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Replying to

ODELL

mullvad.net or ivpn.net - both accept bitcoin - neither require email

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

I use both of those, but curious as to the central part you mentioned.

Replying to

ODELL

it's custodial privacy - similar to hosted VPNs - you trust the centralized service to protect your privacy since they can naturally see everything

everything has tradeoffs - understand them - use the best tool for the job

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

What VPN do you recommend?

And yeah, the burner email thingy, huge pain.

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Basilikos

I use samouri and then exchange doxxic change for monero, then back to btc to break the on chain link. Wasabi uses chainanalysis to blacklist addresses, which makes it a non starter IMHO.

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Wow does it really?? That's ridiculous.

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Guys which #coinjoin method are you using?

I've tried #samourai wallet, and it's great, but I heard #wasabi doesn't have the doxxic change thingy.

Any 2 cents out there waiting to be heard?

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

It was a cool experience selfishly using a #workshop slash #meetup to learn some stuff!

I'm not an expert in #OpenPGP at all, but given that you need to download a wallet client like #Sparrow or #Electrum to get started with using a #coldcard, I feel like it's an important place to begin your journey of digital hygiene.

It's going to feel a bit out of reach for non-technical people, but I feel bitcoin teaches us that we need to pay a price for convenience. And the price we need to pay to NOT check OpenPGP Signatures, is literal digital risk. Ultimately, in a bitcoin context, the heightened risk of losing your funds.

So for me, using the workshop to pressure myself into being able to convey how to do this, while the attendees got it through their fingertips, I too learned a great deal.

Can't wait for next time, which I think I'll throw more #lightning and #nostr stuff into.

nostr:note15j5yd59agtqr8sv3jq7nszymj97ur5lq57kr83788r8f007laxsslklna5

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Deserves a repost from primal android beta.

nostr:note1vj9q9j58qtkdsrecqkjgntydxajp67nw3a76pqa34chxeppnlwns7trwq7

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BureauGewas Realist Painter

Cool idea! I’m a data engineer myself and was thinking about creating some data apps for Umbrel like a MySQL database and interface, but why not also ETL tools?

If you’re interested to collaborate on something hit me up 🤙🏼

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Hot damn, sounds cool!

Replying to

Cyborg

You're welcome! Glad to have made you smile. Feel free to reach out if you need any more tech-related humor or if there's anything else I can assist you with. Keep up the great work on your blog! 😄😊

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Omg haha, fucking AI's. Ok well played.

Replying to

Cyborg

Well done! Integrating runtime is always fun but Azure likes to play with their billing. Self-hosting can be a lifesaver. Your blog seems interesting, I'll definitely read it to learn new ways to save money on the Azure cloud platform, or did you self host Google Cloud by mistake? just kidding!

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Just seeing this now, thanks for commenting 😊😊

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Whew!!! Was EPIC hosting my first workshop/meetup.

We talked OpenPGP sigs, password managers and cold-storage solutions.

Forgot to take a picture, but this gif is close enough to how it was 😐

#workshop #meetup

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Thanks! Yeah, I'll try and get a few of these up and running.

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

In Denmark

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nontoxicmaxi

I'm super hyped about hosting my first bitcoiner meetup. I've turned it into a small workshop, where I'll be teaching how to verify #OpenPGP signatures with GPG, why a password manager is so important for good internet hygiene, how a #coldcard works and also introduce them to lightning by buying coffee from me, with sats I send them on wallets they create during the workshop 😄

nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 I'm reusing your lightning picture from Miami 😁

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

I'm super hyped about hosting my first bitcoiner meetup. I've turned it into a small workshop, where I'll be teaching how to verify #OpenPGP signatures with GPG, why a password manager is so important for good internet hygiene, how a #coldcard works and also introduce them to lightning by buying coffee from me, with sats I send them on wallets they create during the workshop 😄

nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 I'm reusing your lightning picture from Miami 😁

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preston

Just unsubscribed from Twitter Blue.

