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Do any paid relays let me pay with a zap? The button is right here! #asknostr

Primal keeps telling me about things that didn't happen within 8 seconds. But it seems like those things are happening well enough.

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jb55

nprofile has embedded relays so that you can look for the profile there, npub you have to search random relays and hope for the best

OriginalSize 2y ago

Awesome, thanks for taking the time!

OriginalSize 2y ago

We have passed peak expert.

A new layer is forming which treats the expert as just another resource in the research process.

Doomberg's (https://doomberg.substack.com) process is good to keep in mind if you're going to be doing your own research. It can be spelled out as: people, venue, process, context, expectations.

People - who is making the claim? what are their qualifications and experience level?

Venue - where was it published?

Process - where in the scientific process is the claim?

Context - what is the scientific context of the claim. is it an area which is prone to overstatement?

Expectations - what should be expected next? what can we look for to verify the claims further over time?

OriginalSize 2y ago

In the future, nothing will be believed without a cryptographic signature.

Content will only be trusted as much as who signs it.

OriginalSize 2y ago

Can someone give me a tl;dr on how a client finds a profile for an arbitrary npub? #asknostr

OriginalSize 2y ago

Don't make it too easy for them to deny you services. Names are a liability when it comes to interfacing with the system. Avoid using hot words like bitcoin and nostr in your business entities. iykyk

OriginalSize 2y ago

Real Bedford Highlights Video

#soccer #football #realbedford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Zfn225Xww

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jb55

Hello from #amsterdam 👋 https://v.nostr.build/az9L.mov

OriginalSize 2y ago

GM great job on WBD!

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John Goddard

WRONGTHINK

I just got fired for wrongthink.

Then I find out that my bank account’s been frozen, too.

I try to get an Uber back home but no cars will pick me up.

How did Uber find out I committed wrongthink?

I check my phone and apparently I’ve been banned from Instagram for the same reason.

Then a social worker knocks on my door and takes my son from me.

They tell me I’ve endangered my son by exposing him to wrongthink.

The State will now house and re-educate him, ensuring that he is only exposed to Government-Approved facts.

I feel my heart rate increase.

I try to turn some lights on, but it looks like my power has been disconnected.

I remember that I have some cash upstairs, so I decide to use that to buy some food whilst my bank accounts are frozen.

But the grocery store tells me that it can’t accept cash. So now I can’t even buy food!

I think I have some vague recollections of people warning me about the dangers of a cashless society…

I call all my friends for help, but none of them want to talk to me. They’ve all been warned about my wrongthink.

They know that if they talk to me on the phone for too long, they’ll get punished as well.

I call the police to see if they can help me.

They say no, but I’m referred to a Government-Approved Mental Support Officer.

I tell her my situation, and she listens carefully.

Once I’m done, I hear the Officer get extremely excited.

She tells me that the Government has a new solution they’re trialing for people in my situation: a Euthanasia Care Package.

She says it’s my best option.

The best thing is that it’s $0 up front! They just charge a 58% tax on my estate.

I ask if there are any other options, as this seems a bit heavy-handed.

But she says that Euthanasia is perfect for people like me.

She stresses that it’s a voluntary decision, but then adds that the Government will continue to deny me services until I opt in to the Euthanasia Care Package.

I sit on the floor of my living room in despair.

How could all of this happen to me?

And just because I noticed that the TV was telling me lies?

I didn’t even break any laws.

These days it seems that there’s one set of rules for the people who repeat what the news tells them.

And another set of rules for the people who speak out about the continuous stream of inconsistencies and outright lies that we are force-fed every day at 6pm.

And these lies coming from the TV seem so obvious to me.

So I wonder how other people don’t notice them. Why don’t they say anything?

And then after a while I realise that they must notice them, but they’ve been forced to ignore their own eyes by this machinery of coercion.

You see, governments, media, and corporations are now so interconnected globally that they can move in unison to unperson anyone who doesn’t say that 2 + 2 = 5.

And so I was unpersoned for wrongthink.

As if I’d committed a crime.

But I wasn’t tried by a court, I was tried by this new judicial system.

Where there’s no evidence, no trial, and no judge.

Just a verdict and a punishment.

OriginalSize 2y ago

Mandibles.

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Simple

Are you going to survive from WW3?

