Matt
Matt - Not Your Entropy, Not Your Coins

Emergency departments also tend to run at a loss, which doesn't help anything. Even ours at the biggest system in the state, in the capitol city is in the red right now. Breaking even is our goal lol

2026-09-14 16:52:30 UTC

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Urgent cares are generally quite limited too, depending where they are. There are specific definitions for what we are labeled (urgent, emergent, trauma leveling, stroke, cardiac cath lab, etc). Having the best care in super remote places is an unfair expectation. It's really expensive.
But we've taken over a small ED recently and had one shut down in the city. It's caused us a lot of pain for the past couple years. Now we're expanding but it's a very long and expensive process.

2026-09-14 16:48:27 UTC

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The asinine nature of medical school is one example. The entire structure is designed to output very few providers. So we import them with hit or miss outcomes and have shortages of care in general. I'd be okay making less if I didnt need to waste so much time and money completing steps that really have nothing to do with medicine.

2026-09-14 16:46:16 UTC

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I'm not a physician but if you put me in some random African village I'd be far more medical care than they could ever dream of. I can't do that here, no matter how remote or how little care is in an area. People aren't allowed to choose me for their care, even though I'd be better than what they have. There are other sides to that issue, of course. But we don't even do anything to help get people up to the standards to provide that care. The incentives are to not do that, actually.

2026-09-14 16:43:13 UTC

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Emergency care isn't that great in those hospitals anyway, but yeah it's better than nothing. I've had this idea of micro care facilities that could exist if we didnt have as much regulation, CON laws, etc. Even caregiver licensing is a problem. The government doesn't really give a fuck if the people in an area have nothing if not something that falls short of the government's requirements. Too fucking bad.

2026-09-14 16:23:22 UTC

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It's the second most regulated industry in the US. The private nature of it is little more than an illusion in my opinion. It's a super inefficient illusion that results in pretty much the worst of both worlds. We do have some benefits. My small city alone has more MRI and CT scanners than some countries. We generally have access to very good emergency care.
But dude I see so much waste even on my shifts. It's retarded.

2026-09-14 16:16:40 UTC

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I also don't like makeup anyway so I'm biased. I'm reminded of funeral homes, which for me (thankfully) is a major turnoff.
I'm fucked in the head. My wife knew it when she married me though.

2026-09-14 16:13:44 UTC

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To be honest that's usually when I find my wife most attractive 😂

2026-09-14 00:50:39 UTC

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Lol ffs

2026-09-13 18:38:43 UTC

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Brother, struggle meals make kings these days. Lol Everything in the US at least is shit tier or literal poison. Fried eggs is one of my favorite items.

2026-09-13 15:11:10 UTC

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@npub1cn4…3vle framed this in a way that resonated with me. Human wants are unlimited. Production and resources are not.

2026-09-13 15:05:59 UTC

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Define work. Define betterment. Those two things are exactly why markets and money exist.

2026-09-13 14:44:15 UTC

I came back to a bunch of changes in my client and now I don't see new notifications anymore. This is the sort of shit that wears me down over years. The basics are continuously broken in most clients I've used.
#nevent1q…lm9q

2026-09-13 14:43:28 UTC

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Nice to see you too, after figuring out the issue and looking for you 😂

2026-09-13 14:39:47 UTC

I decided to fuck around on Nostr a bit after coming back briefly for the Trezor thing. I thought no one was interacting. Nah. My client just wasn't showing notifications. Lol Classic.

2026-09-13 14:36:50 UTC

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Maybe, but it's also retarded to think terrorists or mass killers won't use it for evil. Of course that applies to any technology. Creating bio labs will continue to get cheaper and someone eventually will create a deadly attack very cheaply and with very little expertise. I don't think regulation is going to stop it

2026-09-13 13:05:36 UTC

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Fair enough.

2026-09-13 02:08:12 UTC

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The definition of maxi is pretty vague these days, but I generally think it's best to just let market forces decide. I don't give a damn what people use. I don't have to accept it. If I did choose to, I can trade it, sell it, whatever. I think a single currency world is a fantasy not worth spending much energy on. If that makes me not a maxi then so be it.

