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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-17 01:19:43
Looks really sharp.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-14 17:56:44
Bluesky's onboarding problem is due to the fact that <clears throat>
THEY'VE DONE SQUAT TO DECENTRALIZE.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-10 20:32:42
The Bears are still terrible, I see.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-10 17:03:40
Cautiously optimistic about Trump’s plan to regulate censorship on the Internet. Really, what this does is remove power from the advertisers, who threaten to pull ads unless viewpoints they disagree with are censored. A publicly traded company can do nothing but bend the knee to these bludgeoners in the interest of shareholders, and private companies suffer via activism. Jack himself has spoken on this tension: what was right for the company in censoring and banning doesn’t translate to what is morally good. Removing the association of content from advertiser is a restoration of how things always were.
Still, I want to see this universally applied. I heard about a college professor this morning, suspended for mocking Trump voters. As uncharitable, unprofessional, or dumb as this may be, the guy has a right within his office to use mockery in this way. The reality is that Left and Right use censorship as a weapon, and we must all arrive at a shared repugnance for its employ.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-08 21:31:55
I'm not on the fence: that part of it was terrible, immoral, and deserves justice. He was absolutely cold-blooded when it came to protecting what he'd built.
This is why it's so tough to simply say, "Free Ross!"
At the same time, there ultimately was no victim (and thus no action) taken against his horrible intention. His sentence is drastic and ridiculous in light of the crime, and is the result of the justice system attempting to make an example of him. I therefore have a very hard time balancing the justice he deserves with the justice he was handed.
And in such a miscarriage, it seems better for a man to go free.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-08 18:23:46
Says a lot about this protocol that my first move was to install Amethyst on the brand new Daylight. Which is great, by the way. nostr:nprofile1qqswhhhf99z77pfg80s2c00z27rusxn2tzss7450n34krkwa2yadhtgpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuerkv36zuer9wcq3vamnwvaz7tmpw5h8yetvv9ukzcnvv5hx7un8lpntld
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-08 14:21:20
Pumping dollars into BTC threatens the US Dollar not one iota, because -- like it or not -- BTC is pegged to the USD. It's what determines value, and it's the reason all of you watch the price. Like any other commodity traded in Chicago, its value is pegged to the strength of the US economy, which runs on fiat
Any and all government investment and interaction (as well as regulation) should be viewed through a lens of disappointment, and as an impediment to the kind of future you beautiful starry-eyed people want to see. What's correct about this post -- the reason I feel a need to write this at all -- is the tone of caution: no government is going to wound its own economy, and everything we scheme about the future of crypto should be through this lense.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-06 17:52:44
Outlook is a garbage app on desktop -- well known and established over the years, but holy cow: I had no idea their mobile app is also a complete disaster of design.
Keep it up, Microsoft. You're batting 1.000 when it comes to awful lately.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-04 19:29:35
Considering future voting based upon which candidate spams my phone the least.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-11-04 19:28:32
I fear this essay will be lost (its original host site is down), so posting it here.
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The Only Vote Worth Casting in November
Alasdair MacIntyre
University of Notre Dame
When offered a choice between two politically intolerable alternatives, it is important to choose neither. And when that choice is presented in rival arguments and debates that exclude from public consideration any other set of possibilities, it becomes a duty to withdraw from those arguments and debates, so as to resist the imposition of this false choice by those who have arrogated to themselves the power of framing the alternatives. These are propositions which in the abstract may seem to invite easy agreement. But, when they find application to the coming presidential election, they are likely to be rejected out of hand. For it has become an ingrained piece of received wisdom that voting is one mark of a good citizen, not voting a sign of irresponsibility. But the only vote worth casting in November is a vote that no one will be able to cast, a vote against a system that presents one with a choice between Bush's conservatism and Kerry's liberalism, those two partners in ideological debate, both of whom need the other as a target.
