This is like how a cassette works. You stop and it picks up later in the same spot.

I can support the cassette form of nostr 😀


Next year you guys gotta get your jukebox on the Las Vegas dome.

We can do a physical mixtape station at BTC Vegas next year. Learn how to dub some tapes, make some tapes at the Wavlake booth.

We'll just use 6 minutes cassettes, 3 min per side to keep it short. 😀

https://fountain.fm/episode/VPlFJmxBxupQoi3kbYuN

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Just checked the etching on the Bitcoin Record 😍

So glad I snagged one. Really came out well nostr:nprofile1qqsp833a7mzk2x3mpc748u6qum3hpv2q5cj4ws5l69jmjstz4re7jgcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp04hkprh and nostr:nprofile1qqsvuswpdx9gcppzrz79smctnmydt0l68h9uagym6kwmn5xe9slupdqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd46hg6tw09mkzmrvv46zucm0d5q3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedy7vpluv.

And of course all the artists on there. What a cool artifact from this event and this time.

https://i.nostr.build/BUGfgAf47P9M1lg9.jpg


What is good self-hosted-music-foused-PC-2.0 software? To host music I mean.

I use castapod for a podcast but I don't think it would do well for music, but it could work.


How are these top 40 charts made? Like where does the data come from go determine the leaderboard?


I was joking, but it doesn't have the officer appointed over me bit.


The officers appointed over you say they must protect the USD. That's how they get you. The officers oath just has the constitution bit.


One of the coolest images I've seen over SSTV. Give it a shot. Unlike the QR code I did nostr:nprofile1qqszw48usckkhs9hcwt3q3np9k2z2c73s8qc0gu3uxqw66cqlq88ukcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7te3xsczue3h0ghxjmc3zk5tp opted for a nice color photo.

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Awesome track. It starts side B of episode 0.2

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👀
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1977 sound-o-matic. The slide carousel was controlled by cassette. A special tone was encoded in your recording and would make the projector automatically advanced to the next slide.

https://youtu.be/V9TtMg0hMKw


Yes that is exactly what it is. 😀


I just learned that Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff. He shaved his head so he could refer to his opponent as "my long haired opponent."

This guy.


There was always emacs browser eww. The web never looked so good from the terminal.


Nice! You should do a radio drama!


Great discussion. The thing about strength training too is that its like the cheapest thing to get into. A pair of dumbells. Maybe a mat. That's it.

I used Peloton though. I really like the guided strength workouts. It would be cool to see someone do nostr workout sessions 😀

https://fountain.fm/episode/FOPxS6N2GBurH7yqDWPb

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Such a good form factor. They should make a smart phone with a keyboard. Business users would love it.


I released 2 podcasts episodes this week, I'm celebrating!

The score in this haul is the Hunter S. Thompson 2 cassette audiobook read by him.

https://i.nostr.build/79gTg8XXGvvhtqlI.jpg

https://i.nostr.build/MapN9x1upRlrEH2M.jpg


Proof of Work
https://image.nostr.build/5c7daaae9648f4b297e9c0f0cde48b6ca9c3ef611453458974aa3b0836f7402c.jpg


Yeah that's awesome. I think this makes it easy. I want to self host though.

But I know appreciate what these services are doing for you so I'm living the pain to educate others.


Yeah absolutely. Discovery and curation still work better from a centralized source most of the time.

And I get people want to do just upload and move on. That's honestly awesome, that's a service worth paying for.

I'm just trying to keep the weirdo level high 😀


Yeah just getting the guids, urls, and the split syntax is the most error prone I think, that would help the most.

Oh yeah, I remeber someone vaguely saying that too if it's 100% they don't see it live.

Thank you listening also 🙏


This episode is so insightful.

I think for starters, what we could do is add an option on every track to generate a raw, value time split template for you with all the guids pre-filled and the timestamps empty. Then all you'd have to do is click on the track, get the template, and then fill in the timestamps before putting it in your feed. I think that'd take most of the headache out of constructing the block for that specific track but let me know if I'm wrong.

Also, the remotePercentage value is set to 99 on the songs on our episodes so we can have some visibility into which songs get boosted during an episode.


I don't always make CDs, but when i do there are just 2 tracks.

https://i.nostr.build/0ouWyyl2N0wG3HLF.jpg


It's like popes in discordia. You are already a magnate. But since you asked how to be one, you are excommunicated.


Thanks y'all. Yeah live streaming is a different beast I'm not ready for yet 😀 but that's awesome, I saw it work at bands for bitcoin and it was super cool.


Special thanks to nostr:nprofile1qqszm7l9ew24usqckahx2s4rhpuzz3xatatnty2dhxfpl5jv8v73qmgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0twzvpk, nostr:nprofile1qqs00y32ptdnlfxa5hhv4f30dalwv9vl0a27pqpkdpkx3cyrstp50zqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skcns9ee3, nostr:nprofile1qqsxj7j6m0urzhm8lgsalud8aqz5zt4a52s6mhep3g8e8cg6hte03rqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7duuwhd and more who really helped me yesterday.

I'm not claiming to have solved anything here, I just wanted to document the issues I had for future self and others.


Yeah, I'll think about it. But I realize I'm a special case 😀

I could imagine a website where you find the wavlake track you want, you enter the time, and it spits out the snippets for you to copy.

You could call it mixtape builder 😀

Doesn't need a full Gameboy interface either 🤪

Here's full documented headache:

https://www.bitpunk.fm/@bitpunkfm_unwound/episodes/valuetimesplits


I made a second podcast. I'm only three episodes in and the curse hit me 😀

This one is called bitpunkfm unwound. And it's behind the scenes of making a #v4v podcast (mainly self hosting), making cassettes in 2024 and beyond, and some insights into the content on bitpunk.fm.

It's an audio log format mainly so I can remeber how I do things but then figured why not share it.

First episode is all the problems I had yesterday about valueTimeSplits.

It's live and on podcast index.

https://www.bitpunk.fm/@bitpunkfm_unwound/episodes/valuetimesplits


Yeah she I guess is her own label and lawyer too 🤷♂

So #v4v isn't immune to these legal issues unfortunately, it's just more transparent.

The community is nice and small and friendly now but I do think something like this might happen. Especially as it grows, sadly.


Oh nice! Yes people will telling me about this! I didn't put 2 and 2 together. I will check it out.


Yeah that's what I'm on now. I'm open to alts! But so far everytime I've blamed castapod it hasn't been castapods fault.

My only complaint so far is it has a forced fediverse thing which is odd but fine.


I'm trying 😀


Shoutout to nostr:npub1f49twdlzlw667r74jz6t06xxlemd8gp2j7g77l76easpl8jsltvqvlzpez you got a mention on waveform! Make cassettes great again 😝
https://wavlake.com/episode/2676a3a0-06e0-4e0a-9f54-222a7fa6c959


Interesting video. Music lawyer reviews bandcamp ToS.

You would think this would be very boring, but I found it super interesting especially what's going on in #v4v music.

My takeaway is that she think bandcamp is not completely horrible but there are some gotcha. Mostly around payment processing.

The other point is about deplatforming and where the content goes.

The thumbnail is sadly clickbaity, it's not doing anything horrible. But still informative.

https://youtu.be/EywCOmOUreQ


Oh, I recorded a 25 minute rant. About to call it bitpunk.fm unwound in a new podcast.

But basically it's finding the feed url (it's obvious once you know but the rss feed is not on the track only on the album). Then it's knowing the feedguid is in the rss. Then the item guid.

But, I had for example the artist page url first, not the feed url.

Also, I couldn't search tracks on the web? I was logged in, but also very frustrated at this point so I've calmed down and will look at fresh eyes.

I am bringing this pain on myself. I just really want to self host this. But an authoring tool would make this so much easier.


Most Americans don't care. I was in Afghanistan and most Americans didn't care about a war their own people were in.

We outsource our wars now to either the warrior class who pays the burden or better yet to non Americans.


Well you know, try anything once. But I think this has been tried more than once so 🤷


I like it. Is it a black mirror or a portal? We will never know.


That really sucks :( you can grab the old ones from relays maybe?


I clipped it for you :)

https://fountain.fm/clip/mvSuR1th1hUU6sCTe6B4


GM 🎶


Yes exactly! Was thinking something just like this. Maybe for next time.


And here is probably the first number station in the Slovak language! (There was a few in czech though). Hopefully my accent is OK. Number ststions are supposed to be hard to hear anyway. I think I got the pacing down.

I am making looking booklets so you can decode them. It's fun to do, but it would be annoying to do everyday perhaps.

https://fountain.fm/clip/mvSuR1th1hUU6sCTe6B4


Yeah for sure. I should clip the one I made, I think I got the pacing down and the static. I was going to play a trumpet song first but I had only 10 seconds left on the tape.


I enjoy it, but not the not being able to sleep after part.


Here's a recordings of a number station I recorded just a few weeks ago. They still constantly broadcast.

I go through how the actual one time pads episode works for these station. Most people assume it's just the letter you want go send modolu 26 for English. But, that's not it most likely.

I also made my own number station broadcast at the end with a puzzle but you'll need the cassette to solve it.

https://fountain.fm/clip/Z9fdj27GQ7qBwGcScSYp


Yeah right on. I was just curious. Lots of people were using these things just for fun but seemed like you are seriously using these so that's cool!


Interesting. Yeah, radio waves are crazy. Cool that it's working.

Just curious do you prefer the voice or text? Because meshtastic is mainly text yeah?


Amazing thank you. I think we've got the crisis solved for the moment though.


But meshtastic is radio. I don't get your comment radio comms don't work. Like you mean other radios or what?


Are you connecting to albly hub over tor though? I haven't yet done this because I don't really like the forced tor interactions from start9.

Tor is great don't get me wrong, but I don't want it all the time.


The first is the best imho. Watch Black Sails if you want real pirates. Amazing amazing show. NSFW tho.


Yeah this is true. I think it's easy too fall into the trap and say I had no zaps today and be down. But supporters are listening to you and sharing.


Automating the marker export is a good idea for the timestamps. Thanks, I'll look into that. I realize now y'all are using wavlake or rss blue for the time Value Splits. After today, I know now how that rss is formed so hopefully it's easier next time I do it. Thank you.


I'm using castapod. It turns out there was no issues with it. It allows some custom RSS at the channel and item level.


Ok I'll check this out later. I still have PTSD from doing this right now. But thank you for the video link.


It's because he called ameatur radio and not ham.


Yeah really appreciate it. Sorry if I was grumpy about it. I'll check it tomorrow.


I spent the better part of the day troubleshooting #v4v split issues. Many people helped today, thank you. I'm sorry if I was grumpy.

My conclusion is this. If you are hosting a #v4v podcast with a hosted platform it will probably work nicely. RSS blue has super chapters, wavlake has an interface to add its own songs.

If you want to do this self hosted, like I am, the best tool seems to be emacs to copy guids and a calculator to generator time durations.

