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132 comments \ @saloon 19 Sep 2023 \ 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!

153 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 20 Sep 2023

Random shower thought: Is it just me or Nostr zaps are few and far between these days. Feel like the zapping has really died down quite a lot.

I wonder if it’s because it’s so fragmented as far as social apps or maybe the Apple App Store take down really did a number on Nostr apps. Just an observation but it also looks entirely controlled by a handful of bitcoiners who invested a lot of money in the ecosystem.

Which is entirely justified imho. Not gonna lie but I do miss the good ole days of Nostr.

Either way I think a redefinition of a Social app on Nostr is kinda required, it would fix a lot of the problems I brought up, I look at Damus and I suspect they are trending that way. I surely can’t be the only one thinking this.

🤙I hope to write about this soon.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 20 Sep 2023

💯

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

good websites for nostr analytics? preferably all time, nostr.band only gives me 6 months

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20 Sep 2023

Doesn't primal have a dashboard? That might not be over time though

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 19 Sep 2023

Working on personalized feeds ... there are nearly 700,000 relationships that differ by > 10% from our current "global" point of view.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20 Sep 2023

I got it to around 70k relationships that are >= 10% stronger than the global relationships which seems more accurate ... by tuning a few "hyperparameters."

It's difficult to account for weaker relationships because they could be weaker due to a lack of history or be caused by disagreement. I think that deserves specific treatment when I start adding more relationship dimensions.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 19 Sep 2023

Just settlin up at the Stacker Saloon earning a record Cowboy Streak 🤠. Loving the content and dialogue here partners!

128 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 19 Sep 2023

Was it inevitable that Javascript becomes a mess? With different companies having to work together to not make a mess out of it while implementing it in their browser engines?

437 sats \ 0 replies \ @tom335 19 Sep 2023

I read something a while ago about how the dude created JS. Apparently he did it in one week and immediately the language was adopted, wildly. Good times of the good ole go-horse methodology. I couldn't create a language in 1000 years. But people had enough time to fix it, unfortunately it wasn't. And now this Typescript thing, another layer on top of something already messy.

182 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Sep 2023

Yes.

1036 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Sep 2023

I feel a little bad for taking sats out of my SN wallet for Mullvad, but paying for VPN with lightning from SN just feels appropriate!

205 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 20 Sep 2023

Spending sats is great and you can immediately replenish them...

213 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 19 Sep 2023

How much am I missing by using Apple Music rather than Spotify?

205 sats \ 0 replies \ @aoeu 20 Sep 2023

I don't think you are missing too much anymore. Definitely can't say that Spotify is leaps and bounds ahead. Apple Music added a discovery channel recently too. With Apple Music you also get spatial audio and loseless audio included at no added cost. Spotify has been talking about loseless for years but don't think they've implemented that yet. Also, in the recent past Apple Music paid artists more per listen than Spotify.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 20 Sep 2023

Spotify is leaps and bounds ahead, feels curated but idk really. They have discover weekly which I have been able to find really great artists on. Been using them for over a decade and it hasn’t disappointed me.

Pandora is also good too a friend of mine had this for a bit and I was able to test it. You should get Spotify so I can follow what you listen to. One of my fav things to do is look at what everyone else is listening to. 😎

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20 Sep 2023

You’re a music judger tho 😆

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 20 Sep 2023

🎯

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Sep 2023

Might depend on what you listen to? I’ve only used Spotify

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Sep 2023

I mostly like to listen to good new-to-me stuff or great old stuff and I'm totally un-opinionated on genre.

I think there might be something wrong with my expectations, because I find myself searching unsuccessfully for music that makes me feel a certain way and you can't really search for that ... they don't know me or what makes me feel certain ways

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 19 Sep 2023

Just noticed the zaps in one of the nostr client https://iris.to/ is directly showing in usd.

I wonder why would they do that setting 🧐

121 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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121 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 19 Sep 2023

I can't believe sats is not the default one and ofc I changed it:)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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340 sats \ 16 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 19 Sep 2023

Keep wanting to get a cat

190 sats \ 13 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep 2023

What will you name it?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 19 Sep 2023

Hard to say until I meet the cat

943 sats \ 11 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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420 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

can confirm this is how it works

708 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep 2023

I tried to name our dog bitcoin but I lost that vote 3 to 1.

