Amazing that they let you on campus with this as your topic. Princeton is a prime hatchery for the breakers of money, i.e. central bankers


Great start for outlining the use case.

Not everyone in the world is as passionate about free speech as nostr early adopters. They are not as ideologically opposed to any limitations on visibility or access.

In fact, they see a lot of posts as noise that detracts from the JTBD that brought them here. In the case you outlined, that JTBD is following a creator and connecting with his community.

So you w laid out a very sensible onboarding flow for that customer segment.

Game designers have known this for decades. You don’t take a brand new player and drop them in the middle of the final boss battle with the full plethora of weapons and unlocks. It’s overwhelming and makes for a horrible UX.

Instead you take them through “basic training” and give them a sense of progress, accomplishment, and most importantly… fun!

Gradually unlock tools and features as you become more comfortable and engaged. You can even gamify the engagement to an extent, eg to unlock features you have to earn certain engagement badges, etc.


You make fine points as well. Zero snark detected in your earlier comment. We are aligned on the post-industrial dynamics around “public health”

And that local municipal worker dialing back the fluoride… not all heroes wear capes.


I honestly don’t know who’s pushing this or why. Fluoride is already in the water systems so I can only assume this product exists because there’s demand for fluoridated water. Presumably because some consumers have been convinced that it’s healthy or protective in some way. And capitalism (of which I am a huge fan btw) or free markets more accurately will find and address most any market demand if there’s profit in it.


Here and there


Capitalism is great at giving people what they want. But terrible at telling people what they need.


This is the clarity and simplicity we need around Bitcoin.

Excellent post. Hope it makes the rounds in farming circles.


Roof runner


Thems is buzzards, boy


I use Anki a LOT.

Great tool for custom flash cards and spaced repetition.

If you need to memorize information this is one of the best ways I’ve found to do so.

Read the flash cards while going on a walk for extra memory boost.

I honestly haven’t found a whole lot of value in the open source flash card decks. Many lack context or are poorly organized. But perhaps I just need to search more.


I just discovered that my wife’s understanding of spreadsheets is almost zero.

She has hardly any idea of what they’re capable, let alone how to use it.

I didn’t understand people could get this far in life and never really touch a spreadsheet.


Hand to God I will write a shanty for it if we can pull it off again. Event appropriate, laced with charm, and singable by all.

Let me know if I can help.


Having just completed a 48 hour fast I can confirm that the most essential ingredient to a truly memorable meal is… hunger.


nostr:npub1ejvhdkt8ppefezgz0sgnwdqrn8l4z8muws2k8dz2tv0a57ac2z9st56q8x Danish Christmas dinner this year?


Because those levels are what will save you from the inevitable dissenting mob who dislikes the truth.


TLDR = Bitcoin pumps when printer goes brrr, except for the end of a bull run.

Also: Bitcoin is savings technology.

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So it begins


Just discovered nostr:npub16lvpp8hyxetuuczk4kjx2vqxhwmyruc72r59ysmgrsnjg5rcz8kqk07j3k

Will be investigating further


You guys have leveled up. So excited and proud. What a thing you’ve done. Can’t wait to swing by soon and hope I can actually find a space at the bar!!


Let’s hope so


Been there, done that. We need to get to the $210k gang stat!


If it pumps, I post.
https://wavlake.com/track/850567ef-73d4-43d8-91c5-1c7a56317b3d


This is absolutely true

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THIS IS THE WAY


Having fun with his bitcoins, or whatever

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Get the fuck outta here!!!!


This above all


Knew you could do it, Bitcoin.


It’s stands the test of time. Writing is fantastic. Characters are all fully formed. Hopes and flaws. Wresting with big ideas. Sex and violence. It’s got it all.


Don’t be such a pussy


I like that. “Just give it to me straight” and don’t get bothered by it.


Rewatching Black Sails and man it has the best opening credits of any show ever. Gets me simultaneously pumped and contemplative. Hits me fresh every time.


What is a “clear pill”?

I can’t keep up.


Fantastic note. Your rhetorical gift is, well, enviable.

One of Naval’s better fortune cookies is this: self esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.


Can I sketch music with this? Seems a trivial feature given the videos I’ve seen. Just get the write document style with staff lines on it then use the pen. Yes? Just a drawing app, essentially.


This is the best of all translations. I set 13 of them to music some time ago. Lucid and profound.


