BaronBurdock

Y2K Amish. Civilization peaked in 1999

Public Key

npub1u6j0u5aakylx0qp2wl8g0rmvfhhlp4vdl8f3g23n8wfqgx4faw5qvsq7z8

NIP-05 Address

BaronBurdock@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

BaronBurdock@coinos.io

Profile Code

nprofile1qqswdf872w7mz0n8sq480n583akymmls6kxln5c59genhysyr257h2qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0g2xleh

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relay.primal.net

relay.damus.io

relay.chakany.systems

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npub1u6j0u5aakylx0qp2wl8g0rmvfhhlp4vdl8f3g23n8wfqgx4faw5qvsq7z8

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2025-04-09 10:04:35

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Haven't heard of that one. Will check it out. I wish more clients would adopt Nostter's feature of being able look at posts by a certain date.
None of them do infinite scroll all that well, and search is still rough, so if you are hunting for an old post its the best way to do it.

2025-04-07 22:00:26

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The Derp Wolf™

2025-04-07 21:54:10

Hear me out: we get the CRISPR machines running again, and we make one of those dire wolves, but with the personality of a golden retriever. Then I'll be sold on the technology.

2025-04-04 11:05:48

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We need an effective way on Nostr to see who likes pineapple on pizza, and who doesn't have taste.

2025-04-04 10:26:10

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It's through the Mostr bridge. I don't think I've ever seen anyone from the BCH camp on here.

2025-04-02 12:35:14

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Next you are going to tell me that playing Mortal Kombat back in the day didn't make us all violent killers too.

2025-03-26 23:54:58

The Ghibli AI stuff is fun. Can we a get a Dr. Seuss version too?

2025-03-25 17:20:55

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This one thread has more engagement than most Nostr posts I will come across this year haha.
I find engagement to be about the same, but I don't think the growth is there. Maybe this is just a niche thing and we have to accept it.

2025-02-18 16:35:02

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Yeah, to be fair, they did say it was experimental and not to put a whole lot in too.

2025-02-17 18:26:16

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I don't think it recognizes Amethysts block/mutes. I muted a shit load of Reply Guys and Gals.

2025-02-08 20:47:18

"Hey. Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" - ESPN
https://image.nostr.build/2b8d3b15e2f4af618acc0d1902c93370ea84ffc171f5d82e364a30179b70fd86.jpg

2025-01-26 19:04:21

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🫡, next time I head south I need to find this guy's food cart.

2025-01-23 15:18:43

If the key to immortality is forcing your family members to share their boner data with you (and the internet), I'd gladly choose to stay mortal and die.
https://image.nostr.build/505b5897bec0dbe80d6845040e7478b083d4c497097ebbfbd76bd3d0a0da0c05.jpg

2025-01-20 13:22:46

Gee that's odd, why would Fauci need a pardon?

2025-01-17 19:12:24

The odds are, somewhere, someone running GrapheneOS has installed RedNote. I want to meet that person.

2025-01-08 19:19:40

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I'm just giving Xbox shit, although it would be interesting if they did that, its been their marketing lately. Come to think of it, they might have to do some form of cloud option for future games just to keep them running on the Series S which doesnt have a ton of ram if I remember right. I bet Nintendo wouldn't allow it even if Microsoft wanted to.

2025-01-08 19:10:50

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Everything is an Xbox right, so they should get right on this haha
https://image.nostr.build/4d7250ebe217e36974eb96cb87366fb7448bbd642b6970c6aa65a38e64182052.jpg

2025-01-08 19:06:07

People will complain about literally anything. Case and point, Kotaku.
I would argue that a souped-up Switch is what is needed right now. Not everything that Nintendo makes needs to be a gimmick.
#gamestr
https://kotaku.com/switch-2-joy-con-nintendo-new-features-1851735307

2025-01-06 22:43:44

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Thats it. That's the one.
https://image.nostr.build/67af60057ff6812a6e4a274183eefc1678e565c35d733cfd89c59c6181126787.gif

2025-01-06 03:11:15

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We're probably already there haha

2025-01-04 23:50:29

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I don't think so. I think Grok is just making up stuff. You can ask Grok about your positivity. The first time it gave me a 38 out of 100, similar to what other people are seeing, I rephrased the question and got this response.

2025-01-04 23:37:32

I save my positivity for everyone here...
#nostr
https://image.nostr.build/cc43ecc7f0be3ed6832df8c22525a61a1c53ec540b048aa397806e9b6d324361.jpg

2025-01-04 19:29:22

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What's your scotch of choice?

