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 I hear my laptop's fans start whirring around when its making a response, I wouldn't be surprised if its doing something locally first. Either the encoding process (words to tokens) or the retrieval (finding relevant documents from a project) 
 Been actually brainstorming similar ideas - what is the difference between simple/axiomatic systems, or otherwise known as machines and Complex systems?. Complicated systems are fundamentally simple systems, but their own rules end up bumping up against each other. An LLM fundamentally based on Boolean logic, or instruction architecture scaling exponentially in FLOPS and energy use as the model gets more advanced, still a countable growth rate. A Complex System, being born, embedded and embodied within a coevolved ecosystem across millenia - the growth rate of interactions is almost like tetration, or some high order hyperoperator, maybe even approximating unaccountably many interactions.

Some nostr brainstorming here.
https://wikistr.com/semiotic-interaction*dc4cd086cd7ce5b1832adf4fdd1211289880d2c7e295bcb0e684c01acee77c06/cascading_semiotic_chains*dc4cd086cd7ce5b1832adf4fdd1211289880d2c7e295bcb0e684c01acee77c06/delta_interaction*dc4cd086cd7ce5b1832adf4fdd1211289880d2c7e295bcb0e684c01acee77c06 
 Ah, forgot to say why this is related! I'm arguing that the fundamental unit, or at least the most basic unit that can exist - the epsilon limit of meaning, is a delta-like interaction. An infinitesimally thin amount of time with some amplitude. The interaction creates some sort of response that is a wave. That wave will propagate as other interactions into other nearby neighborhoods, and also has a decay - which acts as a memory. The main point, experience is the convolution of delta interactions. 
 Yeah, I'm doubtful you can make an argument about consciousness or 'thinking', because they're too loaded terms and often poorly defined. If you formalize meaning as interaction, things snap together so easily. Simple systems, even LLMs can only interact at the immediate distance. Complex Systems can interact, and find meaning with objects at nonzero distances. Any interaction that isn't desired needs to be changed, at either side. That change is learning/evolution in organic systems, while ML/AI is a computational approximation for everything because axiomatized systems are built with the enumerable rules for the sole context of their construction - the opposite of a complex one. 
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https://i.nostr.build/3VDNSfmHU6xOIb4q.jpg 
 I went low carb high meat/eggs/etc. recently and it feels weird and erratic. I wonder if it'll st... 
 From a normal -> carnivore or the other way? Either way, feel like I know what you mean. 
 Maybe there's a psychological aspect of the keto flu, especially when you ease yourself into it - you're not so sure you're in it. Add in Keto Chow mineral drops, they help a ton when you remember. For me, I douse my steak with it and then just cook it like that. When you get past the ketosis you feel weird but also good, at least for me. A weird positive mania and you feel like you can just keep going 😅  
 "Go ahead. Go ahead an steal this"

& with 1 freaking hand 🤯 #guitar
https://youtu.be/33mqe-4mjPM?si=-ki2b7YQ6CnXwNN6 
 If you checked into its investors, this is actually a mild (likely first phase) outcome compared  to  the potential other uses they  have associations with. 
 was just looking at this - didn't work on my android, and pdf failed on linux. Testing out Natural Reader, worked on the first try 👌  
 Created an account yesterday to check out Nostr. Today I post. Hello all.

#Introductions 
 welcome 🫡  
 GM🫡☕️☕️☕️ 
 GM Fishcake! 🫂 
 nip 46 is a never ending fractal nightmare 
 You lived 30 years*, came back  to a 2020  world without nostr , move  to  Brazil  and inspire a developer to  build a client called "Coracle" 
 Try not to get mad at me but

I've never seen blade runner  
 nostr:nprofile1qqs0p7e36xqs48u4mu730r7dvl9qkzv8ntg3ap5fu45k9nvrn7uw44qpy9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumtfdej8xtnrdakj7mn0wd68ytmkxyhhwucpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme084ys3y movie night? 👀 
 Lost picks that find their way back to you = long term boomerangs 
https://i.nostr.build/fMc6BlLKKPFaF3NJ.jpg 
 
 That's probably the same for me 😂 
 GM🫡☕️ 
 Gm Fishcake 💪 
 Is tiger balm considered bullshit? Cos I'm convinced it works. This could be my flat earth moment... 
 As long as it works! Is it helping a sore muscle? 
 Host of the Dangerous History podcast is here.

Followed immediately. nostr:note1tpg88ak8va7t9lwu... 
 Should accept zaps for his paywalled content. 
 Our art always carries a part of us within it, but something about this really resonates to me more as a reflection of the photographer 😁 
 Such an interesting intuition, a signaal like the camera is actually pointing in the opposite direction. Great photo 😁🫂 
 Could anyone recommend some shocking  literature?
I haven't read anything that has shocked me in ... 
 First Principles & First Values by David J. Temple - an attempt find a unified story for humanity. Since failing to do so has driven humanity apart. We've come to a collective realization that our species' persistence isn't guaranteed, and that we are faced with dealing with stopping two outcomes - the death of humanity (through a catastrophy), or the death of OUR humanity (through a dystopia).

Really well written, a mix of philosophical and religious-oriented writing for the modern age.

https://worldphilosophyandreligion.org/introduction-from-the-new-book-on-first-principles-first-values/

There's a few videos from the book's authors Zak Stein and Marc Gafni on youtube, helping frame the book if you want to dive in more.
 
