cbk
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Software Engineer.
Open Source.
Pipe Smoker.
Long walks, long fasts.

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2023-09-09 17:04:29

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*unless one is rich***

2023-09-09 17:04:08

“It is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is right”
Wallace Wattles.
@npub1sg6…f63m what do you think?

2023-09-09 15:18:51

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Damn this looks amazing.

2023-09-09 03:54:06

@npub1xts…kk5s open source your website so that I can give it some flexbox magic please 🙏😅
https://jb55.com/

2023-09-09 03:46:16

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I have to admit that I fell victim to the same thing. I was honestly shocked to see the support for bitcoin based on what I **thought** it was. I have absolutely loved the lightning network and it’s made me him from 0% bitcoin transactions to maybe 1% of all my transactions being bitcoin. Huge leap forward.

2023-09-08 19:00:27

Rate limits on #X are hurting the platform more than helping. It shocks me how little interest I have in using it.

2023-09-08 04:33:51

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This looks delicious! So jealous.

2023-09-07 18:18:57

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I am very happy to hear that. Can’t wait. Where can I read more about this?

2023-09-07 17:59:56

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But first it must allow us to see who liked, commented, interacted with a post without clicking on it. Why is this feature still missing from #nostr clients?

2023-09-07 17:50:09

The older I get the more blown away I am that anyone posts with their real name and not a pseudonym. #X is just a way for people to put targets on their head. Whether you’re left leaning, right leaning, there’s someone categorizing you. It could be your co worker, your boss, your girlfriend/boyfriend. Anonymity is the ONLY way to go. Thank god for #nostr

2023-09-06 17:48:37

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I don’t understand the bottleneck. Where is it slow and where is it compute intensive? On the individual relays? On the clients.?

2023-09-05 22:31:20

Took a break from #nostr and I have to say that I missed it dearly. My only issue with it is that it’s hard to see engagement. Not just how many people viewed, but how many people liked or commented. I am otherwise excited for its future.

2023-09-05 02:23:45

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As much trash as most of it is.. Reddit. There are still great niche communities.

2023-07-31 01:16:13

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#[1] Is there a way to identify which issues need worked on as opposed to just working on any issue submitted by the community?

2023-07-10 17:49:46

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http://nostr.build/i/1d87b0a077e1fd7ef5cc1e02b0c15747f4e06c978bc967cf80e33140b77e7744.jpg http://nostr.build/i/35a90e0e972944288eea873739a215c2b4990f7e1e1de0756c1627dd598cbad1.jpg

2023-07-10 17:43:53

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@npub1xts…kk5s do you know why reactions don’t load on most post until I click on the post? Is this a problem with nostr?

2023-07-10 14:47:08

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To be simple and approachable for beginners outside of exchanges. If beginners can’t use it anonymously I don’t see them appreciating it entirely.

2023-07-09 00:26:19

How come #plebstr and #damus both have a hard time showing the quantity of reactions until I open the post or until I click “reactions”?
Is this a foundational problem with #nostr and how the relays work?

2023-07-08 19:55:02

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If that even tastes half as good as it looks I’d be tantalized.

2023-07-08 19:48:33

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Degeneracy.
I have encountered this issue in the past when coming across disturbing screenshots of kids' home pages on YouTube. It astonishes me the type of content that people are willing to consume. Equally astonishing is the fact that some parents provide their children with unrestricted access to any form of social media.

2023-07-08 19:38:21

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Yeah, I don’t think that this will get you banned. Massive applications in the App Store have work arounds. Spotify won’t even let you sign up through their iOS application. You’d think Apple, as a direct competitor in music streaming, would have thrown the gauntlet down. They didn’t.
I highly doubt they’re going do anything about this. It has nothing to do with your application.

2023-07-08 19:36:53

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TIL Coronarita exists.

2023-07-08 19:34:47

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Same! Makes sending Zaps incredibly simple and provides lightning urls with almost no barrier of entry. I have loved using it.

2023-07-08 19:30:43

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Looks beautiful and very relaxing. Enjoy!

2023-07-08 19:25:04

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I couldn’t agree with you more. It’s incredibly hard to strength train when you’re fat, sick, lethargic. I am proposing we start at the dietary level instead of trying to overcome mental laziness with willpower alone.
If we aren’t nourishing our bodies properly we probably shouldn’t be strength training. However I’d agree that one might approach it from either angle. Use activity to feel well enough to eat well. Or eat well long enough to become more active. Either way we can both agree that dietary excess AND lack of exercise is the problem.

2023-07-08 19:20:35

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I am not proposing that they would ever give in. We are in agreement.
I was just saying Apple is a very dominant platform and their product is phenomenal. Despite our personal quandaries with their system, we should leave Damus on there until there is sufficient amounts of people to cultivate something truly free. Something that is as good for beginners as it is for nerds.