Why should we reject both? Not primarily because they give us wrong answers, but because they answer the wrong questions. What then are the right political questions? One of them is: What do we owe our children? And the answer is that we owe them the best chance that we can give them of protection and fostering from the moment of conception onwards. And we can only achieve that if we give them the best chance that we can both of a flourishing family life, in which the work of their parents is fairly and adequately rewarded, and of an education which will enable them to flourish. These two sentences, if fully spelled out, amount to a politics. It is a politics that requires us to be pro-life, not only in doing whatever is most effective in reducing the number of abortions, but also in providing healthcare for expectant mothers, in facilitating adoptions, in providing aid for single-parent families and for grandparents who have taken parental responsibility for their grandchildren. And it is a politics that requires us to make as a minimal economic demand the provision of meaningful work that provides a fair and adequate wage for every working parent, a wage sufficient to keep a family well above the poverty line.
The basic economic injustice of our society is that the costs of economic growth are generally borne by those least able to afford them and that the majority of the benefits of economic growth go to those who need them least. Compare the rise in wages of ordinary working people over the last thirty years to the rise in the incomes and wealth of the top twenty percent. Compare the value of minimum wage now to its value then and next compare the value of the remuneration of CEOs to its value then. What is needed to secure family life is a sufficient minimum income for every family and that can perhaps best be secured by some version of the negative income tax, proposed long ago by Milton Friedman, a tax that could be used to secure a large and just redistribution of income and so of property.
We note at this point that we have already broken with both parties and both candidates. Try to promote the pro-life case that we have described within the Democratic Party and you will at best go unheard and at worst be shouted down. Try to advance the case for economic justice as we have described it within the Republican Party and you will be laughed out of court. Above all, insist, as we are doing, that these two cases are inseparable, that each requires the other as its complement, and you will be met with blank incomprehension. For the recognition of this is precluded by the ideological assumptions in terms of which the political alternatives are framed. Yet at the same time neither party is wholeheartedly committed to the cause of which it is the ostensible defender. Republicans happily endorse pro-choice candidates, when it is to their advantage to do so. Democrats draw back from the demands of economic justice with alacrity, when it is to their advantage to do so. And in both cases rhetorical exaggeration disguises what is lacking in political commitment.
In this situation a vote cast is not only a vote for a particular candidate, it is also a vote cast for a system that presents us only with unacceptable alternatives. The way to vote against the system is not to vote.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-31 04:12:01
The power of this Yankees lineup was simply no match for their terrible defense.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-30 20:02:11
Apple intelligence, but the only thing people really care about are Genmojis.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-30 05:56:56
The Yankees found themselves, but too little too late I'm afraid.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-29 23:08:30
It's cool when it works.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-20 15:22:42
Agreed. As far as episodic battle stuff goes, the bar is low with me and it's fun.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-15 17:28:06
Also today: as an obsessive junky of the Chicago brand Field Notes (even the paper is printed local), I'm loving the new edition released today. I don't use lined notebooks much, but will make an exception for these beauties.
https://image.nostr.build/2a9e72096c8a432122bf1268fc9c1e97cf588d30ba5cb4c415b9ae38ffab5e9d.png
https://image.nostr.build/147cf661c562e49b325be8cca2e75d167eac6b0c67722b3c54173538cc8314be.png
https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/birds-and-trees-of-north-america
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-15 17:23:30
Digging the new iPad Mini, grateful for the update. It's the only iPad I've ever found useful in my workflow.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-12 15:33:49
And from what I have heard around Chicagoland anecdotally, major resistance only exists now from higher-up goofs wishing to justify their expensive office space.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-12 03:02:02
Do in fact look into it, Bluesky, but please be prepared to acknowledge that the point of failure on Twitter exists on your own platform also. Decentralize your stuff or stay silent.
https://image.nostr.build/3c9f37d3e33418c1601dd501ccfdd929d2d1cda222e1a489117acba6bdbabb1c.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-09 17:53:09
I believe the more common parlance is "long in the tooth," but I gather ye.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-09 17:49:36
Good move. I'm here all but exclusively now. I like that there are no toddlers trying to control the sandbox.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-04 22:44:18
Just played with the new camera iPhone button.
