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Matt Warren

Objectivism🔸Computer Science🔸Emergency Medicine🔸Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Czar

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2025-03-30 04:31:59

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Internet litter is only going to get worse with AI. We will need filters for sanity at some point.

2025-03-30 01:35:26

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I didn't realize you could disable them.

2025-03-30 01:28:59

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I think it's different if people are up front about the fact that they have no clue what they're doing. Then everyone is on the same page. But I doubt that's how most people will do it. Like you've posted things you've vibed up with warnings. That's ethical in my opinion. Not disclosing and releasing would be unethical to me.

2025-03-30 01:22:24

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Vibing I can get on board with. 😂

2025-03-30 01:21:43

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I would hide them entirely in my client if I had the option. At least for now. They've always been a shit show for me.

2025-03-30 01:20:00

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My opinion: Something that seems to work but the maker can't say why or how. This is exactly how people end up getting rekt. It's cool for applications that aren't safety-critical. Have a blast. But just letting Jesus take the wheel for cryptography and other critical systems is retarded. It's just going to erode trust and respect for the profession and software if someone is dumb enough to "vibe" together a substantial system. That's shit code to me.
Good doesn't mean mistakes are never made. The difference is that an engineer can articulate why a decision was made and learn from errors as they are discovered. Rinse and repeat, making everyone better. AI will eventually help with that, of course, but it isn't there yet (if it ever will be) and people are going to FAFO. That's just what we do. I wouldn't trust anything AI outputs unless the "viber" can understand it and verify it, which makes it shit to me.

2025-03-29 04:48:43

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I still don't know what a hellthread even is.

2025-03-25 23:22:49

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Do you have any favorite relevant resources? I'd like to run one.

2025-03-25 17:43:52

Software developers who don't care at all what users think are morons who shouldn't be software developers.
Imagine if a chef didn't give a hot fuck how his food tasted. What would be his purpose exactly?
Markets solve this issue. Unfortunately, FOSS often has a problem where funding doesn't come directly from users. There's usually a middleman that somehow influences development toward the opinions of those who control the fund rather than users.
Ideally, Nostr will eventually reach a point where development is funded by users so a proper marketplace for features and ideas can form.
I'm not giving to foundations anymore. I'm directly funding developers who value my opinions and needs as a user. If they don't offer an easy way to be paid and offered feedback, fuckem.

2025-03-25 03:07:05

I literally deleted everything else. I just wouldn't use anything if not for Nostr at this point. It's all hot trash. My wife even told me today that she deactivated her Facebook and Instagram because of how shit it makes her feel.
I wish there was more non-Bitcoin/Nostr stuff on Nostr though. Currently, there's little that interests me outside of tech. And that's getting boring because there is little point to any of it outside of us talking about the tech. Lots of circle jerking and GM bullshit.
#nevent1q…58w3

2025-03-18 18:57:46

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Lol Technology promises are frequently made and rarely kept.
There will always be an instance. You may not be funding and maintaining it, but someone will be. They can be distributed or centralized, but there will be instances.
Software isn't magic. Resources are required.

2025-03-18 06:50:27

Power BI is dog shit. The fact that Microsoft is still in business amazes me every time I use one of their products. I'll be happy when school is finished so I can go back to not torturing myself.

2025-03-14 19:47:55

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Sure, after I figure out what that means.

2025-03-10 14:44:38

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Yeah, good luck pal.

2025-03-10 14:34:50

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We at least have an example of a low-value counterargument.

2025-03-10 14:28:34

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Low-value people put out low-value content. High-value people produce their best regardless and produce something else if the money isn't enough for them.
You can look at these things in multiple ways.

2025-03-06 15:51:02

The EU is ran by retards.

2025-03-04 18:19:57

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Thanks for reminding me that Elon and X exist, cornhole. 😂😘

2025-03-02 23:28:55

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I'm just using their default one, but I think you're probably just having the typical alpha/beta software problems. It hasn't been perfect for me either, but I knew it was under heavy development going in. When it does work (it mostly has been), it works really well.

2025-03-02 03:37:05

Minibits is so much better now that I have NWC configured in Amethyst. The entire experience is better than what I was doing. Good lord.

2025-03-02 01:59:31

I am having an annoying issue using it with Amethyst though. I have to go through the welcome screen every time I zap. Kind of obnoxious.
#nevent1q…75za

2025-03-01 22:31:03

Minibits is pretty cool.

