Surely there is someone out there selling military surplus gear (boots, jackets, thermals, etc.) and accepting sats, right? cc:

Why does knowing how many coins are lost make it more valuable? The supply doesn't change, so I'm guessing your argument is that the demand increases?

They're certainly "better" incentives if you are the one getting the inheritence. As for everyone else, there is no incentive to make your life better. They don't have to answer to the people. I think we can agree on the timescales for dictators vs democratically elected folks (especially those with term limits). We can lament that together. But I do not believe monarchs have incentives which are more aligned with the average person. They might _choose_ to do right by the commoner, but the only incentive is to not make people's lives so untolerable that you get overthrown. Change my mind.

If this is what knobfest is about, I'd tune into that. Looks like fun

Oh good, the anonymous setting on my zaps seems to be working. 🤣

Imagine software that could tell you about companion planting, figure out the optimal layout for what you want to grow this season, along with the number of eacch plant, when to start seeds, transplant and come up with a crop rotation plan. That's not the power of AI, but that's the power of software. The problem is that these tools do not exist. Faint fractions of them exist. And yeah, I'm thinking about this coming planting season too. 🙂

Why paste over a tincture?

What do you use vanilla paste for? I feel like 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract is plenty for an entire batch of whatever I'm baking. So I'm guessing it's not baking, but that's like the only time I ever use vanilla.

Plus I initially misinterpreted your comment as "monk fruit is the same as swerve". Which was what made me initially go 🤨. That was my bad. Reading comprehension fail

/me goes to the kitchen to fact check this... Huh, both are primarially erythritol! Truvia brand monkfruit on the left, powdered swerve on the right. Well today I learned

I know you did lotsbof experiments with the jerky. I knew you were gonna be right, but I still had to see it for myself, ya know

Swerve

Ugh. Contractors. Had a communications error on my thermostat (system was installed in 2022, has a 10 year warranty on parts and labor). Called up the same company that installed it, told them that resetting it from the stat fixes it for about 30 seconds, powering off the HVAC at the breaker fixes ot for a few days. Said I thought it was probably the HVAC side, but just wanted them to come out and take a look. They come out and say the electric heat walire shouldn't be connected. (Context: it uses modbus, not the traditional relay system, ajd it has been wired that way since it was installed and worked fine the whole time). OK. They flipped the breaker to change the wires, so we couldn't tell if the fix really worked, but the tech seemed confident. Next day: comm error again. Call them back, they come out and replace the stat. Also flashed the firmware on both HVAC boards Again, since they flipped the breaker, we can't really tell if it worked, but the same tech was confident this would do it and if not said the next step would be to replace thr HVAC board. Next day: I get a bill for $260 for that first call. Call them up and ask if it's covered under warranty. It's covered, but the charged me more for labor than is covered because they have to drive an hour each way. OK, I pay the $130 that wasn't covered. Evening that same day: comm error again. It was after hours, so I emailed a photo of the error in to them explaining that the new stat didn't fix the issue, I understand the board will need to be replaced and that might take time to get the parts in. No worries, I can manage with flipping the breaker every few days. Also, I'd be happy to just have you come deal with this next time you are in town to save you the travel time, and me the money. They reply: the tech thinks the stat wire might be getting interference from the power line that's run next to it. I take about 35 minutes crafting as polite of an email as I can explaining that it's been wired like this from the start and nothing has changed, that I realize I'm not the HVAC expert, but I was skeptical about the first two resolutions and neither of them worked. I explain that I am frustrated that it's taking 3+ trips to resolve this issue. I ask if we can just replace the board instead. They give me a one-sentence reply. WaterFurnace said we should re-run the stat wire, so that's what we're goi g to do. I simply ask if it'll be partially or fully recovered by warranty. It's been 5 days and they haven't answered, or even ackowledged my question. So yeah. I'm frustrated. Just venting (haha). No need for trying to solve the problem. But I will say that I'd prefer a permissionless system for warranty repairs instead of this "authorized repairpersons only" approach.

How much should people pay to be on social media? What would you say is a fair price for the benefits it brings? What are those benefits? #AskNostr The money could go to relay operators, software devs, centralized companies, people who run a federated server... whomever you want. I'm just asking for your opinion on the value/price.

And the point of opening two small channels would be to have immediate inbound and outbound liquidity.

OK, #bitcoin folks. If you run a lightning node and want to open channels to one another, I'm down. DM me for my node info. You open a channel to me, I open an equal channel to you (assuming you're not a baller who is going to open up some crazy huge amount like a .05 BTC channel or something; I'm a geek but I ain't rich). I have channels to some of the big nodes and plan on opening more, so hopefully my fees will be lower than going through a single LSP. I'm not doing this as a business, I'm doing it because I want more #decentralization, so I can afford to have low AF fees. If going through me is as few or fewer hops as going through a big LSP, it should save you some fractions of a cent. 😝 I do ask that you actually USE your lightning node though. Even if you don't buy anything and it's just for zaps. Even if it doesn't go through our channels. And I do take suggestions on to whom I should open channels. I do plan on hitting up as many of the #nostr vendors as I can and seeing if I can open a channel to them directly. Failing that, I'll open a channel to the LSP they use.

Most people hide those iterations, but I'm keeping it real. 😎

This is what prototyping looks like in 3D printing land That battery is a 26700, and the cube on top is the perfect size to hold a tiny #meshtastic node. Those have substancially more energy than the 18650s. Battery has lasted over a week (and counting) of 24/7 usage without a charge. Antenna is in a sleve, which is just barely visible on the right hand side of the 4th case from the left.