2023-07-08 19:03:36

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As it stands there is not a mobile operating system even close to iOS. Obviously that’s my opinion, but it’s certainly not an unpopular one.
The challenge is getting more than just geeks to any new platform. Apple is so good at simplicity, understanding the consumer, creating products that just work, that they should probably receive their dues if you’re using their platform.
If the FOSS community wanted to try and make GrapheneOS more approachable they might have a shot at this.
In the interim it’s probably best to get these products to a larger audience, cultivate the zaps on the web platforms, and keep Damus on the App Store. When people DEMAND more, they will get more.
In the meantime we can always use Zapple Pay.
https://www.zapplepay.com/

2023-07-08 18:45:49

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Couldn’t agree more. I can’t believe how fast Threads was adopted. But one click sign up from Instagram makes it incredibly accessible. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

2023-07-08 15:18:06

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I have wondered this myself. I tend to do really well with fruit and most vegetables, but I have seen so many people thrive doing Carnivore that I am beginning to think there is something wrong with our food.
Most of us are aware by now that wheat is fucking us up. Atleast the genetically modified stuff, not wheat like Einkorn. Could it be the pesticides that are causing these auto-immune diseases, inflammatory reactions and lethargy?
Mikhaila Peterson, who popularized the “Lion Diet” aka Carnivore, was not overweight when she discovered that most foods were causing depression, minor allergic reactions and severere lethargy. It HAD to have been something else.
On the flip side, she may have been an outlier. Most people are pounding so much Salt, Oil and Sugar that their satiety mechanisms don’t even work properly and they’re all suffering from diseases of excess. Depression, inflammation, lethargy, disease, brain fog, are all side effects of over-consumption, but they’re also being reported by people who aren’t over consuming.
It’s got to be a mix between the horrible quality of our foods and excessive eating. Not just one or the other.

2023-07-08 15:08:25

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Building this in NextJS? If it’s open source I would love to contribute if you need any help.

2023-07-07 18:49:13

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You’re thinking way too fiat brained.

2023-07-07 16:06:41

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Great challenge! Nice beard, too haha. It’s insane the oblivion that sleep becomes when you’re off caffeine.

2023-07-07 06:35:16

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Do you have a valid criticism? Or just that it is ridiculous? That we should all agree with your sentiment and suspend reason now?

2023-07-06 19:30:57

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Yeah.. I understand that much. What I don’t understand is when their thirst for freedom died? It’s so innate to the foundation of humanity that I struggle to understand where these people went wrong?

2023-07-06 19:28:50

I have zero sympathy for the republicans like Donald Trump Jr. migrating to #threads and bitching about censorship. I would love to see politicians and figures from all sides come to #nostr.
You’re obviously unwelcome. When do you become complicit?
Screenshot from Twitter, not my own. https://nostr.build/i/2099f830ea5b3e19ae948d3f6aa89186217ce591e47221aaafb4c294831c0df3.jpg

2023-07-06 18:29:46

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Absolutely devastating to see our fellow man conspire to subject us to this bondage. Expiring money? Refusing to allow purchases? What is wrong with these sycophants?
Privacy has always been the default in our speech. Has always been the default in our contracts, purchases, engagement. Where is this need coming from to monitor everything? What are governments, or those who want centralized digital currency, so afraid of?
Why are they doing it right before us? Why are they so brazen with their motives?

2023-07-06 18:15:20

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Very bizarre. I’ve had similar issues with Damus and was able to fix them by logging into another client and adding the relays there. Maybe sign into Snort or Coracle and add your relays.

2023-07-06 16:25:56

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Wallace D Wattles. From his book “The Science of Getting Rich”.

2023-07-06 16:18:53

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It will just be another echo chamber. Although it’s the current buzz, over time it will fade out.
It appears that most people yearn for unadulterated, unfiltered conversation.
I don’t blame “snowflakes” for wanting to pull the wool over their eyes and just be entertained.
The best red pill for anyone is to be in an echo chamber. Most people are self aware enough that they start to realize the truth.
“How can their side be wrong all the time”
“How can my side be right all the time”
Just give it time.

2023-07-06 16:05:30

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I haven’t heard anything about this. Is there an article or resource you have so that I can read more about it?
#grapheneos should just fork once and for all, produce their own hardware, and keep the dream alive.

2023-07-06 16:04:05

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Not alone in your dissent but probably pretty close to alone on when you took action.
Takes a lot for the average person to give up what they’re used too. They just want messages to work, people to see their pictures, and a place to buy and sell goods.

2023-07-06 16:00:58

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I tend to agree. But after seeing the rapid adoption of #threads yesterday I’m less optimistic. Do most people not care?
#nostr needs better onboarding, global feeds, opt-in algorithms, spam protection. It will never make its way to global audiences the size of Twitter unless there is a sufficient amount of free relays, too. The content needs to be ubiquitous across all relays or engagement is going to drop.
But, I agree. Long term outlook. Just anxious to see quicker adoption.

2023-07-06 15:51:36

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“If you have people working for you, you must take from them more in cash value than you pay them in wages; but you can so organize your business that it will be filled with the principle of advancement, and so that each employee who wishes to do so may advance a little everyday”
It’s a fallacy that bad businesses thrive for long. It is against the nature of the universe. Most successful businesses, I’d argue, provide ample growth for their clients and their employees. Any outliers will soon find themselves washed away by the evolution of man. As we grow, we will tolerate these restrictive, greedy, companies less and less.
Greed, for now, is good. But anything that stands long will share in the advancement of all humanity.

