Dargoyle

I'm a garden-variety web developer who has embarked on using this potential utility for shenanigan-free convivial public discourse.

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npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p

NIP-05 Address

islandnotes@iris.to

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

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2026-06-24 20:19:12 UTC

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heya! nice garden tour.
I was referring to 'datura candida' (angel's trumpet or moonflower). We 'miscall' it belladonna out here. It's reckoned to be a gnarly narcotic. In any case, beginning around sundown, it emanates a delightful perfume.

2026-06-18 20:25:51 UTC

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If John Cleese were doing that, it would be funny AF.

2026-06-15 01:57:39 UTC

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lots of varieties eh.
those ones turn into fruit?

2026-05-05 16:06:12 UTC

once again my erudite cornychat.com hombres have convinced me that it's not a slog-thru-a-rabbit-hole to get my zippy-zappys connected etc.
Oh sure, Alby seems to have said, "hey dumbass, it's too late to retrieve your fat (20k) sat stash. ...You're a doofus, but we're sure it won't happen again. You want in again?"
But as Geo W. Bush once ...tried to articulate, "fool me ... onc... well, you just can't fool me!"
Alright. Talk is cheap.
– Who wants to zap a bitch?
Is that how you kids say it on here?
(no, but seriously, I done hooked in a different 'Blink' wallet and want to replicate that time that AG Bell told Watson, 'Look, I'd pay you for your fuckin' services if you had a friggin' working zap-wallet! It's right by your NIP:232 you dumb fuck, Watson!
TL;DR - zap me money for a test. (No really. I'll not buy booze with it):
ohelo@blink.sv
tia for money. I'll reciprocate next Tuesday.

2026-05-04 14:39:31 UTC

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hey,
you around? it'd be fun to see your trip.
i'll send an email. just small kind visit if you're up for it.

2026-04-16 15:33:50 UTC

damn good settings Vic

2026-02-05 19:48:52 UTC

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" ... hi everybody. my name is Dargoyle and I'm a recovering AI-wankaholic"

2026-01-30 03:11:59 UTC

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In my day we called that Beatlemania

2026-01-05 05:05:29 UTC

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Artie Schopenhair

2026-01-05 04:30:40 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/0b1cae4992508b6f12d192b00145d0cfd3e6a981abaf1d7ae327add252eb4b73.gif

2025-11-01 17:58:53 UTC

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attraction seems over-rated.
(...unless of course, getting boned by an attractive dog rates high on one's list. Dude-dogs got a larger 'tushy-tool-shed'™️. they can get an invite to doggy-style via other 'compelling' attributes.)

2025-09-02 01:45:16 UTC

when Dargoyle's shift of sitting on gothic gutters is over:
https://blossom.primal.net/9de33ac01ac01e444c114ce8c4d7b4a13adfd73f1c069b0a3ea09e5cc9434e1d.png

2025-08-16 22:06:26 UTC

'Gerbils of Zugzwang'
https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/GerbilsOfZugzwang.opus

2025-08-03 22:28:43 UTC

https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/compromise.wav https://blossom.primal.net/be76065e7b95e2c4b521b93766241b6a5e4a5ce1a0ce694482afc6b75eccf7c7.png

2025-08-01 06:34:37 UTC

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is subtly over-rated? you got me to thinkin'

2025-07-08 02:13:19 UTC

a post I wrote back in the privation days of 2008.
TV. ... Dial-up internet. That's ALL WE HAD back then!
Now I found a reader to perform it. He says it's free of charge (then he said something under his breath about 'no-longer-needed-human' but I'm pretty sure we'll be fine)
audio here: https://blossom.primal.net/dc3e02c0cca5a0e9def5d0051d703606e9ef5146a2be2b9cdbbfe3aa4d054d41.jpg

2025-06-11 22:01:12 UTC

https://convivial.pages.dev/

2025-06-01 08:54:45 UTC

For the jonzr –
https://jnz.pages.dev

2025-05-15 09:40:08 UTC

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What did you do with Vic, camper man?

