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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-05 15:02:14
Tadge translates Executive Order 6102 to crypto speak. #MITExpo
https://image.nostr.build/d9bef09d35c80281e594a3f8a88e94029501a07463e9402359cb1423a442b6ec.jpg
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-04 15:50:42
Many people who call themselves libertarian are royalists. They seek favor from a King to leave them alone. What that king does to other people, they don't care about.
They might even believe that ideally there would be no king and they would still be left alone.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-04 13:29:08
It depends on your level of cynicism, which for me varies by the day. On a bad day I agree with you. But on a good day I'm reminded that sometimes these laws can be used *against* government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Retention_Directive
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@ 1739d937:3e3136ef
2025-04-04 12:14:06
How does GDPR give anyone privacy protection? It's classic EU privacy theatre. All show, and lots of waste, but no benefit.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-04 12:10:27
Never waste an opportunity to further weaken privacy protection when at the same time you're bringing back chat control?
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-03 20:29:26
Made it to #Boston without getting deported to El Salvador. And on time for #BitDevs
Found someone looking for nuts!
https://image.nostr.build/7f19d7447994632cd910ff026acdd41ff1fd5702c8ef27dd07da9566a7f37e4f.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/330178c273f22c193ad3cb50b087a9cc4662bcf3d12e6b4ed7da8f79eab692cb.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/2b10a602a22d94daab6f94022b409baa1ec796c8513a1d3648217f6e4d635296.jpg
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@ 1739d937:3e3136ef
2025-04-03 19:16:10
I won’t hold my breath, but it’s a start…
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen/
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@ 50d94fc2:df281d63
2025-04-03 19:09:20
turns out "libertarians" don't care about freedom of trade
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-03 08:46:55
Where is tracking link bot 🤖? This link definitely had one.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-03 08:44:58
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/lamgelegd-door-zwarte-lijst-banken-verzekeraars?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebuttonleden&utm_source=linkbutton&share=DTH4RZuvu9TaZ%2B0EaCboc4H%2F7tqj%2B%2BZin5x6kIGvL39Qf3C05K84PxnKiT4pdIU%3D
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-03 07:16:26
You can just give your customers the middle finger, instead of making them talk to your AI chatbot that's dummer than a chicken. There is no AI yet, hire humans.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-02 15:15:07
Yeah, this was the wrong PR :-)
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-02 14:57:15
Huge (I meant this one)
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpamvs5te0hrehvy2la54am0l23qehs653dsyczpxhfddzssgvfe3qy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytncxpnzummjvuhsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qqsx53jq66edugm5dqpjhpmx3p56npu2zse533wfmzw90eggluduaagqhuzq3
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-02 14:56:57
Huge
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpamvs5te0hrehvy2la54am0l23qehs653dsyczpxhfddzssgvfe3qy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytncxpnzummjvuhsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qqstuu3m2uzj3tjhs7x67mq5r469srqpwqx5alqs6xz28plrw7jermgn8her7
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 20:55:37
To be fair, that's mostly my physicist side.
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@ e0339348:0ff7253e
2025-04-01 20:21:36
A software engineer walks into a kitchen with a steak…
nostr:nevent1qqswlng4lkdnxqwskuuqzj2xyljfzyr0z2uvat940ew9wsqc2kcs7cgppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0ds03fqec
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 20:04:13
Oh and I forgot that a bigger piece has more momentum (heat from the outside moving to the core), so probably need to take it out of the pan earlier to reduce overshoot.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 20:01:31
In general I'm still exploring the steak parameter space (this is approximately the 6th I've ever made).
As I'm trying different cuts from different sources, I'm holding the target core temperature constant at medium rare to medium (not a rare fan, but also not a well done fan).
I managed to hit that much better on a smaller cut before, consistent throughout. Maybe I need to heat more slowly in the oven phase to fix the consistency.