At the end of the day, one client shows the splits and one doesn't. 🤷♂

There's definitely an opportunity if someone wants to make some tools to make this easier. I will walk you through the issues. Otherwise I'll just emacs macro this to work for me.

Anyway, just my experience. This is I think worh the pain, but it was fucking painful.


It's working on podcast guru! So, the rss is working. Not sure about fountain.

https://i.nostr.build/v73OeUSfYSL6xCfw.jpg


Some how nostr:nprofile1qqsx2wyjt6lmvc05rrvv05r5hm3w3t7h0pcpmkyswrpd4ymd2u09tscpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu339e682mnwv4k8xct5wvhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wscn3xgh is not showing correctly. Maybe I need to clear cache?

But I confirmed the splits show up in podcast guru.

https://i.nostr.build/v73OeUSfYSL6xCfw.jpg


Turns out nostr:nprofile1qqsx2wyjt6lmvc05rrvv05r5hm3w3t7h0pcpmkyswrpd4ymd2u09tscpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu339e682mnwv4k8xct5wvhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wscn3xgh is not showing it properly. Podcast guru shows the correct splits.

Thanks for the help

https://i.nostr.build/v73OeUSfYSL6xCfw.jpg


Sorry yall. The real time zaps aren't working for me. Maybe someone at nostr:nprofile1qqsx2wyjt6lmvc05rrvv05r5hm3w3t7h0pcpmkyswrpd4ymd2u09tscpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu339e682mnwv4k8xct5wvhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wscn3xgh or nostr:nprofile1qqswfa547pdmqkerzf2uen3agudc67wxffjmenqpge3dylc006fppyspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxvmm4de6xz6tw9enx6qgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46qj40rct can help.

Best I can tell the valueTimeSplit is there in the RSS feed but fountain only shows the split for the entire podcast.

I can always change the splits maybe to the older style. Good news is the chapter, url and images are working for each of the tracks.


Ah, it needs a subscription 😞 is nobody doing this self hosted?


Ok I will try maybe tomorrow. Really appreciate the help.


That's awesome. I mean I'm picking the tracks from y'all but then manual going through the rss.

But I won't have any self respect if I don't self host my own zine. 😀


Oh ok so basically use rss blue like an editor? I fine self hosting, but the rss xml is kicking my ass. I'll give it a shot.


Oh nice. Yeah, I had a feeling about strength training being where it's at but it will be nice to hear some more details on it. Thanks! Added to queue!


For #v4v music podcast like from nostr:nprofile1qqszy58kj62v9fpe98nhuh0q76np4e0r0g0wd44rhth3wphdnyqjfzcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyq3yamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwccxctnfduyrnr5s, nostr:nprofile1qqsxj7j6m0urzhm8lgsalud8aqz5zt4a52s6mhep3g8e8cg6hte03rqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7duuwhd and more how are you generating your valuereceipient tags?

Because holy crap, I spent several hours on it today, trying to manually match guids, find urls, and it didn't work. Maybe it works now? It seems like the only way to know is to push it live and then see?

And I'm manually calculating durations with a calculator which ALSO has to be done for the chapters!

What is the work flow for this because all this stuff is very painful, tedious, and I'm like editing xml and json by hand. It kinda sucks.

For the record I'm completely self hosting. Castapod running in my basement.


Ok, I think I had the wrong feed url. I had the wavlake album urls in there. I pushed a change hopefully thst does it.


Ok so I used validator on live wire and i do see the valurRecipients actually. But yeah, it doesn't show on rss blue or fountain.

Maybe I'll try that split generator


Thank you! But no stress. I think I need to debug castapod a bit and with that tool I can now see it.

Worst case, I'll just make them episode level splits.


Oh ok, nice I did not know about this tool thanks.


I don't think it worked :( the valuetimesplits didn't apply. I am using castapod. Maybe nostr:nprofile1qqszm7l9ew24usqckahx2s4rhpuzz3xatatnty2dhxfpl5jv8v73qmgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0twzvpk or nostr:nprofile1qqs00y32ptdnlfxa5hhv4f30dalwv9vl0a27pqpkdpkx3cyrstp50zqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skcns9ee3 can take a look at my rss?

The chapters are working i think but when I zapped on fountain it just shows the top level splits not the individual ones sadly.


Testing zaps for the awesome contributors :)

https://fountain.fm/episode/YDWghtJQuwxH6LwEQJ9E

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Episode 0.2 is out!!! This is the best one yet with the most community contributors!

Side A
- ZPI: The Mysterious Tape, a Radio Drama
- The Simulation is Glitching by nostr:nprofile1qqsgvem5wtv2ae24emmdcxqk06xv5d9af320h5fkgedyupfm70ajkmcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu6rpwpc8jarpwejhym3wvdhszynhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4es6wckdc
- Cassette Revolution, AI
- In the Desert
- BV SSTV by nostr:nprofile1qqszw48usckkhs9hcwt3q3np9k2z2c73s8qc0gu3uxqw66cqlq88ukcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7te3xsczue3h0ghxjmc3zk5tp
- The Box by Ash Overseer

Side B
- Wale Watu by nostr:nprofile1qqsv30fhy262w40l8jmhaap0mamuzpdc62z3933njjwy88xq563625cpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7pwlhm0
- Superintelligence is a bitcoiner by nostr:nprofile1qqsgvem5wtv2ae24emmdcxqk06xv5d9af320h5fkgedyupfm70ajkmcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu6rpwpc8jarpwejhym3wvdhszynhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4es6wckdc
- OTP is for you and me

I really hope I got the time value splits correct. I'll check later.

Thank you to all the contributors! I'm starting to fill the next episode already.

Please contact me on simplex or signal with your address and I will mail you a tape when they are done (in a few weeks).

https://fountain.fm/episode/YDWghtJQuwxH6LwEQJ9E


I will check it out. I just hit publish, hopefully I got it correct 😀


Ok I post this and then of course find it. Is there no tool to help with this tho?


Ok, I'm getting a bit frustrated with this #v4v thing. There's a track, The Sinulation is Glitching on this wavlake album.

I need three guids, feedguid, feedurl, and item guid. I'm like searching xml by hand and super confused.

How do you do this? I want to make the valueTimeSplit entry correct.

nostr:nprofile1qqszm7l9ew24usqckahx2s4rhpuzz3xatatnty2dhxfpl5jv8v73qmgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0twzvpk any tips?

https://wavlake.com/album/b012bb80-37b7-47a8-86ec-40bbc9838079


Yeah idk how this works tbh. The earth is supposed to be flat.


Some mind-bending sonic philosophy for Bitcoiners and cypherpunks. Close your eyes, put on headphones and meditate.

This avant-garde album blends ambient textures, slow jazz undertones, and dark techno beats to create a mesmerizing sonic landscape that serves as a backdrop for thought-provoking lyrics. The tracks explore the boundaries between reality and simulation, delving into themes of artificial intelligence, fractal universes, and the nature of consciousness. With narratives that range from conversations about rogue AI on airplane flights to contemplations on the fractal structure of pebbles, the album invites listeners on a philosophical journey through the fringes of perception and existence. It's a meditative, mind-bending experience designed to be absorbed in darkness, challenging listeners to question their understanding of reality and the potential malleability of our perceived world.

https://wavlake.com/album/b012bb80-37b7-47a8-86ec-40bbc9838079


Final push today hopefully. I'll combine all of the sides A and B. Fix the levels, give it a listen one more time through.

Once solid, I'll burn the CD. Because then I can route the CD to the dbx200 to the tape machines.

But I have a month to make the tapes, first I'll get it going on the podcast.

https://i.nostr.build/Goq22xcmKuZpyNFV.jpg


Next episode, which is so close to being released, is the most weird so far 😀


Aww, clip got mangled. https://fountain.fm/clip/wwMTAecvPrQbXKvh1Dk8


super weirdo stuffhttps://fountain.fm/clip/wwMTAecvPrQbXKvh1Dk8. Amazing. Love it nostr:npub1z0rrmak9v5drkr3a20e5pehrwzc5pf392apfl5t9h9qk928nay3s7wxuxf and nostr:npub1eequz6v23szzyx9utphsh8kg6kll50wte6sfh4vah8gdjtplcz6qg7at9s


I heard it! Wavlake said they are going cassette! :) Wow, made my morning hearing y'all mention me.

https://fountain.fm/episode/VPlFJmxBxupQoi3kbYuN

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I don't pour over yet, but my automatic grinder broke so I went back to my burr hand grinder.

Now each cup feels like I must earn it.


Right on. My start9 still going strong. I haven't tried nostr relay with them yet but otherwise I've been happy with it.


Well, if you have kids then you are the most important person in their lives. That's pretty monumental actually.

Also, just due to the chaos theory you could be flapping your arms and cause some revolution.


I think of it like I'm speedrunning them through the tech developments. I also told them they couldn't get a phone until they told me how it works.

I found a note book with a cute description of how a cell tower works 😀


Yeah I'm curious to see how publishing will work on fountain now with the nostr integration. I think when I upload the file, the rss will update but I think I will have to manually make a note still. 🤷♂


I'm noodling the idea for sure. If Podcaster could keep to 60 minutes that would help 🤣

Maybe it's an AI voice to text to voice recap. 🤷♂

But yeah this is what I do. I use my legit Sony walkman for walks with tapes. There are two modern ones, the FiiO CP-13 is actually pretty good with usbc charging. But significant heavier than a AA powered device.

There are some ali express models that aren't horrible.


I know right! If only they existed. If only I could automated making podcasts or audiobooks to tape. Upload a link or audio, get mailed some cassettes.


The Denver Zine Library, which archives more than 20,000 zines said they will accept tapezines!

Do we want the zine archived? I'm on the fence. #asknostr

Pros:

- People can check it out for free (they already can of course digitally)
- feels cool? Maybe it shouldnt?

Cons:
- denver is in the blast radius of first strike nuclear targets, the zine will not survive.
- is it too mainstream? Lame? Is it just ego fulfillment?

Here's the org:

https://denverzinelibrary.org/


Books on tape. No Turing machine are harmed (or used).

Might be a lot of tapes though.


The sides are 20 minutes each. Ideally, no longer than 8 minutes. Min 30 sec. But if you really want to do a 20 minute noise ballad, I'll do it.

All I really do is try to match levels I don't do any editing otherwise for the side.

Unless you want me to, I can push the levels hot and it will add a distortion effect.

Haha, I realize this sounds like I'm making it up as I go along. This will be tape number 4 so I'm still young at this.


Because tapes don't have a next button. Gave my kids a cheap walkman, they asked "how do I skip to the next song" and then I realized this medium is perfect for kids.

CDs are great too, I don't judge.

But my kids ask me for custom mixtapes now.


No rush. I'm always here. Tapes keep rolling.


It is especially good for retro sounds. However, i used a phone ring tone from the 90s. It was labeled old and that made me sad.


I was looking for a noise artist for bitpunk.fm. Check out the previous two episodes if you like the vibe.

I make physical tapes and hand them out at conferences. If you contribute I'll send you a tape.