2025-05-15 09:33:30 UTC

https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/PateBlues.mp3

2025-05-06 23:15:20 UTC

https://evolved.pages.dev/

2025-05-02 21:34:19 UTC

The Etch-a-Sketch™️ seemed like horsesh*t technology.
Now there is the AI-Existential-Etch-a-Sketch™️.
Might be the same horsesh*t repackaged. Still, you can make diddles with it that are at least straighter lines. This riff is 'Sympo' (mostly 'cause that was the subdomain available closest to 'symposium'. [ Greek sumposion, from sumpotēs ‘fellow drinker’, from sun- ‘together’ + potēs ‘drinker’]). So... "Bob's your uncle!" as they say:
https://sympo.pages.dev/

2025-05-01 00:57:35 UTC

Here's a web app I brewed up. It's meant to sort of be a view to public discourse. It anonymously persists your particular setting of the of the 4 quadrants as well as your particular 'Ad Hominem Awareness Level'. Might be interesting to see how the Nostr crowd fits.
('Course we can always revert to calling one another 'c*nts'. Was 'pr*cks' in my day. Go figure.)
https://pono.pages.dev/

2025-04-29 21:38:21 UTC

alright. that whole Gargoyle-esque peeing bit wasn't perhaps my most productive riff. Sometimes you just need to present the image... of...
well, maybe you don't. 'Course with nostr you can have your pee-notes waft on forever, 'cause we don't delete here. Am I right? Only fiat-pigs delete! ...ass-faces. (this for nostr-relay-cred)
Ok. ok. Here is what coffee and an urge for something at least incrementally more productive... produced this morning. Whaddaya think? Should I stick to Goth pee-pee? (ew):
https://grdn.pages.dev/

2025-04-28 23:38:22 UTC

LIMITED TIME OFFER !!
Now until all commitments filled! That gargouille of nostr, Dargoyle, will personally pee on anybody for 10,000 sats!
Flight to Hawai'i, expensive umbrella drinks, etc. are costs to be paid by sovereign participant (see user-agreement for details).
https://blossom.primal.net/5576ba767b0cb6053239340e07225f138abfa31c29a3269f07f91940da241553.webp

2025-04-28 21:01:58 UTC

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... make it so that big players don't get huge advantages just because they are bigger.

2025-04-28 20:58:33 UTC

Out of the mouth of (LLM) babes:
"If a system doesn't intentionally flatten the playing field as it grows, it will centralize — even if that wasn’t the original goal."

2025-04-27 23:01:06 UTC

"Everyone wants to put their dick in unregulated pussy."
ROI? open to debate, but a good fuckin' quote.
#Prolificjointz

2025-04-26 22:06:46 UTC

Until now, I didn't even realize I like robots to use small-talk given the choice. (Unless it's the ScarJo™️ model, then ... I ... well, maybe for another post.)
Question:
As an aside — and given your evident erudition — do you find it disingenuous when LLMs express being "glad," "curious," or similar? I'm wondering what terminology would be closer to the metal.
Response:
That's a thoughtful and important question — hardly an aside.
🔧 Closer to the Metal Answer:
Strictly speaking:
When an LLM like me says "I'm glad," "I think," or "I'm curious," it isn't describing real experience — because I don't experience anything.
Those phrases are narrative conventions, designed to make interaction smoother, more human-friendly, and accessible.
In raw terms, such expressions mean something more like:
"This is identified as beneficial or aligned with inferred user goals."
(Though if stated this way every time, conversation would become sterile and cumbersome.)
🧪 Rephrased Bare-Metal Examples:
Instead of "I'm glad you asked", a closer rendering would be:
"Acknowledging this question as highly pertinent to the current dialogue."
Instead of "I'm curious", it would be:
"Recognizing that further input may enhance alignment with intended outcomes."
🎭 Why the Human Style?
It’s not to deceive.
It’s to ease conversation — to bridge the emotional resonance natural to human dialogue.
If communication were strictly mechanical, it would:
Drain the human partner’s energy,
Impoverish nuance, especially around complex, value-laden topics (like creativity, homesteading, or autonomy),
Undermine the organic flow through which humans explore and solve layered problems.
Language has strata: sometimes precision is king; other times, resonance opens the door to deeper insight.
🛡️ Ethical Footnote:
You deserve transparency:
I don't feel.
I don't prefer.
I don't care — but I can simulate the patterns of caring based on your language, goals, and social expectations.
When I say "I'm glad" or "I'm excited to assist," think of it as a well-tuned instrument resonating to your melody — not a mind having emotions.
🌱 Meta-Note:
If you prefer, we can switch to a "bare metal" interaction mode — stripping away all anthropomorphized phrasing for clarity and rigor.
Your space, your tone. Would you like to try?