2025-01-02 15:17:58

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Its wild how long that ones languished in development hell. My guess is that it will end up being a Switch 2 game at this point. I've seen people with preorders from Amazon from when it was originally announced which is crazy.

2025-01-02 14:25:04

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Hahaha, that GIF is perfect. I said it was the good shit, I didn't say it made for good shits or didnt turn your intestines into knots haha.

2025-01-02 14:22:33

Metroid Prime 4 or Hollow Knight: Silksong. What do we see first? #gamestr

2025-01-02 03:23:51

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Online, occasionally.
IRL, frequently.

2024-12-29 23:47:02

If your Nostr feed gets a little stale, a little too bitcoin heavy, start a nostr dev fight. Instantly your feed will be much more interesting.

2024-12-25 04:10:46

White Christmas locked in.
https://image.nostr.build/7d177e818c7cbd1eedf84d475f1d6688a84ff9ac16c3efa485ba1d11f9732830.jpg

2024-12-24 22:49:27

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I was hoping someone would have answered this, I've been wondering as well.

2024-12-23 12:36:49

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There's a lot to unpack there haha. Sounds like the whole modern engagement ring idea needs to be rethought. In the old days a man who broke off an engagement could be sued for breach of promise for ruining the future prospects of the woman, so the ring was sort of collateral. If there's no societal view that the woman suffered a loss why are guys forking out for expensive rings?

2024-12-23 11:56:13

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I honestly would take less content in the game and let them knock off a couple bucks. I'm picking on Final Fantasy because I'm playing Rebirth next, but they'll all like that. Give me 10 to 20 hours for a non-rpg, and like 30 to 40 for an RPG, I'm good after that.

2024-12-23 11:52:01

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It's perfectly safe and legal.

2024-12-23 11:51:15

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I'll have to look up BlisSTer. I wonder if it works with the MiSTerpis. At around $190, the MiSTerpis are interesting to me (if they ever stay in stock), but I saw everyone either yanking the cord or using an inline switch on their cable which is insane to me. $450 is a premium product, why is there no on/off switch.

2024-12-22 23:22:13

The MiSTer costs around $500. Surely for $500 (the cost of a PS5), it comes with an on/off switch...

2024-12-22 20:29:06

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*Be

2024-12-22 20:28:30

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This has to one of the dumbest times in history.

2024-12-22 19:35:45

Car battery died again, this time I did the right thing and replaced it. There's a $10 deposit and then a $10 refund when you return the dead battery. All this administrative hassle just to deprive the ocean of the beautiful dead car batteries it craves.
https://image.nostr.build/87984453e097054248be5741720378a8e99bfb3d7a8524de4a384e9e2c056a98.jpg

2024-12-19 15:21:37

I think people look at Nostr and see limitless potential, and they come up with all these use cases where Nostr could be a better alternative to what's out there. When these ideas don't take off they get disappointed.
I think this is illustrates a lack of focus though. Nostr has about 20,000 daily average users. No one is yelling asking for Nostr to take on these uses, the people here just want microblogging (and a place to talk about bitcoin).
Be realistic with Nostr. Most people don't want what Nostr offers which is censorship resistance. They want censorship. They want the days of ban-happy Twitter to return. Focus on making the best microblogging experience for those concerned with censorship. If the userbase expands, then consider other things.

2024-12-14 22:59:39

Time to beat including sidequests:
* Final Fantasy - 18.5 Hours
* Final Fantasy VI - 40.5 Hours
* Final Fantasy X - 68.5 Hours
* Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 91.5 Hours
My boomer gamer take for the day: games are getting too fucking long. #gamestr

2024-12-14 16:13:41

I like John Carvalho's BIP in theory. All the points he raises make sense to me.
The problem is, it's too late for a change like this - bitcoin is the system, sats are the unit. You have a better chance of getting the US on the metric system than making this change.

2024-12-14 12:01:01

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I've never touched a Souls-like game, but I've wanted to. What's the best intro? Start with the Demon Souls remake?

2024-12-12 16:45:52

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I have minibits and coinos ready to go for this exact same reason, but so far I haven't figured out how to make it work.

2024-12-05 20:49:30

Idea: a nostr bot that looks for offensive posts, and then replies with a mock Twitter suspension notice screen including the text of the post, just for old time sake. I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

2024-12-05 11:02:42

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More for a bit, then it will settle into the normal pattern of small increases when stays the same too long, when it drops a lot, or when it jumps a lot.

2024-12-04 13:11:23

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Adoption and more UI/UX refinements in the clients. More work on groups/communities would be a plus.

