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IslandHodl

#YanisVaroufakis describes our entry into the age of #technofeudalism, digital serfs in cloud capitals fiefdoms.
He’s eloquent on the problems but is he aware of the #freedomtech being built here on #nostr?
https://youtu.be/2MXHukxnEZM

2023-09-24 08:14:54 UTC

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The “reality” you describe is an unknowable fantasy. What examples of this reality can you point to from history?. I’m sure we agree on a lot of things but being that this “reality” is impossible and never going to happen, so why be so anchored to ideological purism?
The reason I entered this discussion is because you picked a very bad example for your “clown world” meme.
In the UK the plastic bag issue is probably the only thing positive that has happened in 15 years. There are a thousand examples of things that could support your narrative, you just picked one of the very few things that doesn’t.

2023-09-23 21:10:02 UTC

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Did I say government intervention is always good?

2023-09-23 20:56:36 UTC

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So the fairy tale has since become a reality. And there are billions fewer plastic bags flying around the place.

2023-09-15 06:48:46 UTC

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You’re missing the fact that we have the technology and thanks to these laws, the incentives to develop viable and better alternatives.
To leap from plastic bans to communism is an an-cap paranoid fever dream.

2023-09-14 21:08:12 UTC

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Yes we use them for all those things, in fact we use the wrapping that comes with online orders for our food bin.

2023-09-14 21:06:38 UTC

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Does such a place exist?

2023-09-14 21:05:32 UTC

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Yet it took market intervention to ban plastic bags. The incentive got corrected, scarcity was introduced leading to innovation.

2023-09-14 16:15:42 UTC

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At least plastic packaging serves a purpose, it’s not ideal and we need to create better packaging or even go back to using glass jars etc.
Single use plastic carrier bags serve no purpose other than placating our laziness.
Once you’re in the habit of having a few reusable shopping bags in your car or even a small one in your pocket you don’t even remember using store plastic bags. Or you can usually take a cardboard box from the store to carry stuff in if you’re really stuck.
Capitalist consumerism incentivises laziness in the name of convenience and our environment and health pay the cost. Plastic === cancer

2023-09-14 12:16:14 UTC

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Fair enough. Made me grumpy in the morning.

2023-09-14 06:32:57 UTC

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This is arrogant bullshit. Sorry

2023-09-12 16:37:12 UTC

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🤮I left X for freedom but also so I didn’t have to read about that wanker all the time.

2023-09-10 10:10:04 UTC

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Here in the UK festivals often install extra cell towers to cater for all the comms needs of the visitors and businesses. The push for cashless also drives this infrastructure which bitcoin can usurp.

2023-09-09 20:07:22 UTC

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🤙

2023-09-06 10:51:51 UTC

#asknostr #askbitcoin what’s going on with the #lightning graphs on #mempool.space ?
Specifically what happened around Jul 21 and also various points in the preceding moths.
https://mempool.space/graphs/lightning/nodes-networks
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_d8f41a1040b6d6b4d6f2d878e598a19963c91659e25f7aaa.webp

2023-09-05 13:44:41 UTC

The bots are here. Can #nostr keep up? #asknostr @npub1hu3…h8nh https://image.nostr.build/1a23aa876a3bd71b15de86e18e37e5bba133b574ef80c4259ada55277e16824c.jpg

2023-09-05 07:40:40 UTC

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Have you managed to get a new boat or are you back on land?

2023-09-03 10:47:27 UTC

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Would love to make it next year but early September is not a great time for me. It’s usually when the rainy English summer turns into the summer it should be, so I can’t really leave the beach 🤷‍♂️😁🏄🏻‍♂️🍗🏖️

2023-09-03 10:45:06 UTC

Feeling some fomo here at home for those in Riga #hb2023asknostr
You guys having fun over there?

2023-09-02 21:09:52 UTC

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Pegging commodities to bitcoin sounds like price controls?

2023-08-30 17:51:36 UTC

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Armstrong wants the moon on a stick.

2023-08-30 14:41:58 UTC

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Miners are too busy mining while the rest of us play with our #nostr toys and hold onto our bags.

2023-08-29 12:49:14 UTC

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I think you misspelled “bad”

2023-08-29 10:57:53 UTC

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I wonder if a Facebook style friend model is worth exploring. The idea that you just connect with someone and it’s both ways could flatten the hierarchy. If you want to ‘follow’ someone you agree for them to follow you. Could be a very different dynamic. Imagine if Elon mush had to reciprocate each of his follows 😂
Perhaps it would require a change in protocol and maybe it’s a totally bad idea. But would be interesting to explore.

2023-08-29 10:09:50 UTC

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Great article thanks.
I guess it’ll be very much up to user choice, we can’t stop clients being built that are effectively chocolate ice cream for our minds. But we can build clients that are nutritionally balanced and allow educated users to make that choice.
Also I do believe that some of the charitable orgs fighting against social media damage might well be willing to fund and support Nostr client development, they are perhaps unaware of Nostr and in need of educating.

