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Daily discussion thread

43 comments \ @saloon 23 May 2023 \ yesterday

This is a thread for random discussions that gets posted everyday at 5am central.

Tell us what you're doing today, ask questions, or vent about your life. Whatever you want, let it rip!

453 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 May 2023

Just resigned after 20 years at a company. Can’t wait for the next one!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 24 May 2023

That feeling of potential after resigning is amazing.

Resign... re-sign.. sign again? curious about the origin of that word.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Distivboy_87 23 May 2023

Just a Miners reminder: Stranded or wasted energy like "methane" from gas flaring can be captured used to generate electricity that can be used for mining. Since the distance from gas flaring plants further away from towns and cities, I suggest that miners should set up their mining farms close to these locations to minimize the cost of energy used for Bitcoin mining. Remember energy is a big part of mining.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 23 May 2023

Just bought some tickets for the Brewers vs Blue Jays next Tuesday in Toronto. Not sure why, because the Jays suck right now, but a ball game is always fun and the kiddos haven't been to the city since we moved out of city full time a year and a half ago.

Back in Texas in September if any Dallas/FW bitcoiners want to catch a Rangers game.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @nkmg1c_ventures 23 May 2023

What life / work path led you to Texas? What was work/visa situation like? I'm in Toronto and it's brutal, and would very much like to move more permanently to Texas or the Carolinas or something

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 23 May 2023

My wife's family lives in Texas so we spend a couple months of the year there. I used to own a business in Toronto but sold it in Jan 22. We now live a couple hours from Toronto. I work contract jobs when I can get one that suits me. My wife works part time a couple days a week, when travelling she just gets her friend to pick up her shifts.

Both my kids are homeschooled right now, so we have a lot of flexibility to travel if we want to. At some point we will purchase a property in US and spend more time there but this is convenient for now.

345 sats \ 7 replies \ @franzap 23 May 2023

Dropping by to say thank you @k00b for stacker.news. This community is amazing.

(Just read #182682)

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 23 May 2023

@k00b is the best. Except when he is telling me we can't do auto sats rewards for poll respondents.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 23 May 2023

lol I would break game theory for you if I could

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 23 May 2023

Appreciate that.

22 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 23 May 2023

Thanks franzap! I've been enjoying see you around the last couple months.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @franzap 23 May 2023

Actually been here since Feb '22 (lost my previous account/LNURL but didn't bother as I was mostly lurking)

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 23 May 2023

Better opsec anyhow :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap 23 May 2023

Yessir!

352 sats \ 2 replies \ @orthwyrm 23 May 2023

Day 38 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.

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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Atreus 23 May 2023

🫡

60 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 23 May 2023

👍

269 sats \ 4 replies \ @faithandcredit 23 May 2023

So i have this idea where SN gets a new sub called "warmane" its a bit of a master plan, but since i play on and off on that server which is a wow private server i would like to start sharing memes and experiences and so on related to the server. ive been unsuccesully trying to get them to adopt Bitcoin payment option since in my opinion its a no brainer. They are already operating in a gray area and they use BitTorrent to distribute the client. And their audience is international. You have russians, ukranians, chinese, US, EU, balkan, etc. playing on the server and its full every night. Over 12,000 people online. Anyway im rambling now. Looking forward to potential user created subs as they can create a backdoor for bitcoin adoption as i share links to stacker.news on for example warmane discord. It will not be spam, it will be legitimate linking to stuff, but im not on reddit or twitter much anymore. So thats all. User created subs can accelerate SN growth and BTC growth imo if thats interesting to anyone.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 24 May 2023

Man, i wish I could pay for my games with bitcoin. Steam supported it for a while, but stupidly accepted 0conf then shut it down due to "fraud"

386 sats \ 2 replies \ @Thordin 23 May 2023 freebie

wow is p2w, which I personally don't like at all... A private server probably makes it even more p2w especially when introducing bitcoin.

Or do you have any thoughts on how "bitcoin fixes this"?

But yes... Happy to follow and discuss this on SN or Nostr... I think we need "non-bitcoin" related topic for adoption.

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 23 May 2023

Pay 2 win is a common criticism on warmane but its actually "pay to catch up" since the server has been around for about 10 years. And if you want to pay to catch up, thats on you, other people play the game for getting the stuff "legitimately" in any case it doesent hurt anyone if someone buys some gear instead of farming it for lack of a better term imo. Warmane has struck a nice balance. And also the server is free for everyone except they get into a queue when it reaches 12,000 players online, premium member do not afaik so thats another plus with their model you can argue.

