/ is on Nostr

Into diy music/community, linux/foss software. Enjoy animation/storytelling, photography, music, coding, etc. (Making shit). Don't personally enjoy global social media in general, (and I don't make time to interact often). But I'm interested in the protocol concepts and development, especially other use cases than Twitter clone bullshit.

Public Key

npub14mwc76ywjhu4xvfeafc83dwqltnnj9hndn3f44nwdjfas2tv7xlqy9gqkf

NIP-05 Address

ike@outer.space

NIP-57 Address

ike@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs2ahv0dz8ft72nxyu75urckhq04eeezmekec566ehxey7c99k0r0spzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7alsucw

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nostr.wine

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub14mwc76ywjhu4xvfeafc83dwqltnnj9hndn3f44nwdjfas2tv7xlqy9gqkf

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2024-09-15 18:47:56

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This is the right choice. I don't generally have any response to self-portraits on social media regardless, but to the sentiment here I raise my glass. You look beautiful and many people have much less societally championed features than you. My girlfriend is atypical of many of these standards but she is outrageously gorgeous. People need to do all they can to focus on the voices of individuals instead of parrot squawks from their chosen or inherited groups. It will help us all waste less of our depressingly limited time here.

2024-08-06 15:27:03

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Local coffee shop (PH Coffee) is now digital only and has a pay it forward system to help prime without digital means. They've been robbed probably 4-5 times. They were actually just broken into again, but they didn't get much this time due to the change. For most basic ass people small things like not getting all your money stolen (without making a huge daily security process for lower wage workers opening and closing the store) will rank above ideological quests. Anyways I see your point but I don't blame them.

2024-07-11 17:41:39

I wonder how many singers are known for a distinctive style that's really just a product of doing an impression of something else, and it's so god-awful that it sounds original. I mean something has to be going on with Elvis Costello.

2024-06-20 20:15:34

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I get it. Sometimes your in the middle of GitHub and it hits you: "I need to quit this mess and join major league soccer." Good luck on your sports career.

2024-05-01 13:54:12

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funny how lofi term was stolen and now means like hi-fi produced chillwave with samples of reality inserted in or whatever. lo-fi usually was loud noisy recordings of diy bands but want necessarily genre specific. I just funny the term is now convoluted and the most common usage now is paradoxical because it's almost all hi-fi produced

2024-04-20 14:17:02

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you're doing great things

2024-03-28 14:59:36

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Unless your getting Nostr development news from here this is a terrible source. People are trash and spread what-the-fuck ever reinforces what they *want* to be the truth. Here is no different and it's just as susceptible. The reality is it's just a hard problem in this connected age with division and sensationalist based incentives. I didn't necessarily see it improving soon, but until it does you need to take many sources into account and look into sources and their money.

2024-03-22 22:47:13

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lol

2024-03-15 16:28:40

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sorry for typos. I got used to swipe typing before it started to suck more and more the last years. I need to just type like normal or double check before hitting ok, but I just don't care as often as I should, considering that it's inconsiderate. That being said I'm a big supporter of edit with visible history.

2024-03-15 16:20:38

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Things are improving quickly thanks for all the hard work from all the nostr dev community

2024-03-15 14:18:09

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This is an overbearing opinion. He's blending specific implementations based on corporate greed with multiple design styles that 1. Are not the same 2. Do not buy themselves opress.
If you had a clean Scandinavian minimalist design that was very abstracted/far from handmade/craft, and every person had an a decent sized personal office that closed (with blinds). People would not feel oppressed. They would decorate with bits if themselves or some people would keep it clear because they prefer clean visuals without distraction. Also you can plug in a fucking incandescent lamp for other lighting while still having the same design. A lot of people like working in light cose to daylight in kelvin. Not me but I know plenty.
This is just like someone thinking, oh throwing the baseball fast is better, so shooting it out of a potato gun is better for the game of baseball. He's just running with it far beyond logic. And he's forgetting that handmade can be just as oppressive with propaganda and forcing a strong specific style on people to say think and be this way or else.
You people thrive on oversimplified sensationalism.

