Nostr Web Client

What an absolute honour it was to interview Fran Finney, the wife of legendary #bitcoin OG Hal Finney.

Hal wrote the first ever #bitcoin Tweet, the famous "Running Bitcoin", which we have on the back of our Real Bedford shirts.

Support Fran in everything she does!

https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/running-bitcoin-with-fran-finney

Ben 2y ago

Hal would have loved #nostr

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_0x

Hello I’m para and I like to say goodbye to Telegram and Twitter.

#introductions

Ben 2y ago

Welcome to #nostr!

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corndalorian

Mother in law wanted me to wash the disposable plates and reuse them. Maybe she’s a bitcoiner at heart after all.

Ben 2y ago

Sounds like a fiat rug pull to me 😂

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Vagrant Lover

I love this "not a dev" followed by "upgrading to a minipc"

Being self hosted is a major flex as the kids say.

No issue with trying Linux distro too like Ubuntu or Debian.

Ben 2y ago

Haha what I mean is I can’t contribute code to open source projects. But I can help to decentralize the network.

Ben 2y ago

Being on #nostr had made me so much more bullish on #bitcoin and freedom tech. I'm not a dev, but reasonably tech savvy and excited to upgrade my raspberry pi node to a mini PC and run a #nostr relay alongside core. I want to learn more and contribute.

I've heard good things about start9 and startOS? Any reviews or other recommendations?

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nostr.build

nostr:npub1e4qg56wvd3ehegd8dm7rlgj8cm998myq0ah8e9t5zeqkg7t7s93q750p76 is working on a new logo for nostr.build, what do you all like best:

A, B or C?

Ben 2y ago

C

Ben 2y ago

Merry Christmas, everyone. All zaps, no brakes. ⚡️🎄🎅

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Trey Walsh

Mempool starting to look better if you need to do the thing

Ben 2y ago

🤫

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Juraj

My car's front assist (adaptive cruise control) sensor stopped working and cleaning did not help. So I decided to turn on longitudinal control (software ACC using camera) on my comma.ai device and holy shit! When I first tried it a few months ago it was almost unusable. Now I think I will not turn on the car's stock ACC again.

AI is all about LLMs now, but having a device that can add self driving capability to most modern cars and running open source firmware from github (I use sunnypilot) is beyond cool.

Ben 2y ago

I’ve thought about getting a comma. Cool to hear that they’re making rapid progress. I should look at it again.

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zach

Happy belated Nostr birthday!

Ben 2y ago

Thanks!

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PABLOF7z

nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2 I already have a social graph, I would love to use it on Fountain! 😍

Ben 2y ago

I like how this is available on nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg. Seems like a no brainer for the Bitcoin social ecosystem.

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Trey Walsh

I’m going through a classical music phase rn ?

Will be an interesting 2024 for many reasons, including this.

Why can’t I stop watching videos of cellists??

Ben 2y ago

I have a theory that solo cello music is compelling because it's tuned in the human vocal range. Sometimes I sit and listen to Bach’s cello suites and imagine that the cello is speaking a language that I don't understand.

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corndalorian

#value4value isn’t charity. Both are good in this world, but don’t mistake recognition of someone’s work for a handout made in sympathy for someone’s situation.

Ben 2y ago

Sympathy zap sent 🫂

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Mags

Guys, if you want to be re-radicalized, or remember why we're here, try to perform an action other than pay bill or etransfer at your bank

Eg I'm trying to buy an ETF in a retirement account & need to transfer funds between institutions)

- 10-20 business days

- Can't access account info (phone rep says I need to go in person which will take 1.5 hours)

- Need to update my information, ofc in person or book an online appointment which is ofc not today

🙄🙄🙄

The bank playbook:

1. Your money is not your money

2. The roadblocks are so painful you cannot perform desired transactions

3. Gather all your private data (I had to opt out of voice authentication)

Ben 2y ago

I just sent you a bearer asset, instantly over the internet. What a time to be alive. Thanks for the reminder! I hope you sort out the banking problem.

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