We need to develop a system of parent and child keys on #Nostr that can be managed by an admin key. This admin key could potentially utilize multi-signature functionality for added security.

This system would serve two important purposes:

1. It would eliminate the need to create a new npub (public key) in case of a compromised key.

2. It would be particularly beneficial for businesses, especially those that outsource their social media management.

Many businesses hire external individuals or agencies to manage their social media accounts. If any of these individuals compromise the key, either accidentally or intentionally, or attempt to retaliate against their former employer (which has been known to happen), the admin key or keys could lock the child keys of those employees when they no longer require access to the account.

It's unreasonable for businesses to have to navigate this vulnerability when the consequence of failure is having to start a new npub. A hierarchical key system would provide a much-needed solution to this problem.


The difference this time around is that they can't fudge anything when someone calls bullshit. You either have Bitcoin or you don't.


I do my best.


I earned my neutral money either way.


It doesn't piss me off nearly as much.


Exactly.

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Exactly right.


Open Source certainly doesn't mean easy or fast. I can imagine the early years being particularly rough if you're starting out with very limited capital. Especially if you're growing the grapes and all. There are much easier ways to make money if you're not passionate about wine making lol I find it very interesting but probably not enough to start a business making it. Bless you and those who do though.


Wouldn't holding Bitcoin meet these vague standards of harm? Bitcoin certainly isn't great for the fiat power they're trying to protect.

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Fuuuuuuck.

Down under China I guess.

I used to think Australians didn't fuck around until Covid happened. I'm sure people outside the cities are still built different. The Kangaroo videos prove that, but fuck, m8s. This is absolute tyranny.

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I felt that way too, but honestly we need stuff like that to happen before mass adoption because state attacks are coming and shit like that is child's play compared to something like Stuxnet. They could really hurt Nostr as it is with that kind of funding. Every attack will ultimately be good for us in the long term, in my opinion. This one causing so much choas is a wake up call.


I saw them for like a day on Primal and never saw any again after that. I think I muted the original ReplyGuy but that's all I did. That was either enough or the default relays/Primal did more for me.


I wouldn't call myself a hero, but I used to at least be passionate about emergency medicine. Government, incompetence, and the fiat system ruined that pretty quickly. Working on getting it back though. Maybe posting emergency medical knowledge under an npub would be fun and helpful. We should all be preparing ourselves in many ways. Thanks for your time in the choas.


I expect npub* to be marked as spam at some point on the centralized platforms. I'm posting that mother fucker every chance I get (for me, that's on YouTube at this point. Everything else was nuked).

Nostr is a solution to so many problems.

I appreciate everyone who is here for it.


Everyone's needs vary, but Fedora one version behind is the best experience I've had in 15 years as a GNU/Linux user.


It is no longer production when a pleb figures the game out and plays it to his benefit (using money from a fucking job). Hedge funds, VCs, and anyone else close to the Brrrrr machines though? Geniuses.

Alright, rant over. Fuckem.

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I've seen some opinions on Bitcoiners getting wealthier by providing no value. I can't speak for everyone, but here's how I am getting wealthier by providing no value:

I go into my emergency medicine job and get verbally and physically abused (called names, hit, choked, threatened), serve an ever increasing number of patients with resource increases that don't keep up, do things that fundamentally change who I am in ways that can't be undone (work on dead babies with parents screaming in my ears), get exposed to dangerous pathogens frequently, work nights so someone is there to respond to your emergency (changing this because the pay isn't worth it), act as a social worker because that's my job now apparently, pick up extra shifts to fund my investments, and spend a lot of time maintaining my education and licensing.

Outside of that, I've spent literally thousands of hours studying a variety of topics covering the financial system, government, all sorts of investment topics, technology, philosophy, and other areas.

After all of that, I landed on Bitcoin and chose to store my extra wealth there. It's paying off.

I think some people are just fucking envious. I could have spent my time hating people who figured something out before me. Fortunately, I spent thousands of my hours learning from them instead.

Most of my focus and work in 2025 will be on providing value for those who also value freedom and Bitcoin. #Nostr and #Bitcoin are the way.

Anyone saying people like me produce nothing can fuck right off. I produced value and stored it in Bitcoin and all Bitcoin has done is what it was supposed to do. Full disclosure: a very tiny portion of my stack was bought out of spite using stimi money during Covid. I've since v4v'ed way more than that to devs and producers in this space.

It seems like people are called geniuses for doing this with anything else (Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, etc), but people who do it with Bitcoin are somehow different. It's all built on an internal image of what people will value in the future and betting on that thing. It turns out that people already value Bitcoin. You really don't have to be a genius to take a look around and conclude that the world needs Bitcoin. The fucking up and right chart can be understood by any simpleton.

Envy is evil and destroys people.


People look at mixed economies (usually heavily infused with socialism and/or central planning), see how broken they are, and then conclude that Capitalism is broken and needs to be fixed or "saved."

It's ultimate stupidity.


The best engagement hack has always been to provide value.


Exactly. There's a difference between not considering such people and not wanting government to reduce everyone else to the lowest common denominator. That's what usually happens with "social safety net" thinking and policies.

Bitcoin won't fix every problem directly, but it certainly will indirectly solve most of them by promoting abundance.


It makes sense if you have a sedentary job or want to need to maintain muscle. That's probably true for most people these days since many of us don't get it from physical labor anymore.


I would start by asking yourself why you are in each one. Go and study them: how they work, why they exist, which products and companies exist around them, history, etc.

Actually go and use them. Test the claims. Then go make a list of reasons you value each one beyond just earning more Fiat currencies. What are they actually good for in your life?

You will have a better understanding of what you could be missing.


Exercise for everyone is a mostly modern concept because people are doing less physical work over time. People who worked 12 hours per day, 5-6 days per week in a factory (for example) probably didn't need or want to go to a gym lol I'm guessing boomer parents had parents that largely fit that bill if they weren't farmers who also busted ass all day.

Expecting a single generation to know that they should have been in a gym is kind of ridiculous, especially considering we didn't really understand a lot about that kind of thing until about middle life for them (and we still don't fully) and it wasn't a thing for their parents/great grandparents. We've made more medical advancement in the last few decades than all of human history combined.

Now some dick can hop online, learn practically anything he wants, and then shit on those who didn't have that ability in the prime years of their lives, which were lived during a largely transitional phase of human life.


Is one of them a much larger chain? They could be buying a lot more at once. I think some stores take a hit on staples and make up on higher margin products. I believe Walmart does that with some items.

Either way, you can't figure an issue like this out by looking at one arbitrary product between two stores in one area. Your methodology here is totally arbitrary and anecdotal.

A better way is to look at the profit margins of the most popular chains in a larger region, and profit margins for grocery stores in general are usually considered good at 3%.

3% isn't price gouging. That just meets inflation IF you believe government numbers. The grocery business is brutally competitive and low margin to the point that I can't see why anyone would want to invest in that space anymore unless they have a ton of money and a line on extremely shit quality products, or know they can move a ton of product and beat inflation somehow.

You'd be seeing a lot more people come into the space if it was as profitable as politician leeches like to claim. That isn't the case and the rhetoric is dangerously close to becoming price controls. At 3% that equates to stores closing at this point.


Those people are retarded.


Fuck lol


I would have if I'd been voting age at the time.


Some understandable confusion. The backstory is, we created that old key on a server long ago. And forgot about it. Recently we wanted to be more active on Nostr so we create a new key. By the time we remember about the old key we already had a bunch of content on the new key.

So, follow => nostr:npub12ctjk5lhxp6sks8x83gpk9sx3hvk5fz70uz4ze6uplkfs9lwjmsq2rc5ky

Nostr doesn't have key revocation yet. So two important thing, first is we will probably see a lot of keys being lost and recycled with new ones. Second is, for security projects, I don't advise using the posted links to download firmware. Type yourself on the browser (that's true even if we had key revocation or were on other platforms)

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That's lazy as fuck. There are tools that will do this for you.


I'm going to be worried if NVK starts posting notes asking for people to send sats to get more in return


I was waking up to about ten political spam texts and getting them constantly throughout the day.

I'm sad (and glad) to say that Google Messages has saved me from this. Using such an app is completely out of character for me, but I'm fucking desperate. So desperate that I've considered deleting my SMS app completely and missing the messages that people in the US send me (work, family, some friends, etc). This obviously isn't a great solution (and I would have missed some life changing opportunities recently), so here I am.

Any recommendations for FOSS SMS apps? I haven't found any that fit the bill.


Yeah, this is one of the reasons I'm considering having different npubs for different use cases (and an extremely minimal client). I don't always want to sift through a ton of stuff. I kind of miss having the option to get on for ten minutes, run out of notes, and then dip. I don't think near unlimited content is always good. It probably rarely, if ever, is. Nostr makes it pretty practical to have different "accounts" that are tailored to what you want in the moment (maybe it's just morning news for 15 minutes, etc).

The forever content loop may be something we've been conditioned to believe is normal, when it's really just a way for platforms to harvest more of our time. Nostr will let you do that, especially as more people join, but at least it's a choice; a switch that you can flip whenever you want.