2024-03-13 00:26:21

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well tofu is a bad meat replacement but it's a good food in its own environment

2024-03-08 22:31:31

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I'M YELLING

2024-03-06 03:15:29

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I started a community in the current implementation (librearts) so I'm familiar, but people are working on community specific relays. These would let relay owners moderate their own relays more completely. The makers of nostr all have talked about smaller vs bigger relays being the focus. They don't want a system with just a couple relays that everyone's on because it hurts the decentralization and sustainability, but what that means in a global view is that you're not sure who's going to see what you post similar to the issue with mastodon, and that problem extends to the current implementation of communities. For global view this is less of a big deal since you are generally just posting very general things out to anyone following, but for communities, you want to rely in the fact that the whole community can see it including strangers who don't grow you. Community relays fix this issue. People subscribe to relays/communities that they want that can then be smaller relays (or groups of relays for redundancy), but can also be sure that everyone in that community will see the post. And the reason we would want an app is to create the best first experience where you are seeing things you like, and also it would be needed because it's a totally different app concept to the Twitter-replacement app that we're on now. This would be an app more akin to Reddit or Lemmy but with proper architecture where each community can govern itself, be a paid relay, or complete with another community. And an app would just help people sign up and pick topics/communities they like, and then they would immediate have a main feed of strangers posting about things they actually are interested in. The communities could assist choose to be secret and not report to any people running a directory/app. It solves the problem of too big relays, helps the problem of discovering things you like from people you don't even know to look up, and makes them onboarding process easy to get an app tailored to your interests.

2024-03-05 14:49:16

Seeing everything built on nostr is bittersweet: social, communities, survey forms, wikis, journal apps, etc. Finally a protocol that is simple and open enough to see this kind of community input and software growth. But then the community has no urgency to create a more eclectic experience outside of circle jerking Bitcoin. It's very 1 note. Community specific relays and apps that utilize selecting them during user onboarding is one possible way to correct the course.

2024-03-04 23:14:57

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I like the protocol and don't care about Bitcoin at all but I also probably am not interesting to follow.

2024-02-29 19:02:10

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https://m.primal.net/HgQd.gif
https://m.primal.net/HgQe.jpg

2024-02-18 21:08:03

Working on a my new compooper so I can repurpose my old one as a home server and get away from a lot of the publicly owned web services and streaming platforms that keep screwing people over and ruining their own products for their shareholders.
#happybirthdaytome #fuckyourcompany #ifarted
https://image.nostr.build/beee765420222fc8923606627abe253d7ffa913db08e1bd71f17ca835105db7f.jpg

2024-02-15 20:40:05

I've been hearing murmurs about folks working on community specific relays (or a group of relays for a community). I think it would have the biggest impact so far on user base adoption outside of the bitcoin religion.
It sounds like Stuart from satellite.earth might be working on something, and also the mostr dev was talking about "Ditto" which I think might intersect with the idea.
It would be interesting to see on the client side how a GUI might look like to switch between relays like one can switch through subreddits in a reddit app, or create custom named relay groups you can switch through in the same way.
This would also decentivize people from all being on the same few big relays.
Who is currently working on projects related to this that I can follow?

2024-02-15 19:39:35

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Yeah my guess is it was inconsiderate idiots bringing their own personal shit into a crowd of thousands. Knowing KC, most of the violence involves idiots shooting eachother over stupid shit like insecurities. It's sad man I wish people works just punch each other and keep living, or better just live knowing you hate eachother without escalating to violence. Obviously that's just speculation, but damn, not cool.

