Muntasim Ul Haque

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2025-03-05 08:38:41 UTC

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Maybe you're on the Global thread?
Follow the accounts/people you find interesting. Follow them all. You build your feed here. You can always unfollow the accounts that don't seem relevant afterwards.

2025-03-05 08:27:25 UTC

Google never ceases to amaze me.
I searched for LibreOffice in Google and downloaded the suite using Google Chrome.
I then noticed a random video about LibreOffice Calc appearing on my YouTube homepage.
I didn't search for anything even remotely related to LibreOffice on YouTube.
#Google #YouTube #GooglePrivacy

2025-03-02 18:38:29 UTC

Taste of your own medicine always seems bitter.
#Nostr365

2025-02-28 19:02:08 UTC

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LibreOffice is good enough, but unfortunately not 100℅ compatible. Especially for large, complex files.
Didn't try MS Office with PlayOnLinux. Tried it with Wine. Wasn't seamless.
Didn't tried with Softmaker or WPS office. Have to try them.

2025-02-28 17:31:52 UTC

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I used tens of distros with different desktops and even just window managers for over a decade. I only stopped using Linux a couple of years ago and came back to using Windows. My main reason was, sometimes you just want things to work. Main problem I had was with MS Office compatibility. I could run earlier versions of Office in Wine or GNOME Box. But they weren't as good. I could run the web version, but it's pretty basic, too. Any suggestions?

2025-02-28 17:28:05 UTC

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LMDE is rough around the edges sometimes. At least, it's not as polished as the regular release.

2025-02-28 16:38:53 UTC

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Which distro? And with which desktop environment? Or, with just a window manager?

2025-02-28 16:31:12 UTC

Those who have older machines, what are you going to do after Windows 10 reaches end of life on October 14, 2025?
#AskNostr #Windows10 #Windows10EndOfLife #Windows10EOL

2025-02-26 07:38:28 UTC

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Zaps are supported in beta version of Jumble.
https://beta.jumble.social/

2025-02-26 07:18:22 UTC

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Thanks for sharing this link. But I'm actually looking for an Android browser that supports Chrome extensions, or better yet, Chrome web store. That'd cover both Nostr and other use cases for me.

2025-02-26 07:03:30 UTC

Which Chromium-based Android Browser supports extensions?
Kiwi browser supports extensions, but the developer of Kiwi browser has halted the development of this great browser.
Anyone knows any alternatives?
#AskNostr

2025-02-26 06:57:39 UTC

It doesn't taste good, when you have to taste your own medicine.
#Nostr365

2025-02-26 04:06:07 UTC

When you want to get things done, you want the tool that just works.
#Nostr365

2025-02-25 16:11:15 UTC

In hindsight, we are sure about everything.
#Nostr365

2025-02-21 04:45:56 UTC

Is it worth the extra hassles that it requires?
#Nostr365

2025-02-20 08:01:27 UTC

Don't make life unnecessarily complicated.
#Nostr365

2025-02-19 13:01:25 UTC

Many it so convenient, they can't help but use it.
#Nostr365

2025-02-17 01:43:32 UTC

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But there's this sunk cost fallacy.

2025-02-16 01:48:46 UTC

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You'd zap 615 sats to whoever says something true in the comment.

2025-02-15 05:51:07 UTC

Good depiction of security vs privacy.
https://image.nostr.build/14145167f16a65afc7898fbeaa715446ada8f48724f896d6bc0051ed7c23d9ee.jpg

2025-02-15 03:33:41 UTC

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I have the same feeling when looking at some of the YouTube thumbnails. They have hands on their mouth, creating a sense of surprise or astonishment. It looks very bad and out of place to say the least. So I can relate with you.

2025-02-15 03:08:44 UTC

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You serious, or kidding?

2025-02-14 07:55:42 UTC

It becomes easier to persuade others when you are living the example.
#Nostr365

2025-02-11 13:04:25 UTC

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Couldn't zap you.

2025-02-11 12:18:23 UTC

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I think the app NewPipe checks most of your requirements, if not all. You can even find #NewPipe on @nprofile…tdq0.

2025-02-11 11:43:19 UTC

Don't get fooled by the packaging. It may not reflect what's inside.
#Nostr365

2025-02-11 09:19:30 UTC

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Thanks for the explanation. Got it now.

2025-02-11 06:27:16 UTC

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What does this mean? Translation isn't doing a good job, apparently.

2025-02-11 04:32:48 UTC

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@nprofile…pyug okay, the comment from @nprofile…3xm6 still looks gibberish on @nprofile…s8dt. But it renders just fine instantly on the two clients I tried: #Jumble and #Nosotros. If it helps, I have tried them from an Android browser.
@nprofile…3xm6 I need a GPU to render simple text messages? I'm using #Amethyst from my Android mobile.

