Oddbean new post about login | logout I am a mathematician by education and this is my first social media post. Glad to learn about the idea of Nostr. I am interested in the concept of a decentralized world without censorship of money and information. #introductions
Welcome to Nostr
Welcome ! There’s alot going on that will interest you. 🤙
This is a useful link too nostr:nevent1qqszcmnz6q9y5g42tf5wkm7384xehspuetyxnjeud90c2wfr4e0f4rqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcpzfmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuegpz3mhxue69uhkvun9deejuat50phjummwv53wwgqh
Also a lot of other stuff going on nostr:nevent1qqspdyu9fafsjssqgagsg8manyd9l3ru2g9gfw62w9yltr3ehem54mgprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68yurvv438xtnrdakszxrhwden5te0wajkccm0d4jjumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46qz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcs98den
Find a few people that interest you and see their relays, also check out and follow some of their follows / followers . The more you follow and who follow you the better the experience on Nostr 🤙
Thank you.
Welcome If you'd like a basic explanation of NOSTR, I wrote an introduction here: https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1724842277970 I wrote some basic concepts here: https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1725913455892 Information about NOSTR clients here: https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1725913764095 Some of the different NOSTR apps here: https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1725914038525 And lastly, a guide to self certifying and self custodial lightning wallets here: https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1727086778883 I hope you enjoy the community we're building.
Thanks for the references. Might consider creating a nostree.me account and adding those these links there. Here example of several nostree accounts. derekross@nostrplebs.com https://nostree.me/derekross@nostrplebs.com gzuuus https://nostree.me/gzuuus me/myself/I https://nostree.me/cadayton@nostrplebs.com
I'd forgotten about that, turns out I have one: https://nostree.me/mike@mikehardcastle.com
Kool. Added you to my list of nostree references to follow. I'm doing a deep dive on NixOS/Nix and shall resurface in a couple of months or so. My hopes are NixOS/Nix will result in a strong foundation to build upon. https://m.primal.net/LAmP.png
Mike, thank you so much. Excited to learn more.
Welcome to a most wonderful place!
🫡✅ Welcome
Welcome home 💜🫂🫡
You have come to the right place. 🫂
Welcome! What a great addition to the network
Where did you learn about Nostr?
About two years ago I started to study bitcoin … so inevitably I was hearing about nostr protocol here and there. Probably also via a Jack Dorsey presentation. I got hooked by the general idea of course. A bit afraid to waste more time online though.
Hello and welcome 🤗
Welcome to the nostr net, have a look around!
welcome sir
Overwhelmed by warm welcome and helpful information. Thank you all. Excited about the nostr network and where it will go. Still learning for now.
Welcome
Welcome
Welcome 👋 1) If you used damus to create your keys, there is a chance things didnt go according to plan. Head to the side menu -> settings -> first aid and that should restore functioning contact and relay lists. 2) once you fix we also have this guy @pippellia who needs a math quiz.
Thank you. I understand now 1) in retrospect. Contact and relay lists didn’t work for me. Used first aid out of frustration. Contacts started working. Then I read your note again.
let's go!
How many holes are in a pair of trousers?
Three.
Not a topologist then I gather. More of a normal person. Welcome to nostr!
I kind of am. It’s a sphere with three holes, obviously. Thank you for welcome.
I agree with you. I think topologists suffer from an off-by-one error. A sphere should be defined as the base topology, otherwise it would have -1 holes in it!
Glad we are on the same page. Don’t scold the topologists too much. I am teaching topology regularly. It might be there are a few people around that are a little too anal about their definitions. I was afraid your question will lead into trouble. If you puncture a sphere once it is topologically a plane or an open disc. Are you a mathematician or just fancying a little surface topology?
I'm a computer scientist... so yes, a mathematician (computer science is math not science, I don't know how it got so misnamed). I did research on computer vulnerability classifications, so... science actually I guess.
Very interesting. I heard certain computer scientists claim that the field is in many respects more like a craft or an art than actual science. I recently started dabbling with the language Scheme (a concise and intriguing Lisp dialect) and the MIT school (the wizard book etc ….) it gave me many beautiful insights and ahas about computing concepts …. And about Scheme’s theoretical beauty and its ramifications and influence on more popular programming languages. I hope to become more proficient and maybe sometime use it as a tool in my research. However as a theoretical mathematician l’art pour l’art is also very satisfying for me.
It is a mix. It is mostly math: shannon entropy, complexity theory (P vs NP), etc. But undoubtedly there is a lot of engineering (programming, algorithms).
Welcome 🤗
Welcome 🤙
welcome.
Welcome aboard! Nice to meet you, gave you a follow to welcome you 🤝🙂
Welcome to the real world neo. Make sure to add a lightning wallet address to receive zaps. ONWARD!
Thanks. So far I failed to connect wallet of Satoshi with Damus app. Which wallet works nicely here? Probably I did something wrong because so far I wasn’t particapting in Lightning. Wallet of Satoshi seemed pretty straightforward for giving it a try even it it is custodial. Alby put me in an invitation only waiting list. Feeling very much like a newby now. But hope to get zaps ready soon.
Think I am ready for zapping using wallet of Satoshi.
Welcome to #nostr
Welcome to nostr… 🫱🏼🫲🏽 here, in large, we trust open source code. I think your mathematics ability will land you in a great segment of nostr.
Awesome, welcome! Math education content is always welcome :D
WELCOME! I'd like to echo the suggestion for you to get a wallet so you can be zapped!
Hello, mathematician by education, meet naughty by nature: https://youtu.be/idx3GSL2KWs?si=Lj3KhWBcNLN8bFhM welcome to #nostr.
Welcome! Here's a good starting place to get caught up 👇 nostr:nevent1qqs8ydcerseav9c5vpv49es0kn4ezdf057nk94u5snhdadhyy0223qgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsqqx9hacelkffcgd3ecchzjtlvwq9xn2fmprhrwnzmm2t3exee2eqrqsqqqqqp7qyjy2
