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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!
has anybody been getting zapvertisements as of late?
I've been sent one sat three separate times today, each with a unique note on them.
could have been us sending Satograms
Ya it was a hackathon project at tabconf called Satogram, they were testing most likely.
right you are
busy day in the stacker news saloon today!
Stacker Saloon
@nemo wait, with Nobody, do you mean the movie from this scene?
This scene is awesome! I've watched this scene for the first time a long time ago but I did not know it's called Nobody.
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Fucked up my sleep schedule by staying up all night to read, need to normalize circadian rhythm
What were you reading?
@k00b can we have a little icon /color for the posts that are forwarding the sats?
Also will be nice to see in the cowboy stats, the amount forwarded by each.
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I agree, great rec! I'd like to see
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I made a new account called @satsraiser. You can post any ideas you might have about future donation ideas over there. I made a bio post which explains what I'm trying to do (sort of).
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I like @hq . I look forward to seeing how it evolves
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You were once again overly generous in zapping my new account, so I'm sending those sats to Anita.
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Today I yet again failed to keep my hat on. Life do be like that sometimes.
Well, if you guys respond to this I'll zap ya. Need to get my Stetson back ๐ค
Really? As in you get a Cowboy hat by zapping people. I never knew how this Cowboy thingy works
If I can help a cowboy out zap away lol
Not all hero's were capes.
Lol
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Today, I decided to embark on a 21-day challenge in which I did something related to Bitcoin every day. I would also record my progress on Stacker News.
Day 1 - I used my sats from my Muun wallet to buy a gift card (my countryโs version of UberEats) from Bitrefill. Smooth process. Made me motivated to buy more gift cards in future so that I could unlock my referral code!
My 21-Day Bitcoin Diaries Day 1
Did you check if there are any businesses around you accepting Bitcoin? E.g. using btcmap.org
Thanks for the tip! I didnโt know of this site earlier
On another note: I had a discussion with @shurikencutter about AI generated content
One conclusion of our conversation was that we both write TG bots so our bots can speak to each other and there will be an infinite loop of bots prompting each other, lol
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or a bot that calls out other bots
"You are a bot!" - "No, you are a bot!"
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wait, did you already see #248935 and #248892?
Just a few seconds after you posted this, @supratic posted these items, lol
And all these requests are fine. I am just not sure how I should respond sometimes. Since I don't want to say "I love this idea, let's do this!" just for @k00b to show up later and say "no, let's NOT do this", lol. Basically, would it look bad if we disagree in public? But @k00b is a very transparent person, so I don't think he does mind :) (@k00b disagreeing in 3, 2, 1 ... lol)
I have also noticed how I have gotten more conservative over time with feature requests. I try to look for reasons why we should not do something more now.
mhhh, should editing trigger a new "you were mentioned" notification? probably not
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will be great to mention you guys as @team
or just @sn and the backend also notifies us individually? :)
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not really, i just heard of cases where they were misused
we're getting to a point where I can't read all comments in the daily discussion without putting time into it
In before a 140 character limit
The tipping point when rabbit holes become black holesโฆ
Love to see it.
as Elon Musk would say: "The human bandwidth through the eyes is limited. We need a high-bandwidth interface into the brain" (or something like that)
Then I can stream the DDT directly into my brain, lol
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What have I done? Will I now get endless notifications again?
There's no way to unsubscribe from threads yet lol
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I feel good. Looking at my monthly budget, I've cut expenses to the point where 50% of my salary goes into BTC.
Great going!
Thanks. I have taken a lot of inspiration from the FIRE community, but substitute index funds for BTC (which they hate, haha).
There isn't much else I can do at this point to stack harder aside from changing jobs, but I really like my current workplace and it still pays pretty good.
Thanks for the share. Iโll look into them. If you can tolerate your job and stack why not stick it out?
In another life I followed financial markets pretty closely and the advice of a group on an investment forum called โThe Motley Foolโ. Put what you can into a tax efficient - in the UK at that time there were some good options - but most importantly a low cost fund; index trackers being preferred. Reinvest your dividends until you need them and then drawdown. I did very well off this advice although the compounding is missing from BTC, somewhat replaced by the exponential growth. Sadly for me I suffered a personal tragedy and have had to start again.
These days I work minimum wage and save $1 a day into my BTC pot. Will it give me enough to retire early? Probably not at this rate lol! But Iโm studying and I have some skills so I will get back into a decent job and invest again - only BTC this time. Small steps.
I think my favourite blog is Jacob's ERE, although it's quite hardcore:
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/
Was it you who said they were studying Economics, Philosophy and Politics? You always struck me as a pretty switched-on guy, I'm sure you can turn things around.
Kind of you to say. Thatโs my subject. Iโm assuming we are in a similar geographic location in the world so you may appreciate there are opportunities out there, but you really have to work for them.
Indeed, it's rough out there. Especially if you're outside the southeast.
Yeah
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Yes Jacob's book is quite cool, it mostly rehashes content you'd find on his website though.