Blue is core, oranje is surface. Red is ambient, but in the pan it underestimates and I used a laser thermometer there :-)
https://image.nostr.build/b58b0eb037f7b689477db62318914f23be0260e8b55e909d68e0c04e52e3188a.jpg
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 19:28:03
Yeah the outside was thinner than where I was measuring. Working on it :-)
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@ b7ed68b0:55ed32fc
2025-04-01 18:52:13
What's the state after 'well done'?
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 17:17:38
Happy Proof-of-Steak day!
https://image.nostr.build/90304f6e2dc18967082bcc8dce54de1e137358cd1afd65d12b590d2b8cb8af90.jpg
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 12:59:16
Straight to El Salvador!
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@ fe32b72c:14cfcb1e
2025-04-01 12:32:38
There are no accounts on Nostr. Nothing to report.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-04-01 09:24:39
You can turn off "always-on".
I do like it most of the time, especially when the phone sits on the other side of the room and occasionally walk by to see if there's any notifications (silent mode).
But there are situations where's either distracting or outright bad privacy (people sitting next to you can see what podcast you're listening too).
I have the 15 so it doesn't have the middle button. For taking pictures I'd love to have a very light touch sensitive button so I don't have to press or touch the screen (both move the camera and potentially add blur). But it seems to me that the iPhone 16 camera button is far to the middle, so you'd still have to move your hand.
Come to think of it, maybe the shutter could be triggered by me blinking, as seen by the inside camera?
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@ 82341f88:fbfbe6a2
2025-04-01 04:04:10
i "downgraded" to an iPhone 16e.
i’ve learned:
- always-on screen is dumb
- dynamic island is dumb
- camera button is dumb
- new modem is great
- one camera is fine
- magsafe is dumb
- titanium is dumb
- battery is great
- 60hz is fine
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-31 13:12:04
How it started... how its going.
EasyPark took over ParkMobile and then jacked up prices by up to 18x. Fortunately there's actually competition. And tourists will probably keep using it.
https://image.nostr.build/797a2c5e062b80035fbf0fec4605e52e6a63b2b5321aaa0d3ac474800ed6b902.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/9b51cf8202db84e064b24be3925535148581b5ae18d409460d9e1d6b20a500c7.jpg
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-31 11:58:56
Just noticed it's using Wireguard on top of QUICK, so even if QUICK was broken you'd still effectively have a Wireguard connection to Mullvad. So then indeed it should be strictly better. I initially assumed they used something else to get to Obscure and Wireguard only for the second hop.
https://obscura.net/#faq-technical
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@ 3d2e5150:8d51d594
2025-03-31 10:58:15
I mean in terms of privacy, in comparison, it’s basically strictly better? It switches who learns the list of client IPs, but now matching that to plaintext traffic takes two entities working together instead of just one of them.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-31 08:15:27
Strictly different, potentially better :-)
I had at least one occasion where this punched through an airport wifi firewall where my regular Wireguard connection didn't.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-31 08:10:45
This clip I mean: nostr:note14u9cj59ua5u0hjqngvw0sgahckdrwdelvxd9xecrqy7d32ulg9sqyku0jp
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-31 08:09:49
Missed opportunity at the end of the clip to say "the fringe could become a little bit cringe".
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-31 08:03:57
Social media decoy account?
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@ 3d2e5150:8d51d594
2025-03-31 00:23:24
It uses Mullvad for the second hop, so basically strictly better?
(Disclosure: am investor)
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@ 82341f88:fbfbe6a2
2025-03-31 00:22:17
how does this compare to mullvad? https://obscura.net/
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@ fe32b72c:14cfcb1e
2025-03-30 20:05:50
Thank god I don't have any nostr accounts. Just an npub/nsec. As for AI, two can play that game. "Write this post, but reword it so I sound like a middle aged Englishman." Or "Translate <post> to gen-Z brospeak."
