If AI gets to the point where there are no need for jobs anymore, particularly knowledge work. What incentive is there for people to learn anything anymore?
(FWIW I do not consider ChatGPT and the like to be really AI. For me AI == AGI)
The main thing for me is that there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes in terms of building tools that help make nostr work. It's still early, and there are many niches that can be filled/solved.
Why isn't .NET more popular for things like nostr? Is it a trust issue?
I know there are a few relays that use it.
I don't use .NET, I have dabbled in it. It just seems to be pretty versatile.
I have people I care about who are like you describe. I would love for them to care more, but they simply don't.
So I've started to reframe myself as a service provider, and gently encourage them to try out things I self host.
It's not a perfect example of this but: I did get most of my family to join Signal this way.
As an additional point, another thing is people are highly resistant to change. In my experience so far, you can get them to change pretty much once.
For example, once I learned about simplex I tried to get them to switch to that, but no joy.
Likewise. I figure I am already will to accept responsibility for myself, and I can slowly scale out how much responsibility I can take by managing services for friends and family.
Went down an OpenSUSE rabbit hole today. Specifically MicroOS.
Seems to me the trend of containerization continues. MicroOS is immutable and can be configured to run GNOME or KDE, so it can serve as a very lightweight option for daily driving. Plus it has automated updates. Every time you boot it has a maintenence window where it tries to update.
All of your applications can be run via containers like flatpak.
If you're a developer you can use docker (or podman) to build your applications. Heck you can run entire development environments in containers with dev containers.
I have even discovered tools that allow running terminal applications in containers.
I'm only running it in virtualbox for now, but might consider using it for a purpose built development machine.
Dev Containers: https://containers.dev/
CLI Containers: https://containertoolbx.org/
OpenSUSE MicroSO: https://microos.opensuse.org/
Podman: https://podman.io/
Flatpak: https://www.flatpak.org/
Fedora has something similar to MicroOS called CoreOS:
https://fedoraproject.org/coreos/
But doesn't really seem to be as flexible as microos from what I can tell. But I don't see why you couldn't do the same thing with it.
Contemplating nuking my stack. I think for good reasons.
1. 100% KYCd
2. I have nothing in lightning.
Not looking for pity. I made my bed. I will lie in it.
Just feel like I'm fucked as is, and it's just best to cut my losses and start over from scratch.
Starting over only solves #1. #2 I'm just fucked (granted, I can just pay the fees to open a channel or use some other L2)
- I can use a non-kyc exchange on round 2
- I can buy an apollo 2 (or two) to home mine.
- figure out a way to provide value to people and accept BTC. (lightning
This last point is dumb, but I have it so no point in lying to myself about it:
I kind of want to stay poor? The whole "have fun staying poor" attitude that seems to be very prevelant doesn't sit right with me. I don't want to be apart of it, I don't want to be around it. It's one of the lamest things I see come from bitcoiners. Things like this make them on par with ethereans, IMO.
But, If your right and rich at the end of the day, who cares?
again, stupid.
I feel useless, rn. Mostly because I can't really contribute anything to Nostr or BTC. Other than using it, I guess. If that can even be considered a contribution.
Another reason I like Nostr, I have discovered, is that it's much closer to real life. On NOSTR I have no friends. In real life–I also have no friends. I greatly enjoy that I can so closely simulate my status quo in the real, digitally.
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One of the reasons apple is (was?) successful is they hide away a lot from end users. My parents are diehard apple fans for this very reason. So any non-custodial self-custody solution would have to have this level of hand holding. I have some doubt that you can have both hand-holding and non-custodial.
I can't recall where I read this story about Steve Jobs. It was during a design meeting for some tool on Mac and he says to his design team he wants users to click one button and the task they are trying to do gets done. Anything more than clicking one button is almost too much for some people.
Go to any store with self-service kiosks (McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.) and watch how everyday people (with all due respect) struggle even with tools like that.
Granted, you can argue that these things might not be designed well. Fair enough. But I doubt it would be merely bad design.