On a side note, it can actually be a benefit to have the ability to run out of notes. Nostr can be what YOU want it to be, which is the main selling point in my opinion. I may eventually decide to follow very few people and happily run out of notes.

I could have different npubs that best align with what my goal for Nostr is in a given moment. Maybe I want to get some quick notes from my news sources, etc. Maybe I don't want to be incentivized to keep scrolling. Conversely, maybe I have another npub that is better designed for burning time scrolling and interacting with more people.

The possibilities are endless here. You kind of are your own algorithm by design. You have to build what you want rather than accept whatever some centralized service feeds you. It's a shift in thinking that has to happen for Nostr to be compelling, at least as things are today.

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I can't remember the last time I ran out of notes. It was definitely very early on in my use of Nostr.

I will agree that the content variety here is limited to pretty much Bitcoin and Nost (with art, music, etc sprinkled in). But we are early and people could post different content here if they wanted. I'm guessing most of us on here have interests outside of Bitcoin and Nostr.

I'm considering putting more time into #cigar content, for example. Hopefully there are some cigar people here already, but at least there will be content for them if they do come aboard. I think that's really the solution here. People have to invest in Nostr now even if it won't immediately pay off. This includes posting various types of content and curating a follow list that pays off at some point.

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The Launch keyboard from System76 is pretty good after getting used to it and my chosen configuration.


Being an atheist is admittedly difficult sometimes.

It's freeing in a sense, but freedom has consequences.

It's fully on me to determine what my purpose for living is and what my morals are. I also have to rely more on myself during hard times, but friends and family can be helpful if utilized.

A lot of things were decided for me by default at birth (religion, philosophy, etc). Losing those defaults in early adulthood forced me to search for a philosophical framework that is most compatible with the reality I live in.

For me, that's Objectivism.

Being an Atheist in the southern United States was particularly challenging, especially as a young adult not yet practiced in resisting peer pressure.

I lost very close friends and probably would have disappointed my parents had they been alive.

I forgot where I was going with this. Peace.


It's also worth considering that being stuck on an iPhone for now doesn't mean you can't try to maximize your freedom within that box. My point here really is that some people are promoting the box and telling other people they should enter the box. Not necessarily that some people are temporally stuck in the box. I'm not criticizing anyone really. It's just a bizarre approach to me.


Your issues are somewhat separate from my point here, but Pixels with GrapheneOS are really easy now. I started hacking Android devices when some of the first ones came out and things are SO MUCH better now. Rooting Samsung phones was a lot more dangerous and difficult than using a Pixel with GrapheneOS.

It's certainly okay to be afraid and I'm not telling anyone to go buy anything.

I've used Swappa to buy used Pixels for years. I never buy the latest release. I bought my last Pixel new, but it was a model behind and a lot cheaper. The A series is great. That'll save money if you decide to switch in the future.


I tend to drop cigar ashes on the worst places and this is perfect.


I happen to think that many of my opinions probably should NOT be strictly accepted by everyone. But I also think a push and pull is important for things like Nostr, Bitcoin, etc. Maybe we land somewhere in the middle and have a great experience for the maximum number of people, including extremists like me.


I do too, but I don't necessarily agree that telling newcomers (who have already landed on Primal, Amethyst, etc) the best way to experience Nostr is through a closed Apple ecosystem just because they need help with something in Amethyst, Primal, etc. That's what spurred this thought for me. I see it quite a lot and I think it only reinforces the Apple model, which is awful in my opinion. It's great that you're working to get Damus (and Nostr) to more people, I can't wait to try it if it works with GrapheneOS, but I'm not going to steer people away from projects that are already here and better align (today) with what I think is the general Nostr ethos.

Obviously, opinions are just opinions, and mine aren't strictly focused on growth over principles that may very well be dogmatic.

Thanks for the response.


Running it strictly on a browser might, but even then, they can lock you down to just their browser if they really wanted to and exert some control that way.


PWA doesn't change anything when Apple can just remove that functionality with no recourse for users. That's kind of my point.


Do you value Nostr because it isn't closed like Facebook, etc?

Are you actively encouraging people to hop into the Apple system and remain there indefinitely?

Will you buy another iPhone when you can afford something like a Pixel with GrapheneOS?

If Yes, No, No, then you aren't the type of person I'm referencing here.

I'm referring to the people who claim to hate closed, controlled systems yet use AND promote (this is really the key) one of the most controlled systems on earth.


Cool, but not my primary point. My issue is with asking devs (like Amethyst) to create for a worse stack and trying to convince people to switch to what is currently Apple only software. It seems more prudent to support the ones building on much more open stacks than to go in reverse, again, if one's goal is to escape those types of systems.

I just think it's bizarre to do things that strengthen a system you're trying to escape.


I call it pruning. I will occasionally analyze my life and prune it for peace.


It's bizarre how many Nostr users seem to think that everyone is using or wants to use Apple's stack.

Just use Damus (Can they?)
Wen iOS? (Why iOS?)

No stack is perfect, but the Apple ecosystem seems about as far from the general Nostr ethos as one could get, in my opinion.

Focusing energy and attention on such a centralized stack seems counterintuitive to me if your goal is to escape systems like that.


A mute for 24 hours option would be great. My feed was completely bombed by two people and it's so annoying.

I'm all about people posting what they want, but scrolling through dozens of pictures and reposts from the same person isn't something I enjoy.


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Here comes the third prong to fuck #AUStriches once and for all.

Digital ID comes in December, both sides of government are pushing legislation to have social media users KYCed (see note below and image 3) which will be here mid-2025.

And now they’re pushing ahead with the mis- and disinformation bill which defines “harm” so broadly (image 2) that there is no escape.

No more posting about Bitcoin, that harms the economy. No more disagreeing with net zero lunacy, that harms the environment. No questioning vaccines, that harms health.

If you do - they’ll have your identity and will come and arrest you for breaking this new law.

Bye bye Australia 🇦🇺 https://v.nostr.build/SUzWO8tItR8kdbKF.mp4 https://i.nostr.build/BBdqZcfkXlx6H03b.jpg https://i.nostr.build/kJ1QQxhRdUgwzZei.jpg  nostr:note169sh3rkq2w639r5x558yqwnskwed897qza5m7qa0sw8l8dsngpkq5u9wgu


Testing an old idea: NFC-based transient accounts: accounts that log off as soon as the app goes to the background, deleting all traces of the account from the phone.

It looks like this in debugging speeds: https://video.nostr.build/ef4274d150303fd28f5e7b6b02a7b0102176263dfb1b491969a0caab6b61e6ad.mp4

If you are an activist and if your phone is confiscated, they will never find anything on the phone. Not even your public key.

Walk around with Amethyst installed and an NFC tag hidden in your clothing. When you need to use Amethyst, tap the tag, insert your password and login. Lock the screen to delete everything.

The NFC has a NIP-49 password-encrypted nsec. If you need, destroy and dispose the NFC tag.


There was something I didn't quite understand about Merkle trees, and the first 5 webpages I looked at glossed over it.  Finally I found my answer at this page, which I now consider a good resource for anybody wanting to understand Merkle trees:

https://www.derpturkey.com/merkle-tree-construction-and-proof-of-inclusion/


Inspired by you and nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr only 🫡


OpenSats Announces Long-Term Support for Mike Dilger

With the LTS grant, Mike plans to improve support for replying to versions of replaceable events, add NIP-96 file uploads, implement Blossom support, Web of Trust, and search at the relay level, and enhance reporting and labeling (NIP-56/NIP-32).

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-lts-mike-dilger/


Probably because the rest of them are actually living in the real world.


Not necessarily. Some types of ear wounds heal pretty quickly. The worst looking ones are usually the ones that bleed under the skin, like you might see if you got punched in the ear. A clean cut on the outer aspect could bleed a lot but heal pretty quickly. Also consider that plastic surgeons, if one was consulted, can often repair an injury such that it's pretty hard to tell there was ever an injury. That's their job. I would assume that Trump has access to the highest levels of care like that.


Can't wait.

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What a god.


I don't really give a shit what he thinks. He is free to stay on X.


This was a nice discussion. I'm glad to see Nostr getting the attention it deserves.

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I particularly love it when people deny open historical fact.


I had this issue on both Primal and Amethyst at one point, but I'm only using Primal with FUTO now.

I am typing this line with the stock Graphene keyboard on Primal and it still has the 'smashing' issue that drives me fucking bananas.


The FUTO keyboard doesn't have this issue for me unless I tag someone and try to keep typing. Then a worse hell returns. I was told a while back I had to use some special keyboards, but I thought that was ridiculous since none of my keyboards have this issue with anything else (including socials before I went Nostr only).


I still encounter people who think the US dollar is backed by gold.


Damn. RIP Legend 🫂💜

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Aren't there technical solutions that help those people access Tor regardless?


If you can see this, Tor is now inside of Amethyst.

No more Orbot.


Probably after they no longer have a centralized stack, judging from his many answers to this question.


A good policy.


Nostr definitely gets better once you realize that you're in control of the flow of information. It will take time for people to learn this.


My biggest goal in life is simple:

Spend quality time with my great grandchildren before I die.

There's no guaranteed success. I'm not even a grandfather yet! But I will work towards that goal every day.

