Sorry, all used up. They gave me only 2.


This only makes sense, if some people in the government made a deal with Blackrock. Like Gerhard Schröder did with Gazprom.


I can't get over the fact, that they didn't use iron to chain the cap.


Btw, Alby has awesome personal support. Even in matters relating to interaction with other technologies. Not the back-and-forth shifting of responsibilities known from fiat software support departments.

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Yes, we have become a little more stingy and demanding lately. But I always empty my Lightning and when I get something back in, I keep zapping.


New to Nostr and looking forward to getting involved!

Bitcoin karma is the reckoning the fiat system will need to make once bitcoin becomes the money standard.


Huge milestone: First demo of Nostr Web Services (NWS) bringing TCP to Nostr. With NWS, you can host any existing web application on Nostr without having to use DNS or even announce your public IP to the world, simply by sharing your service's npub (or nprofile).

Try it out the demo yourself. Here is a Cashu test mint running with NWS. Let's use curl to retrieve the mint's information. The request travels from your computer to the public NWS entry relay, then through nostr to the service's NWS exit relay. At the other end is a Cashu mint with HTTPS encryption.

```
curl -s -x socks5h://relay.8333.space:8882 https://nprofile1qqs8a8nk09fhrxylcd42haz8ev4cprhnk5egntvs0whafvaaxpk8plgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuwpnxvejuumsv93k2g6k9kr/v1/info --insecure | jq
```

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

I can't stress this enough: THE MINT RUNS BEHIND HTTPS!

The NWS entry relay can't read your traffic. It's encrypted. We can host public entry relays that can be used by anyone.

This means we can plug the entire internet to it 🌐.

Let's plug it into Cashu for now. Nutshell wallet supports socks5 proxies (that's how it uses Tor). By setting the public entry relay as the proxy, the wallet can now connect to a mint's npub/nprofile and communicate with it via NWS.

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

This is going to be so freaking cool. And it's going to be a lot more useful than just for Cashu. There are still bugs and issues that need to be ironed out but the code is coming out soon. Watch this space.


Cool, on noStrudel you can see who muted you

 https://image.nostr.build/b6ca7d988c970b4ebd9e5f5bac19989d6f54bf6adeccf0a72044a02061f39c5c.png


You later at the job:

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


It is really interesting to experience how the internet and thus global communication is currently dividing into two camps.

One branch is legacy media, a natural consequence of the centralized commercialization of the internet that began in the age of weblogs in the early 2000s. Until around 2006/2007 we still had self-sovereign web publications. Most of the well-visited sites were run by private individuals and even modest companies like Google grew to their current size through these websites.

By the time the masses flocked to the WWW around 2010, the centralization and commercialization of the web was already in full swing, leading to today's algorithm-driven monoculture of fiat social media.

The other branch is, so to speak, a return to the Internet culture of the pre-2010 era, only with new technical means and protocols. While fiat social media no longer has much to offer apart from turning its masses into will-less dopamine junkies with ever more sophisticated algorithms and AI analyses, a revival of self-sovereignty is taking place in this branch. Self-sovereignty in everything; in publishing, in saving and paying, in the job and freelance market, in merchant marketplaces and more.

Development is booming. From funding to user communities, it's still in its infancy, but already exists. And we will have to adapt to a dual WWW culture in the future. One where both worlds co-exist. While some will lead a miserable online existence at the mercy of their landlords and have to be content with cheap rewards such as "fame" among the faceless masses, a bit of ego tickling and a few crumbs from ad revenues, others will be able to withstand centralized interference through the use of massive cryptography and retain their freedom and ability to act for quite some time.

And now is the time where every single Internet user must ask themselves which camp they want to be in.

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Btw, Islamic Marketplace is not only Bitcoin-only, it's also Nostr-only.

This is our only social media account. No Twitter, no Insta, no Facebook.

We keep our business clean and self-sovereign in every way.


Like this?

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


Who many of you will meet?


But bro, you forget all the halal dating apps!!!!


All of these open source projects on bitcoin, and not a single one being built by Muslim devs, because the ones that are into crypto are all busy building 'halal' debt products on other shitcoins that Muslims don't even want.

Building 'halal' debt products is what "Islamic banking" has been trying to do for decades, and it's been failing miserably. Learn from that. Putting that on to your favorite altcoin is not the new novel financial product you think it is.

Think outside of the box. More debt is not the answer. The money is broken because it's completely entrenched in Riba, which is sustained by a debasing monetary policy.

Muslim devs need to build products to help their fellow Muslims stay out of debt. Muslims need a halal and censorship-resistant way to save and transact. Muslims need tools to break out of the Riba based system completely.

This can be achieved by building actually useful tools on bitcoin that empower the ummah.
https://image.nostr.build/4706473df32319d429874832ce0511ce65d0f5860f3ff3fbba43c7f532adc4a9.jpg


Ben de 3 saattir is başındayım. Ama BTC mining yapıyorum.


Make it two requesters ✌


Günaydın. Naber?


No, it never worked for me. But I also didn't put much effort in it tbh.


You actually got a job on LinkedIn???


Haha, new mail from a spammer or SEO expert or something.

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

Someone's taking a scripted approach this time. But I know the script.

Step 1: Make contact, don't offer anything, just emphasize the good things.

Step 2: Create a need. "Sell me this pen" - Wolf of the Wallstreet

Step 3: Offer help.

Bro is at step 1. Let's wait a few days for step 2 ... 😂


Market places


Right and left are more similar than many people think. They both belong to the same category:

Ahlul Nafs. People, who follow their own whims and desires.

One side of the coin throwing rocks at the other side. Always funny thing to see.

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Nostr is not competing with Twitter. Nostr is competing more with Google as a single sign-on, everywhere zapping protocol for various use cases.

This here, social media, is not even its strongest use case. Market places and other applications that we don't even think about right now are.


If you are using Firefox, it’s time to stop.

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Yes, while this is very true, I don't really care much about the growth of  Nostr. I'm now neutral about whether it will grow or stay that way. Both are ok for me.


It's not just a "backup plan". It's the real thing, anon.


I don't get why Nostr celebrates an anonymous guy who says that Nostr is just a "backup plan".


And we're only halfway through the year


A lot of you are such simps. Have to say that. A pretty face in the profile photo and maybe a selfie every few posts and you all follow her in droves. Even if she's just spouting platitudes and fortune cookie wisdom all the time. You just can't stop yourself from hitting the follow button.

What are you actually thinking, even if subconsciously? That you'll all have a share in her, or what? What's the logic behind it?


THE MONEY IS IN THE NOSTR!

👉 Create a new npub AND DOING NOTHING ELSE, no WoS, no nostr-wallet-connect pairing,... NOTHING

☑ receive zaps
☑ send zaps
☑ and most importantly ACCESS MY WALLET FROM ANY CLIENT ON ANY DEVICE

these zaps are verifiable, way faster -- they are immediate (since the sending of the ecash is the zap, instead of waiting for a LN node to, maybe, publish a zap receipt)

Just like our contact lists follows us around, just like our profile data and our shitposts pops up in any nostr application, now so does our sats.

the money is in the nostr!

https://m.primal.net/JOgu.mp4


Now lambo?


But as of today, a law applies that punishes deliberate use of incorrect pronouns with up to 10,000 euros.

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No algos


It's like a sack of rice falling over in China.

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


Just like email 😉. Seperation of protocol and client.


Insane to think that this post was made on reddit on r/Islam 10 years ago:

"if our goal is just to avoid all the usury associated with fiat money when it is created, there might be a solution. I have recently been looking into bitcoin - a global digital decentralized p2p currency... it does have the advantage of not being associated with usury/riba when bitcoins are created. Bitcoin is a currency that is not based on riba like fiat currencies."
 https://image.nostr.build/3ba11fc5419c22c4ffd9ae20ba24b92f5dd1628725465ead4f728fdfe4968f1a.jpg


We're so late in this game.


Here's the spec of it: http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/


Like some P2P kind of "Web of trust". Because it's more important to me what my immediate online environment considers trustworthy than anyone on the other side of the globe or people who I'd never follow to begin with.

There used to be a good approach called FOAF (Friend of a friend), which was pretty decentralized at the time, hosted on your own web server. Technically it was XML-based, but today it could be represented in a NIP or in JSON.

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Is it confirmed? Did they fire him and that lady who also had that sticker?


I really like this email client on Android. It's definitely worth its 7 Euro (Pro version).

It's got sooo many settings. One could configure this client for 2 hours straight. It's got even more settings than Mozilla Thunderbird.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.email&hl=en_US


It's interesting how people over on the bird site keep getting blocked and censored harder every day, but still can't manage to break away from it.

I too hesitated for a long time and gave in to the 'network effect'. But I've hated being there for about a year now. People who do nothing in their online activism frenzy except talk and complain about Elon's exercise of house rights, narcissist posers and big mouths... they all have nothing to show for it except blah blah.

Some guys even appeared out of nowhere wanting to "save the Ummah" and getting thousands of low-profile followers in 6 weeks. Who knows how. But not a single link to a website, not a single proof of performance, not a single completed project. I was already fed up.

So I was trapped in the network effect and then simply asked around "what's keeping you all from migrating digitally?" I mean, these are all freedom-loving people. And then there were replies like "I want to do dawah here, ya da ya da, blah blah".

A respected Muslim scholar said something fitting today about this "I'm in this cesspool to save other souls" thing. Namely:

"What dawah? Online? Boy, your nafs has already done dawah to you, shaytan has done dawah to you and you've totally fallen for it."

Well, everyone takes their place in the community that they deserve. I'd rather be free and build things so we're a little better off tomorrow. While the people who want to do "online dawah" let themselves be humiliated (also by their own nafs) and locked up by fiat billionaires for years to come.

Forget about big tech. The internet started decentralised, by the people for the people. Even Google wasn't there at that time.

We've fallen victim to our own comfort, vanity, and need for recognition. Nobody forced us, we consciously enslaved ourselves. This has to end now. Back to the roots.

Take your positions. The war in the brain is already in full swing.


I think we can make that happen. Do you have a Lightning address? Any Lightning? Could also be something other than Alby.


... and they dont even know, they're in the crypto Business 😀


But "social media" is not social. It's only in name. We're just a bunch of strangers here that share neither the same space nor the same time.


