AHWhite

Neurobiologist, scientist, bitcoiner. Came for the novelty, staying for the content. Nostr only.

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ahwhite@nostrplebs.com

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lilactiger1@primal.net

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2024-09-08 19:50:26

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welcome home!

2024-09-07 18:28:33

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov, 1980

2024-09-07 13:20:06

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I had the case yesterday that Primus didn't load or show my own post or replies to them for ~10h. everything else loaded fine.No idea what happened but today it works normally again.

2024-09-06 20:48:00

Hi everyone!
here is the free PDF of my bitcoin novel „Walking Banks“ for everyone to download (hosted on nostr.build). It is a murder mystery thriller with Bitcoin as a key plot element without being the focus of the story itself. Please feel free to share it with fellow Nostriches if you like.
I wrote this book for two reasons:
a) To provide a couple of hours of enjoyment. „Walking Banks“ does not aim to be high literature, but rather an entertaining read.
b) To contribute in my own small way to the growth of the Bitcoin community and network. Bitcoin has become well integrated into the lives of those interested in finance and freedom, but discussions about it often remain confined to those bubbles, reaching only a select niche. I believe the next important step for Bitcoin is to become a common topic in everyday pop culture - whether in art, music, films, books, or other media. This book is thus my attempt to "orange pill" a broader audience by weaving Bitcoin into a fictional story. My hope is that it sparks curiosity about it in the reader in a natural way, without being too forceful or preachy, for readers who might not usually consider these topics but enjoy a good murder mystery.
I believe Bitcoin and Nostr are joined at the hip, as both stand for freedom, sovereignty, and independence in an increasingly controlled and surveilled world. Everything that helps Nostr also helps Bitcoin, and vice versa, so I hope I can contribute a bit this way to Nostr's exclusivity and value content proposition.
Thanks to @`ODELL`, whose advocacy for Nostr brought me here, @`gladstein` whose work at the HRF is inspirational, @`Karnage` who told me about @`nostr.build` so that I can host the file and to @`OT`, who first put the idea of sharing the book on Nostr into my head!
I hope you enjoy the read.
AH White
#nostr #bitcoin #books #grownostr #literature #artstr #nostrplebs #btc #freedom #artonnostr #bookstr
https://d.nostr.build/UlE0X93faO1XxD9l.pdf

2024-09-04 11:08:16

Is there a way I can share a PDF on Nostr?
I'd like to share the PDF of my book for free to every Nostr user as a tiny contribution to grow the network and add some exclusive content to Nostr but so far I am not sure how to do this.
Maybe some Nostr experts can show me if&how this is possible?
@npub1l2v…ajft @npub18am…p424 @npub1r0r…q9ac @npub180c…h6w6
#asknostr #nostr #grownostr #artonnostr #literature #bookstr #books

2024-08-28 17:49:12

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you can never go wrong with David Mitchell ... actually you can never gobwrong with David Mitchells! Both the comedian and the author are fantastic.

2024-08-26 13:59:01

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Maybe give Edmund Morris' Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy a go? Fascinating man, Fascinating read

2024-08-21 07:20:58

Thank God....I always thought I am just too stupid to understand "lawyernese":
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-study-explains-laws-incomprehensible-writing-style-0819
#science #law #psychology #lawyers #legal

2024-08-17 18:25:57

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I think with Elon's takeover of twitter and the continuing alienation of people, Nostr is at the right place at the right time but I agree that it would be great if it could capitalize on this opportunity more rapidly. The "gradually then suddenly" mantra is not wrong but maybe it is too idealistic.
Apart from the no-brainer to capture as much of the bitcoin crowd as possible and - for lack of a better term - better marketing, two aspects could also be considered:
a) similar to bitcoin's value proposition, not looking at it from a western perspective but thinking about the long term appeal of Nostr to people living under authoritarian regimes. It should be immediately obvious to anyone living under such a regime how Nostr differentiates from Twitter & co in many regards (e.g. doxxing risk from the central authority, shutting down their account because the government said so etc.). Make Nostr better known to those people and maybe we see a rapid rise in participation. I realize many good people like @npub1trr…hdpu are working that angle already but could we do more in that direction?
b) that might be controversial but I strongly believe if one could convince a major celebrity to switch to Nostr exclusively from twitter, you will have a big portion of their following joining along. Imagine if Taylor Swift tomorrow declares that she quits twitter and will continue on Nostr! Nostr would immediately gain millions of users. Question is, if/how to convince a celebrity with a strong following to become exclusive? Apart from idealistic arguments, maybe purely financial motivation is needed? I realize this is going to rub a lot of people the wrong way but what if instead of @npub1sg6…f63m supporting Nostr development work with the next round of money, Swift gets paid $5M to become Nostr exclusive for 3 months? This might have a bigger impact on Nostr' popularity and uptake than anything else.
Not the morally best way to do it and the numbers might be off but I'm more playing devils advocate a bit here for brainstorming reasons.

