Michael Snoyman

https://www.snoyman.com

Programmer, economist, author, speaker, weight lifter, Bitcoin enthusiast. Born in 🇺🇸, living in 🇮🇱

עזרי מעם ה' עושה שמים וארץ

Public Key

npub1uwa9uxsxuywgvqpkkhz7dzqp9032s3mq40qxdtp55zv4xhjrxdjsmxcjh4

NIP-05 Address

michael@snoyman.com

NIP-57 Address

snoyberg@coinos.io

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsw8wj7rgrwz8yxqqmtt30x3qqjhc4ggas2hsrx4s62px2ntepnxeg63w506

Author Public Key

npub1uwa9uxsxuywgvqpkkhz7dzqp9032s3mq40qxdtp55zv4xhjrxdjsmxcjh4

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Last Notes

2025-05-16 12:08:23

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/2983b412707db31716a7a009f7bb16e137cc9cba1d2b99af8623918f4a7c07bf.jpg

2025-05-09 05:09:06

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/e88a3af84545406f48fcd8516f59bbf3704c8740eb5ec908dcd36e3ae7d3b587.jpg

2025-05-04 16:08:08

I think this will be funny regardless of political or economic persuasion https://youtu.be/agPQzbXrFLU

2025-05-04 14:21:33

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It’s not a problem. The point is that there’s never a need to create more Bitcoin. With an infinitely divisible asset, any quantity can be money for any size economy.

2025-05-04 04:28:25

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/cb42922aeef3aa30a6f6c4e0487e5375ae4ab4fbe6d5b91c29aeedb12c751407.jpg

2025-05-02 00:23:29

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/811ab68a1ad89c7b1fb44e95fa2f68c1bb61e0b2673735d343ade735e4bd1c69.png

2025-04-28 14:49:31

Authoritarians are too busy dreaming up what might go wrong in a free market that they can’t notice all the things that are going wrong in their corrupted markets.

2025-04-27 15:01:05

Live your life in a way that you never feel the need to lie to yourself

2025-04-24 03:58:10

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/dcd3467304ad65c60f0472bccc227cf67ba8a8427956900c277648cd89899bc0.jpg

2025-04-21 19:04:11

#memes #memestr https://video.nostr.build/92335d91010ae73733f05f75a39bbb27bd4a3e15a25d4dda58b93a0ab8ce9bc6.mp4

2025-04-15 11:04:20

A Cybersecurity Audit of the US Constitution: A Security Engineer's Take on the US Constitution #naddr1qv…3sdh

2025-04-07 13:32:13

Anyone attending Paris Blockchain Week by any chance?

2025-03-26 04:38:19

Speaker dinners at a programming conference are a great way to find new libraries to have fun with. New ones in my list: cargo-mutants and monoio

2025-03-23 05:43:07

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My favorite is the ATF. Make Dog Killing Great Again!

2025-03-23 05:42:08

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You’re breathing out carbon dioxide. You’re destroying the world you monster! Stop breathing so much.

2025-03-21 14:08:59

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back may be the perfect book to read to a three and a half year old autistic son.

2025-03-19 20:10:05

What percentage of government leeches are simply necrotic humans?

2025-03-19 06:06:18

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More like "accurate assessment of modern society" if you ask me :)
I despise the university system and its gate-keeping. Make apprenticeships great again!

2025-03-18 05:36:03

Money printing is the forceful seizure of others' wealth without providing equivalent value in exchange.

2025-03-18 05:30:07

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According to Grok:
The term "Hoppean" refers to someone or something associated with the political and economic theories of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, a German-American economist and philosopher of the Austrian School. A "Hoppean" is typically a person who aligns with Hoppe’s ideas, which blend anarcho-capitalism—a belief in a stateless society governed by free markets and private property—with culturally conservative views and a strong opposition to democracy. Hoppe’s work, notably his book Democracy: The God That Failed, emphasizes the superiority of private property rights and voluntary associations over state control, advocating for exclusionary "covenant communities" to protect like-minded groups, often based on family or cultural values. His ideas also include controversial stances, such as restricting immigration to preserve property rights and "physically removing" certain groups—like democrats or cultural outsiders—from these communities, which has made him a polarizing figure even within libertarian circles. Essentially, "Hoppean" describes a follower or concept rooted in this unique mix of radical libertarianism and social conservatism.

2025-03-18 05:29:17

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Hoppean is a term I'll need to go look up :)
FWIW, I think I agree with what you said, enough so that I probably need to refine my original thinking based on the feedback.