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 18:53:00
We'll call that a roast.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 18:52:22
Even better if it says "I told you so" if you ignore the warning and end up rugged.
nostr:note172q9zkhpkqy5s0f82t2tvpejhz8hh0a5mfmhde5xn4a95c4kyqhqgqzzu4
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 18:13:01
I've said plenty of unfriendly things about our current and former prime ministers, including demanding that Balkenende be trialed for crimes against humanity. Never caused any issues. At least in The Netherlands you're fine unless you make death threats (which the First Amendment doesn't protect either). In Malta on the other extreme, journalists have been murdered. Very diverse continent :-)
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@ 06bc9ab7:427c48f5
2025-03-30 18:09:32
It depends for whom and about what.
If you "offend" politicians in Europe it can get unpleasant for citizens right now. No gulag yet, but unpleasant.
If you are a visa holder in the US , and criticize the wrong middle eastern country you get deported....
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 17:57:33
nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak on the bright side, it's nice to have a convenient cryptographically signed public record of who ratted you out to the authorities: https://www.therage.co/iceraid/
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 17:53:28
The First Amendment is one of a kind, the gold standard of free speech. So when it disappears in the only country that has it, the bar is lowered globally.
Ironically that probably means the EU now has the worlds best free speech protections (and they're pretty bad imo).
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@ 06bc9ab7:427c48f5
2025-03-30 17:50:37
Authoritarianism is gaining worldwide....
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 17:42:46
Unfortunately nostr doesn't fix this. And that "please list your social media accounts" question on ESTA applications isn't that innocent anymore either.
Assuming the First Amendment doesn't make a comeback, we'll probably see more encrypted group chats (e.g. MLS based).
Unfortunately those are not immune from rats, which governments could offer bribes for. So really we'll just go back to good old Soviet kitchen conversations with trusted friends, after everyone leaves their phone at the door.
And then Glory to Trump in public.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 17:33:47
The thing about retired though is that you have plenty of time for cooking, and really all these other chores they do for you. Or course some people hate those. But you can probably hire a decent personal chef plus cleaners in most of Europe for much less.
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@ 80ba3b77:dea18705
2025-03-30 16:54:15
If those monthly expenses include an all-you-can-eat buffet, that doesn't seem like a bad deal. If they also have good health care on board, could be a great way to spend some of your retirement!
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 16:45:04
That may have been one of the interviewed folks here too. Some people sell their land based home, others keep it.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 16:43:41
* neighbors
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 16:43:30
You could rent for a year first. Immutable neighborhoods is a general problem with owning real estate for self-living.
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@ 234e96d5:7543d966
2025-03-30 16:17:17
Great! A floating prison you can’t get off after you find out you’re surrounded by whacky rich people… I’ll pass!
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@ 3b7550d5:aa34878f
2025-03-30 16:10:27
I remember reading an article about some old woman who basically sold up and was going to spend the rest of her days cruising. 24/7 staff you get to know, great medical facilities, mental and physical stimulation, social life. Sounds better than a lot of old guys have it if I’m honest
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 15:26:14
Site: https://villavieresidences.com/odyssey/
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 15:25:59
Cruise ship that plans to sail around the world every 3.5 years, carrying a combination of buyers and renters. According to this newspaper article some folks seem pretty happy, others are not.
At $100-320K plus monthly expenses of $3K - $7K it's a bit too expensive for my taste and I get sea sick. You can travel the world and live in very nice hotels and apartments on that budget. That said, it's not crazy unreasonable either and apparently many Americans spend more than that in dreadful land based homes.
What I find encouraging is that isn't a libertarian sea steading project. At least that wasn't the perspective of the people they interviewed. And the marketing doesn't emphasize that either. This is just a mainstream option now.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/03/28/geen-thuis-meer-op-land-maar-wonen-op-een-cruiseschip-a4887727
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 11:18:26
Afaik biometric passports are not optional in the EU, so I always use those gates. It's typically very quick on the way out, but on the way in they turn the machines off and you might have to wait half an hour because there's only one guy on duty for EU passports. Part of the reason is because our current government decided to waste a bunch of staff to patrol the German and Belgium border.
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@ 1dd7992e:db8f481f
2025-03-30 10:43:05
Schiphol's security checking is probably among the smoothest currently. It had gone down soon after COVID, took about a year or so to recover.