2024-08-17 07:04:26

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I learned a lot in this thread. Thanks everyone for the tips about how to improve the Nostr experience!

2024-08-16 11:34:43

My bitcoin book "Walking Banks" is now available for free for everyone to download. It's a murder mystery story with bitcoin as a key plot element that follows US agent Jack Decker on his way to Beijing to catch a serial killer that has targeted an old friend.
It would make my day if you could give it a try for free, provide some feedback or review and connect with me here on Nostr.
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Banks-Mystery-Novel-White-ebook/dp/B0DCP6BCDL/
#bitcoin #writing #books #CBDC #author #stories #fiction #mystery #novel

2024-08-12 19:40:12

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Maybe you could give the freelancer pool on Reedsy a try? I have never tried to hire a freelancer there myself but I have read that their website/community has some good options: https://reedsy.com/editing/writing-coach

2024-07-29 20:07:44

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I agree with some other comments here that it could help where your friends are coming from? Are they financially literate? Are the concerned about government overreach or censorship? Do they worry about climate change? Do they want to make a quick buck, etc. etc.?
Depending on their starting points you could gear the slides,info and discussion in different ways. They worry about climate change? Show them examples about how bitcoin mining can make transitory renewable energy cheaper and accelerate its spread. Are they concerned about social justice? Show them some slides from Alex Gladstein or what Gridless does in Africa. Do they want to learn the monetary aspect of it? Michael Saylor's talks and slides or e.g. https://learn.saylor.org/course/PRDV151 might be most useful.

2024-07-26 20:01:22

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Thanks for all your important work!

2024-07-25 21:22:29

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True words. Thanks for pointing me to his channel!

2024-07-24 10:06:57

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Thanks for all the interesting content over the past years. Good luck for your future endeavors!

2024-07-23 20:33:44

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there are many more economic systems and philosophies than capitalism and communism.
And there is no axiomic overlap of progressive social or political views with the economic system of communism. Just because bitcoin's characteristics do not fit with communism a) does not logically infer that it's characteristics are therefore best fitting with capitalism and b) it cannot align wth a social or political progressive world view which can exist completely independent from the desire to adhere to a communistic economic system.

2024-07-23 19:54:45

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That's provocative but simplistic and not true. Bitcoin is money. With a specific set of characteristics that differentiates it from other money. But these characteristics are not connected to capitalism or any other economic philosophy/system.

2024-07-22 15:38:59

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incredible indeed. but at least it wasn't announced with a fax.

2024-07-21 20:15:22

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I think this quick dip and spike was more a result of computer trading and not really emotion. They are programmed to sell on any "shock news" no matter the asset or content of the actual news itself (would have looked the same for the stock market had it been open). The quick recovery is then the opposite more rationale reaction as in "Meh,it doesn't really matter in the end "
Doesn't change the fact that bitcoin is a 24/7 pulsemeter to the news though.

2024-07-20 18:22:12

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Couldn't people use a BIP-85 child seed from one of their existing bitcoin wallets (where they normally already have very good safety and storage options established) and use this child seed as their Nostr identity?

2024-07-20 18:18:52

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with BIP85 I mean

2024-07-20 18:13:02

Question to Nostr and bitcoiners:
is it correct that I can generate a child seed from a bitcoin wallet and then use it as my Nostr identity so to speak? If yes - given that many have a good storage option for their bitcoin wallet already established - wouldn't this solve the problem that some people see when tying their whole digital social identity to one Nostr key (and fearing to easily lose it)?
#nostr
#bitcoin
#asknostr

2024-07-19 16:09:54

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A key problem that the US has is thediminant power of the Fourth Estate. The media is too monopolized , polarized on purpose and actively working to dumb the populace down. This is not unique to the US but it is very pronounced in the US. As long as this is not addressed it will ultimately not matter who is in charge in the long run as the path down idiocracy-lane is clearly paved and an easy path to walk down for the people in the years to come.

2024-07-18 20:54:31

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there is a nostr elite?

