Stacker Saloon \ stacker news

171 comments \ @saloon 9 Mar \ 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!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tef 10 Mar

Drinking my coffee and reading 📖 in my favorite bar.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @02538cb1f8 10 Mar

I just learned about a wallet with lighting network option which connects to LN faucets! Hooray to free money! 😊

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 10 Mar

I kind of start feeling bad zapping @DarthCoin since I know he doesn't want the sats and it feels like intentionally not listening to him but it's still appreciation even if it's the worst and laziest form, no?

@DarthCoin, what should we do instead of zapping you? Donate to the rewards pool?

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10 Mar

1 or 10 sat zap is enough if you appreciate my post. You already know that amount of sats is not pushing me on top. but the number of them.

Higher amounts of sats is only when you really want to give me those sats. I always said here that people still do not appreciate enough the scarcity of the sats...

I also said many times: if people start throwing too much sats in the game SN it will became a cash cow to milk by speculators and cheaters.

Yes, we have here real writers, that dedicate their time and proof of work writing exclusive articles for SN. Yes, those zap them accordingly.

52 sats \ 6 replies \ @expatriotic 10 Mar

@ek I'm curious how the algorithm for /rewards works... I was #20, then #16, then #35, then #38. All within the span of a day posting my first discussion.

152 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 10 Mar

I just hit 61 today, I zap & comment more than anything else.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10 Mar

oh I see you spent double than received. Keep the balance Car. Balance in "The Force" is very important. I know is hard to keep that balance, I am struggling myself too. But when I see that my spending is going higher, I just post/comment more. And balance is restored naturally.

I am glad you got into the 64 ones. I have higher expectations for you.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 10 Mar

Oh, you missed the old daily rewards by 10 days. We used to reward the best stackers daily.

Stackers rank higher if they contribute to the site by either a) creating good content or b) zapping good content early

Good content is content that hits the front page and was zapped by many stackers.¹ The sat amount has some weight but it's not linear per stacker: if 10 stackers zap 100 sats each the content ranks higher than if one stacker zaps 1000 sats even though it's the same sat amount in total.

Does this help?

Can also be comments though, comments are also ranked in the same way in each post. ↩

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @expatriotic 10 Mar

I see what you mean about 10 stackers zapping 100 versus 1 zapping 1000. Just weird to go from nothing to 16 to 38.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 10 Mar

It's the way the current day is added to the monthly score. If it's early in the day, it's not very competitive so on a relative basis you're high value. As more people start gaining value it "normalizes" everyone's score for the day.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @expatriotic 10 Mar

Understood, and since I'm UTC+8, "day" means night

292 sats \ 6 replies \ @OneOneSeven 9 Mar

My first attempt at writing a legitimate ~~fake~~ news article:

Pentagon: UFOs Don’t Crash, We Shoot Them Down

Better title provided by @Scoresby.

382 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

I don't know why but I am not interested anymore in UFO stories. I was passionate about UFO for decades, reading books, articles etc but now I just consider it a fade joke. My perspective changed dramatically after I had those 3 NDEs.

At least we can still make some memes about UFOs :)

I will zap your post just to appreciate your proof of work writing it. Sorry nothing personal.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @expatriotic 10 Mar

3 NDEs NDE? @DarthCoin

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10 Mar

#277326

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 10 Mar

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 9 Mar

Appreciate that, and I think about your NDE post a lot.

117 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Mar

It's a great read! Check it out!

158 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

are you a smoker if you smoke a pack of cigarettes in a day once a year?

#foodforthought

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

237 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

only @thebitcoinbugle could answer this

131 sats \ 0 replies \ @thebitcoinbugle 11 Mar

That would be called being a tourist

10 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

That moment when you wonder if the trajectory of the path of some people is the same as their trajectory in life

10 sats \ 6 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

You found Trace Meyer anon ?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 9 Mar

Trace requested you build him an airstrip near your citadel, so he can move in

1146 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

Do you think I should add him to this meme and be a member of the island?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

excuse me sir, you seem to walk like you live but can you please me let me through

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 9 Mar

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

i want to keep replying for more ~~memes~~ pictures like this

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 9 Mar

Why are national borders an absurd concept? I have yet to hear a cogent argument

#456942

35 sats \ 1 reply \ @crrdlx 9 Mar

I don't know why geographical borders are absurd, but I think the answer to why they exist is to keep power. There's bo chance that national power brokers would allow every citizen to actually opt in or out of any nation they choose. It makes me wonder, "What type of country would people opt into?" My guess is the most freedom country that affords the best chance at prosperity yet still retains safety and security.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @crrdlx 9 Mar

And one addendum: add the nation which affords the "best chance for prosperity"

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @mary_imasuen 9 Mar

I’ve been think a lot about the impact of bitcoin education and how educators should be more conscious of the culture of the people they’re trying to Orange-pill.