I want to be a part of their lives when I'm reaching the end of my journey.🧡


One thing I'm really saddened by is the absence of a good grandfather in my life. This is a good goal. A future human may not have to feel the way I do. But, it has shaped me in a positive way in that I also want to be that wise and dependable person for younger people. I already practice at it when younger people around me are struggling, and I don't have children.


This in itself is a great meme that I will be using.


Welcome to pure signal.

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Great to see you over here!


Getting off of it is on my to-do list for next year.


I've self-hosted Nextcloud for years, and I can say it's been a massive pain in my ass. I lose a piece of my soul every time I update


ONLY THE RIDE OR DIES MATTER.

TOGETHER WE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER.


Bitcoin
Tor
Nostr
Ecash
Torrent
Signal

What a life.


lol That makes more sense


#NostrOnly

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Fuck em.


That doesn't make sense. Can't other people still see the posts?


Do you actually find that weightlifting helps with memory? This could make sense in some way. I listened to a podcast with a physician recently who was talking about a possible link between muscle mass and dementia


Better, in my opinion.


Oof.


I certainly like that better than what we have now.


👀

If you purchase SeedSigner-related items, please buy from sellers who commit to donate a portion of their proceeds back to support our contributors.

And if you're a seller who does this, please let us know! 🧡 nostr:note14y86dglegnxk0gt0e4tsne0ex79l9h955nglkepnnntvlt0wpd8s7dlgq0


If you read one of my essays each time you whip your phone out while sitting on the toilet, you're gonna make it, and in style.

http://armantheparman.com


As if you're looking through my phone camera right now........😳


Speaking from personal experience, you're better here.


I like Nostr


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Alby does some incredible work


The original MySpace https://www.qrz.com/db/LU3EEA

Distributed in CD-Rooms, still thriving on the web!
https://m.primal.net/KgIH.jpg


We will see. Lol Everyone always falls for the hype.


Nothing says efficiency and shrinking quite like creating another government entity. Lol Just start cutting things. I don't need government to tell me that our government is too bloated.

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I'm not yet, but it's on my list for next year


What if we made it so that you could require replies to include a trivial zap?

Fuck you, ReplyGuy bot 😘


Try living near an Airforce base 😂


This isn't a bad idea. Shit, I don't even need the zaps to come to me. I'll donate them.


Is this how the state takes us down? 😂

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Will have to figure that out. It's fucking annoying. I really hope whoever does it gets hemorrhoids


I’m a simple Kat. I see hashtag spam, I mute person forever.

… until some client wipes my mute list 😆


Or some bot becomes multibots. 💀


One by one.

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Minted a new future Bitcoiner (ready to buy, but not really 'there' yet).

Going to share a cigar and help him buy some. I'm glad we don't just have shitcoin casinos like when I first bought.

Will be having the shitcoin talk again too though, just for extra measure.

Life is good.


To be fair, that kind of is what colleges are designed around. It would be neglectful for them to not help people get employed. Not why I'm there though so fuck it.


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx always has such an eloquent way of saying things.

They can fuck off.

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Lol Might as well lottery mine.


That's fair.


Ethereum “maxis” own Bitcoin.

Bitcoin maxi’s do not own ethereum.


FOLLOWED 😶🌫


We Are Legion

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It's just a better life.


I'll never go back to a standard mouse.

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


I can't speak for him, but self-custody for such small amounts hasn't really been worth the effort in my experience. I'd rather trade that off for privacy and simplicity for the small fry sats I keep in my Nostr wallet. SC is great for my stack, but I also don't interact with it as much. I do want people to have SC options for higher levels though.


The last class in my CS degree revolves around PowerBI. Lol It's a bullshit class, but I might replace it with a C++ class or something.


Are they the same idiots responsible for selling the Bitcoin and shutting down the nukes?


I get a chuckle when people take the time to tell me they're unfollowing me. I didn't even know you were there, and I don't live my life based on your follow.

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


I'm crushed. I don't think I'll make it...


Yo Nostr when can I be cheeky with mainstream economists on here? 🤣

#AskNostr #NostrHelp

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


I'm doubtful that we will make much influence on the corporate front, at least for some years. In my experience, it's just too well integrated at this point. So many specialised apps are written for Windows, so it makes sense that they just go all in on Microshit. I begrudgingly use it at work and just accept that it'll probably be that way until I retire. I'm sure we will have another CloudStrike, except far worse, before people even begin to question the stupidity of having most major infrastructure systems in one shitty basket that just keeps growing.


Ha. I mean stuff from the central banks and organizations like that. But maybe they will too eventually. Probably don't have anyone smart enough to figure it out.


What type of content do you wish there was more of on #Nostr? For clarification, type of content means specific topics (cigars, sports, science, etc)


I'm conflicted. I kind of miss seeing what the fiat scammers are up to (just to be aware of what's going on broadly), but I'm also kind of okay with just getting lost in the signal sauce.

There's nothing I can really do about the noise anyway. It's really just to be aware.

But I'm already stacking and chilling, so fuck it.

#Nostr is good.

GM


“Withdraw your sanction. Withdraw your support. Withdraw your participation in any way you can. Do not try to win the favor of those who have rejected you. Do not try to argue or explain or justify. Withdraw into silence. Leave them to their own devices, and let them see the consequences of a world without mind.”

Going Galt 🫡


Delete your platform accounts. No fuss. No spectacle. No grand finale, no great exit. Leave their houses, leave their prisons, leave the golden cages behind. They all benefit from the noise that you make, so do the one thing that they can't censor. Be silent. Leave. And leave the noise behind.
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I'd be incredibly surprised if even a small portion of them have thought this deeply about Nostr. It's probably just an addiction to the doom algo and bullshit follow counts.


Thanks for clarifying


Same for the client actually, assuming this means I'm subject to whatever someone else decides without my client having options for me.


I wouldn't run a relay if I had no say in what is going through it. Is that what is being said here, or am I misunderstanding?


Yeah, I'm sure I'd want to erase a country that is constantly fucking attacking me too. That's the whole point of having a government. The problem is that they haven't ever actually eliminated the threat. I'm not saying that Israel has been perfect. No country is. But there's a lot of one sided bullshit propaganda coming from Palestinians as if they aren't getting what they keep asking for. The people there should eliminate the people attacking Israel if it is actually such a minority of them. Otherwise, yeah, they will all eventually die. That isn't genocide. That's called war. And if you won't quit attacking a more powerful enemy then you should be prepared to be completely eliminated. I don't think that's controversial. You keep getting stung until you stop fucking with the bees. They could have spent their time and energy making life for Palestinians better, but they chose war instead. That's on them and so is all of the collateral damage that results. Israel is not responsible for that. I wish the killing would stop. I don't like that. It's awful. But acting like a victim while you're killing people in another nation is absolutely retarded. I'm willing to bet that most Israeli people don't want to keep living like this either. There is no peace with people who will accept nothing less than all Jews leaving the planet. And I'm absolutely in support of bombing them until they accept reality and stop attacking others. Then I would of course want Israel to stop and continue forward peacefully. But that's never worked. The attacks always continue.


I think nano technology will eventually completely change how we do emergency medicine (that's my area, but I'm sure it will in others too). People often laugh at the future I see, but I think we will look back on today as if it's archaic.


How are you deleting them?


And I thought to, too, and two were bad.


Calling everything censorship is confusing and a waste of time. Using the term in its broadest sense leaves so much room for confusion that you'd be better off using a different term. And that may just be the case at this point.

For example:

Government putting you in jail for saying you hate war is censorship.

X removing child pornography is censorship, in the broadest sense. But it's also an illegal and immoral material.

Let's say someone on X posts a video detailing how much they hate some particular race and want them to all die, for example. This isn't necessarily illegal in the US without some threat, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a violation of the service's terms of use or moral standards. Removing it is censorship in a broad sense, but it is their right and I'd guess a large portion of X users and customers would prefer to not associate with such content.

I prefer to use censorship in the context of force, such as government force against pure speech or thought. The lines are a lot more clear. Private property vs Government force.

Nostr clients and relays should absolutely be able to filter certain objectionable content. I would not use Nostr if I had to be subjected to whatever anyone anywhere wanted to post. They can run their own relay and client if they wish, but that's the freedom aspect to me. I don't value the freedom to subject anyone to anything at any time. That isn't what free speech even means., and I don't think telling someone to simply not use Nostr is a strategic response. That's a great way to go nowhere fast and end up associated with something that becomes known as a place for child pornography creators and similar to hangout. Good luck with that.

What gets filtered will always be debated, and my opinion is that Nostr is beautiful because we can all choose what level of filtration is right for us. I think this issue will be a bigger focus as more people join. It has to be. I've already seen things using certain clients that were annoying, and other things that were absolutely disgusting and immoral. I would have already dipped if that was the case no matter what I did as a user.

Some baseline safety is going to be required for most people to comfortably use Nostr, and that means there will always be some 'censorship' involved. It isn't always bad, and having it as an option isn't a bad thing either. What is bad is having no control as a user one way or the other, which is what I think Nostr will actually solve.