Haha, I mean ... AI is not wrong here

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


The so-called "Islamic" countries of our time are obsessed with the enrichment of its ruling caste (through riba), at the expense of all the other 95% of the population. Just like all other riba-infested countries.

Given this lack of basic justice, where else can one make hijra? Maybe El Salvador?

Akhis, that dream of making hijra to Muslim lands, only to be able to practice the superficial aspects of their deen, while the core (= justice) remains beyond their reach, are deceiving themselves.

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live streams/events/nests soon

https://nostur.com/v/live-events.gif


Some bloke here once told me that #WordPress is not a privacy-safe CMS because it requests 3rd party resources from Google.

That is, of course, not true.

I've just installed a fresh WordPress on a domain and checked all outgoing requests. There are none.

Don't let such guys tell you nonsense. WordPress only requests 3rd-party resources when you use a plugin that does so. In its core, it's clean as open sorce software should be.

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


"Those who bear witness to transactions with interest are as cursed as those who do not pay zakat!"

Mind, they don't need to be taking or paying riba. It's enough to be a witness. Turkish hanafi imam explains here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRj4AjY-6aw


I can't find an option either.  nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg, how do we log out?


Which client?


It was just some random 'air strike'. The journalist didn't really know where it came from. 🤥


Yes, but still struggles with a lot of UX problems to become mainstream.


Yes, it's worth it. Especially if you have clients who are willing to pay you in Bitcoin.


Alright! Finally on Nostr! First post. #nostr #socialmedia #firstpost


And I was wondering where they came from, even though I've already used up my 2 invites.


Beat him up! That little son of a pigeon.


I think, they know exactly what they're doing and don't see it as an "own goal". You know, them and the people are two totally different entities for them.


Ok, sounds like alot of things changed since my initial setup. This eco system moves fast.

But you have an account, you can post, zap and get zapped, so the basics are already set up.


Petite mise à jour après 7 mois : les adresses Alby peuvent être importées et utilisées dans le BlueWallet mobile et elles fonctionnent nativement dans le Firefox mobile. On peut également y utiliser et activer l'extension.


This, lots of beef and an internet connection and I'm fine.

https://m.primal.net/JLzt.jpg
[Cappadocia, Turkey]


Germany is so bad and backwards in Bitcoin adoption that even a small burger joint, in a small village near Munich, accepting Lightning payments goes viral.

In the big city where I live, which mainly consists of shopping stores, there are only 3(!) stores that accept Bitcoin according to BTC Map: a Russian restaurant, a bike shop, and another odd store.

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

I have also been accepting Bitcoin for a year. Why am I not going viral here? 🤔


Good, seems like you have set up your Lightning address correctly.


First of all, what nostr client are you using? Something on desktop or mobile? If desktop, is it Primal or something else?

Regarding "Alby, GetAlby, an Alby Chrome extension" they're all the same. Alby is the Lightning service, getalby.com its domain name and with the extension you can handle your Lightning payments (pay, receive) and your Nostr logins, if you added your Nostr private key to it. With that, you can login to every Nostr client without having to enter your secret key to the client directly. Then Alby does that for you. But you have to choose "Login with Extension" at each client or similar.

"... AlbyHub, a node, a wallet, an open channel that has spending and savings, hooked up apps, each with a spending limit, but I have to buy another channel of something to receive payments?"

You probably only have a Lightning address (technically it is not a "wallet") from Alby which you can add to your profile in a Nostr client and then you can zap and get zapped. All the other stuff (which I don't understand tbh), I don't know what you've setup but it's definitaly not necessary to use Nostr.


I've published "Chapter 1: A Muslim's Primer on Economics" on Bitcoin Majlis

Read it here: https://bitcoinmajlis.org/chapter-1-a-muslims-primer-on-economics/

It's about 10,000 words, so it's long. This is my crude attempt to try to take a methodological approach to Economics from a Muslim perspective, heavily relying on the Austrian School of Economics. It's not comprehensive, as entire books could be written on the subject, but hopefully it provides the Muslim with a foundational understanding of Economics from first principles, and not starting from Keynesian and high-modernist biases.

I contend that it's extremely difficult if not impossible to understand this #Bitcoin    thing without having a coherent foundation in Economics. Muslims, especially scholars, should consider starting with economics when approaching the topic of Bitcoin.

Let me know what you think.


Materially speaking, yes. But it made us wiser than our parents and stand by our grandparents' side.

You probably know the saying "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times..." and so on.


They were also dumber and more naive than the previous and following generation. So it evens out.


It is, in the West at least.


Not confirmed information. So far only speculation and hearsay.


S. M. Yusuf believes that Islam considers nature as largely a freely available resource to all without any proprietary rights to any individual. In fact, when it comes to nature and its manifestations, there is almost a consensus among Muslim scholars on the matter of ownership. Islam considers nature and natural resources as divinely owned and freely available to humankind.

This is mentioned in several passages in the Qur’an, but the following verses capture it clearly:

"It was God who created the heavens and the earth. He has sent down water from the sky with which He brings forth fruits for your sustenance. He has subdued the ships which by His leave sail the ocean in your service. He has subdued the rivers for your benefit, and subdued for you the sun and the moon, which steadfastly pursue their courses. And He has subdued for you the night and the day." (14:32–34)

All jurists would likewise agree with Yusuf that natural resources are freely available to all humankind. They draw inspiration from a hadith that declares:

"Muslims have common share in three (things): grass, water and fire." - (Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Wages, hadith no. 3477)

- S. M. Yusuf, Economic Justice in Islam


What Twitter? I already forgot.


I deleted my Twitter account 1 minute ago.


Who remembers?

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

And before that, there was Compuserve.
And before that, there was some random ISP.
And before that, there were Boulletin Board Systems (BBS).


What's stopping you from working like this?

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


First note here. 👋
Hello World!


Yeah, not only Bitcoin Twitter. I'm closing my account this week.


It's the new year and I'm about to make some changes. Preparing my final departure from Twitter and moving here full time.

I've had enough of that double standards and ******* algos.


I truly believe that we are all being played so badly by politics that we are fighting each other and not the system.

Whether left or right, power is centralised with central banks and their cronies.

Let us unite and fight against central banking. Vote for #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/44d4186aef12911730d1f589754f4d2b4770177d6f540c58c5b228a48a5bc361.jpg


I guess, that's what he means by "fighting". It's not about destroying something, but making it obsolete by building a better, more irresistible alternative.


Very cool. Will check it out.


I have a mandate to realize a web project exclusively in a self-sovereign way. These are challenges that I like.

And web projects usually start on the drawing board. So I'm not going to use Figma this time, but https://penpot.app instead.

Self souvereignity is a must, not an option. That's also the whole idea behind Bitcoin, Nostr and Open Source Software (OSS) at large.


Today marks the beginning of the new Islamic year 1446. So a happy new year ! 🎊


Some people bark, some people bite. If you bite, you are quiet and don't need to bark anymore. And then there are the little Yorkshire terriers who ask the Rotweilers "Why aren't you barking?"


"fReEdOm lOvEr, fReEdOm tEcH, bItCoInEr ...."

-> has only a Twitter and Instagram account


Always wondered, how they do those zapp spam? It's done with tools like this: https://www.zapadd.com/

Now you can spam too!


All fiat


We should reject fiat money the same way we reject shitcoins. Because fiat money is the most shitiest of shitcoins.


Very cool and interesting project - privacy conscious messaging app using nostr, signal protocol and ecash in a novel configuration https://www.keychat.io/


Please welcome Npub.pro!

This is a tool to make yourself a beautiful Nostr-based website.

It's been long in the making, and we're thrilled to launch it on this special day!

Here is a short demo of how you can make yourself a website right now:

https://v.nostr.build/kZG9O.mp4

It's free for anyone getting started, it's open source and self-hostable.

Why get yourself a nostr-based website?

- beautiful themes (any Ghost theme could work)
- great looking shareable links to your content
- works like an app, add to homescreen, useable offline
- SEO-optimized
- attach your custom domain or host yourself

Try it at https://npub.pro

Learn more on our Nostr-based blog: https://blog.npub.pro/post/npub-pro-is-live

P.S. If you like how it looks, that's because nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac designed it. Thanks man, it's a pleasure to work with you!


Doesn't work with your account.


BlueWallet v6.6.8: Full BIP-47 Support, Send to Silent Payment Address

BlueWallet now supports sending and receiving transactions using BIP47 Reusable Payment Codes and can also be used to send funds to Silent Payment addresses.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bluewallet-v6-6-8/


Every Bitcoiner should consider donating to helping the people of Gaza using BTC. Perfect opportunity to show the world what #Bitcoin is capable of. LFG!!!

https://geyser.fund/project/wecollectdonationsforsacrificesofeidaladhapalestine


Price fixing is inherently flawed; it inevitably leads to additional government intervention to address the issues it creates, which in turn necessitates even more intervention to resolve subsequent problems. It never ends.

There's a reason that our beloved Prophet (ﷺ) refused to engage in price fixing


It has

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


Wish I could. Family of 6 here.


#LadybirdBrowser becomes a non-profit with $1 Million backing
 https://image.nostr.build/23fe7e2c9cf39177ea2fa68249d1d88afe20927bf8c26caa821978b1b14f64e7.jpg

Unlike traditional business models that rely on #monetizing the user, #Ladybird is funded entirely by sponsorships and donations from companies and individuals who care about the #openweb. Our non-profit will not pursue corporate deals or revenue outside of unrestricted donations. The #software and its source code will be available for free, forever...

...Our non-profit will not pursue corporate deals or revenue outside of unrestricted donations...

Unlike the major players, we're *completely* focused on one thing only: the #webbrowser...

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5812560/ladybird-web-browser-becomes-a-non-profit-with-1-million-from-github-founder


Literally happened to me 3 weeks ago

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


Yeah, f*** Agile and Scrum.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-haymaker-you-if-you-mention-agile-again/


It is. Playing all day with it. I know a router shouldn't be configured all the time, but I can't keep my hands off of it. The admin dashboard is lit.


Bought me a new toy today. A GL iNet travel router.
This little fella can do everything you expect from a router.

Right now at home, I use it as a WLAN repeater, with Mullvad configured as VPN. It can also redirect all traffic over TOR. And more than 9,400 addons available.