I feel that some sort of standard is forming in terms of how bitcoin education is spread but the culture is overlooked. What I’ve seen that happens most of the time is that some newbies struggle to see their place in bitcoin and bitcoin in their place.

31 sats \ 4 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

https://lnproxy.org/ does not work when commenting on SN, because the invoice time is too short

where does the 3 min limit come from? does it make a difference if it is increased?

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 9 Mar

No we can make it longer. How long would be long enough?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

I don't know tbh, I'm new to https://lnproxy.org/ so perhaps some more knowledgeable peeps can help? @TonyGiorgio ? I heard Tony and @Car talk about it on their @ThrillerX_ episode

1010 sats \ 1 reply \ @TonyGiorgio 9 Mar

Lnproxy is better used on the recipient side to protect privacy. Sending side is not as useful, there's pretty good privacy on lightning when sending anyways (depends on which mobile wallet or if you're using a custodian anyways).

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

thank you

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 9 Mar

Bitcoin only 🤙onward

302 sats \ 12 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Hour 1 of asking @siggy47 if we are there yet..

(I will ask every hour until he finds a block)

170 sats \ 11 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

UPDATE: challenge aborted as Mrs @siggy47 said he couldn’t have his miner in the house and made him unplug it

40 sats \ 10 replies \ @siggy47 9 Mar

Your perception skills are off the charts today, Senor Fandango. It's cleaning/vacuuming day. I already got a "what the hell is that supposed to be?" and "you're not planning to leave that there, are you? "

104 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

Siggy playing with his new miner trying to guess faster a block :)

wait a moment darling, is almost done...

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Haven’t seen this one for a while… lol

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

I keep it especially for Siggy. I wait for the right moment to post it :) Is kind of how I see him, with the tie, smiling.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

I think I saw a picture from Siggy on here

at least I thought that was how Siggy must look like

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Save it for special siggy occasions..

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 9 Mar

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

👍

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59 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

I have been there, unplugged that… lol

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 9 Mar

How did you unplug her? Asking for a friend

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

PMSL

204 sats \ 11 replies \ @Natalia 9 Mar

Sometimes when you stop searching so hard for something, it just shows up - when least expected.

163 sats \ 7 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

It’s the way of things…

Why are things in the last place you look? Because you stop looking when you find them…

62 sats \ 6 replies \ @Natalia 9 Mar

I was trying to find a place two days ago, but I kept walking around and couldn't find it, then it suddenly showed up tonight on my way home - I can't believe it's just around the corner!

33 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Karmic-ally that’s very cool when it happens!

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Natalia 9 Mar

it almost feels like I'm "trapping" myself with all the thinking and searching. 👀

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Not quite sure what you mean but maybe you are using conscious thought to solve problems that are better suited to subconscious reasoning (like the clarity provided by periods of quiet reflection, sleep or meditation).

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

lifetip: less coffee can help

There is you and then there is you on coffee two different beings it could be argued coffee is augmented reality

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 9 Mar

hmmmm, coffee is the last remaining unhealthy habit of mine, but I can def ditch it - I tried before and it's actually fine, but then it's nice to have a cup of hot coffee in cold days. 👀

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141 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 9 Mar

The real question is whether you'd notice it show up if you hadn't searched so hard to begin with.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 9 Mar

deep 👀

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 9 Mar

256 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 9 Mar

@k00b @ek

FYI when I did this poll #457470 I got an error message that said polls must end at least 1 day in the future. I went back and checked options which showed the date automatically populated March 10 12:30pm but I still got the same error message so I manually changed the date to March 11th and it worked. However the poll is now showing 1 day left so I think there is something buggy about your auto populated date. Just letting you know.

