I feel like the "dice roll only" advice is going to bite some noobs or people who mishandle it. There is nothing wrong with hardware RNG or the RNG sources used by any hardware signer. What happened to ColdCard is a fail-open fallback to software PRNG. At least ask that people use methods that use dice rolls as a supplementary entropy source, not the sole one - if at all.

Nostr peeps: I've been away for a while and wasn't keeping up. What's a good Android client (other than Amethyst). Web/Linux suggestions also welcome.

I see people saying this Coinkite/ColdCard incident will reduce confidence in self custody. It shouldn't. This was an amateur flaw in a company run by a narcissist who should've never been trusted to begin with. If you ignore the red flags around their hostility towards FOSS, seedsigner (including squatting seedsigner.org btw), then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe if nvk spent less time shitposting and more time auditing his garbage, we wouldn't be here. If you're going to use a hardware signer, use proper hardware signers from serious companies who have their work audited... especially you know, the bits around fucking entropy and seed generation, fundamental parts of a fucking hardware signer. And it should go without saying that "influencers" who shill this garbage should reconsider. Sympathies to everyone affected.

The hashrate stalling and slightly reducing for an extended amount of time is somewhat disconcerting. More so than much of the noise around.

it's becoming very difficult to stay optimistic

230 euros for the new Bitkey is uh, a choice...

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Looks like the bot plague on X is also a thing here, sigh.

A quick test run of openclaw: I'm horrified at the amount of ways clueless people can fuck themselves over using it. Needs a serious disclaimer on lack of guardrails and potential for serious harm.

Peter Todd just casually stated that Israel bombing a prison in Iran with political detainees is "ultimately good" despite... killing scores of those prisoners to begin with. Oh, and the children of staff members who were present at the time and killed? No big deal. It's a "remarkably good achievement". Then proceeds to call the Palestinian flag a "terrorist flag". Zionism is a disease.

I've been learning Italian since I'm doing my Master's in Italy/Veneto. Was kinda curious about the Venetian dialect/language and wanted to learn more. Ended up here:

El Galepin - Venetian dictionary - dizionario veneto - galepin vèneto

And... there was a nostr npub! :D Cool to see! Wish there were more lingua veneta resources for English speakers though.

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471 days and billions of dollars later; tons of bombs and a david v. goliath firepower disparity... the result, in northern Gaza 🤣 : you can't break the Palestinian resistance.

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I have little hope when it comes to American politics, but one can only dream that the Trump presidency at least brings some change when it comes to Palestine and the situation in the middle east. Biden was a momumental disaster in that regard. On the other hand, we can't escape the knock-on effects reg. personal liberties and bodily autonomy (lgbt rights, abortion, etc) even outside America. I'm fucking tired of spineless populists abusing minorities and using violent rhetoric to ride the wave.

If there is a hell Poste Italiane will be at the deepest pit of it.

Nighttime walks are a form of therapy. Bliss.

Saw this little friend today