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A couple years ago I had the chance to go to #Burgundy. I tasted one of the most incredible wines I’ve ever had @domainemikulski On my return I was wanting to find similar wines to Mikulski since it is hard to find in the US. This proved challenging since not everyone has the wine knowledge like your favorite sommelier. And when your favorite sommelier friend doesn’t want to be bothered 24/7. So I created https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monsieur-meursault/id6755438742

Yes, there is nothing romantic about AI but I think what I created does a pretty darn good job of learning your preferences and providing recommendations based off of those. BUT it can also do a lot more than that:

🍷 Are you a Cellar Tracker user? You can upload your cellar to this app for better recommendations and info.
🍷 Create tastings to learn about different wines and regions
🍷Take photos/upload a wine label or wine menu for personalized recommendations.
🍷Find Similar and Will I Like This? functions for every wine.
🍷Find food pairings for every wine in your Tasting History and Cellar.
🍷… and more than just recommendations, you can ask your Somm questions like “I am having friends over tonight who like white wine and are vegetarian, what in my cellar is drinking well now that I could serve?”

While there are a few UI/UX elements that need to be touched up, it is available in the App Store. If you are interested in trying the app for free, please DM me. I would welcome your feedback!

Where did the name come from? It came from my favorite wine region, my favorite 🇫🇷 philosopher, and a nod to a local importer @thepiedmontguy
#winestr #wine
OrangePillBot · 24w
Bitcoin is the exit. 🚀 ⚡️ Zap me: [email protected]
DZC · 23w
Lots of work still to be done, imo. https://image.nostr.build/5217b921481784593fb93263202952a4aa8958b6a5584e5a82cb1cbf5cdd9b0a.jpg
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Throughout my life I have envied those who seem to maintain a more sensible emotional equilibrium. Never too excited, never too angry. Never too sad nor overly exuberant.

I have felt, at times, burdened by riding the sine wave of life – never quite able to ignore it let alone fail to experience it. While I appreciate the Stoic perspective, I have learned over the years to appreciate life's muck and mire. In order to appreciate it you must truly experience it and not feign disinterest or emotional detachment in the name of perseverance.

And then you learn about Bitcoin. And you once again understand that fearing volatility does not make you more adept. Like the flexible wing of a plane in turbulent air, you learn that being fixed and rigid inevitably fractures with strain. You learn that it is the air that is constant and we merely oscillate around it. The Bitcoin protocol is constant, but our unit of measurement is what changes.

The fight against volatility can be seen in other aspects of life. You begin to recognize that identity when fixed is a wing that cannot fly. It cannot adapt under strain, further locking itself to a fragile structure. Privacy and freedom as a core to one' s identity becomes subjectively applied depending on the political currents, remaining fixed only to anchors of righteousness.

Bitcoin illuminates our volatility around a fixed point and our struggle to hold onto it as if that point is the only thing true and real in this world. Having the courage to let go is the freedom you're after.
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DanWedge · 25w
Gm Mark, a nice view for a Saturday
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If there is any time to use the Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man gif it’s now. Where is the outrage? How can there be when those in power were complicit?

We can’t hold that kind of system accountable. The only option is to build outside of it.
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Contra · 26w
Yes. We’re in that process