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Mallard Beakman
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Atlanta. COVID sanity. Bitcoin not crypto. Gay not LGBT. Former biochemist turned patent litigator.

I wasn't a dog person but it's very hard to not love Woofgang

He's not mine, but I often think about stealing him!

This is from the proposed final jury instructions in the DOJ's case against Roman Sterlingov.

According to the State (and the court), bitcoin is "money" in the context of money transmission licensing laws.

Are unregistered miners and node operators also in violation?

At what point is a First Amendment defense appropriate? Bitcoin is just 0s and 1s. We're merely recording addresses and sharing signatures. How can the State require a license simply for broadcasting this data?

Also, I wish I could share the entire file with you, but Dropbox doxxes my real name in any link I share.

Me: "I don't focus on the price."

Also me, screaming at the monitor like a straight guy watching a football game: "OH COME ON"

Thank you Chase for reminding me Bitcoin is important. Unlike with Bitcoin, banks can lock up your money without providing any reason whatsoever.

What does "Fork" do? Will something happen to Chuck if I select that?

Zap if you like this cat, and I will tell his owner (@AlexanderPayton on Twitter) how many sats his cat got on Nostr.

Hey can I have some zaps

People don't seem to know that blockchain is an old technology that substantially predates bitcoin. Blockchain alone isn't novel.

Rather, bitcoin's unique properties emerge from the combination of (1) blockchain + (2) proof of work + (3) the difficult adjustment.

Lol I guess I won't be zapping Victor. I tried to tag him in this post, but Amethyst immediately crashes the instant I try to tag anyone πŸ˜‚

Okay I'm sorry but I don't like this aspect of Primal at all. With Amethyst I can zap y'all with whatever wallet I'm using (usually Phoenix).

Requiring a name and DOB to send magic Internet money is antithetical to freedom tech.

The provision "allows the authorities to place people under house arrest out of 'fear' they could, at some point in the future, commit a 'hate crime.'" https://reclaimthenet.org/canadas-justice-minister-powers-to-place-people-under-house-arrest-cut-internet-access

From now on I'm just going to assume that normies are diligently stacking, and I'll periodically congratulate them when the price goes up

Amethyst crashes whenever I try to tag someone. Time to switch to Primal

Well maybe he has a point.

Do you connect to Nostr using a VPN or Tor?

Tbh it would be nice if some Nostr clients had a Tor-only mode like some Bitcoin wallets do (although that would probably kill video streaming).

I tried searching for the Taylor Swift AI porn on Nostr using Primal, Iris, and Amethyst. I found that search doesn't seem to work very well on Nostr lol

Is the Taylor Swift AI porn on Nostr?

Are you fucking kidding me, UK?

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I was a bit turned off that the apartment I'm applying for needed three bank statements, three pay stubs, two forms of ID, a background check, a credit check, and a face scan. I nearly asked them if they needed an anal swab, too.

But maybe they have a reason for asking.

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Sticks and stones can break your bones, but pixels can never hurt you.

Greater dividends can be reaped from cultivating emotional resilience than from "regulating" AI (particularly for open-source AI, where any regulation is largely futile).

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