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!
Hey everyone, Friday is here, the weekend is about to start so it's time to step it up, give it our absolute best and let it rip, on the weekend we will relax and enjoy our fruitful and productive week, I wish you a phenomenal day, may your day be successful and awesome, remember that you matter and you're important, be well and stay frosty my friend!!
Picked up a new bike today. For gravel roads, was so much fun felt like being a kid again
Old BBC show recommendation. Yes Minister and the sequel Yes Prime Minister.
Watched them for the first time this year. Seriously good and funny.
Agreed! One of my favorite shows. Did you watch Red Dwarf?
Never heard of it.
naming a git branch ❌
new-shit✅new-wot-shitIf we're leaning into the saloon thing, I have a movie recommendation -- "Old Henry". Decent western.
Cool! I'm looking for inspo. All of our gifs are still Alice in Wonderland.
Writing longer form back and forths on SN, under the threat of being read and contested, has made me so much better at communicating. It's crazy.
At least I think that's the cause.
I really like the book "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser. I have re-read it a few times, lots of good advice on being clear and brief.
Great book.
Here are the book notes from Derek Sivers, a great mind by the way, highly recommended.
yes, Derek is cool - I quite like his books and writing style: short, clear, and fun.
Pro-tip: @elvismercury is a great sub!
... if you have a high tolerance for nuance.
Aw! <3
Stackers, let's show them what we're made of.
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Traitor! 🥸😄
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I'm uploading my consciousness to SN personally
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I'll be honest, I find myself taking a few of the high signal links that are sometimes posted to "recent" and reposting it on nostr for more engagement / conversation around it. Sometimes don't really have an incentive to upvote the original along the way. High quality conversations here don't seem to happen like they used to. It's just community stuff now. Which is fine if that's what it ends up being and most people are happy with it.
Probably not a very good user but this is what the incentives align up for me atm. I'll upvote something if it's OG and I feel like adds signal but otherwise I think I'll lurk more and just scan recent for news to share opinions on elsewhere. Maybe it's from many more users, or maybe the comment rewards are gamed too much by the circle jerking in the saloon, but the high signal conversations have fallen off.
Curious how you'd characterize the "high quality/signal conversations" -- I've actually had the opposite impression, in that sometimes (not always) there's really thoughtful engagement around here. I've never found it elsewhere. If it used to be even better, then man, that must have been something!
Thanks for the feedback, maybe personalized feeds will help in the future :)
Tony is describing a deeper dynamic (in part and in the first paragraph at least). While he's too humble to consider himself such, for stars and rising stars, Twitter-like experiences will always be more engaging and rewarding. Afaict forums are a relatively level playing field meant for "the rest of us" who aren't content watching the stars from the bleachers.
Perhaps conversations have become shallow as a result of there being more of them, which has so many inputs, but I haven't noticed much of an absolute downward change in high quality takes (I'd guess the opposite). Indeed, perhaps personalized ranking will allow us each to subjectively see our preferred signal band as noise increases.
Still it won't change that this format favors weak identities just as well as the strong and that's not going to be valuable for everyone and that's okay.
+1 on the excellent and thoughtful feedback
This is a pretty good analysis, will give it some thought.
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Every star is rising if you stand in the right place.
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Every May 4th, can we give the saloon a refurb and get a Mos Eisley cantina going?
One guy here will be grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato (if we could see through his mask).
@DarthCoin, you got a shout-out on Bitcoin University's channel today:
view on www.youtube.comAt a future BTC conference, I will appear like a hologram on the stage, something like this... https://postimg.cc/GHkqdj2j
With this music in the background
Every time some speaker will try to shill some shitcoin, I will come up (as a hologram) and force choke on him. All speakers will wear a hidden Bitcoin switch like in this demo that will shortly electrocute them for a more impact-full effect.
THAT WILL BE A REAL BITCOIN CONFERENCE!
great music!
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At this point I kind of just get annoyed when bitcoin goes up... 3 green daily candles in a row? yuck.. Payday is tomorrow. :|
1 sat = 1 sat
Less sat per paycheck = less sat
Yet another mountain today. Pap of Glencoe. This is steep.
Mind the midges when you get down.
Just got back to the tent and cooked dinner. Got muched by midges when I was cooking. And got munched whilst I was eating. There's just no escaping them.
