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You nailed it. Learning curve about mechanics

Good on ya bro. Would be fun. I always think about the morning after lol

What are the future fee implications of present day UTXO size management decisions for transfers to cold storage? Will this ever matter? Thanks.

Today’s proof of work

This movie was a great illustration of the concepts of privilege, the cantillon effect, inflation and time preference. Definitely ahead of it’s time. And hey, Amanda Seyfried. Nuff said.

#[0]​ Robert this rip with Jason Lowery perfectly distills the reasons why Bitcoin is the most asymmetrically valued commodity investment that humanity has ever seen. This series with Jason rivals what is arguably already the best podcast series we have had the past pleasure of hearing, The Saylor Series. Anyway, once again well done pushing the ball forward for humanity featuring such guests:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YrC5TqeeVFBUFdnD1ah9F?si=Nj0oaIfXRamfliueVR1YEg

I’m running a node on Umbrel on Ubuntu but I’ll be damned if I can link any of my wallets to the node wallet to confirm my own mainnet transactions (or send Sats to the Lightning node BTC or Lightning wallet using the companion apps in Umbrel). I keep getting an error that I can’t pay invoices generated by the wallet addresses on the Lightning node because the invoices are “created on a custom Lightning node that doesn’t include RouteHints in the invoice”. Tried so far with Muun, Wallet of Satoshi, and BlueWallet (that I heard is now defunct?) since my last attempts. Umbrel seems pretty clunky for Lightning implementation at the moment.

Do I have to have channels open and funded to simply send Sats to my node’s Lightning address from an external wallet? Thx

Of course, the only immutable commodity we have access to.

God I love this place.

Replying to Avatar Guy Swann

Prediction: AI is going to be a revolutionary *interface* to the ocean of software and tools we already use (including those that build more software and tools) that will unlock vast amounts of application function that is simply lost due to illiteracy and a far too vast information space.

Check out how Microsoft Copilot works: AI is more akin to the revolution in computer interfacing that the mouse and keyboard were, or that multi-touch was for the smartphone revolution, than it is a standalone app with some new specific functionality. It will end up being a computer (or internet) wide, contextually relevant knowledge base for how to use any and all of the tools available to you, as if it's all just a single, universal UI system to accomplish whatever you need at any moment.

AI will be able to use ALL of our apps, better than you we for most of them because it doesn't have to "learn" them. To the point that we might not need to bother to ever know how to use many apps, programs, CLI tools, or functions on our computers, because if the AI knows how to accomplish what we are looking for by using them, why bother?

Think about it like a calculator: Why learn how to manually do long division when it's just the "divide" button on one of numerous devices always within reach? Or having a physical map: why remember directions when you have a live map with traffic updates at all times in your pocket. One that speaks directions out loud?

This same relationship is about to apply to basically any or all software on your computer. It can integrate with web requests, run conversions, knows all the commands in your command line by heart and which ones will help in your current task, it will predict what you might need next, it can accomplish short, simple tasks that you might have needed an app or extension to accomplish before, but now AI can create a script or executable on the fly, specific to the exact situation & instance in which you need the functionality... so then why save it? The AI can just write and execute new code next time, that is specific to the next situation.

I bet that in just a few short years, interacting with a computer *without* an interfacing AI will feel like trying to sprint in knee deep water. This is going to put a 2x-4x growth trend every year in user speed and capacity to accomplish their goals **on top** of Moore's law's already exponential increase in *computing* power.

AI will create an exponential growth of *user* power on top of the already exponential growth in *computational* power.

If AI is going to leverage tech in such a huge way, which I have no doubt it will, that means prices for everything will finally start go down, right? Lol

It’s amazing sitting still in the bush and seeing an owl glide past absolutely silently, not even rush of air over their wings. The perfect hunter.

How about getting rid of the giant elephant in the room while we are at it. The Patriot Act, a massive piece of legislation obviously drafted well before September 2001, quickly adopted only weeks after the worst black op false flag in US history. And yet it just keeps being renewed. The only domestic terror organization in America is the federal government.

Replying to Avatar Derek Ross

It's healthy for Nostriches to continue to talk about our other interests, as part of me #grownostr personal series, I've talked about outdoor activities and beer. For today's chat, we'll talk about video games.

Outdoor activities: nostr:nevent1qqsq753dk05n9225ccgyx6yagq3f30x0ke8u8kq9u6tp0wpluwgmw0s674tls

Beer: nostr:nevent1qqsfp9s3n2md3tzysvajzal9pgymqzx44jmzmd5wk4mfjtzceg63rdq34qh9a

I found computer games in the mid-1900's and never looked back. I stopped playing console games immediately. Back in the 90's Quake and StarCraft were my original gaming obsessions. I still remember the IP address of my old Quake server 😆

Fast forward a few years and I spent a lot of time playing Team Fortress Classic and BF2.

And then, my fiance did something silly. She bought me a game she heard me mention a few times called World of Warcraft. I played that game a lot. I mean a lot. Way too much. The addiction was real. That game has so many mini-games to do inside it from farming materials, to gaming money in the auction house, to hardcore raiding, to achievements and so much more. From 2006 to 2018, I played WoW. I quit for a couple years at a time when my kids were born.

Eventually, I got back to my roots and started playing a first person shooter again in 2017. I became obsessed with Overwatch and played it non-stop for a few years in the evenings after the kids went to bed. I played in and organized several e-sports teams and leagues. This was a lot of fun. The past couple of years though, I didn't play as much as I was focusing my free time on other things such as Bitcoin.

I played Overwatch 2 for a couple months when it came out last fall, but stopped in December when I found my latest obsession, Nostr.

I went to BlizzCon in 2019. It was fun, definitely an experience. I would never go again though.

Some gamers will play dozens of titles, constantly switching back and forth. Not me. I find one I like, obsess with it, and strive to become the best damned player there is for that game. I'm really competitive 😆

I don't see myself getting back into gaming at this time. I like to talk about the fond memories I had over the years, but at this time, I'd father focus my free time on other aspects of my life.

I still love Quake. Me and my buddies in the CRC Clan used to haul our computer towers to one of the computer labs at UBC that one of the guys was a system admin at so we could play on their T1 connection. A case of Jolt Cola and a couple of two for one pizzas and we’d be good till 3am. We used to have to carry our receipts for our computers with us so that security wouldn’t think we were boosting PC’s out the back door. We played quite a bit on Stanford.edu Quake servers against Evil Geniuses, Death Row and a couple other notable competitive clans. Got to help beta the early versions of CTF since Dave Kirsch (Zoid) played at the Internet cafes we frequented a bit. We got to do a four on four best of 3 against Death Row including Dennis Fong aka Thresh (first QuakeCon winner). Got rekt, but managed to get one frag on Thresh. To be fair it was mainly because he was fighting two other guys in a corridor and I got lucky during a warmup FFA. I wish I could reconnect with all the guys from CRC The CyberReich Clan again. Mike Ashley aka Fuhrer, Troy Dooley aka Rambo and Mark Leier aka Killa. I hope they are all Bitcoiners.