Digital version goes up on my self hosted rss platform and I'll add your split (or try to, castapod can do at least full album splits).


I used a lot of the cc0 sounds for the soon to be released next episode. Footsteps, book slamming table, door shutting and more.

I made a radio drama and used these sounds.


Yes. Because: analog. Offline. Uncensorable. Unmonitorable. Decentralized distribution. Permissionless authorship.

https://i.nostr.build/yexE0LYJvJEXwz2v.jpg


The website looks very slick! St. Augustine is awesome, wish I could see yall there!


Amazing. One day, perhaps.


My meditation mantra is "ohm."


I left this on a table in Nashville. It disappeared when I went back to check on it.

https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdnfcnszt494tr9a8l26z72pj6fm2zu44xdp4qavjc8kh6z2w56ugpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsygzdf2mn0chmkkhsl4vskjm733h7wmf6q25hj8hhlkk0vq0eu586mqpsgqqqqqqse8r5nm


Some trumpet recordings, I'm getting better!

I learned Hedwigs theme from Harry Potter to impress my kids.

Then I learned this cornet solo from a waltz in Swan Lake that, honestly by itself is not so impressive. But when it lands in the piece (and played by someone good) it's amazing.

I might try to learn some jazz pieces next. Any suggestions? Playing above the staff is still quite difficult for me.

https://a.nostr.build/1itX8VpyvH2zVi5e.wav

https://a.nostr.build/or54G6Ks5gKvgiCO.wav


Thanks. I don't think I realized the fountain user name as a ln address lookup bit.

I'll let you know if I get stuck!


This movie was so good. Been forever  since i saw it


Do you know of a good way to merge the #v4v 2.0 spec with nostr? AFAIK, to get a split from rss you need a ln address in the xml block.

For music on wavlake, this works fine, I can find the correct thing.

But I want to make the split go to a npub associated with content that doesn't exist on wavlake (and is not otherwise published), but they are on nostr. Any ideas how to do this?


I forgot to say that if your contribution ends up on the tape, I will send you one. Possibly a CD version too.

So if you can't meet me, this will guarantee you a physical copy.

nostr:nevent1qqsgmat93hlmlsay673w24xcx5yplkje854899vm2a4jdjzejxuw0kgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsy6j4hxl30hdd0pl2epd9harr0uakn5q4f0y000ldv7cqlneg04kqrqsqqqqqp9fyt7c


But those color screwdriver set tho 😍


If you like pen and paper cryptography, I've got a one time pads example for you coming up on the next issue.

I've matched my pacing with I think a real Cuban number station and I practiced copying it down. It's legit.

Digital listeners can participate but if you get the tape you get a bonus message.

How to get a tape? You can meet me in Prague for HCPP in early October. I will ask you if you have a cassette player. Answer correctly and truthfully and you will get one.

If you fail the response, you still get a sticker though so don't worry.


Look up those friendship bracelets on etsy. You might ditch wavlake and start frenlake at those prices.


It's almost like you can't trust hardware.

My favorite saying about this:
Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works.


When people can longer quote this from memory my time on this earth will have passed.


I came here for an argument!


Issue 0.2 is overfull! Some submissions will go onto the next one. Classic knapsack problem -- 2, 20min bins on each tapes.

I could get 40 minutes per side if I record 4 mono tracks. You would just pan each track as you listen. But I'm not that crazy, yet.

Good news is, the digital version should be out early! Like maybe before next week early. These tapes will go to Prague in October for HCPP.

Also good news, issue 0.3 will probably also come sooner at this rate too.


Cellos should be used more often in rock/metal.


Issue 0.2 is overfull! Some submissions will go onto the next one. Classic knapsack problem -- 2, 20min bins on each tapes.

I could get 40 minutes per side if I record 4 mono tracks. You would just pan each track as you listen. But I'm not that crazy, yet.

Good news is, the digital version should be out early! Like maybe before next week early. Three tapes will go to Prague in October for HCPP.

Also good news, issue 0.3 will probably also come sooner at this rate too.


Demo tapes are amazing.


Stay tuned for the next issue of bitpunk.fm. I go over this in great detail.


Print media is punk.


I will not believe it until I see them eating a hot dog on Friday without the bun!


The tapes through it off. I think it should he slightly higher based on how it works.


8 hours... that's a lot of tapes.

What is the nostr:nprofile1qqspfdl3hkjwvnunzds5tcnz98zqdlgmvrc0q9vwwj3k7sxplawhzugprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj73004pvup of a neural brain interface?


New trumpet release. Bria Skonberg. Very New Orleans jazz feel. Sadly, she didn't release to cassette so I will go out on a limb and say I have the only copy 😀

https://i.nostr.build/bqvg9rtkUsJ7piIR.jpg


Just as a PSA, I made the mistake of picking up my phone on Saturday. It was a scam call but I listening longer than I should l. I only snapped out of it when my wife said "the government doesn't call on Saturdays."

Fortunately no harm besides short lived embarrassment. But as sometime who works in security, it's just a reminder to me how despite all the technical solutions, all the cryptography, it's really the human level that is always and will remain the weakest link.


Morse. The first digital mode. --.- ... .-..


Last night, my kids fell asleep to Brian Eno playing from a cassette into the aux in of their D-cell powered boombox. Life is moving in the right direction.

(Sadly the boombox doesn't have a cassette deck built in).


For maritime weather it's not horrible. I'd be curious with starlink how much the maritime industry has switched over.


I don't always revolution, but when I do, it's with neon walkie talkies.


Love it!


Reupload with a fresh cover on nostr:nprofile1qqszy58kj62v9fpe98nhuh0q76np4e0r0g0wd44rhth3wphdnyqjfzcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7tuwue4  📡🔊
https://wavlake.com/album/6b680861-7b9a-4be8-8c0b-6df60484e0b8
nostr:nprofile1qqsy6j4hxl30hdd0pl2epd9harr0uakn5q4f0y000ldv7cqlneg04kqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmewp5x2unsw4hxktn5dajxz7f09lw4c7 🧡 #tunestr #wavlake


Yeah zinesters are using to releasing their work and have it be ignored. So nostr is a perfect fit :) I'm joking of course, but not, but I am.


Yeah I've been podcasts on tape and listening on walks. I listen to less (probably good) and I only get 90 minutes. But it forces me to be more selective.


For me it's when I hear the other family struggling to do some tech thing.

Except when they are looking for usb c cables. I enjoy listening to them try lightning cables even though I've explained the history of the usb specifications to them many times.


Yeah the priorities are reversed sadly. Homes before 1980 though idk. Drywall is nice but sometimes I'd appreciate a real wall sometimes too.

Lots of sheet rock doesn't even stop 9mm.


No need to buy it, I'll gladly you give it to you. A coffee is more than fine but steaks sound amazing. Hccp is the first weekend in October so I'll be there maybe a few days earlier.


I do wish podcasts would stick to a CDs length.

It is nice to hear unstructured conversations but yeah.


Ok, I had forgotten about this. You made me find my copy that I've saved from over 20 years ago when I was getting into this stuff.

It is filled with highlights, notes and my own handwriting. I now remember the appeal.

I'll give it a proper listen later this weekend, but yeah, we need to go back to our roots. Excellent choice.


Nostr needs more zines. One could argue nostr is a zine and I can see that, but idk. I think even a digital zine needs to be finite with a beginning and end.

So in that case, nostr doesn't meet the definition.


Oh sweet! I'm still working on the main article. And I might try to record it to tape first this time. So that might take me a bit longer.

Fixing mistakes in a digital voice over is sooooo easy. I'm a bit nervous if I will be able to get through it.

I'll have to see how it sounds.


Yeah I'm really at a loss for words for how cool this is. Each issue has more and more contributors from this community.

I appreciate the trust and belief in this crazy project.

There's just something to this medium that's magnetic -- it keeps pulling me in.

And if the nostr relays go down, these tapes will still exist 😀

The door is always open for submissions. It's 20minutes per side, two sides. If it goes on the tape, I'll figure out a way to get you a copy.

nostr:nevent1qqs0ny37jkevyu968fn5ukyrqag6sdu7njwd8gxedjgah982xaadsmqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsf37qcuu353dsyqaawqjdg8rr7vm7srchr76x9uqh3zfv2yuz07pqrqsqqqqqpvz8akr


Yeah I'm saving nostr:nprofile1qqs0cu4wf0x3g99dg0qz795j5taln5caux0929tkazem59pd9wqkm0spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsrwtvl9 Dragon tape to when I go to Prague first week of October. But I forgot to ask if she was free to pick it up then 🤣

I can mail it if not.


Wow, it's so cool to see this show up in my timeline. I'm curious to hear how you think your track sounds on the tape.


IT HAS ARRIVED🔥
https://i.nostr.build/CDMrkr5hgZMchG8m.jpg
The latest release from nostr:nprofile1qqsy6j4hxl30hdd0pl2epd9harr0uakn5q4f0y000ldv7cqlneg04kqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmewp5x2unsw4hxktn5dajxz7f09lw4c7
Now becoming the best piece of my collection🤩

A complete and eclectic audiozine made for the cypherpunks
https://fountain.fm/episode/kf3Uss3jJul6rj7qz3iw

Once again, thanks for the collaboration while pushing forward #value4value
Here's the idyllic music made by nostr:nprofile1qqs0cu4wf0x3g99dg0qz795j5taln5caux0929tkazem59pd9wqkm0spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsrwtvl9
https://v.nostr.build/Oxfiev6bDLLze3uP.mp4

Keep #bitcoin punk🤘


He makes the digital copy for free. Link below.

https://imixwhatilike.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/iMiXWHATiLiKE-Full-Book.pdf


Yeah I gotta update the firmware on mine. I love it!


Pretty powerful book. 2011. Pretty sure he is a Marxist but he believes people should just be upfront with their bias instead of trying to be objective. Which I can respect.

In any case, if hiphop is your thing, I'd check it out.

https://i.nostr.build/HbgWIsi444YcvjEr.jpg

https://i.nostr.build/T8AED7EttPHYSDUo.jpg

https://i.nostr.build/oBOGMDFMScpPtW5A.jpg

https://i.nostr.build/th1gf9ban0Hpjmxb.jpg


My PC used to have a turbo button.


On youtube you only get the product for free if its a "fair and honest review." If you want to do a bad review of a product you have to buy it with your own money.


It is! Music, zine articles, poetry, and found sounds on neon orange translucent cassettes.


Yeah it's pretty crazy. It's like they were on a different planet but like, they were just up the street.


Can you sell other CDs besides groove salad?

I've been taping (yes, taping) some somafm live but if you did an official cd I'd snag it. Perhaps the licensing prevents it?

I'm sipping from my somafm mug now, love yall!


Idk, they could have just rebooted the org from ground 0.

Websites are basically hot wallets.


Not bad. But I just make my own now. The cans got too much plus I really like high levels of CO2.

I'm helping the environment by highly carbonation my drinks.


I do remeber the submarine scene, and as being a submarine guy once, it wasn't entirely horrible.