A client developer or relay can prevent you from seeing certain things (and should, actually). But they can't force every other client and relay to do the same thing. That's my point. I want clients and relays to hide certain things from me. I don't want to see child porn or things like that. I saw an AI generated child porn image in a client I used to use. I don't want to associate with relays or clients that don't try to filter stuff like that. The idea that zero filtration is good is simply nonsense and I wouldn't use Nostr if there was no way to shield myself from stuff I don't want to see. But I have options if I think filtration goes too far (like filtering a specific political party, etc)


Why would it be like whack a mole if you can't even try it? Of course you can try it. That's why I said what I said.


Some good points here. I'll adjust accordingly. This trap can actually occur in other things. Like when people use the 2a as a defense of gun rights. Yes, that IS a restriction on government, but they could also get a 2/3 vote and remove it from the Constitution. What then? You suddenly don't have a defense anymore. Price is very similar. It's shit if it's shit.


Probably unpopular, but Dave Ramsey's major advice completely changed my life for the better. Ironically, he is the reason I eventually looked for where to put my extra wealth and ended up choosing Bitcoin (real estate was my original default plan). He's the reason I had extra wealth to worry about at all.

Obviously, SOV is only one component, but that's where I was when I found Bitcoin. The whole Covid stimi math also had me worried. I remember people laughing at me at work when I told them that check was going to cost them a lot more in the coming years. I've since learned that my math was actually pretty far off. They were right to tell me I was wrong. I was way too conservative and it ended up being much worse than I predicted. But I can't really even conceptualize the numbers anymore. It's so abstract to try to understand 30T and the amounts we spend these days.

I don't know what my point was here. Peace.


I don't really understand the point anyway. We already know this happens with the other side. The Nostr side at least gives one options if some censorship is tried somewhere (client, relay, etc).

So all I hear is:

I will lose doing X, and since I could temporarily lose a little doing Y, I'm going to stick with X and for sure lose.

????

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We still love you.


Both choices are awful, which is why Nostr is important. He should want to not be able to make such choices for the underlying protocol.


He actually made the better decision with Brazil. He only has two decisions: comply or leave the entire country. The Turkish situation was much worse. Instead of leaving Turkey, he suppressed a Turkish candidate on behalf of their dictator while still allowing Turkish people to access the platform. That's worse than just banning them all.


He seems to think that having a billionaire own the app is the winning strategy. That's A strategy, but wouldn't it be better if the billionaire owned an app that uses a protocol that he couldn't censor even if he wanted to?

Putting aside the fact that Jack is involved with Nostr, I'd still prefer to use a system where apps can be forked, etc. Having one massive honeypot vs hundreds of tiny ones doesn't seem like a winning strategy.


lol Yeah, some things are different.


This was in 2018 for one.

Second, self-defense from people who are unwilling to recognize the rights of Jews in that area isn't genocide. They were attacked. Anything less than eliminating the enemy to avoid future attacks would be immoral.


We have many bots lol But at least some of the are useful sometimes.


6 posts in a row I have gotten 2x better engagement on NOSTR than twitter, with fewer followers here than there


Happy to be one of them.

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Almost reached 1000 subs on our #Bitcoin-only YouTube channel 👀

Link down below if you'd like to check it out  👇😁

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It's sometimes okay to just congratulate someone without throwing in some ideological point. Try it out sometime. Nostr isn't a good substitute for YouTube yet.


Congrats. Numbers aren't everything, but I'm glad to see you guys winning in that metric.


Organic vs synthetic


This would be cool. There are certain people, news, etc I want to see right away and the rest can wait or be skipped if I don't have that much time. Less sifting for me. But also completely organic since I pick exactly what goes into the feed.


It's neither a feature nor a bug.


Yeah, that sounds great until you realize that your reply is lost in the replies and doesn't really add context for that reason. This has already been written about by nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 and he makes better points.


Same. Funny enough, I actually get far more productive engagement here on Nostr. I suspect this is the case because I have spent time curating my associations, found a client that works for me, and actually interact with people. The other platforms feel so dead, even though there are lots of follows involved.


816 in Primal


This is one of my favorite cigars.


Emergency medicine and cigars. If they do, it's not apparent


matt

Objectivism🔸Computer Science🔸Emergency Medicine🔸Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Czar


Go fuck yourself.

I don't need your oversight. I don't need you at all.

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Phil in the Blanks
The Yaron Brook Show


Is there a particular technology stack that is used for Nostr development (the protocol, applications, etc)? Does it matter?

#Nostr #Dev


I think it would be rude to add their npub for them, but hopefully someone will benefit from my effort and npub.


I've started commenting on YouTube videos with recommendations to check out Nostr and hit up my npub. Might end up regretting it, but fuck it. I'm here for it.


I tried and left Nostr twice before going Nostr only with this npub. Everyone has a different tolerance for developing technology. People will come in their own time.

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People ultimately have to do what they think is best, but it would be really cool to see some of the people on YouTube list their Nostr npub alongside their X handle.

Some of the accounts I follow have Nostr but don't list their npub on videos. People have unique reasons for doing things, but it is worth considering in my opinion.


Nice gif


I think the actual answer will be an imperfect combination of multiple approaches that reduce risk down to very small levels for most people.


Yeah, DNS was my first thought but that has scammers too. And then recently there was a story about some domains being easily taken. There's no perfect system, but I think certain people swapping npubs IRL also helps. Especially bigger names in a particular circle.


>Corrupt money
>Force both parents to work
>Push children into state "schools" so parents can work more. Shape them into state drones.
>Give inflated loans to graduates of the state "schools" so they can go get more "education"
>Rinse and repeat.

What a beautiful system of control.


True. Definitely an edge case.


A red warning letting me know that this could be an imposter would be 🤌 Not sure that would help if the Imposter gets to Nostr first though. I can imagine the actual person getting flagged in some cases. And the flag would technically be correct if you already follow the imposter. Somewhat complex issue


That's a good idea. Not sure how that would be implemented, but it would definitely help cast doubt, which is usually enough to prevent a successful scam.


Or tools, rather.


Thanks. The concept of a social graph is kind of what I was referencing here. Didn't realize there was a tool though


I grew up during the early years of the web. Does anyone else get some of those same vibes when using tech like Nostr?

I frequently feel the same sense of wonder and curiosity that I did back then. It seems like the web has been mostly just a handful of centralized websites/applications for the past 15 years or so. Boring, really.


This is cool.

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Ayyyyyy Corny Chat is a pretty neat concept.


Weak.

But what are good ways to actually verify that a particular npub belongs to a particular person?

It's going to become a lot more difficult as more people and bots enter.

I think it was easier for those of us who were early because we were mostly all part of the same relatively small circle of people. I just followed based on the fact that someone I follow followed them. This way makes assumptions that may not always be true.

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Of course you could make worse versions. That isn't my point. My point is that people are already basically using one and don't seem as worried as they are when politicians talk about CBDCs. It's already mostly happening and has been for years.


The government can already see your transactions. It can stop your transactions. It can take or freeze your 'money.' It can dictate the terms by which you transact (proved that with the Patriot Act). USD is functionally already a CBDC if you remove cash, which people hardly use anymore.


1. Both are fiat
2. The government already controls the banks and records are already kept of transactions

Which version is worse isn't the point. It's the primary traits of the thing that matter.


I won't be looking at them at all.


Little semantic arguments like this are pointless and aren't going to be useful to the average person when discussing why the base layer known as Nostr is better than the base layer of X. So I've settled on just calling X a centralized protocol for simplicity.


Unless you want to use something like Primal where it is built in. That's 'easy' but you have to give Strike some information


Easy doesn't mean the same thing to everyone so you'll just have to try different ones. Phoenix is about as easy as I can imagine a wallet being.


A protocol is a standardized set of rules for formatting and processing data. I'm using the term loosely here, but X does have underlying protocols that it controls as its own network. Open protocols are obviously used, but the unique whole known as X is not open.


Yes, I'm using the term to differentiate between the backend and frontend. The platform is the entire package.


If the US government stopped producing cash, we would effectively already have a CBDC. And since so few people actually use cash anymore, we kind of already have one...


The X protocol having a centralized leader seems to always lead to some chain reaction like this. It's never going to end. Open protocols are the only way forward.

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That depends on which client you use. It's probably in the docs or settings.


Phoenix is probably the "easiest" I have used, but easy is relative. Zeus isn't hard for me.


It isn't clear to me what they're even trying to be at this point.


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I had this experience on Amethyst but not Primal. The amount of trash I saw on Amethyst, even without global, was maddening.


Freedom from peak authoritarian central control is the real worldwide movement.

#Bitcoin and #nostr are two tools to help decentralized sovereign individuals actually win the fight. Eventually.


how do people secure their npub/nsec? is there a seedplate or something similar for these?


In reality, I'd actually just go back to a dumb phone or some Gnu/Linux phone, but I mean IF I wasn't willing to do that or it wasn't an option.


The main incentive I can see for them to keep Android open is that it's open, while the alternative isn't. If I had to choose between iOS and stock Android on a Pixel, I'd probably choose Apple. For context, I'm a hardcore GrapheneOS/AOSP maxi and have been since Android was created.