2024-02-14 06:38:39

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I was referring to the bridge, not xmpp or sip. Because phone numbers are still desired for the reasons I originally posted, a bridge only highlights why most people are still needing to have phone numbers to function in this world. It's about "availability* to more people's situations, aptitudes, services, and locations. And it's about both cultural and institutional *consensus* that the phone numbers are needed to participate with they who run the shit. To be clear, I do not want the status quo, but it's a narrow view for , well yeah there are so many things that could replace phone numbers. I mean if we are talking about this kind of power, I would ask why did people use .mps when .ogg or .flac were superior and didn't cost anything to build for? On a technical merits only level: easy, there is no good reason. But the history, spread, funding, business, power, profit, behind how .mp3 remained relevant so long is what is more discussion worthy. Same thing here. I'm answering assuming he was asking about why people, themselves, in this world, decide to us;l e a phone number (including for a bridge)

2024-02-13 16:09:04

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Those are great but they further enforce/bow to the dominance of the phone number.

2024-02-13 15:54:31

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Consensus & availability are the two reasons. People want a defacto way to verbally connect to someone and write it on their skin or a napkin and they can assume someone will have that and it can be used to contact them using several form factors. There's also the fact that there's infrastructure to communicate without a smartphone our computer available. Institutions require that people have them to be successful. Job interviews, official business, etc. Not everyone has the privilege of interacting in a digital only world. A skilled tradesman would have constant trouble interfacing with their customers. If a decentralized alternative worked through the phone lines, it would be pretty sweet, or there existed a way to take over control of phone numbers from those entities. I wish we could make them "handles" for another system like keys or dids.

2024-02-12 22:01:31

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On one hand, that's unprofessional and a shitty outlook to have with people coming to you in good spirit. On the other, the religious bitcoin platitudes that flood every user's feed on their first test is the ultimate boner shrinker and will hold back the platform. Most of you disagree because you're the problem lol. People think it's not a problem because later on it will be big enough and impressive enough that the bitcoin single focus will not be around. However, I've not seen any sign of this, especially since you'll see things on a lot of nostr services like "by bitcoiners for bitcoiners" and other stuff. Note that other protocols that focus on a *eclectic user-bases* are going to find success even if the tech is less ideal. And after a certain point, nostr will just permanently branded as a bitcoiner only environment. The other protocols will also have time to adjust and get better too, but they'll *already* have a diverse user group.
And that might be a good goal for nostr if that's the goal, but it's not the goal i hear from most nostr devs. If the goal is to revolutionize connecting applications/users, you need to *want* other people here as a top priority. On a positive note, I heard Stuart of Satellite.earth was working on communities based around relays. I think an app based on discovering relay communities could be a big step forward in preventing the softening/drying out everyone's cult-averse genitals who give nostr a test run. It's a shame because the protocol has got to be the closest to the right design ever created.

2024-02-12 12:47:10

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On one hand, that's unprofessional and not a helpful outlook to have with people coming to you in good spirit. On the other, the religious bitcoin platitudes that flood every user's feed on their first test is the ultimate boner shrinker and will hold back the platform. You all disagree because you're the problem lol. People think it's not a problem because later on it will be big enough that the bitcoin single focus will not be around. However, I've not seen any sign of this, especially since you'll see things on a lot of nostr services like "by bitcoiners for bitcoiners" and other stuff. And other protocols that focus on a general userbase are going to find success even if the tech is less ideal. And after a certain point nostr will just permanently exist for bitcoiners only. And that might be a good goal for nostr, but it's not the goal i hear from nostr devs. If the goal is to revolutionize connect applications, you need to *want* other people here as a top priority. On a positive note, I heard Stuart of Satellite.earth was working on communities based around relays. I think an app based on discovering relay communities could be a big step forward in preventing the softening/drying out everyone's genitals who give nostr a test run. It's a shame because the protocol has got to be the closest to the right thing created.

2024-02-12 04:38:48

Not the biggest sports dude, but damn congratulations to our city the Chiefs did it again. Have to thank the Chiefs for giving me a day off Wednesday, because the parade goes right by my work so they have to shut down. Also the whole city is super nice to eachother for like 2 weeks. GO CHIEFS!
#superbowl #kansascity #chiefs

2024-01-19 05:47:03

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Alright you got me I pity you for crying about all the poor people you have to step over on your way to spa. Zapping you for your sorrows.

