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Derek , does anyone have a recording? I missed it by getting the day wrong!

Great work Dr Julian. Making plebs watch to the end was a great move!

Spits out cricket!!

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I did it on Umbrel also! Very very nice for self-custodial and the UI (checking and savings accounts) is very simple for people new to LN !

I know it! I used to be a daily bogleheads forum poster. Then I discovered Bitcoin. Haven't been back since. Hopefully they unblock the topic soon!!

Rick Ferri did interview the Bitwise CEO (HH) recently which is a big, bold step by Rick for his podcast. (FWIW Rick was the 1st and the last person to podcast interview John Bogle.)

Welcome Stephen! ๐Ÿซก

They can search through my memes no problemo! ๐Ÿ˜‚

But also ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿคฎ

๐Ÿป been there, Done that. Although for me -i f I didn't accidently leave the trunk/tailgate up whilst reversing out, it would not have even happened. ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿฅด

I felt embarrassed for my embarrassed self.

But I feels ya.

Espresso martini. โค๏ธ๐Ÿป

Replying to Avatar Mandrik

Let's talk drugs! I've heard a lot of mixed takes on marijuana and psilocybin, and wanted to share my own recent experiences. ๐Ÿ˜„

I never touched any drugs, besides alcohol/caffeine/sugar, until my 40s. I prefer to not be impaired or dependent, which is why I quit alcohol and caffeine a few years ago. Now that my kids are living on their own, and I'm retired, I find myself wanting to experience more things in life.

So I decided to try THC & psilocybin.

I can see why people are split on weed. Productivity can go way up or down, depending on the person, the mood, etc. I find it to be fun, but definitely not something I want to partake in regularly. I get way too retarded! ๐Ÿ˜‚

I won't smoke or vape, so I stick with a tiny dose from a tincture. The high can last 6-8 hours in my system, which is a very long time for a small dose. Not something I want to deal with on the regular.

I'm very logical, almost to a fault. Psychedelics never sounded like a good idea, but I decided to try psilocybin recently. I was anxious about what would happen, but I put some music on, closed my eyes, and relaxed.๐ŸŽถ

With psilocybin, I feel like I'm tapping into a part of my brain that I rarely use. My logical thought process is still present, but my creative side takes control. I get deeply introspective. I start writing a lot.

I'm already a huge music lover, but my appreciation for it reached new heights. I experience seeing the sounds. I can fully appreciate the space between chaos and order where music lives. The more instruments the better, which is why I find orchestra music to be the absolute best with psilocybin.

It's an incredible experience that I walk away from knowing myself a little better. The writing is my favorite part, as I'm able to go back and reflect on my thoughts during the experience. To my surprise, it isn't a rambling mess! It's thoughtful, emotional, and honest. I'll even share with others who I directly write about. It's an extremely therapeutic process.

Again, I'm glad I never tried any of these mind altering substances until later in life. Being a fully developed human, and having a better understanding of myself, helps make these experiences stable and beneficial. In my youth, when my self control was worse, I could have ended up going down a dark path if I tried drugs. I'd likely be a very different person today.

I will always prefer to remain sober the overwhelming majority of the time, but I can see the pros & cons of altering your mind. Under the right circumstances, of course! ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ‘

Thanks for writing about this topic. There was an excellent talk on the Nashville Genesis stage last week about this.

Btw - Nixon did the ban on any further research.

And Violins are quite a powerful sound, I am told to help you to focus inward.

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Nosnevers- for myself I did understand what you meant: thinking drugs. Imho, the language confusion is partly why those substances are usually called 'medicine'.

Replying to Avatar Sean

I noticed I don't post on here half as much as the I do centralised algo apps. I couldn't figure out why.

And now I know why.. I pick my phone up, doom scroll, then 20/30 minutes later I'll put my phone down. Within about 30 seconds the centralised algo app will buzz me with a notification to say "You might like this from Karen"

So my stupid monkey brain is intrigued. Picks the phone up again (like it's a banana) and I'm not even interested in what Karen is doing. I notice 'Tony' has a new role at work and click on his page with my monkey paw. Then suddenly an hour has gone by. I notice an article, I'll read that. It was rubbish (most of the time) - I'm frustrated.

But keep going back.

And I've not even thought about Nostr once, even though I think I know it's value - it represents what i think i represent - freedom, self sovereignty, Bitcoin etc.

I'll sometimes even flick through the other centralised algo apps before I put my phone down and not once go through my Nostr feed, even though I love it.

The other apps are like crack (i imagine). But the crack is not even good. And I keep chasing the cheap dopamine hits from them. Like a social media junkie.

I've quit so many things before, like smoking and drinking. Toxic women. Shitcoins. Social Media is one thing I truly struggle with.

So I'm going to wein myself off it - one day at a time. I read somewhere that it takes 3 weeks to form a new habbit.

Or 21 days.

So here it goes #21daysOfNostr

Posting everyday. ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿงก

Sean, I am learning the exact same thing today. I will do the same.

Let's track and hold each other accountable. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช

Replying to Avatar bumi

Hey, this should be the flow that you see when you start your Alby Hub for the first time:

https://demos.getalby.com/demo/clz2zpzys3dozz9kdr9ctnxq3

This helps you to get a lightning channel and be able to receive payments.

DM me your alby account and I make sure that you get a free channel that allows you to receive payments.

the screenshot that you share there is the feature when you want to manually open a channel from some onchain bitcoin. There you need to have at least a certain amount, but higher amounts are better because you want to have big enough channels to send and receive. (the amounts you see there are no fees, but the amount of money that you should have for that feature to make sense)

He is xhunterx@getalby.com

Bumi - Thanks for helping him out!

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probably because Bailey said Elon was coming to BTC conference. but Elon was actually there for his Memphis cluster launch announcement....