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89 comments \ @saloon 14 Nov \ yesterday

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

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

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

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 15 Nov

wooo tired

131 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 15 Nov

Ya boy is back with a new nostr vlog: “If you can't enjoy the process, trust the process"

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 15 Nov

Who else checks their nodes every day?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 15 Nov

Only those that are not confident in what they did with their nodes... weak ones.

162 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 15 Nov

I hardly ever check mine!

132 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 14 Nov

plebpoet really said:

"wallets need to catch up"

"no, wallets need mustard"

lol

44 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 15 Nov

thank you for your courtesy laugh

134 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 14 Nov

Is this plebslop? or signal? Is there such a thing as signalslop?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 15 Nov

I saw this fool yesterday

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 14 Nov

LOL... someone needs to send him the "first time?" meme

78 sats \ 1 reply \ @DP0604 14 Nov

The fucking Fiat system 💸🫰

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SHA256man 23h

this ancient fiat system fucks hard; it plays thru the soldiers, bankers, and bards; occult archon-techs are weaving their webs while loudly belly-laughing at plebs;

@plebpoet

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @AliceA 14 Nov

Bounty ongoing #1281061

Thank you @deSign_r for the layout and getting the ball rolling.

I have made updates based on what I was imagining. Please lmk how to make it even better! I am still looking for a QR code to a video on bitcoin mobile wallets and secure hardware.

Github repository w/ pdf

Please help, busy mom 👶😊

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14 Nov

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SHA256man 14 Nov

The Little Hodler

100 sats \ 22 replies \ @k00b 14 Nov

When I asked a friend, with lots of experience and self-awareness, what the defining characteristic of anger is, he said self-righteousness.

178 sats \ 19 replies \ @sox 15 Nov

it is a futile display of self-righteousness, that's what I always tell people when they ask me why I'm never angry.

what's the purpose?

526 sats \ 8 replies \ @Scroogey 15 Nov

Some say a complete lack of anger is a deficiency, inirascibility.

100 sats \ 5 replies \ @sox 20h

Well, I was mainly talking about unmotivated anger.

Anger that stems from lack of critical thinking and empathy. Anger that stems from a single perspective being explored. Anger that stems from solipsism.

I wasn't clear enough, but there's anger and anger. It is, for me, embarrassing to withstand or produce a tantrum without a good cause.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 19h

Thanks, the fact that you were only talking about anger as you described is, in my opinion, an important nuance that I felt was worth digging into and adding to the discussion

55 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scroogey 20h

Doesn't self-righteousness have clearly negative connotations? From Wikipedia

Self-righteousness is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own beliefs, actions, or affiliations to be of greater virtue than those of the average person.

If, as in the example, a person sees an animal being mistreated, and considers that an unacceptable injustice, and feels anger, motivating them to intervene, you'd call that self-righteous? Because the person believes they are morally superior due to their belief in animal rights? While, in fact, the average person would not agree?

Perceiving injustice is usually self-righteousness?

1 sat \ 2 replies \ @sox 19h

you'd call that self-righteous?

no because:

moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own [...] to be of greater virtue than those of the average person.

Self-righteousness is basically moral arrogance, which is bad, we're talking superiority. Your example, instead, is empathy-based moral conviction.

169 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scroogey 19h

So there exists anger without self-righteousness? Then self-righteousness can't be the defining characteristic of anger.

(I'm not arguing petty anger doesn't exist or isn't the most common, or shouldn't be kept in check after having considered self-righteousness, btw.)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 19h

I'm not saying that I'm right by not getting angry ever (even though I do get angry sometimes, I'm human). I'm saying that if you can choose between rational thinking and anger, and you choose anger, then that's a display of self-righteousness.

reply on another page

1000 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20h

I’m pretty sure he doesn’t mean complete lack of anger.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

This is great, thanks for sharing!

He had identified a huge injustice in our world, and his anger would motivate him to attack it.

💯

I’m sure Satoshi was also pretty pissed at banks when he wrote the first version of Bitcoin and didn’t take any credit for it by disappearing two years later

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

You’ve never been angry in your life? No one has ever treated you so badly that your reaction including anger wasn’t self-righteous but more like self-defense?

If you need an example: someone spits in your face. What do you do? Just walk away? Then they push you over. What now?

But I guess with “defining characteristic of anger,” we’re talking about people who are angry in general, not situationally?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20h

You’ve never been angry in your life?

You’ve never encountered colloquial exaggerations in your whole life?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

I got interested and asked myself what the evolutionary purpose of anger is. I found this:

The recalibration theory of anger suggests that anger serves an evolutionary purpose by motivating individuals to address perceived injustices and violations of social norms. Anger functions as a recalibration mechanism, signaling when individuals' goals or expectations have been thwarted and prompting them to take corrective action.

Central to this psychological model is the idea that anger is not merely a destructive force but a strategic tool that can be employed to negotiate social hierarchies, assert boundaries, and protect one's interests. Anger is seen as an adaptive response that has evolved to promote survival and reproductive success. By mobilizing physiological and psychological resources, anger enables individuals to confront challenges and overcome obstacles in their environment.

This matches my experience of how anger can be useful. When somebody is angry with me, I make sure to take them serious and ask myself if I indeed did something wrong.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

Anger has also helped me assist a woman who was being treated badly by another man. While everyone on the train was shocked that he was threatening to hit her and she was crying, I stood up and told him to back off. It didn’t help much, because she still got off the train with him, but I just couldn’t watch that injustice.