Action and reason are the parents of faith.


Actions beget feelings.

This is excellent news, if you think about it.


Just learning about Handbrake now. Thanks!!!

It's the Audacity of video. Kinda.


Bitcoin will expose your weaknesses.

If you wish to hide them, stay away.

If you wish to conquer them, start stacking.


Amazing


Oh dear. So that's what everyone's talking about.


Almost forgot...

GM


The TLDR is it's conceptually like Spirit of Satoshi, but for philosophy more broadly rather than just bitcoin.

Instead of training it solely on the gruel of the modern web, let's train it on the ancient wisdom of the western canon.

And instead of optimizing it for utilitarian economic outcomes, let's optimize it for human flourishing... as defined by that previously mentioned ancient wisdom.


I don't put much stock or interest in politics, but it's unavoidable and it DOES have a real impact on our lives.

As teams and policies accumulate on either side of the 2024 Presidential race, I've honestly never been more hopeful AND more terrified for an election outcome.


Point taken. It’s hard to shake my current paradigms sometimes.


The older I get the less I can stand this guy.

But HOOBOY does he hit this one right out of the park.

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I don't disagree with Gmail being a major culprit.

Maybe I'm catastrophizing, but given the interconnected nature of the economy, infrastructure, and livelihoods, I would think such a move would be more than the mere inconvenience of having to switch to protonmail or something.

There would be big ripple effects that do real damage.

Maybe that level of pain is inescapable if we want to tear free of the surveillance state. But it makes for a pretty effective lever of influence in the meantime.


There would be tremendous pain in that situation. Consider the businesses, infrastructure, and livelihoods that are built atop email addresses.

So that would be a pretty effective lever with which to coerce people.

All I'm saying is it would be nice to have some leverage against that, to prevent that suffering, not simply a protocol that will weather the damage.


desperately NEEDED bulwark


Man am I excited about nostr.

It's a desperately bulwark against censorship.

And the community is 🔥 🔥 🔥

But the level of nostr prognostication is starting to sound like the early days of bitcoin.

Many got rekt thinking it was inevitable and the dollar would die next Tuesday.

Even in our meme-ified times, change takes time.

We still have a few Thanksgiving dinners in our future where nostr is roundly derided.


Here's the thing about a store of value...

you eventually have to SELL at least some of it, otherwise you're not STORING it, you're DISPOSING of it. You're locking it up and then throwing away the key.

The question is
  how much to sell,
  when to sell, and
  for what purpose.

And that's an individual value judgement.


It might not be the end of email, but do people really think that would have zero effect??


Made all the more difficult if one's income is at least somewhat reliant on fitting in and respectable social standing.


People seem to be fighting a straw man with  nostr:npub1w69ya7xs697hk3hky3gllryz8rwverfa0ylz89chf9qnhfcskc2s64zltw right now due to some simple phrasing.

Is he really saying "the protocol doesn't matter"?

Or is he saying that "there is more than one route to censorship (e.g. censoring apps that sit atop the protocol), and IN ADDITION TO THE PROTOCOL it would be great if there was a way for companies to resist those pressures as well."

What am I missing here?


How analogous is this to browsers and the http protocol?

No one is gonna shut down "the web"

But would there be no material impact on the flow of information over the web if the state were able to, let's say, shut down Chrome, Firefox, and Safari?


The more of-the-moment the post = more engagement but less reusable.

The more eternal the post = less engagement but more reusable.

What's your experience?


Not a bad idea. Treat nostr as the "members only" platform and offer similar benefits... advance access, members only content, live streaming or AMAs, etc.


For anyone interested in AI  but concerned for the future, this might be worth checking out.

 nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev  nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m have you looked into The Cosmos Institute? Seems like something that would resonate with you.

https://cosmosinstitute.substack.com/p/introducing-the-cosmos-institute


Spot on. My should-I-orange-pill-them formula is…

Degree of             Time needed
influence      X      to deprogram
on my life               this person
———————————————
Opportunity cost
of that “time required”


Gm


GM 😆


GM


TRUTH


Some of these disorders are likely caused or enhanced by modern diet, exercise, and environment.

It’s never a single cause, but these conditions are a big departure from the historical norm.


What a time to be alive

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Was in Salzburg recently. Nice place.
https://m.primal.net/KeBD.jpg


GOOD MORNING!