Random prediction based on nothing, a pure shot in the dark:
Nostr will never take off. Bitcoiners will use it, build cool shit with it, etc. Most normies will get herded into digital fiefdoms (well, they already have)
Constrast NOSTR with something like Urbit. Nostr, anyone can run a relay, anyone can build a client, etc. There are little to no barriers to entry. Urbit, on the other hand, has a ton of barries to entry. It's relatively hard to setup, get access, etc. There is a clear heirarchy built into the design. It's that way on purpose to preserve quality of members.
Interestingly enough Urbit is built on Ethereum.
This applies to the internet also. Nuke as many social media and other services as possible. It's only anecdotal evidence, but I notice I experience much more general happiness now that I use the internet a lot less. I have linkedin and nostr, and even those I only use occasionally.
Can someone explain to me why I would want to have a home miner? As I currently understand It would be very unlikely for me to actually mine a block as a solo miner.
My biggest fear right now is losing all my BTC due to poor opsec.
- using a computer connected to the internet to sign transactions
- kyc exchanges (swan)
I mean I'm not that afraid. It will be a good experience if you can believe it.
It's just the starting over from zero that spooks me. If I restart at all.
I'm using Gossip client, and my nip-05 has a strike through it. I set up everything as described in different guides.
Does anyone have any pointers? What information do you need from me?
How expensive is streaming video? Like if I were to host my own streaming platform for example. How much would it cost? And what techniques could I use to reduce costs?
Would love to get some advice. I often think about leaving tech and moving into blue collar jobs, any guidance would be appreciated.
The biggest thing is the money. I make really good money, which makes it really hard to leave. I have a house too.
I know I will have to take a pay cut to switch careers.
I'm also 35yo.
This is also a blessing of things like rejoining Nostr again. It's humbling because there are so many programmers on here shipping some really interesting tools. I can barely wrap my head around some of it. It's humbling because how much I don't know is so apparent.
I've been reading up on C the last few weeks. So far I am enjoying it. It's hard. I am not a formally educated progammer so learning C has highlighted to me a lot of these gaps.
One thing I like about C is the same thing I like about Go: Very small lexicon.
I know C is dangerous and all, but I think that is a plus in a way. Because it forces you to be smart with your code. Like drawing with pen instead of pencil.
Some of the topics I struggle with right now are things like pointers and memory management. I've never had to do these things because I have historically been a web developer.
https://suckless.org/ has been a big source of inspiration for me. Because so much of what they build is simple and elegant. Purpose built. Good.
The more I work on stuff like this, the more frustration I feel in my day job. Because I feel like I do is contribute more shit software to a shit software saturated world.
I'm still a relatively new developer. Beyond algorithms, what resources would to recommend to someone like me to study so try to contribute you this area?
I don't know who said this, but someone said something like this:
There is a whole generation of people who don't know what is like to be unreachable.
I am fortunate to have known what this is like. I took similar steps to you:
- removed social media (actually almost all apps except a few games and signal so I can talk and play with fam)
- stopped using fitness trackers or any type of device that is supposed to help you keep track of things, they're basically honeypots to keep you attached to your phone.
for most tracking, pen and paper will do, feels better, and low tech and therefore cheap and resilient.
I'm still hooked on the phone, but you've inspired me to try again to just not use it.
I'm rooting for you in your recent goings on in life. Stay Strong Friend.
Everyday I work with javascript I want to quit working in tech more.
Which is a really odd experience given that I got into tech and learned to program with JS. In hindsight I get the sense that I've done nothing but contribute more shit software to an increasly shit software saturated world.
What more is, I have no other skills. Programming is the only thing I've been good at (relatively to all other things I spend time doing)
So what do? Quit and start a hole digging business? Lol.
To be clear, I don't think people are less because they can't use a touch screen. I just think there are not a lot of people who are constantly submerged in techology like I am, and have not interest in using anything more than a tv remote.
I don't know who said this, but someone said something like this:
There is a whole generation of people who don't know what is like to be unreachable.
I am fortunate to have known what this is like. I took similar steps to you:
- removed social media (actually almost all apps except a few games and signal so I can talk and play with fam)
- stopped using fitness trackers or any type of device that is supposed to help you keep track of things, they're basically honeypots to keep you attached to your phone.
for most tracking, pen and paper will do, feels better, and low tech and therefore cheap and resilient.
I'm still hooked on the phone, but you've inspired me to try again to just not use it.
I'm rooting for you in your recent goings on in life. Stay Strong Friend.
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