This is a thread for random discussions that gets posted everyday at 5am central.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 27 Sep 2022
What are your thoughts on gene manipulation? I feel like its gotten a bad rap
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252 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 27 Sep 2022
What annoys me the most about the conversation is that we never split the conversation into 1. what the technology can do and 2. what humans do with it
The tech is amazing if we have more yield, less pests and less pesticides. But what humans make of it could be shit if we throw farmers into economical dependence on big companies
I'm undecided overall. But I want the conversation to be nuanced about these perspectives
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 27 Sep 2022
US marshals should have reverse DCA'd 1000 BTC every month but thats hindsight
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14 sats \ 3 replies \ @RottingCleaner 26 Sep 2022
Note to myself: Always check if someone has already posted.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @premitive1 26 Sep 2022
might be something for @k00b to add to his to do list, if not already on there: an autocheck before posting a link to see if someone else already posted it.
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140 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 26 Sep 2022
We tell you when the link is a duplicate of what someone else has posted. You can demo it by putting a link from the front page in the link form.
We don't prevent you from doing this however. Plan is just to make it very expensive to repost a link within a week or so.
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448 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 26 Sep 2022
I tested it out. I think making it expensive makes sense.
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587 sats \ 1 reply \ @LNDev11 26 Sep 2022
First post here :) feels good
Do you know any lightning project with dev bounties anywhere ?
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424 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 26 Sep 2022
Welcome!
Sphinx chat has a whole page of bounties. :)
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @ken 26 Sep 2022
Another Monday in bitcoin land
Everything will go as planned
ASICs, silicon, it's all just sand
I'm sorry if I'm rhymes are canned
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 26 Sep 2022
your rhyme is fine
but you got problems with time
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25 sats \ 2 replies \ @RottingCleaner 26 Sep 2022
Are postings in non-english languages welcome on stacker news? For example in Germany we have a very strong Bitcoin community with a very high activity: new posts, translations, podcasts, apps. I would publish or link everything so that German-speaking stackers take note of all the new content. Any comments?
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257 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 27 Sep 2022
This looks to be the future direction on non-English languages, as far as I can tell:
Stacker News will have other languages tab or we need to fork it to make it available to other languages?
#29249
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Sep 2022
I am OK with other language content. If I really want to read it I can translate it.
Will be nice if posters would put a title or excerpt from that post in English.
But yes, it will be nice to see SN with subs dedicated to specific languages.
@k00b are you planning such thing?
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60 sats \ 8 replies \ @gd 26 Sep 2022
Watching my native currency tank whilst holding Bitcoin
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 26 Sep 2022
currencies are put upon us, they are not native to us
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 26 Sep 2022
https://nitter.net/ghostofmatias2/status/1574209993531719680
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @gd 26 Sep 2022
This is the way.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @pitiunited 26 Sep 2022
which one is it? 😀
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @gd 26 Sep 2022
The good ol' GBP!
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @pitiunited 26 Sep 2022
right... I've been reading today that it hit all time low in USD terms 😀
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @gd 26 Sep 2022
Almost parity with USD. The worst part is that it's policy-driven, and policy makers have already announced that more of the same is to come very shortly.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 26 Sep 2022
The math doesn't lie. All of them shitcoins are going to 0.
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50 sats \ 5 replies \ @pitiunited 26 Sep 2022
Messing around with my fun project at UselessShit.co while learning React 🙂 Today I'm working on expanding the card generator features. At the moment it's only possible to include a lightning gift to a single bookmark/business card so I'm looking for a way to implement batch lightning gifts creation.
Also wondering if anyone tried to make a personalized card already and is willing to share the design 😀
Have a great Bitcoin Monday ahead!
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50 sats \ 4 replies \ @ShareblockHolmes 26 Sep 2022
Cool project buddy!
I'm thinking of creating cards/stickers for coffee shops with an LN payment QR on it for the shops to receive tips. Maybe also add a link to a quick guide to LN & Bitcoin. Wdyt? Any suggestions?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @pitiunited 26 Sep 2022
Thanks!
Once I'm done with bulk lightning gifts creating feature, I'm going to add sticker format to the generator. I've already bought some sticker paper to mess around with. Also could add an ability to easily include QR code to receive tips 🙂
A proper FAQ is on my mind recently. Would you be able to perhaps share some links with guides? I'll happily add them to the site 🙂
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @ShareblockHolmes 26 Sep 2022
Looking forward to that!
For FAQs, I'd say a somewhat unbiased and trusted site would be best for beginners (which seems to be your main target) - like Investopedia
Then you could add Intermediate level stuff - e.g. exchanges have good guides/FAQs on Bitcoin
And then for an even deeper dive Lyn Alden's 'A Look at the Lightning Network' is a good one, that comes to mind
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 28 Sep 2022
Hey @ShareblockHolmes, sticker format is available at my website with the qr code for tips feature 😉
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 26 Sep 2022
Thanks for the suggestions! Appreciate it 🙂
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Sep 2022
A short thread about Bitcoin and politics - by Tomer Strolight
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