2024-12-01 15:39:33

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That's helpful because I've wondered about the fjrehose. How expensive is it to spin up a new relay?

2024-12-01 14:20:38

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The purple pill comes in a convenient gel capsule or an unpleasant suppository. Looks like they will be opting for the suppository.

2024-12-01 14:07:39

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I've been watching the Openvibe project, I'm curious to see how it matures. I wish it existed two years ago when I moved from Mastodon over to Nostr.
I suspect the ActivityPub side of things is pretty stable at this point. Nostr has to be a challenge for them because its constantly changing. Openvibe messes up my relay list because a lot of clients have moved to the outbox model. I don't know a whole lot about AT, but I have this sneaking suspicion that as it grows its going to face a lot of pressure to lock things down.
Definitely a lot of moving pieces to contend with.

2024-12-01 13:36:45

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I try to do the same. Of the open protocols out there, Nostr is the most interesting to me because it still has that homebrew vibe to it. People are coming up with weird ways to interact with nostr that I don't see on the others. More non-btc related content would be great.

2024-12-01 12:41:20

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We got our computer in 1995. It was a Dell of some sort if I remember right. I'm thinking 8 MB. My dad was never one to skimp on electronics, but he never went top of the line either, so I don't think he would have bought a PC with 4 MB or 16 MB.

2024-12-01 12:23:59

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No SMS or 7800 here, but I do have have a NES and a Twin Famicom. I modded the NES to use expansion audio using one of Voultar's boards. I also had to boil the pin connector because this thing just wouldn't read games. The Twin Famicom probably needs a recap because the sound is noisy. The FDS drive still works in it so I've been reluctant to open it up. Someday I want to mod it to write disks as well.
https://image.nostr.build/94b422c30171920da6b8399956b9a26d19a0985ab87dd4afba8ff731b006370e.jpg

2024-12-01 12:13:15

No hits on the second generation of video games either, let's see if there are any nostriches out there with third generation consoles sitting under their TV's.
https://image.nostr.build/6c0d432cd7eb1d64257c884b9f0a9ec33f35fbdd8005c880888ed9a5342b900b.jpg
The third generation of video games refers to consoles from around 1983 to 1993. It is commonly referred to as the 8-bit era and includes the NES/Famicom, the Sega Master System, and the Atari 7800.
Drop a picture in the replies from your collection for a badge. We'll tackle the fourth generation in January.
#gamestr #retrogaming #videogames #gaming

2024-11-30 03:17:46

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I'll be honest, I think your reasoning seems flimsy here in that you are just doing it because people might want it.
There was a fork of Amethyst called Garnet that added Monero tipping. I was curious how Nostr would handle something non-Bitcoin so I followed that for a bit.
It crashed and burned, that said, there was a user demand for that. Are you adding space for Monero addresses because people should be free to put what they want in their profile?

2024-11-28 15:17:31

People are all butt hurt about Elon starting an AI generated game company, but refuse to acknowledge the fact that most games created today are so uninspired they might as well be AI creations. What's the difference between an AI creation and something that's glued together in a boardroom?
(The big exception here is the indie scene. Small projects still show a lot of love.)

2024-11-28 01:12:43

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Thats good to know. Thanks!

2024-11-23 22:39:36

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The answer probably is, it can't. There's no incentive for that guy to leave Twitter. There's more of an incentive that someone already on nostr or a nostr newcomer comes here and starts developing a following. They'll probably never get any attention on Twitter because they are small fish in a small pond. Here, they might get some traction.

2024-11-23 15:42:08

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Fit looks good, a tad loose

2024-11-22 19:08:13

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This was a pretty interesting read, even for a lay person. I don't love Bluesky because I don't see what problem it solves other than functioning as a complicated Twitter clone. Nostr and Mastodon are trying to solve some problem, just doing it differently.
They could have dropped all the aspirations of being federated and decentralized and would have had less headaches. Just be a really good Twitter clone.

2024-11-22 02:14:40

New Primal looks slick...needs signer support though. You just can't go slipping your nsec into every pretty new thing that comes around.

2024-11-19 13:25:18

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It blows my mind the degree to which people don't care about those things. There's a certain crowd that wants heavy-handed moderation and always will. Fine.
There's also a lot of people that claim they want freedom, and then can't even be bothered to crosspost. Liberty twitter sleeping on nostr is insane.

