I feel like the old Cherokee Chief from the Josey Wales movie. I used to be the guy who got people's songs from their CDs onto their iPods, and now I can't even figure out how to get this 'smart' dryer to turn off. π€£
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"A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight."
"According to the outlet, those who accept must report back on October 6, following what has effectively been seven monthsβ paid leave."
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Thanks Logitech for reminding me I'm old enough to remember when solar powered calculators were all the rage π€£
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Maybe just a glitch in the matrix but I seem to remember some recent drama with this guy claiming that the real reason cocaine is illegal in the US is because the US can't produce cocaine?
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Something wrong with satellite cdn?
I think maybe one reason so many people don't bother to try to learn about Bitcoin is due to the scammy feel of the goal posts getting pushed back with respect to the "$1 million per coin" predictions.
I think there's something about that milestone that's significant in people's minds and it doesn't help adoption to hear prominent people keep pushing back the date.
Maybe McAfee was just trying to jump-start adoption when he made his infamous "by 2020" prediction, but many others since have made similar predictions using more distant dates. And it's quite discouraging to the uninvested observer to see that ETA now into the 2030s or later as their dollar keeps buying less and less at the supermarket.
Tempted to ask AI if anyone makes two-way radio equipment with some kind of gain control that can make the spoken audio volume as loud as the roger beeps and repeater IDs but I'm sure if such a thing exists I probably can't afford it.
"...$50,000 | 44,327,813 sats..."
Opportunity Cost browser extension has helped me realize I'd probably be more open to accepting a bribe if it was denominated in sats π€£
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One aspect of the Kimmel/FCC drama I didn't consider is the more strict rules on content that gets broadcast over the public frequencies vs requires a cable or satellite subscription.


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"Hey, you remember when that girl was prom queen? Oh wow..."
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Interesting. Reading that book is what inspired me to stop buying coffee and start brewing my own.
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Wife: "I've never seen so many fake boobs at the same house."
Me: "Who?"
Wife: "You didn't see all those skinny bitches with boobs? Fake!"
Me: "How do you know it wasn't like a wonderbra or something? If those were fake boobs, they got ripped off."
Wife: "Not all women want to look cartoonish like Dolly Parton or a porn star."
Me: [channels the spirit of late, great Dusty Rhodes]: "THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YA DOIN' IT FOR, DADDY?!" π
Trying to remember why China banning western spook-run platforms and news outlets is a bad thing... Wait, don't help me! π€£
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Two people on opposite sides of town at the same time this morning. One fighting to survive a bad traffic crash, as the other made the irreversible decision to end it all.
When I first joined, everyone was discouraging reposts because it could lead to duplicates of the same note in your follower's feed if they were already following the author of the note you reposted.
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Or a PTO-driven generator that powers the miner (connected to the internet via your phone's hotspot) and heats the tractor cab while you push snow.
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We need an automotive version of the Avalon Nano 3S. The miner defrosts the windshield while the power supply acts as an oil pan heater π€£
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Winter is coming.
At least that's how I justified it to the missus π€£


One thing I love about LN integration with nostr and podcasting 2.0 is the empowerment to decide for myself, not just how much the content was worth but far more often, how much value I can afford to return to one creator without shafting another one.
A big problem with a subscription model especially in this economy is it forces the creator to presume that every fan can afford the entry level tier. It sucks that there's no way to measure how much value is being left on the table by creators who force you to choose between "becoming a member" or giving nothing, to take a chance on a subscription that can be started with the click of a mouse but whose cancelation procedure rivals that of out-processing from the military.
On the other hand, news 'relayers' on nostr - whether they be real humans or news bots - provide the value of helping me avoid doomscrolling on platforms that are beholden to advertisers, activist groups and/or hidden government pressure campaigns. Contrast that with if I want to know the latest involving local charities or government agencies, I'm forced to hold my nose and visit Facebook.
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