2023-08-15 05:56:21

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Hawai'i 78 😢

2023-08-15 05:45:03

Some pictures from O'ahu
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/9430a3d6ecdda15e0a3bf804e07c90d0ee9af7b26b7e9e87058ef9a844dcdef8.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/b510e01d6f8a1bc08943f85dbda237a802cd6059157ec3c234b41217d8321c99.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/a28e852d709dfb4a358a4d03496b1ed313d5653a2cf23bc22bf82a20e73a5291.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/469c5aa81a1114f5572e5791cff97aac1820f24616bbafb3222f1c796bdf1b0e.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/1756ccec6b29f619c0dfa93d6e9c7b4dcebb17db2db9006bd7807b70abff7200.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/793dbffb96d9f47454b11fab0f230bb3a7ebbafa3843a529cdb76b3df72d7978.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/16df9f0337630cda0d29a604b1bdfb1a5c082f9920a5c9cbcdbc67f8603090ce.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/f2e5feb7269a25f02b2509324acce4ced12fc96582b0539518d462420fa1a69e.jpg

2023-08-15 05:19:21

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not far enough yet but will report back!

2023-08-07 07:44:17

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Great work. Thank you.

2023-08-05 17:06:01

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Never dangle a baby. Dangling yourself with a baby though. This is the way.

2023-08-03 17:38:17

In Oahu Hawai'i destressing. Awesome to see so many other poly people around me.
#oahu #hawaii
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/f734598da5699b8a476415e27c4ee3e0f6a9dd6b18a1cd01adc3026fd73ceb25.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/165059f1397987f50a084d785cfb198b28c94b69ee6f2c4269aed445ba99e101.jpg

2023-08-03 17:32:50

#oahu #hawaii #fujifilm
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/cf5c78e157b90256f84d091b59c20569ebb0c190c1fa37f5057316b46e40d734.jpg

2023-07-24 16:40:31

I doubt there are any folks from Kansas City, MO, USA around but if you like loud music, come see us and support the touring band, Bog from Denton TX, with a few bones so they can get to the next stop. All our cover goes to touring band as usual.
#kansascity #diypunk #noiserock #garagepunk #show #music
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/d2458e38dc510bf8a5403b96a424c0f97c201e41a27545d1b935a31e9e784994.jpg

2023-07-21 20:58:37

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My troll failed tho because the nostr used the nostr note address to thumbnail, but I wanted it spelled out to be a replacement for a bible verse

2023-07-21 14:44:40

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Ah yes from the acient texts in Broverbs - #nevent1q…fhgf

2023-07-20 17:16:10

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Design proposal for a new animation system for Blender
https://code.blender.org/2023/07/animation-workshop-june-2023/
Sounds interesting. What are your thoughts on these thoughts?
#b3d #blender #animation

2023-07-17 18:00:50

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Blackjack: Rust-based procedural 3d modeler
https://github.com/setzer22/blackjack
Check out this early development of a rust based modeler. This is kind of taking the base concept of Blender's geometry nodes and Houdini. So really would be a a good base to develop very powerful features in the future. Looking very cool so far.
#rust #3d #nodes #libreart #procedural

2023-07-12 03:52:02

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GIMP 2.99.16 Released: GTK+3 port complete
https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/07/09/gimp-2-99-16-released/
Read about the updates including that the port to GTK+3 is now finally complete.
(I know GTK4 is already a thing, but that move is much easier now that they are on 3)

2023-07-10 19:04:35

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I used to work at Apple retail store, people would lift up the lid excited about their new phone, not realizing the phone was just lightly sitting on top, and blam cracked.... instant trip 10 feet to get repaired.

2023-07-10 18:08:29

Test. Ignore.