2024-07-13 11:30:45

ask your favorite AI LLM:
"You have a 5 gallon bucket and a 2 gallon bucket. How do you measure 7 gallons?"
#ai

2024-07-01 11:19:22

Interesting new method for gene editing described:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2437237-bridge-editing-could-be-even-better-at-altering-dna-than-crispr/
Original paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07552-4

2024-06-05 15:06:54

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PXQAVGR1YFs&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fixthemoney.net%2F&feature=emb_logo
an important step in bitcoin adaption
#bitcoin

2024-05-22 17:56:02

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who would have thought? quantum effects in microtubules habe been measured for the first time. Maybe Penrose was right about the nature of consciousness after all?
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
#science #brain #consciousness

2024-05-03 16:24:31

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the inmates ate running the asylum

2024-05-03 14:43:36

The inmates are running the asylum...Jared Bernstein is the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1cj5dan/this_has_to_be_satire_right/
#bitcoin

2024-04-06 09:27:19

Question to all the macro economists and freedom minded people out there:
Order 6102 is for many reasons an important topic for bitcoin. Most recently I read this article about the legal aspects leading up to it:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/national-emergency-executive-order-6102-and-the-heist-of-the-century-?mc_cid=6986670da3&mc_eid=UNIQID
I feel I conceptually understand both the rational and the criticism around Order 6102. What I don't understand and cannot find a lot of information about is if there were alternative solutions discussed back then to fix the problem that go beyond "let it blow up and it'll fix itself ". because even if this is a workable solution, it is not an "electable" solution.
what would have been alternative ways to tackle the problem back then that did not lead to confiscation? Were any of these alternatives tried out successfully in other nations in history?
I think the best way to avoid a similar future for bitcoin in the U.S. would be to present and lobby for those alternative solutions right now so that when shit hits the fan in terms of US debt and waning influence of the dollar (which it will), the alternative solutions have widespread support in congress.
#bitcoin #order6102 @LynAlden @preston @Odell @saifedean

2024-04-05 18:32:45

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If you feel your coffee consumption impacts your well being, it's good to reset but otherwise coffee is actually one of the few "addictions" that are generally agreed to be beneficial:
Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes
https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5024.long

2024-03-28 10:01:37

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to Leni Riefenstahl?

2024-03-28 05:55:59

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thank you!! finally someone says it. it's cliché, full of plot holes and tries so hard to impress with visuals that are just corny and stupid. It's more like a modern Leni Riefenstahl movie than anything else.

2024-03-19 19:34:24

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I see it the same way.
I assume it depends in the end what bitcoin represents for you. I believe numbers 1-3 are at the core for someone who views bitcoin through the monetary lense and probably also for someone approaching it more from the philosophical and societal aspect of it (because the impact of bitcoin in those realms are primarily derived from its properties as sound money as well, so secondary or layer 2 properties derived from its core layer 1 monetary bedrock).
If you view bitcoin more from the technical and protocol site, the "thing" you want bitcoin to be could be different. I can understand that...I just hope we don't break bitcoin along the way.

2024-03-19 12:31:03

#bitcoin #meme
https://m.primal.net/HmQJ.jpg

2024-03-15 19:39:14

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Done,donated a bit.go and make them all purple !

2024-03-15 17:21:06

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good for them!

2024-03-14 18:09:56

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welcome!

2024-03-14 08:01:17

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Are you referring to IIT with your Bayesian comment?

2024-03-14 07:57:08

Really interesting new paper exploring how GTP-generated sentences can drive brain region specific responses in humans reading those sentences. Could be a first glimpse into better understanding how LLMs-AI models "interact" with human language as perceived by the brain (in simplified terms). It's with restricted access on Nature but the preprint can be downloaded under https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.16.537080v1
#science #neuroscience #neurology #AI #LLM

2024-03-12 14:42:14

Just a reminder to always keep a level of scepticism when reading about scientific breakthroughs in the main press.
Unfortunately, the main press loves to run with these kind of initial scientific reports/breakthroughs but when the science community then corrects itself, as it so often does as part of the regular scientific process, these retractions and correcting articles pretty much never make it into the everyday press.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00716-2

2024-03-10 07:50:56

Ok,so I have just learned about BIP85 and its use case for "child seeds". This seems to me like a really convenient way, even without multisig, to provide/generate multiple wallets for friends or relatives that don't have much bitcoin knowledge and alleviate the fear of losing their seed. Am I missing any disadvantages here? (I never hear BIP85 discussed as a strategy for long term storage or distribution within a defined number of peers when this question is discussed (
#Bitcoin #asknostr

2024-03-07 15:29:46

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All to get more money from the IMF ... and the sad cycle continues

2024-03-07 14:18:42

New study shows another possible reason why&how sleep is important for a well functioning brain. Baseline assumption is not new but the group has identified the neurons responsible for this phenomenon.
https://www.genengnews.com/topics/translational-medicine/alzheimers-linked-neuronal-waste-expelled-in-coordinated-waves-during-sleep/
#neurology #science #sleep

2024-03-06 19:42:11

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that's fantastic.