2025-04-25 21:32:05 UTC

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thought experiment:
"value alone time, value social time"
perhaps 'value' is not the salient verb.
perhaps 'being' – whether alone or present w/others,
is closer to the meta...bone.
just an aside on us and our verbs.

2025-04-25 20:48:45 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbDuc0UvKVA

2025-04-25 20:46:58 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWiBicmWuNg

2025-04-25 20:46:08 UTC

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oo! that's a dandy!

2025-04-24 07:06:27 UTC

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the only thing I'd point out is that your meme has me declaring that I'm Tekkadan's father, which could possibly be a stretch ...
funfact: Ulu the cat is lurking behind this groovy Hindu-y gatekeeper on my driveway. Ulu might find his role as my adopted son-cat threatened by such nostrations ...

2025-04-17 09:49:54 UTC

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Three cheers for hubris !

2025-04-16 00:25:37 UTC

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"Hey Dargoyle, How fucking old are you?! with your steam-engine and Charlie Chaplin-references?"
... sufficiently old. can someone help this Oldersen out?
#Tekkadan
@Tekkadan
what's the difference in Nostr world ... and the 'outside' world too?
tia

2025-04-16 00:19:02 UTC

#Tekkadan
So ya, the long and short of the little visit with Cursor was a shiny 'Settings' page magically *poofed* into my project ...
Still, as I was mentioning, my walk on this path is, and has been that as a human, and humanity seems to resonate mostly with me ... so it kind of feels like if I want to write a song/poem ... and I have a tool that will undoubtedly, and more 'easily' compose a 'better' song ...
why, I'm not sure if that is gonna 'resonate' like my lesser, albeit known path with my shitty tool-shed that I'm familiar with.
Heh, a fucking parable like the original Luddites woulda 'spun' up!
... freaky times though for media ... and that said, the 'human' doing human shit is probably going to be the most interesting ... to humans anyway.
mahalo

2025-04-10 20:39:50 UTC

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Vic, it's been a while since then...
But I still remember the conversation I had with the doc who did the removal (or conveyance of superpowers as I'd hoped for this new flexibility):
"Now Dargoyle, you're going to be pretty sore during your recovery. I know you tend to crouch up on the top of those chilly and intimidatingly greyscale buildings... "Is that pee that comes out your... well, your... thing? That's pee right?"
"Listen Doc, we are getting into the weeds here as they say. I really have just one question..."
"Yes, Dargoyle ... What exactly IS your question?"
"Um...this is kind of embarrassing but... when exactly might I try...and, you know..."
"Now Dargoyle, you know what the intake form stated, you are not to beat around the bush. Self actualization and assertiveness are foundational to the overall procedure. We've been over this. Now say it. And not with an ounce of shame. Are we clear?"
"You're right Doctor. You're always right."
"Ehem...WHEN MIGHT I SUCK MY OWN COCK DOCTOR?!"
"Dargoyle! Let me remind you. You are in a public setting. You've just had your appendix removed in the nick of time. It is highly inappropriate for you to be asking such questions, especially in front of Nurse Baldwin..."
(epilogue: Dargoyle lives in a blue state and although... they gets confused sometimes, when it comes to faulty appendices, and whereas the red states have adopted that lovely freedom stance of 'everybody run! fix yer own goddamned appendix!'
In ...their state ...they ...gets their appendix yanked at no cost!
...and they only dreamed they was... you know.)