 Remember when people didn’t zap their own shitty songs on nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrt... 
 Naw, some are distinctly 🔥, but in a perfect AI blend of all the cliche's type of way.
Amiright nostr:nprofile1qqsxqn5kuzvex6ssfzpetzcypdrkwts0qjxf3tre8umllex8yqneavspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvsq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k75aqmgf?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPlOYPGMRws
👌 
 where’s the thought provoking notes at

DO BETTER 
 It this a serious inquiry sir? 
 Ah, was just going to say I use wiki's like wikifreedia and wikistr to post my profundities 🤪 
 GM 
 GooOo00od morning! How's it starting? 
 After two years full-time here on #Nostr, I'm going to say it again...

It's not a good sign that... 
 💯  brainstormed about this earlier. Nostr+bitcoin microblogging is the attractor for more nostr+bitcoin microblogging, while disencentivizing variety. Decided I'm going to post my own niche content - dgaf how obscure. And when the time comes, when a good client comes around that cultivates communities better than any other, I'm moving my stuff there 😉 
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphzv6zrv6l89kxpj4h60m5fpz2ycsrfv0c54hjcwdpxqrt8wwlqxqyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qpqpvfhe8qjd6fnec5xxdnqlpcyyh54usw2n98y58npvcxpasrj7yvqcl28y2 
 "we're so early" is  __so__ cliché 🙄 it like its gotten to be a comfortable fallback for lack of stability and why things haven't been developed. "Yeah! We're so early! Stay humble, nostr is a long term project". My resolve is to push forward the development qualities and community that I want to cultivate, I'm done with "we're so early" and other comfortable aphorisms. 
 If you're looking for a cozy town to pass through, you've got a warm invitation from me ✊🫂 
 I almost feel like I should expect it now! 😆 
 GM - day 2 of phone borked  🤷‍♂️
taking advantage and doing a phone detox 
 GM Jay 💪 
 Ah, now i understand. Sorry nostr:nprofile1qqspw5udc2nzw6wsj3plrrphe0343744h0ucz9e4g248chl3w8kh03qpr3mhxue69uhhzat9wd6xjmmwwvh8xampwfkhxarj9e3k7mgpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpr9mhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5uazf5e the algo is ineffable 🤣 https://i.nostr.build/XzuVY5IrW396LXsz.jpg 
 Republicans: party of victims 
Democrats: party of puppets 
 As a fan of diagrams, this is 🤌 
 gm, good people. ☕️☀️ 
 Gm Shawn ⚡ 
 There's a real irony here. Why is it even annoying to bring it up? What are you going to do when the next group comes around, sees the fire, doesn't complain and builds a solution? Don't get left in the dust. 
 Comment below if you want me to review your relay lists. I have a couple hours to spare. 
 Yes please 🤙 
 Would love to catch up! 
 What are you using AI for?

#asknostr  
 I call it guerrilla data analysis.

don't completely know all the details about implementation or the technique, but i learn from it and helps me find the right techniques i need, explains them and points me to other resources. 
 We're still working on the interface, and we're using AsciiDoc. Maybe think about how you'd like to organize your notes. Do you have a general theme, that could be linked under a broad topic? Maybe smaller micro topics? 

If you want to peek some of the functionality

https://gitworkshop.dev/r/naddr1qq9yzmr90pskuerjd9ssz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmczyr7jprhgeregx7q2j4fgjmjgy0xfm34l63pqvwyf2acsd9q0mynuzqcyqqq80xg9h3fj2

And a hint into how we will be organizing them together, lists of lists that can connect to each other and build into something like a book or a collage.
https://github.com/limina1/node-visualization
 
 I'm sure an llm could help you with that, also auto add [[idea]] to any additional terminology. When an article with that name is created , it'l link to it 
 I am not a fan of 9am math 🤕😮‍💨 
 Are you teaching? 🤣 
 nostr:nprofile1qqs24yz8xftq8kkdf7q5yzf4v7tn2ek78v0zp2y427mj3sa7f34ggjcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd... 
 https://nosey.vercel.app/
is pretty good 
 Input → [🔄] → Output
  ↑         ↓
 Loop ← Feedback
 
 What's this? 
 I'm intrigued to learn more. Would be cool if you could put your notes on Alexandria! I'd expect at some point there will be enough related material for me to understand it. 
 We're still working on the interface, and we're using AsciiDoc. Maybe think about how you'd like to organize your notes. Do you have a general theme, that could be linked under a broad topic? Maybe smaller micro topics? 

If you want to peek some of the functionality

https://gitworkshop.dev/r/naddr1qq9yzmr90pskuerjd9ssz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmczyr7jprhgeregx7q2j4fgjmjgy0xfm34l63pqvwyf2acsd9q0mynuzqcyqqq80xg9h3fj2

And a hint into how we will be organizing them together, lists of lists that can connect to each other and build into something like a book or a collage.
https://github.com/limina1/node-visualization
 
 🌚🫂 
 ps i washed the yoga mat with shampoo, dried it, and it smells much better  
 This was an interesting out of context note, but congrats! 🥳 
 I have download the Spring browser that displays all these Nostr clients and have accessed some c... 
 Spring browser has a new release? 👀 
 There was hope 😅 
 Wrangling all alts, its going to be a graveyard here 🪦 
 We're all nostr:nprofile1qqsfeg9aw3g8gtt2yqcecr3af3nee8syd2wuwr5w74wzjp0zgpfrgzcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsler5rm's alts 😥 
 The biggest rug pull is when you realize you have no identity and your strings are entirely being pulled by someone else 
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#grownostr 
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