They have already slow motion done this with the major apps in AOSP. Go look at the SMS app, for example. Google doesn't owe us anything, so not a criticism. Just an observation. It isn't a leap to imagine that they may do this with the OS at some point.


Excellent thread highlighting something that has been on my mind forever.

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Not strictly devs but worth following

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I think it's okay to be unhappy sometimes. Humans would have little reason to make meaningful change if they were happy all the time. I do think that emotions should be used in a positive way though. Anger is a wonderful emotion IF it is channeled properly. It, like all of the other emotions (including happiness) can be destructive if not properly used. I know you may have some beliefs that contradict mine, but that's my perspective as an atheist. I definitely want to be happy as often as possible, but I would be worried if I was happy all the time.


Yeah, it's not really encryption in any meaningful way if something like this can even happen.


I like to offer alternatives when I can. Here are some speed thoughts regarding the topic of feedback/testing for Nostr software:

I'm imagining a project of sorts (team, or whatever you want to call it), let's call it Nostr Testers, that has people who focus on testing Nostr software and communicating with developers. This is something that would need input from everyone involved, and people who are willing to contribute to Nostr as testers.

I envision a well organized, mutually respectful process where testers are able to communicate issues, opinions, etc with developers without being asked what they are building, or some other dismissive comment. Testers would also need to be empathetic and respectful (myself included). This could act as a sort of buffer between developers and general users if done well. I think most people would like to have a central location where they can express concerns, bugs, etc. Such a setup could take that off the plates of developers. Many devs currently do all of that alone or on the fly.

I'm willing to contribute to something like this. Maybe I test Amethyst, Primal, or whatever client and focus mostly on that, for example.

This can only work if there is a mutual respect between developers and testers. My time isn't free (just as with devs) and I do think that testing/sharing feedback and concerns matters. Developers who disagree can part ways and do whatever they want. Developers who value testers can contribute and work with them.

This obviously requires implementation work and I don't have an answer to every potential issue right now. But I do think we need to be better organized and more respectful with each other. I think something like a git repo could even be used to implement this as an actual Nostr project that's dedicated to this type of contribution. I also think it's worthy of funding and community support/respect. I really don't like just pointing out problems in a way developers don't think are helpful. Let's create an organized way to improve the process for everyone. I'm willing to contribute as much as I can given my schedule right now. I will contribute even more after school ends next year. I want to be part of the solution, and I think others do too. Plus, some of us actually have some experience as developers, even if we don't do it as a career anymore or for Nostr.

I don't know what I don't know, so I'm open to discussing this idea or alternatives that may work better. Either way, I'd like to see change in this area.

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I could manually choose relays, but that isn't real enforcement.


Well, that's cool. I think most people probably mean that they want this implemented somehow at the protocol level where relays have to respect it if they want to get notes from a particular user. I imagine something like a setting that let's me not transmit to relays that haven't adopted the enforcement mechanism


All I want for Christmas is freedom.


You can go back to any note from any time and edit it everywhere?


Meh. We still have Bitcoin. And Tor. And encryption, etc. China couldn't even defeat Bitcoin and it is one of the most authoritarian countries on the planet. The government crackdown narrative is overused. It becomes less practical by the day.


A zap delay option would help with this I think. Kind of like having the ability to "unlike" something if you accidentally do. It could be a misleading social signal if you accidentally zap something you disagree with (like a racist post, etc).


I disagree. Users should have some way of signaling that they no longer support a particular note for whatever reason. It's unfair to have no way of removing a note or adding updated context to it.


I saw a good essay covering this topic by nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240


And we testers could use a more centralized document or something expressing how devs in general want to be interacted with (suggestions, feedback, bug reports, etc). It's all so chaotic from my perspective. If they don't want testers, then say that.


And I certainly don't mean:

-every dev is like this
-that I've tried everything being built
-that I'm perfect. I'm far from it

I AM grateful for everyone's contributions, but that doesn't mean that opinions on the thing are personal attacks.


I don't think this is exactly what you're asking for, but I will say it anyway.

Mostly, being told to fuck off in various ways when I point out a bug, practice, or UX design choice I think is bad from a user perspective. I've mostly given up. If it gets bad enough, I just won't use any of it. That's where I'm at as a highly ideological and technical user (tester). Average people aren't going to deal with the things people like me do, and even I'm hanging by a thread at this point. Just being honest. People can take it or leave it.

One specific example would be annoying bugs in the text editors in both Primal and Amethyst (which I've made known). The issues still exist (using multiple keyboards and devices), yet more features continue to be added. It's hard to get excited when such basic features aren't complete. One dev told me to just use a specific keyboard. Cool, but that is a workaround, not a real solution. I haven't had problems with any other apps, and installing some random keyboard for Nostr clients is not going to cut it if we want this to be widely adopted.

I've had similar issues with connecting wallets. I never figured out how to get Mutiny to actually connect after clicking the button in Primal. I've had lots of little issues that I feel should be fixed before all the other stuff is added on top.

A feature should be complete if it's going to get pushed to users. I used to use Amethyst and expressed concern regarding pushing the draft feature before anyone could turn it off and not telling users that their unshared thoughts were actually being shared and broadcasted. Adding the option to disable in the future doesn't negate the violation that some of us felt. Ignored. So I fucked off.

It's just getting exhausting. I don't get paid for testing this stuff and actually send sats to developers. I'm okay with that! But I'm not okay with being treated less than simply because I haven't contributed some arbitrary amount of code to some project. I'm just wondering who this stuff is being built for, because from a user/tester perspective, I'm left feeling like a house is being built around me on a half-finished foundation most of the time when I try this stuff out.

Any opinion is usually met with "what are you building?" or something similar. I can just shut the fuck up, say thanks, and eventually stop using this stuff and funding devs (to the best of my ability - I'm not pretending to be an important VC here), but who benefits from that?

These are my main problems.


Fucking scum.


Jesus. A scripted video isn't a review lol


Working in emergency medicine has taught me how fragile life is.

To anyone I've had a negative interaction with: I'm sorry.

I'm an asshole sometimes.

I make mistakes and bad choices.

I'm trying to be better and fail often.

I appreciate whatever you contribute to the world.

✌


I keep draining my Nostr sat sack very quickly by zapping everything instead of using emojis. 🥲🫡


Same.


Like the things I've had to read before performing certain procedures on a patient. I'm not plugging that into some AI lol I'm reading it. But every medical book or manual I've read could be improved.


And frankly, some manuals should contain a lot more information than others, but not unnecessary amounts of words to explain the information. That's what I have a problem with. Say what needs to be said in the fewest number of words.


Yeah, some domains will always have unique issues.


True enough. That's why I prefer we figure it out together instead of all fucking off like I am. It doesn't help in the long term.


Ha. Shit. Yeah, I mean the one you hit balls with.


I certainly haven't had an experience that bad thankfully. I would think those types are extremely rare. Which is good.


Not that I'm perfect. I'm far from it.


That's the beauty. We can be what we want to see.


It's similar to waiting for a check to clear. I'll risk it for a small amount, but not a house.


If I sold someone a house, I'd probably want multiple confirmations. If I sold them a golf club, I wouldn't give a fuck.


The advantage to more confirmations is that more blocks have been found, meaning it's that much harder for an attacker to outpace the truth. You can accept 0 confirmations if you want, but that's generally considered riskier than any higher number. Small amounts may be worth the time savings, like if you sold a Coke to someone. They are very unlikely to go and attack the network to double spend that amount. But 1,000,000 BTC.... A different story.


Yeah, this obviously isn't an issue for all devs. It's just been my experience with some major ones.


Yeah, it isn't a perfect comparison, but some of the things corps do are done for a reason and work better. They don't necessarily focus on what the perfect answer is, but what AN answer is that gets the job done. I can tell you for sure that telling people like me to fuck off won't be good in the long run.

Average people aren't going to install a specific keyboard from a GitHub repo to 'fix' editor bugs that have existed the entire time I've used Nostr (it's still there, on multiple devices and keyboards). This is a real interaction I had with a Dev. There are a lot of very basic issues that have taken the backseat to additional features and no one seems to care. I'm not installing a specific keyboard just to use a Nostr client and neither will most normies. It's like building a house on a half-finished foundation. I don't get it, especially when people are testing and telling them about issues for free. I just stop funding and using those apps and move on at this point. There isn't much else I can or will do for those projects.


Yeah, but I really would like to see Nostr succeed. I hope the right people see this and care. Because frankly, most people aren't going to deal with the things that people like us are willing to. I ultimately just want to make it as clean as possible for the people who aren't as ideological or technical as me.


Many of the client #devs would be better analysts/designers/testers/sysadmins than "devs", but clout on here only goes to devs, so we're ending up with a gazillion half-finished, buggy projects nobody uses, and that get quickly abandoned, and the better stuff doesn't get enough traffic because everyone who could provide actionable feedback is off tinkering. There's almost nobody to do the technical stuff that isn't as glamorous but is the difference between being permanently stuck in scriptkiddie hell or having production-ready systems.

More appreciation for non-dev roles, please. For starters, stop asking people "... and what did you build?", like nobody has a right to speak on development topics unless they've hacked together some bullshit microblogger nobody will ever use. That isn't even proof that they could pass CompSci 101, ffs.