2025-02-11 04:19:04 UTC

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I have waited for a long while for this to render. But it still looks like this. So I don't know what you wrote.
https://image.nostr.build/b697356cd39cdc56debcdf27538cd5778583e64a18f89a398a971c4420e403de.jpg

2025-02-11 03:30:16 UTC

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This makes sense. Thanks.

2025-02-11 03:17:28 UTC

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But why they render correctly after some time? Also, I didn't experience this issue on other clients. Anything they're doing differently?

2025-02-11 03:12:04 UTC

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Why? I mean, they render correctly after some time. Then why they take this time to render correctly and why show in this gibberish format initially?

2025-02-11 03:09:19 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/42a20f075cace8c3197a86e7325bef8098c0d70249944812ccc8fcd7afa166cd.jpg https://image.nostr.build/42a20f075cace8c3197a86e7325bef8098c0d70249944812ccc8fcd7afa166cd.jpg
@nprofile…pyug some of @nprofile…3xm6's notes renders like this on @nprofile…s8dt. They take some time to re-render into readable format. Any idea why this happens?

2025-02-09 18:29:43 UTC

The further you go, the more you see. The closer you get, the better you see.
#Nostr365

2025-02-09 15:58:59 UTC

Complaining won't get you far.
#Nostr365

2025-02-08 16:09:04 UTC

Knowing the why gives you clarity of thoughts.
#Nostr365

2025-02-07 03:54:03 UTC

Set your target further than your goal.
#Nostr365

2025-02-06 18:27:25 UTC

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jumble.social and nosotros.app

2025-02-06 15:31:10 UTC

Don’t worry about someone stealing your idea. Worry about them doing it better.
#Nostr365

2025-02-06 07:33:08 UTC

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Reminds me of one chasing scene from the movie Johnny English.

2025-02-05 13:39:03 UTC

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GM. Have a great day.

2025-02-05 10:33:10 UTC

It helps to see the bright side in any situation.
#Nostr365

2025-02-04 07:13:28 UTC

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Thanks for such detailed answer. Really appreciate it.

2025-02-03 07:25:49 UTC

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Thank you.

2025-02-02 17:27:20 UTC

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You're welcome.

2025-02-02 15:45:42 UTC

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Hard to say. But he's hell of a character I gotta say.

2025-02-02 15:38:23 UTC

Anyone knows any Chromium-based Android browser that supports extensions?
I'm using Kiwi Browser as it supports extensions on Android. Unfortunately the developer of Kiwi browser decided to sunset the development of this browser. So I'm looking for an alternative.
#AskNostr

2025-02-02 15:35:42 UTC

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Yes. Go to the third tab of amethyst from your smartphone. Then tap on the new photo/video icon and choose whether you want to upload photo or video. After that, select the photo or video you want to upload and voila.

2025-02-02 15:32:14 UTC

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Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate it.
I, in fact, used to do just that, what you you suggested. I didn't just switch back to full blown privacy invasive apps right from the cold turkey. The switching was gradual.
From using Tor browser for most of my browsing, I switched back to Firefox with no script and UMatrix add-ons and others that I don't remember now.
Then I switched to Firefox with UBlock Origin, privacy badger and HTTPS everywhere addons. After that I switched to just Firefox with only ublock origin.
After some time, I switched to brave browser. And nowadays I just mostly use Google Chrome for convenience's sake.
So yeah, I've tried different combinations, but at last convenience won. This is what I think the number one competitor of pro-privacy apps.
Privacy respecting apps are not always that convenient to use compared to the competitors. On the contrary, the tech giants make their apps the most convenient they could without respecting your privacy.
So privacy preserving apps should make make their services more convenient to use. This would help them gain more users than anything else.
As per your suggestions, I think I'll take it and switch back to using the privacy preserving apps most of the time and when that doesn't work, I'll just use what works. Thank you.
And one more thing, would you mind sharing which apps do you use or maybe recommend from privacy point of view?

2025-02-02 14:11:54 UTC

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Thanks for the explanation. Appreciate it.

2025-02-02 14:06:54 UTC

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Okay, now I get it. So apparently, I should upload photos on videos from the third tab of amethyst to make them show up in the gallery section of my profile. Thanks.
Out of curiosity though, any particular reason why regular uploads of photos and videos don't show up in gallery? Why does it treat them differently?

2025-02-02 14:02:01 UTC

@npub1syj…f6wl thanks for adding the tagging feature on #Jumble.
https://image.nostr.build/a87c1650bd0c05d7bf16105bc8f072b103e1e407e20157068063fa93a1da19bb.png
One request though. As you can see in the screenshot, when I typed @cody, different suggestions popped up, including the non-relevant ones e.g. the first profile, for example. The username doesn't start with cody or doesn't have cody in its name, but it showed up as a suggestion anyway. It might need further scrutiny.
Another request is, the profile I follow should come up first in the suggestion list, followed by the most followed or popular profiles. In this particular example, I typed cody to tag you, and I follow you, but it showed a bunch of profiles that I don't follow first and after a couple of profiles showed yours.