(Five minutes to spare)


Thank God for Goodwill.

Otherwise my house would be buried in junk my wife “is planning to give away on Facebook” because “it’s too nice to just throw out.”


I just rode every single subway train in NYC in a single afternoon with my 7yo, including the rare and elusive Z train.

Massive achievement. Core memory.


Who is trying to orange pill their friends and family and how’s it going?

What’s working and where are you getting stuck?


Friends of the pub! Shadowy super-coders! We have an emergency situation and need your help. 🚨

Our beloved BTC price ticker above the bar has finally died. Kaput. Finito. Rekt. It never even lived to see $100K. 💀

We need a replacement ASAP, one that will last for at least another few cycles,and we’re willing to set a bounty of one Whale for it. 🐳

Get in touch with us via DMs or that chat room app they hate in France. 👇

https://t.me/+Ce6cFO_DaZU1NmZh

https://m.primal.net/KQqg.jpg


Would you say this new 58K reboot is better or worse than the original?


God only knows. It’s hard for me to stay plugged into more than one social app. Just time and attention and logistics.

And the news of the world is on X so there’s such a strong pull (and real alpha to be gained) there.

But nothing beats nostr for Bitcoin and freedom.


I like the way you think


Thinking of words the rhyme with nostr
🤔


Ain’t nothin free in this world


I missed this place. Nice to be back.


I just explained nostr to a bitcoiner as "a bit like wallet software and the blockchain"

Your profile and posts are like data on the blockchain.

Nostr apps like  nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg or  nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 are akin to wallet software like Sparrow that serve up publicly accessible data.

Unlike Twitter or Facebook or IG, they don't own your account or data. They just create an interface that serves as lens through which to view YOUR data which YOU own (and the data of others, which THEY own).

They also package up data (i.e. new posts) into the nostr protocol and then "publish it to the blockchain" if you will.

Of course this data isn't hashed or linked the way blockchain data is.


BTCminstrel

A shantyman for BTC. Occasional purveyor of cypher-funk. I save Satoshis, because Satoshi saves


Thanks Vic!

Plenty more where that came from:

https://wavlake.com/album/07b50c99-1395-495c-a724-94adb90f4f25


I gotchu

https://wavlake.com/album/07b50c99-1395-495c-a724-94adb90f4f25


It was that kind of day, friends.

https://wavlake.com/track/850567ef-73d4-43d8-91c5-1c7a56317b3d


Can’t believe I didn’t reply to this. Check my wavlake. It’s literally called Moscow Time.


What's the best way to stream on nostr?

Want to do something for the halving. Stream originating from OBS --> into restream.io --> how to get that into nostr?


Join Me In The Practice Room... It's Steamy


Appreciate the feedback.

Anytime I see "solutions" in a title I'm skeptical. It's a long-time strategy for covering up the negative connotation of sales, when signaling to clients or buyers.

Seeing it creep into the IT world is disappointing.

Not sure how you feel, but I think the Level 4 aspect of your previous role is pretty important and useful as well. It's crystal clear that you have a higher skillset than a Level 3, 2, etc. and that does affect the way people engage (if they don't know you already).

Reducing the numbers to vague "senior, junior, executive" etc just makes everything more vague and everyone else unsure of whom they're really dealing with.


100%

Wish more bitcoiners would dig deeper into the concept of Use Cases and Job-To-Be-Done.

It's a big world out there and many people are in many different situations with different constraints that need different approaches.

I think the underlying fear many are reacting to is that the ETF will subvert the use case for holding your own keys and put the fundamental decentralization and censorship-resistance of bitcoin at risk.

This is a good thing to always be concerned about, and we should remain vigilant. But the ETF will grow an entirely new crop of BTC maximalists, who will help maintain that vigilance.

And exposure to BTC, while surely getting some rekt, will save many many more from financial destitution with money that cannot otherwise be used to hold their own keys.


Blech! 🤢

Curious what specifically you find frustrating about this title?
I only ask because I work in the talent development sphere and titles are always a tricky tangle of specificity, hierarchy, compensation, and signaling.

I have some assumptions of my own as to why this is a fiat BS title, but I don't want to taint the waters before hearing your thoughts.


This one feels appropriate
https://wavlake.com/track/79812530-0803-45db-82e5-1e6de36f55d9


Took a long hiatus from nostr. Good to be back.

