Something that seemed ridiculously large seemed to think getting under my tub was a good idea. It sounded like it had a fight with something else, which is what alerted me to it's existence. I only had a few things on hand to attempt to dissuade it- wood vinegar, peppermint oil, banging on various parts of my house to try and get it to go away. What seemed to work though- I took a shower. This was in part, inspired by the dastardly creature, because I certainly worked up a sweat trying to get it to leave. It made a sort of hissing noise and sounded dangerous, but after the shower, I haven't heard that sound again- even though I tried banging again. It either left, or decided to shut up. Hopefully, it didn't have fleas or anything contagious. #grownostr

If the rise of these mercenary private armies continues, and bitcoin becomes widely regarded as the best money, would there be a clientele shift? Would these private armies cease to contract with nations that pay them in rapidly devalued currency and contract with those who can pay them in bitcoin instead? Of course, historically, these periods in which mercenaries held great sway were somewhat chaotic. But in a sense, it is probably an intermediary step to a new re-ordering. The Westphalian project is falling apart. The only people who think they know what the new order will look like are the narcissistic globalists who think they can construct it to be what they want it to be.

If you are going to a doctor, and you can stand behind them as they fool with the computer, do so. The software is crap and too many people access it, resulting in errors. Just looking over their shoulder should result in you thinking this crap should be banned.

Do these phone alerts track you and tell you about severe storms where you are or do they stick to telling you about stuff near your home? #grownostr

My town is suffering from a power outage, and they are basically saying its going to take a long time. How long, I don't know. But finding a functioning gas station is iffy. And the first time I went to a grocery store, the lights were still off and we couldn't buy cold things. Seems like the falling apart of US is continuing apace. Hopefully ya'll are keeping up with your preps- preferably doing a little better than I did. #grownostr

Note to self: coffee.

hey primal.net guys- you shouldn't do the same shit twitter does. I don't need notification that there are new posts put directly on top of the posts I'm currently viewing. Not sure I need it at all, but if you want to do it, great, just stick it under your logo or something so I can read the stuff I'm reading right now without having to work around this damn button hovering right over it.

If you invent free energy device, don't try to get it patented. Use it for powering bitcoin miners.

Okay, can I actually post now? Frustrating, because I don't know if the issue is Primal, or Alby.

Nostr acting right for you? Different clients, different results. And I can't tell why certain things are going on. Relays having hard time? Maybe these spam bots are clogging up the tubes.

What is this mental illness that makes people think the can write 'you can't define woke' and they think somehow they scored a point?

Recommendation for AI research. Lightning wallet + an auction type set up. Initially talking to it is free, but as more people ask it stuff and resources need to be allocated, let people pay sats for priority. Now, barring weird or perverted cases, the people willing to pay will be the people who found previous answers to be valuable. If it's very valuable, you may even be able to ask for an extra fee for privacy, but generally it'd be cool if the answers were here on nostr for people to discover. If people discovered extremely valuable answers just by scrolling through the global feed, then that's good advertising and you'd have more people willing to throw sats at your AI for awesome answers that helped them improve their lives in some way.

Wouldn't mind seeing an action comedy where the protagonist is serious gun prepper where bad guys keep escalating from unarmed combat to chasing him around with attack helicopters. Comedy comes from the guy always having a bigger caliber weapon- somewhere... maybe this has been done before. #grownostr

It looks like the GOP clown car is filling up with clowns again. DeSantis, who could have just waited- likely could have styled himself as Trump's inheritor if he had any sense. Pence, who lost his chance on Jan 6th, by bowing to the uni-party that faked the election. I think that fat guy from New Jersey, maybe Sununu too... They can't even play with the sense to put just one of these idiots up, which would make it harder for Trump. And they really don't seem to understand they'd need to field a real candidate- like overton window somewhere to the right of Trump type candidate. The other side- I don't know how it works because I know the progressives would want Bernie. I don't know if he's running again, but the party keeps thwarting him. Kennedy has a lot of crossover appeal but I really don't know how it plays to their base, and he has to get enough of that base to get the nomination. So it's shaping up like a lot of idiots who don't like Trump are running around doing everything to make sure he is exactly the sort of bull in their china shop that the American voters will want- not so much because they like him, but because we really hate their product.