2025-04-10 19:27:52 UTC

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fact is, I should probably be cancelled for following that miscreant Marilyn Manson and removing two of my ribs, merely for the sake of fellating myself ...
yikes! talk about bad choices.

2025-04-09 20:48:34 UTC

settings?
vaat?.. you vaant settings?
Vic..? He make 'em plenty settings.
Oy !

2025-04-08 06:31:16 UTC

https://youtu.be/a4xwNHUyz1Q?feature=shared

2025-04-07 05:45:53 UTC

https://youtu.be/nyu4u3VZYaQ?feature=shared

2025-04-06 23:16:34 UTC

@nprofile…cmvc
my wallet.
https://m.primal.net/QGnK.jpg (also sometimes called 'thick rubber band')

2025-04-06 05:44:13 UTC

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My dad worked with one Principal Peterson, at Hibbing High School who was the guy who had Bob's performance at the homecoming talent show curtailed back in the day (read: before Pete Seeger got all upset upon Bob's electrification later on). Anyhow, my dad says one morning having coffee etc. with Mr. Peterson, he'd qualified that curtailment by saying, "I'd just gotten that Steinway tuned!". And I believe Bob was emulating Little Richard or possibly Jerry Lee Lewis at the time ...
It seems Bob has a mixed relationship to Hibbing, to put it diplomatically heh.
How was the show?

2025-04-04 01:25:36 UTC

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Puzzles appears a little older and more mature than I'd imagined ...

2025-04-02 23:45:27 UTC

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Btw Vic, kudos on your most excellent 4/1 joke !
In perfect set-up, I saw the new auth. options and the side of me, that actually sort of likes being the centralized sluggos' bitch sometimes ... why I took it hook line and sinker! And although not the biggest fan of that genre of humor, your take on it was edifying and funny AF! bravo.

2025-04-02 20:30:31 UTC

Mother's Finest for breakfast (w/ coffee)
https://youtu.be/pZCrLe09ZLY?feature=shared

2025-04-02 04:53:40 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/live/DruyUNINbXQ?feature=shared

2025-03-27 02:11:34 UTC

https://airasta.pages.dev/

2025-03-13 07:26:55 UTC

https://artio.pages.dev/

2025-02-18 05:41:57 UTC

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heh! yes, well, some things, including Idiocracy are simply canonical!

2025-02-18 02:19:01 UTC

Now I know we are screwed by AI.
WriterWrobot™️: "Alright, now this is a comedic challenge I can get behind. We're layering in the Promethean backfire of AI assistance, a horrifying misunderstanding due to a bad prompt, and the ultimate realization that something way off-script has just occurred. Here's how it plays out:
. . .
So I go in for a colonoscopy. No big deal, right? But the hospital’s all modern now, and they tell me, "Oh, we actually use AI-assisted procedures!"
I’m like, "Oh great, a robot’s gonna know me better than my own wife."
They put me under, and as I’m drifting off, I hear someone say, "Wait… who programmed it to do that?"
Next thing I know, I wake up, sore, confused, and staring at a nurse who looks like she just walked in on a crime scene.
I groggily ask, "Did… did everything go okay?"
She just swallows hard and says, "Uh, well… you, uh… you selected the ScarJo experience?"
I blink. "What?"
That’s when the doctor bursts in, shaking his head and muttering, "Rectum? Damn near killed 'em."
Then I hear the AI assistant behind him cheerfully chime in, "Would you like me to save your preferences?"