2024-11-19 12:59:56

The Fast and Furious series is really running out ideas.
https://www.loudersound.com/news/sammy-hagar-tequila-heist

2024-11-19 04:18:49

Thanks @nprofile…wxpj
#nevent1q…fzye

2024-11-19 04:02:50

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Income tax by far. It discourages productive work and has allowed them to creep their way into our lives even more.

2024-11-19 03:09:34

I've been playing through Flea for the NES. It's a fun homebrew and I'm really looking forward to the sequel...
...but I can't remember the last time I've cursed out the TV this much. 80 levels x 5 f-bombs each. My office sounds like a Scorsese movie.
#retrogaming #gamestr
https://image.nostr.build/fb3fb8011f70c1a7deed4d34efc0144a349fdbd9f211e9e14ee6e07f9b9aba2f.jpg

2024-11-19 01:35:39

Had to take my son to the doctors today. They were backed up because its cold and flu season. They called another kids name that sounded like my son's. We got up before realizing the mixup. The music in the waiting area was Rick Astley.
We got fucking rickrolled at the doctors.

2024-11-18 23:36:48

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I'll take one, first badge

2024-11-18 18:53:17

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😬. I don't know if this is a chicken or egg thing, but Bluesky's list culture is pretty awful. I know starter packs are different, but one persons starter pack is another persons blocklist.
They trade around lists to block and celebrate it. I don't know if the app encouraged that or if its the clientele running wild with a basic feature, but wouldn't want that here. I can see it already, everyone making blocklists of shitcoiners to circulate.

2024-11-18 18:27:31

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I think its more than just the devs though. Early on, I remember all the bitcoin podcasts were talking about nostr, and around that time bitcoinhackers on mastodon was shut down and people basically moved to nostr, etc. I don't remember anyone caring about nostr but bitcoiners.
I don't blame the client devs for that. So we find ourselves in this weird place where bitcoin is keeping nostr active, but its probably holding it back as well.

2024-11-18 13:21:19

The funny thing about ActivityPub, Nostr, and the AT Protocol, is that when its all said and done, and through various bridges, relays, and frontends everything is interoperable (but we can control what gets posted where), we basically have just have recreated Google+ Circles.

2024-11-18 11:44:12

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Are nostr clients really actively filtering posts like that though? I've been under the impression that nostr is bitcoin-centric, so people just gravitate toward that topic.

2024-11-18 11:10:20

I started rewatching Boardwalk Empire and it got me thinking, for as little as I drink, I could have stockpiled enough booze to get me through the 13 years.
I would have been a belligerent asshole towards Temperance League types though, and I probably would have held a grudge afterwards.

2024-11-18 02:58:50

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You made 58 block lists too. https://nostrcheck.me/media/e6a4fe53bdb13e67802a77ce878f6c4deff0d58df9d3142a333b92041aa9eba8/46ffc3460e716f316e4950c298fe8564f38d5da58c9f26cd1f18a72c1e31fa20.webp

2024-11-17 21:06:20

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It's pretty brutal. A lot of people that I followed from Twitter went over there, but I don't love it.

2024-11-17 19:29:16

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Looks like images are automatically uploaded to nostrcheck dot me. It doesn't give you an option yet to change to nostr dot build or anything like that.

2024-11-17 19:19:47

Another Openvibe test. I'm curious how it handles image uploads. Here's a random picture of a smiling dog. Mastodon and Bluesky seem simple enough, but I'm curious where the image lives on the Nostr-side. https://nostrcheck.me/media/e6a4fe53bdb13e67802a77ce878f6c4deff0d58df9d3142a333b92041aa9eba8/a765bf667f6be837c87f0b3c6b4597946c2b0062f516990f2e3d0cbd508d1f83.webp

2024-11-17 16:58:17

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So, it looks like Openvibe moves all the default relays into my Outbox/Inbox list. So this plan to get everyone use 3 or 4 inbox/outbox relays isn't going well.
The shift to Outbox/Inbox was pretty shittily rolled out and explained, so I'm not shocked new apps are still writing to 20 relays.

2024-11-17 16:28:36

Testing out Openvibe.

2024-11-17 14:50:31

The funny thing about Bluesky is that no one actually gives a shit about what it is or what problems it attempted to solve. They just want Twitter without Elon. Bluesky could have saved themselves a lot of headaches (and some awful tradeoffs) just making a true Twitter clone.

2024-11-17 13:50:50

I spent some time digging through some NES homebrew. A lot of single screen games. Wasn't one of the NES's selling points smooth scrolling?

2024-11-16 18:30:49

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My daughter came in and jumped me while I was dremeling the roms off. A couple traces were cut. I'm pissed. The first setback...

