If you aren't Alby user...

Please tell us why in the comments

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(we'll appreciate each with a zap)

Goal is to #zap someone at least once a day.

“Remember when Lolli’s daily rewards were always in the hundreds and occasionally over 1k sats?”

Me:

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Warren persists in her opposition to Bitcoin, citing a new report from the Government Accountability Office stating, "Digital assets like Bitcoin and other virtual currencies pose risks to implementing and enforcing U.S. sanctions."👀😮

Expecting #bitcoin to solve all of the world’s problems today is short-sighted. At 15 years, it’s not old enough to drive. It’s not old enough to vote. It’s not old enough to drink.

Just wait for 21 year-old bitcoin.

NEW: Bitcoin Dua, a Bitcoin circular economy in Africa, has successfully orange pilled a magistrate in the judiciary of 🇬🇭 Ghana 👀🙌

Over 260 #Bitcoin have been zapped across nostr so far...

that's over $11 MILLION sent between users across a nascent, open source, free & permissionless network.

Insane.

A hilarious normie moment on LinkedIn this weekend:

The Wall Street Journal posted an article about the bitcoin ETF approvals. Of course, it was paywalled and requires a $10 weekly subscription to read it.

I commented:

It would be great to be able to pay for the content of this single article using bitcoin, as opposed to a subscription.

And (I shit you not) someone with a PhD in computer science (according to their bio) replied:

Why? What would make it great?

Waiting several hours to see if the transaction goes through?

Complex management of your bitcoin address?

I think you're confusing 'bitcoin' with 'micro-transactions'. And if there is one thing bitcoin is totally unsuited for, it's micro-transactions. Only 8 transactions per second, shared between the whole planet. Nobody wants to wait hours or days or weeks to find out if a micro-transaction payment cleared on-chain and they can finally view the article.

My response:

Have you not heard of the Lightning Network? It's not 2015 anymore.

Just unbelievable. 🤣

Do we have a water crisis?

My perception is yes… but that’s all based on the mainstream knowledge I acquired before getting into bitcoin.

So is this real or fiat propaganda?

😂😂😂

Fingers crossed I can get my tractor started today

My tractor was having issues starting every once in a while starting over a year ago and had been getting worse and worse. I've tried a bunch of things to troubleshoot the problem with mixed results. Often I would do something and the tractor would start regularly again but only for a while. I finally decided to bring the starter to a rebuild shop to see if it was the problem. They say it's all good! One variable eliminated, now I will test the alternator and batteries.

The sheep have hay to eat for now but I need to get a round bale for the horses and get the other bales positioned and tarped so we waste as little as possible to moisture damage. After that I need to get more wood stacked up by the house. Going to be a busy day, especially if the tractor won't start!

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #tractor #troubleshooting

The internet didn't change. The people did. We voted with our attention. Personal curation was given up for convenience of having things curated for us. The joy of finding cool content disappeared because it's just found for us.

It's as if people forgot that life is a journey, not a destination. The things you do along the way are what matters and not where you go.

We forgot his lesson with the internet and opted in for feed-it-to-my-glazed-over-brain system, bypassing all of the joys of discovery.

Entertainment hits diminishing returns the more you consume. You can't watch Netflix for days, your brain will burn out. The same way as you can't scroll Twitter for days, you'll start feeling like shit. Same for YouTube and anything else really. Central services that optimize on preference and engagement feed off of humans until they burn out, squeezing them dry in the processes for as much data as possible, to further squeeze others.

AI is not going to fix any of this. If anything, it'll likely get worse. Seeing hyper-personalized content is not going to make anyone any happier. It'll further alienate people from the real connections that make them truly happy - real life connections and activities with people. Personalized feeds that know exactly what you seek will only make it more difficult for people to connect.

Of course, the Zucks of the world will say "we're here to help!" "Here, plug yourself into the metaverse, it's as if it's real!" And... people will take the bait. In some ways it will bring people closer who are far apart. It may forge new virtual relationships that feel real, but will never be real unless people actually meet.

Just my late night rant that I'll probably regret tomorrow, wondering how I could have said such stupid things.

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GM 🌤️ PV 👊

Here’s some great advice to start your day! 🤣

Gm to all the 9 other nostr users out there

#cornstr 🌽☕️😌