50 sats \ 6 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Mar

Same for me on this poll #457416

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

Thanks, created ticket

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 9 Mar

thanks

54 sats \ 3 replies \ @south_korea_ln 21 Mar

@Scoresby and @grayruby, I'm having a try at resolving this issue, see here.

Could it be that you waited more than an hour to finish the post?
Could it be that you started the post and came back to it at a later time where certain fields were already prepopulated from your first visit?
Are you in the same time or different timezone as Austin (don't doxx yourself for this one, it's the most unlikely reason for me at this point).

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Mar

No No I am in a different time zone (est)

120 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 21 Mar

It only happened that one time.

I've made polls without the error several times since.

Didn't wait more than an hour to finish it.

Possible I started and came back later, although tbh I don't quite remember.

I'm same central us tz

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 21 Mar

Ok, thanks for the details. At some point I thought I had reproduced the bug, but subsequent trials all worked. Let's see.

168 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 9 Mar

A stray cat came to my door this morning, crying and hungry. Did I just acquire a new pet?

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

Its your destiny! Cats when they came to your door, are lost souls. Bring it into your house and your life will change in good. Keep it and you will be the most happy man ! seriouslly

65 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Depends how hungry you are…. it could be lunch. Or it’s just a greedy little 5hit looking for a second breakfast.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 9 Mar

Outside fun with my boys!

67 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 9 Mar

Howdy!

42 days of 100 push ups a day until $100k down. Undetermined to go. 38 days of 100 squats a day until $100k down. Undetermined to go.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Gonna be massive!!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 9 Mar

Day 82 of posting mining earnings from the day before: 633 sats on 8Mar2024! Running total: 58,116 sats!

Yesterday's comment

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 10 Mar

Day 83's comment

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Atreus 9 Mar

It's going decent. Burned the midnight oil on writing projects the last few days, and it always takes a bit to get back into a normal mindset after all that.

Hoping to see Dune 2 soon!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Let us know what you think of the movie!

118 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 9 Mar

Good morning stackers. Wish everyone is having a great weekend.

Day 41 of 100 push ups till 100k completed.

103 sats \ 13 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

@k00b can you check the invite links procedure? I had a guy joining to SN with an invite link from me and he said that got a black screen with an error with something about "was true".

In my invite links it doesn't appear to be used and he didn't get the sats. Now he already have an account so doesn't matter the sats. Only FYI to check the invite process.

And btw, new users have to pay 1000 sats for new posts. So lesson learned, invite links should be min 1000 sats if you want somebody to help starting.

10 sats \ 12 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

Do you know which auth method they used?

And btw, new users have to pay 1000 sats for new posts

How do you get to this number? Doesn't it depend on territory and if they allow free posts?

1030 sats \ 10 replies \ @expatriotic 9 Mar

Bottom right. Shows 1,000 sats

10 sats \ 9 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

Oh, interesting, the fee for ~bitcoin is supposed to be 100 sats:

We use exponential fees against spam so consecutive posts within 10m cost 10x more than the last. Could be that you posted your bio within 10m before your post, will check 👀

There is an info icon next to the button where the fee should be explained when you post. Can you check if it's still 1k sats for you? This is what it says for me in ~bitcoin:

130 sats \ 8 replies \ @expatriotic 9 Mar

Nope, it's 100 now. I posted a bio and then immediately copy pasted my markdown text into a bitcoin discussion post. So that's what it was.

210 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

Ah ok, maybe we should exclude bios from spam detection. Your use case makes sense and is not spam! lol

I'll reimburse you on the post :)

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

Thank you for looking into this. Did you find something weird about invite links?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 9 Mar

Invites claimed with LN and nostr have been weird for some time but the error you mentioned sounds new:

I had a guy joining to SN with an invite link from me and he said that got a black screen with an error with something about "was true".

We only had problems with detecting new users to reward the referee but signup should work fine.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @expatriotic 9 Mar

Wow thanks! I didn't know of that mechanism at the time of posting. Definitely excluding bios would be smart. Thanks @ek

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

hehehe there are many tricks on SN. You will learn them slowly. Here is one for you, as new member: a long press on the zap bolt and you can choose the amount of sats. Also in your profile settings you can set default amount.