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/
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Inflation is literally a policy of explicit, persistent impoverishment of the middle and lower classes to support the corporate and banking class.

Anyone who supports it should be treated delicately, like a brainwashed cult member, because that’s what they are.

The idea that literal forced poverty is good for the economy is equal parts retarded and insane.


Every freelancer or merchant should have a BTCPay Server
 instance running. This is so cool guys, you have no idea. Issue invoice, receive Sats ... then swap or transfer to your own wallet. Spend some of it, save a part.

Who needs PayPal, Stripe or banks in 2024?

#LivingTheBitcoinStandard


Yea, you get what you pay for.


Yea, Germany's labour market is fundamentally messed up.


Thanks, haven't heard of both.


Are you talking about ETFs? If so, I was always asking myself the same question. There's an interesting article from Jameson Lopp which addresses this issue of the effect of IOUs on Bitcoin's soundness: https://blog.casa.io/securing-bitcoins-scarcity/

As for zakat, sadaqah etc. We're generally tought to give from what we love most. And for me it's Bitcoin that I attribute the greatest value to. So ... 🤷♂


The beta version?


"Everyone says that Bitcoin is the soundest money on Earth, that its  superior to Fiat currency and is the best payment network known to man. That its freedom money. Well, I wanted to test this out for myself and  see if any of this is really true."

https://livingonbitcoin.substack.com/p/how-to-live-on-bitcoin-106


Carbivore this, carnivore that ... someone give me the best steak recipe now.

I've heard, this one is the best. Is it true?

https://youtu.be/lVcTvHTn6Dw?si=iALgJg-PPistd9Xh


Hurdles for Bitcoin beginners:

- Lack of knowledge and understanding why they should use it
- Every provider site is too complicated or extensive
- No idea what to expect with KYC and how long it takes
- No simple onboarding page covering the most basic use cases
- No idea of the practical advantages until previous hurdles are overcome
- No clear breakdown of fees (hidden "spreads" are toxic and not consumer-friendly)
- No clue of the tax implications of Bitcoin spending and holding


Try this https://nostr-delete.vercel.app/

Or on web you can delete with https://gleasonator.dev/


"In the view of Imam Malik, gold and silver were not necessarily Islamic currencies any more than they were convenient or universally valued media of exchange."

Islam & Economics -  A Primer on Market, Morality and Justice


It's interesting to see that when you poke around in the right places, most Bitcoiners are just dumb fiat slaves, to whom the supposed 'freedom' they mention as a catchphrase means nothing. Because for that, especially in our times, one would have to do more (building) work and think about spending than just the silly "Stack Sats" and "buy the dip" talk.

And I'm really fed up with them. You are not real Bitcoiners, you are just shabby fiat investors who happen to invest in the best performing asset. I'll clean up my timeline and only deal with people who are serious about it.


Sure. Whatever floats your boat.


"Lot of talk about hard money this, soundest money that. Perfect savings technology and NgU (number go up). Blah, blah, blah…

Don't see a lot of talk about building the economy."

!!!

People, what do you really want?

a) be fiat-rich but still be a fiat slave
b) be free and have quality in everything

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Unfortunately, many Turks still believe that even a slight draft can make them sick ("aman ceryan yapiyor. kapat.").

That's why the older uncles immediately close all windows when they enter the mosque. I hate that, I don't like very heated rooms. It's also a waste of energy.

It's just wind. Wind doesn't make sick, Viruses make you sick.

https://www.thelocal.de/20190625/only-germans-believe-air-draughts-are-harmful-red-cross-advice-goes-viral


What belongs together grows together. Proof of concept: Using popular ad blockers to enable mainstream micro-payments with Lightning. Most people probably wouldn't even realize they're paying with Bitcoin.

https://blog.getalby.com/block-ads-and-pay-in-bitcoin-today/


Oh yeah. Bring 'em back. Pocket node. Your bank always with you.

https://hackaday.io/project/196625-pocket-z-bring-back-the-pdas-amp-umpcs


Turkish No-Look Pass

https://m.primal.net/Iwjh.mp4


Looks like an interesting show.


When a reply is better then the original post ...


For those who love this world so much, the best time to be born is the 50s. You'd experience all the material boom after the world wars, maybe even catch a bit of real entrepreneurship, and be 70 years old when everything degenerates in the 20s.

And while all this is developing, you have no clue what's going on. 😀


The node polluters


People think they're able to vote themselves out of the mess that's about to come. Sorry, you have learned nothing. No matter who comes after Biden, Sunak or Scholz ... he has the same agenda.

They're all puppets. And puppets have handlers you can't vote out.


I notice a lot of different apps and services coming up. Just discovered 2 banks offering fiat and BTC accounts, making it much easier to swap between them and to live on the Bitcoin standard.

Also tools in Europe to spend and sell Bitcoin from any wallet to safely get Euros into your bank account without your bank recognizing it.

BTCPay server adoption is moving forward now that US regulators have shut down a lot of anonymous payment providers.

Nice crypto credit/debit cards and many services more.

Bitcoin payment and merchant adoption is moving forward more than ever before, despite some people's claims that BTC has lost its feature as a MoE.


Do you realize the huge leap the Bitcoin industry is making right now? It's not just wallets/Lightning anymore; many branches like 'living the BTC standard', e-commerce, combined fiat/BTC banking and other niche services are exploding. Looking back, 2024 will be seen as the mainstream boom phase.


Selling digital products (like articles) for Bitcoin on WordPress websites

https://btcpaywall.com/


Coffee, roasted in Texas, for Bitcoin (only)

https://literoasters.com/


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32562735/

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


Awesome


Awesome!

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You can't understand written words, can you. Mostly comes from too much hate or ideological bias.


Right, Cyperpunk is not my religion. I don't hold its values above all else. Go, worship a man-made manifesto.


After you had so much fun with your friend ...

https://m.primal.net/IsQP.mp4

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Who doesn't. Who ever said "I wish there was a roof instead"?


New meme template just dropped.

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

(yes, it's real)


What is zapathon?

Zapathon is, when you post an average meme, write "#zapathon" under it and expect others to send you some Sats.

Like a silly 5-year-old boy who looks expectantly under the Christmas tree.

That's all.


Not sure if these Monero shitcoiners are contributing positively by regarding anonymity as the primary purpose of digital cash instead of soundness. Bitcoin is an open revolution. We're doing this openly and paying taxes for it. Not secretly, in a sneaky way, and by breaking laws.

Bc when they eventually get caught, and many will, they will be branded as criminal crypto users. How does that help Bitcoiners, who still get lumped into the same category? You can shout "Bitcoin is not Crypto" all you want. Nobody understands that. And it's not 100% true either.

That forces "them" to fight Bitcoin openly. And banning it gets harder every year, now that institutions are involved, without breaking the principle of equality before the law. Because if that is broken, it's the end of the much-vaunted rule of law.

Fundamental societal changes must take place openly. Smoothly, without breaking the existing system. Even if it means filing tax returns and paying the hated taxes. That's the struggle.


No time to watch uncommented videos. Can you use written words to make your point clear?


Bold statement for a 1.5 share of ETFs in the total market. Also that BTC has lost its use case as a MoE. It's simply not true. MoE adoption is growing more than ever.

The primary reason for digital cash is it being sound money, not privacy. Monero is just another shitcoin.


What happened to "no one is above the law"? Are we back in the Middle Ages? The West is degenerating faster and faster.


Would be ideal, but unfortunately, I can't get customers through Nostr alone. We're just not there yet.


I think that's not called "social network" anymore.

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No. It's hot potatoe money.


Great thing, but that sounds more like a full time job.


No need to expose yourself mate


Want to know who uses Bitcoin selfishly for their own profit and who uses it for the greater good? Ask them how much (in per cent) of their stack they've spent so far.

That's why I find this ⬇ so impressive.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that saving is somehow illegitimate.

But not using its advantage now to build the future doesn't make you a charismatic Bitcoiner or anything special. It just makes you a simple, boring saver. 🥱

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gleasonator > primal


2 types of Bitcoiners:

Type 1
-------
8 or 9 years in the game.
Today -> "stack, hodl, get fiat rich one day ... 🤪"

Type 2
-------
Not even 1,5 years in Bitcoin.
Today -> not stacking, not hodling, far from being wealthy, but instead doing this in an orphanage ⬇

https://m.primal.net/IpgY.mp4

Choose your fighter!

"Orphans of Uganda - https://x.com/orphansofuganda/status/1802093359881682954"


Yes, wanted to point to it, but I forgot the name.


The only city where I could say "I live in Europe but drive to Asia every day for work" 😉


Make that pop up remember the unlock password in Chrome-based browsers.

Firefox:
https://m.primal.net/IpNE.png

Chrome:
https://m.primal.net/IpNI.png


Every Bitcoiner has to prove their Bitcoiner status at least once in their life with a barbecue photo, right? Here's my PoW.

https://image.nostr.build/57413d3053aa9b718ca746ddf843b89c83ec04b5a94e1203ec44433282427f34.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/ab65b1245cfa2ff82a6da1d54e88acc900f02f1f3fb5a035efa1a984890c0981.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/9bac88ae934500589b544e5cb63e05f4261c321fea855c0218b62bd8f29a0317.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/3b0a9da581cfe55d0bd39c29c06b355e3e28fc076cf9cedfb7abbfbbd8daef57.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/11a49715cb27e1d7c72d35990609b1922dc5e9e9c4174c751d683a5df56b0e7f.jpg


If it's bribery to continue to function as a father, it's ok.


I find adults who celebrate their birthdays and expect presents cringe.


Read "The Harvest of Deception" for more on this

https://beefinitiative.com/pages/the-harvest-of-deception


https://m.primal.net/InlY.mp4

😂


Usually I don't pay for a cloud, I store everything on external USB drives. But I have a different use case in mind with this one. Like a small team sharing photos/vids with each other.


Anybody using it? Sounds good for a cloud.

https://ente.io/


Yeah, shady business practices and no credibility anymore. I would stop paying for the blue check if I lost reach. That was the whole point of it.


Maybe https://nostr.build/ is a good idea.


Yeah, these foreigners simply can't behave in our country.