2023-07-10 16:48:53

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Sorry lots of releases the last couple of weeks. Can't forget the amazing Godot just released 4.1 stable. This game engine is GOOD TO GO for your next game. Check it out:
https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-1-is-here/

2023-07-10 16:44:11

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#Bevy just came out with a new release, 0.11, for those #rustaceans keeping track and wanting to try out this promising but heavily in-development game engine. Read details here:
https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-11/

2023-07-10 16:41:05

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https://www.blender.org/press/blender-3-6-lts-release
Everyone's favorite creative software project is on 3.6. READ ALLL ABOOUUT IT *chucks papes*

2023-07-10 16:31:32

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Not sure if this is saying editing shouldn't be a thing, but I think it should be. The public history should remain largely for technical simplicity and other reasons, but I like the idea of showing the most recent edit/repost, so typos such can be corrected.

2023-07-06 19:13:42

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The full thing is long and is meant to make the viewer feel the inescapable boredom.
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but linking below for the curious willing to watch a 9 minute student thing.
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/23832392

2023-07-06 19:12:41

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Trailer for an old student project I made over a decade ago using all open source software including #Blender, #Krita, #Inkscape, and #Kdenlive. This was before freestyle line rendering was merged into the main program, and the dev, TK, was fixing bugs I was reporting. Super nice dude. (note: freestyle only used in a few parts)
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/39255216
Good times! I'm old.

2023-07-06 09:04:36

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Ok republishing here DID update the old one, and published to relays. Thanks again.

2023-07-06 08:55:04

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I will try to republish from here because it should have been published on several of the same relays. I logged into here, nostr.kiwi, and zapddit several times today test and play around. Thanks for the response.

2023-07-06 06:00:50

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Communities
https://nostr.kiwi/communities/34550:aedd8f688e95f9533139ea7078b5c0fae73916f36ce29ad66e6c93d8296cf1be:LibreArts
So I created a community on nostr.kiwi to test things but I noticed the community only shows up on nostr.kiwi . Should I have created it via satellite.earth instead? Should it matter where the community is created? Link to community:
https://nostr.kiwi/communities/34550:aedd8f688e95f9533139ea7078b5c0fae73916f36ce29ad66e6c93d8296cf1be:LibreArts

2023-07-05 22:02:50

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Attention users or lovers of #blender, #krita, #darktable, #godot, #inkscape, #opentoonz, #olive, #kdenlive, #bevy, #gimp, #lmms, #natron, #enve, etc etc
I set up this community so people can share news, art, ideas, etc about free open source art and authoring tools.
I'm sure there will be individual communities for many of these softwares but since nostr is new I figured it's nice to start with a wider net. Even in the living term I like the idea of this community as often they will be used together.
Hope to see people join or post.

2023-07-05 02:31:30

Super bummed about Rick Froberg passing away. As a side note Hot Snakes is one of the few bands to put out an album after a crazy long hiatus, after they got old, and it was as good as any other record. Always liked all his projects. Dude lived with full kreative kontrol.
https://i.nostrimg.com/97d383d1b12cdcf497c404d81651fdf8c277a7e7596c5a6b946aeca5f1226fb8/file.jpg

2023-07-03 01:53:34

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Thanks for the info. nostr can hopefully add something to help in the future, like a nip for votes specifically

2023-07-03 01:41:20

Nostr is a better architecture than activity pub, but my 2 cents on improvements. It needs to have a user friendly authentication story that accounts for the reality that pkeys will be compromised or lost. Also, i think nips should have an established friendly term that is encouraged to use instead of the nip number for user facing clients.

2023-07-02 22:07:27

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Hey Vivek. You probably realized this already, but if not, at the current time I can upvote as much as I want. I just set the upvote to this as 20 (should be 3 if I only did once)

2023-07-02 08:22:19

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me eever

2023-07-01 17:15:43

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Does dis work?
https://ike.fyi/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180831_0126_01.jpg
Testing site. Here's a random photo from my photography archive.