Ruling: Helpful.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-10-01 03:01:36
I reckon it's time to post my favorite song about Pete rose. RIP, Charlie Hustle.
https://youtu.be/rhXbT7JUDaI?si=iZ_xDZDTMgKNR1Qy
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-29 23:34:20
RIP Kris Kristofferson. What a songwriter. What a presence on the screen. They don't make 'em like him anymore.
There's a poetic quality to his passing on a Sunday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqGWTxwZEA
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-29 22:00:26
Let me tell you something brother #beerstr https://image.nostr.build/54ccb643f3e8ba6902573c29b47964dc282c9e817a17f79959d9ae9d3a961f06.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-29 17:45:50
Wild. Awesome!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-28 17:43:08
If you enjoy the sports ball and have an iPhone, don't sleep on their generic Sports app. Great realtime updates to the home screen, of as many games as you want unfolding at the same time.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-28 17:09:10
Alright, ready for Sunday. Let's go.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-28 01:27:39
I doubt it. In the olden days they might have marched them to central square, but those times are gone 😄
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@ 15c21cd4:f7bed632
2024-09-28 01:25:14
I don't watch much sports ball but do they get a parade for that?
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-28 01:21:38
Un poquito.. pero es historia!
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@ 61f9965e:59eeed7e
2024-09-28 01:17:35
Decepcionado?
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-28 01:13:03
They did it! The White Sox have officially lost 121 games! The record for worst season is all theirs! Man, what a season.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-27 23:06:09
Come on, Tigers. All you have to do is survive 50 pitches. Let Crochet throw deep counts.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-27 23:04:11
Just wait until they begin citing sovereign monetary policy.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-27 21:34:35
This is so awesome.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-27 20:30:47
The talent working on Nostr is great. Haven't said it in a while but it needs to be said. Grateful for you all.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-26 19:41:43
The Angels are about to be swept by the worst team of all time. Let that sink in, Angels fans.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-25 18:28:42
Can’t wait. I thought I made the August batch, but patience is a virtue.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-25 18:18:26
Forgot how people are constantly sniffing around an IP address until I installed this firewall. Yow.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-23 18:34:14
The Musgrave 600 News is like the Sharpie of pencils. Larger core and very soft. It’s an excellent writer, but man have I mangled them with my standard sharpeners.
Ordered a $10 sharpener for pastels, hoping I stop the waste. I know the larger core has to be a problem though. https://image.nostr.build/a9e91de3a3695004a457bcd1ebf67d4e4a452da34b6ccc1cc953c84f2c2ee2da.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-23 18:27:00
I love Fall, but my sinuses sure don't like the gettin' there.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-23 17:28:21
Except gAI doesn't do this in any meaningful way; it doesn't unlock something new. Wealth could always google.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-22 23:53:43
https://youtu.be/OVhA01J0Zsg?si=HJtafcwKFpHxVB-y
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-22 22:35:51
The White Sox have lost their 120th game, tying the '62 Mets for the most ever.
It's been a long road, but I knew they could do it. The record will be all theirs this week.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-22 21:15:50
Nextcloud Hub 9 looks great. The kind of stuff we need.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-22 19:07:54
Bears gonna Bear
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-22 18:25:48
They know you'll ignore the commercial -- you ignore most of them -- but what if they put a realistic sounding doorbell at the beginning? One that fires up the dog and annoys you? They know what they're doing. Attention is the gold standard, and if they acquire yours via annoyance, good enough.
This and many other things, working against contemplation.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-21 18:59:41
Principles or profit -- sooner or later, a business will choose profit.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/21/24250697/x-complies-brazil-supreme-court
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-21 03:41:11
Husker football is pain.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-19 20:19:33
Corb Lund's latest album, "El Viejo," is a great addition to his catalogue. Furthers my belief that Alberta is Canadian Nebraska.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-19 17:34:04
People locally wonder (sometimes with suspicion) why I'm so interested in the 120-loss season the White Sox will tie and eclipse: "Aren't you a Cubs fan?" they ask, wondering if I'm just looking to dunk on the South Side, which is something the native borns do that I've never enjoyed. In reality, I like both teams, and want to see both succeed. What I do not like is how one team treats their fans, which is akin to how Blackhawks supporters were treated prior to Rocky Wirtz.