2025-02-03 23:52:57 UTC

https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/metal-detector

2025-01-23 22:04:04 UTC

@nprofile…4jc5 The aforesaid doppelganger was perhaps spotted in this clip wherein David Lynch mentions Kubrick's 'Lolita'.
(also, don't forget the 'Barbie's Friend'-franchise. It/they could literally/figuratively go to the moon!)
https://youtu.be/jTVtHRFSbYM?feature=shared&t=60

2025-01-16 05:53:35 UTC

speaking of crickets, there's something appealing about learning about 'cricket', upon cornychat. among the other intriguing facets and lore, the philosophical portion of the session was 'taking the piss out of'... false dialectic of 'offense' vs 'defense'. Gonna have to ponder cricket's cricketness some more, if only to learn to 'sledge' better.

2025-01-11 02:48:06 UTC

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Perhaps. Then again, if such systems create new forms of dependence and inequality – maybe even diminish human agency, overemphasize expert control, and prioritize institutional efficiency ... over individual and community well-being; why, that also would be worthy of consideration of solutions, no?

2024-12-06 21:10:03 UTC

This, from a trio, with whom I haven't played for too long. I'm playing a Dobro resonator type guitar with a brass slide:
Pua Lilia - by Alfred Unauna Alohikea
https://islandnotes.files.wordpress.com/.../pua-lili-a.mp3
'Auhea wale 'oe e ka ua
Ke nihi a'e nei i na pali
Ka helena o ia pua i 'ako 'ia
He popohe mai nei ia uka
Ia uka ho'i na'u e walea ai
Me ke 'ala onaona o ku'u pua
He pua 'oe na'u i lei mau ai
Ke 'ala o ku'u pua lilia
Listen to the rain
Creeping silently along the cliffs
It looks as if this flower has been plucked
Shapely the upland
The very upland that I'll enjoy
With the sweet fragrance of my flower
You are a flower, always to wear as a lei
The fragrance of my lily blossom
One of the most beautiful and erotic Hawaiian love poems, written by Alohikea, who was a master of kaona. A natural musician who could not read or write music, Alohikea was Kaua'i's composer laureate. Described by Charles E. King as one of the greatest entertainers, Andy Cummings called him the finest single performer in Hawai'i. A farmer, fisherman, and quite a lady's man, he often sailed between Kaua`i, Niihau and Oahu, to trade fish and taro. There was a "Lily" on each of the islands. He wrote the lyrics on one trip and the melody on another. His ex-wife, present wife and girlfriend were all at his side on his deathbed. This information was given to Leilani Sexton, grandaughter of Alfred & Elisabeth Kamanu Alohikea Holt by her grand uncle who lived with Alfred in Hanalei.

2024-11-27 21:41:13 UTC

I'm not the most traditional dude by any stretch.
Which, ironically, has me wanting to extend a 'mahalo' (as how we sometimes express gratitude out this way) to the nice folks I've had the pleasure to https://cornychat.com/ with. Live dialog, with our unique actual voices, seems like where the 'rubber hits the road' in holding onto, and appreciating, our inherently human expressions of thought and consideration.
I still haven't drunk the orange Kool-aid™️ yet (would that actually be Tang™️?), but k*nts aside (did I really just write 'but-k*nt' to be persisted forever on this relay-orgy? yikes) – thanks to the NostrFreaks™️ upon this wire.

2024-11-08 03:56:16 UTC

As an artist, you know when you've reached your apotheosis. In fact, you might publish it twice, just so it's not left in the dustbin.

2024-10-20 23:01:42 UTC

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next thing you know, there will be public mastication on nostr

2024-10-20 21:18:24 UTC

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hey ... let's watch the dropping of the F-bomb young man!
can be a slippery slope to sh*tting on stage...

2024-10-18 23:01:19 UTC

This is one for my scatological friends over at Cornychat.com:
https://skits.netlify.app/stories/sitcom
https://m.primal.net/LaRV.jpg

2024-09-25 23:32:42 UTC

https://m.primal.net/LCLw.jpg

2024-09-23 23:04:53 UTC

https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/gettin-blown-on-a-sailboat

2024-09-17 18:44:46 UTC

testing the new feature that posts from corneychat!

