matt
Matt Warren⚡Not Related to Elizabeth Warren

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

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2024-09-27 07:02:39

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Actually, I think I first learned of Nostr by using a search engine to look for decentralized alternatives to Twitter. I came across a blog post that had Damus (I don't think they realized the difference between the protocol and client), Mastodon, and Bluesky.
Mastodon was fucking awful.
Nostr was so cool that I didn't even try Bluesky. Although, it did take about a year for Nostr clients to get to a level I could cope with full time.
My guess is that far more people will take this sort of path than the conference one. I'd assume that MOST people who will care at conferences have already bought in. Basically, a Nostr conference. I see value in that, but not some random Nostr booth at a general conference.

2024-09-27 06:53:49

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Having it mentioned in podcasts not exclusively dedicated to Nostr is probably more impactful.
"That Elon Musk isn't really defending free speech all that well. Have you heard of Nostr?"
At least that's how I tend to learn about stuff like this. I've never been to a conference.

2024-09-27 05:26:17

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I didn't see the link the first time for some reason.

2024-09-27 03:42:02

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Is this actually confirmed or still speculation?

2024-09-27 03:10:48

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Ah. Zap.store is relatively well known in the space at this point, but wasn't to me until recently. I think the idea is to Nostrfy things like Google Play, but I haven't had much time to study it.

2024-09-26 01:09:11

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How is it any more random than Google Play or the Apple Store if it comes directly from the developer?

2024-09-24 13:09:56

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What is the mission now?

2024-09-24 12:18:12

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Yes, but all of the UI elements are still there. I'm planning to build what will essentially be a feed client that has almost no UI elements. Ideally, it will allow people like me to have multiple accounts where we can login and view only what we want to in that moment. For example, one npub could show only news related npubs if you want to hop on for ten minutes over morning coffee without scrolling through a huge list of unrelated npubs. I know you can do already do this on pretty much every client, but I'm hoping to do some other cool and potentially novel things as far as minimalism and lurking go.

2024-09-24 08:24:46

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Wondering this too. I was looking for the git repo to see if there were any binaries for Obtainium

2024-09-19 12:59:57

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Whatever age you think about it and decide that's what you want. I'm not so arrogant that I think I know what everyone else should do and by what age, nor do I pressure them one way or the other. I just have the opinion that one should understand why they want to do something and not just do things because they've been pressured to. Especially when that thing is another human being depending on you for survival or being legally bound to another person and the choices they make.
Some people should absolutely not have children, can't care for them anyway, and certainly should not be pressured into doing so. It's just an overly broad and careless take that has massive consequences. What's true for you isn't necessarily true for everyone. Having a 'hop in, think about it later' attitude gets some people in a mess that other people have to clean up.

2024-09-19 12:42:45

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I didn't say you needed a lifetime of study. Having kids and getting married out of pressure before figuring out if it is what you actually want is retarded.

2024-09-19 12:27:21

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No it isn't. People should only get married and have children because they want to, not because they've been pressured to. In fact, we should be pressuring people to be sure they're ready for the responsibilities of both before doing either. People should fully understand what they are getting into before taking on an existing human and/or creating a new one. Far too many people just do these things because they've been conditioned to.
That's a recipe for disaster that frequently ends in divorce or people like me supporting someone else's kids through the welfare state.

2024-09-18 15:08:57

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I often get a good little laugh when people tell me that aliens don't exist in a mocking way. (I've never said they do, only that I think it's highly possible)
An intelligent being in the universe mocking me for thinking that intelligent life could exist somewhere else in the universe. It's quite fascinating. We are literally evidence that it already exists and is possible. The argument really is whether it exists again, and to think it might seems totally reasonable.
That's a long winded way of saying that your approach is probably the most logical one.

2024-09-18 14:16:26

#Primal is quickly becoming unusuable.

2024-09-17 01:51:40

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I'm seeing none in Primal.

2024-09-16 08:13:46

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Added complexity is always the way to go.

2024-09-14 12:48:47

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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.

2024-09-14 12:28:18

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.

2024-09-14 11:09:21

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.

2024-09-10 02:34:26

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

2024-09-08 12:30:12

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

2024-09-05 14:22:12

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FOLLOWED 😶‍🌫️

2024-09-05 14:04:52

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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.

2024-09-05 14:01:19

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

2024-09-05 12:54:28

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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.

2024-09-05 07:49:47

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

2024-09-05 07:48:51

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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?

2024-09-05 07:47:06

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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.

2024-09-05 06:39:11

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

2024-09-05 06:27:01

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.

2024-09-05 06:05:18

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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)

2024-09-05 05:33:18

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.

2024-09-05 04:38:13

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.
????
#note1x5t…gtk8

2024-09-05 00:45:16

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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.

