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!
Someone pleeeaase make the buttons at the bottom of the settings page https://stacker.news/settings equal width @ek
Podunk, Connecticut, an area in the town of Guilford in New Haven County
Anyone working on July 4th?
What is it like today? that shouldn't work??
For many people, July 4th will be a holiday, and they will also get friday off.
So they will have thurs, fri, sat, and sun off.
Ok . But in india there is no holiday today.
American holiday.
Ok bro. but i didn't know about it
hmmm the dropoff in stats is well correlated with rewards being limited to the top 100 starting with MSM.
Do you think that’s a drop off of real stackers or the types of accounts you were trying to get rid of when you made that change?
I’m not sure. I’d guess the long tail is probably a mix of folks and it might be worth having the mix.
I just noticed that Rsync25 already posted but didn't make it to the leaderboard. (No zaps yet on the posts.)
https://m.stacker.news/38148
Are you trying to show me something?
Almost a full screen of posts from one user.
Have you muted a bunch of people and territories perhaps?
Everyone except rsync apparently.
I remember this coming up during MSM.
It seems like the activity level required to crack the top 100 is so trivial that we almost can’t be missing out on much, by definition.
I think it was @0xbitcoiner who noted that there aren’t even 100 people on the leaderboard until pretty late in the day.
I noticed this in the past few days, it might have been an exception. I know that zapping items from other days doesn't count towards the leaderboard. But I'm not sure if it counts after you're already on it. In other words, someone who comes here and only zaps old items won't make it to the leaderboard.
Quick back test is looking at stacker value rankings over the last few months and see if anyone is going missed >100.
I think it depends on how much activity happens.
Many people post one comment, and thats all.
In fact, I have seen a lot of people in the saloon, but they dont make it on the leaderboard.
Interesting, I wouldn’t have expected that.
That moment when you want to make burritos but end up with something closer to a pizza.
Sounds like your tortilla rolling skills need some work.
Any plans for July 4th?
Big epic bar-b-que?
I do not have the coding chops, but man would I like to design a lightning wallet called "Nice Try, Fed," just for the name recognition.
Wrote a silly story (with a semi-developer connection, sort of): https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqzmcn0yrn7ttq8hrjkk46ysn2tk26rr8f8k4y7xkl74hlh3rcdzqyv8wumn8ghj7mn0wdj8y6tkv5hxzurs9aex2mrp0yq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uqzq3k2w0wp6v2dywqe9zu5w9w3d9gqwpdljv0kscs83kx4nlf9vxlxlr03er
@siggy47
I wish I could go. I am hoping to go to this:
https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/301995227/
Hello Stacker, how are you today? Are you taking advantage of the discounts?
Light day before vacation !
I brought home 5 chocolate-strawberry cream puffs from beard puff’s. I knew my boy would be elated, but watching his face light up and his eyes sparkling like diamonds gave me a level of joy that I didn’t quite anticipate. He tucked into the puffs enthusiastically, decimating 3.5 of them (His mother was unlucky not to have one cream puff to herself).
It’s a quiet joy that descended upon me. This might have been what Eeyore felt when Winnie and Piglet sat beside him in companionable silence.
This joy stands in stark contrast to the exhilaration I felt last Friday during my night outing. Now, I don’t need to be intoxicated to speak my truth, but it’s such an immensely liberating feeling to ask people pointed questions that drive at the core of being human and living in Singapore’s pressure cooker environment - while I am drunk. It’s like alcohol strips away all the social pleasantries and compels me to search for and arrive at the truth. I don’t think I can ever give up this literal and metaphorical high; I’m not sure I want to, either. Childfree people have the headspace and emotional bandwidth to luxuriate themselves in alcoholic bliss. I wish I still have that luxury.
But having said all that, I quite like the quiet joy. I hope it would visit more often.
My son loved the meiji strawberry chocolates.
Just one piece would have him over the moon!
Working a half day today... A July 4th in the 110 degree heat, but happy to be alive :)
That's so hot. Take care. Stay hydrated.
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@grayruby inspired me to start making donations to the pot with his post yesterday #594374.
What I'm going to do, and everyone else can easily join in, is donate one sat for each day of my cowboy hat streak.
Cowboy up, cowboys!
Good idea. I will do the same.
POD (Proof of Donation) ⚡⚡😊
https://m.stacker.news/38088
I've just pledged 1000k Sats when I'll reach 100k. It would be better if people make it a habit of donating when they reach a milestone.
https://m.stacker.news/38071
Let a thousand flowers bloom.
I'm better at doing stuff everyday than I am at observing milestones.
Very nice! I would also donate 100 sats daily. I oblige my seniors. Thanks.
Let the 1000 flowers bloom!!
Just tried crossposting my first post to nostr . Can someone recommend some sort of explorer or something where I can find it?
https://habla.news/
Hi Everyone. Does anybody has more info on this?
If you have a wallet with a passphrase on Ledger DO NOT leave your account on the desktop app. Your keys are exposed and are vulnerable to malware attacks. Only use it to update the firmware or to add another wallet account to your device then IMMEDIATELY DELETE IT.