"Ausländer raus ..." 😂

England & Serbian fans clashing today…

#EURO2024

https://m.primal.net/Imzm.mp4


Some of you have probably heard that YT wants to bypass ad blockers by injecting ads directly into the stream server-side.

They assume you'll succumb to your dopamine addiction and give up. Or that you'll subscribe to their premium service. Don't do that, it's a trap.

First, it costs $10/month. Then, when enough addicts have subscribed, they increase the price. And then they increase it again. And then they say, "we could insert a little advertising. At least at the beginning and the end." And then comes 1-2 ads in between. And then they increase the price again. And so on.

Don't fall for it, educate them instead. Collectively. Simply avoid YT. Until add-on developers have caught up (might happen quicker than we think. They're probably working on it already). Or switch to other video services.

Content creators, start looking for alternative platforms to upload your stuff. Don't go down with them.

Have a bit of honor, don't get fooled in the same way every time. Invest in one streaming service you like and forget about YT and the rest. Don't give them another $10. Instead, buy Bitcoin with it. Read a book.


Sounds good, but untill today nobody managed to find a just algorithm that serves the purpose. That's why a radical presentational change might be an alternative.

Or we wait untill we figured out some AI magic stuff.


This undeniable desire to absolutely want to belong to the "good" is what causes most conflicts. If we doubted ourselves a few times, brought ourselves to trial, we would realize that we often belong to the bad and might change.

And before the Haqq, we are often the bad ones.


The biggest technical problem with Nostr are its clients and the way of presenting posts. You can't expect people to stick around if their posts get lost in the depths of the timeline so easily. This is a big UX problem which other services solve by weighted algorithms, that decide, mostly by engagement rate, which posts to bring up again.

You either do this here as well or you start thinking about other types of presenting content of accounts you follow beyond the top lists based on engagement. A radically new presentation is needed. Pure chronological timelines are outdated. I don't even know why we're sticking to this presentation style that's over 20 years old. New service, new UX. It's actually logical.


We need better software, better clients. Clients that help people discover more accounts and bring up older posts again, without further manipulation.


This is not a real person, this is one of their agency bots. But still, they're letting it pass and even protect them by hiding the Likes now.


Imagine being the European Central Bank, getting comunity noted so hard on Twitter for everybody to see and still daring to post after that.

I mean, that was a knockout, how can one get up after that?

They already have thousands of protective measures and laws in place and with more banks than there are nodes, willing executors. And then there is still three times as much criminal activity with their crappy money as with Bitcoin?

They better never talk again about "KYC is against money laundering" and shit. They should first clean up their own backyard.

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


That's not fighting for freedom. Not at all.


Yes, nothing against the builders and founders. I'm talking about the useless 'influencers' here who start posting glamor photos from their BTC event visits.


Hahaha ... ok.

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


https://venice.ai/

Claims to be a private, permissionless AI. I like that the chats are stored in the user's browser, not on the server.


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

Answer: No.

- End of reading -


This generation just doesn't have any culture anymore. When they dress up, they squeeze into suits that are too tight and too short.

Do they even realize that their trendy suits imitate frivolous women's fashion?


You have to strike a balance if you want to enable contact with the outside world. Sure, uncompromising data protection is possible, but then no one will write to you because most people don't make the right tech choices. It's not like every initial inquiry contains a state secret. For more sensitive content, you can always resort to other means. This all-or-nothing attitude is simply not realistic.


Post retarded X slogans here. Like "the only free speech platform" and shit.


Watching the celebrity-fication of the Bitcoin community, where certain people are now becoming the rock stars of the scene, is really embarrassing.

What happened to "stay humble and stack Sats"? They're no longer plebs, they're acting more like the high society. Unfortunately, people of a particular culture keep making the same mistakes and don't learn from their history.

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


Now this rebranding makes perfectly sense. It's not about an 'everything app'. It's something more sinister.

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


Perplexity AI is dumber than ChatGPT.


Soon they'll realize there's no law enforcement in self-custody. All responsibility rests with the keyholder, whether cheated or unlawfully deprived of coins. Self-custody could disempower or relieve the state, necessitating a complete paradigm shift.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eu-first-encryption-report/


Actually a well-designed Bitcoin-related website. Which is rare.

https://bolt12.org/


You know what. Every politician, ever central banker and every (social) media CEO knows exactly what kind of scam they are selling to the masses. Be it their fiat products or war propaganda. They know it even better than we do, to what extent this scam is.

But they have to obey.

You 🫵 don't have to obey.

Be informed, don't be compliant, be strong. Don't be an agent. You only live once.

https://youtu.be/YgJ5ZEn67tk?si=_7581Rd-Q9ZAJq8i


A small list of Linux laptop manufacturers.

https://github.com/Overtorment/awesome-linux-laptops


Man, we desperately need people who can think here.


Good question. What are you implying?


Nice photos. Iphone?


100 years later and you are still trapped in the left-right narrative. Left and right are more similar than you want to admit. Like Pepsi and Coke.


US citizens, get your Bitcoin off the exchanges.
Self custody now.
Biden's after your Bitcoins.

https://youtu.be/ZbTsZezEmQ4?si=cS0BbXIIurz5wHOA


Fiat fridge

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


Man, Sparrow Wallet is gooooood. Why did I ignore it for so long?

https://www.sparrowwallet.com/


There are three reasons why people dress:

1. For climatic reasons (cold - warm weather)
2. For adornment (wanting to look good, which is perfectly legitimate)
3. For modesty (wanting to cover up, not to show too much of oneself)

We live in a time where it seems normal to give up the third for the first. While humans have drawn a line at 3 for most of their existence in this world, regardless of 1.

Loss of modesty.


Always the same tactic. It's there. It's opt-in for now. One or two more versions, when no one talks about it anymore, suddenly it's opt-out. Or not even opt-out, but permanently included.

They anticipated resistance. Factored it in. They know how to play the long game.

#microsoft #recall #surveillance

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-backtracks-on-new-recall-feature-enhancing-recalls-security-and-making-it-an-opt-in-decision


How are you fighting for freedom exactly?


Someone read Peter Schiff today.


Their products never clicked with me. GIMP from the start. I even made website screen designs with GIMP. Yes, hard but possible.


Adobe too now. (See my previous post)


Imagine being a designer using Adobe on a Recall-activated Windows system. 😁


Any Adobe designers here? Well, all your work belongs to them now.

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


Moment? Some of us started without all the big tech. Then watched them come and mess up the internet (and all) and otherwise remained true to their roots.


Sometimes it helps to delete all caches and local data and log back in again.


"Hey, my name is CaKiKi ... oh an 'hello world' hehe ... and I'm not sure how all this works here. Maybe this will be my first and only post because I will leave my account orphaned after this. Or I'll post totally irrelevant, unoriginal stuff. But let me trend and give me some Sats, because I have a somewhat decent pfp, y'all incel nerd simps."


The problem is that, due to brainwashing by the media, people can no longer recognize who is the aggressor and who is the resistance in a given scenario.


https://gleasonator.dev/ is funny. Looks highly twitteresque, but has an own menu item showing only its developer's posts at this time and an awkward theme song.


Big Mac Mini

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Big Mac Mini


Buy, hodl, spedn, replaec ftw


Not every part of the Signal infrastructure is open source.


çok iyi haber


Mastodon, the number 1 cancelling and doxxing platform.


In a time when workers are adorned with lofty business titles and job descriptions at the expense of less income, be the one who adorns himself with the humblest job title.


Yeah they can believe whatever they want. Fact is, there is no upper limit on inflation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/03/turkeys-inflation-passes-75percent-in-what-economists-believe-is-peak.html


You could actually repeat every long known stupid slogan in your bubble every 2 days and you'd get the same engagement. Users are mostly stupid, like cattle.


"Learn more about how seriously we take privacy."

Yeah sure. Make it optional then. The best privacy measure is not to accumulate any data in the first place.


You need a mandatory account to use Arc? What kid of messed up browser is this? Even in Chrome it's optional.

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


If you just wAnT tO bE hApPy and you have no sense of urgency, you're an idiot.

There, I said it.


KYC-free tools and services

https://kycnot.me/


Right. Meta went out of sight long time ago.


I believe we are currently witnessing the demise of Big Tech.

Windows: 💩
Google: 💩
Twitter: 💩
Apple: 💩
Amazon: 💩

Where are they're replacements?


Haha, big Twitter accounts are panicking that they're now required to do a full KYC (with selfies and such) to earn their small share of ad revenue.

As if they didn't see it coming as soon as they introduced that "pay for view" concept.


Feedbro is the best RSS reader browser addon right now.

If you don't know what RSS is, this is not for you. 😈

https://nodetics.com/feedbro/


Today, 571 years ago ...

https://m.primal.net/IRhh.mp4


Awesome design


It's strange that even seasoned Bitcoiners now promote products or institutions offering interest-bearing services. Even for non-religious folks, it should be clear this goes completely against Bitcoin's spirit.


When you meet someone new, don't talk much about yourself. Listen. First thing they tell you about themselves is also their biggest problem. Even if they talk about it positively.

People have an instinctive sense of where their biggest problems lie. And it's hard to hold back.


Those who want to delve deeper into the topic of fiat food should start by reading "The Harvest of Deception" by Texas Slim.

https://beefinitiative.com/pages/the-harvest-of-deception


One can discuss about the CSS architecture. But WordPress doesn't have Cloudflare or Google API calls in the backend by default. Some plugins you choose to use might have, but it's pretty possible to use it without them.

On the other side, Hugo is not really a replacement for WP because it doesn't have any dynamic elements.


Haha, love their cuts.

https://youtu.be/0V4TiaU06uo?si=BoNaTYYtAVUzch2P


Right.


Any farmer or rancher who sells clean food directly to their end customers must accept Bitcoin as a means of payment. Otherwise, the whole thing makes no sense and a freedom movement degenerates into lifestyle frills.


You can self host WordPress. No need to be on wordpress.com.


So all US Bitcoiners are voting for Trump next time, right?


This is a great documentary. Bitcoiners should watch it and understand, that the reality of using BTC as an MoE is already here.

I mean, even I have set up 3 BTCPay server instances for clients so far. And I'm a newbie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z78ZbPcsc3g


hahaha

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


Hey, on-chain fees are back to normal. Why is nobody talking about this? Why do I always hear you guys complain when it's the other way around? But there's never a signal that everything has normalized.


coracle.social seems to be the best web client right now.