2025-02-28 20:32:45

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We differ on defining that as fancy. That's core functionality in my opinion and it fails miserably at being a wallet 99% of the time for me. I wanted it to be my entire wallet, not just something I use for the one or two bits that work. I don't care to switch between apps to cobble together a usuable experience. I'm just not going to use it anymore. That's what a free market is. It'll survive amongst those willing to waste time on it (it's a waste of time in my opinion, but maybe not other people's)

2025-02-28 05:43:14

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Fedora is pretty good if you haven't tried it.

2025-02-28 05:41:12

58k back in play? 😂

2025-02-27 07:51:17

158k gang is on reserve status for now.

2025-02-27 05:05:44

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It needs electricity I guess, but it can be intelligent without necessarily caring if it stays turned on or not. I think we try to apply humanity to the issue when it may not actually be the reality for what could essentially become a new species.

2025-02-27 05:04:03

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Why do you assume that though? You're applying human limitations to a machine. It may end up being intelligent but having no desire or need to ever disobey. It may not necessarily care one way or another. Humans have emotions, needs, medical conditions, and many other things that lead to disobedience. A machine doesn't necessarily have those problems.

2025-01-24 01:12:17

I am unfortunately bouncing from Nostr. I won't waste anymore time on this stuff for no return. I will check back in periodically and definitely when Damus for Android drops.
I guess #YouTubeOnly for now 😂💀
Peace and love to everyone.
✌

2025-01-24 00:46:52

@nprofile…qmxe didn't last long, unfortunately. It keeps asking Amber to sign things without any actions from me and then crashes.
Here is a video if the devs are curious.
GrapheneOS 2025011500 on Pixel 7a
YakiHonne 1.6.4 from Zapstore https://video.nostr.build/e96b422cc67ed945a7d97a3487ebaac33e5602935661e128898533c35a46b530.mp4

2025-01-23 21:54:57

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Primal just uses Strike, but it was one of the few things I actually liked about Primal. I could use it for receipt, not sending without using Primal. They do make zapping shit easy. Will look at CoinOS. Thanks!

2025-01-23 21:26:20

I'm moving on from @nprofile…5fk2 and potentially #Lightning broadly (at least anything other than Strike or Phoenix). It's been cool and all, but I am tapped out on constantly addressing problems. Good luck to the team and I hope it gets better.
I'll figure out some other way to participate in the V4V Nostr thing at some point hopefully, but I'm done for now.
I am open to suggestions that aren't Alby if anyone has them. I'm not interested in paying that much just to zap people. I already take a net loss doing it.
Looking at ecash to see if there's something there. Not sure how it functions alongside people who use Lightning yet or how good it will work for #zaps (if at all). I'm a total noob.

2025-01-23 08:47:58

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DMs are notoriously garbage on Nostr.

2025-01-21 19:36:48

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I'm not sure what it's doing. It says I have over 1M sats on chain but I only had about 100k sats in my Lightning wallet. The UX is confusing.

2025-01-21 19:14:57

I nuked accidentally nuked the phone that had my @nprofile…5fk2 node and funds on it.
I restored using my seed. Does it take several weeks for the funds to reappear automatically or do I need to do something manual after the restore?
#Lightning #Zeus #Bitcoin

2025-01-20 23:22:54

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Didn't watch. Didn't miss much, as expected. Freeing Ross and loosening up on Bitcoin is all I ever half expected out of the next four years. We shall see tomorrow...

2025-01-20 23:05:05

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Lots of things are possible. That doesn't really mean anything. It's possible for someone to give me a house for a handful of grass, but that doesn't mean it will or should happen.

