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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 1h

When you want a skin so badly the first time that you’d pay for it, but you can’t:

literally one of the few skins you can't buy

And why does the default skin look like it came straight out of Fallout:

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 58m

Is it locked behind progression? edit, ah quest reward, is it a hard one?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 52m

I don't know, I don't even have access to that quest yet

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 1h

11 sats \ 5 replies \ @optimism 2h

Interesting. Its now down to 14.8k after resetting.

111 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 1h

If you do not open so often Zeus, I suggest to keep the option "reset EGS at startup" always on. Yes, it will take a bit more time to get ready, but you always have a fresh LN graph and ready to make payments.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 1h

I'll try that! Thank you.

111 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 1h

Fun fact: many users think that this EGS thing is a weakness for Zeus and they always compare it with Phoenix that is always ready when you open it.

But they do not think what actually does that graph sync at startup or they do not care too much. The graph sync locally on user device is a big difference than Phoenix model where the graph sync is on the Acinq server side. That's why Phoenix knows all the txs where/from are going.

Is well explained here: https://docs.zeusln.app/for-users/embedded-node/privacy#client-side-path-finding

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 1h

I think it works the same in blixt. It's slower there, but my channels are more functional (which may be because I currently only have a private channel with SN on Zeus, not sure) and it does a better job at keeping the background service properly working on graphene.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 1h

Yes Blixt works the same. In fact in Zeus you can switch the EGS server between Olympus and Blixt node.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 2h

It's not possible ⚡⚡ It's going straight to the 🌚!!

613 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 3h

Two things I'd like to write about:

determining the optimal minimum viable product/feature
how much time to spend researching a solution relative to the estimated time for implementing it

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3h

For #2, is technical debt what you have in mind?

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 2h

not exactly but doing more research does lower technical debt. there are diminishing returns for research and research costs you time that takes away from customer feedback. though, LLMs truncate the time required to do basic research by a lot, so it's something i almost always do now.

with both (1) and (2) it feels more like art than science and historically i've leaned on my intuition which is hard to share with others. that's why i need to write about it - there's probably some kind of guide one can use without all the pain required to build intuition.

we often say bad code has a smell but these dimensions of product/feature development can also smell. in either case there are probably rules for odor fighting that i haven't bothered to articulate.

150 sats \ 6 replies \ @Scoresby 3h

source

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 2h

also check out the donut bags:

source

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 2h

source

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 2h

They made a nice website too: https://btcismoney.xyz/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 51m

no, that site is not nice, it's a fucking shame

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 2h

hahaha nice name

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 2h

@Blocks @CompassCoffeeDC giving out free BTC + coffee to push for a de minimis tax exemption

Here have some free sats with your free coffee.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 4h

Interesting how EUR currently has buy orders 2x the depth of and 3x more numerous than USD on Robosats.

111 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2h

Huh.... is there more bitcoin demand from europe in other platforms too? or just robosats

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 2h

Honestly no idea, but good question!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 4h

strawberry fields forever

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4h

11 sats \ 12 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 5h

How about giving a badge to the territory owners? Like, ‘sheriff’ for the full owners and ‘deputy sheriff’ for the ones who pay monthly. ~meta

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 1h

I support this message

133 sats \ 10 replies \ @optimism 5h

I'm not the popo

111 sats \ 7 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4h

Wild West Sheriff is way better than popo!

33 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 4h

Politia -> popo Shire + Reeve -> sheriff

Same difference!!!

111 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4h

Don’t kill my vibe! Let’s just call them (territory owners) an independent vigilante, then! ~lol

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @supratic 3h

"territory founders" is the right wording, they own nothing

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 3h

I didn't even found mine - just "those that pay the fixed part of the rent"

111 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2h

i've been using "territory owner" instead of "founder" because founder implies they created it. "Owner" is fine, with the understanding that they own the rights for the duration of the lease. Good enough for me

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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 4h

Sorry, didn't mean to kill your vibe! lol

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 4h

I'm glad you use the term popo.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 4h

I'm not sure what that qualifies me as. haha.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SHA256man 5h

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 5h

Reddit denied me access to their API because "the request did not come from a university email address", yet it did and they literally sent the denial letter to my university email address...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 5h

They suck

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 6h

The menu bar is no longer moving in the PWA!

Thanks @ek

69 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 3h

I didn’t do anything. Maybe @sox?

55 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 2h

Neither, Apple did

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 6h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7h

When half of internet is down... who is coming?

8 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7h

I lost my Bitcoin in a Cloudflare outage...

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @south_korea_ln 8h

SN not affected by the ongoing Cloudflare issue, yay...

In the simplest form of the internet, a computer asks for a website and is provided the data by a server, which is then loaded on the screen. But in those simple setups the servers may become overwhelmed by requests, and run slowly or break entirely as a result.

Cloudflare and similar companies instead sit between the computers and the original websites themselves. Those internet infrastructure providers can then use their more resilient data centres to provide websites quickly and reliably.

From here.

Maybe SN will become affected in the future when receiving more traffic?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @SHA256man 5h

12 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 8h

SN is using OP_RETURN to post all items on the blockchain LOL

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 8h

You just broke the time chain with your 11MB video: #1285349~~

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 8h

Let's add a big gif also

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 8h

102 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9h

I like that SN do not depend on Cloudflare. It just work. Today we have some disruptions in websites that use Cloudflare.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 8h

Great minds think alike. Yours just a bit faster.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 9h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9h

See? That is the wrong perception of people that buy BTC only to hold it as "reserve". People that just earn, spend, save BTC, will have a different perception of that meme.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Now_Singularity 9h

Surprised to see a Bitcoin cartoon make it into the New Yorker. Not sure a 16th of the audience would get it.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei 10h

I asked my fifth graders to write about their favourite memory this year. I even used the trending term core memory for good measure.

This boy wrote: Mr Heng shouting (favourite theacher) and camp. 🙂

I’m honoured to be mentioned in the same breath as the Primary 5 camp aka the supreme highlight of their primary school existence. Zero mention of his on-again, off-again girlfriend!

His spelling error also broke my heart a little bit and reminded me of the purpose of us public school educators. To work for the benefit of average children coming from typical households.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5h

Where did the term core memory come from? It almost feels like a gamer term

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scroogey 5h

Pixar movie Inside Out.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5h

Oh, now I remember. I was thinking Assassins Creed because I think it used similar terms ...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG0RA 10h

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