Nice! Have you asked a local why it is called the Pap?
I haven't and I'm a little to afraid to ask.
I heard it means, in the local dialect, ‘boob’ I think (or breast if you prefer)
Tbf the shape of it does make it look like a giant tit. So sure, I don't see why it wouldn't be that.
Lol
Welcome to the rowdiest saloon this side of the blockchain. I reckon you're mighty parched after your journey. Well, you're in luck, 'cause we've got three fine brews on tap that'll wet your whistle just right:
SHITCOINERS - watch out!
Here is DarthCoin desktop watching all your moves / posts. https://postimg.cc/pyc4PTjh
I am worried... I am worried that Darth will be again featured in the next SNL show. @car and @k00b please invite @supertestnet and let him do the talk when is about Darth. Will be much fun 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
https://postimg.cc/qgkdyp3Q
I’ll ask him tomorrow but he usually says no, very rare he will say yes. I want to get Ben on the show
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Diet is a taboo which is a shame.
Just a heads up that I'm trying something different today. I have been trying to orange pill everyone I meet lately, and I had a kind of funny experience recently. I'm going to post the story on SN. The basic plot is true, but I did exaggerate in parts to try to make it more entertaining. I'm going to forward any sats I get to Anita, but of course she had nothing to do with this. It is a little wacky, but what the hell? If I can't try wacky here, where can I?
Highly recommend reading it, in my opinion you should make “Orange Pill Diaries” a regular series on SN
https://postimg.cc/3kf1x8Jb
Cool - I’ll grab a stool. That’s what the Saloon is for isn’t it?
I'm making a regular post. Can't really cram it in here! @carlosfandango, I was thinking of you when I wrote it. You'll soon see why. It's pretty silly, but I had fun.
Now I am really intrigued……
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Spending the week building some workout equipment from a HUGE fallen tree branch that was unfortunately struck by lightning. I successfully fashioned a 20 lb bar from an appropriately sized chunk of the branch (via chainsaw, orbital sander and redwood stain).
Today I am going to carve out some smaller weights, and start working on my home -made squat rack and pull-up bar setup.
Any leftover wood will be used for future furniture projects. When nature blesses you with millions of sats worth of high quality wood, it would be a shame not to use the beautiful resource to its fullest extent, without waste. Working out by building workout equipment -exciting times!
Great idea, woodworking is a great skill to learn
Thanks, I'd rather have equipment and furniture that's slightly wonky or "rustic", built by my own hands :)
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https://postimg.cc/svfzv85n
It's just a start and I'm getting more proficient with power tools as the days go by :)
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Heard that it's a stacker place, so now I am writing something non sense here
Value first. Nonsense later. Whilst it might read like just 5hitposting back-and-forth there is a point - even if it is only entertaining for the protagonists.
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Keeping my longest cowboy streak going until __@_'-' reaches its destination: 26
Good morning, mortals!
welcome mortal @JerryGarcia
Yes, it's true. I proved that.
Tomorrow we will settle over to ''Tarifa'' (Andalucía) for some weeks to get the first autumn feeling of the atlantic coast. Time to work, walking at the beach between the kyte surfers (which never even would try), reading a lot and having the best vino tinto of the region. Aaaaand: Fountain potcasts to stay informed! Saludos amigos. Un buen día a todos!
Have a great trip! I told you about my trip to Spain a year or so ago. Where you live is one of the nicest places I've ever seen.
Thanks a lot! People are so kind and natural... sometimes I ask myself if I derserve it to live inbetween them....
Avoiding any news from the ECB today I hope. Just depressing how they flail around… can’t leave it alone.
Let them raise it. The Fed killed them anyway. The BoE will be the kick in their cojones
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First time I have set an alarm in years. I'm representing a friend in court this morning. It's a small thing, just a favor, but it feels strange. It's been over a year. It makes me realize I am enjoying my retirement.
My inner clock (nearly) always let me sleep without alarm. I get up like a robot at 5.30-6.00 every morning. That's a gift from the almighty!
Good luck in court!
I'm like that too. I just didn't trust my inner clock today.
I use it the day I need to get a plane
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As a matter of fact he is. Should say he was. I practice criminal defense. Now he's old like me, with a boring little civil case. I tried to orange pill him. No luck. At best he would be a Wen Lambo guy anyway.