2025-01-19 17:18:54

So the US can just steal things by banning them. That's all this says to me. This is NOT a "joint venture." This is coming in after TikTok's success and just stealing half of the company.
This is a fucking wild proposition that would have no limits. It isn't enough that companies are taxed and regulated, but they now have to outright forfeit half of their ownership to offer services to Americans who are allegedly free.
The whole thing is bullshit and Trump isn't actually helping anything. The moral solution is to defend companies from government abuse without taking their shit in the process.
More abuse isn't a real defense against abuse.
#nevent1q…8gt0

2025-01-18 21:41:52

I'm also aware that a head start for some devs over others is hard to overcome. There is a circle-jerk network effect at play that I've noticed as a user. I have no doubt that is playing a role. I think it'll get better in the coming years. I hope so at least. Maybe users like me are part of the problem for not going out of the way to explore and support other tech and devs. But it also isn't all on me to have my attention caught in a free market.
#nevent1q…hqda

2025-01-18 21:38:00

Is it possible that all the OpenSats bickering is an indication that there's simply no financial incentive for what's being built?
I get that novel tech has to get off the ground, but there has to be some plan to become self-sustaining at some point.
There may be deeper issues if your work is dead simply because OpenSats won't fund it.
It's not lost on me that it is difficult to build anything that people are willing to pay for (especially in the FOSS space), but no one has a right to donor funding. OpenSats is what it is.
I suspect the current funding model will ultimately result in worse products because developers are incentivized to please OpenSats rather than actual users.
Frankly, I'm more excited about using products that give a fuck what I want and value. I'm willing to pay for that.
There is a chicken or egg component to this that is absolutely a challenge for developers. No doubt. But if your users aren't willing to support you and you need OpenSats money...maybe you just don't have a viable product for the current market. Or you lack marketing. Maybe you're just unlucky and have an excellent product that has gone unnoticed. I have many thoughts, but I don't have all the answers.

2025-01-18 17:09:22

Happy Clown Day.
$TRUMP

2025-01-18 17:08:46

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That's how idiots end up in a cage. We aren't so powerful yet that we can win that battle. Getting yourself sidelined for tax evasion isn't going to help anyone.

2025-01-15 06:32:36

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This is why I keep one year of food stored. Not perfect, of course, but most people can't make it a month.

2025-01-10 01:05:40

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I wish Elon had a public npub so I could tell him to dunk deez nuts.

2025-01-09 22:45:20

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I wonder if the Mullvad Browser would be a contender here.

2025-01-09 17:03:19

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In the US, public schools are so mind numbing that it isn't a mystery why so many college students are uninspiring. They were first uninspired and broken down by the state to meet the level of the lowest common denominator. Everything is for a corporate testing company.

2025-01-09 17:00:33

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This isn't feasible unless the broader culture actually values this. They don't. Most colleges would go broke doing this.
It's a self-feeding mechanism that is tough to break. Frankly, I think the best chance we currently have is to get the best people in we can and then expose them to the stuff during the program. People then have to choose for themselves. Hopefully the broader culture will change over time. I do think private (and leaner) colleges would have a good chance of making this work though.
It's a complex issue, but I agree with the intent.

2025-01-09 16:46:53

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How does one enforce such a requirement? It's impossible to prove whether one is genuine. The best they can do is require relevant courses, which most colleges do. Mine did.

2025-01-09 16:26:24

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I have it added to my relays now, so that should make it direct now? Relays still confuse me.

2025-01-09 16:12:56

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Well, can I still pay the sats to somewhere? 😂

2025-01-09 16:10:32

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JESUS. I had no idea lol

2025-01-09 16:08:21

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It won't let me paste or type anything. The box just says enter pubk. I assumed it meant npub, but maybe that assumption was wrong.

2025-01-09 16:03:32

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Not sure who runs it, but the web page won't let me enter a pub key to pay.

2025-01-09 15:11:45

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Self-defense isn't genocide.

2025-01-09 06:30:21

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Few things rival being intellectually stimulated by another person.

2025-01-09 06:17:59

There is nothing like oversimplifying a complex issue with a shitty meme.
It looks like cope far more than an intelligent position on the technical and philosophical merits of a given choice.
There are pro's and cons for both. Reducing that fact to this is retarded. It's also a fallacy.
I don't even really care what people use either. It's just stupid to pretend as though there are no differences worth considering or debating.
#nevent1q…zr06

2025-01-08 22:20:14

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If it matters, I have it installed and updated using Obtainium.
It just occurred to me to check permissions and battery optimization settings for your reference. I thought I had it set to not optimize for battery, but I was wrong. I disabled battery optimization to see if that's causing the issue.
I apologize if that was the issue. It's plausible.
@nprofile…5fk2

2025-01-08 22:16:29

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Absolutely. It actually crashed when I went to see the version. I also have it running persistently so I can receive zaps, so some process there could be why it seems random.
Zeus 0.9.4
GrapheneOS (I guess the build number is the version: 2024123000)
Pixel 7a Unlocked
I'm not sure what you mean by wallet type.

