Is there anyone who is *strongly* interested in being an early round beta reader for my sci fi manuscript?

Near-future sci-fi, crime/thriller/cyberpunk. A blend of action and multi-character depth, and moral analysis. The action is key and all, but alpha readers thus far cried at the character aspects; that's what hit them hard enough to care how they would engage with the action.

Strict Requirements for first-stage beta readers:

-I need to know/trust you personally, either in person or very well online with high reputation, to the point that I'd send an unfinished manuscript to you. There's no strict requirements, but if you know, you know.

-You like sci fi and/or fantasy books, and would be happy to read and offer objective (even brutal) feedback on a sci-fi action/crime thriller novel within the next month or two.

-You can comment or DM, for privacy sake.

That's a small group, but I'm putting it here on Nostr first for what I consider my pre-beta or readers. I will then expand 10x on Twitter and elsewhere for my full beta readers.

Meanwhile, I'm in the early revision stage. Manuscripts won't be sent out immediately. I'm still doing revisions and working with alpha readers, but I'm at the stage where I can start *planning* for the next step to see who might be interested to be early beta readers. Nostr folks get the exclusive early notice here.

I do tend to move pretty fast, though.

All pre-beta readers that provide meaningful input would be mentioned in the acknowledgement section, if the book were to be published, which of course I cannot guarantee will happen. I will only publish good books, one way or another.

But like, the alpha readers do like it. ;)

what is the meaning of life?

So this just happened.

Who the hell thought this was acceptable UX, Europe?

Tell me the story of your bitcoin journey in 5 lines or less.

Best story wins 100k sats.

I had a cousin commit suicide this week.

Please remember that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Less sun exposure correlates to more skin cancer. The deadliest form is malignant melanoma often seen on areas of the body not exposed to sunlight, i.e. soles of feet, backs of knees, underarms. #1 cause of melanoma? Diets high in sugar & carbohydrates, and low in saturated animal fats.

Moo!.. 🐮 🩶

When platforms start to fall, protocols will remain. you can’t arrest email, http, or nostr.

X, telegram, rumble, *can’t* have free speech in a world where governments can compel to censor by threat of imprisonment.

The world may realize they need nostr sooner than they thought.

I can not take this statement serious, when you speak of autoritarian EU 😂

No Lightning support yet, afaik.

Just onchain.

The challenge here is that many reach a false high of knowledge. They break out of the system and go knee-jerk contrarian.

The whole meme of blue pill vs red pill assumes there is some clear higher truth.

Remember, Morpheus who presented the red pill so assuredly to Neo, was utterly confused and in doubt by the end of the second movie, when it turned out that even his understanding was but a middle layer toward the truth.

Always be a seeker. Stay humble, stack insight.

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Guys, did you know there is an immortal jellyfish?! 🪼

Nature is batshit crazy.

Something I’m rather firm on is that if you have the ability to make children and you do not. You are in 99.99% if circumstances making a gigantic mistake.

Children make life worth living.

Children provide instant meaning to life.

They inspire planning and care about the future.

They increase joy.

They make life novel and exciting again.

They’re innovative, surprising and imaginative.

They reflexively shape us as we attempt to shape them into better versions of themselves/ourselves.

If you have children and they have children you will be increasingly surrounded by life as you grow old.

If you do not, you will be surrounded by death as everyone you know slowly dies.

You will never regret having kids.

You will certainly regret not having them.

If you have kids you are honoring the sacrifice and suffering your ancestors had to endure by passing the torch forward.

If you do not you are dishonoring them by wasting your life on the meaningless pursuit of your own pleasure.

These are very strongly held immutable beliefs for me.

How can you be sure that the sats in your WoS or Alby wallet are real before you spend them? How can you be sure that you will be able to spend your BTC on a centralized exchange tomorrow?

Same with mint, you are not sure, except you are not expected to keep any valuable amount on a mint, once you have 5000, 10000, 50'000sats on a mint, transfer it to Phoenix, Breez, Zeus or your full node with lightning, then when you have 100'000, 500'000, 1Msats on Lightning that you don't need for spending, swap it on-chain on a cold storage with key properly secured.

It's just a matter of habits and education.

yes.

this is 100% by design and intentional for a sovereign mint operator.

the cashu spec doesnt require backing by sats, nor does it require the operator to fullfill outbound payment requests