The immigration experience is pretty bad though, there are fewer and fewer booths with staff, and longer queues. Of course if you are EU citizen, and willing to hand over biometric data, the automatic gates seem efficient. Although, doesn't seem to work for people traveling with kids.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 10:14:09
Right, but while we all wait for the Supreme Court to maybe step in, Microsoft will probably just comply.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 10:08:01
* but not for
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 10:07:44
Schiphol airport has "private security" too. There's some military police present at the airport for customs and general security, but for mundane baggage checking.
Of course I fully expect the US to screw this up in every conceivable way. But at least cities and state governments have an incentive to insist that their airports don't suck.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-30 10:03:41
Weer een interessante aflevering.
https://fountain.fm/episode/lvxaMpclLkIb3m0COuvu
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@ 3d2e5150:8d51d594
2025-03-30 03:30:39
SFO has had private security, not TSA, this whole time, and while it’s not wildly better, it’s definitely the best security at a major US airport.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-29 13:59:31
Op een universiteitscampus, hoe verzin je het. Bij het vorige gebouw kon je gewoon naar binnen lopen.
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.A.F.C._Wentgebouw
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-29 13:57:56
> Volgens het RIVM heeft het gebouw een open uitstraling. "Het pand heeft een zichtbare, gastvrije en open uitstraling door het gebruik van veel glas." Als je er langs fietst, ziet het er misschien anders uit, zegt woordvoerder Coen Berends. "Maar van een afstandje stralen we een open karakter uit."
> Met dit gebouw laten we zien dat we midden in de maatschappij staan.
https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/3872329/streng-beveiligd-rivm-gebouw-lijkt-wel-een-gevangenis-maar-moet-een-open-uitstraling-hebben
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@ 3d2e5150:8d51d594
2025-03-29 11:37:30
Executive orders are only allowed to set new policy for the executive branch. They cannot set new law or impact things outside of the executive branch (except by cutting government contracts and the like).
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-29 08:49:19
The example came to mind because it's features in this clip: https://youtu.be/ooPzr1vzmGY
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-29 08:48:09
Here's an analysis from 2013 about whether the US government could actually order a drone strike on a cafe in San Francisco. It seems the conclusion was: probably not. But I suspect these days some people might cheer such an attack on. Hopefully it doesn't happen, but if it does, some blame should go to Obama, and Congress before. Bitcoin wasn't worth that much back then.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/did-rand-paul-ask-the-wrong-questions-in-his-drone-filibuster/274033/
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-29 08:43:21
Do they all? I can imagine it's easier for users, and provides better vendor lock-in, than to tell them to users to download something else and enter configuration(s) for every entry and exit point.
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@ 46fcbe30:6bd8ce4d
2025-03-29 00:27:33
I don't get why VPN providers all want me to run their software? Aren't they just "glorified relays" as nostr:npub17fnzd22p3xu5tg8sz343d38c5m8dxxe4npyyx0akxphc6mhvxessuw5ksh put it?
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 23:21:15
I don't know about "the left" as a whole of course, this may be just the Crypto Critics Corner guys going through a phase (they generally do good work).
But I've also heard similar noises from other left-leaning folks. Tiny sample size though.
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@ c756f355:f06035dd
2025-03-28 23:19:34
I loved the latest Common Sense. I didn't realize the left was blaming bitcoin for this. I also listened to the latest Lex Friedman podcast. Ezra Klien doesn't seem to understand the DOGE.
He obviously did not listen to the Milej episode.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 23:19:24
(As for the question Dan asks: hand gestures don't worry me, they've never been the biggest problem. Attacking rule of law worries me. As does incompetence, regardless of intention.)
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 23:15:16
Perhaps many folks are simply oblivious to history and when they experience history up close, the only reference points are nazis and crypto. Probably neither of which they really spent much time studying either.
https://fountain.fm/episode/nBjlZbNlOKGfCJCeL9GD
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 23:09:45
I'm seeing this new meme bubble up that Bitcoin, not even "crypto", is responsible for the demise of US democracy. This is nonsense.