Oh man, I need to watch this movie again 😀


Sneakers are hip these days. I say we bring back sneakernet!


Chatting with nostr:npub1f49twdlzlw667r74jz6t06xxlemd8gp2j7g77l76easpl8jsltvqvlzpez reminded me of a project that some students in a communications club I was part of during college.

They created a packet tracker (I assume this wasn't novel although they received grant money from some military contractors, which is normal for my school). They were able to track anything that emitted 802.11 packets of any kind, which included device specific information down to 1 meter, over about 1 mile with a single antenna, a cheap SDR and GNU radio. As long as most smart phones are on, they emit traceable 802.11 packets. Something to consider. You just need a large enough antenna network to change that area. I wouldn't be surprised if Ring doorbells and Google homes already do this.


Yeah I should try to spin up some imterest on varaFM locally. How do the channels work? Is there tech writeups about this? I know it's closed source.

It's closed source but the assembly is available 😀


We have a lot of the same gear :)

Yeah I hear you on the FW side. You can also apply to Microchip :) but yeah, don't know your personal situation. They are in AZ.

https://i.nostr.build/gVSIjCBP0eMSsSxJ.jpg


Yeah right on. We'll, I saw you other not about being in a cave :) I'd say we need more HW/FW types. If you like RF there are projects like meshtastic that are super popular right now.

Also reticulum.

I'm working on some FM demodulation analog style with a PLL circuit to fm demod some voice data on a cassette. But I'm waiting for the parts.


I have found a person more analog cypherpunk than I.

https://i.nostr.build/OKeiot8ldfRY87Pc.jpg


I do hardware hacking like yourself. My automotive experience was briefly on the obd side.

However, I ran into some chiptuners along the way. I always got the sense they were bitter their cars were going digital 😀


Oh libwally too. It was developed by blockstream.


Have you looked into what trezor crypto does? They are using a secp256k library on a stm32f2. So there are embedded libraries that do this especially from the hardware wallet side.


I'm not judging BTW, this is awesome! I'm just curious.


Ok, it's not a trumpet. But I will make an exception for Dave.

https://i.nostr.build/Phb7zZS9HBhyNhx4.jpg


How embedded friendly is this? And I'm not talking raspberry pi but actual MCUs. I saw a mbedTLS depends somewhere.


C is punk rock. Baller.


The magnetic properties of tape can fade. But it's an analog signal so it will fade but not disappear. If taken care of, I still buy tapes over 40 years old and I think they sound great.

However, strong magnets can erase them. This is a pro and a con.

At CES, _this year_, a major music electronic producer called Fiio released a brand new walkman with usb c charging.

So, yeah it's niche. But I don't think it's going to 0.

And yes, it has the obfuscstion properties you mentioned.

I'm experimenting with a pencil and paper encryption scheme based on a one time pad, but honestly just Shakir split on multiple tapes might be easier.


That's right! The only thing missing was a self deleting cassette 😀


When digital systems fail, analog systems always have to bail them out.

https://i.nostr.build/icpTGgW8OH2dlGaa.jpg


Yeah, the programming language called scheme. Its a dialect of lisp. Very simple syntax if you can get over the ().

But it's really the ultimate playground for language design. It's a well documented use case if you dig into it. It'd been about 10 years for me since I've seriously done language design like this, but this is what I used.


Try it out in scheme. For DSLs like this scheme is very good at prototyping language ideas.

If you like prefix notation you don't even have to write any macros.


Here's the clip from the episode where I talk about it. It's basically as secure as paper if you just say them.

https://fountain.fm/clip/2O6Qa4vdigLRrAFwBgNQ


Yeah lol, it's a rabbit hole.


Yeah, Juraj tends to do things like this 😀


I think rucking might be a good replacement. Walking while carrying weight is a thing humans were meant to do. Jogging and running are good too of course no debate there. But it's surprisingly easy to injure yourself running jogging. Rucking I think has maybe equal benefit, less downside.


Have you tried the vhf uhf version? I've been meaning to try that.


Check out nostr:nprofile1qqsd4dkxqewy8xum47ctpu0ltgxxsfemeewpjkdyzk9ddfcg286s0dspr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmewp5x2unsw4hxktn5dajxz7gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uhvzusl video on it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX8GFn5uCI


I record mine to cassette. Offline. Analog. Has support shamir splits for over 50 years with multiple cassettes.

You can rerecord over a cassette you don't like for extra obfuscation.


Have fun installing texlive. This is thebcorrect answer. Donald Knuth approved.


Soma fm is like the best of the Internet for me.

It's basically a #v4v model.

I'm a secret agent fan. That's my goto.

I think this npub is one of them, or maybe a fan? nostr:nprofile1qqspda9tatf74fq803t8r6kt8vd0zk8e0mqy0wzhsf8gxt6uud7u2wgyc5n3r


Still working I'm that number station article, listening to... recordings of number stations I made.

There's actually quite a lot going on with these and some interesting applications.

But it's taking its time to get the letters I like into the emacs buffer.

https://i.nostr.build/PNaVZ7dosdRJNJgO.jpg


Where's the Afghanistan mention? I will sadly probably not watch this entire film but I'm curious about that piece.


It's a whole village now! Check it out. https://hamvillage.org/


Yeah it could be tough. For sure don't want like conversations or so. Could be other ambient sounds.

Or it could be more abstract. What would nostriga sound like on the astral plane 🤔


This looks honestly awesome. But the timing doesn't work.

Love this part of PA though.


Teaser audio for the poetry submissions for the next issue. It's called "voice mail poetry."

I worked with the author for the effect sounds. (Trying to get her on nostr :)

So if you have an potential idea but aren't sure, I'm happy to talk it through.

I myself am not an expert in this area but I think I'm getting better at audio effects and some creative remixing for cassettes 😀

https://a.nostr.build/ybJo3pJeCalOOjI7.mp3


Yeah so there's room on this tape still! I can add it. This one I'm bringing back to Prague in October for HCPP, so I'll be handing it out to a bunch or cypherpunks :)


I really like walu watu :)


It's queued up!


Any field recorders at #nostriga? An nice zine submission would be the sounds of nostriga perhaps.


Can't wait to hear it! New and experimental always sounds best on cassette!


It tapes tapes. PV.

nostr:nevent1qqsxqyap43ax5c0q59tlpjf90lfa7wepvdp3m0pnlske05rwl3ms86gpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9upzpgdf7dqev0h4auaukh6l7h0z80algsfj4ut8ymug3jqxreyexy7vqvzqqqqqqy4tm8a8


Zap notifications?! I got mine at btc prague and love it. How do I update the firmware again?


Whoa, nice! How do you make a badge and give it to people here? That's so cool!


Amazing. It's too easy to tell time now. This makes you earn it.


My favorite shirt in the store!


I still make them! Check out bitpunk.fm if you want to hear an audiozine. I publish the digital version as a podcast but the original looks like the image below:

https://i.nostr.build/yexE0LYJvJEXwz2v.jpg


BF was based.


Generally the answer to this is no. Almost all hardware wallets are paired to the mcu to the secure element.

So hww are realizing this is not a great UX, however it is good for sales.

So I think there are some HWW working on be factory reset able.

But yeah, I don't follow coldcard but my guess is you are screwed.


Probably one of the most interesting episodes I've heard in a while. This is analog cypherpunk to the max.

https://fountain.fm/episode/aeuH77UeXlElBLk2m7kM


Yeah lol, this. The Certificate Authorities are a cabal and are gatekeepers.

Imagine nostr but you had to first get your npub signed by a nostr authority-- that is PKI.

We are seemingly doing just fine without them.


I sometimes use my steamdeck to boot tails to use sparrow wallet. Works great.

It's better if you have a dock though.

Unlike most hardware wallets, I can see the output in HD.


Analog solutions to problems are often simpler at the cost of precision, which is a feature.

I would let my coffee brew for 2 minutes. I used my watch sometimes even digital timers and they would beep.

But I would never service the timer right away, it was more like oh thanks for letting me know.

I switched to this sand timer. It's 2 ish minutes. Turns out, what I really wanted to know was has it been at least 2 minutes and this works perfectly.

I'm appreciating more of these analog life hacks each day.

https://i.nostr.build/LR6GTxBx7U6A1jlu.jpg


Do you know Travis Goodspeed and Great Scott Gadgets have hacked these and done many talks about it? You should check it out.

If you don't know Travis he does many ham hacks like the Goodwatch, which is a ham radio transmitter watch.


I was on a submarine. The coffee pots are industrial defense contractor grade drip machines with nuclear reactor power heating elements.

You order coffee thusly:

"I would like a 2 and 2."

That means, 2 seconds cream 2 seconds sugar.

It can get worse.


This is cool. I have OpenWebUI running with local ollama on my Mac with local models, tunneled through holesail to my nginx.

I also run my Venice ollama-like proxy (link below) to access the LLaMA-3.1-405B model which does not run on my laptop.

And I access it as a PWA from my GrapheneOS phone.

What you see on the video then is:
- I do the first inference on Venice's LLaMA-405B using my project: https://pay.cypherpunk.today/apps/26zEBNn6FGAkzvVVuDMz3SXrKJLU/crowdfund
You can also get lifetime Venice Pro account there.
- Then I decide to switch to private local inference with Gemma2-27B, which runs on my local Mac
- Then I turn it into picture using the MidJourney prompt generator:

https://openwebui.com/m/hub/midjourney-prompt-generator:latest/

- (resulting image is not generated through Open WebUI, only through Venice's FLUX model with the Pro account)
- Then I ask what the eso-level of this conversation is with my Eso Level Estimator 8000:

https://openwebui.com/m/moonlestial/eso-level-estimator-8000

The future is now.

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

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


That Trumper player! 🎺


Pitfall! Those scorpions tho


So I had previously tried taking some data and frequency modulation at 15kHz or so. This effectively hides the signal in the upper band of the cassette. I'll try this in software today.

But I'll need a FM demod circuit in front of this guy.


Yeah that makes sense. Here the mcu controller doing the decoding I'd already more powerful than the C64 :)


Link is below to the original blog post, github link is in that post.

So, the PET and others use a type of FSK. I tried that originally as well. It's not only slower but not as reliable I think.

I think perhaps it was easier to do fsk back then? Idk.

But in the discussion you'll see the benefits of manchester are I think we'll suited to this medium.

http://zeninstruments.blogspot.com/2021/10/manchester-decoder-and-cassette.html?m=1


Yeah! It works! Cassette to data, decoding in real time at 3k baud!

Some improvements to be made but super happy with this. This means I can encode a message to a cassette and then decode it without having to digitize the audio, as it's being digitized as it streams in.

So it could be nice for offline storage of sensitive data. This is the physical layer so of course its possible to add authenticated encryption as well.

For example you could leave a cassette at a dead drop with an ecash token on to pay your raw milk dealer.

The encoding mechanism is differential manchester encoding which means it should be more survivable on different cassette decks. I have some bad ones so I will test it.

In this short video I also explain it, although I think I mi's speak the band rate. It's 3k baud ish.