2025-03-18 05:21:02

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Thank you, I appreciate it. I have the same overall feelings you do about secularist Jews. I've been thinking about writing something up on the subject, but there are vanishingly few people who would care what I'd have to say on the subject. But tldr: there have been hundreds and thousands of years of tribalism across the entire world, and some groups (including many Jews, and others as well) still believe the best path forward is tribalism, based on the assumption that you can't trust other groups.
Liberalism today is a corrupted term by progressives. But in its original meaning, liberalism was the philosophy that founded America and underlies meritocracies and capitalism. It says we can all agree to not use force on each other, treat each other with civility, and stop trying to control everyone else. Those of us who were raised with that philosophy have a hard time understanding why so many people are insistent on reverting to group-based tribalism.

2025-03-18 05:00:58

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I’m quite openly Jewish. Thank you for the statement here. I’ve always wanted to know when my Elders of Zion payments would start coming through.

2025-03-14 06:26:27

GM Nostr! And a happy Purim! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/acfab61546282f086a49f0360cd7d6969afe0763886f14d558e572863f158291.jpg

2025-03-13 11:39:42

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LOL disturbed system may make sense for software engineers too.

2025-03-13 04:38:34

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Glory and success to your House and its honorable allies!

2025-03-13 04:30:34

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/2dad441e574542ce4942c7a71df6e4ecacd2c32db75db6cf504f4389918b2f62.jpg

2025-03-13 03:01:53

Psychology for software engineers: your brain is a distributed system

2025-03-12 18:11:16

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I’ve been having that generational thinking talk with my kids recently. I’ve been surprised at how receptive to it they are, even in their teenage years.

2025-03-12 16:18:03

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/8d0d35b3fa54e1d01d55d6ea7ba489f7ecb83c57991da0ec9fbae1922686cf7c.jpg

2025-03-12 11:33:06

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I was being pretty tongue-in-cheek. Continuing that tongue-in-cheek commentary, let's pull in No True Scotsman and say that a Bitcoin bank isn't a real bank :)

2025-03-12 11:29:38

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To be fair, it's _almost_ tautological to say that someone who self-identifies as part of the "Bitcoin community" would be opposed to banks. But that's _almost_, not completely.

2025-03-12 05:18:15

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/4f38f37477c1dd175ac25cf4e3a892d67b6650dde0e9f72ccf972fbc1cc953c0.jpg

2025-03-11 07:28:30

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/c56c739b44ad032286ba428e6e450fa6070e350ef14254cce218cb0abc08bb16.jpg

2025-03-11 05:31:33

GM Nostr! Paycheck just came in. Bought the dippity dip. #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/0a23e9d57bdf9e332f1bc38dae5edd61d3604dbfe5e6c5c8509f99e0acca3a99.jpg

2025-03-10 17:36:48

I wonder if any nation states are buying the dip #bitcoin

2025-03-09 15:06:39

GM Nostr! No idea if this one is true or not, but I want to believe #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/bf0575b4392dce31d4421cc243e5ae3b4d436e791e6982053f550308348acf15.jpg

2025-03-09 09:17:15

New method for working out tech ideas:
1. Start a voice chat with Grok
2. Discuss everything I've been thinking
3. Tell Grok to ask me clarifying questions
4. Ask Grok's opinion (yes, opinion) on parts I'm uncertain of
5. Ask for thoughts on names, simplification for terminology
6. Get a full product description, short explainers for different audiences, and potential marketing spin
It's like having an active rubber duck plus note taker all in one.

2025-03-07 09:21:36

Has anyone read the book “Give and Take” by Adam Grant? I’m part way through, and it’s making an interesting argument in favor of, essentially, generosity. The implication so far is that, when done correctly, selfless giving creates value.
I like the idea overall, it’s a nice nod to altruism. However, it’s somewhat at odds with capitalist approaches of value-for-value. In particular, it seems to contradict things like the implicit roles of Atlantis in Atlas Shrugged.
I’m curious if others have had similar thoughts on the book, or frankly anything else. #economics #asknostr

2025-03-07 05:58:36

My company has recently started adding BTC to its balance sheet, which makes me _very_ happy. One side effect is that at our weekly leadership calls, we're now regularly discussing short-term BTC price action. Yesterday, I finally came around to the idea that we're going to be range bound between $85k-$95k for a while. Not that it bothers me personally, I'm a long term HODLer, but business needs are different and require shorter term time horizons. And this appears to be a pretty widely held consensus view.
Watching this Swan video this morning, it's making me wonder: since there's finally consensus growing that the BTC price isn't about to explode, are we ready for people's expectations to be subverted once more? I can't wait to hear what the announcement is later today on the strategic reserve, should be very interesting. #bitcoin
https://youtu.be/s7AYJm9m-AU
I'm also totally open to this video just being Swan marketing hype/hopium 😆

