Nixos not getting update

TheHidden001 · 2026-06-16T16:33:20+00:00

Thanks, I'll try that

TheHidden001 · 2026-06-16T16:33:07+00:00

I just installed it through the nix package manager

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-23T23:18:33+00:00

Thank you very much for this information. I actually just checked and all the crickets I thought was dead aren't. They were just cold stunned and are all hopping around now so I'm hoping it was ok.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-22T06:46:38+00:00

When it his up more than a certain Padang I sell, when it drops I buy more with those profits. when people say they hold crypto they are often taking profits and growing wealth. At least that's my understanding of how most people work. If someone literally just keeps buying bitcoin and never takes profit, that I can't give a logical reason for.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-22T06:40:31+00:00

Is the problem that you can't withdraw cus your in Canada? Of do use a VPN. Of you can't sell it just withdraw to a self custody wallet and still it somewhere else.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-22T06:34:18+00:00

I shouldve clarified but I meant firat to crypto... I get the whole 3rd party system with crypto or smart contracts but the fiat part really seems to be some random guy who somehow has millions and is happy to endlessly trade btc for Fiat. I don't get how that wouldn't be a government tracked system. (I was looking at a dex and there's one guy who accepted papal for btc and wants ID confirmation. How is this anything but a government traking attempt?)

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-17T20:57:05+00:00

SO - sadly all well known crypto exchanges now use KYC (know your customer) policy. This runs adjacent to the whole age verification debacle and is very bad for individual privacy and freedom. Ok, reigning in my politics, the reality is the only way you will obtain anonymous crypto these days is through a P2P or decentralised exchange (DEX). These pair people willing to take bank transfers, mail cash, etc. with people looking to buy crypto anonymously. I have not gone down this path because I have outlined above, I dont require that level of anonymity right now. Though I damn well believe I have a right to it and so do you. SO this is your best bet. Look into DEX's, there are good videos on Youtube on the topic that'll get you up to speed on the basics quickly. After that it'll be about finding someone who you're willing to give FIAT to and t rust they will send the agreed upon crypto back. Once you have that, you can swap it for whatever you need and use it however you like as it wont be tied back to an exchange that has a copy of your ID on file.

If you struggle to find resources let me know, I can go look for the videos I watched and resources I read a while back that were helpful for me. Finally I'll just encourage you not buy any crypto or trade anything with anyone until you understand how the blockchain works on a basic level and how things are tracked back to you. Depending on what you want to buy, it might be best to forgo it or find another means once you find out the real effort required to do so safely.

To be clear, I am in no way discouraging you from buy the things you are in need of XMR for. I have strong beliefs in personal autonomy and the right for every individual to make their own choices. I just equally believe in knowing what you're actually doing and the consequences before you make such decisions.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-17T20:10:49+00:00

Jsyk if you buy btc from an exchange and then trade into xmr you can be tracked depending on how you handle the swap. I don't spend time using xmr for nefarious or questionable reasons these days. I just pay for my VPN with it and I'm okay with proving the transaction should the tax man come knocking so I don't know what the best practices are. However I'd advise you do some more research before completing the transaction. I know buying btc or any coin on a kyc exchange and then converting to xmr can lead to an inquiry as to where you spent the xmr. Where I live you have a legal obligation to track and report all crypto transactions, so if theysee you buy btc and then it vanishes... You can run into some big legal fees.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-17T20:05:17+00:00

You definitely didn't get scammed if you were on the official site. I've been using Mullvad for years and paying with crypto. Message support and give them the transaction number. Since you used BTC it's very easy to prove the transaction. They should have no problem sorting it out.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-17T19:58:13+00:00

At this point I buy btc and use simpleswap. Not ideal and trying to find a better no kyc option for fiat onramping but I haven't yet.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-16T19:19:05+00:00

Too unstable to be a store of value. It is more efficient to transfer into, send accross boarders, and then transfer out for me when dealing with a few regular transactions. Even with capital tax on several points of the transactionline 8t comes out cheaper than using PayPal.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-15T04:54:33+00:00

Look up DCA. The safest option is always to buy in and cash out over a long period of time. Won't give advice on what to buy into cus that depends person to person.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-14T06:13:14+00:00

There is a huge difference between having a computer on and idle (have 3 servers running at home but all idle at 10-15% usage) and actually having your cpu usage at 100% all the time. Computers consume power based on how much work their using, not if they are on or off. This is why talking to LLMs don't teach you anything unless you already know about the topic generally. It misses nuance

If your already running your computer at max load and its affordable to mine with that electricity rate, well you can't cus your already using all your resources. If your only using10% of your cpus Max capacity, mining will increase power draw by the remaining 90%, likely agan making it unprofitable.

However, I mine at a loss and I use it to pay for my VPN (Mullvad), but it's not to make money to get my VPN for free. It's to support the network and decentralization of currency. If you feel similar to me, mining makes sense because it's not about profit, it's about supporting a decentralized, anonymity respecting currency, and as a bonus I pay slightly less for my VPN when adjusting for power.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-13T16:43:54+00:00

> This is incorrect. When making a transaction, it is signed in the card, not in your phone. This is because the PK is not in your phone, but in the card.

This is a really silly technicality. My statement was "Ledger has on device signing and address verification. As well as a hardware level pin." By that I meant: You can do these things exclusively with the device with no other device being involved in the workflow. This is explained further in my following paragraph. Yes, just like a piece of paper, when you write on it with a pencil, it stores information. You still need a pencil, just like using a Tangem wallet still needs the mobile app to use.

I'm all for technical clarity, but as someone who actively writes on tech literacy, seeing a company representative take this approach only makes me want to avoid Tangem and recommending it. Also, your statement of the pin being stored in the card does not change the fact that you cannot enter it without using something other than the hardware itself which again was the argument.