Pretending has been Jerry Reinsdorf's MO for years. Just trying to break even, eh Jerry, poor old owner (in one of the country's largest markets). Shoot for second, you say, and keep them coming back for more. Refuse to offer big contracts, because gosh, we're just trying to scrape by. Refuse to modernize, because all that analytics nonsense is for the birds. Refuse to hire the best you can land in management. Laugh at even the remote possibility of signing Ohtani, who will soon cement his status as the best player in history.
It's abusive to the people who spend their time, money, and most importantly -- their attention -- on this team. The White Sox organization has, for almost the entirety of my life, been a literal scam. That's hard for fans to see and understand, especially when they back-ended their way into a World Series victory in 2005, when cheap players caught fire and had career-defining seasons never matched again. But take it from a Nebraska boy who is, yes, primarily a Cubs fan: you've been scammed, just as Cubs fans were scammed by the Tribune Company, milking us under similar pretenses until the Rickets family came along. Come to terms with it: that's what this season is about. You've been hoodwinked by a man who never had any intention of delivering.
The joy of setting the loss record is the scrutiny it brings. Everything is coming to light, and the chief abuser is reaping what he's sewn. This is his legacy above all. This is what he'll be remembered for.
I'm not so naive as to believe that Dump on Jerry Month will bring any tangible change. It won't, as long as he owns the team. But it's justice, and it's what everyone involved deserves.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5773947/2024/09/19/white-sox-failure-worst-season-history/?source=user_shared_article
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-19 02:55:40
lol
https://image.nostr.build/99473cd5e218585f0a75c8038016142cccf2d187e01d8b6c63c02631c95abfdf.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-17 20:13:55
Just mirrored my iPhone via macOS. Dunno why I'd ever need to do this, but I did it.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-16 17:16:06
Everybody's freaking out about the Bears today, but I thought they did pretty well against a team favored to win. 🤷♂️
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-12 16:59:25
Just a brilliant song. Jesse Welles prints good songs as fast as I concoct bad ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAU6UcjobI
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-11 02:20:11
If the White Sox finish the season 8-8 over the last 16 -- if they play .500 ball, which they have not over any stretch of this season -- they will still finish with the worst-ever record in modern baseball.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-09 23:37:05
As is tradition, your Guaranteed Rate Crowd Report ahead of first pitch.
https://m.primal.net/KlTW.mov
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-09 23:23:15
Back to the House of Horrors. https://image.nostr.build/31bdcbba3d87c408bc60c784ef106c96179e52fe35b57108c43d1fa58738ad3a.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-09 20:52:27
In reality, unless they do business down there, Rumble is under no obligation to do anything. Make them block you.
nostr:nevent1qqs9csg6u5r35qkmj8sst3qpacljgkklm8cmx08wjnu30c7yrstatsqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygyzxs0cs2mw40xjhfl3a7g24ktpeur54u2mnm6y5z0e6250h7lx5gpsgqqqqqqssvau5f
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-09 18:48:58
Apple Event - underwhelming in every way, and the definition of 'incremental update.'
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-09 17:43:31
Apple Air Pod Pro hearing aid feature kinda nice, but consider: grandma still won't wear them.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-08 20:06:33
Alright, Bears. Not pretty. But good enough to steal one you weren't favored to win.
Get better and 🐻⬇️.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-08 17:57:01
Rational Brain: Give Caleb and the Bears time, it's his first game on the big stage.