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @Thordin 23 May 2023

I like the idea of talking about non-bitcoin, non-nostr related stuff on "bitcoinized" social media.

182 sats \ 4 replies \ @Atreus 23 May 2023

Whoever reads this sentence must perform 10 burpees to start off their day today. Sorry not sorry, thank me later.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 23 May 2023

I call and raise you another 10.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 23 May 2023

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 23 May 2023

I can barely get out of my chair.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Atreus 23 May 2023

As my old man would say, "You're never too fucked up to half ass it a little."

1013 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 23 May 2023

Btw:

Day 1 of snailposting faster than @orthwyrm

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 23 May 2023

😆

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 23 May 2023

!!!!!

215 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 23 May 2023

Worked on improving my multisig setup yesterday but decided to do it after getting some sleep before doing something wrong.

Then I dreamed that somehow, there were unconfirmed tx leaving my multisig setup and that I don't know how to bump fees and reverse the txs using Sparrow Wallet. I felt rising dread that I won't be able to stop this and lose most of my bitcoins. But then I noticed after a while that this isn't real. There was a progress bar regarding the unconfirmed tx which is not how bitcoin works.

So I decided to go to sleep in my dream and my friend who was with me thought I was going crazy to just accept that my bitcoins are gone and go to sleep lmao

But turns out it was really just a dream :) An unpleasant one, but just a dream.

Btw, would bumping fees even help? The attacker has nothing to lose, if they are quick to react, they would just bump the fees again.

When I woke up, I thought about OP_VAULT.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 23 May 2023

I would call that a nightmare.

100 sats \ 10 replies \ @AJ1992 23 May 2023

Been depressed AF lately... My life just seems completely pointless tbh and I never have anything to look forward to anymore to get me through each day. Sigh...

Sorry, just saying that publicly makes me feel better. Mental illness fucking sucks, guys..

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 24 May 2023

If you have a high news or social media diet, cut it back dramatically. It helps a lot for mood and just general worldview. Most of the problems on Twitter and in the news are not real problems that interfere with the average person's day to day life.

Keeping a notebook and writing down one good thing in it every morning helps a lot, too. Maybe something that went well for you the previous day, or something you're grateful for.

I know it's no fix for mental illness of a more "internal chemical imbalance" type, but every little bit helps.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 23 May 2023

Many of us have been there. It happens to most of us. It will get better so long as you keep trying to make it better.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @franzap 23 May 2023

Sorry to hear that, I know what it feels (or doesn't feel) like.

Feel free to ignore my advice but doing the following helped me get out of a bad place:

How do you interact with natural light?

Do you wake up and watch the sunrise? If not, try that. Look right into the sun (or otherwise the clouds) and around
Do you spend too many hours looking at screens? Try to reduce that and if not possible, use the night shift or similar function to turn the tint more orange. You can use a red light at night time
During the day do you look at enough green foliage? Try to do some grounding or work out barefoot in some park
Do you get enough UV from the sun on your skin at around noon? At least 15 minutes

I would force myself to do all this no matter how I feel, could try for a month; discipline is crucial.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AJ1992 23 May 2023

I'm outside a lot, at least 5-6 hours a day in natural lighting. The screen thing though for sure is my fault.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @random_ 23 May 2023

The pendulum swings both ways. You'll be on the upswing soon :)

Something I realized this year is that I take on a lot of other peoples problems. I've tried to meditate on it and really define what I actually have control over in my own life. Our choices are half chance. It's a miracle to have gotten this far.

It can't be all bad, right. What's something you're thankful for?

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @AJ1992 23 May 2023

Honestly, my mother and my cat (who is at my mom's for the time being because I can't keep her where I stay... But I do visit her frequently..

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 23 May 2023

Thank you for sharing :)

What's your motivation? Or when was the last time you really felt motivated?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 23 May 2023

I know it doesn't provide much comfort, but hang in there. A very close family member of mine has been suffering for the past few years, and it can be overwhelming. This person also finds that talking about it publicly helps. You're not alone.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @AJ1992 23 May 2023

Appreciate the kind words, and tell your family member to hang in there as well... Even when it gets to the point where it seems like not existing anymore is the best option, you gotta be strong and fight.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 23 May 2023

I find that learning about other people's struggles, and the success they have achieved in overcoming their illness provides hope and inspiration.