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!
101 sats \ 0 replies \ @mary_imasuen 26 Jul 2022
Connected with some old friends from middle school. It felt so weird. Nostalgia really kicked in and it's crazy how we've changed so much...and how deep into bitcoin I am now.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 25 Jul 2022
If you are ever curious about major construction projects happening in the USA I highly recommend you sign up for the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Smart Brief. (www.acg.org)
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190 sats \ 1 reply \ @clementinemoney 25 Jul 2022 freebie
New to this forum and I’m already addicted. Way too much fun to send/receive value for free with no banks involved. Way better than earning karma on Reddit for example. Trying to spread the word as much as possible and onboard more newbies 🧡
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @scampy 26 Jul 2022
This is my new go-to place. Reddit is useful if you follow the right people (some OGs and devs post there), but it's also swamped by moonboys and butters. Stacker has higher signal to noise IMO.
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353 sats \ 0 replies \ @REBEL44988751 25 Jul 2022 freebie
Did my 1st pull request ever on github today... Just a little translation work for microlancer.io but nonetheless that feels good to help!
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @TCNPsandwich 25 Jul 2022
Brewing a fresh cup ☕ , about to go read my Bible.
Scrolling SN enjoying the fresh perspective on everything BTC brings
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107 sats \ 6 replies \ @lrz 25 Jul 2022
I keep seeing comments in Russian. Common sense indicates that SN is meant to communicate in English.
I happen to be able to understand those comments, but I find it rude. It's on them to pass them through a translator.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 25 Jul 2022
So the two solutions would be
- have a button to autotranslate responses
- have ability to select your languages (e.g. EN and JP) in your profile settings and then content would be filtered only to those languages. And then if you are posting new post/comment and have multiple default languages, then the UI could ask you which one you are using for your post (just quick buttons).
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122 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 25 Jul 2022
i think over time, the right approach to solving this problem is to allow users to set the languages they know in their profile settings.
a user who only knows english will only see english content, and users who know multiple languages will see content in those languages.
that way we don’t need to segregate subs for discussion in specific languages, or annoy people who don’t know many languages.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 25 Jul 2022
In a modern browser it should autotranslate or at least be very easy to translate so I don't mind
I think it's only 2 accounts by probably the same person having very weird, unnatural conversations. 😂😂
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @sb 25 Jul 2022
Nah man, I don't agree with this take. It's good for the network for communities to form in various languages. The people who need Lightning and Bitcoin the most are typically not living in English-speaking countries :)
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101 sats \ 0 replies \ @KingZing 25 Jul 2022
it would be better if there's a dedicated language tag for them for sorting/filtering.
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138 sats \ 0 replies \ @lrz 25 Jul 2022
Like me :) I am from a non-English speaking country with 50%+ annual inflation.
Let's agree to disagree. If they can read and reply to messages in English they should be able to copy and paste through a translator so we can all benefit from what they have to say.
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222 sats \ 2 replies \ @pitiunited 25 Jul 2022
Fourth day in a row rocking it with React :) Added a usd to sats converter at UselessShit.co to quickly calculate the amount of sats which would have been stacked.
Next I'm putting my hands on adjusting the tone on the cards to make it less offensive and more encouraging to save in bitcoin, as suggested here by @sb. Will likely leave an option to shame close friends with the cards which already exist.
Have a great Bitcoin Monday!
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130 sats \ 1 reply \ @sb 25 Jul 2022
This is such a great community - cheers 🤝🏼
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 25 Jul 2022
Feeling the same 🧡
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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @tomlaies 25 Jul 2022
I encountered the most peculiar scam today.
The sammer send me 12 words via a public tweet, so it looks like an accident. I tried out the wallet (why not, I have nothing to loose) and the shitcoin app Exodus dold me there were a thousand USDT in it. However it is a stablecoin on Tron or something (?) that requires Tron to be bought and burned or something? before one can move them.
That's a really bizarre and elaborated scam. I did know that Exodus listed shitty shitcoins but I didn't know they were listing actual scams.
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @tomlaies 25 Jul 2022
I wish I had the time and the knowledge how this scam was implemented. Their blockchain must have some sort of smart contract which somehow denies transactions before receiving more and instantaneously exchange it to Bitcoin and send it to the scammer, I assume?
I also really really want to know who made this scam because if the programming time & effort he could have easily planned a Walmart heist. And if it's him or some script kiddy? Just out of curiosity on how professionalized this industry already is.
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136 sats \ 2 replies \ @clementinemoney 25 Jul 2022 freebie
- They put some tokens in the wallet worth some money.
- When someone thinks they hit the lotto, they add ETH or whatever gas they need to transfer the tokens out.
- As soon as you add gas, it’s immediately sent to their private wallet.
- They code it in so no way around it.
Something like that.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @based 25 Jul 2022
I saw this last year but with another shitcoin. Watched the wallet for a couple of months, victims getting ETH stolen while the fees were very high, until the activity stopped.
Clever scam, and interesting too in that everyone that lost money thought they were ripping someone else off. I don't support it, but I didn't feel very bad for them either.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @xmarksthebitcoin 25 Jul 2022 freebie
That's pretty clever, ngl
305 sats \ 5 replies \ @Roll 25 Jul 2022
i nearly finished to read Mastering Bitcoin from Andreas
I though it gonna be harder, as i m not developper, but at the end i managed to understand more or less everything :)
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @mary_imasuen 26 Jul 2022
That's really awesome! Well done!
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @clementinemoney 25 Jul 2022 freebie
Not easy! Congrats, well done
142 sats \ 7 replies \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
Someone posted about wanting a SN app... As someone deep into teaching myself Swift / SwiftUI I'd love to work on a 3rd party client for iOS. Even though I feel the web client is more than sufficient.
Does this idea violate any SN rules @k00b?
I'm not dense enough to believe I am the best person for this job, but it feels like a great learning opportunity and I would happily open source the project.
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125 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 25 Jul 2022
There's no API (yet).
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120 sats \ 0 replies \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
Yeah this alone will prevent me from touching the project, but I am working on other aspects of my project and will integrate this when/if an API becomes available. Can always lop it off into a stand alone app if people want that as well.
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125 sats \ 4 replies \ @sb 25 Jul 2022
I would be happy to use a decent 3rd party client and let @k00b focus on bigger and better things. Although, I would like to see it on Android too :)
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126 sats \ 2 replies \ @pitiunited 25 Jul 2022
How about making a PWA and simply adjusting the the web app so it scales better on mobile? I think that way there's less hustle and no need to build an app for every platform :) Edit: also an issue with Swift is that it requires that the developer uses an Apple computer.
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110 sats \ 1 reply \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
I like this idea as well. The only reason I want to build it natively in Swift is for my personal learning experience. However, there is no API as of right now so its not really feasible to build.
With that said, I am working on a personal project to build out a nice dashboard app. When/If an API becomes available, I will add it to the functionality of my app and will break it off if people want something stand alone.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 25 Jul 2022
I got you :) It's been like four years since I haven't touched Swift, but if you haven't already, be sure to check Alamofire for http networking :)
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
I agree, but I personally don't have the skill set to make that happen. Frankly, I am not sure that I have the chops to build it for iOS yet either, but want to leverage it as a learning opportunity. Learning is best done with a project you are passionate about, and this feels like a good focus.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 25 Jul 2022
Gm
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 25 Jul 2022
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