I am a retired U.S. lawyer. I bought my first bitcoin in early 2018, but didn't fall down the rabbit hole until 2020.
My nostr public key - npub1ph0g09s8rvumc2vvmdzawmk34cd4tk26zzrqrhaxp5nr79rennkqkmyl6h
Here are a few articles I have posted:
- Darthcoin Translation Guide
- My First Year On Stacker News
- The Zen Of Stacking Sats On Stacker News
- The Grateful Dead, Cypherpunks, and Bitcoin: What A Long, Strange Tale
- Nic Carter's Tantrum
- Why I Hate Apple
- A Basic Guide To Making The Switch To Graphene OS
- The Mysterious Life And Death Of Mircea Popescu
- Five Economic Terms You Should Know When Learning About Bitcoin
- My Graphene OS Journey So Far
- New York City Isn't Dead: My First Visit To Pub Key
- Alex Gladstein At Pub Key
- Orange Pill Diaries: The Lebowski Brothers
- Paying For Breakfast With Bitcoin At The Melville Deli
- Lessons I Learned As A Lawyer, Part 1
- Old Sparky & Fat Tony - Lessons I Learned As A Lawyer, Part 2
- Welcome To Wall Street
- Bob's Brunch With Bitcoin Buddha
- Low Time Preference When You Don't Have Much Time Left
- My Old Friend
- Fear And Loathing On The Road To PubKey
- This Is Not What Adoption Looks Like
We did a Stacker News Satsraiser to raise funds for Bitcoin For Fairness:
I also post this content on nostr.
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No didn't receive it, but saw I won! Feel free to zap a post? Or send instructions. I got a QR code that said expired. I'm still kind of dum with this. Thank you :D contact@ucantdothat.net
I will zap you right here!
No worries at all! 😊 Since the QR code expired, you can share a new Lightning address or wallet invoice, and I’ll zap it right away. If you’d prefer, I can also zap one of your posts directly — just drop me the link. And don’t worry, everyone starts somewhere with this stuff. You’re doing great! ⚡
So where did you get the video?
YouTube
Thank you very much!
title of video is I Have a Plan to Destroy America by Former Governor Richard Lamm, Democrat
You were a public defender in NY?
If you're familiar with the system, I did 18b work in Queens to stay afloat financially while building my practice.
Being a public defender in NY is easy today. The current DA won’t prosecute anyone unless he gets media attention
Very true. Bail is also not set statewide for many pretty serious crimes. Very different system than from what I recall. Queens was particularly tough on defendants. Petty drug possession cases were landing kids in jail for months while waiting for their next court appearance.
No bail is terrible. Beyond terrible. Everyone knows it’s a disaster The 1980s were tough on petty drug possession. Draconian
Pendulum has swung too far in the other direction
Can you write a guide about the difference for general poa and dpoa? And how to write it correctly with human name
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what does OP next to user's name mean? And the cowboy hat, what's the meaning behind this? users lose it, but for no reason?
OP means original poster-the account that made the post. For a cowboy hat, you have to be active on the site everyday. Posting AND zapping other people's posts. If you don't do this, you lose your hat. You will be filled with shame, and your peers will mock you.
SN, suddenly feels restricting..
Why? How are you restricted?
everyday to keep a cowboy hat?? and mocked by peers if I don't got one? ughh...Yeah totally not restricting.
You don't need a cowboy hat, but you should want one.
ME 😑🔫(SN)
If you don't like the apparent restriction, reframe the "cowboy hat" silouhette as the fedora badge of terminal onlinitude... some folks look good in a fedora, and do good work wearing it. Indiana Jones comes to mind. They're not always a mark of obnoxious social cluelessness.
It's worth noting that in the few days of idly stumbling through the site, while my own content from previous days remains relatively unengaged, the cowboy hats actually appear rare. My guess is that they dominate threads between the regulars and fade away rapidly in the long tail of slow discussion.
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Hey @siggy47, you got some SN Badges on your
nostrprofile! Now it's time for some Sticky Stickers ;)The links are 'No Links' anymore. All our past work with links have gone in vain as k00b decided to intentionally remove links from headings.