Patience! The'll be coming anyways one day
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It's kind of funny thinking of him as Matt Damon. He's like the anti-Matt Damon (a compliment the way I see it)
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Missed it as it’s raining and I needed to find shell-ter…
Bartender... a beer please! Here are my sats! https://postimg.cc/5Y2zzm1d
LOL guys no need to zap my joke meme. Damn it now I really have to take these real sats and go to the bar to drink a beer. Cheers to you guys!
@nemo is the Unabomber of zaps. He is relentless. You can't just zap him back or he will escalate the zapping. You must return them in a sly, stealthy way, when he least expects it.
yes, this is what am I trying to do.
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Exactly. Most effective method, but time consuming. Sometimes I get lazy and just blast him.
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@nemo ! Damn de-stacker tactics
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make a gif with this meme
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No fair! HQ just does anything you want. It's like you're paying them off or something.
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Cheers! Today is my recovery day - but mentally I'm with You!
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Yeah! Going to Tarifa (surfer's paradise here) tomorrow. I need to be at 100% top level to catch up with the youngsters over there....
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https://postimg.cc/MM9ZZrLw
please don't do that. seriously.
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Day 152 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.
__@_'-'
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GA to the snail and everyone below,
Welcome __@_'-'
Hurrah!
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Leading the flock: 14 days ~(o)>
On the money as always
Lol. I'm trying buddy.
Very trying…. Grrrrr lol
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Not sure I understand how downvotes work (I suspect that’s my intellectual fault though) but I am happy to downvote plagiarised and AI nonsense rather than flag.
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Yep - as I just discovered downvoting something. It was Darth who said I should flag rather than call out and happy to do so. AI, blatant plagiarism and scams all need a good kicking.
If I am wrong about a post I guess other Stackers won’t downvote and I will put on my orthotic shoes and stand corrected!
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;-) lol
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But why would I pay sats for bad content though?
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Yeah, but if there's a lot of spam why would I have to pay a lot just to remove spam, doesn't seem like a workable solution.
It makes sense to have this as a common good tax, basically using the revenue obtained through normal posts, etc.
I did indeed upgrade it last night. UX is not up to snuff yet though.
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You’re right it’s dependent on your trust level. It’s exactly an upzap in reverse.
Outlawing threshold is kind of arbitrary, but it’s ~5 downzaps from average trusted stackers. It’s like ~2 downzaps from very high trust stackers.
Beyond outlawing, it’s worth downzapping because it severs (meaningfully reduces) trust between you and whoever upzapped it … meaning overtime we’ll all see less of that kind of content on the front page.
At some point I’d like to reward downzappers too. Kind of like rewarding zapping top posts but the reverse - rewards for helping to find the worst stuff.
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need to give out sheriff badges @k00b!
we like this idea mortal @birdeye21
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Nice shot! It was missing something, I fix it https://postimg.cc/V5r6yhb8
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what did I do to deserve this 1111 sats? people on the internet are crazy these days 😂 and I like it!
maybe you need to write another SN guide about zapping. Few knows that if you want a post to be more visible (upvote) is not about how many sats you zap, but how many other users are zapping (upvoting) and commenting.
The amount of sats in a zap is more like if you want to give a reward together with the upvote.
yes, I noticed this one, most likely after two quality users commented and zapped, then the post ranking is like 🚀 slowly to the front page.
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trust need to be earned 😼
Have a great trip and take lots of photos.
and then share here 😼
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and from my observation, Turkish people prefer gold.
and it is quite decentralized in Türkiye, people generally prefer buying or getting things done from people they know, at least till the last generation.
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The majority of people I observed are buying gold, from weddings to newborn babies, I was the only one gifting Bitcoin; how fun.!
Yes, I always ask people how they handle inflation; some buy houses&land, some buy cars, and some buy gold. Then I would randomly mention Bitcoin ( not actually random🤣 ) say here is how I solve this problem, with Bitcoin - it is the best solution in the long term. If someone is curious, I then explain more.
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why suspicious 😂😂
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still waiting for when I could share photos easier and in better quality 🥸 @ekzyis
I thought I could just do an easy fix for the quality for now but I didn't want to invest any more time into code we're going to throw away soon anyway for the features mentioned here
I hope I'll have it done next week
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Nice Clint photo! You need to post a "you feeling lucky, punk?" meme next.
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