Meathead Brain: https://image.nostr.build/65df48a2f01be9594e4bef8cf6848f8a1960d9aea8b0013ba56ed99f6b32fb46.gif
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-08 05:28:26
Yet another test message.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-07 03:49:42
Well, that was refball at its finest and I'm not sure who was hurt more, but in the end: a Green Bay loss is always justice. #BearDown
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-07 03:24:50
On every play of consequence, I expect a flag, surprised when there is none. The modern NFL.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-07 00:36:11
Ah, another season of refball with 40s in between plays.
At least Green Bay will have to deal with having the third best QB in the NFC North. 😉
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-06 23:15:44
There are convergence points, you know. Places where you can find a Tim Horton's close to a Waffle House.
I dream of a utopia where a Buc-ees sits next to the WaHo, and Timmie's is just down the lane.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-06 23:12:13
What's a guy gotta do to get a Buc-ee's in Northern Illinois?
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-06 04:28:18
The Internet Archive ruling is just a bitter reminder of how jaded I've become about the Internet. What excited me most back in the all-text days is that I could Gopher so much raw information contained in journals and books, and I dreamt of a future where everything would be digitized and easily accessible.
Of course, I underestimated greed and the iron bars of capitalism wrongly applied, and those dreams died long before the feds tortured Aaron Swartz to death. So much potential for bettering the world, and here we are, stuck behind antiquated notions.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-06 01:41:49
It's really cool that you can turn it off. It's also really cool that my extension allows me to destroy your web design by making it all dark.
Who's the real rebel here?
https://keenen.xyz/dark-mode-sucks/
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-05 18:03:02
Smart article. I appreciate that we've reached the "Wait a minute" phase in the gen AI life cycle, followed only by the most sobering of them all: defunding.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-we-need-to-check-the-gen-ai-hype-and-get-back-to-reality/
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-05 16:42:41
Everybody rails against Mondays, but I'll posit for your consideration that Thursdays are the real beast.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-05 03:42:25
yep, I'm 13 again, hoping I didn't just destroy the family computer.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-05 03:38:08
Sounds a lot like political partisanship, rather than a well-reasoned position.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-05 02:08:05
Bluesky has no algo persay, but yes: every user will turn against you for crypto posting. And I kind of... don't blame them? Those on the outside can't parse the subtle distinction between BTC enthusiasts and those peddling the next awesome airdrop. Those who can don't want to hear about BTC, much as I don't want to hear about stock information.
I return to the old theme: a crypto-related focus hurts Nostr adoption. I don't like it, but it's a hard truth.
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp56wsvk59tvtj0q6rs7ggqyngszlxz7tlptl884z7qyvycur77xsqqs0h769rwgx99h5ngcn5y3e8k3dvt8m0ps7wxxkfpt5cjqw278q2lc9x647a
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-04 20:22:07
Never go full White Sox. Never.
https://video.nostr.build/c47fc94cb72f407d00844b3ca7a65b990eafe69aa28658bc917d83206a9534ee.mp4
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-04 16:16:05
To answer his question, just based off of observation: the one way to "beat" the algorithm is through activity. I follow some accounts that have gone from zero to huge without offline celebrity influence, and they all seem to have one thing in common: constant, frequent posting. 10-20 a day, every day.
That isn't my game, and I don't care. Post what you want, when you want, and if people like it, cool. If they don't respond, cool. If they criticize, hey: that's the nature of bringing anything you create into the world. I've moved away from a "larger audience" because again, I don't care about that. I care about the decentralized nature of Nostr and, hopefully one day (but not holding my breath), Bluesky.
Social media in general reinforces one of the big no-nos when it comes to creative output: you do it for yourself, not for some perceived audience or, in this context, clout gained through fake Internet points.
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqwlsccluhy6xxsr6l9a9uhhxf75g85g8a709tprjcn4e42h053vaqqsqqqpydfksy9n6t6ftm2y6gfse5hej9jcku9xt4mhsrxwfk00wffqedzzh2
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-04 01:39:55
12-10, actually. Impossible just the same.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-04 01:35:55
White Sox Infamy Update:
In order to dodge the title of worst team in history, the Sox must finish the season with a record of 12-12.
They won four games in the month of August.