Tagging my electronics peeps: nostr:nprofile1qqsf37qcuu353dsyqaawqjdg8rr7vm7srchr76x9uqh3zfv2yuz07pqpzdmhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3eq9z8wue69uhky6t5vdhkjmnjxejx2dtvddm8sdr5wpmkgmt6wfjxversd3sn2umevyexzenhwp3kzcn2w4cry7rsdy6kgatvvfskgtn0de5k7m30q9z8wue69uhk77r5wfjx2anpwcmrg73kx3ukydmcxeex5ee5de685ut2dpjkgmf4vg6h56n3w4k82emtde585u35xeh8jvn3vfskgtn0de5k7m30fmk7hw nostr:nprofile1qqs9l7uwrd4k98qwxjsp87ff36aswkde3g7jgq5ezcep6h45y4dkwdgprpmhxue69uhkxun9v968ytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qys8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn9d9h82mny0fmkzmn6d9njuumsv93k2tcpzpmhxue69uhk2tnwdaejumr0dshsph902p

https://v.nostr.build/fKhQ6EiKJIPhnZlr.mp4


I still use a FM transmitter in my house so that all my speakers are in sync. Cheaper than Sonos, no subscription, and my neighbors can tune in too.

They got super popular during covid for churches were people would sit in their cars in the parking lot and listen to the live sermon.


I'm digitizing this recording to CD also for my mom.

These recordings of the Jerry Garcia Band are kind of lore in the cassette world. Imagine a concert where the first rows are just filled with people and their recording gear. Which they called the taper section.

What I like about cassette recordings are they aren't perfect. I was having this conversation just yesterday with nostr:nprofile1qqsv025hmnjh5mml40stydgh9lhwse83z2mxlqpf7xmfk3mvp5fvsyqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0mcktn9. Each recording has an imprint of the person doing the recording. Tape hiss or no, EQ going in, how hot of a level etc...

It's more like handwriting whereas digital is like a printer.

Also, this tape is over 40 years old and sounds amazing.

Anyway, maybe I should do a short article on this for the next issue as to justify putting the music on there 😀

https://i.nostr.build/e6k5oJBVjl9IgP6Y.jpg


I know what you mean by these comments and I don't disagree. It's a centralized, one way, transmission on FM.

But it still makes me sad. Radio, as a technology, is amazing. And I really liked the idea of low power  FM stations serving very local communities.

It has as much a business model as cassettes but still, fm receivers are so cheap and easy to access compared to phones with decent internet.

Like imagine a HD radio broadcast with a QR code for zapping. It could be done.


My mom doesn't have a cassette player so I put bitpunk.fm on "digital vynl" for her.

Cc nostr:nprofile1qqs9qzn25rmt82te2lwh5cucje0nw35snmaw47cxplyurmg8eg5cu9spr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp00vahl3

https://i.nostr.build/swaYvcz8qKBozeLo.jpg


My new test for AI models is the hp42 calculator test:

I want to execute the function HMS+ without delving into the menu every time on a hp42 calculator, how do I do it?

I think perhaps "delve" throws some models off.

An acceptable answer is to assign the function to the custom menu.

HMS+ adds numbers entered in hours minutes seconds. It's amazing for calculating the run time for taping things 😀


Find anything good? I have a soft spot for bossa nova, which maybe I (stereotypically?) Associate with that area.


If the problem is, is the thing I downloaded the thing I'm going to boot and the issue is you don't trust the thing you downloaded the software on, then the only way to solve is to use a separate device.

Like on a different laptop read the sd card and verify it.

But this is kinda moot anyway. Just download the image onto a reasonable machine. I.e. boot tails, download seedsigner, verify on tails, and then flash.

I would say a CD is cooler than a microsd. Nobody shows off their microsd collection.

I might be a little skeptical of how the write once is done in the firmware of microsd controller, but ultimately yes, they are equivalent.


That ATEM hdmi switch is so nice. I've been rocking the mini pro since covid.


Bitpunk.fm. Making tapes cool again since 2024.


Oh nice. I think it's more what you prefer. That's what I'm finding out. The tape medium really let's you dial it in.

The deck, the tape, the level, hell maybe even the time of day all make an impact on the recording.

For me, this is a feature not a bug.

I'm happy to see another tape head here!


I like the hiss. Dolby noise reduction works well however and has its own effect. I actually sometimes like to listen with NR on. The hiss goes away and its quite clean.

But recording with it on and listening to it off creates some artifacts.

I was tempted to get a dbx box but then I'm like, why don't I just make a CD?


Did you see the notes tho? Could be like that big lebowski scene where the guy is writing on the notepad. But when the dude goes over to see the impression it wasn't what he expected...


I have an idea for nostr:nprofile1qqs09jtvjlmyrxjn37zv70a89csegcz7rpyqjmnw29cveedhv7vagqqprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7302gfp7r. There's a concern that the seed signer doesn't verify its own firmware. Which, as I understand it, it's because the human writes the SD each time.

Other wallets verify their firmware with a signature. But that's not entirely the truth. Because the bootrom of the microcontroller typical inherently trusts the user bootloader in flash. So what verifies that on boot? Nothing. It's assumed secure because it's hard to access in flash (which is not true see the recent book on Microcontroller Exploits by Travis Goodspeed).

So here's the idea: boot from a CDROM. It's how we used to do it. The image doesn't change. It might need a modification to uboot and the kernel to allow the cdrom file system, but it should be possible.

It also supports seed signers goal of obfuscation. It will appear like the user is just into CDs.


Oh yeah?! You'll be live? How do I listen?

I have too many electronic hobbies, I can't get into modular sythns... yet 😀

Looks amazing


The ultimate ambient / studying mixtape. When people say there is nobody on nostr I will show them this, because this was put together in like 1 hour from initial post.

Thank you!!!

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Y'all are amazing. Here's the mix, taping now.

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https://i.nostr.build/K7N3ylA4H6EmMhIK.jpg


I'm making a mixtape for my kids to listen to while studying. Any other suggestions?

I think they like these random lowfi beat channels on YouTube, but I'm trying to expand their palate.

I started with Brian Eno, but I'm not versed in this genre.

#asknostr

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You Are What You Consume 📺🍟🍕🛍💲🛒🍩💊⚕ #art #nostr #artstr
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Ohh, this is great. I feel "consume" content was supposed to be an ironic statement. But then people use it now unironically, which is sad.


How are you running ltngstore? Is it wordpress with the btcpay plugin and then you feed the data to merch store for fulfillment? It's well done. I'm considering doing something similar for cassettes perhaps.


I think you have to drop the www part, otherwise I just get a broken xml.


I'm working on my number station article today for the next zine. I do my first drafts in emacs still and then I narrate them.

If you want to be on the tape, submissions are always open! I think each tape so far has more contributors than the last.

The audio can be pretty much anything but definitely the more experimental is best suited for a cassette medium.

As one tapehead put it, "I'd rather listen to a backyard production of star wars recorded to cassette than studio music."

This issue has so far: a radio drama, 2 spoken word pieces, generated music, a cool sstv submission, and working on some poetry submissions.

If you need inspiration, listen to the Tellus audio magazine from the 80s: https://www.ubu.com/sound/tellus_5-6.html


This looks amazing! It's been awhile (since the monero HWW days) but glad to see you on nostr and building more cool electeonics!


I think that's called journalism Juraj 😀


Funk is underrated.


I use gnucash for quite some time. It takes some getting used to. But basically you enter btc as a symbol and that's it, gnucash don't care.

You could have sheckels in gnucash and it will handle it.


Sadly no. :( we need to find a Greek yogurt maker on nostr.


Right on. Where you ordering pcbs feom these days?


Ftw, I was listening on fountain as well, I didn't check any other clients though, that would confirm if it's a client issue or an upload issue.


Can you check the podcast? Like listening to "the hard way" it's not sounding right to me, like cut out. You and Abel are coming through fine.


Not finished yet but I have a question for y'all. What do y'all think of bandcamp?

I get the spotify hate. I like the v4v work going on. Bit tbh, I really like bandcamp. I like how you can buy the flacs and have them. I like buying the merch (mainly vinyl and tape).

I'm sure there cut is probably more than wavlake but is it not also a #v4v platform? You can pay what you want.

I get that bandcamp is not bitcoinified,  but what's the feeling from yall. It can't be more niche than nostr 😀


I tried making my own yogurt but it was so runny and mid. I gave it up. I'm on plain, no falvored, Greek. It's basically as thick as cottage cheese and amazing.


For 5v stuff I just use 5v arduinos. Arduino nano every. The Pico is cheaper but level shifting is such a pain in the ass.

That sparkfun level shifter is almost the cost of the Pico so just yolo it and run 5v into your io pins. If it burns out, just move it to different pins.


I still get 2600 magazine for example. The zine that doesn't die.

While the quality of submissions has changed its still an amazing zine. Paid for by members.


This is baller. I'm not sure about the paid sponsorships though, that might come back to bite you.

Sponsorship = censorship.

But overall, this is amazing. I only took a quick look but I love the vibe.

I'll read it a bit more in depth.


That that should be fine. My first defcon talk was attaching wires out of my vga port for an i2c hardware implant.

If it's not smoking it's fine.


Ah it's daniel miesslers thing. I have a love / hate with that guy but I'll check out this episode.


Wat. Amazing. I self host my own rss feed. This is the way.


Right on, can't wait to listen!


Time for old school distribution. Zines, pirate radio, cassettes.

Make the state censors work for it. Digital makes it too easy -- keep it analog.


It's OK, I still use one time pads. They are still quantum resistant. I never upgraded to Rijndael.


They should do an underground cassette distribution for their messages. Untraceable, uncensorable, unmonitorable.

If I wear a baseball hat and a backpack maybe I could pass as a TA.


Amazing book. Also, Neal is a huge emacs nerd so I consider him part of the crew.


Can't wait to hear the results of this. Nothing beats field testing.


Venice.AI is a service that operates open-source image and text generation models in the cloud for end users. They offer a reasonably priced subscription service for state of the art image and text generation models (similar to ChatGPT, Midjourney, Claude). But there is a (legal and supported) way to get a lifetime Pro account without a subscription (do you hate subscriptions as much as I do?), for one-time cost (by buying a MOR token, which I'll simplify for you by just selling you the account where all this is activated).

Check out Venice (it's really cool) and if you want a Pro account, I have them for sale!

Get yours here:

https://pay.cypherpunk.today/apps/26zEBNn6FGAkzvVVuDMz3SXrKJLU/crowdfund

https://cypherpunk.today/static/venice-pro.jpg


What an amazing film. Probably the last film with Lou Ottens, then 91, thr inventor of the cassette.

Lou was asked what he thought of people that liked cassettes now, he said it was irrational. But he likes irrational. 😀

Be like Lou.

https://i.nostr.build/Ak0WSYMyv3yrNG9z.jpg


"Although it may become important again in terms of reviving and sustaining underground, unsanctioned communication."