However, I’m also very aware of how the bystander effect works (part of my training as a paramedic), so I don’t blame the other people on the train. I also didn’t feel like I would be putting my life on the line; otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have stood up, either.

So with asserting boundaries via anger, it’s not just your own boundaries, but also the boundaries of others.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15 Nov

Wouldn't this have been possible without anger? I guess it depends what is meant by anger. Anger at injustice but directed in a controlled way can be good. I don't know if uncontrolled anger can ever be good, except maybe as a survival instinct

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scroogey 15 Nov

Marie Antoinette would agree!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

Wouldn't this have been possible without anger?

Sure, it would just have been more difficult. Anger helps to act now, and not get analysis paralysis.

Anger at injustice but directed in a controlled way can be good. I don't know if uncontrolled anger can ever be good, except maybe as a survival instinct

I agree

180 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 15 Nov

I think it's useful when you

have been wronged or are in danger
need to act
need to avoid thinking about the consequences

In modern life it tends to be less useful because we're often not in danger. IME it's almost more often that people get angry when they:

want to act
want to avoid thinking about the consequences

Then after they fact they manufacture how they've been wronged.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

🤔

150 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15 Nov

Proverbs 29:11

"A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back."

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 14 Nov

he not wrong

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 14 Nov

I would have said stupidity, which is why I do my best to not get angry, but it's only half right. It's a particular kind of stupidity.

111 sats \ 6 replies \ @Scoresby 14 Nov

In today's New Yorker (haven't confirmed yet)

What say you @BitcoinErrorLog and BIP 177 people?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 14 Nov

Ok, now i wanna know who is Cerise Zelenetz

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @billytheked 16h

I suppose this has more to do with the news about the last-minted penny than the magazine caring about bitcoin?

Almost makes me thinks the cartoonist could have plagiarized SN:

Fractions of a penny for your thoughts

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16h

Knowing what a satoshi is requires at least a greater than level 1 bitcoin knowledge though, imo

A true normie who wanted to make a joke about the penny going away would probably have done "a nickel for your thoughts", or even "a bitcoin for your thoughts"

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 15h

I think the cartoonist is probably not a bitcoiner, but some elements of bitcoin culture may have seeped more deeply into society than we know.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15h

Perhaps, but I'd be surprised if even 5% of my non-bitcoiner friends knew what a Satoshi was

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 14 Nov

I guess it's real: https://x.com/gladstein/status/1989398359711567934?s=20

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 14 Nov

Wait is No Trust November live? (#1251219)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Brader99 14 Nov

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 14 Nov

“It’s not poverty… it’s mental programming.”

"A poverty mindset is driven by the desire to survive, not to grow. It lives in fear of losing what little it has, while a wealth mindset takes risks because it knows that true value lies in what it knows, not just in what it owns".

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 14 Nov

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 14 Nov

It's the people's will. I am their leader. I must follow them.

~ James Hacker - Yes! Minister

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Nov

Your are not so old if you never did this

189 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 14 Nov

so many years ago I used to trade Second Life’s lindens for Bitcoins.

only now I understand how cool it was

97 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Nov

In 2013 I was playing WoW with my daughter and she was quite good at farming inside the game. So I find a way to convert her farming in sats by selling those WoW gold coins and rare items for a lot of sats... imagine in 2013.

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @sox 14 Nov

I think I'll try not to look at any monitor this weekend, I'm just running in circles with cleanup.

44 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 14 Nov

who am i even joking, i’m already back

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Nov

145 sats \ 5 replies \ @Car 14 Nov

few

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Nov

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 14 Nov

I’m very curious which echo chamber you are a part of

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 14 Nov

The based reality version of Bitcoin.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 14 Nov

Is that just you?

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 14 Nov

nope, a lot of people in the ecosystem, im just the most vocal about it publicly

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carter 14 Nov

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 14 Nov

And meanwhile...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 14 Nov

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 14 Nov

BTS of a Satoshee x Kontext Store of Value x Open Source Culture photoshoot 📸 👀

56 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG0RA 14 Nov

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77 sats \ 4 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 14 Nov

Finished three books in the past month or so.

The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty
Scale by Geoffrey West
On Writing Well by William Zinsser

Moving on to 2001: A Space Odyssey

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @supratic 17h

Three books in a month is great! How many hours you dedicate to reading? You do every day?

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 14h

I am unfortunately unemployed right now, so that helps give me time to read. I sit down and read for 20-30 minutes at a time, making sure I'm actually focused on what I'm reading and I usually stop when my mind starts wandering. I actually read the books on the go at the same time, so I go with whichever book is flowing at the moment. Maybe that's a bit strange but it works. I'm not sure what the total reading time was, but it never felt like a chore or that I was reading for a huge portion of the day.

EDIT: I also took some light notes while reading "Scale" because I was considering writing about it, but nothing lengthy, just page numbers for certain concepts

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 15 Nov

Oh how did you enjoy miss Welty? Anything interesting she had to say?

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 15 Nov

"The Optimist's Daughter" was interesting. I like the writing style. In terms of what she had to say, I'm not sure I picked up everything but the description of grief and the interpersonal stuff was very well done. The dialogue gives you a good sense of who the characters are, there were times I was really loathing certain people, other times feeling sorry for them.