Primal became to slow and has a terrible UX pattern for videos. When I click on a playing video I expect the sound to go on, not to open the note in a single note page.

Snort loads profile names and pics too slow and also has that annoying 1% zap pool donation set per default, which I have to correct to 0% every time.

https://image.nostr.build/c52f1b6620d4b93c1a992bf5d2c9c5b1999bf9160b53c9ff48417f115399d6e0.png

Only thing that still sucks in Coracle is, that you can't just paste and image in the note field. You have to screenshot, download and then upload it every time.


For those who say "where is the pump?". Learn from history.

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


Good UX > "fReEdOm tEcH"

Prove me wrong. Empirically. With numbers. I'll wait.


Controversial opinion, but your "GM" / "Good morning" / "Good night" notes suck. How many more posts do you want to put out into the world that always consist of the same content?

Social media is not chat. In a chat you can greet and say bye. Social media is a form of posting content which might be there for a long time. Imagine, then 1397 of your posts have no other content than "GM".


That moms in the background ... so annoying.


It's time to blow off some steam:

Man I am so pissed at the current state of Bitcoiners. This Epoch I have seen a clear different between the following two types of Bitcoiners.

1- Bitcoiner, The Revolutionary.
2- Bitcoiner, Came for the Gainz.

Where are all the revolutionary Bitcoiners that assembled to free ours and the next generation from all the national jailers called Central Banksters? Even the shitcoin
traders in the previous epoch used to refer to "mi familia" while begging for airdrops or signals from tradingbois.

Where did all they go? Was it all fake? Was it all just a front to get clout and following to sell BS referral links and Pizzas? Was it all for personal gain?

Why am I pissed?
Let me share. WHAT IS THE MISSION OF BITCOIN?

Is this something that is individual? Is this something personal for everyone to decide?

IT IS A FRIGGING TOOL TO BE USED FOR SOME PURPOSE. Have we forgotten what Bitcoin was for? Have anyone even read the first paragraph of the White paper? A white paper
in general explains the purpose of a tool and how it works. Please revisit the first page of the white paper to remind yourself what Bitcoin was/is for.

IT IS THE HARDEST MONEY KNOWN TO HUMANS. MONEYYYYYY.
It is created to remove the TRUST THIRD PARTY so we DO NOT require PERMISSION to transact MONEY from A to B in a PEER TO PEER way. IT IS NOT PERMISSIONLESS ALL PURPOSE TOOL.
It IS MONEYYYYYY that contains all the monetary properties of MONEY(every time I type in CAPS, the life of my keyboard keys are getting tested).

Imagine, you create a swimming pool with a specific purpose in mind. Epoch 1 tot 3.. all the people use it as it is supposed to be used. People come in, swim and leave.
Now at around the end of EPOCH 4 some retarted guys enter the pool and start to shit in the pool before leaving.

I mean it is possible, it is possible. Yes, people complain but it is technically possible so they keep doing it.

Some people try to gather others to form a front to influence the shitting retards but others say, well it is technically possible so it is fine. IF we stop them, it be censorship, and this is supposed to be censorship resistant. NO consensus is hence found between the rest and everyone stops swimming because it is filled with shit.
New people come around and see this shitting in the pool to be normalized hence it becomes socially acceptable to shit around destroying the whole goal of what the pool was mean to be.

This is what is happening to our katana that is being marketed by retards as a multi-tool for everything as long as it is technically possible. These people have budgets, these people have conferences and do interviews on podcasts. These people are normalizing the multi-tool idea of Bitcoin while it is a katana to cut open the invisible chains of financial slavery for everyone worldwide.
Where are the revolutionaries? Where are the people that came here to fix the world by fixing the money?

We have one chance mighty chance to not F this up yet somehow manage to create this cope behavior because there is no way to stop the shitting retards right now.

STOP NORMALIZING THIS BS. OUR KATANA NEEDS TO BE AS SHARP AS IT CAN BE. FREEDOM IS NOT GIVEN BUT TAKEN FROM THE HANDS OF THE TAIRANTS. WE CANNOT F THIS UP.
STOP NORMALIZING NON-FINANCIAL USECASES FOR BITCOIN. ITS SPAM and for everyone that says that it cannot be labeled as spam, get a Fing life you moron, STOP REACTING TO THE NIGERIAN PRINCE AND STOP BUYING VIAGARA FROM EVERY EMAIL DEALER THAT MAILS YOU. FUCK YOU. MAN UP or CONSIDER NOT REPRODUCING AT ALL.


It's a status symbol. Like cars. Only thing that counts on phones is the RAM. And maybe the cam quality.


"tHeRe'S sO mUcH gOiNg oN iN nOsTr sPaCe"

Brother, where? Nostr clients still buggy and slow and shit. Get the basics right first.


7,5 years, still the same phone. Not even an iPhone, some middle-class Sony shit.


They hate these hackerish platforms 😉


The internet, you forgot the internet that was never meant to take off.


I have a client who was paying for ads about $140 each month for 8-9 years at Meta. And then got suddenly his account deleted. Without any explanation or the possibility to reinstate it. Ten thousands of followers gone. Just like that.


Thanks Matthew. Love your videos.


But you don't want to join them hippies. Everybody who's watched "The Beach" knows why.


Ok, didn't know he had that influence. He never appears on my timeline.


What's Alex Jones' role in it?


That's so mean 😂

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Apple Weather güneşli mi gösterdi?


Why ... noldu?


Depends on what you're in to. Right now I'm reading "Al Hadith Al Qudsiyya", a collection of 250 authentic ahadith.

Next one is "The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich A. von Hayek inshallah.


Y'all read too few books. And it shows in your posts without you even realizing it.


Mega crisis in the West and in the East, if they were to copy this template.

https://m.primal.net/IBtc.mp4


NEXTStep machines at my university. They were special.


My first internet experience

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


Running a LN node with private channels makes sense for heavy users of Lightning. For most people on Nostr that is not the case. Running a node with public channels is essentially a donation to the rest of the network. Not something everyone can do. And if you do it poorly then it's not really helping anyone, including yourself. But yea, go ahead and listen to everyone telling you to just run a node.

https://image.nostr.build/e4f65abc0941a3153d33dbc795324289449073ba38e545984a28889d1791024c.jpg


Oh I'm really sorry for that. Forgive me.


#Bitcoin
Shut The Exits, Boil The Frogs (It's Happening Now)
https://m.primal.net/IAax.mp4


Then replace WhatsApp with Signal. They're basically the same.

Telegram is better for large, anonymous groups.


Yeah, "lol", then I won't use it anymore.

Am I not allowed to say my opinion? This is not Twitter. This is nostr. Where everybody has to shill the next big feature, or he gets attacked by some anonymous nobody, right?


A feature to make the already large accounts even larger, along with those who invest in them. Development is heading in a completely wrong direction.


Both. Different use cases.


Those were sneak previews of future events.


Not even on VLC?


Amazing that you still use it at all.


Right. I've heard that there are even several backdoors for govs in it. But baby steps. It's better than WhatsApp at least.

One must consider that Signal does not spread among the masses through the argument of 'security' alone (nobody cares about security and privacy tbh). Rather, it spreads through 'looks and works like WhatsApp, but is safer'.

Which decentralized chat service is usable enough for my family and non-techie friends to use?


I've never seen a final version of a software. Have you?

https://forums.winamp.com/forum/winamp/winamp-discussion/316135-winamp-5-9-final-released

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


I know, Matrix would be better, but baby steps. The one at least is better than the other.


We had this phase where all of us privacy-conscious freaks thought WhatsApp was evil. And we were promoting Signal. But at the same time, everyone of us complained that no one in their circle could be convinced to use Signal.

Now, 7-8 years later, it has happened. I have more contacts on Signal than on WhatsApp. My family, my best friends and people I work with. More things happen through Signal daily than through WhatsApp. WhatsApp has lost in my circle, which stretches from Europe, to Africa, and to the US. It wasn't always easy, but one had to remain hard and consistent. One had to say, "If you want something from me, you have to contact me through Signal." It took years, but we finally won this little battle, alhamdulillah.

Anyone who continues to primarily use WhatsApp is either a toddler or a loser.

Take that as a template for how things that seemed unchangeable can indeed change, بإذن الله.


Yes, if only it were that simple. Try paying your rent in Bitcoin, if you're already among the 1% who get paid in BTC.

Still, quite motivating speech.

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A sofa flies from one building into another in a storm in Ankara (my hometown).

https://m.primal.net/HyRE.mp4


I don't like wall plaster, wallpaper, laminate or wooden floors. Just give me something like this.

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


Istanbul'um ...

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


Sometimes, when you work a lot, you unfortunately forget that you also have a virtual life.


One of the biggest mistakes you can make when starting your own community/group is to spam it with your posts. While you usually only want to get things going, other members quickly get the impression that it's just another timeline of yours and they're just followers.

Just have patience. Wait a while. A few extroverted people will eventually start posting things and accept it as "their" neutral space.


It's actually quite sad that some famous Muslim critics of Bitcoin (will not name them) still use this hilariously bad argument against bitcoin.

The argument goes something like: Bitcoin allows for infinite inflation because each bitcoin can be infinitely subdivided.

I call this the infinite pizza fallacy.


Oh sorry, didn't notice you tagging me. Got no notification.

He's refering to the coming halving, where the reward for mining one block will be halved. And less Bitcoin is produced by miners. This is implemented in the Bitcoin protocol.

Google "Bitcoin halving" to learn more about it.


https://m.primal.net/Huxc.mp4
(via  nostr:npub12nhr6np63fuxftxg9eqjyfmxdzqwnj06ekc8j9sv8jwtxcz5th0shpxf0f)


What has reminded me for the past 20 years is that we need to be even more independent from them and even more sovereign.

Because in the end, they all screw you over.

Only open source and taking matters into your own hands has never disappointed.


What?  nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 is known for being grumpy? Haha, he once accused me himself of constantly being so negative.

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Since I dealt with a broken computer and backups again yesterday, here's  an article about it. Folks, remember backups, they're important.

https://mslmdvlpmnt.com/secure-your-work-files-with-a-low-tech-backup-strategy-and-rsync/


I mean, he's not wrong...