Jared Ball is not talking about the latest zero knowledge, anonymous, chat app here. He's talking about cassettes.


Ah thanks for listening! Yeah the waver can work well on the tape, but sadly on misaligned decks it will fail. I'm working on a new method that should be more resilient.

The downside is there is no nice app for it yet 😕


One of the best pro tips I've discovered. Get a silver or gold sharpie and label you acdc power supplies. Makes searching under your desk easier.

https://i.nostr.build/CrV7Jwwm8egRDesT.jpg


Oh interesting I didn't even know this was a thing!


AI music is a hot button issue these days. Although personally, I feel that whether you like or not, it's here.

However, if it does bother you I have a guaranteed way to avoid it!

Buy physical media from used record stores!

If you have eco-friendly friends or you yourself are eco friendly, just say you buy vinyl and tapes to keep them out of landfills!

In any case, I found some more nice trumpet tunes.

https://i.nostr.build/QQxA2JToxEpzi1es.jpg


Bandcamp is the one platform I genuinely like receiving emails from :) the announcements from bands and labels are nice too.


If you are curious about hardware hacking, I highly recommend the new book Microcontroller Exploits by Travis Goodspeed.

I have a nice cameo in the book as well 😀

https://i.nostr.build/tno8pmqFZYmoK4o1.jpg

https://nostarch.com/microcontroller-exploits


Yeah, it's more like a stylophone synth toy. It still should be fun though :) I justified it as a way to explain electric fields to my kids.


It might be nice as a tracker or solar powered weather beacon.

You can also perhaps use software that just generates the audio on your laptop?

What's ironic is that we have a digital mode that is capable of human powered modem (morse). But I think decoders are not as good for this (fldigi) because actual humans are sending it.


I got in on the first run of stylophone theremins. Can't wait to try them! But they don't have the left hand component which I think is the amplitude.


I have lots of experience submarining from land locked countries!


I think you can just use sub audible tones, not unlike PL tones. Then you can filter them out.

But yeah, I've thought of lots os ways for stegonography. You can even just say your call sign in a certain way that's coded for something else.


Thanks, I thinks that's because I'm better at recording than playing right now 😂


For less than 2 months of playing, I'm super happy with my progress. Here's me playing Mia and seb from LA la land.

Compared anything really, it's not that great. But I'm getting better practicing each day. My tone is improving, I messed up some technicals at the end. The rhythm is not consistent. Despite, I'm super happy with how far I've come. 😀

It's mono, right channel only. Recorded originally to cassette and digitized for your (maybe) listening pleasure.

https://a.nostr.build/o1D2upfzkDldQhdX.mp3


Oh yeah that will work. I have plans withing plans within plans! But I'll keep posting progress 😀


This guy claim he got 3k baud with manchester encoding. So, if I can get that, there's lots of possibilities!

Unfortunately I'm out of 5v arduinos and don't want to deal with level shifting. I also forgot that the guitar pedal case is conductive so I need those rubber feet to keep the board off the bottom.

But it all fit nicely in the case :) With testing, about a 3 LP job.

https://i.nostr.build/5CUgkwFcWdMS3loE.jpg


Jamie passed away too early. 🙁 She's was an amazing modern trumpet player I just discovered.

Also, the nice thing about vinyl, it makes you get up and take a break to flip the record. It's like those timers people sell.

Don't get a timer. Get a record player.

https://i.nostr.build/0pqTkLLaMiiX38MU.jpg


I'm building basically a schmitt trigger based on this circuit I found. It will take manchester encoded audio data from cassette and then clean the signal. Then, it's easier to decode.

I busted out all the toys for this one. The signal generator was helpful, I'm putting in a sine wave here and getting a nice digital signal.

Desk needs cleaning but eh.

https://i.nostr.build/gVSIjCBP0eMSsSxJ.jpg

https://i.nostr.build/Lta9Ey5JBx1Rhw0o.jpg

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Oh I have a nice soldering project to do today myself. I had to bust out my signal generator for it.


Wow, that's a much smaller team than I thought. It's pretty impressive.


Is there a cap on the price of coffee to the consumer though? Like in a shop? I can't keep track of all the price controls where.


Digital is an abstraction over analog.

Most electronic digital signals are an analog voltage level. Depending on the voltage, it will be classified as an 1 or a 0. The analog reference voltage is not always the same, for example it could be 12V, 5V, 3.3V, 1.2V etc...

Abstractions and useful and powerful. But at the end of the day, analog powers the world.


For digital life yes. AI is the natural next step in digital anything. Our digital lives are limited however to basically two I/O ports: light and sound.

Analog life still remains unchanged and uses a full continuinm of I/O.

Turns out, humans are becoming more like computers if we restrict our selves to the digital domain. Which in turn, makes AI easier to copy human digital behavior.

So I don't think there is any new loss or hand wringing over AI for me. That ship has sailed when we all decided to put screens in front of our faces.


Cassettes are so cool, they even show up on vinyl records.

https://i.nostr.build/Yobxc8mgm0ogZDpI.jpg


I'm more embedded than pure EE, but I can take a look a bit later today.

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That guy's so baller -- hamming it up on Park Avenue. I never saw anyone bust out their HT like that in midtown Manhattan.

They should have kept the panam logo on the now Metlife building.


This is the way. Originally I was going to lame-out and third party host my audiozine, then nostr:nprofile1qqsd4dkxqewy8xum47ctpu0ltgxxsfemeewpjkdyzk9ddfcg286s0dspr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmewp5x2unsw4hxktn5dajxz7gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uhvzusl was like, "do you really want your zine on a hosted platform."

So yeah, bitpunk.fm is coming to you from not even a vps, but I piece of hardware I own.


What we next is an index, maybe we call it a podcast index. If it's on nostr we can call it podcasting index 2.0.

😜 (I'm being sarcastic btw)


This was one of the saddest passages I've read in a while. 😔

"The Apache was a hard foe to subdue" according to John Gregory Bourke, "not because he was full of wiles and tricks and experienced in all that pertains to the art of war, but because he had so few artificial wants and depended almost on what his great mother -- Nature -- stood ready to supply. Our government had never been able to starve any of them until it had them placed on a reservation."

From Analogia, by George Dyson.


Those toppings on that pizza tho -- they splurged.


The 140 character limit was the best thing it had.


Got an *anytone


Yeah, honestly I would hang on to this one if you like it. I upgraded to the ft5dr for the digital radio. But I wish I would have kept this for analog and got an anyone for the digital voice stuff.


This was my first radio 😢

I gifted it to a friend so it lives on. I really though appreciated the button only approach.


Ah, I had the sense they were older mine are about double that.

Well, I'm booking flights for Prague early October this week but sadly without the family. Hopefully I'll be speaking at hcpp but I figured I'd go anyway.

There is a chance perhaps I'll will return in November with the kids though.

The nice problem I have, is that there are so many wonderful people to meet in cz/sk and I do the typical American thing of like visiting for 4 days or so. It would be probably cheaper if I just stayed for longer 🤷


What are some good museums for kids in Prague? I think perhaps my "mini cassettes" are close in age to your cubs 😂

If you go to Bratislava, I highly recommend the Aurellium museum. My kids loved it and honestly one of the better / more interactive museums I have ever been to.


 Looked amazing! All signal and only noise from jetskis 😀

Perfect venue for real connections -- nature.


Perhaps you are the first. Write the spec :) that's how we ended up with these BIPs. Trezor needed it, do they submitted the BIP.


Life advice is best in caps.


So this is what it feels like to be part of a gen Z trend.

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https://i.nostr.build/9WuEUvV6j2yrFKDK.jpg


Alright maybe not "ever" .. I can think of some really bare bones riscv chips. But the Pico is way more open than stmicro that's for sure.


Well that's the manufacturer recommendation. But it's like a dealership, you really should get that oil changed more frequently.


Well you know one could always port the cold card to the new pi mcu, with open source boot rom code and some fancy new security IP.

The irony is the RP2350 is one of the most open source silicon devices. Ever.

You could even sell the device and software because it's GPL. Oh wait... it's not.


This is a fairly recently trend in ham radio. It's like group chat rooms, but everyone must use a walkie talkie.

It's actually kinda fun. Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqszw48usckkhs9hcwt3q3np9k2z2c73s8qc0gu3uxqw66cqlq88ukcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7te3xsczue3h0ghxjmc3zk5tp for the daily doses of radio schooling 🏫

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Keep nostr weird! Love the energy.


Be the content you want to see.


I bet that would be a banger!


I've been seeing these robot pigeons on social media, it might be how you government knows if you are posting naughty messages. Better check it and make sure 😉


Amazing find in the bargain section today. I don't know if this inspires me to pick up my trumpet or put it away 🤣

https://i.nostr.build/NxARQG2uRZmvnb6W.jpg


Did andre 3000 ever come back and make more music? I heard an interview with him that he stopped releasing music because he didn't think it was good.

Which made me sad that he was in his own way like that 😢


I don't often raid, but when I do its raid 0. Yolo.


Yeah this exactly. I think most visible punks are basically extreme leftists, or they age into it.

In any case, punks not dead. DIY, roll your own, be a node, and yeah, make tapes 😉


I can save this one! 🤣


I don't disagree. Each one is a McDonald's franchised ruled by an over zealous manager.

It does make me wonder about Hoppe's dream 1,000 Liechtensteins, because I'm not sure it's working out if each mastadon is a lichtenstein.

Perhaps this quote is not a good analog though as it was meant for nations not social media.


Amazing. Burn it down. The future is decentralized radio.


I'm making a film-noir-esqe radio drama! It'll go on the next episode of bitpunk.fm. If it's popular, I may have to spin it off as it's own podcast perhaps.

Here's a teaser (sound on).

Also, reminder, community audio submissions are highly encouraged 😀

If someone wants to do some experimental / noise / industrial I'm game. Otherwise I'll try my hand. I have some EMF recordings and some computer sounds I want to try.

https://a.nostr.build/oQRLO1aWXYjem4D7.mp3


My favorite Bob Ross trivia was that was in army, a drill sergeant actually.

He talked about on the shoe once about how angry he had to be and now he can be calm.


Seeed is pretty baller sometimes (most times I think).


Thanks.  In time, I think the word will get out that radio is a decentralized freedom technology & that bitcoiners and nostriches will greatly benefit from mastering the rf domain.  Either way, I enjoy doing this and appreciate all of the folks who are already here.


There's so many conferences in October! Bah! This one looks dope though.

I made the mistake once of thinking bitcoin conferences were obviously going to be technical. I've learned to change my expectations.


I don't think so. Defcon people bring scary electronics like laptops,exposed circuit boards, and pelican cases of gear.

Besides the people running audio at Nashville, the most scary electronics I saw was a guy with grapheneOS installed on a pixel.


I've got a playlist for you 🔊
Mainly electronic 👾
https://wavlake.com/playlist/d37e6a86-49d1-4cf1-9360-f3b5afe2261a


That makes sense. It will be a long time I think before riscv can really compete with x86 or arm in the consumer facing markets.