2023-07-06 15:32:04

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Is this project open source as well? I would love to take a look.

2023-07-06 15:19:17

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Don’t need to pay for a relay but you might need to add more relays to your account. Did you onboard through Damus? I’m seeing your content.

2023-07-06 15:14:31

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One is likely lead by serious Dogma, the other not. Both sides being triggered have been dogmatized beyond self consciousness. It’s bizarre to see.

2023-07-06 14:49:50

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Got to admire @npub1sg6…f63m for being willing to say such controversial things while being in a position of significant importance. I’ve really come to admire him.

2023-07-06 05:37:42

Put my money where my mouth is and just deleted my #instagram and #threads. Kept my Facebook open this long for development with Facebook Pixel and the SEO tools. Deleted #Facebook now, too. Seeing threads has renewed my passion for decentralization, privacy and security.
I’m not convinced it will be #nostr but it’s a good start.

2023-07-06 05:07:43

I can’t help get the feeling that I’m the product while using #threads. I know it’s not some massive revelation, but it’s just so obvious there?
Being tied to my instagram account makes it so much worse. Being involved in the open source space, the fediverse, bitcoin, has completely ruined me for products like #threads. When I was 17 I would have bought in immediately, but now I can’t get myself too.
@npub1xts…kk5s made a good point - we need to all delete these apps and stop normalizing the corporate voyeurism. I don’t know how anyone can trust Facebook. I also have a hard time understanding how anyone can trust their content being associated with themself and their government name.

2023-07-04 16:48:04

Extreme altruism is no better and no nobler than extreme selfishness; both are mistakes

2023-07-03 00:17:46

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Of course you’re representing with the Thinkpad. How do you code and drink? Every time I try I just end up drinking 😅

2023-07-02 18:51:20

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I think it would be helpful if there was more information about relays while on boarding. But I’m really glad to see the popularity increasing!

2023-06-29 17:11:12

#Damus ui feels so good since the last update. I love that the text on a post is smaller. Unless I’m crazy? Haha. So excited for the continued development of this platform.

2023-06-28 15:42:33

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Light exercise to promote flexibility and functionality is not bad for you. This seems like cope in a lot of ways. Pounding protein and grinding out weight lifting might be bad for you in the long run, but it’s not going to be worse than a sedentary lifestyle which the “nerd” seems to be promoting.
Running isn’t bad for you either, that’s also cope. I do, however, agree with the general message of the video. Influencers are fucking scam artists. They’re selling a lie.
Hiking, pushing our bodies to the limit, long walks and runs, are all great for us.

2023-06-28 14:36:07

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Not a fan of governments forcing private companies to do anything. No matter how “good”. I don’t want to force them to be what I want.

2023-06-27 16:52:10

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How is it a win over time? The trajectory here looks grim with Apple.

2023-06-22 03:51:25

Seems like #nostr is dying?

2023-06-20 17:52:11

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Great read. I love the use of the term “pre-crime”. We got to support any large company when they’re doing the right thing. The snobbery in the “fedi”-verse will be it’s own demise.

2023-06-17 00:51:20

#[0] any chance you’ll leave a zapless version of Damus up on the App Store ?

2023-06-15 21:27:29

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How old are you #[3] ? I genuinely can’t tell. Around 25? 30?

2023-06-15 15:33:37

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Two more rate hikes forecasted this year.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/federal-reserve-interest-rate-policy-decision-june-14-2023-180115494.html

2023-06-15 15:31:29

Can’t tell if this is bullish or bearish. It could just be that they’ve run their rate hiking course. It will be interesting to see what the next 6 months brings in the market.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/economy/fed-rate-decision-meeting-june/index.html

2023-06-14 21:45:03

This seems like a promising concept. I am excited to see what the #Zed team comes up with. It’s amazing how different native #Mac applications feel compared to electron based applications. If anyone is interested in beta testing Zed they should. They’ve got a lot of promising features on the way.
https://zed.dev/blog/open-sourcing-zed-on-zed

2023-06-14 16:47:45

#[0] there are quite a few issues with onboarding to Damus when bringing my own keys.
In order to follow you I had to go into coracle.social and manually add myself to the Damus relays. When I followed you it would say “Unfollowing” and then I would click it again and it would say “Following”. The following never went away, and my profile never updated that I was following you.
Somehow I was still able to post and people would see it, but I never saw any posts in the application or that I was connected to any relays. When I logged into coracle it showed that I had no relays on my account. It showed me I had 4 relays when I logged into Damus.
Just a heads up. Was able to remedy it by adding relays on coracle. #Damus is working great now.

2023-06-14 07:27:39

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It appears to be working when I look at the global feed. But following people hasn’t worked yet.. seems like a #Damus glitch.

2023-06-14 07:17:18

Testing! I brought my new npub with me to Damus and can’t seem to see any notes. #nostr #introduction.