/rant


Really /rant lol


This is largely why the companies I worked at mostly kept the developers hidden from clients. Starting my own company forced me to actually interact with clients and users as a developer. It was really fucking hard, and I quickly learned why companies usually have a bridge between the two. It's a unique skill that seemingly isn't valued here.


I've mostly stopped giving feedback on my experience as a user of various apps for the reasons you listed. I have experience working with directly with clients to build web applications and typically use that experience to tell devs what average people are likely to think about certain UX, bugs, etc (because I used to make money doing that).

The problem for me has been that my feedback is usually taken personally and it gets fucking exhausting. I just don't care to do it anymore. My experience professionally had the benefit of economic incentives. Companies lost money from UX that didn't work. I figured out what the customers didn't like and fixed it. There was an economic feedback mechanism. Here, it's just "what have YOU done?" or some variation of being told to basically fuck off. It honestly feels like you don't matter unless you're specifically writing code on something (I have, just not for Nostr yet). The messaging has been super elitist in my experience. And I'm not getting paid (I actually send sats to devs), so it's pretty easy to fuck off.

/rant


Worth it to whom? Who is we?

It's obviously worth it to me. I can't speak for you. Odysee, Rumble and other similar platforms don't exist and have users for no reason. There's clearly a need for some people to have alternatives to YouTube, Spotify, etc. The question for me is if anyone is working on an alternative that uses Nostr. I have no doubt that some people want/need an alternative. That's apparent. Whether there are enough for it to happen actually on Nostr is another issue. I don't know.


Because the younger generations are largely unaware of it. They're probably just trying again to take advantage of ignorance on the topic.


Is anyone currently working on Nostr based alternatives to YouTube, Odysee, etc? This is one of the more complicated projects I can imagine. I'd like to add the projects to my zap list if any exist.


If they intentionally want it to be in secret or limited in scope then that's indeed a different issue that won't be changed by this. Nostr is at least the one thing everyone should have in common though, so it should help if they aren't intentionally making the chats exclusive. I'd say at a minimum that those who do communicate on Nostr owe nothing to those who don't since it naturally seems like the best fit for the official channel. You will never be able to force people to not use other channels. But at least having a Nostr option leaves the ball in their court instead of everyone else to use a number of comms outside of Nostr.


I'm not convinced that one should have the right to make someone else appear to be doing or saying something that they aren't. Similar to libel, slander, etc. I'm not saying this can be easily stopped, but I'm leaning toward it being illegal and immoral if it isn't very obviously fake.

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This is one of those things that I think actually may violate the rights of others.


Some of the specific distros may have it in their repos if someone is maintaining it in one. Arch, Debian, Ubuntu are probably the best bet if it wouldn't have been disallowed for some reason.


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I would think that Nostr developers would very likely choose to use Nostr for communication related to Nostr development. Could this possibly reduce fragmentation over time?


But there could be a mechanism preventing this that I'm unaware of. I don't fully understand Lightning


My concern right now is the cost of the characters in the note vs the value actually sent. It seems like it could become an issue similar to a penny costing more than a penny to make if it becomes widespread


What a fucking world though. Imagine spammers having to pay you to spam you. It's perfect. Their ability to spam will cost more over time.


Lol I've had that happen too. I call it SatSpam or ZapSpam.


People would believe that they had sex in public when that never happened, and more people would believe they did the more she tried to tell people that they didn't.


They will probably also have access to a lot of other shit that people didn't think they would. I can only imagine all the things that will eventually be leaked in data breaches. Very few people are aware of all the things being collected by tech companies.


That and some people don't want to be alpha or beta testers for everything. I don't. Kudos to those who do. I do on occasion, but bandwidth is limited.


Exactly. That's all I was really trying to say here. It takes time for things to catch on. Not seeing hype everywhere isn't necessarily a bad thing.


Nostr has not fixed (nor would it, I'm being facetious) how goddamn difficult written communication can be when having a discussion with someone. It's so unnatural for me, which is weird given my status as a millennial. Unfortunately, it often leads to frustration that compounds the issue for me. I'm not sure I can solve this problem. Currently, I'm ending conversations in a civil manner when I start to get frustrated. It could be that I just need to avoid discussions in this format, especially for even moderately complex issues.

Anyone else have this issue?


You are misunderstanding so many of my points that I'm going to go ahead and end the conversation. Thanks for your work and good luck.


You seem to think I'm arguing against the merit of the thing and in favor of another when I'm not. I'm simply pointing out that people don't tend to just immediately hop onto a brand new thing (before it's even available in this case) and that such a reality isn't a negative sign against the new thing. My comment applies to any brand new tech, regardless of the merit over alternatives or promises it makes.


When I say bigger projects, I also mean developers even in the Nostr space working on some of the more popular applications. It may take time for everyone to learn and move over. All I'm saying is that crickets in the beginning aren't always a bad thing. It just takes time.


You can self host GitLab. But that is a minor point.

I'm only speculating on why people may not just start using it right away. I certainly do see the benefit of it existing. But it seems that it isn't even released yet, so anything I said is moot until it can actually be widely used and feedback comes in. It is cool that you can push to both, but is that the same thing as fully using both in tandum without choosing one or the other as the primary? That sounds like a backup, but not really an ability to actually utilize both simultaneously. I just don't think it's going to catch on broadly for years and don't really see that as a problem with it as a concept. I suspect it will be used by a lot of smaller niche projects early on though. I will certainly be trying it out. But for really big projects? I just wouldn't take their silence as a negative sign necessarily. It can take years for bigger machines to seriously consider a new tech (See Bitcoin and even Nostr in general).


Well, this definitely adds up. Lol Maybe everything I said is wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.


I'm not trying to be a dick, but there are a lot of new things in tech all the time and it would be a nightmare for serious codebases to just move to something as immature as Nost or whatever any time people got excited about something new. It's a pain in the ass for me to use Nostr most days just to fuck around on social media. I can't imagine trying to move an entire project for no major benefit with fingers crossed that it's going to be reliable for me, especially if I'm not the only one accessing a repo. Just my two sats. Give it 3-5 years and people will move if it has merit. GitHub and GitLab are quite mature and work very well.

I suspect so few people are talking about it for some of the same reasons. It just isn't compelling enough yet.


Android Open Source Project is still a thing. 'Android' was always a generic term that made little sense to me unless the particular OS was an unmodified AOSP, which I've never seen. I suspect Google is eventually going to end their support of AOSP and lock down the Pixel phones if they get a large enough market share.


I'm going to try burning a USD to see if it's even good as fire starter.

I've heard it called toilet paper, but someone else can try that one out. I'm skeptical.

Hopefully people don't see this note 200 years from now and think I'm retarded. Maybe I am.


On a side note, zapping you isn't working but did work when I tested on other people.


It's a good place to be, my friend. Even though you aren't always the most liked. lol


Could you still read messages on your phone if you did this using an old phone that you leave at home (to address battery life concerns)? Either way, this is really cool.


I can vibe with that. I honestly wish I had more chances to start fires. I would enjoy starting a morning fire and making coffee and eggs with a cigar or something. Working on it. Glad to see you're doing it.


Boiled egg and cheese


How often are you starting fires?


Yes.

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There's a similar problem on the development side for hardware resource requirements. It tends to be a problem with the less experienced people not thinking about how design choices affect users who aren't using the equipment they have access to. A good team has a mix of young bucks pushing trends and wise old owls pulling them back a bit.


Good metric. If it doesn't look good then it probably has too much irrelevant shit that distracts more than anything. I had a bell curve when I was a web developer. Simple designs because I was incapable > More complicated designs because I was more capable > Simple designs because I fucking hate complexity and so do most users


Hiding almost every element on the YouTube video page is 🤌

I kept the description box and everything above it. I will probably be a harsh HTML god and block even more at some point. Try it out.


I’m a ride or die kinda guy on Bitcoin and Nostr. I cannot picture my life not including these protocols in it daily. They are a life force and as Pablo says the energy is from the People who use it, and there are many. Onwards 🔥


New cheat code, the UX/manual horribleness of some of the best devices that you set once are no longer a deal breaker.

Upload PDF manual to nostr:npub17304velluajf6lylvjynpj2f3ndg396w063gj2gef5qk0nwtcyjqfj9yky then have it give me very digestible step by steps 😆


Maybe people will start doing this with the manuals they write. Some people believe that more is better in manuals when it isn't.


The idea is to be mindful, but not so afraid that you're paralyzed and don't utilize the tech.


Sats aren't really tied to Nostr unless you're using a built in wallet that is somehow tied to your nsec. You can use external wallets for zapping if you want (Amethyst allows this) or don't use zaps at all if you're still too concerned. I just throw some play sats into a hot wallet and forget about it. Whatever amount is comfortable


Man, 58k gang is working those streets hard.


Lol I don't see that, but thanks for trying to clarify.


Exactly my point. And even if they do, seeing 100M instead of 1.0 aloft their horse isn't as big of a deal as making everyone else suffer the confusion lol


The sat is the only unit that means anything to me. I actually get quite annoyed at UIs that only show me decimal values. It's so fucking useless and annoying, especially when it's like 5000k sats. I'm okay with seeing 100,000,000 if I had to move a "whole coin." I'm sure most people are.