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


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

For those who say Bitcoin has no real-world use case.

How to connect such organizations to Bitcoin, the advantages of doing so, and how it all started are detailed in this article:

https://islamic-marketplace.com/new-trend-in-charity-bitcoin-donations/


Social media has turned us all into a homogeneous mass. When we used to blog, we were individuals. We had our own design that others associated with us. Even just the typography (the font, size, line spacing, line width, etc.) gave our writing a face. How our comment sections looked or whether we accepted trackbacks... all of that shaped our image individually.

Today, we all look the same, and it's difficult to differentiate us based solely on our content. We and our message seem less valuable.

And as if that weren't enough, we align ourselves in an endless stream of timelines. That's the price of collective laziness. Undeserved vanity.


Proud of Islamische Zeitung (25 year old German newspaper site). Today they released their mobile app that collects no data and thereby doesn't share it with third-party companies or organizations.

A Palestinian colleague developed the app, I only did the screen designs (in Figma) and helped at the WordPress backend side.

Download for German speakers:

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/islamische-zeitung/id6471272743

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.tripleapp.izapp


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

The trick is, AI can detect AI generated content. Now think about it. With this insight, one realizes that AI reinforces the existing power structures. 'They' are allowed to use AI to make their work easier; you little squirt, however, are not.


Last iftar in Cologne ... عِيد مُبَارَك !

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


Since I started not fooling around: net positive (for old platforms too)


The only social media platform(s) that actually pass PageRank (and  thereby contribute to the search engine ranking of the linked target) are those that do not set a rel="nofollow" attribute on your links in your profiles.

Guess which one ...

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

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


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely  foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams


Man, what has become of Facebook? It used to be a place where you could have fun with like-minded people. Today, it's  overregulated, overly commercialized, overloaded with features and over-KYC'ed. And there's nothing happening there anymore;  all the cool people have moved on.

And it's presumptuous and over-woke. They literally prohibit me from talking to my friends there the way I do in my personal life. They intervene, saying that my language is not correct and violates their terms.


The internet is not social. There are no real communities here. It's just a bunch of people being lonely together. More and more people are realizing that.

The internet is still a source of information. Mostly lies. And we are just starting to make business together. That's all.


Yesterday on Facebook 😄

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


He didn't see it coming


Dashcam video from 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan.  👀

https://m.primal.net/HrbE.mp4

Source: @ volcaholic1 at ze Twitter


Yes, Nostr's dark side. You can't delete accounts, notes or private messages.

Nostr is not the last internet innovation of mankind. And the next big thing will address all flaws of Nostr while keeping decentralization and zaps on board.

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参考
https://i.nostr.build/QOOv.png


Sorun değil canım 😉


New listing: Ballet Cold Wallet

https://islamic-marketplace.com/listing/ballet-cold-wallet/


Every Ramadan there are 1 or 2 days where I take on hard physical work while fasting. Like cleaning the whole house from ground up. Or moving furniture between rooms and disassemble and reassemble cabinets. Today was such a day for me.

But why is that so? Well, I have a theory.

Maybe it's because one is fully detoxified by then and full of power. Or you just refuse to take it easy, just hang there and become fully aware of your hunger (distraction).

Do you have such days too? What do you think is the reason for that?


Haha, this happened to me too in Germany as a kid.

Mother of my buddy came into the room and told me that Olli has to eat now, but that I can wait in his room in the meantime.

Unreal.

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


New blog: The Rise of Dubious Business Consultants

https://mslmdvlpmnt.com/the-rise-of-dubious-business-consultants/


Get used to the thought that the next generation(s) will see us as idiots. Uneducated idiots who spend most of their time glued to their touch screens, consuming the dopamine generated by the algorithms of the apps.

Just like how we see the smokers from the 60s, 70s, portrayed in TV series where they're constantly smoking. No matter where, in the office, in the elevator, on the plane... and we laugh about how idiotic those times were.

The same way, the next generations will think about us. How we hang in front of our mini screens like stupid dopamine junkies. While today, we feel as cool as the Marlboro Man back then.

How will they communicate without smartphones, you ask? No idea, maybe a small watch or a wristband with a phone and voice interface. Or if Elon manages it with a few diodes on the temples, which the subsequent generations will then make fun of.


And you still won't get rich through hard work alone


The Web is taken.

They control your data: Servers can change anything you send at any time: E-mails, medical records, private family pictures, social media posts, orders etc. You won't even notice it. Not only they can change, but you can also create new content as if they were made by you. Your history is written by them.

Servers do too much: They convinced us we don't have enough processing power and moved all the logic from our applications into servers. Even though a phone has an equivalent processing power than a single server today, we believe we must use complicated server architectures to achieve anything in the web. Phones are the cloud.

Everything is a rental: You don't own your domain name. It's a rental. Your server is a rental. Your digital certificate is a rental. You don't own anything. Your digital identity is a rental.

Data Silos force you to stay: Moving is too hard. They profit on making things just difficult enough to keep your around. After all, it's just 9.99 a month.

Enter the Verifiable Web

Own your keys, own your content. No one can write for you. No one can change what you write.

Sign everything you send. Every little like, every little key press. If it wasn't signed, it didn't happen.

Verify everything you receive. Trust the signer, not the servers in between.

You decide how data gets to you and where it stays. Your digital history is assembled by you.

Welcome to Nostr


And these 'objections' were really compelling. For instance, I received some zaps, one with the note "keep the marketplace open plz". All anonymous. I mean, what am I supposed to do here? Pocket the Sats and still close IM? 😅 That would be indecent. Sending them back and then closing it wasn't an option either, because they were sent anonymously.

Well played, people, well played ...

And if the anonymous donors happen to read this: Thank you!

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Well, I still find history interesting because of what you can learn about human nature or better human nafs. Those little 'kings' they had in the past ... now we're all kind of 'kings' in terms of having similar possibilities and luxuries. So it shows we're just repeating history but on a micro scale.


Haha, nice domain name. Thanks for the offer. But i could have one from my own domain if I wanted to. See the NIP-05 of  nostr:npub1kppw9a5asyvz4c35d0kh8gzulvlealcyw28u0f2mau8n6auna84sdyf9y3 😉


Nah, to trigger Japanese it needs tomato sauce


Follow the top 10 zappers!


Right. Why that white-space-rich 3 col layout on desktop? We have big screens, mate. Fill it.

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It's a completely foolish practice to prohibit someone access to something just because they're using a VPN or the ad/tracker blockers in it. Do they think people use VPNs in vain and now they're going to turn it off because of it? There are alternatives. Idiots.


So dumb. It's so closely related to each other. But they only teach the 'action movie' parts, like this king attacked that king and so on.


Why is it not taught in history class that the absence of a stable currency leads to the exclusion of societies from each other, to serfdom, narrow-mindedness, diseases, and religious persecution? In short, everything we can observe in Europe today?


https://shop.deutschepost.de/sammeln/philatelie/philatelie-service/sammlerkataloge

https://colnect.com/de/stamps/catalog

https://www.stampworld.com/de/


Es gibt so Briefmarken-Sammlerkataloge jedes Jahr. Da stehen dann die wertvollen Briefmarken und ihr ungefährer Sammlerwert drin.


Or rather let me ask: From where to where do you want to transfer your Sats?


Maybe. Normally you should be able to transfer it to any of these, either other Lightning addresses or on-chain wallets.

Do you use Wallet of Satoshi for Lightning?


And did you get 10 times the zaps back?


But have you tried it? 😀


I think some still do not get the seriousness and urgency of the situation.

- States are preparing programmable money (CBDCs), with which they can determine who can spend how much money on what.

- Social credit systems are being established and connected to private bank accounts (hello Canada 👋).

- "Everything apps" are being developed and connected to everything, while their CEOs deceive us with the tale of 'free speech'.

- And at the same time, we are increasingly witnessing the establishment blatantly lying to our faces or committing atrocities without being held accountable. It's like the feudal arbitrariness of the Dark Ages.

We don't have time to dawdle. We need to become self-sufficient using all means available to us.

Start with Bitcoin. And finally stop with the foolish halal/haram discussions. The fact that there are differences of opinion among the Ulama regarding this already means that it cannot be unequivocally haram.

And perhaps... just perhaps, we might still manage to leave behind all the institutions that are a burden on us, and trade directly with each other, peer-to-peer, using stable money and clean goods.


What Sets Islamic Marketplace (IM) Apart From All Other Muslim Online Stores or Marketplaces?

https://islamic-marketplace.com/what-sets-islamic-marketplace-im-apart-from-all-other-muslim-online-stores-or-marketplaces/


So not even your reply is true? You are not true? Are you even a human?


So?


Here's the source

https://tkp.at/2024/03/19/kanada-verknuepft-bankkonten-der-buerger-mit-sozialkreditsystem/


You need to translate it

https://tkp.at/2024/03/19/kanada-verknuepft-bankkonten-der-buerger-mit-sozialkreditsystem/


So Canada just linked the bank accounts of their citizens with their social credit score system?

Are you ok, Canadians? You're just letting this happen?


This is why I don't like  nostr:npub1sn0rtcjcf543gj4wsg7fa59s700d5ztys5ctj0g69g2x6802npjqhjjtws. Because of that 1% Sat allocation to that zap pool *as a default setting*.

This is an unethical practice.

I don't want to go there each time and set it back to 0, as it should be from the beginning.

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


.... or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImNGJNcvIc


How I write ad copies, 1 hour before iftar

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

(I know, I should postpone this task for later.)


When #Bitcoin drops and a friend asks you how you're coping.

Me: https://image.nostr.build/3b618c2b3663349686d86f2e8950751d6af7bd6c74ed744d7e0113caa6aefc58.jpg


Who just sent me a larger amount of Sats? And for what? Mistake? (DM me)


Testimonial:

Last year the brothers at Bitcoin Majlis ran a bitcoin focused charity drive for @orphansofuganda raising over $6000 (~21 million sats) - nearly $14,000 in current valuation. This was my first time learning about and using the Lightning Network. Considering I still haven’t quite figured out zaps, I still have much to learn. But, I have learned enough that in the past year I’ve been able to orange-pill my wife!