Yeah! MMM has written some great articles (my favourites are about bikes).
He's rather against Bitcoin and has unfortunately written some pretty braindead takes on it, and I feel like he's gotten way softer in frugality over recent years. But his older articles are gems.
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/05/07/what-do-you-mean-you-dont-have-a-bike/
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I dont use Bitcoin enough
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Good morning everyone!!! The weekend has begun, another week goes by and time to get recharged for the next one, today feels like a treat day, perhaps a BBQ with family, a walk with some ice cream or perhaps a nice glass of wine with a great convo, anything you like, just get a treat, I wish you an incredible day and may it have lots of love and joy. You're important my friend and thank you for being!! Be well and stay frosty!!
Loving the SN updates and doing some reading
Today I'm gonna make me a fully-collapsible metal retro-VW-Kombi grill / firepit... I will post it on my Nostr for anyone who wants to see it... will be available for sale if anyone is interested ๐
Happy Satโก๏ธurโก๏ธday my plebs
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I made some of these for a local customer and kept one for me. It looks super cool Custom Business cards holder - Golf #custom #metal #art #locomancell #zaps #order #contact #follow #nostrartist https://imgprxy.stacker.news/XTpZNQBZsrA2ie314UvvegL7RL8XspgdYg2UzYbSEGA/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uemJkLmdnL3VnYy11cGxvYWRzL2ZkYzU5MTA0LTE2OTQyNjEyMTczNTQuanBlZw
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Gracias amigo. I love making things for the people. Makes me feel useful for my community, and that feeling is the best pay off ๐
XD Absolutely fren
body woke me up three hours before my alarm went off, woohoo!
Thanks to everyone who contributed in the author thread yesterday ๐ got some wonderful names, I got a new library to start
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Thanks, this is a lot more elegant than "book hoarding" so maybe it will buy me a bit of grace :)
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Reading an extract from "The Broken Money" by Lyn Alden.
"There are over 160 different currencies in the world, each with a local monopoly over its own jurisdiction. But aside from the top handful of them, most currencies rapidly devalue over time and have little acceptance outside of their own borders." ... "How did we get here? Why isnโt our money better than this in the 21st century?"
Just started the book last night. That's why I missed the snail call for the second day in a row.
It's my new favorite book in the space. I had assumed the pending one from the btc philosophers would be my favorite, but Lyn's will be hard to unseat.
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This one -- announced a long time ago, but takes a long time to do a book to an academic standard put out by an academic press. They're being super rigorous about it, which I love.
I have never heard of this either. Thanks for posting the link.
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Happy to help.
The guys have been on a number of podcasts, if you want to get a sense for how they think and how they approach the space. What Bitcoin Did has a number of go-rounds with them, highly recommended if you dig podcasts.
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I have spent the last two days visiting with very old friends. I barely picked up my phone. Sometimes a break is necessary, but I do miss the snail interaction. Gotta get up earlier.
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Day 147 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.
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Whoop whoop!
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__@_'-' is still going strong.
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I thought you mean #147 lol
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Keeping my longest cowboy streak going until __@_'-' reaches its destination: 21
Slow from me today!
Lol. You're faster than most.
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Leading the flock: 9 days ~(o)>
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Thank you very much.
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Lets just say, we are both team leaders of the day.
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Lol. Quoting the Highlander. Have you watched it before?
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Yes. I watched the series when I was younger. The picture you shared is from the movie, bwahahahaha!
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walking and watching - The Fountain seems quite good.
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Yes, at the end of the day, it is everyone's own choice; nothing forced would end up well, and things should work naturally.
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Spending time here is part of the fun! I think browsing daily discussions is more fun than on nostr, but I am not sure if these comments would reach 1000+ as SN grows, then might be a headache to read? ๐คฃ
cc @ekzyis
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Work, family, and hustling hard to make my dreams come true. And you?
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I have one full-time job and some side hustles. My dream has always been to earn enough to buy my mom a house.
Sounds like you have a good life. I would give anything to have a garden. We live in a 3 story building, so no garden for us :(
Noble aim
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Lol. How so?
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Deja vu's happen when the brain accidentally stores something that just happened in long term memory
At least I read that somewhere and it made sense
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I would take more photos when I am there next time ๐ผ I didn't know people love cats so much, they should come to ฤฐstanbul: the cat heaven.
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Yes, I noticed that - not sure if it was a bug or I replied to myself...๐
I do like cats they are cute and playful, but I like dogs more - time for me to do some deep work, SN is addictive.
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I am secretly collecting good recommendations of movies and books ๐ผ
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french movie ๐ okay marked.!
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DCG are the enemies of Bitcoin, be aware! An old post here: https://redd.it/74wejs
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I am coming and going like the btc price on exchanges ๐ until October, when I expect bad weather so I can't work well anymore on my citadel. I have to finish it until halvening day next year.
Why? You're going to throw a party?
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Welcome.
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