One of the most interesting things about getting older is watching ‘common knowledge’, values, and sentiments swing wildly.
Sometimes in silly ways. When I first left Chicago in 2009 Hockey and craft beef were things you made fun of. When I came back in 2014 they were things we all loved… always had.
The frightening part is watching values change. Way back in ~2010, free speech was a sacred value of the lefites. Now, hate speech must be stopped...of course! Until maybe ~2017, Libertarians knew that coercion or any suppression of free choice in anyone was a moral atrocity. And now that’s still true… unless you are a woman. Because we all know that proper women are subservient… always have been.
What is the name for this human weakness? What should we call it?
As I work on recording the Taproot Assets demo video series, I've been busy creating Python scripts for the Tapd REST API. If you're considering building with Taproot Assets using the APIs, you'll want to spend some quality time with the API docs here: https://lightning.engineering/api-docs/api/taproot-assets/📚
And for Python enthusiasts, I've been adding Python examples to my GitHub repository: https://github.com/HannahMR/tapd-python-scripts 🚀
Check out these snazzy new nostr:npub175c6seet4gjptvn3apndhcglkzrypakquhvclyvt6qcguutfkkms3r7vwt t-shirts, just in time to make the trip down to LaBitConf!
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Can't let anyone see that spaghetti code! 😬😂
Checkout the new playlist on the Lightning Labs YouTube channel, Tapping into Taproot Assets. It’s a series of short demo videos walking through using the #TaprootAssets Daemon, tapd, from install to mint to burn.
I’m super excited about this series as these videos are more informal and quick to release, as such it’s easy to take requests. Is there some aspect of working with the Taproot Assets daemon that you’d like a demonstration of?
Let me know!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYh-4EfdZaM&list=PL-3jjRT_28Sh3u_9CPVJkm8BLomh23QGk&pp=iAQB
It's been 15 years y'all, 15 years! Wow!
...just imagine the next 15 🤔😮🤯🫨
GM!
Just your periodic reminder that professional developers test on testnet.
If you run into any trouble getting set up to test on testnet, I’m your person 👋
Ping me, I have testnet coins, I will peer with you and open channels with you!
The emergence of red pill sentiment in the libertarian community reveals those who were just paying lip service to these ideals.
It shows us those who opposed tyrants not out of moral objection but out of jealousy.
Well, have I got some tutorials for you! lol
Setting up a node: https://youtu.be/rf-GvVYuWa8
Setting up a node quickly!: https://youtu.be/9svP0Fpp1ZQ
Managing a node: https://youtu.be/R50OxMBfWSI
Is it profitable to run a node?: https://youtu.be/LRZy-VtCPe4
I'm just out here trying to be this kind of angel.
Tell me what extremely specific step-by-step Lightning tutorial you need!
Ouch, this one hurts.
Spoiler: Lightning's not dead. But I'm really looking forward to this conversation tomorrow. What are the potential risks of attacks like this? What is the game theory here? What is the reward vs the effort?
It should be a good one!
Ya know, existential crises are ridiculous. ...and I am very, very guilty of having many of them.
But just think about it, we can barely even get ourselves off this rock floating around in the middle of nowhere, we can’t cure cancer, we can’t even stop murdering each-other… and we have the insane idea that we are supposed to understand the universe? Nonsense!
And it really does help your calm a lot of just give up on the idea that you’re supposed to have the entire universe figured out. What epic pressure that is!
It reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite Sci-Fi’s. A character is about to leave his physical existence, he’s dying. And this sort of majestic creature has shown up to usher him over to other to the other side. He turns to the creature and says “there is still so much that I don’t understand”, and the response is simply, “as it should be.”
You are only human y’all, let it go.
GM!
I was in Colorado over the weekend, which is a really lovely place 🤩
So I guess while I was gone, Lightning died and we're heading back to the moon? ⚡️💀🌑🚀
Did I get that right? 😝
The quality of your relationships is what makes you happy.
Sometimes I just scroll through my messages and feel like the richest bitch on the planet ☺😊
Can be done in a respectful affectionate way. But usually a red flag.
Two moments in my life when I’ve felt oddly incredibly productive.
Heading into the office while pregnant, and using the in-flight wifi to catch up on some work. 🤷🏻♀️
It's a solved problem in English too, we have boys and men, we have girls and women.
And now that Taproot Assets v0.3 is on mainnet we're playing with real funds and potentially valuable assets.
Be careful, this is still alpha software, and you can read through the safety notes here... https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/blob/main/docs/safety.md