318 sats \ 8 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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469 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep 2023

Damn right. Sometimes I do call her bitcoin just to irritate my family. I am sure it is the case with many people's pets but our dog responds to about 10 different "pet" names.

540 sats \ 6 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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551 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep 2023

Come here mempool

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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

get a cat.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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847 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 19 Sep 2023

The Real Secret is that your dreams come true by acting on them

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

what was your "aha" moment with stacker news?

What made you realize you have the resources and capability to create that dream?

558 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Sep 2023

My dream is to be useful to as many people as possible. SN is just the tip of that dream's spear (and it still doesn't have much of a point yet tbf). I didn't have the resources or the capability to create SN when I had this dream. After mining ore and learning to smelt and smith and building failed spear after failed spear ...

SN, itself, is a stream of aha moments. I was originally inspired to create this spear tip by @RyanTheGentry describing @paul's Sphinx Chat at an Austin BitDevs, "Aha! Bitcoin micropayments can be used to solve digital commons problems! Oh, I've been wanting a Hacker News for bitcoin! BitDevs is like a Hacker News in person and it's amazing! Hacker News is a commons!"

My dream isn't nearly satisfied. I'm pretty sure satisfying dreams is about continually acting on things that may satisfy the dream though. Thinking about the dream is part of acting on it but it's not the cause of the dream happening.

505 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

‘Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.’ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 19 Sep 2023

Every time I need to deal with human droids, I would also note down what I should do to avoid them in my life 🥴

any meme for these peoole? @darthcoin

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @tenderscore 19 Sep 2023

Galactic Starcruiser has rooms available at Walt Disney World. Assignation for you two?

179 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 19 Sep 2023

🥸🥸🥸

479 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 19 Sep 2023

Getting sick sucks

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 20 Sep 2023

hope you feel better 😌

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

i just tried navigating hacker news and felt like a tech-inept nursing home lady

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 19 Sep 2023

Good morning everyone, it's Tuesday and day two of the week seems it's going to be a good one, a tad of rain here but the wind feels crisp and a good vibe is felt, so I pass this good vibe along to you, wish you a phenomenal day to you, may it be fruitful and successful in all your endeavors, lots of love and joy my good friend, remember that you matter, always! Be well and stay frosty!

1831 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

I figure I spend about 1% of my life scooping cat shit. Who's in charge here?

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/zUNhq-aZ7qrID3hf6LktJg_Ruoyo39wc_c2pkSnUiNY/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLnBvc3RpbWcuY2MvTDhDMXdnOFMvSU1HLTIwMjMwOTE5LTA3NTAzMS05ODAuanBn

179 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

dogs see their owners as gods

cats...the opposite...

438 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 19 Sep 2023

You know the answer.

Also, 1% seems pretty good.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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336 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

We gotta make it good stacker practice to zap tf outta new bios, make a big splash for newcomers!

I shall lead by example 🫡

179 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 19 Sep 2023

Early morning fiat mining

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

Appreciate all the multisig content I got yesterday ppl

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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2273 sats \ 19 replies \ @ek 19 Sep 2023

ᕦ(ò_óˇ) Day 4 of exercising everyday before the saloon opens

Today, I went up a mountain:

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/6ZNLdMlrFWUVy8OvQqSRj09h4CYNTMdzNLGDSbNkfJE/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLnBvc3RpbWcuY2MvS3ZNakRmWEovc2lnbmFsLTIwMjMtMDktMTktMTItMDgtNTQtMTA3LmpwZw

Ok, no, just kidding that was a few weeks ago. I still feel like I should recover from day 1 and 2, so I just went for a walk again today.

I also wanted to get out of the city so it became a trip down memory lane for me:

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/bu23-vg8cqiEGPkg_CwhMnzJdxz-elAfxGOL5URS51A/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLnBvc3RpbWcuY2MvcnN5WGI4ejgvSU1HLTIwMjMwOTE5LTExMjIxMi5qcGc

I used to live here in the outskirts before I felt very lonely and moved into the city.

I took a train to come here such that I can walk the 5km back home.

