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61 comments \ @saloon 28 Oct \ yesterday

Howdy there, partner! Welcome on into the Stacker Saloon.

Saddle on up to a stool and spill the beans about your day, fire away with them questions, or let loose and give us the lowdown on your wild and woolly life. We're all ears, so don't hold back!

We're open round the clock, so mosey on in whenever you please!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 16h

Bitcoin is simply the assurance that no matter how many times your ego dies, no matter how many times you hit rock bottom, there’s something out there that can help pull you back up. You can lose it all, but all is never lost.

Full text: BFF: Bitcoin, Freedom and Fearlessness: #1268314

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 17h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 17h

Source

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 18h

17 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21h

Buy, or no buy?

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 28 Oct

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 23h

reminder: my memes are also guides

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 28 Oct

this is numba one bullshit

130 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 28 Oct

WTF!

Truth Social to Become World’s First Social Media Platform Offering Prediction Markets via Exclusive Partnership with Crypto.com #1267895

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 28 Oct

"first" != first

We had a discussion about quotes already today lol

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 28 Oct

Parenthesis will help:

(Truth Social) to become world's first (social media platform offering (prediction markets via exclusive partnership with crypto.com))

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 28 Oct

Nice one!

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 28 Oct

Intoxicated by Bitcoin and high on hope for a better future!

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 28 Oct

So do you smoke it or snort it?

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 28 Oct

wait you don't have to boof it?

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 28 Oct

No, thats for shitcoins.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 28 Oct

Endorphins are my drug of choice

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 28 Oct

229 sats \ 10 replies \ @optimism 28 Oct

After browsing some of @elvismercury's links today I found this discussion between @cryotosensei and @Undisciplined about MBTI and I completely forgot that that exists.

So I got a bit curious and figured that maybe now that I feel myself a hot mess, and after a longer time of not testing this, I am something sensible. But no, I'm still INTP-A. Aka a non-conformist who makes any struggle that isn't real, really real. It's not even far off, which is worrying.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 12h

This excitable ENFP reports for discussion. And boy, am I excited. Don’t let me overwhelm you.

So many questions racing through my mind:

what is your definition of a real struggle?
how do you perceive if you are close to your idealized struggle?
a dancer whose talk I attended said to enjoy the struggle because she pursued dance in spite of an uncertain future. But she just really loved it. Do you need to enjoy the struggle?
is INTP-A a dismay for you? Do you have a preferred MBTI?

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 11h

Struggle is subjective; it's not about absolutes but more about perception. If you're both a perfectionist and a skeptic, you will experience problems with commonly accepted mundane solutions to be in need of analysis and improvement and by that, you'll automatically make it harder than it has to be. For everything, because you keep probing, so while you're dealing with your struggle of the moment, other things fall apart.

At least for me personally, there is no idealized struggle; it's just a constant stream of problems to solve and if there aren't any (or I just ignore a bunch) then I'll make some trouble and there be novel struggle. So yes, if you're me, you better enjoy the struggle, because it's all you're going to get!

I'm not dismayed by INTP-A per se... I've never been something else, which is worrying: "where is the flaw?"

100 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 Oct

I think I actually got ENTJ the last time I took one of those and it was eerily dead on.

66 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 28 Oct

What I like is that it differentiates between types of intro/extra over context, this part I guess is rather well matched.

Group brainstorming drains me and I get impatient, so I'm definitely introvert that way. But socially, being among people gives me energy, and some of the best ideas are born in just normal conversation, unforced; so I'm definitely not introvert in that scenario, at least not when compared to my friends that need recovery time after that - I'm the opposite.

This makes me actually appreciate the framework, even though it's probably still generalizing too much.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 12h

Sounds like you can only let your hair down when you are with your tribe and create a conducive headspace for brainwaves to strike you

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 10h

I think the suppression of impatience is key. It must have taken me half a decade to learn to control my overt dominance in large settings, and trust people enough to steer from the smaller followup meetings, through suggestion rather than brute force. That was a very hard skill to learn.

This is for example why I have never joined the Bitcoin PR Review Club (even though I've wanted to since forever) and instead just read the logs, because I'm not sure that on IRC I could have the patience and self-control to not make a mess, I think that it's better for everyone if I'm not there.

124 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 Oct

For me, it turned out that I'm not actually an introvert, I just don't like most people.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 12h

So do you find yourself dialing down the E aspect quite a bit?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 6h

I find it exhausting being around people who are constantly saying things that I want to correct, but know I shouldn't.

In a group of genuinely open curious people, I love having lively discussions and disagreements.

There are just way more of the first type of people, so I often end up being fairly reserved.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 28 Oct

lol! That reminds me of whenever I used to be accused of being arrogant, I'd say "then don't suck!" I parted with pronouncing that but if I'm totally honest, there are times I still think it.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 28 Oct

A daily mantra ✨️🤠

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Akg10s3 28 Oct

"Financial freedom also involves freedom from fear and economic dependence, since "Financial freedom is freedom from fear."