2025-03-06 04:38:35

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/cf240b40a471a6fda589502d732509d2c03703757b8f7009b90b1d9e4ecf52b7.jpg

2025-03-06 03:27:44

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/da78fd396c9377174576e0f5457fdfdfd8af793108f1a58019fae6cb2ec03d89.jpg

2025-03-06 03:19:04

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/3858d7f7db2a5a736a8b4de32b1f3786c4726af821156acdfff6364a74efbc7b.jpg

2025-03-05 12:58:56

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/f97c64cbdd8ae2cfae2850b21f878cf67900e2ac729d8ac9e9b03dba9e5c9097.png

2025-03-05 12:11:05

YES. Maybe Trump was just tricking the crypto bros to realize how much they hated the idea of OtherGuysCoin being artificially pumped. #note19gf…eyew

2025-03-04 15:51:46

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Anything over 0% is excess taxation :)
Half kidding, I'm still on board with a minimal government and some taxation, but I have a hard time justifying "the government is allowed to steal _some_ of my money."

2025-03-04 11:24:59

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/ef3cfd0f972450536003dddfb870537c19e949f4ed5d67d1c1663955e5831850.jpg
For the record: shall not be infringed. Fuck the ATF. Fucking dog killers.

2025-03-04 11:10:28

I wanted to #AskNostr: how do you deal with friends and family with diametrically opposed views to your own? I don’t mean on minor stuff, I mean to core parts of your world view.
Do you break off contact? Avoid the topic? Actively discuss? No wrong answers, and certainly no judgement from me.
I’ve been much more public about my political and economic views recently, so this is beginning to pop up for me more than it has in the past.

2025-03-04 10:50:18

I wonder how much of my belief in freedom, liberty, limited government, and hard money is genuine, versus being this comic. https://image.nostr.build/9d7492e7f8ab6197f87981dfe870649a16e904706f3ff6c4d04628a6fac95652.jpg

2025-03-02 15:52:14

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I’m not that confident. I think they’ll likely get in there and then perform like crap. Imagine in 20 years when they finally sell off the XRP after it crashes 90% while BTC climbed 1000%.

2025-02-28 13:17:43

I'd like to imagine that in the year 3200 children play GTA V as a history lesson about the 21st century.

2025-02-27 17:00:14

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Accurate*. Apparently I can’t type accurately.

2025-02-27 16:56:57

This is accurately, hilarious, and beautiful. #note12qs…47cm

2025-02-27 16:52:02

Subtle Rust humor #memes #memestr #coding https://image.nostr.build/695826ebc2d8a3ad4dbf6f5ffeea3ab581e17992428060829fab1fc6f72708cb.jpg

2025-02-27 15:42:10

I'm looking to hire some additional engineers at work https://www.fpblock.com/. The work is primarily in the blockchain/crypto space, and we're looking for people with smart contract and backend dev experience. Solidity and Rust are the primary tech skills we're looking for.
If anyone's interested and wants to hear more, hit me up!

2025-02-27 08:37:11

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Yes, but was the trading inflows or outflows?
Not that it really matters, tick tock, next block :)

2025-02-27 08:30:24

After taking two months off of weight lifting due to family events, colds, and general life, feels wonderful to be back under a barbell today. #weightstr

2025-02-27 07:11:35

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Not as much as I’d like. I’ve had to step back from coding at work over the past four months and mostly put my manager hat back on.
Before that it was dealing with the insanity of the Cosmos ecosystem. Gave me lots of opportunities to fiddle with crazy error handling paths in asynchronous Rust thanks to how bad the node software is.
https://github.com/fpco/cosmos-rs
For leisure time, I’m spending more of it on economics reading, blog post writing, and hopefully getting our next Galactic Silk Road story out. @npub1ytx…qztz and I have two solid draft chapters so far!

2025-02-27 07:08:06

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Congrats! Good wives are a blessing.

2025-02-27 07:07:30

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https://image.nostr.build/8a0c12b2f44771029fb4e3c369b076db757b0448d2fd75323d87c18b255893ba.jpg

2025-02-27 07:04:54

GM Nostr! Wishing everyone a wonderful day. Praying that all people striving for good are successful. And all those confused about what is good gain clarity and help improve the world.

