It's kind of frightening to think transaction fees will be the only effective spam deterrent. How are plebs supposed to compete for block space against people who can just print dollars to buy sats? And what will that look like when the vast majority of the population are priced out of L1, and probably L2 as well? Everyone using a custodial mint which from what I can gather is just the bitcoin equivalent of a community bank? Unless I'm missing something, it seems like that brings us right back to the current problem of trust instead of verify. View quoted note →

One cool thing about this BLE Radar app is how it confirms that there's no shortage of devices in and around busy areas capable of running bitchat. Either nobody is using the app or like myself, they can't get their phone to stop killing it in the background.

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One of my friends is a trucker. He said part of the reason the shortage got bad enough for companies to hire illegals is due to the feds' ongoing war on cannabis. It never sat right with me how some employers would fire a good worker because the joint he smoked the previous week while on vacation caused him to piss hot, meanwhile the alky who dang near crawled into work straight from the keg party would get an all-clear.

Transportation Sec. Duffy Takes Emergency Action To Protect Americans From Non-Domiciled CDL Crisis On Highways  | ZeroHedge

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On the last Sunday in September, Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day honors the mothers, fathers, and families of fallen military service members. Also known as National Gold Star Mother’s Day, the day serves as a reminder of the losses suffered by military families. https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/gold-star-mothers-day-last-sunday-in-september

There's got to be a better way to prove to Alby that I'm human without fooling with these stupid captchas. BTW update available.

Never realized how much was going on in this song.

365 days Wake Up With the Word September 27, 2025

I'm starting to feel the same way about those 2-pound cans of Maxwell House 🤣 View quoted note →

This touches on an issue that I don't think has been given much thought. If we view the algorithmic amplification of big tech platforms as akin to an addictive substance, it would probably be best if new users weren't forced to visit those platforms in search of guidance on the use of sovereignty tools. Hosting your nostr/bitcoin how-tos on platforms like YouTube feels a little like having your AA meetings at the pub. I suppose we're all guilty of casting a stumbling block before our fellow nostrich whenever we share a link to content on a big tech platform but what are the alternatives, and how many years of computer science education must one have to use them? Based on my own experiences, it's looking more and more like the road to freedom lies behind an unavoidable command prompt. Maybe the GUI itself was the start of our enslavement. If so, I'm definitely a slave on the digital plantation. Very smart of YouTube to make it difficult to impossible for users to download video files for local archiving or sharing elsewhere. That's why I'm skeptical of 'alternative' streaming platforms that do the same. They're not acting in a manner consistent with a company that wants to free the world, but someone who wants to be the new boss. View quoted note →

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I don't see his lawyer's allowing him to post this unless either he's incorrect but has presidential immunity from the consequences of being incorrect, or he's correct and has the evidence to prove it. View quoted note →

ngl sometimes it feels like we just traded the censorship risk of big tech for the 'too many knobs' risk of nostr. If X or FB aren't working for you, there's a good chance it isn't working for most. That's not necessarily true with nostr, especially if you're the type who is vulnerable to the "Check out the latest vibe-coded client" hype. Like it or not there's some wisdom in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." A few weeks ago I was tinkering around in Primal's network settings and enabled the 'enhanced privacy' option and it seemed to break everything for me. Right around the same time there was an update to Amethyst that left me completely confused about proper relay settings and unable to trace the problem. I'm still confused as to how relay changes are handled when you jump from one client to another. Does Primal adopt the changes you made in Jumble or does everything revert back to the way it was the last time you used Primal? Add to that, zap failures. If I get three consecutive failures when zapping three different people, I can't help but suspect the problem is somehow on my end even if Alby is reporting all-good. If all that isn't enough, then you have stuff like caching servers, blossom servers, etc. And by the time BTC Sessions (God bless him) makes a video showing us how to configure and use something, seems like everyone has moved on to something bigger and better. I just don't think most content creators have the time or patience to both create their content, deal with meatspace BS, and troubleshoot their nostr experience, especially when they can keep rolling the dice and get more engagement with the 'post to multiple platforms' approach. Sorry for the rant but it seems like nostr has a serious deficiency in skilled translators who can take what these code monkey geniuses build and teach us mouth-breathers how to use it. 😂 View quoted note →

I tend to agree with Curry and Dvorak on this one. Given the insane amount of money these companies can afford to spend, not only on advertising but also on campaigns to pressure doctors to push their products, it seems like they shouldn't need taxpayer money to fund their research. Imagine the impact if drug companies had less money to spend on product promotion because they had to fully fund their own research. Maybe news outlets and physicians would no longer be afraid to do honest investigations into the safety and efficacy of their products.

Ars Technica

Study: Planned budget cuts would hurt drug development badly

Drug patents frequently cite research that the NIH wouldn't be able to fund.

The Avalon Nano 3s is nice and all but I definitely prefer the AxeOS interface. When 500W Bitaxe space heater? 🤔 View quoted note →

In retrospect it's crazy how quickly my burning desire to learn the ninja arts was replaced with the desire to see a pair of boobs IRL 🤣 View quoted note →

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. 🤣