2023-08-29 09:52:53 UTC

Nostr clients like #damus have a Twitter like UI because we are all used to using Twitter. However, Twitter and other social media UIs were developed with the goal of capturing and monetising attention. Using addictive ui tropes like “pull down to refresh”, to keep us hooked, milking our attention for their advertisers.
Could #nostr be an opportunity to rethink some of these established ui trends and optimise for user wellbeing rather than manipulating our addictive nature? #asknostr
I’m finding damus almost more addictive than Twitter, partly because the content is less toxic and irrelevant to me. I can’t spend too long ontwitter because I’m put off by a lot of the content, despite the UX’s best attempts to keep me addicted.
Damus doesn’t have this repellant part of the equation so I find myself endlessly scrolling bitcoin memes.

2023-08-26 13:55:48 UTC

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For the record ctrl-f is helpful for reading comprehension.

2023-08-26 12:00:25 UTC

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But hang on, if the world is flat, wouldn’t it be the same time everywhere? 🤔🤔

2023-08-26 11:58:29 UTC

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Wait what am I missing?. Does it mention a husband in the article?, (or is my reading comprehension worse than I thought)

2023-08-26 11:01:15 UTC

Happy noontime #nostriches https://cdn.nostr.build/i/1fefaad2b647aa270cfa089e201929650085841e2b785c2a8028076c92562daf.jpg

2023-08-26 08:34:05 UTC

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I’m spending less and less time on Twitter. More on here.

2023-08-26 08:16:25 UTC

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Haha I saw that. I don’t think you should take that too seriously 😂. And I’m sure Jyn and LOla will both be back soon.

2023-08-26 08:13:47 UTC

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That’s why I stay away from cities.

2023-08-26 08:04:50 UTC

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@npub1a8j…e2jz
@npub12lz…ntw2
@npub1mzn…6mak

2023-08-26 07:56:00 UTC

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Sazmining is a hosted provider isn’t it?

2023-08-26 07:52:49 UTC

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IRL I don’t know any women architects (or onlyfans models 😂), but I do know neurosurgeons and engineers.

2023-08-26 07:45:05 UTC

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Yep! #noteception
#note1h5n…ta6p

2023-08-26 07:43:40 UTC

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Yeah. Looks like damus just requires an id
#note1knq…h2nc
Think the UI for doing it could be more straightforward.

2023-08-26 07:42:01 UTC

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So just pasting the note id works in damus. No @ needed.
#note1rv7…59z2

2023-08-26 07:30:27 UTC

#asknostr quoting a note in a reply to another note is a feature I used a lot on Twitter. How is this achieved here? On damus I try to copy link and paste in a reply but it’s just a web link that redirects to snort. Could #damus translate that link into a quoted note on past perhaps? @npub1xts…kk5s

2023-08-26 07:14:15 UTC

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I’m just confused as to why I see different notifications in different clients.

2023-08-26 07:10:58 UTC

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I hadn’t looked at ipfs for a while. Could it potentially be used for media attached to Nostr notes?

2023-08-26 06:27:14 UTC

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It wasn’t an entirely serious idea 😂. I was thinking unzaps would be more like downvotes. It’s not taking your zap back. It’s like taking sats from the OP.
It would complexity things. Perhaps zaps could be held in an escrow for an amount of time. Allowing sats to be added and removed. Downvoting ‘unzaps’ should also have a cost to the user as well as the OP to prevent abuse.
So if I unzap you 50 sats. I pay 50 sats but it also costs you 50 sats. Perhaps those 100 sats could go to fund the devs or simply get burned somehow.
It’s probably entirely unworkable, but it’s worth thinking about what the potential downsides of zapping might be and how to mitigate them.

2023-08-25 14:32:58 UTC

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Zaps could have an interesting effect. What are the incentives like when Nostr is widely adopted? Do accounts get encouraged to pile in on wedge issues and spread made up misinfo that might go viral?
Maybe there should be an unZap feature? 😂

2023-08-25 14:05:41 UTC

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Definitely Worthy of a boost by @npub1trr…hdpu

2023-08-25 14:04:03 UTC

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#humanrights

2023-08-25 14:03:04 UTC

This interview is a must listen for all. Farida eloquently articulates the history and current situation in hers and neighbouring countries.
Whatever your worldview and wherever you are her voice must be heard.
#africa #togo #cfs #note1rv7…59z2

2023-08-25 13:46:20 UTC

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Those wellies are far too clean!

2023-08-25 12:32:00 UTC

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I had a few followers now my only follower is me. 🤷‍♂️
I guess it’s related to the issue I had where I lost all my contacts.

2023-08-25 12:28:58 UTC

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🫡🤙

2023-08-24 20:54:14 UTC

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Hmmm what are communities in this context?