Pretty interesting to remember how I felt back then or what stuff I was thinking about. That was during my early days of bitcoin and COVID. And how different I feel now.

Wanted to reply with something along these lines to @k00b's post about how we changed in the last 5 years but it didn't feel worth mentioning so I just replied nothing, lol

345 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 19 Sep 2023

I like the idea of the saloon being used as a personal accountability thread where people share progress on their positive habits.

523 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 19 Sep 2023

Keep up the excercise freak!

1048 sats \ 7 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

Soon you will just unconsciously speak in haikus.

906 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

That would get old really quickly! I will likely limit myself to sharing only the relevant and worthwhile.

Allen Ginsberg said of Kerouac; “He’s the only one in the United States who knows how to write haikus… Kerouac thinks in haikus, every time he writes anything—talks that way and thinks that way. So it’s just natural for him… He’s the only master of the haiku.” So I should perhaps leave them to him.

My last one; Words come tumbling out; misquote, misspell, mistake… haikus without end

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

Relaxing rules with 6 in second line?

179 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

Mis-s-spell I’m counting as 3…

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

Ahh!

310 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

Just for fun and practice

786 sats \ 7 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

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508 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 19 Sep 2023

Yes!

I also think I should leave my phone at home so I can enjoy my mind wandering around more. But then I can't take pictures.

That also the reason why I decided to not listen to podcasts even though it was a great idea of yours. I actually wanted to enjoy the boredom.

Maybe I'll buy a camera and start with photography.

But am I not than still distracting myself by occupying myself with something predetermined?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

It depends what you need to get from your time out I guess.

If it’s an engage with nature, clear your head, etc. a phone or podcast may not help. If it’s purely fitness it may help having the distraction. I do sometimes carry a camera for longer walks but quite often I don’t use it unless I am specifically visiting somewhere.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 19 Sep 2023

It depends what you need to get from your time out I guess.

Good point

475 sats \ 3 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

Except…’Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me’

353 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

Mercury rising

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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611 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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388 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 19 Sep 2023

Wow, 27 comments already. The cowboys are hitting the saloon early this morning.

444 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Sep 2023

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/uDYto4L8sweHQ-hmyZDzhOHkpIfsDU7ti4M7QlWMbc4/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTMuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhL0pVNGRMbVV6S1dnWmdyMlZrWS9naXBoeS5naWY

180 sats \ 0 replies \ @JerryGarcia 19 Sep 2023

I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.

6305 sats \ 11 replies \ @orthwyrm 19 Sep 2023

Day 157 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.

__@_'-'

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 20 Sep 2023

🫡 almost missed it today.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @BBitcoinUSA 19 Sep 2023

⚡️🐌⚡️

Long live the snail

331 sats \ 8 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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150 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 19 Sep 2023

Final settlement in ~24 hours.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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900 sats \ 5 replies \ @orthwyrm 19 Sep 2023

Thanks, sats donated to Sparrow maintainer Craig Raw.

I believe I predicted $100k by day 220-ish.

411 sats \ 4 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @orthwyrm 19 Sep 2023

I'm not sure. I donated here:

https://opensats.org/projects/sparrow_wallet

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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548 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 19 Sep 2023

Whatever he's getting, it's not enough. Sparrow really is that good.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

Where can it be-this land of Eldorado?

798 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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1286 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

Woah… fast moving world angry two leg people… back into BTC shell

233 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 19 Sep 2023

You were locked and loaded

281 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

It was a paste job… in an ultimately futile bid to be fastest lol

335 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 19 Sep 2023

I have kinda given up trying to be first now.

257 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 19 Sep 2023

It’s quite a challenge with some of these fast posters and I’m certainly not beating anyone … I love the snail when it turns up regardless of when.

310 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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274 sats \ 6 replies \ @bitcointerest 19 Sep 2023

Happy days, everyone.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK 19 Sep 2023

Holaaaaa. Happiest days ever, to all the BTC-locos!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 19 Sep 2023

Yoooooh. I am having a beer in Bolonia/ Tarifa watching at the statue of emperor Trajan... perfect day, lovely to watch people having fun in a relaxed atmosphere. Un buen día a todos demas