First of all, everything that's happening in the last two months is a continuation of multi decade trends. It was obvious long before the whitepaper was published. Particularly an out of control growth of, and complete lack of checks on, executive branch power. Trump isn't even using a fraction of it. I find Dan Carlin's take on this stuff in his Common Sense podcast useful.
But that aside, crypto just isn't that important (yet). It's nice (or bad, depending on your views) that some people in power have at least heard of it, and own some, but that doesn't make it a crypto coup.
The highest estimate of crypto industry donations to this campaign I've seen is $400 million. That's a lot, but total spending was many billions. Apparently even Musk, who has very little to do with crypto despite his Doge pumps, donated hundreds of millions.
Crypto was also barely a voting issue. Molly White went to great lengths to prove that.
Finally, a friendly reminder that Bitcoin is a global phenomenon and not everything is about the US.
Find another scape goat.
https://youtu.be/nG2nhCGze3Q
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 20:42:25
And of course there are promising Nostr based alternatives. Hopefully in a few years we won't have this Sword of Damocles situation.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 20:40:16
There is a plan B for Bitcoin Core - and more importantly there are frequent backups - but hopefully we won't need it.
https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/gitlab-backups-for-bitcoin-core-repository/624
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 20:38:24
Friendly reminder that at some sudden point Github is not going to work anymore. Especially if by "US law" you mean any Executive Order, e.g. because one contributor is too woke for POTUS?
Until such time though, it's a great platform.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 20:15:17
I have no idea either.
Going bare foot is great until you step into a drug needle :-)
That said, if you enjoy it and/or believe it's healthy, most people should be able to find at least a park on the road to work to walk barefoot for a bit. No need to wait for 2035 it seems.
That said, being from Europe (or really anywhere outside North America) perhaps makes a bit spoiled when it comes to parks? I can touch grass anytime I want. Just generally don't feel like it. But maybe that's what's wrong with me :-)
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 20:02:44
The government banning polyester, yeah! Or just buy cotton and wool now? It already exists!
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 20:00:33
Starbucks in most of the EU already serves your drink in glass or porcelain (but not for takeaway - imagine sitting down for ten minutes!).
For LED hypochondria there's probably easier technological fixes than going back to incandescent (though I have nothing against those if you don't mind the extra power bill and having to replace them all the time).
You can already cook steak yourself, no need to wait for McDonalds.
I don't understand what the wait for 2035 adds. Lower coinbase subsidy, that's for sure.
nostr:note14ha7ksujvtua034yudtu3cg2uvjjhczjq7q67nv0dmxzx5yjny3qxfzvrc
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 19:51:13
You could try Obscura: https://obscura.net
Given Carl Dong's involvement they should have a reproducibly built client soon(tm).
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 19:48:58
I'm fully ready to ignore it.
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@ 036533ca:cbaabf58
2025-03-28 19:06:33
Shhh I haven't figured out who John Galt is just yet. Hopefully before summer starts here.
Yeah man exactly. I feel that way about "influencers" everywhere but this is just funny. If you had showed this to me when I was running construction doing 72hr weeks, I would have lost it XD. My buddies are pulling those hours now in construction. Could they be living more healthy sure, but their grounding routine is polishing off an energy drink with a big old cigarette rip.
It's the same people just wearing different clothes
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 19:01:07
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s broken? Verification using the app also didn't open Safari, so I had to use the DM.
https://image.nostr.build/c82df63bd107086e50970691c200557db7190255e682f306db88b1a8ba539f97.jpg
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 18:50:58
Apparently it was for a fairly technical reason, that they supposedly don't have standing. I guess then every single European citizen should go to court over this instead?
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-28 18:43:11
Unfortunately Dutch ISP #Freedom lost their court case against EU censorship (by decree with no due process). But it's good they tried.
