Hello world.

Yes, I'm an old C programmer.

First post on nostr.

Looking for folks to follow. Going to try the Mastodon method of an intro post, see who responds, and go from there.

Talk to me about:

Programming, sci-fi, books, coffee, Infosec, cats, gen-X, cartoons, kindness, meditation, food, ttrpgs, computers, games, puns.

If you need labels, I'm a:

Cis-het, white male geek, he/him, flaming liberal who wants a better world for my child, pro-trans rights, and black lives matter.

Say hi and let's see if this nostr thing works.

Thanks.

It's called a Noast and I'm tired of pretending it's not. #Nostr #Zaps #plebstr #plebchain #grownostr #bitcoin

Autocorrect strikes again...forever.

Painting walls is fun. It’s just the prep work that takes up all the time and is less fun.

Food trucks aren’t the speediest food service. They’re also not always the best quality. Additionally, they’re not exactly cheap. Why do we love them so much? 🤣

It's called a Noast and I'm tired of pretending it's not. #Nostr #Zaps #plebstr #plebchain #grownostr #bitcoin

"There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers." — Richard P. Feynman

Anyone ever just stop and think for a bit, about the fact that #Bitcoin fucking works?

Seriously appreciate it for a second from the view of those trying to think it up when this was literal science fiction. What an absolutely insane long shot. The very notion that practically a handful of nerdy anarchists & dissidents on the internet could create a global monetary network who’s rules would supersede governments across the planet… it’s almost idiotic it sounds so improbable.

And for everyone squealing about what the price did last week or how in 10 years we will have X problem or whatever… it’s easy to forget that it’s just there. That it’s working. That it’s half a trillion dollars worth. That it’s monetary policy hasn’t changed since block 0. And despite the ire of countless authoritarians… it persists.

What a wild fucking timeline.

That's why I am so bullish on nostr marketplaces/classifieds, if people can start to sell their time, labour, skill and products on nostr for LN or even LN based stablecoins, boy then we're cooking with gas

An internet where the users hold the keys.