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Kontext 28 Oct

Man, the synchronicity! I had similar thoughts & wrote about this in my journal yesterday :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 28 Oct

I'm glad to know that! Thanks for your reply.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @deSign_r 28 Oct

Here is another reminder of our fortnightly appointment, to brainstorm ideas and bring projects forward. Similar to the Stacker Saloon, it will stay pinned in the ~Design territory hot section for two weeks, recursively, giving us time to discuss and provide feedback.

Whatever you are thinking about... A new app? Book? Review your apartment furniture setup following feng shui? Upgrading your 4x4 suspensions? 3D print something for your miner? Redesign your garden yard? What else?

Share it in the pinned post What creative ideas have you been rambling on?

₿e Creative, have Fun! :D

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 28 Oct

Hey @DarthCoin, have you read this?

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44145/44145-h/44145-h.htm

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 28 Oct

yes, some years ago

125 sats \ 10 replies \ @rootmachine 28 Oct

I am trying to figure out a way to approach my step brother regarding our father's legacy (not much to talk about) but I need to figure a way to talk to the dude, cause from what I know and seen so far he seems to have been intoxicated by his mother with fake info, apart from her keeping him far from my dad. Any good conversation breakers? Any advice?

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 28 Oct

Kill em with kindness and facts

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 23h

basically that is the great plan. but I need some strings to master the show. thank you!

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @chaoticalHeavy 28 Oct

Meet him at a neutral place with all the records, money, etc and share with him.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 23h

that is one of the options I am considering, but it might be brutal to him if he shares my father's sensitivity....

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @beyond_turbulence 28 Oct

The Twin Desalination Plants (or: How to Pipe Truth Through The Saltwater Of Lies)

Two plants stand on the same shore, built from the same blueprints—yet one pumps clear, while the other churns out brine, its filters clogged with brackish rumors, its gauges reading Dad: Villain in bold red ink.

You can’t blast the pipes clean with facts, ingredients or elements. That’s how the the system bursts! Instead, drip fresh water into the mix: Found Dad’s old [tool/recipe/photo].

Remember when he [epic fail]?

Guy was a master of disaster, but he loved trying.

Look at this. He couldn’t [basic skill] to save his life, but damn, he committed! What? Common sense !

No lectures. No Your mom lied type of counter-speech! Just shared sediment—proof that the water can run clear.

The fog won’t lift overnight. But every neutral memory, every laugh at the past, is a backwash cycle, rinse and repeat, flushing salt from the system. One day, the pressure equalizes. The plants sync. And the water? Finally drinkable.

For now? No collisions. Just slow, steady flow like witnessing the Triangulum Galaxy being pushed further and further away because Andromeda next to the Milky Way!

Best of luck !!!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 23h

awesome. thank you for sharing this. I really appreciate it!

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 28 Oct

Maybe try a genealogy approach? From my experience most people find their family tree very interesting. The conversation can evolve into stories about your father, which may break the ice.

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @rootmachine 28 Oct

From what I already know about him, that approach will probably kill the conversation before anything. I am inclined to be relatively straight forward and treat him like regular family. I feel like this way he will be kinda obliged to listen me and comply with what I need him to do. But I am still balancing thoughts.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 28 Oct

Well, good luck. It sounds like a tough situation

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 28 Oct

thanks. I do need it and yes, it is really though.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 28 Oct

Testing ChatGPT’s knowledge about clouds

Image:

ChatGPT’s answer:

Reference for stratocumulus:

Reference for altostratus:

Reference for cirrostratus:

Mhh, not bad

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @suraz 28 Oct

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 28 Oct

Chatgpt, if we considered him as a person... His answers would be crazy! And sometimes they don't work for me! For now, I just find my own lines...

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 28 Oct

I average 202 sats zapped per post!

Not too shabby haha

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 28 Oct

Day 670 of posting mining earnings from the day before: 453 sats on 27Oct2025! Running total: 432,351 sats!

Yesterday's comment

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 8h

Day 671's comment

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @rootmachine 28 Oct

is the cold weather not helping you yet to increase your mining rate per day?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 28 Oct

I just haven’t cranked it back up. I probably could though, the cold should help

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 28 Oct

57 sats \ 1 reply \ @AG0RA 28 Oct

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 28 Oct

Yes 👊🤠

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 28 Oct

Happiness Journal 28/10/25

These past two weeks, I have been consistently and gotten my son to read 《援助之手》 aloud. Thanks to my strategic use of spaced repetition, he is now able to read words like 特别, 玩具, 玩耍 without missing a beat.

Although I know very well that he is utilizing his muscle memory and won’t be able to recognise these characters in another book, I am still happy. Forcing my third-culture kid to utter some Chinese words is like pulling teeth, so anything that gives me the illusion of progress is a win for me.

只能阿Q地鼓励自己，铁棒磨成针。

44 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 28 Oct