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 I am always torn between thinking humans will never learn and there is no hope for us, versus humans are wonderful creatures and our creative minds are our biggest assets.

#philosophy #thoughts 
 We haven't even tried, and we are already throwing in the towel? 
nostr:note1sqfrdvv3d89fa53ak5rr... 
 Probably because not appealing to normies is the easy way out. 
 In another life I would be _____.

Me: a DJ 
 Maybe a shipwright ⛵😄 
 In the next few days many people will throw out their christmas tree. A tree which took about 7-8 years to reach ~2m. 🤔

Just bought some seeds to grow my own reusable christmes. 
 Maybe trying to appeal to "normies" at this point is wrong and we should first get computer nerds... 
 And it still has no broad adoption in daily life. 
 Großes Event steht bevor: Hype
1-2 Tage vor dem Event: krin Bock

Vor Ort ist es dann meistens ganz nice. Why? 
 I am, sort of, shocked to be zapped for the 1st time. Never receive any tip for blogging for a lo... 
 This is one of the most interesting features of #nostr that no other social media app has: instant micro payments between people.

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 Testing note mirroring via #nos.social X Connect on #nostr  
 Getting Bitcoin (atleast in Germany) is still as cumbersome as ist was in 2015. Most open source lightning wallets are still in beta...  
 I was today years old when i realized this. 

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 nostr:note14vaqefhdhv74wp0qss53g7f250m2nq7nnxjraecdwn27rk9g38lqtq0tzr 

Amethyst and Plebstr are not able to load the reposted note. Iris can. It seems this is due to the proxy to activitypub.

:sad: 
 nostrdirectory Verifying My Public Key: "flokoe_" 
 I have to partially disagree. People should not have to understand the underlying tech to use a product. Most people are not even aware that JSON exists. If they have no technical background, why would they even try to understand it?

I really like the idea of nostr, but even as a technically capable person, I found the current apps cumbersome (unfortunately).

It could help to teach concepts like "moderation works locally" but I don't see why users need to understand that this is due to the underlying architecture of relays.

I am truly excited about nostr, but I believe there is still a lot of work before broader adoption could happen. 
 My first note on #nostr I guess.