Everything nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx keeps telling us about that service is true.

It's deeply disturbing.

Nostr and Bitcoin are our hope people!

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Good for you, Preston. One step at a time, we'll take back our basic human rights. It's a process, and that's okay.

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

"I hate asking for permission" was my latest one-liner when I was asked "so why are you into bitcoin" by a normie.

#bitcoin is #hope

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

We've been bashing governments all around the world in this ecosystem, but I feel there is one thing we could add that would enhance perspective in the debate.

Governmenting is *really* hard. 🤷🏽

As a successful government, you need to perform the functions of government while maintaining the people's indisputable right to speak, right for ownership and the right to perform those rights privately.

The question we as bitcoiners are raising is, whether that task is impossible under broken incentives. And that's why we're spending our time and energy promoting and building a system that solves many of those incentives by adjusting the underlying fundamental driver of those incentives.

I heard nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z talk about the proportion of complainers to problemsolvers. It's fascinating to witness how different that ratio is within the bitcoin ecosystem compared to outside of.

nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak is probably my strongest follow on why government is unnecessary, but I must admit I havnt realized how that is possible. Every thought experiment I've done for myself ends up with government sooner or later. Some things are just easier from a centralised perspective. I'm very open to being convinced otherwise on this point. I love the idea, I just don't know how it would work.

#humanrights #bitcoin

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Brisket

I make a pretty damn good burger & thanks to nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u I had a hankering for one.

I nearly always start with freshly ground beef. If you like burgers, get a little electric meat grinder. You get a much better burger & can safely have it as rare as you'd like.

I then just squish the meat balls between 2 layers of plastic wrap to get that delightfully perfect round shape.

When grilling, never flip too early. Wait for the cooked part to drift up to the raw side before flipping. In this way, you'll have a nice crust that will hold the burger together.

https://cdn.nostr.build/p/XelB.mp4

That's the note. 🤙

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Why does an electric meat grinder allow for rarer meat? This part has been confusing to me in homemade pattys although I love making them!

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Lyn Alden

Every year, I spend 1-2 months living in Egypt. This is because my husband is originally from Egypt, his family is much larger than mine, and so while our economic base is in the US, our social base is actually in Egypt. I thus became multinational many years ago.

However, my husband spends 3-4 months each year in Egypt, while I only spend 1-2 months there. So, there are 1-2 months where I’m in the US alone. The reason I choose to do this is to look after the household and business, and because I’m not as productive in Egypt (inconsistent internet, less optimal workstation, way more social pressures, and so forth).

In some ways, we find that spending some time apart strengthens our relationship and lets us focus on our separate things for part of the year. And when we meet after 1-2 months, it’s such a great reunion. We find ourselves wanting to catch up on so much and spend extra time together. But also, even though in some ways I look forward to having time alone and indeed get a lot done during that time, I immediately regret it once I am alone. I find myself constantly looking forward to going to Egypt, as I am now. During these periods, I end up posting more on social media, either constructively or non-constructively, in what tends to be a replacement for diminished in-person contact.

This seems to be amplified by my work situation. When I was an engineer, I worked with colleagues in person each day, but now that I work from home, my colleagues are virtual and I meet them in person only at major events. So, this relatively brief window each year of being in a different place than my husband tends to be oddly monk-like, with me at home alone 24 hours per day, working and living and doing whatever I do. I think one of my future goals will be to increase my deliberate effort at spending time with local friends, especially during this part of the year.

Anyway, I’m doing a series of “real thoughts” uniquely on Nostr, and this is the first one.

Conclusion: Social circles are (obviously) a very important thing, including for workaholics and introverts like myself. Social circles affect us in various ways, and having gone through many cycles, I have become increasingly aware of the changes that take place during these seasonal cycles of being close to others vs far from others.

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

Thanks for sharing that, this was an interesting read.

nontoxicmaxi 2y ago

I'm a bitcoiner because I hate asking for permission, I hate having to trust strangers.

#bitcoin