Yep, Bitcoin is a public ledger. If you run a full node you can see all the transactions yourself. Or, you can just use services online and explore the blockchain itself by searching a Bitcoin address.

Here’s the activity of the mentioned BTC address: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1H5qsQHFgQbLGgk1qDMTBiVFaxBdSZVFTy

At time of this comment, it’s a brand new address and has made no transactions. Wallet balance is 0 BTC.

For the other address, Litecoin, I don’t know anything about that crypto so I can’t find it when I search online LTC explorers. Don’t know if LTC is a public ledger like BTC, and frankly I don’t care enough to find out.

Edit: on mobile, fixed rhe inevitable typos

Yep we really do love them. Hopefully persons keep up the engagement on your posts. And also, hoping we’ll get some more to help create content in this exciting sphere. Thanks for what you do and glad you get a kick out of this! I’ll explore how I can try to help create some content too that inspires me. Something I can nerd out about as well!

Thank you so much for putting this together. I really do look forward to reading these! Must take so much work prepping and finding this, but man it’s just great.

No prob at all dude! I just wanted to add the additional context in case some other persons stumbled upon these comments, were confused, and so they can get some more information on different browser options out there. Candidly, I only learned about Mull vs Mullvad Browser this week when I was researching what non-chromium browser to switch to next.

Mull Browser != Mullvad Browser. Just to be clear. I’m adding this context because your reply was regarding a thread on Mullvad Browser, and you replied with details about Mull.

For anyone else reading this comment: Mull browser is from DivestOS and deprecated. Firefox fork. Mull was forked by the community into IronFox.

Mullvad Browser is still alive and kicking, developed by Mullvad the VPN provider. Developed in partnership with Tor Browser, also a fork of Firefox.

If you’re stuck with Windows for corporate-issued computers, the next time this happens you can abort shutdowns in Windows.

Command Prompt:

shutdown /a

Saved me several times over the years.

Millennial in the US. These are my main devices: iPhone, gaming pc, steam deck, and an old MacBook Pro.

• iPhone - general phone use, killing time browsing Lemmy when I should be working, playing roms, and Pokémon GO.
• Gaming pc - primary. I prefer doing everything here including shopping because fuck shopping on a phone, I’m a millennial and for big purchases I have to use a big screen and a computer.
• Steam Deck - mobile PC gaming for couch and occasions I’m away from home for a long time.
• MacBook - secondary PC, only when I need a PC and don’t want or can’t be at my desk.

Honestly with how far right big tech has moved, along with the predatory tracking and telemetry, I’m considering giving up smart phones for good. Not sure I even want to bother switching to a Pixel with Graphene OS after my iPhone is done.

I miss simplicity, so I’m actively evaluating if a dumb phone (or even an e-ink dumb phone) is right for me. I’m also evaluating lugging my laptop around when I’m out and about because I can simply buy mobile service and plug in a USB cell modem if I need internet. My old 2012 MacBook Pro running Linux doesn’t track me and treat me like data cattle, so it may be worth carrying that around since I don’t get the same feeling of disgust compared to when I look at my smartphone.

Big tech ruined everything.

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“My body is ready… to spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!” - Iwata-san, channeling inner Reggie Fils-A-Mech.

Luigi: “Treat yoself!”

It’s been a day. We pine for our hero. Will you answer the call?

I never really think about the perspective that others like or enjoy the smell of tobacco. I’ve smelled Black and Mild before and that was tolerable enough, but still not appreciated.

I dislike the smell. But I also actively avoid tobacco and others smoking, primarily for health reasons we’re all aware of. However, tobacco, marijuana, etc. smells are migraine-triggers for me. If I’m around it too long, I could spiral into a terrible migraine that takes days to recover where I’m bed ridden and vomiting for at least a day. Migraines be no fun.

The background music is a little faster today for the final 24 hours.

The background music: Kid Rock.

Whoa, I never noticed the moon has accordion hands! Thats weird!

It’s two characters, specifically Itchy and Scratchy from The Simpsons.

This is from season 20 episode 7, “MyPods and Broomsticks”. Scratchy is listening to a MyPod (parody of Apple iPod), and Itchy reaches over to increase the volume limit beyond its capacity. This causes Scratchy’s eardrums to explode. This scene occurs at approximately 8:37 into the episode.

It’s from The Simpsons s20e07: “MyPods and Broomsticks”.

Happens around 8:37 into the episode. Scratchy is listening to a MyPod (parodying Apple iPod). Itchy reaches over and increases the volume past its limit, causing Scratchy to blow his eardrums.

Has anyone seen an ocarina dropped by a princess anywhere? It’s the magical kind that resets time and heals persons.

X and Y introduced Mega Evolution, arguably one of the greatest iterative improvements in Pokémon.

With the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A in 2025, I’m thinking about replaying X and Y.

Scarlet and Violet were so disappointing that I too am hesitant about future Pokémon games. But I’ll keep my eyes and ears peeled to see how their upcoming games are. I no longer am a day one buyer of Pokémon games, after being burned badly on the rushed Scarlet/Violet games.

If that’s in the US, that’s illegal. There are strict laws around on call availability. That company hopefully now has an on call policy, including availability, on-call standby pay, and on-call pay.

I make my company pay for a work phone and when I’m off the clock, I shut it off and put it in a drawer. I never check on work outside my agreed hours. A younger, naive me would. But an informed older me isn’t a sucker and advocates for work reform while drawing clear boundaries between work and personal.

Fuck your company for taking advantage of you. Glad you’re out, but hope the others there fought for fixing those policies or else they’ll just have major attrition.

Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

“Home Improvement”. The man pictured is Richard Karn who plays the character “Al Borland”.