Fuck yeah.

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Why is he an asshole?


Other very important things. In fact, the right to petition is one of the most important and overlooked.


Going Nostr only was one of my best decisions.

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We also have a federal court system which is different than the ones most Americans see in their respective states. The national scope is what tends to lead to more centralized abuse. It's a lot harder for a prosecutor or court in California, for example, to fuck with me in a different state. It's really easy for a federal one to fuck with me.


The legislative branch is our main issue, not necessarily the judicial system. Our judicial issues come mostly from the fact that our legislative branch has expanded government to the point that it has the courts constantly involved by extension. People wouldn't be in courts so much if there weren't so many laws keeping us in them. Our courts weren't really designed to handle huge government because we weren't supposed to have a huge government. Our courts actually work surprisingly well given how abused they are by the state, in my opinion. There are exceptions, of course. Our courts just weren't designed to fix things broken by the legislature since they are restrained by law by design. They can only really do that if a law violates the Constitution.


This would be a lot easier with Bourbon since it doesn't age after leaving the barrel.


I suppose a birth date might make some sense, but wine isn't really the same at any particular point. I could say that the birth is when all necessary components are combined, but the alcohol component isn't there yet (and maybe other chemicals - I don't know the full chemistry). It's a super complicated expectation


The simplest solution I can think of is the birth of the batch, meaning when every component is combined. That would at least have the same label for every bottle of that particular batch container. But I've only toured a tiny winery once. I know fuck all


This is one of those things that people think they want until it comes time to actually pay for it to be implemented. This could work with extremely small batch stuff I'm sure but I've seen "small" wine operations and some of those tanks are fucking huge. I can't imagine doing this without some really expensive setup.


This is a great essay regarding Delete and Edit on Nostr by nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240

https://habla.news/rabble/on-delete


Are you using the same key for that or one unique to your long form content? I'm curious as to how clients are determining what to display where, especially if it comes from the same key. Is it a special type of note or something?


What are you talking about? Who is 'most of you?' I'm not referring to my literal physical location. I mean hiding my identity in relation to what I think; my speech.


South American countries in particular have a tendency to ruin any successful businesses built there. They shoot themselves in the foot and we don't really benefit from that in the US. I wouldn't invest a cent down there for fear that it'll just be confiscated anyway. The lack of property rights broadly is their actual problem, in my opinion.


Those who know know what a big deal this is
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Congrats


Do you mean those who run/pay for relays?


Lol, Brazilians are heavily searching for "VPN" right now according to Google. One does love to see it:

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You can't. All you can do is educate people.


Your nsec unlocks your identity. Protect it.


Practice safe nsecs


This came out 3 days ago. Come on mkbhd. smh nostr:note1uyxjyg9egxqmpmswkgfxqy9dzuv32d4tstz652vr7cr987x38musx72hrg


As it should. The base layer should be a simple, solid foundation. All the other tradeoffs and features should come by way of layers.


Great film.


You can't achieve freedom without taking on additional responsibility

- Self-custody your #bitcoin 🔐
- Secure your devices and your network 🛡
- Run a full node 🖥
- Setup Mesh VPNs 🌐
- Set up a 'De-Googled' privacy phone 📵

The results are well worth it
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I explored the offerings of Bluesky, Mastodon and others before deleting everything and going Nostr only.

I was also excited about real estate, gold, and shitcoins before I went Bitcoin only on CoinBase.

Most people don't just start at the best answer. They need to experiment and find their own way to whatever the best answer is for them.

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Jesus lol


Who among you has contacts with Brazilian newspapers to propose an article to them?


Welcome.


Welcome.

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That could be true. I thought that was a fine for X for each case, but I could have misunderstood.


A boat doesn't necessarily need to be rocked hard to change course. Unfortunately, being unwilling to rock the boat at all will only lead to a more difficult time in the long run. I think doing nothing is worse for my family than protesting. Of course, everyone has to pick their battles. I still pay taxes and hospital bills (I'm not sure how that fits, as you're paying for a voluntary service), but I'm not willing to stop speaking what I believe to be true. I will openly criticize taxes, Social Security, etc. I do everything I can to minimize those things in my country. I don't mean that people should disobey every law they disagree with, only that they should civilally disobey in accordance with their own principles and risk tolerance. You should do what you are comfortable with. There is no one size fits all approach to civil disobedience. You can support the movement as you see fit.


Bitrefill.com is pretty cool.


No, it doesn't just seem that way. It explicitly is. I have no interest in winning by way of using government to ban my competitors and neither should anyone else who values freedom.


Why would I want to?


From what I understand, the ban is on X operating there as a company, not necessarily people circumventing blocks on IP and using it anyway. They can't just tell Nostr not to let Brazilians use the protocol.


Yes, using Tor with any known account is already a warned against activity from Tor. I think we were making different points. I meant from the perspective of them internally banning Nostr by way of having a company block access to it. There is no CEO to run to. Civil Disobedience is important and effective at times.


Agreed. That indeed is not true. I'm not hiding my identity though. We were misunderstanding each other on that part. I'm quite openly protesting by using Nostr, which is what I meant by doing everything within my power given the consequences I have accepted. I already know the state can see me. I just don't care because I'd rather die in the light than live in the shadows. But my way isn't for everyone everywhere. Peace, friend.


You don't have to run a service yourself to promote the Nostr protocol as an ad as far as I know. I don't use Google ads at all though. I'm sure you could create your own ad for anything.


I don't ultimately want to live in a world where we all have to hide like roaches from authoritarians. I think the only path forward is to stand together and crush the minority that wants to enslave us. They should be the ones running when the fucking lights come on. Evil should live in the shadows. The rest of us belong in the light.

I don't know how to solve the problem in Brazil, but I don't think hiding is going to be sustainable in the long term. I think doing so will only further embolden the rats. Unfortunately, some people will be punished. That's the price of freedom sometimes. No technology is going to save us from having to fight for freedom and suffer the consequences for doing so.

I post here under my real name and photo (usually my image) because I've decided that I'd rather die free than live in the shadows. Does everyone have the privileges I have in the US? Absolutely not. My way isn't for everyone everywhere, but I don't think hiding is ever going to be a real solution anywhere. The chances are pretty good that most people around you feel more or less the same way. We are being dictated to by a minority. Fuck 'em.

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A good sign even if they haven't found Nostr yet.

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I'm not willing to do this, but I will contribute some sats to any trustworthy person who is.


Huge personal breakthrough (for me):

I was making very little progress on a paper and started to get irritated. I was finally irritated enough that I set a timer for 40 minutes and told myself that I had to be finished by then. Otherwise, I was turning in what I had (which would have failed).

Outcome:

I finished and edited the paper with 4 minutes to spare for this note.

Lesson:

I seem to only make progress if there is a deadline. This is probably a personality trait that won't apply to everyone, but hopefully this helps someone else experiencing a mental block.

I plan to apply this to others areas of my life to see what happens. On to the next assignment. ⏰


And to that end, I will continue degrading those who think they can break the spirits of those of us who are determined to live freely. Life would be pointless otherwise.


I don't live my life based on what the safest choices are. If I did, I'd do nothing worthwhile and neither would have most of the people whose names history remembered.

I'm not advocating for stupidity. I'm advocating for being the best you possibly can instead of sitting around estimating what your enemy is capable of. If I'm doing the best I can no matter what, estimation is wasted energy. Nostr is the best I've found and it is getting better. I don't think any state can beat us until we give up.


How will I be safer without the ability to test my own security?

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Ha. This is cool. Thank you to whoever did this. I'm so used to using browser containers and plugins that I'd forgotten to care.


Sure! But please only follow me for as long as you find value.


This is really cool.

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This is really cool. Thank you for sharing.


I don't know what exactly made this come to mind, but the last episode of What Bitcoin Did with nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle, and others left me with a nagging question in my mind: What more can I do right now with what I already have?

I'm going to spend some time with this. I have that tingle I get when my brain is about to let me in on one of its secrets.

Very good episode: https://youtu.be/chRpbV2_6cI?si=_IVU3vMMNnEuz961


I would appreciate recommendations for good npubs to follow. I think I have a solid list, but I'd like to propagate the signal better.

📡


I've spent my first cycle in Bitcoin sunsetting my reliance on politicians. They aren't going to save any of us, and will likely only add more problems.

Supporting Nostr, Bitcoin, and similar technologies has already paid greater dividends in my life than any amount of politics ever could.

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Middle out.


Some people promote the theory of gravity in some really dumb ways, but the theory itself isn't at fault for that.


Is it fair to call a model dumb simply because some people are promoting it in a dumb way? I don't think the original theory encourages trading necessarily. It's just a model. People can use it however they wish.


It takes great wisdom to know when to end one chapter and begin the next. I'm excited to see you guys succeed in the areas you choose to focus on next. Peace.

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It reminds me of how messaging apps used to give the user the option to include the app name/link in a signature to support the app. Should be optional on both ends. I prefer a minimal interface.


