the vendor and received in Colones (local currency).
Thanks @npub1tay…jg5y and @npub1t28…nkzs. Makes living on a Bitcoin standard easier here in Costa Rica. https://i.nostr.build/Wh36tIyWkwxC4trn.jpg https://i.nostr.build/EHf3QVItIrR1LdSc.jpg https://i.nostr.build/mNnkXkAvrYXG5T8a.jpg

2025-02-28 22:51:01

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Pretty shocking really. To be fair he’s right that Zelensky doesn’t have a good hand to play. My concern is that Starmer (and Europe) seem keen to fill the void to continue the war rather than get it finished.

2025-02-28 12:53:58

GM + Pura Vida https://i.nostr.build/PL1sceeRbEFoWRsT.jpg

2025-02-27 01:30:06

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This looks cool. Where do you buy these from?

2025-02-25 21:36:57

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Oh that a thing? Actually would be a pretty bold move. I think people have been talking about this as a logical move back with the roaring kitty shenanigans.

2025-02-25 20:51:09

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Ha ha It's all about the prompt ;-)

2025-02-25 20:47:38

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Great idea!

2025-02-25 16:10:58

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*bet if

2025-02-23 01:10:55

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Centralisation of power attracts exactly the kind of people we don’t want in power like moths to a light.

2025-02-22 16:07:38

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Or you can just earn Sats with great content and spend those :-)

2025-02-22 15:06:44

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Many other devs helping yet? A “first issue” tag would be good (if not already). Have starred the repo. Not got a great laptop for dev with me atm. But we definitely need better (and more private) messaging apps.

2025-02-22 14:58:45

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You mentioned some help needed. What are the main things outstanding?

2025-02-22 14:55:13

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Sounds like a good demo app is needed first … ?

2025-02-22 14:50:04

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Underlying framework for messaging quite simple and the difficulty abstracted away? Watched a video way back and looked “non trivial” to code it up. What main features are still needed? UX/UI stuff is generally easier to start on …

2025-02-22 14:22:19

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White Noise is the MLS client? What’s it created using?

2025-02-22 00:12:01

Toucan. Uvita, Costa Rica. February 2025. @npub14f2…v7lu #Uvita https://i.nostr.build/QWeSK4FdJN6FfJY6.jpg

2025-02-02 20:09:08

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Van life?!

2025-01-22 17:06:19

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How does it get posted to Nostr?

2025-01-22 12:22:03