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Shawn
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Working toward a future built on Bitcoin. Helping founders on the same mission. Hosting trustrevolution.co.

Let's give it a go.

#Littleman: Daddy, where does grass and dirt come from?

Me: From nature. It's been here for millions of years.

Littleman: Even in the 80s?

Me: Oof.

I'm taking Amp for a spin this morning. I'm a sucker for a good TUI.

https://ampcode.com/

gm, good people. ☕

Debian on Proxmox on a ThinkCentre.

Have you tried Hypeland? It's incredibly lightweight. Omarchy makes it easy.

https://omarchy.org

Turn off, touch grass, and come back refreshed, friend. Stay in the fight.

I look forward to trying your new mobile carrier when it's available.

I'd forgotten about them, actually. If Cape doesn't pan out, I'll try Cloaked next. Thanks.

It's encouraging to see pieces like this hitting the front page of Hacker News.

"Your credit score is social credit. Your LinkedIn endorsements are social credit. Your Uber passenger rating, Instagram engagement metrics, Amazon reviews, and Airbnb host status are all social credit systems that track you, score you, and reward you based on your behavior."

https://www.thenexus.media/your-phone-already-has-social-credit-we-just-lie-about-it/

I've been saying for a couple of years that they likely will, but I do not think this is good for Bitcoin. While their talent and treasure chest are impressive, they've baked every flavor of KYC and chain analysis imaginable into their products. They are not in it for the freedom.

It's a gorgeous website. I'll give them that.

That so many companies persist, against all seemingly good reason, in building their own blockchain/shitcoin/whatever tells us so much about the profits to be had in MITM'ing payments.

They'll join the Bitcoin network only when they have no choice left to make. At the price they deserve.

https://tempo.xyz

I helped a fellow nostr:nprofile1qqs9mus73mq3ug08kug2cltvj3p8gpawd85n5l70p59rach6cn7usjcpp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7mlnsyp member install nostr:nprofile1qqs9g69ua6m5ec6ukstnmnyewj7a4j0gjjn5hu75f7w23d64gczunmgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q4gnztg yesterday. He's capable and committed, but not particularly technical. When it came to installing FOSS apps, I explained F-Droid, Obtainium, and nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0, along with hunt-and-find YOLO-style APK downloads, each with their attendant tradeoffs.

He ruled out F-Droid on technical deficiencies.

He tried Obtainium and understandly struggled with the complex, poor UX.

He was uncomfortable with trusting seemingly random downloads.

He tried Zapstore and succeeded, app after app.

UX matters much more than most developers can seem to wrap their heads around. We do not get broad adoption without it. Fin.

gm, good people. ☕ May you wake and embrace the day with the unbounded and dogged energy of my four year old.

gm, good people. ☕ Happy Friday.

You weren't “deplatformed.” You were deleted—just a row in a table in a database.

nostr fixes this.

gm, good people. ☕

I want to like and use Goose, but I see so many failures and errors compared to Claude, Code, et al. Any tips? #asknostr

gm, good people. ☕ Have a great week.

ATTN Radioheads:

"Alongside the release of Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009, several newly edited and previously unreleased video performances are now available on YouTube here."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zaw7jucFn4

gm, good people. ☕ Today's a great day to be expensive to tyranny.

There are two financial advisors' newsletters I'm still subscribed to. I don't read them anymore, but seeing them arrive serves as a reminder of what Bitcoin makes possible.

gm, good people. ☕