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Cruising through some #gray data while researching my next book.
Now I have an interesting fun fact for the next fun fact Friday.
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Can't wait to hear what the fun fact is.
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This OpenAI drama is so fascinating... 🍿
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I know! Either way it’s a big mistake: on the boards part for being deaccelerationists or on Sam for doing something genuinely shady.
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I'd be curious to know how people on SN feel about the whole deacceleration position. I suspect we're mostly on team "let it rip, this thing's inevitable".
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Adulting sucks I wish I had more time to play video games
Super Mario RPG remake came out. The little boy in me is screaming with excitement.
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I know how you feel, I wish I was a kid again then I could play games whole day.
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Haha I know staying up all night grinding out on your Japanese RPG
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Recommended mini-series (just 2 episodes) for the weekend: George Carlin's American Dream (HBO)
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I will check it out, thanks for the tip was thinking what I can watch next.
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If anyone else is a conspiracy theory spectator, check this out from Kim Dotcom:
This is potentially the most significant leak of military technology in history.
There is video evidence from 2014 that the US military is in possession of technology that most would describe as Alien. Objects that fly with some sort of gravity propulsion with unbelievable speed and maneuverability, shielded by a vacuum layer that can potentially penetrate anything.
These advanced objects seem to be able to create portals that can make a Boing 777 airliner disappear in an instant. This evidence has been out there for a decade but it took @JustXAshton and his investigation to attract wider attention.
Many of you have seen the TicTac UFO videos filmed by US Navy jets in 2004. The 2014 evidence seems to suggest that this technology has been in the possession of the US military for a long time. The evidence is compelling because it was filmed from 3 different surveillance platforms simultaneously: 2 US spy satellites and 1 US military drone.
The leaked videos when combined create a problem for debunkers because the physics match up from different angles. It would take a gigantic effort to fake something like this.
This could be the most significant leak of military technology in history. Surely the US Govt will attempt to discredit it. But it’s now in the public domain and a crowd investigation is taking place.
The implications are enormous. If this technology is real it renders the nuclear deterrence of non-US nations meaningless. These objects can travel faster than any missile and create portals that can make any plane, missile, submarine or satellite disappear.
What makes this discovery so controversial is that this technology was allegedly used to make flight MH370 disappear. A tragedy that is surrounded by many conspiracy theories. How does a passenger plane vanish without a trace?
Please watch this video. I’m following developments closely. Several attempts were made to debunk the video evidence but none of them were credible. https://youtube.com/watch?v=AwaC4AXFqRI
I haven't done my spectating yet, but the claim is that MH370 was sent through a portal created by tictac shaped aircrafts.
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Been following this since they were posted on Reddit in August, this is why I've been wanting to get a UFO sub going here. The manipulation on reddit is crazy, would be a good stress test for SN hahaha.
But this guy Ashton has put a lot of work into the story, it's wild if you read up on it. I don't agree with all of his claims but he sure deserves some sats I feel.
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The biggest question I have is, why now?
Why 2023, when AI is extremely prevalent and capable? When these videos and assets are dated from many years prior? Why now when U.S. would arguably want to demonstrate they have more powerful technology than perhaps they do (as a deterrent)? Why only this leak, and not other military operations/technology/showcases/atrocities? Why have they not already discredited or removed these videos? Why would they not want this to remain secret?
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the answer is simple: to make noise with this so people will be busy and DO NOT LOOK where is suppose to look (usually something is happening and they like to be ignored).
Masters of puppets show...
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Solid argument.
Perhaps this week we're about to see more internet outages, the demise of financial markets and massive movements in the Middle East. Read that Iran's main hosting/CDN provider ArvanCloud had been affected yesterday.
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my argument is solid because your question was solid too πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ few people today are asking the right questions...
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why are people still paying attention to news when there are so many more meaningful things to learn?
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like what value do they get out of knowing the "news" besides causing anxiety or negativity
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I'm sorry nemo cat. Too many questions to chase for one tail.
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If you want busy people give you more time, help make them less busy. The inverse is also true.
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Substack really needs to get rid of their subscribe cover. It makes me harbor hostile feelings toward them. There are likely more subtle yet obvious ways to remind me that I can subscribe.
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yes, that window is really annoying. And they do not want to integrate LN. Not even let you insert a proper LNURL link.
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I looked at the network response, and there are indeed just two Set-Cookie headers even though I am calling SetCookie three times :(
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Just finished the Plebdev course!
Ladies and Gentleman, I present to you Drum roll React-Wild (React wildly freaks!)
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Mariachi on Death Row Records was on no one’s bingo card, but it’s darn good.
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So.. who has an account but still uses @anon sometimes?
I'm happy but still surprised how much @anon is used.
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Accounts are lame. Every account I create adds to my mental overhead, "I know I have some data over there somewhere, so I need to make sure I remember it in case it's relevant in the future." Accounts presume some level of future maintenance for privacy reasons or in our case financial reasons or for archival/self-snapshot reasons.