One should never give more credit than is due.


I'm sure it would be quite amusing to watch the Brazilian government wrap its stupid little head around Nostr.


Fucking right.

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Certainly. I've learned that people in different places have evolved differently. I'm in the US, where most of us tend to hold a lot more than we spend. While other markets are spending more because that's what they need most where they are. It's actually quite fucking beautiful because of how natural it is.


My first thought is that Bitcoin is a novel technology that is destined to be used in ways that best suit the holder of it. That's how free markets work. Not everyone is going to use it the way you do or the way you think they should. And people will likely evolve in how they use it over time. I have.


This IS good, but Google knowing indicates other potential problems in my opinion.

Still good to see. Progress.

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Go fuck yourself.


After reflection, I've realized that I'm spending more time on things I care less about than my wife. It hurts to go down such roads, but it's a necessary part of life. You can't navigate or course correct without stopping to look at your map occasionally.

✌


Word count isn't the only indicator of good writing. Using more words than necessary is bad writing. A book can contain more than a single thought, and some people have reason to dig beneath the headline for some topics.

Rehashing what has already been written elsewhere is a waste of time, hence the book recommendation.

I've read many great books that were absolutely worth being written and read.

I use such knowledge to prevent people from dying at work, for example. It turns out that some topics need to be deeply understood and require more space than a tweet to teach. However, that doesn't mean a book should be 200 pages if 100 pages would do.


On Writing Well caused me to rebel against minimum word counts in college. Shorter is better when it comes to writing. 🫡


On Writing Well is an excellent book on this topic lol


That said, the individual must decide which tradeoffs to accept and when. For example, sometimes I just use Mullvad because it's faster and I'm okay with the tradeoff.


I would say the use case is to not become a Snowden. "The public" doesn't really mean anything (reference some of Ayn Rand's work) because it abstracts away the individual. Individuals other than Snowden have just as much reason to use Tor as Snowden by virtue of the fact that Snowden has to. That's the whole point. If we had nothing to fear then sure, no one would need to. Snowden proved that everyone has something to fear. Hence Tor.


Nice try, FED!

I do, but not for everything due to how slow it can be. I use the browser mostly for research. I use it with my Bitcoin wallet. Looking into how I can contribute outside of donations (running hardware).


I don't either. It isn't that companies should never fail or that failure makes the owners bad necessarily. I'm just skeptical that Trump is going to be the one who suddenly makes the business model that doesn't result in disaster. I'm also just basing this on the linked article. IF that's true, I'll bet that people will get rugged. Easy bet for me.


I prefer 36 feet, but 6 is a start.


Maybe, but the effort now vs when I first started using Nostr is a lot less in my opinion. I couldn't stand it at first, but I was able to about a year later and even went Nostr only in that time. So 3 years from now may be tolerable for a lot more people. Plus, a company could make it a lot easier by managing nsecs, for example. People could signup with an email and password or whatever like normal and have it tied to an nsec. Defeats the point, in my opinion, but it could be a way Nostr grows. The niche aspect then would just people who take self-custody by creating their own keys offline or something like that. Bitcoin isn't so niche anymore. Holding your own keys still is though.


One benefit that I don't see talked about much is the ability to fork it if things do go sideways. You can't just fork the Twitter network, but you can fork the Nostr protocol and have access to both sides if you really want to. Those who don't like the direction can fork off and be happy. Not perfect, but still better than legacy.


I never said he was a racist, so I don't know where that came from. I don't think he needs to intend to rug people for people to end up being rugged. I just don't believe that Donald Trump is going to be the one to create an honest crypto DeFi company. That is indeed speculation on my part based on having no trust for the dude. He says and does whatever he thinks is most popular, in my opinion. Which is why I don't think he really cares if people have been or will be rugged by those types of crypto companies.

My sats on a company that gets people rekt. 100k sat bet? I'll send you 100k sats if DJT is involved in a launched crypto DeFi company that doesn't end up with people getting rekt within 5 years.


I'm just going on the assumption that this is correct. But your defense is also conjecture then, so what's your point?


I don't understand how your analogy relates to what I said. Being able to know what your hardware is doing with the software/firmware is the concern of FOSS (because it doesn't matter if your CPU is a spy), not owning the patents to hardware (unless I'm misunderstanding you). It wouldn't be hypocritical to use FOSS on proprietary hardware if the proprietary hardware maker made the firmware or whatever open. There's no violation of the general ethos there if you're going by someone like Stallman, who is pretty much the founder of the perspective.

The only problem I see is if a company claims to care about the FOSS ethos without making their stuff FOSS. That would be hypothetical and weird, but I've never really seen that. Most companies either do or don't. But even huge companies can't control every component right now, so it's nearly impossible to be totally open in the current state of things. Hardware is absolutely hard as fuck. I haven't built hardware, but it is obviously a completely different animal from software and has challenges that are completely different. I'm more in favor of us all working together to keep moving toward a better world. I love FOSS and use it heavily...on a ThinkPad lol. But like I said, some great people are working on open hardware. It's exciting.


Because high yield crypto companies have a long history of being perfectly fine.


This is going to be a disaster.


It's really only the hardware firmware that necessarily needs to be open (from a FOSS perspective). There's no reason I can think of that FOSS software must run on non-proprietary hardware to be aligned with the FOSS ethos. It's the firmware that's the issue. Alas, open hardware is being worked on in various ways and I think we all will benefit. It's okay that we are all doing what we need to in the interim. I don't see the value in shitting on each other anymore. I've done it. Most have. It just isn't worth it if we are all trying to go in the same general direction.


Mine always form naturally anyway. I'd rather just get it on straight from the pack. To each foot it's own sock.


I am sick of getting data breach notifications, and I'm sick of not being able to opt the fuck out of the credit system. There are credit freezes and fraud alerts, but I don't want to be a part of this shit anymore. Fuck banks and credit bureaus.


Nostr has issues that haven't been solved YET, but I'm still Nostr only (social use case, at least) for a reason; it's fucking awesome and so are most of the people dedicating their time and energy to it.

I'm not going to use inferior options simply because Nostr still has some technical problems (and probably always will like anything else).

I'm putting my energy where I want the world to be.


They're fighting over corporate platforms while people build Nostr under their noses. Don't give an immoral state more credit than it deserves. It's full of dumb leeches anyway.


One of the best follows for new Nostriches.

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Very nice.


Which is weird, because it's freed up a lot of my time and mental bandwidth. Frankly, I can be lazier in certain ways if I want to just by sticking to my Bitcoin plan. I can work less now, but I can also focus that time elsewhere. My life before Bitcoin was full of disease. I'm healing. It's unfortunate to see others miss out.


AntennaPod is excellent.


I used to use Zeus or Phoenix with Amethyst.

I now use the built in wallet in Primal because I can't get an external self-custody wallet connected.

Planning to go back to my old ways. I feel like I've regressed.

United States.


They seem to have a pretty shit primary goal.


Fair enough. I'm working on doing that less myself.


The goal should be to make it impractical to attack, not impossible. Only the former is actually possible. I'm starting to adopt this view for a lot of things. It's similar to "perfection is the enemy of progress" or however the saying goes. That shouldn't be applied for all issues, but I think it fits well here.


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This is an interesting point of view that I plan to consciously adopt more.

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I've been called worse! 🤣


I didn't either until just now.


Who will run deez nuts?


It looks like someone could have been watching that squirrel in 1751 lol


Thanks, Dave.

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Would a woodchuck chuck wood if a woodchuck could chuck wood?


Jesus....


This is pretty cool.

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If for some reason I ever decide to publish research, I'm publishing it to Nostr. A major takeaway from academia for me is just how fucking annoying research is. The main issue for me has been constantly running into roadblocks when trying to access the research of others. I don't own that research (even though some of it is sus given that it was paid for with tax money), so whatever.

But fuck me, just zap me if you want to. I'd rather zap researchers directly than deal with the research gatekeepers and publishers.


On a side note, I've had people make fun of me for paying for YouTube Premium (I use YouTube A LOT more than I probably should) immediately after bitching about how sick they are of ads on YouTube. For the record, I can spend 15 minutes extra at work and pay for a whole month, which is a lot less time and energy than I would spend on ads. People place very little value on their time and mental bandwidth. I may not utilize my time in the best ways, but I'm always looking for time savings. If I'm going to waste my time, I don't want it to be on things that make me miserable.

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I'd rather send 100 sats* than see a 50 sat* ad that I'm not going to click anyway. I don't in many cases exactly because it isn't easy to. Zaps have changed that for me, but the use cases are still quite limited compared to what I consume (YouTube, blogs, etc).

I would absolutely zap an article popup asking for sats. Ads all over the page just annoy the fuck out of me, and so do the popups asking me to disable plugins that prevent some unknown network from installing shit in my browser that follows me around the web. That same popup could just ask for sats or take them automatically in accordance with my settings and limits.

*sub whatever amount makes sense for context.

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Good advice.

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Even in systems theory, some links in the decentralized system can be broken by some node within it. The difference is that not every node is taken out by any single link being broken and everyone has the option of adding nodes and additional links as needed.


I suppose every device running a client could also run a relay, but you still have relays...