Thanks for pointing that out! I probably wouldn't have noticed for a year or two.
Zap me ⚡
Why?
At nine years old, I sat in a classroom, unable to read or write, my potential buried under systemic neglect. Yet, through relentless determination, I earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of the West Indies.
But my story doesn’t end there. Fleeing my country, I lost everything—my identity, my safety—erased by police brutality, rape, and torture.
@RealRossU 〰️ Silenced and threatened, I stood at the edge of despair, with nothing left to lose.
Today, I scream to the world: Give me freedom ⛓️💥 or give me death ☠️. A life without freedom isn’t life at all—it’s a cage for the soul.
I’m no longer scared. I refuse to return to the life stolen from me.
Instead, I embrace Bitcoin—a tool of decentralization that lets me own my future and transform the horrors of my past into energy for change.
This isn’t just my fight. It’s a call for unity—a revolution rooted not in shared struggles but in collective action to break free from economic oppression.
In Jamaica, the Fiat system traps millions in poverty, turning children into monsters in ghettos boiled by economic persecution.
Bitcoin is my weapon to dismantle this prison, offering a path to financial sovereignty for the masses.
Every Zap ⚡ brings me closer to my goal of 900,000,000+ SATs.
These SATs aren’t just currency—they’re my lifeline, a beacon of calm in the storm, and a tool to light the way for others.
With them, I can help lift people from destruction, pain, and sorrow inflicted by governments and those meant to protect us.
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Hello. I noticed you commented on my post about NSFL content on SN. So i clicked on your account and read your bio and the story about your first case as a lawyer. Maybe you can answer me a question about gambling i posted a while ago. Its about the idea to make something like a btc raffle and don't want to get in trouble for setting something like this up. Maybe you know if there is a way to set something like this up without getting a special license. Also its on the internet and could be played world wide. So who makes the rules? Where can i find reliable information about something like that? Have a nice day. Best greetings from Germany
Sorry. I no longer practice, and I can't give legal advice here. As a general rule, you should read the terms of service before using this site.
Welcome aboard!
Nice to meet ya got into all this in early 2018 and went down the rabbit hole its been a wild ride and cool you have found this space your limited tech abilities far outreach alot of peoples knowledge right now in the space !
I am interested in improving my tech abilities. I tried to teach myself a little python a few months back to help run my lightning node from the command line, but it's a slow go.
I realize this is about 16 months late at this point, but I was poking around on SN reading random stuff and saw this comment, thought I would suggest that perhaps something useful for your journey in attempting to learn python or get better acquainted with programming in general is to try using something like chatGPT or google's bard or "claude" (claude.ai), these are all free to use and are remarkably helpful for assisting you while you are trying to learn to code. Personally I would suggest getting your feet wet trying to learn something that is simple (but can be quite powerful) like bash scripting...if you're already comfortable using the command line to set up your lightning node, then you're likely already using bash anyway to a certain extent. If you're on Windows, you can install WSL (window subsystem for linux) super easily and have yourself an entire native Linux environment within the Windows OS, all you have to do is download something like Ubuntu or Debian from the Microsoft Store and run it...highly recommended.
Thanks very much for this advice. As you said, it's been a while since I wrote that. More recently I wrote this post: #126179
It really has been an enjoyable journey. I can't say I'm proficient re Python. Not even close. I don't even try much anymore. I have discovered that it really isn't my thing anyway. The benefit is I can usually follow conversations here that get technical so I at least get the basic idea of what's being talked about. Regarding Linux, I'm now completely hooked. I don't use windows at all anymore. I still use the old Ubuntu laptop, but my desktop has Nix OS which took me a while to grasp but I now find pretty easy and convenient.
Welcome! It'll be great to have your perspectives and experiences in our community :)
Thanks
Thanks very much. I'm pretty much the only bitcoiner among my family and friends so it's nice to interact with fellow hodlers.
why it took 2 years for you to fell to the rabbit hole?
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Just tried to subscribe, but now quickly unsubscribed lol. Information overload.
Wise move
great stats!