2024-09-04 04:34:07

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.

2024-09-04 02:39:19

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.

2024-09-03 10:52:17

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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.

2024-09-03 10:49:40

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

2024-09-03 10:42:06

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

2024-09-03 10:41:36

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

2024-09-03 10:29:10

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

2024-09-03 10:28:10

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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.

2024-09-03 10:06:31

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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.

2024-09-03 09:57:20

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Really /rant lol

2024-09-03 09:56:40

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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.

2024-09-03 09:50:28

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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

2024-09-03 09:32:33

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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.

2024-09-03 09:19:07

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.

2024-09-03 02:53:29

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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

2024-09-02 13:36:08

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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.

2024-09-02 13:29:07

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Why is he an asshole?

2024-09-02 13:27:17

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

2024-09-02 00:16:49

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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.

2024-09-01 10:24:20

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.
#note1q9p…a0xr

2024-09-01 09:08:40

A good sign even if they haven't found Nostr yet.
#note1puf…vdv9

2024-09-01 09:08:04

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

2024-08-30 03:20:46

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

2024-08-30 03:18:08

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On Writing Well is an excellent book on this topic lol

2024-08-30 01:32:37

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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.

2024-08-30 01:25:13

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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.

2024-08-30 00:58:43

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

2024-08-30 00:40:32

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

2024-08-30 00:38:34

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This is going to be a disaster.

2024-08-30 00:34:49

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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.

2024-08-28 23:48:36

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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.

2024-08-28 10:23:24

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

2024-08-28 08:26:00

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Well, I'm not @npub1l2v…ajft, but that is something to aspire to!

2024-08-28 08:25:05

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Great post, Mike. I'm glad to see your warnings regarding key management.

2024-08-28 08:20:42

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I am. And it excites me. I'm glad others are thinking about this as well. I may explore this as a computer science project class. Will depend upon the scope and time required. I'm skeptical about me doing it within 10-12 weeks, but maybe. It's about as simple of a client as I can imagine.

2024-08-28 05:02:51

Sharing an npub in case you get banned from a given platform is a good indication that it's time to start removing yourself from the platform.
I'm thankful for the people working on Nostr.

2024-08-28 04:02:36

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Enjoy.

2024-08-28 02:28:55

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I don't really see the point anymore either. People are going to do what they want to do, as they should. Also, I don't think we really need them to get it anymore. The train is already gaining speed. I'm not trying to convince people anymore. I just tell them what it's done for my life, share some resources if they want them, and then move the fuck on. It's a calmer life, and I've actually convinced more people this way than when I'd carry on about how stupid fiat is. Bitcoin speaks for itself once curiosity is sparked.

2024-08-27 13:39:49

Is there an official list of standards that one must meet to earn the right to have an opinion on Nostr development and practice?
I currently spend time testing and reporting issues as I find them (admittedly, I do need to get better at doing this using repo reporting tools in ways that developers prefer). I'm educating others about the benefits of Nostr and related tools as often as I can. I donate what I can monthly or purchase products from developers to support them financially. I'm studying computer science and related topics to contribute in ways I'm interested in. I buy books and build things like @npub17ty…3mgl to give them to people who want to learn about securing their assets.
What am I missing? Contributing code? If so, how much? What must we users do to matter or not be offensive? What must I do to never irritate developers? Think the same? Ignore what I see as potential problems and never speak of them? Communicate in a specific way? Never make mistakes?
Please just give me a list and I will at least know where I stand and what I must do. Tell me exactly where I'm going wrong and how exactly I can fix it. I genuinely want to know the exact standards I have to meet to matter as much as developers.
I can't figure it out. Maybe I am the problem, but I can't fix a problem without knowing what the problem is.
IS there a standard that will please every developer? Most? Some? One?
I'm frustrated as a user, tester, supporter, and someone who wants to see Nostr succeed. Some developers seem to be frustrated by people like me. What should we change?

2024-08-27 08:01:14

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Sure, until one of those apps inevitably reks them. I'm afraid the freedom of movement is currently way too insecure and will eventually damage the brand if not addressed.

2024-08-23 05:36:20

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I don't need them.

2024-08-23 05:10:45

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That would encourage me to not use it if it couldn't be disabled.

2024-08-23 00:38:07

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That's not the same thing as just making an announcement.

2024-08-22 10:20:40

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Shit like this is exactly why marketing isn't what Nostr needs right now. It needs to just work without some irritating issue popping up with every use. And I don't say that to be mean. It just isn't ready for mass adoption yet. Big marketing would just draw a lot of people in only to piss them off enough that they never come back. I only keep using it because of my fortified support for freedom tech. Most normies won't deal with the problems Nostr and clients still have unless they value freedom more than convenience. Most people don't and don't want to be beta testers.