2025-01-08 21:48:19

@nprofile…5fk2 is crashing a lot. I don't know why. It just does often and at seemingly random times.

2025-01-08 21:11:45

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Golf is the only sport that matters.

2025-01-08 20:46:00

Nostr DMs are garbage (for me) and I'd hide them entirely if I could. I pretty much did that by just not clicking the icon in #Amethyst. It makes more sense to put an indictor on the messages icon if you insist that I see them (this is a rational setting if you have DM). I've gotten two DMs that weren't spam during my entire time using Nostr. Putting that into my notifications is really pissing me off, when I could have been left to just passively ignore DMs like I had been.
I'm having my face rubbed in DM shit and I'm not a fan. I also had my face rubbed in drafts shit and had to work around that.
Having your face rubbed in shit as a user really sucks. And if you can't manage user choice for features, then your app has too many.
Amethyst is passing the tipping point of being more annoying than useful for me. I know it doesn't matter and nothing will change in the development mentality for this software. That's fine and has been made abundantly clear. I'm searching for alts. But I hope this is at least useful to someone out there doing stuff involving UX for #Nostr.

2025-01-08 20:10:17

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I didn't give anything. I would if I could zap though.

2025-01-08 19:56:10

This is an example of what I mean. I would #zap this on #Nostr, but I can't because YouTube...
It's kind of wild that we already have real "internet points" (#Bitcoin) and so few people realize it yet.
https://image.nostr.build/d941b53f5db5d03a1f6d2d28e6158da64473232eebe9823c7e14f125c2244851.jpg
#nevent1q…dahf

2025-01-08 04:04:57

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https://image.nostr.build/9ed54bc4e56ff6aac88a0c7a8e13e9eb6f7fbd5633fed789e1a30669b5b0c838.gif

2025-01-08 03:40:58

CamelCaseGFY

2025-01-08 03:39:41

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It drives engagement.

2025-01-08 03:37:36

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I don't get it either. It took me five minutes to decide it isn't worth my time. The concept is, but not a proprietary shit option.

2025-01-07 23:05:35

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Allegedly hypothetical

2025-01-07 20:19:25

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It doesn't matter. People get lost in the weeds for things that make no difference. Just do whatever improves your life. I told you how I currently use Bitcoin with where I am in this adoption story. I'm wealthier in Bitcoin and fiat terms than I was before I adopted Bitcoin in any capacity.
Results speak. Analysis paralysis never earned me anything.

2025-01-07 20:05:19

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Welcome to the storyline for every new technology ever. You can't just expect the benefits of mass adoption all up front. The World Wide Web didn't immediately make working remotely possible. You couldn't just video chat with people. Now you can basically live on the internet if you really want to.
For me, I understand how adoption works and do the best I can with where the world currently is for Bitcoin adoption. For me, that looks like fiat landing into an account, my bills pulling from that pool, and everything else being converted to Bitcoin. "Buying" Bitcoin with fiat is no different than buying a sandwich with Bitcoin. It's all trade in the end, and fiat currencies are still the dominant form of "money" for most people. Intermediates like me and you are the people who push adoption forward. Future people will just come online and think it all happened overnight.
I don't think everyone can live entirely on Bitcoin. I think that's a myth perpetuated by a small portion of influencers who love much differently than most humans can or will right now. But I also don't think it's reasonable to expect to at this point. I'm effectively on a Bitcoin standard, even if I get paid in fiat. I won't accept it as payment when it can no longer be traded for Bitcoin. By that point, I imagine it will be possible to be paid in Bitcoin or a relevant layer like ecash, etc.

2025-01-07 19:55:23

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Apologies if you mean this in a different way. It's hard to tell from the text.

2025-01-07 19:35:06

Nostr has hit a critical milestone in how I judge technology.
I'm having at minimum one experience per day where I think "Oh, Nostr easily fixes that." And that's if I'm being a potato. Usually, I'm having this experience multiple times per day in real life, particularly when using YouTube or a similar media solution.
For example, I just watched a YouTube video with Adam Savage where he said he couldn't do a particular project because it can't be monetized on YouTube.
This is an example of a centralized platform directly hindering creativity. This wouldn't happen on Nostr.
The future is bright, fam.