It's used in millions of chips. The biggest users are Chinese manufacturers that no longer have to pay Arm. And they make replacement MCUs for ARM parts.

If you look on ali express you would be blown away where it's used.

I saw a usb to uart chip, cheaper than a ftdi, replaced by riscv. This usb to uart even had bluetooth! (It was dnp'd).


Cash is analog cypherpunk. 🤘


Ok right on. I heard it in Nashville on day 3 so it's probably on the stream!


"I make more money on nostr complaining about Spotify than on spotify" 🤣😭

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I'm ready to make some tapes!

https://i.nostr.build/oBGsGrw8jrvhHKmH.jpg


There's a few people here posting daily creative acts of poetry, sketches, drawings, photos, music and the like.

It's pretty inspiring 😍

I'm trying to learn the trumpet. I played French horn a very long time ago, but they trumpet is a bit more versatile I think.

In any case, I made this recording after only 1 week of playing. For the short amount of time I had, I'm very happy with it. And it's actually me 😀

It helps I'm reading a nice poem too.

https://v.nostr.build/P7yhCEa1BvTwLfsB.mp4


Well, I'm trying. I played the French horn for maybe 8 years some decades ago. But the French horn is difficult. So, 1 month ago I picked up a trumpet. For where I am, I'm happy with it.

https://v.nostr.build/P7yhCEa1BvTwLfsB.mp4


Do you know how they _transmit_ this data via a groundstation? It is cool to receive, ngl, but it'd also be cool to push some data.

I think they are using aws groundstation possibly and it probably isn't cheap but idk.


This sounds like a Hayao Miyazaki film now! Enjoy your travels!


Vinyl without surface noise is just a CD. 🤣

I'll try to pop in but if you play anything, probably the jazz, with banger trumpet solos, 🎺 I'd be interested!


Yeah that's in the queue for sure!


I thought digital sounded better than analog! 🤪


Hmmm, he looks just like Buddy Holly. 🤣


I'd highly recommend "Civil Disobendience" by Henry Thoreau. It's been quite a while since I've read this and damn, this short book could have been written yesterday.

Dude goes to jail because he says it's morally wrong to pay taxes to a government that allows slavery and is fighting a war with Mexico. He was also against a standing army.

Someone pays his tax bill so he released after 1 night. He protests but they kick him out.

Yes it's from the 1880s, but this guy would have been stacking sats on his farm in his cabin in 2024.


Yeah it's frustrating. The stm32l ROM code is a black box, as is the atecc608 microcode. Even riscv CPUs have closed source IP in the analog domain especially.

This industry is torturing it's users with a complexity that's not needed. I'm sure more bitcoin has been lost in HWW from bad UX than stolen from some security failure.

We've lost the forrest from the trees.

But hey, sponsorship of podcasts, conferences, and YouTube videos doesn't come cheap. You gotta push that merch!


It must be something to be threatened by a raspberry pi 🤣


Oh yeah, that's a good perspective! It's also perhaps why my room is always a mess, "I'm just keeping the noise level high" 🤣


I finished "The New Analog" by Damon Krukowski. If you have or enjoy vinyl records, you will enjoy this book. But there is a bigger theme here.

He asks what do we loose when we switch to digital technologies? Even he admits that nostalgic love for old technologies is not practical, but what are we missing?

It's the noise from the signal. Digital is 100% signal but noise adds context that analog humans still process.

Perhaps of most interest to this group was his comparison to legacy social media who curated content feeds for you which is a way of removing noise from your feed.

Which I then realized why nostr is so different. _It has noise_. The noise is mixed in the signal on nostr still as you had to scroll passed all the other posts by other followers to read this.

This noise is a feature, not a bug. Perhaps it's why nostr feels more authentic -- it's more analog in this way.


Yeah right on. I've audited most of the professionally including the Trezor glitch attack. I use an old laptop with tails and sparrow.

Hardware wallets are general purpose computers besides anyway. They are all Turing machines and even the most open source of the "hardware wallets" is running on top of closed source ROMs that boot the chip.


Books are cypherpunk.

https://i.nostr.build/8ESoBqx1ItvyuZZp.jpg


Let's overload nostr:nprofile1qqsy6j4hxl30hdd0pl2epd9harr0uakn5q4f0y000ldv7cqlneg04kqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmewp5x2unsw4hxktn5dajxz7f09lw4c7 with submissions, so he has to release a new cassette every month!

Check out the digital version and let's make this ultra cool.

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I have a guilty pleasure. I love the movie La La Land. I'm learning two songs on the trumpet, we'll see if I can master them.

I might as well record them when I do, I've gotten already much better since I did the bossa nova poem.

I'm a softie sometimes. 🫠


I'm really thankful for y'all crazy butpunk.fm listeners out there. I'm starting to get some really nice submissions, including some from normies that are slowly becoming more orange and purple!

I may have to do a release earlier than October 🤔

I will have an article about number stations / one time pad encryption. I did another poetey reading that came out really, really, creepy.

The so to be bitcoiner is submitting an original poem!

So yeah, rolling submissios are open. I have simplex setup if you want to submit more anonymously as well.


PV.

https://i.nostr.build/CGtrhQ8BXy8OF1km.jpg


It's a nice habit you have, everyday a nice sketch. I imagine it's a nice way to calm and focus and create something beautiful each day. Thank you for sharing. 😀


You still have some light gray from your dying markers! 🤣


I'm in a ham radio chat and people are now just leaving SSTV audio transmissions for the group to decode. So baller.

You don't even need a license for this! 🤣

There is a web version to upload and make the audio but it doesn't make it easy to download https://ckegel.github.io/Web-SSTV/


Amazing. Are you actively programming music with your c64? I found a pretty epic emulator recently.


There are too many anarchists and libertarians here. For diversity, I recommend following nostr:nprofile1qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnr09cxsetjwp6ku6eww3hkgcte9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshszyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mf0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpqw8y9gff9t3uukezqwrvl557uqca9mgj2w23qh0c5hh4758vr03nqjjw3qm . Let's show how inclusive we are!

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Will do! I put a few on this briefcase 💼 😃


nostr:nprofile1qqsy8w40ps5wdna3jkchacyrux0t8f90m7k9fkdkhtchqfcw6xf7xnqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnwv46qzynhwden5te0danxvcmgv95kutnsw43qzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqa08hqj I picked up some of your stickers in Nashville! Thx!


Side B.

https://i.nostr.build/hIdDHwc7M3B4iu2Z.jpg


It's a living tapestry. I replaced some stickers with nostr:nprofile1qqs0zvajgmc8vvlaux5fgye6cfc2hp6s2q4kf2thns96c0yj9qvcmksppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp06e8e8y, nostr:nprofile1qqsf6d883m9qlz0t8j43he26sptpaqehdgs0h6al8urxwtg43x25wcspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7davr7a, nostr:nprofile1qqsvuswpdx9gcppzrz79smctnmydt0l68h9uagym6kwmn5xe9slupdqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd46hg6tw09mkzmrvv46zucm0d5q3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedy7vpluv,and nostr:nprofile1qqszy58kj62v9fpe98nhuh0q76np4e0r0g0wd44rhth3wphdnyqjfzcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyq3yamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwccxctnfduyrnr5s.

https://i.nostr.build/NLCcmPcw8Xsj84VF.jpg


Oh man there goes my afternoon plans 🤣


Using SSTV to Receive eCash via Sound with an Android Device:

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https://fountain.fm/clip/qIDfuvZQLtBwGi2SsbQI


Try shooting with a red dot. It's night and day difference. You'll love it once you get the hang of it. I've started my kids on a small .22 rifle with a dot just to get them used to both eyes open.


I don't shoot bullseye (this sport) but i shoot pistol pretty frequently. This is I think the way now (both eyes open). You focus on the target and the sights align through your dominant eye.

Closing and eye is a bit stressful and tiresome. When there is a scope, different story of course.

In any case, especially with modern red dots, I'd recommend keeping both eyes open.


If you want to feel sad about the world, search cybersecurity in tiktok.

As someone who struggled hard with imposter syndrome, I can tell you that imposter syndrome doesn't exist on tiktok.

As for getting over imposter syndrome myself, I just realized I'm always imposter 🕵♂


Can't wait to hear it!


Is this EMF recording? I'm kinda getting into this.


I think in a lot of ways, nostr is the cassette format of today. And I'm not just trying to overfit my bias here :) well, maybe a little.

It's permissionless in the same way as taping from the radio. It's easy to make your own note (tape). It is the format of the eclectic, the weird, the odd, and the counter-counter culture. The distribution of messages is person-to-person not top-down like old radio, vinyl, or legacy social media.

Yeah. It's a special thing we have.


I'm reading about cassettes and 2 pages in, there's this:

When a new technology arrives, it possesses a "utopian dimension", in the words of one philosopher, which it loses over time as it comes to serve a mere commodity. However, "it is precisely at the moment of obsolescence of that technology that it once again releases this dimension, like the last gleam of a dying star." 😍

https://image.nostr.build/4b30807e57767a1ae9c5dc8f1de1729300a7070d9037997f1221d68b543475fa.jpg


I really like the depth effect on this one 😀


RSS feeds are live on nostr sites!

There are millions of people using RSS reader apps to follow their favorite publications. Your nostr-based websites are now serving these people well.

If your friends and family are using RSS readers, this is your chance to have them follow your nostr posts.

Just append /rss/ to home or tag or author page address to get a corresponding feed.

If you're publishing a podcast, the RSS feed of your podcast can now be served by your nostr site.

We are one step closer now in bridging nostr to the existing web ecosystem. Let's go!


Yesss! Great to hear the improvements!


Yeah right on. You inspired me to look into audio streaming. There's still the OG icecast for pure internet radio stations.

But, most everyone is switching to HLS streaming with video. It could do audio only, but I think perhaps the interest isn't there.

So the hack is basically a static video 😀


Yeah, I doubt you need an asic.  Just get a FPGA and put the signature IP on there. It will save you 5 years and a few million.


Oh sweet. Yeah, you know, I'm not going to replace my electric. I lost my way. I have this nice Japanese burr grinder and then I got lazy.

💪☕💪


I've gone back to hand grinding my coffee. I just feel in today's modern world, we need the proof of work for our daily rituals.

In other news, my electric grinder broke.


Nostr 🔊 Give a warm welcome to the  nostr:npub1z5af5hun30v4veucvsgf34tcfqvt3t3qjukdkzm55963es5j7cpsv4m6w4 and join us on  nostr:npub1h8gzew8am6cezuq7cpjgudldra40hgnruqrqlsrqnxnzs5wjtczqztps02 Monday nights in August to see this KILLER band helping us revolutionize the music industry for independent artists! Follow and repost, let's show them how we do 💜⚡

Check out band leader Tony Salomone on  nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5

https://fountain.fm/track/ZLw6yZ22vKKBcp9VLHQ8

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

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BrEaKing NeWS! The stylophone theremin release is announced!