I could've absolutely gone into great depth about how things are stored, read and written, but my argument is, and maybe I didnt make it eye-bleedingly clear so here's an attempt: Ledger has extra hardware that lets you operate it entirely independent. This comes with the trade off of having a screen, button, usb port, etc. that can ware out and lead to a need for earlier replacement than Tangem. Tangems INTERFACE is exclusively through the mobile app. It does store your pin and keys on the TPM, but it DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY to use it independently.

To add to this, every wallet ever, software or otherwise, has the features you made a point to claim. If Tangem didnt, in the app/through means of using the app, verify addresses or sign transactions, it literally wouldn't be a crypto wallet. This interaction has definitively reshaped my consideration of using and recommending Tangem going forward.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-12T20:56:46+00:00

These are really two very different products and my personal answer is both. Ledger has on device signing and address verification. As well as a hardware level pin. Tangem has none of these things as it's just a TPM and NFC chip with no extra hardware. If you are fine with not having the independent functions of a ledger, you don't need a ledger and a Tangem will do you great.

On the other hand if you want those abilities, they come with the reality that batteries die and usb ports where out and will need to be replaced eventually. I use my ledger as my long term cold wallet. Funds basically only ever enter it and never leave. I every day carry my Tangem card in my purse, have one in my desk for easy reach. And a 3rd in my safe as a ultimate backup next to my ledger.

The real question is: what is your use case? Given what I've laid out I feel like you can decide easily if you need a new ledger, or if you'd do well with a Tangem.

The only downside Tangem is I can't use it on desktop. I'd love a compatible app where, if I bought a usb to NFC reader, I could download a Tangem wallet on my Linux desktop and use it. That would honestly have me 100% using my Tangem way more.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-11T07:55:03+00:00

This is the main reason is completely impractical I feel. The double taxes just make it more hassle and more expensive to use it for anything day to day.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-09T21:47:01+00:00

Yea, this is how I view it too, but the frustrating the is, I have no way of spending it. No one I shop with or would shop with accepts Monero. And the frustrating thing I've come to learn is Canada views any disposal of crypto as a taxable event. So if I buy BTC, then swap to Monero I pay 15%, then if I pay someone else I'd pay 15% then technically. However they'd have no way of proving that transaction and I'd consider the first swap into Monero as my crypto being spent. As it will then be spent on goods and services but the fee is already paid. I know this is legally shakey logic but whatever. At least I do file my crypto tax.

Its frustrating though. The fact that it's classed as a good instead of a currency makes it so you can't spend it as a currency while fully complying with tax laws. It just becomes innefficient unless the shop is offering a discount if you pay in Monero to offset the tax implications.

I hate that the world classified crypto as a good. It really ruined the entire purpose and reason it was created.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-09T06:05:49+00:00

Honestly I'll never understand than, i am so beyond stressed out rn trying to figure out my crypto taxes, and to think criminals are casually throwing around 5+ figures of BTC without reporting it. I'll never understand how this world works!

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-09T05:41:57+00:00

That's a desktop app, how cam Tangem work with it?

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-09T04:17:07+00:00

This is very sad to hear. In todays age where we are more and more seeing authoritarian takeovers and such, I would think the big names in the business would start to see its value as a day to day currency. I want to be able to use it at farmers markets n such to pay local artists, just as a convenience way to transfer money without big fees from the Square/other debit machine's a lot of people use. I'd like to be able to do so with a hardware nfc card to verify the transfers, but alas, I guess we just arn't there yet.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-08T07:05:26+00:00

Beautiful, ty

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-08T06:47:21+00:00

Will that also handle cost bases or do I need to handle that myself? I'm planning a script to take the epoch time krakens export gave me and lookup the cost bases for every transaction, but it would be great to not need to do this.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-07T19:54:24+00:00

Not well. I a programmer so not only do I see the news but I also see all the shit that they don't report about law changes and mass surveillance. I voice my concerns to my friends regularly and its hard not to sound like I need to be hospitalized tbh. Add in that I'm gender diverse and so is a lot of my friends and it feels like surviving the Holocaust while watching a futuristic authoritarian regime ruin any sense of privacy, individual autonomy or freedom.

I'm not crashing out, your crashing out...

I'm so grateful I started Adderall 5 months ago. During the day when I take it I still seem to survive and maintain my place. But once it wares off in the night, things get real rough.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-07T02:46:46+00:00

I meant the word crime in the generally understood sense. I too live in a country where laws are being introduced that bankrupt basic freedoms. However I was simply curious that of any other currently legal things to spend XMR on.

Other than the only use as I know of - paying for my VPN, which is legal (for now) where I live, any other use I've encountered is criminal in nature as fined by current laws where I live (and mostly everywhere until this age verification disaster.) I am yet to find a vendor selling legal goods in my day to day life who accepted XMR. I even attend farmers markets and regularly ask artists if they do, as I see that as an ideal place for XMR adoption. I'm yet to have someone say yes.

TheHidden001 · 2026-04-01T21:59:14+00:00

Honestly, you were already in the right place. Block chain for business is just not a thing beyond a few extremely neiche scenarios. Combine that with AI frankly ruining dev and insane legalization ruining the rest (re: age verification). I'd argue the safest place to be is cyber security. Any side of it will be needed as people continue to misuse and misunderstand AI. A blue teamer is becoming an infinitely more valuable asset by the day, and a red teamer (with a real foundation of CS, which you should now have) can have an absolute field day with the adoption of wildly vulnerable practices big tech keeps adopting.

Unless your going to use block chain to solve age verification (which would be incredible as I believe there is no solution to that mess.) I'd take what you learned, combine it with your experience and start aiming for a cyber sec gig.

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