If you’re looking for sadiqa options this Ramadan, this orphanage is a very good cause!

orphans-of-uganda.org/donate/

LN Address: orphansofuganda@833.mobi

You can learn more about them and last year’s campaign to support them here:

https://bitcoinmajlis.org/unleashing-the-power-of-zakat-through-the-bitcoin-lightning-network/


Seems like I did 😅

Call me the panic zapper


Sometimes I forget to zap for a while. And then, in a panic, I do this.

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


I'm just stealing this meme ...

https://m.primal.net/HmLJ.gif


Oh, wow. Ok. Since you are one of the strongest supporters, your objection carries weight, of course.

The funding isn't the problem. I just think that at a certain point, if nothing has been happening there for months, you have to draw a line. Okay, I'll think about it for a few more days.


Hmm, worth considering.

Also this reply made me think:

https://primal.net/e/note1w8hlnsmu6efzam7z4hrm9jfek7n2hx9whchgmnv02telkhxyrx5sfw7t88


Still ... that client's going to be very popular soon.


You know, you open Pandora's box with this, right?


Nostr is not in competition with Twitter and other social media platforms. Nostr is in competition with Google. More precisely, with Google's Single-Sign-on feature, which grants users access to various applications with one login.


The only thing preventing ordinary people from perceiving Bitcoin as an artificial topic is that it is still too little accepted as a means of payment.

And the only thing preventing Nostr to be more widely adopted is the terrible UX of its clients.

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What's a solana token?


I don't talk about Bitcoin all the time. But I'm the maxiest Bitcoiner on your timeline.

- Never have I bought shitcoins. Not even in my early phase.

- I have a 7 years old phone and an even older car due to stacking Sats.

- I don't donate to charities that don't accept Bitcoin. Seems absurd.

- I pay for groceries with a crypto debit card, even if it complicates my yearly tax reports.

I couldn't care less about y'all 'when-will-the-price-finally-go-high-enough-so-I-can-cash-out-and-be-rich-with-fiat-money-and-own-a-bunch-of-shit' wannabe Bitcoiners. Your nerd knowledge doesn't impress me at all if your attitude sucks.


Yes, it's feature-rich. But it's slow on older phones. (double-core, 4 GB RAM)


I don't take him seriously because he's wearing shorts.


Wealth, strength, power, family etc. Although all of it is good and there is nothing wrong with desiring it, it is of limited duration and will surely end. What we as Muslims truly desire is without limited duration and can only be found in the after world. Therefore, all of this is merely an illusion, a Matrix for us. The real, enduring aspect of these desires lies for us in the after world.


This whole world and anything desirable in it.


You mean with an easy UX like Facebook?


Right, especially as a middle aged man you should. Because everybody wants something from you. Your boss, your wife, your kids, your parents, the state and its offices etc. Can't serve everybody every time.


I have the 33% - 33% - 33% rule.

33% of jobs/tasks must be done immediately.
33% can be postponed.
33% won't be done (a simple 'No')


Again, because nobody in marketing/SEO is talking about it:

Nostr is a very good SEO instrument.

See my latest referrer stats.

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

Right, Google is dominating, but there are also 3 Nostr web clients in the Top 10. And these are only the web clients. Mobile clients are not recorded there. Maybe Nostr is in first place when you add them all together.

But the web clients are also important for the ranking in search engines. Inspect the link in your bio. It's a "dofollow" link. Not a "nofollow" link as fiat social media uses. So the links you put in your bio are very precious from an SEO point of view.

Nostr web client devs: Don't ever change that! This is gold. This is how it's supposed to be.

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Jazakallah Khair!


DCA stands for 'Do Continue Always'.


Today,  nostr:npub1kppw9a5asyvz4c35d0kh8gzulvlealcyw28u0f2mau8n6auna84sdyf9y3 became 1 hijri year old.


Which member? 😀


Great pic. Who made this?


Did I hear right? US is about to ban TikTok because it's not under their control?


Ramadan Mubarak!
رمضان مبارك
Ramazanınız mübarek olsun!

We've just entered Ramadan in Cologne, Germany and offered the Maghrib prayer.


Fiat social media be like

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


[by CryptoMalaysia on Birdsite]

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_c2516ed9fbd748f82780b57c7a819812b304ef03a8f82b6cd5f129e0a1edcc99.png


Yeah, I know. This is a bad habit from old times when people generally had not enough real food to eat on table.


Optimal Döner is Uludağ Döner. Of sheep grazing on clean pastures at an altitude of over 3000 meters.

Meat rags cut into squares, so tender that they fray apart by gravity alone when you dangle them between two fingers at one corner. 🤌


Right, no bread. The constant bread with everything has caused diabetes rate to skyrocket to record highs in Turkey. Who needs carbs when you have pure protein.


Yo what happened to Metaverse? Weren't we all supposed to pay rent in shitcoins for our virtual stores there by now?


I don't know, but I'm not in the mood to see photos of luxurious iftars or even just a few dates served in luxurious oriental dishes this Ramadan.

What about just keeping everything very humble this time?


Sounds awesome. Very early stage. But something to keep an eye on.

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China: “Remove all VPNs”
Apple: “Sure thing”

China: “…and podcast apps”
Apple: “Can do boss!”

China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens”
Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!”

EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly”
Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”

Fuck #Apple


Good find! Didn't notice that.


Same here. Hoped the dip lasted longer.


I once joked about how AI spits out content for websites, which Google indexes and then takes back as fodder for its own AI. A pure machine cycle, so to speak. But no, Google wants original, human content with its new core update to feed its machines. They're not dumb.

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

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/03/core-update-spam-policies


Bunlar niye dışarı çıkıyor zaten anlamadım. Cepten ısmarlayıp eve getirtsinler bari.


Find the mistake

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


Adam robot olmuş


Nah I mean those by native speakers.  😄
Tech gibberish mostly.


Donair Sauce? Bro that's criminal 😄

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


I don't know. They actually only added a bit of coleslaw to it.. But I guess the Almancılar needed some success stories too.


Unpopular opinion:

Half of the posts on Nostr are complete gibberish to ordinary people.


Every single day, when we played football between the parked cars as children...

https://m.primal.net/HiKL.gif


This is not even acceptable in Germany.

Fun fact: The Germans, or better the Turks in Germany really think they invented döner kebap in the 60's.


I will never understand why certain political statements about current world events are considered subversive and worthy of censorship. Posts that expose the corruption of the current financial system should actually be considered much more dangerous to the establishment.


That's where your tax money is going. To pay the interest on this debt. Because interest must be paid with real values, with money earned through (your) hard work. For everything else, they simply print money out of thin air.

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That's the climate I like. (Namibia)

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/04/where-namib-desert-meets-sea.html

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


No. The richest people are not in any lists. You won't see them featured in a Forbes magazine.

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For some, the constant praising of Bitcoin not only holds a religious significance (an inner taghut, so to speak), but also serves as a social loophole to give free rein to their Scrooge-McDuck-syndrome, namely to inform the world how much they love and enjoy swimming in money.

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


The future of fiat social media:

https://m.primal.net/HgUC.mp4

Soon we won't even need users on social media anymore. No signups, just read access. We'll consume what the algorithms present to us, which are then  boosted by AI engagement bots. During the transition phase, maybe we may still click on the like button (so the AIs can learn). Later, not even that.

[Source: https://twitter.com/nilansaha/status/1762390930550927823]


I once deleted all my prompts and chats in Bard (now Gemini). Gemini update came. Now they're all there again.

So much for Google's data protection and GDPR compliance.


All Nostr web clients need to improve their readability (general usability also). Right now the easiest client to read is Iris.

The Twitter feed is easier to read than all Nostr web clients. No surprise, they went through years of refinement.

It's mostly about the line heights, fonts and font sizes and the inner paddings of the container boxes. They all need to be perfectly balanced.


Now where's all that "stack Sats and stay humble" ... "HUMBLE" gone?

[must be them fiat bitcoiners again ...]


Service note:
 nostr:npub15369wu3wzzar5fclhecyqfv683x69n6nhlg7rxqnsg2dydgxflpq3apswl and nostr:npub168euw93e4cam59llcmydav0akwjk2p4nfy3p85pn22xv9y2jxuzq4s9uaw don't play nice together. If you run into any issues with Peach while using Mullvad VPN, then unfortunately, you have to deactivate the VPN.

Happened to me the 2nd time.


Twenty years ago, I was deeply immersed in the web usability field. I wrote extensively about it, offered heuristic analyses, and so forth. I also criticized the emerging field of commercial usability consultants a lot because they never applied what they preached on their own websites or showed little empathetic abilities.

It's nice to see that nothing has changed in that regard to this day. The majority, especially the big names, are still charlatans who have zero understanding of usability and cannot implement it.

It's no wonder; they have renamed the field to UX, which, for me, stands for 'user exploitation.' Because they were never serious advocates for the users but willing assistants to the tech companies, solely focused on manipulating the user to fulfill their business goals.


Here's the original post: https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1b14bty/netlify_just_sent_me_a_104k_bill_for_a_simple/


That is a completely unethical business conduct from Netlify. Especially with customers on a free tier. They should either implement some automatic limits and shutdowns, early notifications or secure their servers against DDOS attacks. But w/o all that it's totally unacceptable.

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


Again a good analysis from 'Insanely Free'.

Our technological progress does not simply emerge as a logical consequence of natural development. The future is planned. By the wrong people with  the wrong intentions.

We'll have to opt-out from more than just fiat money.

https://insanelyfree.substack.com/p/what-the-vision-pro-wants-from-humanity


Or just deleting all cashes and user data and then re-login. Solved my issues.


What I've noticed from several US films and what US citizens post on social media is you people seem to be really bad at aquatics.

I either see goldfish in small round glass vases with nothing in them except plastic toys. The same sparse aquarium landscapes without any appropriate botany can also be found in larger sizes.

Or aquariums with poor, unsuitable planting. Or aquariums with all sorts of mismatched underwater inhabitants, such as ornamental fish, eels, water turtles, and piranhas thrown in (ok, I'm exaggerating a bit here.).

Or if they contain real soil and plants, the water is always so dirty that you can hardly see the fish.

