I will allow myself to make mistakes, so I can focus on learning from them instead of beating myself up over them.
About to go on a 15-20 hour road trip starting at midnight tonight. Wish me luck!
"I won't let go till the end..."
Thank you for posting this song; my friend and I both love it! ❤️
This is literally me anytime my family criticizes me for my life decisions, so I stopped talking to them about it. Its sad but I can't stand being attacked for living my life.
I don't want to be safe at home all the time; I want to go places. 😎
It only works with the major banks, and mine's not included, so its irrelevant to me. I would use BTC sooner than I would ever start using FedNow.
You could have more or less followers, but at the end of the day, does it truly define who you are as a person? Personally I try not to think about things like that and go on with my day.
I think the real question here is if the people following you are genuinely interested in what you have to say, regardless of who you are.
I greatly enjoy interesting conversations like the question you posted here.
People like "jer" are likely miserable to be around. Some people like that want an excuse to project their insecurities.
He could have simply said he wasn't interested in Nostr and moved on, but he chose to attack it instead. This reminds me of what Morpheus said in the first Matrix movie...
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."
This movie is a classic. Must watch if you've never seen it.
I once used OsmAnd+ for a while, but I really had to tweak the route generation parameters to get decent routing decisions from the app. It has probably gotten much better in the few years since I tried it.
I've found Magic Earth to be a an excellent implementation of OpenStreetMap with the address numbers included in USA. It has an AI dashcam and offline maps with traffic data, but is sadly closed-source as far as I know.
I've always thought honesty is the best policy. 😊
If he sells his house, there's no way he's making any fiat money off it in USA right now. I wouldn't take that risk if it were me.
I say you are completely in the right to be concerned.
When we arrived at MIA from Casablanca late last night, there were a surprising number of people lined up to clear customs—after a 20+ minute walk from the gate (it’s hard to imagine a more poorly operated major airport). With nostr:npub19pj6f0nc9q6xr26qe3g8m6xe3hwe0d6p6zcvf57cm3kayghjdj0slnlenu unable to opt out as a permanent resident and our tired toddler in her arms, I was tempted to quietly submit to facial recognition, but decided against it.
I politely informed the officer that my son and I would be opting out as US citizens. He was equally polite, but dumbfounded, claiming he had no idea how to “get the system to work,” and that we’d be sent to secondary screening. I said ok. He asked me to be look at the camera, apparently thinking I was just speaking for my son. I reiterated it was for both of us. One of his colleagues pops up out of her cube to say “the images are only stored for 24 hours.” I smiled and said “I believe you’ve been told that.” Off to secondary screening we go.
It’s a sizable waiting room with a row of cubbies behind plexiglas where CBP employees are most goofing off. Our officer goes off to speak with one of them and I overhear the other inform our guy that all he had to do we “check the opt out box.”
Side note: nostr:npub19pj6f0nc9q6xr26qe3g8m6xe3hwe0d6p6zcvf57cm3kayghjdj0slnlenu was supportive and amazing, as always, even when utterly exhausted.
He then comes back to us to say we’re good to go. I ask #LittleMan if he has a fist bump for “our new friend,” which he happily offers. The officer then goes on to say that he learned something tonight that he wasn’t aware of and that he appreciates that “you want to protect your son.”
tl;dr exercise the rights you have to opt out when and while you can. Make tyranny more expensive. And maybe make an ally.
This is an eye-opening experience you and your son had. Thank you for sharing.
When I last tried that app on Android there were too many incompatibilities with newer OS versions, unfortunately.
My uneducated guess is that DM's could be sent with any npub as the origin, with either an incorrect or nonexistent nsec behind the DM.