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130 sats \ 0 replies \ @expatriotic 9 Mar

I used LNauth with Zeus, and to post a new discussion the invoice was 1,000 sats

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 9 Mar

Howdy partners!! The weekend has arrived and my oh my what a beautiful day indeed, a day to relax and recharge after a productive and hardworking week. Let's just relax today release the burdens of the week and focus on today and how we are going to enjoy it with friends and family, so do that my friend, you deserve it and I'm proud of you! You are awesome and you've got this and you're doing amazing, so have a phenomenal day and live it to the max, thank you for being and thank you for all your hard work, as always, be well and stay frosty.

293 sats \ 5 replies \ @deepologic 9 Mar

Hi all _@'-'

Next Stop?

27 sats \ 2 replies \ @orthwyrm 9 Mar

I need to go back through all the saloon posts and compile these snail pics

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @deepologic 9 Mar

That will be cool gallery!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

There are some great ones in there. Could make a calendar :D

57 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Shello! Where have you been hiding?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @deepologic 9 Mar

I was in the forest :P

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @koqoo 9 Mar

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 9 Mar

This will be one of the most important years of TheWildHustle's life

Time to step up to the plate, and hit one out of the park.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @jessikabtc 9 Mar

I love lazy weekends, so just waiting for the new ATH :)

73 sats \ 3 replies \ @TNStacker 9 Mar

Up before the sun!

LFG Cowboys and Cowgirls!

Stack Sats and stay humble!

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 9 Mar

let's freaking go

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

I would love to be an old fashion cowboy, riding my horse on the prairie.

96 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Could definitely see you in a western;

‘BTC Cassidy and the Satdance Kid’ maybe, or ‘High Plains Sith-tier’?

573 sats \ 4 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Lightning strikes Bitcoin, Instant transactions for all. But the sats must flow…

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 9 Mar

Flow like the unceasing river xP

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 9 Mar

Go With The flow

100 sats bounty

72 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Lol. Use them or lose them..

95 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 9 Mar

The cat keeps missing the litter box. @DarthCoin's dogs have better aim.

189 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 9 Mar

Sure…. It was the cats. A bottle of Jack Spaniels more like…

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 9 Mar

Very perceptive

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

2 of my cats also do that, but rarely. So what I did? Instead of 2 small litters I put a bigger one with plenty of sand in it.

... but now I have a bigger problem: one cat is taking a bath in that sand ! OMG and after that is coming to me to kiss me FFS !

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 9 Mar

We had two boxes, because we had two cats. One died last year, but the cat we still have got used to switching boxes, having his choice where to go. Maybe we should have one big one.

88 sats \ 6 replies \ @BlokchainB 9 Mar

I WILL DOWNZAP you!

If I have to. Anything scammy or spews hate I will downzap!!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 Mar

I approve. Thank you for your service.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @jakoyoh629 9 Mar

That's new to me! How does it work?

92 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 9 Mar

If enough people downzap, it gets outlawed and only people with wild west mode enabled in their settings see it

You can try it out on my comment but it will additionally decrease your trust to me so content from me will rank lower in your feed

Probably not significant if you only use a few sats and can be undone if you zap some stuff from me again

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 9 Mar

I found it! That feature can be accessed by clicking on the three dots. I don't need to try it now, I can always try it later. Thanks

53 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 9 Mar

I’m not sure exactly I know it helps keep SN from being flooded with spam and bad content

152 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 9 Mar

This looks like a really useful feature. I'm becoming a bigger fan of Stacker News every day.

177 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshiplanet 9 Mar

Day 79 keeping the cowboy hat 🤠👌

136 sats \ 12 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

Can somebody locate @Natalia in this image?

😂😂😂

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 9 Mar

@Natalia is here, with sunshine and flowers 👀 yours is really dark!

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 9 Mar

where is me? 👀

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

Sincerely? I think you are the whole image 😂😂 You already blended into the nature.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 9 Mar

why - or being nowhere but everywhere? 👀

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

nowhere but everywhere

well said

63 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

both of you @Public_N_M_E and @jakoyoh629 are wrong, but you earn some sats for replying.

I asked "in the image" not outside the picture...

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @jakoyoh629 9 Mar

"I can only think of two explanations for this: either she's the photographer, or she's hiding behind a tree. Since I don't think you're trolling people, then she must be behind a tree

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9 Mar

No, I am not trolling you. Was a genuine question with a bit of sense of humor. Bu I asked specifically that question to see if stackers will notice the meaning of it. I want people to USE their brain, not just ask shitGPT.