Seriously folks, you have to give these creatures their rights if you want to keep them. Educate yourselves better about their environmental conditions and ecosystems, invest the energy accordingly (aquatics is really not that simple), or just leave it altogether.


AI in email clients is complete nonsense.

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

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


"Join our community on Discord"

... is a request for me to immediately leave your website.


Hmm, I thought I was respectful. I only disagreed. Is disagreement disrespect?

I saw where this conversation started. It was the old "it's not a platform, it's a protocol" argument. And I said this minor technical detail is irrelevant.


No problem


Ok, but what has that got to do with what I said?

Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi


I think that's a petty and nerdy correction. In the end, it's used for publishing notes, right? Unnecessary to always refer to this technical difference. It doesn't accomplish anything.

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I'm sorry.


It's quite ironic that we, a bunch of materialistic, post-industrial  barbarians, program AIs and then expect them to exhibit ethical behavior based on the data of our insights and judgments.

The weak link in this chain of creation is the builder, not the product.

But when we think of ourselves as perfect beings, we don't come to this conclusion of course.


What if the skin color confusion of Google's Gemini is actually a social engineering campaign aimed at achieving the opposite effect? Namely, to make the younger generation more racist. It's widely known that among this age group, there are more rebellious tendencies, which do exactly the opposite of what the mainstream and the establishment dictate to them.

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Right


And these forks all failed, because they weren't 'Bitcoin' anymore, but something else. To change the Bitcoin supply, you need the consent of all node operators around the world. Good luck achieving that.


Uhm ... what?

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Note, this is not some wierdo seeking for attention on social media. This is the president of El Salvador.

https://m.primal.net/HecX.mp4


The ECB seems to have published a satire magazine.

"Bitcoin transactions are still inconvenient, slow, and costly."

"Bitcoin is still not suitable as an investment."

"the mining of Bitcoin using the proof of work mechanism continues to pollute the environment on the same scale as entire countries, with higher Bitcoin prices implying higher energy consumption as higher costs can be covered by miners."

And much more such gems.

Can't make this up ...

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2024/html/ecb.blog20240222~0929f86e23.en.html


Whenever you wake up and feel disconnected from this society, remember that we live in times where 'dating coach' is a profession one can earn good money with.


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Me (the one further back) when someone on Nostr says "I need a website, but I can only pay in Sats".

https://m.primal.net/HdrO.mp4


9. Brag about how many Sats you made at Nostr last year/last month  😉


What partnerships?


Did you know that Mullvad offers free, content-blocking DNS services for everyone, blocking ads, trackers, adult and gambling content?

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls


I'm not really exited about Google's coming new IDE named IDX. I don't know why. Maybe Google doesn't have the credibility anymore.

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Got to acknowledge the simplicity of BlueSky. That could beat Nostr in the race for the disappointed Twitter users.


Than why are we talking about it? Maybe it should have another name, Web of Trust is a bit misleading. This term was used before.


As I said, I don't like the idea of a Nostr-centered implementation. It would be a shame to artificially limit something like that. "WOT" means more than just Nostr. And Nostr isn't the end-all, be-all of wisdom. One should look ahead when it comes to such an important standard.


Follow is not enough. In a narrow sense, social media alone is not enough. The definition should be expanded somewhat. Like, Telegram and private chat groups on Signal are more 'social' than  Nostr. Weblogs can be social too. They're even the first social media. Then think about email etc.

I don't see any sense in a standard that is narrowly confined to timeline-based platforms. However, as an independent, open format, it would make much more sense and would also be ready for the next big thing.


I didn't even have Nostr in mind, I'd like to think of WOT as an open standard every platform can adapt. Even Google (if they want to). And if you operate an own website, you could put that file there too.

And the relationship graph between individuals wouldn't necessarily have to be dependent on the "following" status at Nostr, but could be independently represented so that each platform could integrate it.

Do you know the old RDF format FOAF?


Not everybody has to be part of a WOT. Only those who strive for it for different reasons.
And there could be different classifications. Like

"I don't know his real id, never met him, but he helped me out with a problem"

or

"I did business with him and he was fair"

or

"He's my neighbour, I know he's real for sure"

or

"I follow him since 7 years and his seems reasonable"

If nobody knows you and has never interacted with you, then you'd just have a WOT rank of 0 or something like that.


But that's exactly how WOT should be.


That's why he has a low WOT rank. High rank, like Jack Dorsey => trustable. Low rank => not so much trustable


Real name, location/address, old works or content known and verified -> high rank

Anonymous pseudonym w/o all the above -> low rank


A system that enables us to verify that a user is real (and not a dog) and has a certain, traceable reputation.


If you start stacking Bitcoin now, you're neither too late nor too early.  Instead, you're catching one of the last departing trains. After that, there's only regret.

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[Image source: https://www.onceinaspecies.com/p/how-best-to-describe-bitcoin]


"The inflation rate is at 4%. We want to bring it down to 2%."

Biggest scam of our time. That number is BS.

1.) Real estate or rent price increases aren't even included in the inflation calculation, despite constituting 30-50% of the monthly incomes of most households.

2.) They have recently financed 2 proxy wars, despite rising national debt and record budget deficits. Guess where the money comes from? (hint: "brrrr")

Nobody really knows the real inflation rate, but we have all indications that it's much higher than what they tell us.


Morbid but true

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Yes, the typos do their part 😀


Pull Request Spam. I would have never dreamed that something like this could exist.

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Your labor during the day is no longer sufficient for them. Now they want to exploit your sleep time as well.

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They're all puppets. Politicians come and go. It's the big companies that stay no matter what government or even form of government.


Great!

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They literally make fun of us.

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My whole work life was based on POW. Why accept POS money for it?


Right, this important function should be synchronized across clients also. Doesn't feel right, that one has to do it on a per client basis.

The 'how' is indeed a different matter.

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Yeah, typical american reaction. You never disappoint.

But talking about the foot. Which foot are you measuring this by exactly? Baby foot, adult male foot?

And why is no other nation using it?


This explains a lot

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Absolutely correct. But they say 'inch' and 'feet' too so don't expect any logical reasoning. 🤷♂


There are increasing reports that emails to Google and Yahoo accounts are more often ending up in spam or get blocked. Even newsletter sending services have to upgrade.

Well, that's what happens when you become dependent on tech giants.


He has more muscles in his feet and calves than the tourists in their arms 😀

https://m.primal.net/HcKR.mp4


Only Americans. They have some exotic sports and units you can find nowhere else in the world.


Asking for a friend: how can one monetize followers?


Just one filename: robots.txt


Well, my old blog posts are gone. Guess how I've done it. (hint: robots.txt)


His interview questions were rather unsuggestive, quite unlike what CNN or BBC typically present. It's true that he has a specific political orientation privately, which is evident to everyone. However, intellectually, he seemed to struggle to keep up, in my impression.


Seems like, he's been waiting for the right unbiased reporter. I don't know ...


First off, a disclaimer, so you Nostr fanboys don't immediately freak out: Nostr is definitely better than central legacy algo-media. That much is certain. And its only really cool innovation is zapping, not the decentralization. The internet is already decentralized by itself.

But, in addition to what I wrote in https://mslmdvlpmnt.com/nostrs-myth-of-decentralization-rediscovering-true-freedom-on-the-web/ , one must make significant concessions. ⬇

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Can't have any meaningful conversations on legacy 'social' media anymore. They are not 'social' media. They are dopamine junkies media, controlled by AI-powered algos to improve advertising revenue.

Again:

They is not 'social' media. They are a dopamine junkies and dealers marketplace.

Real social media happens in chat groups now.


Cool


Hey, you a frontend dev?


I believe there is a misunderstanding here. I am not on President. Putin's side. I am far too uninformed to understand his arguments or geopolitics in general. I only understand two things: He has presented his reasons, and the media (really all the typical ones I have seen) are attacking the reporter's reputation.

Engaging with President Putin's arguments could potentially start a dialogue. But as he says, this has been categorically prohibited.

So, as I said, I'm not taking sides here. I'm simply criticizing the emotional envy-driven reaction of the mainstream media to this interview.


Yeah, that's the way.

"The health of a community is measured by how it handles criticism from within. When criticism is taboo, it's not a community but a cult."

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Follow me! I've muted all those slogans-tossing influencers and get regularly shitstormed for not being the typical Nostr fanboy.

Examples:

https://nostr.at/nevent1qqs8p8d7k793unsmtwdpqerpgtq7gfl27qhvuxrg4vlznkk6wla24xqppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzpaf8e7tsecnquapxzg2t7cfw3a66t8d3sd0d0eq9xvnv8aj7yvhwyx7paw

https://nostr.at/nevent1qqsfwl06cf4d8ehsejlysccxp9yf42v7qu5dgd02gaqku5xgwwl9hyqzyr6j0nuhpn3xpe6zvys5hasjarm45kwmrq676ljq2vexc0m9ugewu7qeg8l


Nevermind, found it

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-matrix-chat-faq


Even worse.


How did you integrate Matrix into Thunderbird?


Soon they're everywhere

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One of the most important evaluation criteria of a publishing system, regardless of its type, is how it implements the basic operations of Create, Modify, Delete. This is a standard that we no longer question at the operating system level. However, when it comes to anything we put on the public network, these fundamentals should be given even greater consideration. Creating content is one thing. But editing or even completely deleting (without it still lingering somewhere) seems to be more of a luxury.

With centralized systems, one never knows if there might still be a copy somewhere. With decentralized systems, it seems even impossible. At least for now. However, this does not render this age-old principle obsolete.

The next big "system" would be a decentralized, uncensorable protocol that cleanly implements C-M-D (Create, Modify, Delete).


I wish they were fading into irrelevancy. Most people still read them, pay them, believe them.


Ok, I saw a lot of cope from the MSM about the Putin interview yesterday. That was expected. Not a single media outlet has engaged with the statements in terms of content or even provided counterarguments. Instead, they have attacked his reputation in their usual manner.

But how brain damaged must one be to bring this headline?

By doing so, they not only confirm his point that the Western MSM are an unbeatable propaganda machine, but it's also the most incorrect conclusion one could draw from this interview. He consistently stated the opposite. How illogical and absurd such a conclusion (expansionist tendencies) would be. And he has actually consistently signaled open doors in all matters. Be it fake or not. At least, that's what he said. No threats whatsoever.

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