OriginalSize 2y ago

Maybe not but either way I'll be ok

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calle

I made something and it's fucking amazing

https://void.cat/d/4qyEhvgJqf9279gAqJru1x.webp

OriginalSize 2y ago

Might be too dangerous to sun today

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[ARCHIVED] Jay

Does anyone else feel like bringing up #bitcoin or #nostr in a regular conversation makes you feel like a crazy person? I never look forward to explaining my worldview because I necessarily have to explain how Bitcoin affects it.

I think back to a post I found by a guy named Trent on dharmaoverground years back that addressed this in terms of seeking Buddhist enlightenment. If I apply that, then the right path is to hold my beliefs close to my heart and allow others to just observe the good it does for me without necessarily knowing why. Even though I understand the reasoning, it's still bittersweet. #buddhism #dharma

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/1320932#_com_liferay_message_boards_web_portlet_MBPortlet_message_1320932

Copying the response here, it's fairly long:

Hi,

Beoman Beo Beoman:

> Any advice or stories from the path-attainers on telling others about their attainments?

In the context of one's personal life, I think it is best to generally only tell a very select few people about one's attainments, and then only if it seems like it will benefit them because it seems that it will influence them to practice more seriously or to take one's advice on these matters more seriously. If I would have applied this same principle to myself over the past few years, I would not have told any of my familial relatives and perhaps only a single friend. Unless there is clearly going to be a practical result, I think it is best to avoid the topic entirely.

The main reason to avoid it is because it probably won’t help you get anywhere in your practice, but it can definitely lead to a situation which can hold you back. In the best case scenario: nothing happens. The worst case is another story (which I am aware of because I have personally experienced it): By sharing, you open yourself up to being rejected by them in that way, and as a feeling being, you are prone to feeling bad about that outcome. By feeling bad about that, an implicit association is draw in your mind which reads something like this: the dharma is causing me and my (family, friends, whatevers) pain. Now there is a deeply sown hindrance in your mind... you will then be at odds with the very thing you are trying to be more sincere about. It may be stressful for other people, too. If you don’t say anything, they may just think “he’s changing…I wonder why…oh well, I guess this is just how he is.” In that situation, it is likely to hit a dead end in their mind; they can't tack down what exactly is going on, and so they can't really channel much energy into it. If you tell them specifically what's going on, though, they will associate their feelings (including any fear and resentment) with the dharma, rather than with you only, thereby objectifying it in their minds (and just a moment before depersonalizing it). Then, it is practically impossible to remove that association, and your every action or way that you change or whatever from then on will be judged through those (possibly severe) biases. This association will actually be a part of ‘you’ for them... it is not a cleanly sectioned off piece of their mind which says “I don’t like the dharma” it is more like “I don’t like the dharma and I don't like what it has done to you.” This means that anytime they become aware of anything dharma related, they will have a propensity to feel bad about 'you,' too. It is hard for people to be rational about ‘outside forces’ which they perceive to be tampering with their comfort. And this situation can be unfortunate in another way, too, which I alluded to above: anyone you’ve shared it with who has a negative reaction will also now be much less likely to get into it for themselves (hence why I stated that it is then practically impossible to remove).

Besides, one should avoid bonding with people about these things anyway... seeking out such bonds is presumably antithetical to the whole reason that one is meditating in the first place (to end suffering).

Trent

OriginalSize 2y ago

Yes, I mostly don't mention it. I do call attention however to inflation and the fundamental unfairness of money printing. I don't blame printers though. It's what they've been conditioned to do and will do until it causes suffering for them.

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OriginalSize

Is nostr a verb? We need a better thing to say than "sent it on nostr".

OriginalSize 2y ago

Fuck it. Nostered it is.

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OriginalSize

How do we not have a '@Bitcoin Merges' account on Nostr?

OriginalSize 2y ago

Went looking for a script and got sucked down a GitHub actions rabbit hole. Will says the Nostr vibe is more hang out and chat so maybe too soon.

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OriginalSize

This last hour+ of noting has been inspired by today's Rabbit Hole Recap so thanks to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and Marty and the freaks for making that show a consistent source of high signal. #podcast #bitcoin

OriginalSize 2y ago

This was fun. Hopefully the timing works out to do it again. How do podcast regulars find the time to tune in!?

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OriginalSize

If you've never tried it, stream of consciousness writing is a wonderful exercise in freedom. By letting the words flow you may discover harsh realities or inspiring truths.

This is one reason freedom tech like Nostr is so powerful. It is our stream flowing naturally to what we find essential.

OriginalSize 2y ago

And that's "gm frens"

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