INTENSE @npub1rpes...2et2 advocacy here or mebbe just a Primal bug?

I don't know what the abbreviated/fun spelling for "vacation" should be ("vacay"? "vaycay"?), but it isn't "cow".

Disciplined keto at home, fuck all enjoy yourself for a week in Nashville.

CARBS ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK!

I'll be in Nashville TONIGHT! I have no plans tonight yet. DM me if you know of a thing or want to try to meet up. Tues no plans until the evening. Wed MPB Unconference, evening = ? Thurs shitshow lite, then @ODELL's shindig. Fri full shitshow, evening = ? Sat shitshow but too tired to care anymore, evening = ?

Nerd achievement unlocked! First attempt at making my own ethernet patch cables was a success!

I unplugged from social media yesterday. Too many bad takes, distressing takes, etc. Instead I somehow managed to successfully(?) refactor and improve the most complicated area of the @SeedSigner code. This isn't really meant to be a flex, more of a: "Oh, shit. I got something amazing done during peak outside world distraction!" Of course I'll return to moments of obsessive scrolling and the associated rage, terror, depression. But diving DEEP into something really f'n complicated was an unexpectedly effective escape. Try to stop fretting. Just keep building.

Experimenting with Home Assistant and ESPHome to make a not-yet-smart wireless speaker with NO Google or Amazon integration at all. Bought this bamboo toothbrush cup as a possible makeshift enclosure for the speaker + esp32s3 + mono amp. Turns out that the BOX IT CAME PACKAGED IN sounded WAY better! 🤣

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About to replace a car battery for the first time. If you don't hear from me in a couple hours... ⚡️⚡️☠️ (apparently 12V is basically harmless, but I don't actually understand electricity so 🤷‍♂️)

Happy b-day @npub1kuma...z2v7! The best doggo ever is 6 today! She's been a bit miserable the last few months because the vet said she had to lose 9lbs -- 23% of her total body weight!! Vet said to cut her normal food in half -- IN HALF!!! -- and replace with vegetables. She hates it, but happy to report that she's making EXCELLENT progress toward the 30lb target! How fast could YOU lose 23% of your total body weight, anon? 🤣

Timeline cleanser after those cicada posts. Bugs are so gross. But nature overall tends toward pretty. By the way, curious if y'all can see the difference in these images posted as "Ultra HDR" (high dynamic range). Brights should be brighter, colors more richly saturated. #flower #iris(?)

As a city boy / suburbanite, nature definitely freaks me the fuck out sometimes. #cicadas #bugs #canileavethisplacefortwomonths

Born in 2007. Hibernates. Emerges into a world that now has #bitcoin. Immediately dons laser eyes. #cicadas #bugs #gross #whygodwhy

Dear nostr, I AM WORKING ON BIP-352 SILENT PAYMENTS FOR @SeedSigner!! The UI took longer to build than the actual #bip352 code! Caveat: I don't actually really know what I'm doing, so if you're BIP-352 savvy, see if your results match mine:

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SeedSigner BIP-352 Silent Payments test vectors

SeedSigner BIP-352 Silent Payments test vectors. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Found #poetry, bitcoin edition. A 3-5-3 haiku of sorts (if you move the "not" up a line). And then the intriguing, abrupt, mysterious ending: "0, 1". Sorrowful in its way yet balanced by a Zen acknowledgement of our limitations.

Woot! Didn't know I could still do a (nearly) vertical "V" on floor! It's easy to lose balance and fall backwards out of a V on floor. It's a bit easier on parallel bars since your grip on the rails gives you a stronger base. Didn't expect I could still do it on floor. Thank you, triceps! Interesting thing about a "V": If you can rotate your hips up enough (getting your legs to about vertical), then it gets WAY easier on the abs since your legs aren't adding torque out in front of you. #gymnastics #strength

Any 9mm pistol aficionados here? I'm trying to narrow down my options for a home defense pistol. * CZ P10 F (optics ready) is my top candidate * S&W M&P M2.0 full size (optics ready) in the mix * Walther PDP fading but still on the list I haven't shot any of them yet, so it's all subject to change. Anyone have any experience with any of the above? Why no Glock? The chunky grip is a non-starter for me; just always feels a bit too big for me to secure a solid grip on. I'm not a super-experienced shooter so I need to feel confident that I can control it. I'm prioritizing grip fit / ergonomics and recoil / muzzle flip control (thus the CZ and not so much the PDP, or so I'm told). Why full size? I'm not in a carry state. Main use case is home defense and just overall pistol training / skill building. #guns #gunstr

Okay, holy shit I've been doing life wrong all this time. Results were AMAZING!! Best steak I've ever cooked. By far. Props to @npub1t42g...87qz and @Shinobi for scolding me / coaching me to do better. The better quality (thicker, fresher) steak plus the reverse-sear technique made for a killer upgrade combo (duh! But still... wow). I had been buying prepackaged 1" steaks and freezing them. This time it was a ~1.5" thick ribeye directly from the meat counter (but tradeoff: those aren't grass fed). Previous attempts were all on just cast iron or backyard grill. First time reverse-searing. 200° to an internal temp target of 120°. Had not incorporated finishing with butter much before, first time using thyme. Garlic in there, too. My steaks had been fairly dry (even when not overcooked), unpleasantly tough, and mostly weirdly flavorless. This one was incredibly juicy, tender, so much flavor! The difference was like spending $6 at Denny's vs $80 at a steakhouse. NO JOKE. I have one prepackaged 1" steak left in the freezer; will try reverse-searing it and see how much the cooking technique alone can improve upon my prior results. I expect disappointment, but worth running the experiment! View quoted note →