Howdy stackers!! It's Wednesday, the middle of the week and in the middle of preparations for the hurricane warning, Beryl is rapidly approaching and it's going to hit us pretty good, stay safe guys and make sure you follow emergency protocols, the best of all is that THIS too shall pass, we should be like that, be prepared at all times and for difficult times know that those too shall pass and you will be still standing, head held up high and with a smile, you're amazing and you can accomplish anything you want, just believe in yourself, we've got this buddy, may your day be spectacular and filled with success and most of all, love! Be well and stay frosty!!
Day 2 writing python program tutorial for Nostr
https://alashazam.wordpress.com/2024/07/03/python-nostr-second-program/
Day 198 of posting mining earnings from the day before: 865 sats on 2Jul2024!
Running total: 119,808 sats!
Yesterday's comment
Day 199's comment
territory unarchiving alert!
#595236
Day 5 of weight loss posting every day ’til I reach 75kg (current weight 89.8kg).
https://m.stacker.news/38048
:)
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All you have a good day stackers. Keep living, keep stacking.
https://m.stacker.news/38039
Day 445 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.
...and day 9 of trimmin' the fat (95.9 | 80.0 | 1.7).
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Wow, 95.9 good work!
👍
https://m.stacker.news/38042
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Self defense is must 😊
https://m.stacker.news/38038
Reached a milestone today. My girl finished all her vaccinations, except for the flu jab that people take once a year. Taking childcare leave to spend three hours at the Polyclinic was tough, but I got an afternoon nap during the day, so I’m reenergised!
Good job!
I'm happy to live in a country where the majority of people still see the benefits of standard and well-tested vaccines...
omg, killing your own children... and even be proud of it.
This world is really fucked up.
But anyways, that means... more sats for me.
GM stackers! Day 55 of my 10000 daily steps challenge. Seems to be getting warmer and warmer. Close to 40 today!
https://m.stacker.news/38036
Day 55 completed!
https://m.stacker.news/38153
Wonderful view.
GM Stackers! I'm awfully content today. I hope you guys are doing fine too.
Take care.
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ReRe
The prefix “re” means “back”, “again” or to “redo”.
Such as:
next #596514
In~In~
part of:#586916Let's Rezap then 😊
When we repay a bank loan, are we paying it back or paying it again?
we repay or pay a bank loan ?
you repay the debt you created, twice
repay twice ? mean 3x ?
correct
I hate it when people in my country use revert to mean get back to you in business emails
They should use chatGPT or something similar
It sounds like a crutch but it is a great tool for learning and productivity and breaking bad habits such as revert
It’s too ingrained in our culture. Another example is irregardless.
It’s not as not as bad as revert
Ingrained in our culture?
So they can try to change but ultimately revert to old habits
The prefix “re” means “back”, “again” or to “redo” ? 🤠
Refuse
Reject
Resist
I have to be successful because i like expensive shit.
https://m.stacker.news/38035
Day 60 of posting till next Bitcoin halving.
Day 6 of collecting taxes from stackers.
Collected so far: amount of sats redacted.
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4of my daily posting journey, after I lost my cowboy hat in a wild shoot-out on the outskirts of town.previously: #593889 🤠⚡
https://m.stacker.news/38034
https://m.stacker.news/38037
Oh boy... Why did you lose your hat cowboy?🤠
weekend break
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Snail gone.. Cowboy hat gone.. Lol!
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University of Chicago
Allan Bloom's 1987 book "The Closing of the American Mind" had a significant impact on public discourse, sparking debates about the state of higher education and the cultural changes of the 1960s.
The book became an unexpected bestseller, eventually selling close to half a million copies in hardback[1]. Bloom argued that universities were no longer teaching students how to think critically and were instead promoting moral relativism and a lack of interest in the lessons of the past[3]. He blamed misguided curricula, rock music, television, and academic elitism for the "spiritual impoverishment" of students[3].
Bloom's blistering critique, while offering no solutions to the crisis in education, struck a chord with a broad public[1]. The book became a "rallying point for the conservative side" in the "culture wars" of the 1980s and 1990s, with Bloom emerging as a "chief critic" of higher education[2].
While some scholars dismissed Bloom's arguments as conservative barbs, the essence of his critique remained influential[1]. Bloom's book offered an engaging account of the deep intellectual and social history behind the changes in academia and student attitudes[2]. His central motif of the interplay between different understandings of "openness" and "closedness" was brilliantly exploited[2].
Sources
[1] The Closing of the American Mind - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closing_of_the_American_Mind
[2] The Legacy of “The Closing of the American Mind” - VoegelinView https://voegelinview.com/the-legacy-of-the-closing-of-the-american-mind/
[3] Allan Bloom | Closing of the American Mind, Conservative Critic ... https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allan-Bloom
[4] The Closing of the American Mind Revisited | R. R. Reno - First Things https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/02/the-closing-of-the-american-mi