What we’re witnessing is unfathomable to the baseball stat junkie.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-03 19:58:00
Nice to have a little bit of everything. I have a Pelikan 800 I ordered from Richard Binder when he was still on the grind, always at the ready. Sign things with a Kaweco Brass. Carry a Pilot Razr. But mostly bang away with ooga-booga caveman wooden Japanese graphite pencils. Can't ever go wrong with a good tool!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-03 18:46:25
Yet another test message. Hello in there.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-09-03 15:07:31
I’m mostly a pencil guy, but I went on an aside with some people the other day about that pen. I don’t often use it, but hard to argue with the most-produced consumer product.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-14 21:14:51
Kind of frustrating, really. Bluesky will Mastadon if it remains the "enemies of Elon" refuge, just as Nostr will if it's "that network for bitcoiners." It's easy to lose focus on what matters (easy, stable decentralization) when your market remains niche.
https://image.nostr.build/a8522d1820efa768cc3678b97ed72c895f7b3fb655de60fef1f8676c521f46b9.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-14 20:43:34
Now that every Social Security Number in the U.S. has been stolen, can we just agree that perhaps this isn't the best system and come up with something new?
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-07 22:14:15
No disputing that evil acts can have tangentially good consequences.
https://image.nostr.build/466f5a43f6bf0c6787a24e69d99b8731bb586e2b6425f353cd32fc53a2df27de.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-07 22:03:13
There we go, White Sox. Back on track with that L. 29-89.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-07 19:18:27
Still getting over the disappointment of that White Sox victory last night.
Today's a new day, though, and the 3:1 loss ratio still holds.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-05 16:16:51
To be clear: I'm critical not of the vision or BTC in general, but rather what it's morphed in to, which is essentially a really volatile commodity. It can never become anything *in itself* as long as it's traded alongside soybeans and corn down at the Merc. It's forever pegged to the USD, and forever susceptible to all the fluctuations that hit other commodities.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-04 23:01:46
...and clinging to the future after it becomes evident that things have gone off the rails is also an ever-present feature of the failed revolution: "I know it's difficult, now, comrade, but when the revolution is realized, things will be better!"
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-04 22:57:14
This is the reality of the present.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-04 22:18:49
...struggling with the disappoint befalling most would-be revolutionaries, as his noble ideal for a better future morphed, in practice, to a commodity valued by volume trading.
https://image.nostr.build/6040da85cdee014e7e010d45a546bf2b7efac7de4f36f817de46aed481f243e7.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-03 18:24:08
Look at that thing. THAT is how a smoker should look!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-08-02 15:48:13
Hadn't listened to Bob Dylan's "Triplicate" in a couple of years -- cover albums of songs that aren't Bob's usually end up low on my playlist -- but man, is it good. The perfect overcast rainy day slow-moving album. The band is perfectly laid back and Dylan's voice is strong, yet grizzled with the experience needed to tell these stories well.
https://tidal.com/browse/album/71983194?u
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-28 02:19:36
I personally see zero threat to you all. As long as things don't actually evolve to the point where sovereign monetary policy is threatened.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-28 02:17:31
All those in the bitcoin community can hope for out of a politician is that they will leave you alone. Same thing everyone else wants.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-27 17:17:51
Just in case you missed the opening ceremony last night and are wondering what all the buzz is about, here it is. I personally think this is high art, but that's just my two cents.
(Faithfully stolen from my guy Good Tweetman on X)
https://video.nostr.build/dab16386c731edec9d251680ac2187d0f74fd02612125cbe5799ff4b2bd0ae85.mp4
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-27 15:34:24
2024 out November 29th. I recommend everyone snag a variant if you can find it in your area. Being in Chicagoland has some benefits.
https://image.nostr.build/aeb77488531165566ee847393b70b781fdfe25ead2fb6bd9a77345f544d2f516.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-25 20:30:53
Just after I whined about decks being the most important thing for social media, I see the Damus Deck invitation signup. Good stuff.
Maybe my whining can usher in its existence.