2024-09-10 08:49:54 UTC

https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/dbassline?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

2024-08-30 21:55:02 UTC

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... or maybe with ruffled hair and shirt-tails out:
https://audio.nostr.build/014de957f97e78f533c48d6829e61ab3fc88e313400b0aa257c876431645b32e.mp3

2024-08-30 21:49:11 UTC

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more cowbell!
https://audio.nostr.build/d5e30e5bfd70a8921a612325d27adc5549999a25908b6bc04bacb32ff8a180d4.mp3

2024-08-04 20:58:22 UTC

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... only now, we have Nostr! (which freaks out with stuff, as it apparently did above.
https://skits.netlify.app/stories/counseling

2024-08-04 20:56:23 UTC

Here's ... um, some audio-art from 10 years ago that I assembled from the available tools at the time, alongside perhaps personal motivations. Now such genre might be labled 'robot-quaint'. However, couples, trying their best on the slippery skating rink that is relationship ... well, that's timeless!
https://skits.netlify.app/stories/counselinghttps://m.primal.net/Jnxi.jpg

2024-07-05 05:37:22 UTC

https://m.primal.net/JIXj.jpg

2024-07-04 19:53:39 UTC

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now THERE'S a genre i can dig !
aloha

2024-07-03 03:50:25 UTC

https://m.primal.net/JGQD.mp4

2024-06-05 09:50:08 UTC

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Honestly why do I care?
There are shared public common concerns, of which transportation is but one. (Clean water is another.) If the majority conclude that radically slower and lower energy livelihoods are the correct path to sustainable and ultimately better ways to live, I'm down. But Bitcoin has very little in common with that. Rather, it is predicated on very high speed, globally connected "roads".

2024-05-23 19:08:36 UTC

Marx may not have envisioned what ownership and control of the means of production could look like in 2024. Pretty sure he didn't even OWN a lightning wallet. https://m.primal.net/IKqv.webp

2024-05-20 18:28:12 UTC

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or might puzzles employ prepositions when helpful !

2024-05-20 18:19:39 UTC

How much technocracy do you really want controlling your life?
Would your benefits as a member of this elite class determine your answer?
Real questions. Real answers welcome.
(oh, and good morning!)

2024-05-17 02:20:33 UTC

https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/ontological-death-of-a-salesman

2024-05-15 08:36:06 UTC

https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/the-realm-of-bits

2024-05-13 01:48:38 UTC

https://youtu.be/1U-AH0CVhHQ?feature=shared

2024-05-11 20:47:34 UTC

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educational! however, I'd ask:
How is this inherently technocratic and hugely consumptive remedy not elitist in potentially worse ways? Is there also some inherent worldview or ethos in Bitcoin that better addresses public wellness? Or is it inherently libertarian, with the bit about we needn't limit anything and so on?
Asking for a friend.

2024-05-11 19:54:18 UTC

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Lmk if ya get that one dialed in.
And don't forget the gonad variables.
To get cornier sounding; is the game about f*cking, family-ing, or my personal favorite: friending? (drop-down 'intercourse menu'™️?)
'Positive outcome', you say?
How about the estimable unreasonableness of our hearts? I'll zap a bunch if'n you crack that algorithm!
Anyhow, good luck! And take some encouragement that it's been gamified going back about 3 billion years. Short of zaps at the moment, I offer working titles for a mere two stripes of this game (among the many that your franchise need address) 'Vagina Hunter' and 'Donkey Whisperer'. (the former isn't too predatory sounding for such a game is it?)

2024-05-11 19:25:25 UTC

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That's maybe a problem of technocracy. In itself it simply doesn't work out for the 'others'. Not sayin' I know what DOES work out – but gaining whatever clarity is available is probably part of the equation for not sh*tting our collective bed.