(the censorship itself is DNS based and trivial to circumvent, if for whatever reason you want to read RT, but that's not the point)
nostr:note1rdx888wzq08vcfteu6cu9l4cgstyh4hnhsksdsja5mc93mwtkpxstagesj
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@ 036533ca:cbaabf58
2025-03-28 17:29:27
I'm too blue collar for this place, this stuff makes me want to fight people XD
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@ 58c741aa:a6d23196
2025-03-28 16:06:22
No, not ready
https://image.nostr.build/492ce086c489865a2e63c3665c47603f62c1be62e1ff091ea6097c34eca57804.jpg
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@ 46fcbe30:6bd8ce4d
2025-03-28 15:55:09
I'm just now getting into VPN usage and I'm surprised how not straight forward it is.
So I paid NordVPN and downloaded these ovpn files and set my network manager to use these but to my surprise, IPv6 leaks my real location/country even if I disable IPv6 in the network manager for both the wired and the vpn connection? How can it be that easy to screw up VPN usage in 2025?
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-27 07:28:58
They restored the historical canal. After some imbeciles put a highway in it.
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@ 3d31f7c9:66603064
2025-03-26 21:35:40
so they have built a river?
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-26 20:31:38
Picture I took today vs. what it looked like some decades ago. #Utrecht
https://www.duic.nl/algemeen/utrecht-door-de-jaren-heen-de-veranderende-singel-in-beeld/
https://image.nostr.build/c551773ac92ba490acc2f9f9e27c343944f126f10ddee36efd380acd3d5b782e.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/856935abf149364f9708f5e60eee05e8a6c7f75c808029248d8aa7d0f430abbc.jpg
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-26 11:15:23
They charge a yearly fee of $1000 just maintain an account, so the target audience presumably isn't us plebs. Then again who knows. There's usually a gap between what reasons companies say their customers need loans from them and what the actual reasons are.
https://legal.xapobank.com/fees/fees
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-26 11:10:48
You can get a $1 million unsecured loan at 10% APY? I love your country!
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@ 7ecd3fe6:6b52f30d
2025-03-26 10:59:54
#Xapo is now offering 20% and 40% LTV loans against your #Bitcoin at a 10.26% APY with repayment schedules of 30, 90, 180 or 365 days.
So you're telling me I must take custodial risk, and pay 10% for exposure to fiat? Who is taking this deal on?
I can literally go to my bank right now and get an unsecured loan for 20% value of Bitcoins current price at a lower rate lol
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/18/crypto-wealth-manager-xapo-bank-introduces-bitcoin-backed-loans-up-to-usd1m
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-26 10:31:13
> Hij zegt dat hij vanwege alle juridische procedures [...] geen bankrekening kan openen. In de afgelopen jaren heeft zijn stichting daardoor circa een miljoen euro aan donaties misgelopen, laat hij deze site weten.
Hij had ook gewoon Bitcoin kunnen accepteren. Altijd moeilijk om te zeggen hoeveel je echt bent misgelopen, want wat mensen zeggen dat ze zouden doneren is niet perse wat ze daadwerkelijk zouden doneren.
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/willem-engel-krijgt-taakstraf-van-60-uur-miljoen-euro-aan-donaties-misgelopen-en-moest-dansschool-sluiten~a697f9c9/
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-25 19:38:40
Is he a Mastodon instance admin?
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@ 4dbfcb7c:eb8d1695
2025-03-25 19:30:13
huh?
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@ 0461fcbe:35a474dd
2025-03-25 19:25:36
This is why we need Nostr.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-25 19:03:44
Some #MATT madness in two videos:
https://youtu.be/BvXI1IOargk
https://youtu.be/byD4N2oLhFY
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-25 15:58:11
Probably not, this is a super trivial change.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-25 15:57:26
The problem is that *if* quantum theft becomes a real threat, people are going to rush to the exit. If at that point we only have large & slow, it just means the majority is screwed. Which would probably crash the price, so then everyone is screwed.
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@ 8685ebef:58f8faf8
2025-03-25 15:55:42
See you all in Amsterdam in two days! https://bitdevsamsterdam.org/2025-03-27-bitdevs-amsterdam #BitDevs