2025-02-02 13:25:14 UTC

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I'm not asking about the text notes. Those I get from Notes and Reply tabs/sections. But shouldn't the Gallery section/tab show the videos and photos I posted?
As you can see in the attached screenshot, the Gallery is empty. Do I need to do anything while posting? https://image.nostr.build/0d8198a7588a67ac9da00390085082834a90b1adbe89924fbad20d2d5cbb504f.jpg

2025-02-02 13:12:43 UTC

@nprofile…pyug photos and videos I've posted on #Nostr don't show up in my Gallery section/tab of the profile on @nprofile…s8dt. Am I missing something?
#AskNostr

2025-02-02 10:39:01 UTC

Take responsibility for the consequences of your actions.
#Nostr365

2025-02-02 08:15:39 UTC

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For GTK based desktop, you might want to explore the MATE desktop, which supports Wayland in its latest release. Xfce has initial Wayland support in its latest release too. For Qt based desktop, you might want to try LXQt.

2025-02-02 04:22:38 UTC

Emotions cloud our judgments.
#Nostr365

2025-02-02 02:41:09 UTC

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I'm talking about 2016 and few years after that. At that time, the alternatives weren't that good. I spent countless hours reading about privacy stuffs: privacy risks of using the big tech products, proprietary and non-encrypted software.
Google at that time seemed the most anti-privacy company which knew more than anybody else about you. So I started using the alternatives: from Google search to DuckDuckGo, or sometimes StartPage, Gmail to Tutanota, or Inventati, switching to some Next Cloud based open source and encrypted cloud storage provider, etc. And the best of that was switching to a dumb phone, ditching the smartphone altogether. I even deleted my FB account later on and ditched Windows in favor of Linux. I played with tens of Linux distro at that time. But using Linux didn't stem from privacy standpoint, but rather for my curiosity of tinkering.
Now, I could do all these because I could afford to do that. The alternatives at that time weren't that good. I'm talking about the year 2016 and afterwards. But I was so pro-privacy that that way worked for me. I even tried my best to not use the proprietary and privacy-invasive products at my workplace.
But this could only go on for so long. I had to switch back at some point. It started with Gmail and then Android. If you're using Android, you're by default using lots of Google services, knowingly and unknowingly supplying data to Google. It already knew so much that I started to stop caring much about privacy.
I switched back to Gmail and others. In academia, especially when you're approaching the professors, Gmail is unfortunately the best choice because their email filters easily can send your email to the junk/spam box.
So the answer to your question in short is, using privacy respecting apps didn't seem to add much value especially while using Android, Google search and Gmail. The alternatives weren't great at that time and then I just stopped caring because the big tech already knew much about me.
I know something can be better than nothing. That's why I still prefer privacy. But I just can't go full commando like I did earlier. Maybe in the future I'll go again. Who knows?

2025-02-01 11:38:20 UTC

It's not others fault how you feel.
#Nostr365

2025-02-01 04:51:16 UTC

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That's what I have installed. Maybe it's the latest release.

2025-02-01 04:45:16 UTC

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That would also work. If it shows available updates and I can update it like other apps, then that would do, too. Apparently, I heard of a #Zapstore update and can't seem to find it in Zap store after refreshing. Will try again then.
Thanks for the answer.

2025-02-01 04:18:12 UTC

Does an installed @nprofile…tdq0 auto-update itself?

2025-01-31 14:11:31 UTC

When either side makes sense to you, it's safe to say you have deep knowledge about neither.
#Nostr365

2025-01-31 12:10:40 UTC

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The screenshots on Google Play are mostly blank. It'd help to use screenshots with contents in it. I know it's still under development with no user. At least you could populate your feed and post the screenshots.

2025-01-31 07:27:20 UTC

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Take some breaks. It'll help you start again with rejuvenated energy. We often think taking a break is counterproductive. But it's the opposite. Taking intermittent breaks helps you be more productive, not less.

2025-01-31 07:24:29 UTC

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I hope so. It's proven so invaluable for me by making me apparently more efficient. I know it comes at the expense of my privacy. But Google already knows too much about me through Android, search, Gmail, docs, YouTube and others.
Once I sent compete degoogled life. At that time I was too privacy conscious. After a couple of years, I'm back to square one.

2025-01-31 06:17:56 UTC

Success and sacrifice go hand in hand. Without some kind of sacrifice, you can't achieve success. Now, what you must sacrifice depends on the success you're after.
#Nostr365

2025-01-30 09:53:31 UTC

Don't wait till you feel like doing it. Because you won't feel like doing it until you start doing it.