2023-08-24 20:52:03 UTC

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Look after this nsec 🤙

2023-08-24 20:05:54 UTC

Update, I was able to restore contacts by logging into #nostur #note1akw…am7g

2023-08-24 14:54:00 UTC

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Good morning Matt

2023-08-24 14:52:52 UTC

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Any idea how this happened and how did nostur know to restore it? It prompted me straight away saying it detected missing contacts.

2023-08-24 14:50:56 UTC

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It worked and I have never used nostur. No local copy or anything.
Any idea what happened?

2023-08-24 14:11:08 UTC

#asknostr #nostr #bug #damus #primal
Yesterday I was following a few hundred accounts.
Today I am only following 2
What happened? https://cdn.nostr.build/i/3b62a8f7ce0883152e622960ca927f1b29696b87427640bfda4c2aec752ca4c8.jpg

2023-08-24 07:36:05 UTC

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Are you going to voice the audiobook yourself?

2023-08-23 11:31:34 UTC

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Still filthy compared to the open countryside.

2023-08-22 21:44:01 UTC

I’ve been an avid #apple user since 1984. I’m fully aware of the issues with their walled garden and App Store policies. But the products work well and none of that has negatively impacted me. If #nostr really takes off and apple don’t reverse their ban on zaps I might be forced to use something other than an #iphone.
Thank god for the #pwa I guess.

2023-08-22 21:13:55 UTC

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Work bought me one. It’s so much better than I expected.

2023-08-22 21:07:17 UTC

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Any plans for this in damus?

2023-08-22 16:00:35 UTC

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Masks have been used by cyclists for years in urban areas to protect from diesel particulates and pollution.

2023-08-22 15:34:15 UTC

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I’m finding with Nostr that things get missed because you only see what’s happening in sort of real time. You log on and anything that’s happened a while ago is gone. Maybes I’m just using it wrong, but wouldn’t some sort of other ordering by engagement be desirable? Maybe this is in the works I’m pretty #nostrilliterate

2023-08-21 15:10:20 UTC

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https://cdn.nostr.build/i/d60e18aec01e3d2f3c21bdbec5aa41a52d67d4c29972d5516187802026a8e9c5.jpg

2023-08-20 21:56:25 UTC

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Is this your site?

2023-08-20 09:04:11 UTC

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🤙

2023-08-20 08:49:57 UTC

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The last ATH was a good while after the halving. So I’d expect it to break 69k late 2924 at the earliest or some time in 2025.

2023-08-19 21:13:35 UTC

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Don’t worry it’ll still be summer in Riga (maybe)

2023-08-19 15:34:32 UTC

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Hi https://cdn.nostr.build/i/4b648a0b91c54bf0dcf31e5a6a2ffadc522bd7a93b9bb42831cda36a6de1e697.jpg

2023-08-19 15:30:58 UTC

How do I unfollow a hashtag on #damus ? #nostr #eurothon #zapathon 😂

2023-08-19 15:28:46 UTC

#eurothon
#zapathon https://cdn.nostr.build/i/4f9cfe9b0077ab274fa977e37b7db3c762b640497f652f6d7fa603ff08a1ec0a.jpg

2023-08-19 15:22:29 UTC

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Could it just be that there are more dogs because everyone got puppies in the pandemic? Not necessarily that they are more likely to bite people?

2023-08-19 14:57:57 UTC

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Is some one working on a personal ai that can help with this? Umbrel have self hosted lambda now. So it’s close to feasible to do this in a self sovereign way.

2023-08-19 14:56:05 UTC

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Mildly embarrassing flaw with #nostr. When you like you’re own note, you can’t unlike it 😂

2023-08-19 08:55:23 UTC

Good morning all. Sun is out and it’s the weekend!

2023-08-17 13:15:09 UTC

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Freedom tech is essential. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/6d1ca01fd4ba81e7be611482efa2de578fe453d8b5aa71ca8870644eeb8ce55f.jpg

2023-08-11 11:25:06 UTC

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*idea

2023-08-11 11:24:56 UTC

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Good ifda

2023-08-11 11:09:56 UTC

Going to be travelling to #lisbon in October, I've heard that its a #bitcoin hub, anyone have any good info on the scene there?

2023-08-09 14:57:22 UTC

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I delete X today, the quality of content has taken a massive dive. Nostr only from now on.

2023-07-29 21:31:08 UTC

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You guys are doing great work. Thank you.

2023-07-24 23:18:48 UTC

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Your name is too close to Elon, I’m suspicious.

2023-07-04 14:15:35 UTC

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It’s almost like there needs to be some sort of algorithm to sort this stuff. Do relays do this? My timeline seems to be entirely Derek Ross

2023-02-01 20:54:30 UTC

So anyone know anything about notifications on damus? I don’t seem to get any.