2026-09-12 23:26:24 UTC

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Unwell bot?

2026-09-12 23:18:32 UTC

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There are some very unwell people out there.

2026-09-12 19:39:26 UTC

It's funny watching people stutter and stumble when they find out that a black man was the holdout in the Clancy trial. They wanted it to be a white man so badly and watching their brains break in real time is interesting.
He was just a dumb black dude who obviously didn't understand or he would have went along with all the white women. So much for black voices.
I was unconvinced that she was psychotic for the murders. I've worked around psychotic patients and have doubts, but it isn't my expertise (there are psychiatrists who agree though, and their opinions align with my understanding and experience with the illness). I didn't have reasonable doubt that she killed the children. She planned the murders, went out of her way to ensure she carried them out, and failed to kill herself to avoid facing the reality of her choice. Only then did she need a way to avoid the reality of what she chose. I think she took calculated steps to trick her husband into leaving because she knew he'd intervene. She knew he would intervene because he would think it was wrong. By extension, she knew it was wrong by some standard but chose to do it anyway. Being depressed isn't a free pass and the whole psychosis defense seems fabricated to me. Psychotic people, in my experience, are not that organized. I think she wanted to take them with her and she deserves to be in prison for that (at a minimum). Should she get help with depression while in there? Sure. I believe she was depressed. Plenty of depressed people kill themselves or seek help without murdering others.
It's also a complete lie that there aren't mental health resources for women. In my own experience, I've seen the opposite reality and stigma in the hospital.
Women in the US are taking a dangerous path toward fewer rights for themselves if this is really how they think. If your argument is that women are at the mercy of their emotions and have no accountability for their actions... Why are they voting or holding serious positions? Why are they winning custody battles at such a high rate? Why do they get equal rights if they really don't have more control than a young child?
To be clear, I think this is all bullshit. There are real cases of psychosis. I don't think this is clearly one of them and I don't believe this is inherently true of women broadly. Really it seems to be mostly women making this argument.

2026-09-10 23:15:40 UTC

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I'm less convinced than ever that anyone in the cockpit gives a fuck. It's all short term thinking these days. I member when my student loan debt was gonna be forgiven too. Lol

2026-09-10 23:13:27 UTC

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I don't know if they will or not, but it's kind of been done before. Obama sort of did it. They went crazy for Covid. I agree it probably won't happen. Not 5k. If they do, I'll get maybe 500 and the rest will end up who the fuck knows where. Lol
But hey, maybe it'll at least get the left to argue against itself for a few minutes simply because Trump was the one to do it. A fun clown show no matter what.
But yeah, that amount would hurt a lot of people long term.

2026-09-10 23:09:01 UTC

The Nostr.build renewal flow is nice.
A couple improvements:
Tell future users to follow the messenger npub so renewal messages aren't lost in the "unknown" senders or whatever in a particular client. I followed it and now my client doesn't treat messages like potential spam.
Make the renewal link go to a page specifically for renewal. I had to go find it in the settings. Took a minute to figure out. No big deal. Just landing there after login would be neat. Or have a popup on login that asks the user to renew, with a link.
This is totally petty though. Something to consider if the developer gets bored. The flow worked well and other nostr services should take a look if it would make sense for their thing.
@npub1m4n…c2jl I think we spoke about this a while back for a relay. Can't recall who was in that conversation but this is exactly what I was saying would be nice to have for the relay subscription.

2026-09-10 22:53:25 UTC

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Can't you have root access through ADB with the Dev builds? They aren't being mean. The problem is that pretty much everything else gets access too when you leave it open in the UI. It's insecure as hell. Which may not matter. But if it doesn't, then yeah Graphene is a weird choice anyway since their whole point is to give you the most secure Android environment.

2026-09-10 21:25:10 UTC

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Seems like a conditional stimulus. I'll just put this one into sound money like I did the last one.

