Tim Bouma | Independent Thinker | Pug Owner | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 3000 posts
nostr Today was a good day for me on #nostr. I earned 10 bananas in zaps.… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 9:27 PM
Formula for calculating: (Local currency price paid for a bunch of bananas)*10^8)/(no of bananas in bunch * Local currency price of 1 BTC)… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 9:08 PM
Groceries are getting cheaper! Ever since I calculated the price of banana in sats last summer (512 sats), I am now trying to make it a habit to calculate every time we grocery shop. A few weeks ago, it was 270 sats/ banana, yesterday day it was 193. Waiting for… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 8:54 PM
nostr My vision is this: Any POS (piece of s***) can be a POS. #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 8:21 PM
nostr Also works on my old-as-the-hills travel Kindle, though I need to manually refresh the page to see the updated balance. #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 8:16 PM
When you wake up in the morning, your first thought should not be: "What EU regulation will I break today?"… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 6:50 PM
nostr Using a Kindle as a point of sale terminal. See the balance update as the payment goes through #nostr #safebox… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 6:02 PM
ai This is so true! Right now the popular angst on the dark side of the bus is the impending takeover by #AI Billionaires.… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 3:55 PM
ICMYI - my take is that what we are doing is a BFG (big f***ing deal). My advice is to get with the current program.… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 2:38 PM
Bitcoin, by introducing scarcity into the digital realm, enabled a fair price interface to the human realm.… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 2:24 PM
There are four types of digital empires: State-driven (China) Market-driven (US) Rights-driven (EU) Ego-driven (Musk)… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 1:32 PM
nostr The cool thing about developing something new from scratch is that you stumble on an unexpected capability for which there are no requirements. Then you have to back-propagate that capability into a set of requirements or a use case you never dreamed of. This is the exact opposite of… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 1:25 PM
chatgpt I had the idea for the article but asked #chatgpt to write it. ———————————————————— eCash: The Serotonin of the Internet In the vast neural network of the internet, where information flows rapidly and connections are formed with unparalleled speed, eCash has emerged as a vital component for maintaining balance and driving… Tim Bouma Jan 13, 2025, 12:56 PM
