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"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods"

-- H. L. Mencken

GM

GM.

I've basically lost interest in all things bitcoin since the Blake-whatever fork. IMO, the bitcoin of the whitepaper, the one that Ammous wrote about--that digital "incarnation" of sound, 'Austrian' monetary principle, that Hayekian dream of a 'sly, roundabout way' of separating money and State--has become zombified. It's a gollem. The borg has it. School me if you disagree, but know that I'm wise to the ways of Thiel and his 'dark enlightenment' and will hold no quarter.

If you don't mind sharing what you've done or are doing, I'm looking for ideas. it seems to me like there's only one real principled option, but I'm looking for wisdom from 'a multitude of counselors' before making my final moves. DMs on 0xChat or some other thing like that are fine if you'd rather not publicize.

Have a great day.

#EndTheFed

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OK GN

OK I'm going to go ahead and post this because why not.

Martin Luther's 95 Theses:

https://ccel.org/ccel/luther/theses/theses.ii.html

Still true today.

Happy Reformation Day.

Any one of these doctrines should be enough to reject the Roman-Papist denomination:

• 11th century - indulgences - that you could pay money or perform some act to reduce the sentence of "purgatory"

• 12th century - "implicit faith" (Lat., fides implicita) - that you don't have to personally understand (and personally hold as true) the doctrines of Christianity, as long as you are "in communion with the learned"

• 13th century - transubstantiation - that by priestly magic the bread and the wine of the Eucharist are turned into the actual body and actual blood of Jesus (yet without looking, feeling, smelling, tasting, or feeling like flesh and blood)

• 16th century - justification by faith AND works, or by "faith formed by love" which is fancy-talk for faithfulness = obedience = works (have you even read the Bible, bro)

• 19th century - papal infallibility - that whoever gets elected as Pope is infallible (i.e., has the same amount of credibility and authority as the Scriptures themselves) in all matters pertaining to the faith (yikes too bad they contradicted themselves again and again)

• 19th century - the immaculate conception of Mary - that, because Christ could not come into contact with sinfulness, Mary herself, who bore him, had to first be sinless (yet by this same argument wouldn't Mary's mother have to be sinless? ad infinitum - zero mention of this in Scripture)

• 20th century - purgatory - the heresy that Christ did NOT actually suffer once for all time for all the sins of his elect, and we need to "top off" the suffering by spending thousands of years in purgatory--but that the Roman priests can, at will, "reduce our sentence" (have you even read the Bible, bro)

• 20th century - the assumption of Mary - mentioned in Scripture in precisely zero verses

...and so many more. The Roman magisterium coming up with new doctrines was (and is) like a bored congress coming up with new legislation to extract more taxes from its people and attempt to justify its existence.

AD FONTES

Martin Luther was not a "schismatic," he was excommunicated. Then people read the Scriptures for themselves ("trust but verify," anyone?) and saw that he was right. Then power structures that kept people enslaved for centuries fell.

"Do you have a coin for Christ?" "When a coin in the coffer clinks, a soul from purgatory springs" ?

Of course he protested. And we still do.

Imagine if some institution kept the blockchain to themselves and said "oh it's too complicated for you to verify your own transactions" etc. Whoever broke the blockchain out of that so everyone could access it would be a hero.

Luther open-sourced Christianity. Of course the power- and money-hungry tyrants kicked him out. And what an amazing turn of Providence that the Gutenberg press was available just before this happened--"so all the world may know."

Happy Reformation Day, all. Read the Word of God in your own language--and then give a nod of respect to a Protestant.

...back to excelling at mediocrity, it seems 🤙

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RIP my winning streak, this one almost got me

- appreciate this little bit of fun / brain-challenge each day, thanks again

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I'll see your

and raise you a

#ReformationDay

The Reformation was a renewal and return to "the faith once delivered to the saints." Here's a film with a low budget, a few big stars, and historical quotes that will give you the goosebumps. This happened.

Thank God for Martin Luther.

#ReformationDay

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OsmAnd+ is horrible at finding street addresses pasted in from emails, contacts, calendars, etc. When I'm in a time-crunch, this is a real pain. I end up switching to the 'public' profile just so I can use Google Maps.

Just had Claude build me a middleware app that takes a street address (editable prior to lookup, in case someone forgets town or state etc), converts it to LatLong, then sends it to OsmAnd+ -- which then works like a charm. "Simple as."

Would share but it's nowhere near something I'd want you all to see LOL

I should have done this #Hetzner VPS / "road warrior" thing years ago. Stupid simple (with Claude).

Today I was out and tapped a device only on my LAN "just to see."

So cool (and cheap, and convenient).

https://www.hetzner.com/

#openwrt #wireguard

#shipit

#gitea

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#asknostr

anyone have a strong opinion (pro or con) on #starlink? we're paying almost $300 USD/month for high-speed (but no fiber) internet. US Mobile has an add-on for $55/mo Starlink.

Any advice?

yo

what's up OG

What pilsner do you serve most? What would you recommend? I've been enjoying Bitbuger Premium Pils but it's hard to find around here. Also really like Troeg's Sunshine Pilsner but can't even find it. Any suggestions?

This is...amazing:

well done,

@Turner &

meanwhile, me LOL (though my real best streak is 66):

#asknostr

Considering a move from Verizon to either Mint Mobile or US Mobile.

Anyone have an opinion on that?

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...is this you saying "you have no friends"

?

:-(

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#asknostr #ai

TL;DR: What's the best AI on #umbrel for spreadsheet analysis?

Detail: I have an *.xlsx with private financial information that ONLYOFFICE claims has a 'circular reference' -- I know this is probably not valid because ONLYOFFICE still thinks triggers this if OFFSET() refers to itself (which is perfectly OK). The workbook is quite large and I want an agent to help me find whatever ONLYOFFICE thinks is a circular reference.

Would love to hear some suggestions. #umbrel has about 20 options, a free Claude version would be my preference, but open to ideas...

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#funfact - the 'Chataqua Salute'

👀

https://a.co/d/0awyaKdV

reading lists on many interesting topics

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cracks knuckles

😑

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• all mobile devices now synced up with
  npub16u9hy2m…ne586x

  's amazing PearCircle (P2P location sharing)
• most devices set up with nostr:npub16u9hy2m8w6xt7836cam7yyrmh3z849mg3xd4fzlkjnm352nt2tuqne586x 's amazing PearGuard (P2P parental controls) - still ironing out the Ubuntu desktop install
• all mobile devices now accessing the LAN (NextCloud, Immich, ElementX, etc.) over Hetzner VPS+Wireguard

feels good, man

GM

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missed it by THAAT much

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Need to put my self-hosted NextCloud (umbrel) in "road warrior" mode. ISP does not allow/offer a Public IP. (And they're the only gig in town, until Planet Networks [fiber] gets its licensing.)

• just do tailscale?
• don't say 'just use wireguard' bc I can't get a static public IP address so shhh
• just pay for a vps (and then do wireguard)? (recommend a service?)

Until I can figure this out and get it set up, I'm going to try PearOffice for my wife and I to share the ChristmasBudget2026 workbook.. ;-)

HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU CHECK OUT THESE APPS

Truly amazing

(there's even one that could improve your marriage!) #iykyk

GREAT SCOTT

Just dropped PearOffice on my phone and into my NixOS config, and seeder on my umbrel, in about 15 mins (thanks Claude).

- this is absolutely mind-blowing

https://peerloomllc.com/pearoffice/

https://github.com/peerloomllc/pearoffice