What did I miss?

Are we EVER going to get a Bitcoin ETF????

sheesh


If it pumps, I post. Them's the rules.

https://wavlake.com/track/850567ef-73d4-43d8-91c5-1c7a56317b3d


We shall call it "the red light district"


Tagging some known shanty singers... nostr:npub198auqkkwueclk4u3st9r8v8yrdz4hv0e2e9epg7c7teemm3lyausht0p3g nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub1us0gs0c77cjgtgr5cxsl58g2py496eu26jd7mshe2k44uvzm498qrefrqv nostr:npub17hmxndj039akyp4yllfhvxqkczsvh0y2z7t09kps93shjl2hvmqqfkrrvv nostr:npub1ntvx3yt4w8495dxq9nfwkvzu53f2vulpfvhw8pkzhtnf3ed7693sh8s7r9 nostr:npub1sfhflz2msx45rfzjyf5tyj0x35pv4qtq3hh4v2jf8nhrtl79cavsl2ymqt nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 nostr:npub12udedznnqsvm9zlus9rfrm54vw8xmkgutvadq3kqsatkuksug5hqx2pcun

Who am I missing?


🚨🎶 NEW SHANTY ALERT 🎶🚨

New bull run soundtrack has landed.
And the nostriches get to hear it first.

https://wavlake.com/track/79812530-0803-45db-82e5-1e6de36f55d9


I'm going to be at Pacific Bitcoin and want to meet moar bitcoiners. Hit me up if you'll be there too. Perhaps there are shanties in our shared future.


My notifications are other people liking and commenting on this post, which means I now have to scroll through it MULTIPLE times.

Congratulations, Minstrel: you played yourself.


It's actually not that bad if your client doesn't show the images. But if it does...


LOL


I had to scroll through the entire thing, so now you have to scroll through the entire thing.

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Is there something going on with the dust limit right now???

Just tried to make an on-chain transaction to a segwit address. ~$350 USD

Sparrow wallet telling me "too low, below the dust threshold for this type of address"

A $350 dust limit???

I know fees are high rn, but... DAYUM.


St. Augustine on why shitcoiners hate the Truth.

https://m.primal.net/HLMS.png


It’s definitely not controlling my life. But I don’t want to be dragged into pointless debates because of a connotation I’m not aware of.

It’s interesting how consistently cultures rise to empire and then attribute success to genetics. When what it really is, more than anything, is an alignment of cultural practices and values with a technological environment at a particular moment in history.

The quest of historians and philosophers is to find that set of values and practices that are immune to the changes in technology and environment over time.


Excellent question. I will think on it today and try post my thoughts tonight.


Years later and this still impressed me and fires my imagination.

To normies this must seem like science fiction: an energy-based currency ledger broadcast from space for the benefit of all mankind. nostr:note1xl6xvzxednjjm0cfdsfn4zt4wst8eqys5336x24c4tcueu4l7x6s5wtv4k


I've had my bitcoin shanties on Apple Music, Spotify, etc for probably a year now.

Been on Wavlake for maybe 4 months?

Have made 400% more on Wavlake in lightning tips in that time.

And I have to pay for distribution on major platforms, so technically I've lost money.

#bitcoin + #lightning are the future of value exchange in a digital world.

https://player.wavlake.com/btc-minstrel


Using browser. But would be delighted to hop on a video call and try to sort it out. I’ll DM you. 🙏🏻


The design and UX of vida.live is fantastic. But for some reason it's just never worked for me.

I somehow downloaded some bad code when using it once and now there's a client-side error whenever I visit the page. Can't even log in. Can't seem to fix it. Vida team has tried to help but no solutions. I can access the page on other browsers.

But now when I try to stream (using another browser) just spins "connecting..." and never starts. Does this on multiple different browsers. Have restarted my own computer and everything. Wondering if it's a server-side error.

Anyway, at my wit's end with it for now. Might try again tomorrow.


The energy on Nostr is intoxicating and addicting due to the plethora of creativity and accomplishments within our community here. The community is small and it's relatively easy for builders and creators achievement's to shine. And when they do, we all celebrate. We celebrate the growth of our protocol, we celebrate the accomplishments of others, but most of all, we celebrate the Proof-of-Work.
https://void.cat/d/7ARStnHSoHtJtVqBKpUgu1.png