😱

https://image.nostr.build/14aa5e71c6552a1cc8d482a0474ebec7fbd70121ab9993a73cccb52be8b184b0.jpg


For what signature? Secp256k1? Why do you want it? I'm curious.

My guess is for modern hardware a cpu is good enough. There is overhead to send it to the hardware. Plus, typically the preimage is hashed first so do you want the hash in the asic too?


Emacs has eww for modern web browsing.


I didn't but it happened to people I know and went to school with!

USS San Francisco. Check out the pictures on Wikipedia. Crazy. Tragically sailors died it kinda not so nice ways 😕

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711)


Is that a prediction? Where can I bet on that? 🤣


Yeah, I still have my OG C64. The boot time of this machine blows away any modern operating system 😀


Yeah right on. I still think you don't have to turn everything else off unless you are doing backups or so.

Also, it's the video that's the hog. If you turn the frame rate et. Al down and perhaps just show the spinning LP, you'll be pushing less data.

For example, take a look at some of the radio streams. They sometimes just have a static image or QR code. So their frame rate is like 1 because the image never changes and then they are just pushing audio.

But yeah, it's all experimentation.


New life accomplishment. I recorded a live number station 🫨

I'm working on the next issue and I'm doing a number stations article and I got the recording live, to cassette!

I've heard recordings before but never listened live.

Stupid discord though, it popped up and got on the recording 😞


That's the RSS field for the podcasting 2.0 spec. How / where is the unique lnurl then?


Is this the valueRecipient field or something else?


Alright. Y'all won me over with this shirt. Not that I needed more convincing, but pretty baller shirt and stickers.

Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqsvuswpdx9gcppzrz79smctnmydt0l68h9uagym6kwmn5xe9slupdqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd46hg6tw09mkzmrvv46zucm0d5q3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedy7vpluv & nostr:nprofile1qqszy58kj62v9fpe98nhuh0q76np4e0r0g0wd44rhth3wphdnyqjfzcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyq3yamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwccxctnfduyrnr5s

https://image.nostr.build/e40360953af0e8d7bf8b14d41caefde6ec465949dc897dcd002eea5ffd36dd47.jpg


Cool, can't wait to see what you share!


I think they shoot .22, or maybe air pellets? You don't need hearing protection for that caliber.

But otherwise yes, this is badass. The skill of these shooters are amazing.


There's a few people just posting daily art. Like nostr:nprofile1qqsy6tv9w5faguux9ww6jhj3z7m5d34rz4dge7caftapjhns0hj4dfqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyvhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnydahxk7fwwdhkx6tpdshszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcrjyhp6.

I'm not a good judge, I'm just a fan. But I like accounts like this where is just raw creativity every day.

This is an American reference, but its kind like the Bob Ross of nostr. There's a few people just painting happy trees every day and sharing it.


So, I don't know your tastes but a bunch of the artists on this record are on nostr.

Also, check out nostr:nprofile1qqsxj7j6m0urzhm8lgsalud8aqz5zt4a52s6mhep3g8e8cg6hte03rqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7duuwhd for the tip of the spear of #v4v music.

https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq509vyg0rmcgt8cj4fwpvfzz84jrl0dpt0qakvvxr63exmt0ysjsprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730qgsvuswpdx9gcppzrz79smctnmydt0l68h9uagym6kwmn5xe9slupdqrqsqqqqqpp6wdsk


Oh yeah, stego is super fun :) I think most stego tools have detectors though, like you can detect the stego once you know it's there.

But same principles everywhere. There are some super fun audio examples 😀


Idk, I think that's what makes this bubble fun. 😀 But yeah, I'm addicted.

I see lots of different posts though, art, music, super technical stuff. So idk, it's all here.

Except here we get bitcoiners who make art, bitcoiners who make music. That's a pretty good filter imho.


Also, that reel to reel in the background is 🔥


Omg omg omg! 😱


The Bitcoin Record is now available at https://lightning.store https://v.nostr.build/SZzXqH2Kx6Prx1ZE.mov ✨🎵⚡


I can't remeber buying this 🤣 but it came just before I left for Nashville so I listened on the plane.

Is like electronic funk? I'm bad with genres.

But I just like how they include a tip sheet on how to care foe cassettes.

https://i.nostr.build/5Yu6QXcO0vlhZIgN.jpg


This entertained me during lunch 🤣


Omg, can we order this somehow?! 😍


I got another issue of a modern tape music magazine. It's very possible the intersection of cassettes and nostr is a market of 1 person, but I'd love to see a #v4v tape somehow.

I discussed this with a few people. The easiest option is to out a qr code or a NFC sticker on the tape (aka a smart tape). But there are perhaps more complex / techy ways.

I'm listening to and zapping nostr:nprofile1qqsxj7j6m0urzhm8lgsalud8aqz5zt4a52s6mhep3g8e8cg6hte03rqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7duuwhd as I type this, so I'm not suggesting this as an alternative. I just also want physical #v4v music as well, somehow.

Am I the only one? It's OK if I am 🫂

https://i.nostr.build/ALPCQmKO2SRo2fiY.jpg


Yeah I thought zap stream will Rebroadcast to other services. Idk, I think you want to go to OBS-streaming endpoint directly. I would at least try it once.

Because maybe it's re encoding the stream? In any case, I'd take it out of the loop, try and see how the stream changes before you chase down other issues.


Yeah it was back in my statist days. But yes, life underwater is simpler.


Ah I don't know about downcast. Do you stream from OBS to Owncast to zap.stream? Why add the extra hop?


I used to drive submarines. So when you send pictures of ships like this all I think of is "that's a nice target". 🙂


Ah, it depends. But I doubt it honestly. It's more about the PC that you are running OBS from. So I would check the bitrate, cpu usage, and GPU usage of the streaming PC. The pi, even if it's a node, wouldn't be my first guess.


I've done this before in Slovakia! It was quite an experience for me. I learned there are competitions actually. The person teaching me competed.

The key thing I learned was not to lift the scythe to high when you return it for the next swing.


So I've been casting on android just with the media output options to a chromecast receiver.

That works great but that's just basic android stuff.


I don't always use hardware wallets, but when I do, I use them from a friend's backpack. 😄


"Nostr related announcement for fountain" 👀😱


I quickly read the translation, but I'm already quite familiar with these kind of devices so I didn't need the background.

This is a good writeup. I wish there was more writeups like this because invetibaly if it is on youtube, it is sponsored or a paid review.

Even if the device is free remeber youtubers, that's just another way of paying for an ad.

I agree that it's different and that's a good thing. I wanted to like it.

The main issue I have is the pin server. Not the concept of it actually, but the problem of trying to run your own.

My guess is nobody has really tried this. I did. Got the pin server running on my own machine. You had to factory reset the jade (it's been a year, idk) and then you had to add the details of the server, IP, etc...

Problem is, if that changes, you can't unlock the wallet. So the url of the pin server is bound at creation. If you happened to dhcp and we're using IP address on a LAN, oh well.

So these kinda foot guns are not up front and because no one complains about them, I doubt they tried.

The esp32 is also not a chip known for security...

But yes it is designed for a different use case.


Yeah I'm still learning the ins and outs. I'm trying to go more analog-first but I'm still mainly going digital to analog.

I'm giving myself more time before the next issue so maybe I can get there.


Still can't believe what I saw with JL making up that song on the spot. Hopefully the live stream captured that energy because even I was looking around the room to see if it was real 🤯

Thanks for this note, great recap and takeaways.


If you are a fan of inflicting psychology trauma and cassettes, this is the episode for you!

Just a nice pleasant story about how the US tapped in to deep cultural fear and anxiety to torment villagers. And then setup portable cassette players with speakers to play these recordings.

Kewl...

It has strong metal gear (the video game) vibes.

https://fountain.fm/episode/hXS099r9c9B7Pp0gMbAs


I really liked nostr:nprofile1qqsf37qcuu353dsyqaawqjdg8rr7vm7srchr76x9uqh3zfv2yuz07pqpg3mhxw309ahhsarjv3jhvctkxc685d35093rw7pkwf4xwdrww3a8z6ngv4jx6dtzx4ax5ut4d36kw6mwdpa8ydpkdeunyutzv9jzummwd9hkutcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uyn6674 's ambient mix here. I've been listening to a lot of "experimental" or just odd ambient and spoken word stuff and this ending gave me those vibes. It's just the last bit though, the majority of this track has a different feel which, I dig the contrast.

The full version is of course on #wavlake: https://wavlake.com/album/654af441-4630-48ca-9f5b-6fcec0140d18

(I'm also experimenting with nostr.build so hopefully my clip works).

https://v.nostr.build/ANNnkJfj16YVkzEP.mp4


May the winds be in your favour.


This was another super interesting #cassette podcast. Basically there were these tapes that were cut with a saw maybe a few centimeters into the tape. So they were sent to China in the 80s to be scrapped.

But instead, people found these tapes, and repaired them!! (By splicing the tape into a new shell) and then listening to them. It was like thousands of these tapes and it made a kind of underground culture which evaded Chinese censorship at the time. They were called Dakou (cut out) tapes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakou

https://fountain.fm/episode/v89eAVoLZbiOKS5FRk0A


I was looking at nostr.wine and other paid relays, they seem to be perhaps slowing getting there. I'm not sure it's better than running your own relay at this point though.

But say you had this special relay, but also wanted the public ones, it's not clear to me how to direct the note to the special one and not the public ones etc...

Perhaps amethyst can do it, it is the emacs of nostr clients.


So the nice thing about FM radios is that you can actually transmit on the FM radio band legally. Then you can broadcast your own music or whatever and listen through your house or a small area.

These low power FM transmitters were very popular during covid when churches would have everyone sit in the parking lots. They'd just tune in and all listen together.

Basically, FM radio isn't just passive receive. I've also done some small pirate radio, it's quite fun.


Not only is he reading, but he has a pen in his hand go make notes as well. He is just not reading for pleasure, but actively reading!


Amazing! I saw a glimpse of this record being passed around and being signed. 😍

I was listening to the tracks before I went and then heard them live 🫠


"Upon seeing the design of Cryptosteel, I considered creating something similar at home. Although it may not be as cool as their device, it could offer almost the same in terms of robustness and durability."

No, yours is cooler because it's more punk. Punk > products.

I do mine to cassettes but we all need our own special plan for this world. 🙃


Oh wow, yeah this amazing! What software/website is this a screenshot of?


Thanks again. I'm on castapod, which I think makes a mastadon like instance for me? Honestly, idk what it does.

But if there is a nostrdon 🤣 bridge than perfect.


No, I definitely did not see the podfather replying to me 🫨

I've added the relay now, thanks so much for the help!


Oh sweet. Do you have to add a hashtag or so to send it over to the fediverse or does it send everything over?


Super interesting episode. I'm from Czechoslovakia, I of course knew about Frantisek Fuka back then, but this is a new perspective.

https://fountain.fm/episode/gHm6Zcd2cJDKS76Mpe4T


This sounds like some kind of reverse marketing psyop 🤣

Great to see that the seed signer booth had lots of traffic! Great location with the open source stage there.