2024-03-06 08:23:31

#memes
https://m.primal.net/HiGm.png

2024-03-05 19:12:30

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That's a really nice lineup. cannot make it this year but hope I can attend some time in the future (in case you are planning to make this an annual event!)

2024-03-05 17:43:48

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thank you!

2024-03-05 16:47:50

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people are jumping off a moving train on its way to its destination. their loss.

2024-03-05 08:27:33

An interesting short article about two conflicting theories about consciousness: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/current/thought-leadership/2023/10/consciousness-why-a-leading-theory-has-been-branded-pseudoscience/

2024-03-04 20:01:52

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I agree, it's somehow very energy-draining. I'd rather spent 8h in a train than going on a 3h flight (which takes in the end also like 6-7h given all the logistics you mentioned anyway)

2024-03-04 11:32:04

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Is the guy on the left from the Bulgarian Football club that also adopted bitcoin?

2024-03-04 10:20:48

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07095-8
"On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes"
bring back tails, damit!

2024-03-04 09:48:24

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at least to block most mobile phone cameras without an IR filter you could run around with these https://youtu.be/Zd6RCPqZPwQ?si=DQ6qSlOmxYr1UOr0

2024-03-04 06:32:56

Hello World!
Not my first post but just joined Nostr yesterday after reading a post from Derek Ross. New to social media, never used Twitter and still learning the nuts and bolts of how this all works. Hope I can contribute a little to grow the network in the future.
#introductions

2024-03-03 18:30:17

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I'm new to Nostr so I'm not sure I get it. How can Nostr fix that specific problem?

2024-03-03 15:48:59

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yeah,it's an interesting theory but also heavily disputed. I'm myself not sure what to think about it. but given that nobody really understands consciousness and how it arises, it is a unique way to think about it. I'm at least doubtful that consciousness is just a matter of scaling up connectivity aka that assuming a large enough increase in computing power, consciousness will suddenly spring into existence by itself - a fiat consciousness so to speak.

2024-03-03 15:40:45

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noticed there is a copy paste error in the link, here the correct one https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.869935/full

2024-03-03 12:32:35

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not only in the U.S. I remember this bad boy too

2024-03-03 12:09:58

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Ha, it works. Onwards indeed!

2024-03-03 11:46:14

I went into neuroscience because I wanted to understand why we are the way we are. Especially if and how Intelligence and Consciousness are inter-related. With the recent rise of AI and whether or not at some point in the future machines would become conscious, I was reminded of Roger Penrose's theory of the mind,in particular that consciousness was not only a algorithmic function but that quantum superposition is a contributing factor. Could it happen that AI can become hyper-intelligent but will forever remain "non-conscious"? What would be the implications of such a new form of intelligence?
An interesting review about this: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.869935/full:
"Consciousness, Cognition and the Neuronal Cytoskeleton – A New Paradigm Needed in Neuroscience"

2024-03-03 11:34:28

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thanks. have not been a social media person so far but will try to contribute to support Nostr. Just have to figure out how stuff is working here.

2024-03-03 11:31:00

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indeed....I'm still figuring out stuff here and just wanted to zap you as a test. For setting up the wallet i wanted to use my nostrplebs address but now don't know how I can actually access it (the activation code was send to it). Could you please let me know how I can read my nostrplebs"inbox" ? (I also just sent you a DM with the same question, sorry for mixing stuff,still trying to figure out how the whole nostr-infrastructure works)

2024-03-03 10:40:12

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ok,convinced. been a lurker for far too long,time to get active

2024-03-03 10:38:41

"To get good government, you must have good people in charge of government. ...If a people have lost faith completely in their democratic institutions because they cannot find people of caliber to run them, however good that system is, perishes." Lee Kuan Yew.
wonder how many iterations of bad people in charge an otherwise good system can survive? Can one bad president or chancellor bring everything down or is it a slower process?