This is one reason to be bullish on DIDs and actually self-hosting your data. While self-hosting anything isn't free, it doesn't give me the same type of data anxiety because I'm more in control of it all.
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waiting for fees to reduce so I can open lightning channels without paying an arm and a leg.
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Feels like we’ll be waiting some time. Been 80-180k sats per byte for 3 weeks now. Paying close attention also though.
Just make sure the channel size is chunky to justify any inflated fees.
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Is the channel size the reason channels force close in a high fee environment?
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180k sats will be enough to buy a yacht in the next two - four years. I can't wait to throw those insane yacht parties.
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Lol, that dog looks so comfortable and probably that this is as good a place as any to take a nap.
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We are all just monkeys flying through space on a giant rock…but some of us monkeys are wearing cowboy hats.
@k00b feature request if possible. It would be nice to be able to distinguish between my username and other usernames. It would make it easier to spot my comments, especially when posts gets very busy.
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The holiday season is upon us. Who's gonna lose their cowboy hat? Gonna try to hold on to mine for dear life.
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Not me. I'm planning on hiring an elf to zap on my behalf. I need my cowboy hat to cover my baldspot. πŸ˜…
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Howdy all. Going to hang out with my sons and take them to the new Paw Patrol Movie
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Howdy partner. Enjoy the movie.
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Thanks! Enjoying the time with my 4 & 6 year old. Can’t wait to teach them about Bitcoin! It’s changed so many lives for the better, unlike shit coin Casio bets!
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Started a 21-day challenge in which I aimed to learn something new about Bitcoin or interact with its ecosystem every day. I would also record my progress on Stacker News.
Day 20 - Signed up with Bitcoin Transcripts Reviews (https://review.btctranscripts.com) to have a shot at editing machine-generated transcripts on Bitcoin. A site that pays me for deepening my knowledge about Bitcoin? Sign me up!
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One more day for the end of the challenge. What's your plan when you've mastered your knowledge of Bitcoin?
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I think sn could pop off if we had a podcast sub. The equivalent on Reddit has over 2 million members. This could also generate a ton of sats for sn community.
Also the fact that no one on Nostr has figured this out yet is kinda weird. Either something is coming or no one is paying attention.
Also saw children of men last night and yes it’s still near a perfect film. πŸ‘Œ
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I'd love to support podcasters more, but do people want to discuss podcasts in this particular text format? I'm not sure.
Other than discussions, what value would we bring podcasts? Ranking? I could see that a little more clearly.
On discussions ...
Good discussions require a coincidence knowledgeable people wanting to discuss something at roughly the same time - which is already rare even for 5 minute long article reads. In the case of podcasts, it's a 1-3hr time commitment in audio and/or video format and then switching to text to discuss it. Meaning, I think the coincidence rate is even lower for podcast discussions.
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SN already popping off without a podcast sub. What we really need is a frozen yoghurt section.
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Also the fact that no one on Nostr has figured this out yet is kinda weird.
Figure out what?
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 18 Nov 2023
my guess would be that @Car means the potential of podcasts + nostr
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Podcasts already have a protocol though so I’m not sure what value we’re imagining nostr adds
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Morning stackers. If you're interested in the Broken Money book club, I just wrote a post soliciting your thoughts on the upcoming part 5. It started as a msg here in the saloon but got too long, so I made it its own thing.
(Now that I'm writing this, and reflecting on the other 'advertising' that I've done in here, I'm worried that it's annoying to spam the saloon with notifications of this kind. I guess I do it because it seems sort of like a "public service announcement" that you would make in real life; but if this is annoying, please let me know, and I'll knock it off.)
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Now that I'm writing this, and reflecting on the other 'advertising' that I've done in here, I'm worried that it's annoying to spam the saloon with notifications of this kind. I guess I do it because it seems sort of like a "public service announcement" that you would make in real life; but if this is annoying, please let me know, and I'll knock it off.
Don't!
I think the saloon is ideal for stuff like this. It's an unintended consequence, but a good one.
I think you're like I used to be a lot more in the past: You care too much :)
Not a bad thing, but it shouldn't make you feel bad about certain things you do.
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I can say, even as someone yet to engage with book club, I appreciate the tag and mention. More so than the spam ads of late, that’s for sure πŸ˜„ Perhaps there could be a small cost to tag someone, to prevent misuse.
It’s high signal and reinforcement for me to receive a notification and reminder to grab the book. To join the discussion. I may otherwise miss the post and discussions. Feel free to keep tagging us/me. If you’ve had complaints from others, remove them.
(To be honest as a SN feature I would also love a way to be notified when certain users create any new post at all. You would be one of those users.)
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Perhaps there could be a small cost to tag someone
I think everyone should have a setting that allow or disallow tagging them. If allow is selected then a fee should be payed of which a portion should go to the user.
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you can disable notifications for mentions, no need for fees imo
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Go to their profile, next to the cowboy hat, "subscribe to posts"
If you do it anywhere else, you'll just be subscribing to that particular post or comment.