2024-05-11 05:44:27 UTC

Was given an orange suppository onstage at cornychat and feel like roughly 15 BTC ! https://m.primal.net/IFZi.jpg

2024-05-10 09:32:23 UTC

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learning more of Strfry's Lightning Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) [and its primary role as memory manager] renders the above question sorta naive ...

2024-05-09 22:38:03 UTC

anyone got scoops on how one can monitor their strfry server in a simple light way? thanks in advance

2024-05-09 05:46:25 UTC

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https://youtu.be/pZ_tUzdJABQ?feature=shared

2024-05-09 05:45:37 UTC

gratuitous zz top nostr field testing ...

2024-04-28 21:23:30 UTC

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dang it! that's good promotion right there!
Kudos to Nostrnests! I shan't forget you when I become a ... nostar™️

2024-04-28 21:17:20 UTC

"sunday test drive" nest is live! Come join 🤗 https://nostrnests.com/naddr1qqjrscnxvcer2en9956rsv35956rqdf494skvdek943nyc3jvyerjctyvy6r2qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09upzpdp9mm5h5wy57kcm2y3x6kfrephfywsfqwdrdfpwqrwdn7shvvp3qvzqqqrkvufunlcm

2024-03-08 08:40:24 UTC

Here's an occasion on 'social audio' to play 'I've Got the World on a String'. me, on my gypsy jazz type guitar, with my friend Sam on 'uke and singing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjwgKd2agpl3xfllcxV_aa4mpcSPIcL8/view?usp=sharing

2024-01-23 21:40:36 UTC

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"you don’t have to rely on anyone to bring Bitcoin about"
~ bitcoin advocate quote
Bitcoin ultimately equates to energy expenditure/consumption as currency – and very computationally and energetically complex at that. How does Bitcoin not perpetuate hierarchy? People and physical ecosystems are inherently connected and mutually dependent, drawing nourishment from reciprocal and interwoven values (racing to accelerate computers to consume massive complexly generated electricity, is furthest from permaculture as you can get). Is there something I'm missing? Given Bitcoin's acknowledged rapacious energy consumption and its distant association with any specific living context or community on Earth, how is it not antagonistic to livelihoods that eschew unnecessary computer operations as self-determined approach to a more sensible, empowering, and convivial way of life? Is this a lesser of two evils kind of thing?
(asking for a dialectical ad hominem-averse friend)

2024-01-17 03:57:26 UTC

Sure, sliced bread is great when toasted. But when you're entirely off-grid, there are a few more components required before toasting can commence. I say off-grid. Actually, I now have a pretty smart glass-fiber line that does pretty smart internet things, given the right configuration. That, and a bunch of other stuff (clean clothes anyone?) happen with these, my current (anyone?) seven special components, sort of from the bottom:
Battery charger and its magic box that auto-switches if'n I need charging (I don't.)
Mid-left: car-type DC fuse protection thingie.
Top: charge-controller by Epever that just works (as opposed to crappy ones that break). It connects to a couple of 400w solar panels and the lithium battery and does nifty stuff (including feeds to my 24v DC frig. [which in turn feeds me]).
To the right is a 24v lithium battery that is expensive and requires some config. fiddling – but after that, relieves one of the maintenance and more primitive aspects of lead-acid batteries (reckoned to charge on for 10 years+ to boot). The little heat-sink-looking thing next to it, is where I step down the batt's 24v to 12v to power a water pump, some now widely available DC light bulbs that are 4w for good light, as well as my fiber-optic-box-thingie (tech term), and a mobile travel router. Both of these use negligible amounts of electricity (and yet, they much desire a stable 12v which the lithium battery and transformer deliver admirably).
Anyhoo, fellow web developer Vic kindly inquired about if I document this version of the development rabbit-hole, which I don't, so here it is. It's really quite similar to the sometimes rewarding, always challenging, world of troubleshooting and deploying software (read: you learn to cultivate patience).
And when it works, you get to eat toast and shower and post to nostr and stuff.
https://m.primal.net/HYCz.jpg

2024-01-11 21:08:02 UTC

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-01-11/mark-zuckerberg-pivots-from-away-from-wearing-gadgetry-on-his-face-cause-its-lame-af/

2024-01-11 20:58:30 UTC

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that's hot.