2025-02-26 11:27:01

Job security #memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/4436216e932c2ee01853d8fb16015184c26f69a141417eeecf7bbfba366650d7.png

2025-02-26 11:15:11

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People keep saying the price of BTC crashed. I don't get it. Last week it was worth 100m sats, same thing this week.

2025-02-25 20:03:42

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I’m totally in favor of what he’s doing. I think he’d want a trolly name for it.

2025-02-25 18:59:42

Are we ready to start referring to the DOGE controversies as Elon Gate?

2025-02-25 18:03:58

Damn he called it #memes #memestr #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/72475037c054401bb9ecd540fd2d3479ef2e2a48578a5e262fcff80afd2cb037.jpg

2025-02-25 08:39:59

I'm _definitely_ the hodler in the video. #nevent1q…x5re

2025-02-25 06:58:40

GM Nostr!
Friendly reminder. If you’re a productive member of society and are working a real job, you’re working harder for less pay than you should, just so some US federal workers can complain about needing to send a single email.
(Yes, this applies to non Americans too, thanks to the dollar as the reserve currency, US money printing is an invisible tax on everyone.)

2025-02-25 05:14:01

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Is this a real thing that happened? Was it about the Bybit hack?

2025-02-20 14:22:11

I have a deserved reputation of being a pessimist. So I was a bit surprised to hear my 16 year old son ask me last night why I’m so optimistic.
I believe the good guys are destined to win. Bitcoin has reached escape velocity. The clock is ticking on the rein of evil supported through money printing. And if Bitcoin somehow fails, we’ll learn how it failed and build a better mouse trap.
That’s the long term play. Short term, for the first time in my life, I’m seeing a US administration trying to make the country—and the world—a better place. Will they succeed? I don’t know about total victory, but I expect the world to improve rapidly over the next four years.
So why not be optimistic? We have a solid long term plan, and a short term plan I’ll hopefully see come to fruition within my lifetime.
For the first time in my life, I expect my children to have a better life than I had.
It’s a good time to be optimistic. #bitcoin #freedom

2025-02-20 14:15:02

Sales pitch for why you should read this article https://image.nostr.build/be87f172dd5795ad2e82d8f8c69dd8dee60a90a934a4911f2e91a38a4bac84ed.jpg #naddr1qq…7s0l

2025-02-20 07:38:29

Really solid breakdown of what’s happening with Musk. I’m still of the opinion the #bitcoin is the only long term protection we have against government overreach, but I’ll take these short term wins while we get them. https://youtu.be/Tj4FDzM49MQ

2025-02-20 07:02:56

Find yourself someone who loves you as much as this reviewer loves his waffles https://youtu.be/osHJF3zBY0c

2025-02-19 14:53:42

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You mean this? #nevent1q…3uru

2025-02-19 05:56:39

GM Nostr! A small approach to internal dialogue that I wanted to share.
Don't be afraid of your thoughts. You have no control over them. Don't feel guilt for desiring what you shouldn't have, or thinking things you believe are evil. Some part of your mind is sending those messages, and is doing so for a reason.
You aren't judged on the presence of the thoughts. You're judged on your actions.
Don't bury the thoughts and ignore them, it will only create a feedback cycle that will reinforce the thoughts. Face them, accept that you thought them, try to understand why you thought them, and then be happy knowing you have the ability to choose what to do. It's your defining mark as a human.

2025-02-17 11:06:54

Anyone have a recommendation for a paid Nostr relay? #asknostr

2025-02-16 20:59:20

You know I do stop torturing me https://image.nostr.build/fca994a52e85a925e01869d26767efcd48428952dd2a7479d57f7efbc25c8d51.jpg

2025-02-16 13:56:03

Is there any Nostr browser extension that adds in handling of nostr: style links, and/or will rewrite links for one client to open in your preferred client instead? #asknostr

2025-02-14 12:31:15

The Left Can’t Meme
https://image.nostr.build/4b6ea7de8625e0ea981889dec462f3c0e76b46f19ad90ba432808a3a9ebd4b54.jpg https://image.nostr.build/db488c2af543e5ca5fc9eb29f34d35b114a82716e0c3ae114090085cede0ee8c.jpg https://image.nostr.build/cddfc553e22dd5e50db562bc1a7bdf26512f5c0b4826ffac589d90d1d079feeb.jpg

2025-02-14 10:17:48

GM Nostr! #memes #memestr
What big problem is sitting on your horizon?
https://image.nostr.build/02884782e8a9b7bfc370f042bc316aabccf6fb5b273357f945a9cbcb05308b65.jpg

2025-02-13 17:44:17

How long before we get to the point that 75% of the general US public believes the government is nothing but a grift machine? What are we at now, 35%?

