"Now I Get It" - Stacker News Saturday Newsletter

Happy Sat-urday Stackers,

Have a great weekend!

Top Posts

1. @siggy47 wants his friends off the exchange rate rollercoaster.
   • Now I Get It
     • 7.7k sats \ 63 comments \ @siggy47
2. Open source software (OSS) struggles with maintenance costs because free riding is the dominant strategy of OSS consumers.
   • The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable
     • 3.4k sats \ 39 comments \ @elvismercury
     • https://trstringer.com/oss-compensation-broken/
3. @Onions loathes applying investment strategies to bitcoin.
   • You Shouldn't DCA Bitcoin 🚩
     • 7.1k sats \ 113 comments \ @Onions
4. @theariard decides to leave Bitcoin FOSS after losing faith in lightning and falling out with community members.
   • Taking a sabbatical from Bitcoin FOSS
     • 10.5k sats \ 76 comments \ @theariard
5. While most of us expect more inflation, @blocktock reminds us The Sovereign Individual predicts deflation.
   • It's Deflation, Not Inflation - via The Sovereign Individual 📖
     • 11.4k sats \ 13 comments \ @blocktock

AMAs

1. Robin Linus AMA
   • 25.5k sats \ 46 comments \ @robin_linus
2. AMA - Building a "Bitcoin AI"
   • 19.4k sats \ 42 comments \ @Svetski

Don't miss

• Broken Money book club, part 4
• The next bitcoin civil war is already underway -- Toxic rant #3
• Help me answer a friend's question: are core maintainers a centralization risk?
• HRF launched the CBDC tracker
• We're changing it up a bit at EagleSats
• I made a presentation about Bitcoin (or how I went from waiter to Bitcoiner)
• Sneakernet: Route around ISPs Post #2
• If you were a professor, what course would you teach?
• Build around the banks, do not join them! -- Toxic Rant #2
• OpenAI fires Sam Altman for not being "consistently candid"

all of this week's top posts

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Top meta

• SN release: 10 sat post fee, better search, QR scan, date ranges, bolt11 removal
• Reddit is Dead...Long Live Stacker News ✍️⚡️
• What's the best way to leverage a large following to help Stacker News?
• Feature idea: turn off exponential pricing to encourage long-form writing
• 404
• We need an Event Section on SN

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Top Monday meme \ 25.7k sats \ @SatoshiNakanodo

all monday memes

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Top Friday fun fact \ 10.2k sats \ @mSats

When Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its Internet domain name went from .yu to .me.

all friday fun facts

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Promoted jobs

1. Everything Engineer #2 \ Stacker News \ Austin or Remote

all jobs

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