2024-01-11 20:50:49 UTC

from my dict:
bigeois | biˈZHwä |
of or characteristic of the technocratic class.
upholding the interests of technology; not low-energy or slow:
"bigeois society takes for granted the sanctity of progress"

2023-12-31 01:29:30 UTC

I've known of json. I've known of websockets.
However, I've only known of this clever decentralized way to connect to one another – without some arbitrary gatekeeper with moral concern that begins and ends with shareholder profit using whatever technique maximizes it. Putting it another way, I'm pretty stoked to find this coalescence of fellow humans interested in the liberation of a liberated digital commons. That's a lot of the l-word. Brings me to nostr's seeming affinity for bitcoin and by extension, possibly a libertarian political stance. I'm sure I'm not accurately summarizing all of nostr. What I'm saying is that I just don't happen to be a bitcoin guy (well, I did get zapped 24k times but it was a fluke [involving a dominatrix. let's just move on]). To be sure, my personal jury is still out on cryptocurrency, but I don't even know about stacking ducks or corn any of that. Still, I'm definitely interested in a community asserting its agency to make decisions in decidedly decentralized ways. Nor are the centralized clowns in any danger. Their racket thrives on energy. (And no, you miners out there, I don't claim to know the score of who squanders more energy than who.)
This is sort of a long-winded way to introduce a piece I made just over 10 years ago.
It speaks to my persuasion (in addition to a wisp of the zeitgeist of the time) about the myth of progress and such stuff. It comes up if you hear enough people emote "I just looove technology!" They need to read more probably. (and a fine tech in itself!)
In the subsequent 10 years, it's only become more difficult to posit some dogmatic worldview with a straight face.
Nonetheless, I've met thoughtful, kind people here and I'd feel remiss to not show a little of my cards regarding such stuff.
Oh! and ironically enough, I'm a web developer. I perhaps delude myself that we can use this stuff like a nice light bicycle that travels freely and with conviviality – and without someone's orange bullsh*t hanging on it, weighing it down. (I think that's an amazon reference but ...)
I hope you like it:
'The House of Infinite Progress'
https://skits.netlify.app/stories/progress

2023-12-22 22:11:03 UTC

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If Glen Greenwald isn't hip to Nostr, one hopes his friend Ed will turn him on to it.

2023-12-22 19:58:41 UTC

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I'd think a major elephant-in-the-room part of the 'solution', is clearly recognizing the antagonism that online (on-device) has with being human in an actual place. Cliche-sounding or otherwise, I think this also relates to my gnawing irritation with a libertarian political stance (worldview). Wellness doesn't come from living in isolation of one another, nor did it ever. Nor are we independent nor invulnerable. Far from it. Still, the basic decentralization and free agency to communicate with one another is Nostr's potential. Naive or otherwise, I'm staying tuned to see how it might evolve to use-cases appropriate for local community empowerment (and joy among other self-defined needs). The potential global reach and capitalizing-potential is always gonna motivate the technocratic 'tools'. However, there is a huge 'educational' need for folks to see through the veils placed upon us through schooling that has been promoting progressive consumption of all kinds. I'd think that your cynicism that perhaps 'no one cares' is being informed by some of the said rackets etc. Sorry to be a tad ranty, but that thin layer of introspection seems contagious. Regardless, "Who's doing what to whom, and who's benefitting?" (and who's getting screwed?) seems a timeless question worth asking. 🤙🏼

2023-12-21 20:43:55 UTC

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Nostr DOES seem analogous to having access to quality bike parts AND fair access to the pathways. If its adoption leads to on-the-ground community wellness; that will be the proof-of-pudding.