2024-08-22 02:53:45

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It's a Prius. Lol I don't think design (if you mean aesthetics) has ever been their selling point. The design in things that matter for reliability and cost seem to be spot on. And to be fair, it did catch your eye.

2024-08-21 10:11:07

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You're so fucking disgusting.

2024-08-21 08:12:21

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McCarthyism was destructive too, which is the result of using fear to rile people up. Collectivism is always dangerous regardless of the mission. Ayn Rand had the correct approach to this issue. I'd rather teach people to think than be afraid. Reason is better than fear.

2024-08-21 08:06:30

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Stay proud and stack sats.

2024-08-21 06:31:13

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I have used Alby exclusively, but practical currently comes at a cost, unfortunately. I'm trying to come up with the most practical way of not relying on something like Alby.

2024-08-21 06:22:40

It turns out that this is an okay solution for receiving larger, intentional payments (like a friend owes me for a round of golf or something and I don't want to screw around with an invoice), but there were some quickly apparent issues that negated the point of the setup vs what I already have setup on my daily phone.
I appreciate everyone's help in testing. The unattended self-custody Lightning saga continues. 💀 For the record, my goal is to come up with a setup that people of average technical knowledge can deploy on something like an old or cheap phone.
On a related note, having other people help with testing uncovers things one may never figure out without help. It's a good idea to let other people poke holes in your systems to avoid costly blindspots later on.
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2024-08-21 06:14:07

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All things I was hoping to learn in testing. Testing myself wouldn't reveal something like a Minibits delay since I don't use it. I appreciate your time and effort. It's looking like this isn't the solution I was hoping for. Self-custody Lightning is still kind of a pain to be honest.

2024-08-21 05:55:24

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It's making me manually 'redeem' zaps in the app for some reason. Not sure how to get it to just accept anything that comes in. @npub1xnf…lpr5 I appreciate the test.

2024-08-21 05:41:20

Testing an always-on Zeus setup for receiving zaps. Using an old Pixel phone with CalyxOS and Obtainium. If this goes well, I'm going to look into improving the setup in various ways.
Would appreciate small test zaps and feedback on whether errors occur. 🫡
https://m.primal.net/KGRL.jpg

2024-08-21 05:16:35

I imagine he will stand on the 11% utility value of gold (about 89% is purely SOV) per usual, but this will be interesting to see anyway. Maybe he is looking for a way out. I doubt it, but why else would he be focusing so much on something that is allegedly useless?
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2024-08-21 03:34:07

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It *could* be done voluntarily in a way that isn't a scam, but that just doesn't happen when government gets involved.

2024-08-21 03:27:30

Social Security is a scam in my opinion, but if you're going to have such a scam, you should at least avoid using the unique ID for fucking everything else that has nothing to do with social security.
Bitcoin is my social security now, but I still have to worry about bullshit being opened in my name (I have frozen my credit at all bureaus, but that is not 100% safety for me) because my data is held outside of my control under piss poor security models. The only moral option is to allow people to publicly opt-out of this shit show and be done with it.
I don't want credit. I don't need AT&T to front me a month of service. I don't want to pay into government Pozi schemes. I want the government, companies, and criminals-the only people actually benefitting from this system as far as I'm concerned-to take my social security number and shove it right up their asses.
*End quarterly social security/data breach rant.*

2024-08-21 01:13:07

Consider supporting @npub17ty…3mgl. They are doing crucial work.
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2024-08-21 01:03:14

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Convince them to dump their entire networth into a shitcoin so they lose everything and can't afford to buy crap for anyone. Checkmate.

2024-08-21 00:59:43

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🫡

2024-08-20 17:01:10

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And their content is mostly just complaining about Bitcoin and Nostr content. They're all fucking complaining yet not really posting anything different.

2024-08-20 16:30:53

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Don't worry. They'll be around to tell you how lucky you got at some point.

2024-08-20 16:25:14

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Isn't it already?

2024-08-20 13:35:45

Pretty cool.
https://geyser.fund/project/gitcitadel

2024-08-20 12:47:05

A better way to live.
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2024-08-20 11:43:14

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Sorry to disappoint, but they will find me here telling them to go fuck themselves under my real name and photo. I'm okay with having all types at the ready.

2024-08-19 07:30:46

My tolerance for clickbait is close to zero these days. It's just so scummy and annoying. Sure, it may indeed increase your follow count or whatever, but what sort of followers are being attracted? Are people who tolerate or fall for clickbait really the types you want in your corner? I'll pass, and I'm muting the people who use this bullshit tactic. Sadly, I'm starting to see it from people I used to respect.