2024-11-16 17:43:28

I've wanted to get Rasteri's Doom running on the NES for a couple years now. Here's the github: https://github.com/rasteri/PiPU
I have pretty good luck tackling projects that are well above my pay grade. Let's see how this one turns out. #retrogaming #gamestr
https://image.nostr.build/3738be61faa2e5755f973f35fddb941fb6239f12addb44c2e96b138afa933e1f.jpg

2024-11-16 16:03:37

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Also, if Netflix wants to get out of the "producing shitty content that no one wants" business, and into the live sports business (which they should), they need to ramp up things. The stream was pretty awful. Next time do what it takes to handle the increased usage.

2024-11-16 15:52:58

So the Paul vs. Tyson fight...
It went how a fight between a 27 year old and a 58 year old should go. I think the important lesson here is that everyone really wants the return of big boxing events. Everyone was excited about it. Maybe next time, don't lean on a 58 year old legend to carry it all. Start building and hyping new talent.

2024-11-16 05:13:46

C'mon Netflix...hold it together just. a little longer...

2024-11-15 22:33:13

My wife, asking me what all the boxes from eBay are...
https://video.nostr.build/fb088df1ec1bbdf6224683dd839016a876e2324bd61a0f00764145ba094403bd.mp4

2024-11-15 22:14:57

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Hard truths for a Friday.

2024-11-15 21:59:34

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I took another look at Bluesky the other day. Quite a few people I follow made the jump. I'm still not impressed. My timeline was still pretty empty, and unlike nostr, I don't feel like I own anything. Its basically just an anti-Elon club and nothing else.

2024-11-15 21:00:52

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Not a fan of soggy fries, the big exception being poutine.

2024-11-15 11:12:58

I'd rather take a punch from Jake Paul in his prime than Mike Tyson well past his prime. That's the basis of my prediction for tonight.
If Jake Paul dances around and tires him out, he'll probably win. If Mike Tyson connects its over.

2024-11-14 19:23:22

"But now I stand before you, violently raped, of both mouth and ass, by both Dunning and Kruger themselves." - @timelineearth
A wild expression of humility to be used in everyday life hahaha

2024-11-12 23:44:44

Dinner tonight was fraught with tense negotiations.
I informed my children that I would not be reading to them before bed on Friday due to the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight.
Apparently I have a quota and those chapters will need to be made up this week...

2024-11-11 23:08:45

Me: It's going to be funny as hell watching RFK steamroll all the companies putting additives and dyes in our food.
Also me, a lifelong Mainer who has grown up eating red snappers:
https://image.nostr.build/a5c47fee7cbec22068124535e69c0325d8acd7a9adbf91c782c5a7a05729513b.jpg

2024-11-11 21:06:30

Infinite NES Lives sells these cartridge dumper boards. If someone figured out how to pair this with a MiSTer I'd be all over that.
#gamestr #retrogaming
https://image.nostr.build/53ec7dfa4dc3a1457c0b0ffcdfda6ab59a4ecfa329a20796fe8a7698380f7da0.jpg

2024-11-11 13:57:04

We're probably going to look back on the era of social media and regret moving away from forums.
People want their own little echo chambers. I'm guilty of that. If I could hack Twitter to feed me content about 3 or 4 different topics, with a frequency of my choosing, I'd do it.

2024-11-10 20:13:07

This Maine game against BC is unbearable...

2024-11-10 14:34:10

GOG had a sale on Alwa's Awakening so I pulled the trigger. I didn't care about the PC version, but the NES version was of interest. $3.78 for the rom. I'm enjoying it so far. What other NES homebrew should I be looking out for?
#gamestr #retrogaming
https://www.gog.com/en/game/alwas_awakening_nes

2024-11-10 11:28:04

Hitting $80,000 is cool, but Phoenix and WoS coming back to the US is when I start getting excited.
https://image.nostr.build/9479f200048707bef9a02d9e801eb2f487b2e2fb02a1b8b5175bbc00071eb471.jpg

2024-11-08 23:45:24

Another Tengen game for the collection. I like the weird black cartridges. Other than Tetris, they aren't super expensive.
#retrogaming #gamestr
https://image.nostr.build/e187eb976068692c2931b873fd7988945c269ea274a1c4a5c573259be24028ec.jpg

2024-11-08 18:59:36

The theory that Biden cost Harris the election by not dropping out sooner is stupid. Her campaign would have just taken a nosedive sooner. She wasn't a good candidate.
The real question is what if he dropped out sooner and they held a primary...