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Thanks for the thoughts and the nice words.
Fwiw, you can follow stackers when they make a new post, a comment, or both. Go to their profile and click the three dots, and you can select from a dropdown.
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Thanks Elvis. Can’t believe I didn’t spot that previously
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We are all learning. SN is always introducing new features. I struggle to keep up sometimes. I usually find out about new features from cowboys in the saloon.
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and we're struggling to make everyone aware of the features, haha
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Enjoying coffee and SN this fine Autumn morning. Will spend the day with my son doing errands, a few chores, and some fun time at the park
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Sounds like a relaxing yet productive day!
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Morning Stackers,
Its wild to think that veterans are primed for bitcoin adoption and are a global decentralized community which can provide security and logistics support.
It seems like merchant adoption is going well (CoinOs/Oshi/Nostr Markets/Meetups and Conferences/Distributors/Initiatives).
Striving towards living on a bitcoin standard is a spiritual journey, which has the potential to focus your thoughts, uplift your spirit, and heal your soul.
Thanks, Hustle
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This has been stuck in my head for days
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Woke up early, practiced some meditation, made a nice breakfast for my girlfriend, fed my dogs and will be playing tennis in the morning. Have a good day y'all!
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another saturday that i'm up hours before my alarm! Happy day to all. i'll do my podcast, Saturday Night LIT, live from Bitcoin Grove again tonight. Bitcoin Brunch tomorrow. yo!
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share the link on sn would love to check it out
Recommendation to listen for this weekend: Axioms of Liberty podcast, two very good episodes, reading from the book "Voluntaryst Handbook", two good chapters:
Are 2 small episodes, less than 30 min each to listen. But I am strongly recommending them, for those who really want to learn to be free, not statists.
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listened to a few ep from him πŸ‘€ quite nice.!
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I accidentally stumped upon a craftsmen still doing this embodiment art in a village, and we spent two days together making this first bag for myself:) and testing more designs atm, fun!
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Howdy gang, the weekend has officially started time to rest and relax and ponder about our week and see if we managed to get to our weekly goals, if our approach this week was optimal if all turned out the way we wanted then time to just enjoy the day, if not then we try a different way or think of we can improve, always forward, never backwards not even to gain a push. I wish you all a phenomenal weekend, may it be fruitful, successful and filled with love because you, my friend, deserve it. You're worthy, you matter, you're important and you're loved my good friend. Be well and stay frosty!!
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Howdy coach. Thank you for the wonderful message. Wish you have a phenomenal weekend as well.
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Thanks my friend, so far so good, have a great one!!
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music mood of today 🌧️
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I been gamblin' hereabouts for ten good solid years If I told you all that went down it would burn off both of your ears
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Empty in here.
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Working sadly :(
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That's sad. How's it going?
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I think of High Plains Drifter, one of the weirdest of the old westerns.
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Growing up I enjoyed western movies. I don't think I've seen that one before.
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Clint Eastwood classic. Almost "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" level.
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I will check it out. 🀠 Is this the title: High Plains Drifter?
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if you look closer, I am inside that back building, on the 1st floor window, watching...
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Lmao. I honestly looked for something resembling Dart πŸ˜…
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Yep. I can see you now. Lol.
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was missing to powerup my lightsaber πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
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🀣
On another note: I just realized how bad ass the red lightsaber looks.
Day 217 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.
...and 17 push-up(s).
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πŸ‘
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🫑
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🀠🐌⚑
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Nice snail
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Still going strong! Well done
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Welcome. Slow day today __@_'-'
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What can a cowboy do to get in on this action?
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Shit. Need to stack more. 🀠
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Lol. Yes you do. You can never have enough Bitcoin. ⚑🐌
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Very good lol
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Very good indeed. 🀠
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Don't know, did you click something in your browser network tab? lol
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interesting, maybe Morpheus is trying to pull you out the matrix, haha
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I don't buy it. Silver and gold are such common symbols. To lay so much meaning on them in the Wizard of Oz context without much other evidence seems like a stretch. On the other hand, the mocking of the ruling class, politicians makes sense. I enjoy the "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" thing.
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I thought the whole point or playing Solitaire was to play alone lol
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why do you waste your time instead of learning more about Bitcoin? Or do something for Bitcoin, for example this, onboard a merchant and get the bounty: #320148
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i get to stack non-KYC sats
how much, 1000 sats? wow such great amount. Ok, keep playing (wasting time) that... more sats for me.
Sometimes I am just thinking... why am I wasting my time writing BTC/LN guides, if people like this do not want to learn, they just want to play solitaire for a handful of sats...
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Also, is there any plans to improve it? I would like to have mute lists, and an option to see all my muted users. Cheers.
Oh, right, I think @siggy47 or @nemo also asked for list of muted users. they lost track of all users they muted, lol
but what do you mean with "mute lists"?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 18 Nov 2023
maybe i just wanted to ping you since you always say something funny :) haha
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