2025-01-30 09:41:25 UTC

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And it's the recipe to unhappiness.

2025-01-30 02:34:13 UTC

A kite stuck in an overhead cable.
#Photostr #Photography #Photo
https://image.nostr.build/c1b739a456224bb235463d772d410af95242548b90579b8d1935b72f111a0dd6.jpg

2025-01-30 02:04:00 UTC

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Or, Nostr Connect extension.

2025-01-29 15:12:00 UTC

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I use Brave, too. But Brave doesn't have a similar feature. At least, not built-in.
Brave has its Leo AI, but that's like ChatGPT and would help you with webpage summary, questions and answers based on the page you're on, etc.
But Chrome's killer feature right now for me is this built-in Google Lens. Chrome is a privacy nightmare. But this is the only reason I can't leave Chrome. It helps me in text extraction from any webpages, PDF, photos, videos, etc.
Unfortunately, I didn't find a similar tool for other browsers. Maybe some extensions/addons exist. But I don't know any.

2025-01-29 13:37:32 UTC

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Most wars are waged for profit, not peace.

2025-01-29 13:34:09 UTC

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What's DX, though?

2025-01-29 13:28:44 UTC

A system has to put in place the right incentives to last longer.
#Nostr365

2025-01-29 11:51:56 UTC

It's not how fast you run, but how far you go.
#Nostr365

2025-01-29 06:20:44 UTC

The easier the tool, the more convenient it becomes for people to utilize it.
#Nostr365

2025-01-29 03:18:59 UTC

How do you know you can't do it, if you haven't tried?
#Nostr365

2025-01-29 01:45:41 UTC

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Did you try Google Chrome's built in AI text extractor? Works pretty great for me.

2025-01-28 16:12:11 UTC

When all you get is negative responses, you start to appreciate the positive-sounding negative responses.
#Nostr365

2025-01-28 14:57:20 UTC

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Okay, got it.

2025-01-28 14:29:09 UTC

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How does the ranking work?

2025-01-28 14:26:59 UTC

Be grateful for everything you have, even if you have nothing but a good health. Because if you have a good health, you can achieve anything. But it you lack it, then nothing will come to any use.
#Nostr365

2025-01-28 13:47:55 UTC

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Nothing's worth more than my peace of mind. If I can get something at the expense of my peace of mind, I don't want it.

2025-01-28 13:36:04 UTC

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Played with beta.jumble.social for some time. Seemed interesting and refreshing, especially going from profile and DVM-based explorations to relay-based.

2025-01-28 13:32:36 UTC

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Follow anyone who seems even remotely interesting.
Algorithm won't feed you content here. You need to connect with real people and interact with them. Join the conversations and add value.
And if your initial assumption about someone proves wrong, you can always unfollow anyone anytime.
#NostrTips

2025-01-28 12:36:53 UTC

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When is "Explore" going live?

2025-01-28 09:58:43 UTC

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Congrats!

2025-01-28 09:57:18 UTC

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Cinnamon is one of the best desktop environments. The problem is, as they're reliant on the gtk, and GNOME devs are the main drivers of it, Cinnamon is always playing catching up. But yeah, it's a great relief for those who like the traditional desktop metaphor.

2025-01-28 09:26:12 UTC

#Fireworks #Photostr #Photography #Photo #NightPhoto
https://image.nostr.build/8bdd44f75401cd313886205cc0cbde0da3073cf5c2fbe0f09ce0b667be79e0cf.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/ec30e92961f0c1f899dab9a70233cbe271f3786108edff48e3cc86f26054135f.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/a44449e6320a84fc75cc4ba650cf40cc9c749e9809b8f235b78e3f11cade38d3.jpg

2025-01-28 09:21:09 UTC

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Did you try Xfce?

2025-01-28 09:16:16 UTC

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Both of them are great. They're in their beginning, but already showing promise.

2025-01-28 03:36:39 UTC

Your past doesn't define your future, the present does.
#Nostr365

2025-01-27 18:44:30 UTC

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Hope we have as much fun using it as you did while developing it.
On another note, I just discovered that setting a custom amount while zapping doesn't work. It defaults to the previously selected amount. Maybe a bug.

2025-01-27 18:37:36 UTC

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This time went into developing Nosotros?

2025-01-27 16:13:54 UTC

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Best wishes. Can't wait to use this updated version.

2025-01-27 07:06:17 UTC

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What's stopping you?

2025-01-27 04:49:31 UTC

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And I don't even remember what I did in those ages.

2025-01-27 04:36:24 UTC

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I guess #Nostr is like real life to some extent. You can't take back what you've said. But you can add on it.
Though I wish there were a delete option for convenience's sake, I'm glad that there isn't one.