2026-09-09 22:04:48 UTC

Back to my hole, beaten and tired.
https://i.nostr.build/Obaj0Z8GNgdPPAYzXLWV9I.png

2026-09-09 22:03:12 UTC

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Closest thing would be to burn your key. That is until an entropy bug or something is discovered to raise it from the dead 😂

2026-09-09 22:01:25 UTC

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https://media3.giphy.com/media/xTiTnCTxhW2EJoAzrG/200w.webp

2026-09-09 21:58:51 UTC

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Thanks @npub1qyx…mu7u Just another day on the streets

2026-09-09 21:44:20 UTC

Thinking about making stickers for vehicles, windows, doors, etc that say "We trashed our Trezor and sold our Bitcoin. Don't bother."
Ffs man.

2026-09-09 21:41:30 UTC

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Yeah just saw that. Blew my load in a hurry since it looked so good on the fly (on my phone). Thing that held me up was the link to some tool. Otherwise it was damn good

2026-09-09 21:39:30 UTC

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That's a bit much. Not everyone is in the same place at the same time.

2026-09-09 21:38:48 UTC

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Fair enough.

2026-09-09 21:38:12 UTC

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God fucking damn at least I know my training and planning was on point.

2026-09-09 21:37:20 UTC

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A really good one. To be expected, of course. I'm on the side of ringing the bell as quick as I can these days. The more eyes the better.

2026-09-09 21:31:01 UTC

I would appreciate confirmation from others if you're seeing the same or if I'm missing something.
There's a link in the email to some entropy check. I didn't follow the link so I have no idea what it is. Such a thing is obviously fishy in our new world though so I'm 50/50 on this one. It looks really fucking good though.
#nevent1q…xk8y

2026-09-09 21:28:25 UTC

Pausing my social media break for something worrisome.
I just got a very convincing email from what seems to be Trezor regarding the discovery of an entropy bug for some devices. My usual quick check hasn't uncovered phishing evidence.
Could be a jacked domain or something I'm missing in a hurry.
I considered not sharing in case they are alerting customers via email first but fuck that.
Better safe than sorry. Stay frosty.

2026-08-13 20:39:41 UTC

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This not technically totally isolated obviously but it seems as secure a way as I can imagine to to sign transactions. As long as both ends aren't corrupted of course.

2026-08-13 15:27:59 UTC

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PBST or whatever it's called?

2026-08-13 15:09:54 UTC

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QR or card are the only two I've ever seen. Trezor has Bluetooth but it isnt airgapped

2026-08-13 10:37:10 UTC

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Financial pain is the most appropriate punishment for bad economic decisions. Without it, what would you have happen? The world couldn't exist without winners and losers when it comes to wars like this. If you think you're right, you have to hope the other side loses. You can't just both win in the real world. It's flower power nonsense. It's a different thing to wish they'd change course and not destroy themselves, but if they're hell bent on it, so be it.

2026-08-13 01:23:16 UTC

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Fuckem.

2026-08-12 18:37:22 UTC

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Yeah one of my big issues is that it's hard to have meaningful security when hardware and firmware is a black box.

2026-08-12 01:24:49 UTC

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sub0

2026-08-12 00:25:51 UTC

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I'd also be very selective about what a sponsor could make me say for an ad. Otherwise, just show their ad and don't include yourself in it at all

2026-08-11 21:23:19 UTC

One of my biggest issues with Bitkey is that if my phone and Bitkey device are destroyed in a house fire (who isnt keeping both at home, realistically?), I'm basically at the mercy of some emergency contact, if I set them up. I'm relying on these people to not get new phones or even understand the importance of what I'm asking of them.
I just don't see the safety here. Maybe most people are storing their phone and Bitkey device separately (in ways they won't degrade or break) but I'm skeptical.
Is it better than ColdCard was? Probably. But my fear is that all the podcasts are just doing the same shit all over again in a slightly different way. Bitkey! It's the best! It's the safest!
Maybe this is fine for low sat holdings but I think Luke Broyles made some good points in his recent custody video.

2026-03-10 14:29:15 UTC

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Solar has a place in some contexts, but not to the extent these people claim. I like my solar stuff in a remote cabin without electricity (although I have alternatives for when it's inevitably insufficient). But that's a lot different than an entire industrialized nation being forced onto it.