2025-01-07 05:08:45

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It's not like they can't just spin up a key pair in five seconds and free themselves. Is it really slavery if one chooses it? Fuckem.

2025-01-07 05:05:34

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I was a lazy fuck and used PHP to automate it 😂

2025-01-06 16:35:55

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For what it's worth, I'm also unable to zap @nprofile…rm9g or @nprofile…h9ef. I use my external Zeus wallet to send and receive zaps. I am able to zap @nprofile…2sfc and others fine.

2025-01-06 02:21:30

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@nprofile…pyug do know of any good resources on how to build these? I have so many GIFs...

2025-01-03 17:24:03

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On the other hand, my model could inspire complacency, and yours less for honest devs. Any system can and will be abused. At this point I just want to be pestered as little as possible and do what I can to make that happen while paying devs. But an ask with every update is a great way to get uninstalled by me if I can't do things my current way and be left alone.

2025-01-03 00:55:31

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But I also think of future scenarios where someone like the US president or White House has an official Nostr nsec. It's a joke now only because it's so niche. Everyone having everything on it (which seems to be the desire of many devs) would change the stakes massively IMO.

2025-01-03 00:19:50

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The purists wouldn't put it into an app either. It should be like Bitcoin cold hardware. Or at least an option. I suspect that will happen in time.

2025-01-01 15:41:22

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I didn't think Panspermia was a bad contender. But I also don't understand why life necessarily had to start elsewhere if it had to start somewhere. It very well could have started here as a chemical reaction.

2025-01-01 14:49:57

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What's kind of funny is that I came to Nostr to see what @nprofile…qft7 was up to. Ended up deleting everything else and going Nostr only.
Gotta be the change you want to see and all that shit.

2025-01-01 14:48:51

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Hahahahaha

2025-01-01 14:47:48

Meanwhile, I'm just posting notes and zapping mother fuckers with no idea what's happening on X until I see a note about it.
About to be sipping coffee while I go back to not giving a shit. These people have another option and refuse to use it.
Happy 2025.
Fuck X (WeChat of the West). Long live Nostr and Bitcoin.
#nevent1q…4qfj

2024-12-09 05:16:05

If you disagree, fuck off and block me. I don't care.
#nevent1q…602l

2024-12-09 05:14:05

Racism is a garbage, archaic ideology.

2024-12-09 05:08:53

Morons are plentiful on Nostr. Fortunately, they're still a minority.

2024-12-09 02:59:11

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It was freaky as shit when I was a kid.

2024-12-08 19:30:29

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Amethyst. I'm not sure there's a functional difference between the terms.

2024-12-08 06:46:21

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Nice try with the intellectual card though.

2024-12-08 06:44:30

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I'm not a fanboy. I'm just not a retarded dumb ass.

2024-12-08 06:43:51

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I forget X exists until someone posts something like this.

2024-12-08 06:42:49

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Yeah, he's just been so awful. https://video.nostr.build/d71a9be727c30741508c958515dc170ed48b773f63fa4548a5222ab1392f2dc7.mp4

2024-12-08 04:41:16

What the fuck is synthetic fraud?
#nevent1q…03tq

2024-12-08 03:32:20

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I'm leaning more toward that as well. I may not fully ignore people, but I'm not sending much through those networks anymore. Just enough to setup an in person meeting or simple response at most.

2024-12-08 03:25:33

I convinced three friends to use Signal with me over the past couple days. 💪
🖕SMS/MMS

2024-12-08 03:07:40

I'm convinced that enshitification is a real thing.
#nevent1q…nxva

2024-12-08 03:06:43

Amazon on mobile is basically like sifting through a basket of sponsored product ads.
It's ridiculous, and I suspect you just aren't going to see products unless they're paying Amazon for ad placement.
Who needs products that are ranked by quality and/or customer satisfaction when fake reviews and ad purchases are an option?

2024-12-08 02:32:17

Primal is the only zap experience I can recall that wasn't absolutely fucking annoying.

2024-12-08 02:30:53

I think it's more fair to say #Minibits is alpha at this point.
Any recommendations for other eCash wallets that are ready for real use?

2024-12-08 02:09:36

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Fuck off and suck your own ass.