2025-02-12 19:47:56

Holy shit I love ‘Murica! https://image.nostr.build/29cda44533e151a02dd1ea28635c27b6a7b132a3a403bc374234ff885aefd835.jpg

2025-02-12 11:19:33

I'm going to be speaking at Rustikon, a Rust conference in Warsaw, Poland, next month. Any Nostr Rustaceans going to be attending?
https://image.nostr.build/0017c28b825daddbde2ab5dda0a698e8bd55166564251a1eb59c1132a84ad413.jpg

2025-02-11 17:13:09

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/d45287c186839f2f7e20558b3f88750b45e0262ee854c7d9362afd751b310649.jpg

2025-02-11 15:17:12

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Happy to see this. I built out a Linux desktop about 3 years ago. I hope it's the last x86 machine I ever own.

2025-02-11 14:52:07

#memes #memestr https://image.nostr.build/92f5f525de99c04fb3c734598b817be7be2a4fb3cf37d3965784b601007dd993.jpg

2025-02-11 14:18:17

Cut off everyone’s slush fund. I don’t care which party you’re hailing from. https://image.nostr.build/eda8228944c9cabd8470092fa03f6390b2b3496ed0ea9e48648fe141ecc082ec.jpg

2025-02-11 10:41:21

New area of research: judicial review. Amazing how an entire power for the Supreme Court was invented out of nowhere... by the Supreme Court itself! Who gets to decide that it was allowed to do so? The Supreme Court, of course, they said so!
Oh, and we'll kinda add in all federal judges too, just for fun.
I reference Robert Barnes later in the thread, if you aren't familiar with him, he's a great source of information on a lot of topics, but especially legal analyses from an originalist/libertarian style position. (I think, I haven't heard him use either of those terms, but they _seem_ to fit.)
https://x.com/snoyberg/status/1889179130110812386

2025-02-11 09:34:12

GM Nostr! I'm an actuary. I feel targeted 🤣 #memes #memestr #math #statistics https://image.nostr.build/30da7b26605820acd6d87276c7c050a7d584192a8a4b7889d8a1374357fb8190.png

2025-02-10 16:24:06

Allowing someone’s offense to control your actions introduces a moral hazard #memes #memestr #economics https://image.nostr.build/c634a74707daa88bc1a04ab6ead0153556e014fe2d43d6f4506dc1ae2bbed0ef.jpg

2025-02-10 10:37:48

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I thought they were still doing good work with shutting down USAID. What did I miss? Why are they in the evil bucket now?

2025-02-09 12:21:36

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Thank you sir, really awesome to win a prize :)
More importantly, thank you for all the great memes, it brightens up each day!

2025-02-09 09:45:05

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What a perfect example of incentives--even hidden incentives--determining outcomes!

2025-02-09 04:57:06

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You finally got me to sign up for Orange Pill 😀
Unfortunately the travel time will be a bit too much for me

2025-02-07 13:07:40

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Cancel culture's aim wasn't solely to silence specific harmful expressions. Rather, it sought to create an atmosphere of fear, discouraging anyone from voicing unapproved opinions.

2025-02-07 10:15:51

I love Nostr, and the fact that it's actually true freedom of speech, unlike other social media.
Even with that framing: it's amazing to me how much has changed on other social media in the past 10 years. I remember the terror around expressing my opinions on economics on Twitter, with the ever-present threat of being Canceled.
The censors still have more power than they should, but their power base in substantially weakened. May it only continue.

2025-02-07 09:58:17

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Slackware. I don't think I've used it since Slackware 7. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYm5kdjBkc2w2aXlwZjZjODg1a3hjZzc0Zm0xcnNxM25xN2N1dzQ4MyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3owzW1VPVGtiFJvxQI/giphy.gif

2025-02-07 05:43:34

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This thing? If so, what does it do when pressed? I thought it was just decorative. https://image.nostr.build/d3131d286941f1aead6613f8cb4ee5523b1055f86c71b81e21070809c347ba40.jpg

2025-02-06 15:17:21

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Congrats, I'm very happy for you. If I had the risk appetite for it, I'd 100% be doing it too. I'm far too risk averse (probably too much for my own good).

2025-02-06 14:26:38

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I have a lot of writing experience, but entirely on the technical writing side. This is my first foray into fiction.
If you start a workshop community, please let me know!