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2026-03-19 05:46:47 UTC

https://javiergonzalez.io/blog/the-economics-of-slop/

2026-01-07 15:49:22 UTC

Theres something about AI that i find boring. I cant put my finger on it, I was excited about the rise of social media, about bitcoin about VR. AI seems like it only exists to increase productivity in non human terms. At least there was something about connecting people through social media, and increasing freedom through bitcoin.
LLMs feel like the opposite of that. I am uneasy and a bit uninterested.

2025-03-02 00:21:48 UTC

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I started doing that first Trump term after catching one thing live before getting the spin on it. After that, I basically don't assume knowledge of something that happened unless I consume the whole thing myself, with context and without commentary.

2025-02-11 16:37:04 UTC

#Tunestr
How fo you like modern jazz inspired by modern hiphop.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jNraVOF3mhE
Hip Hop is like the ultimate symbol of the transformation we went through in the 90s. Turntables allowed for the beginning of sampling breakbeats. Hype men started improvising words to keep crowds entertained. The sampling of breakbeats got codified into the musical aesthetic and we not only kept sampling, we started making beats that sound like they are sampled. Then that started influencing how people play their instruments, to resemble chopped up samples.
Its a beautiful circle.

2025-02-11 05:40:53 UTC

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Calling things you are unfamiliar with or don't like low IQ behaviour is an L take.

2025-02-11 05:24:43 UTC

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One of my favorite versions
https://youtu.be/L5xafQXg1yI?si=8e5FFGpmu6ucb4rA

2025-02-10 23:12:05 UTC

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Cause some rapper did a show that was too loud, too reckless and too ghetto for a lot of people during the Superbowl.

2025-02-10 23:11:12 UTC

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The thing about Kendrick is that he's an artist among the greatest of all time. His work has a depth that has been studied deeply, is layered, and is extremely meticulous. He's much closer to high art than entertainment. On top of that he's so popular that he doesn't care about the people that don't know him. The throughline of his career is self reflective grappling with the question of his role as an influence and a representative of his culture.
So he took the opportunity to do the Superbowl as a way to elevate his art. Almost didn't play his hits, instead played some introspective pieces in a crafted stage. The whole performance is packed with symbolism covered in a ghetto hoodrat package. Thing is, he knew a lot of people would not only dislike, but hate that he was doing so he doubled down on it and incorporated the criticism that would be thrown at him to elevate his message. He will be studied for decades, because he has captured something that only a handful of people manage to capture in a generation. Truly a master at the top of his game in his craft.

2025-02-10 20:14:14 UTC

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The Superbowl halftime used to be good. This year we got this... thing. Mumble rapper, DEI, BS. It was too loud, too wreckless, too... ghetto.

2025-02-10 17:23:14 UTC

Its hilarious to see people upset about the #KendrickLamar half time show. One thing about him is that he's probably the greatest artist of our generation. Everything he has done has been layered with meaning, and his performance is something to be stuidied. The same people that say that we're becoming dumber, will criticize a show for being too lame.
I'll grant that it wasn't a showy performance, but everything, from the fact that he anticipated and leaned into the fact that people are going to want to hear the hits, and his decision to play newer music, to the symbolism of the flag, prison, Uncle Sam. All of it was calculated in a way that only a great artist can do. It was political commentary done excellently. Usually I'm a fan of keeping politics out of art, but this wasn't propaganda, this was artistic exploration.
https://m.primal.net/OZil.jpg

2025-02-10 05:15:10 UTC

#TaylorSwift
https://m.primal.net/OYvr.jpg

2025-02-09 15:02:08 UTC

The only honest take for defending #USAID is to defend NeoImperialism from the US.

2025-01-30 04:08:51 UTC

RFK Jr is right. Every time I've left the US for an extended period of time, I've lost noticeable weight. Every time. There is something in our food, our kids are paying the price.
#MAHA

2025-01-28 20:18:30 UTC

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This concept is not politically popular. For some reason, being forced to pay is seen as better as paying directly.

2025-01-26 01:59:54 UTC

I used to like reddit. I regret opening that app everytime now.

2025-01-24 03:49:46 UTC

haven't been here in a while. What's the best way to keep up with/distribute music here no #nostr nowadays.

2025-01-24 03:43:08 UTC

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the digitalization of everything is so... lame. It fails the aesthetic dimension first and foremost.

2025-01-24 01:13:23 UTC

The newspaper of record. The totally impartial New York Times.
https://image.nostr.build/cff4b628c891ec5e650e154e17f2e8c254b80c61cedf73083e387d62fa1b2984.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1126x2000&blurhash=%5D8Nd2N00%25Lt6M%7B4p-%3BIUNGj%3F00ogt7WBbH00Rit7Rjof00ogxtj%5BRj9HxtR*RkRj%250xus%3AWVRktSoct7Rjt6%7Eos%3At7bHWB&x=b61628b59a3ca7f025047310c6578c222f639de9d52c2cf0e40f7d2cb6272adb

2025-01-23 23:25:14 UTC

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It does speak to his character, is all.

2025-01-23 21:34:56 UTC

Truths about Elon Musk
He's really smart.
He's said amtisemitic things.
He's a little socially awkward (not to the extreme level of doing a nazi salute and not knowing the social consequences)
He did a very intentional Nazi style salute
He is part of what is arguably one of the most pro Israel, and pro Israeli influence in Washington precidencys.
He does not advocate Nazi polices
All that simply leaves me with questions. Previous Nazis accusations implied he's as bad as a Nazis. That salute would imply card carrying Hitler loving nazi. He's not that. I also just don't buy the hand waiving of it was an accident or is just like other stills of people doing that.
Possible non exhaustive answers.
He really is THAT socially awkward
He is seeing where the line is if he shows his true colors (doesn't make sense given this administration and policy proposals)
He is signaling to Trumps base that likes that kind of stuff
He is an edgelord to the point of crass untastefulness beyond what I comprehend.
I lean onto one of the latter two explanations but am not satisfied with either.

2025-01-23 21:25:45 UTC

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Shitcoin pusher

2024-01-13 02:35:54 UTC

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I like it, can you add an ostrich to make it pop?

2024-01-12 03:48:30 UTC

Day 5/30 of #Urbansketching. Did this one in a rush, not super proud nor inspired either, but I dont hate it. Might try it again sometime this challenge.
#30daychallenge
https://image.nostr.build/5cf712c79b13b6ac290b9400fa2492ffbd6546fe9298cfc3d70c70620a70bef4.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1920x1081&blurhash=iDH_x%25_400t7IUxtM%7BxaRj00adflofWBWBofWVofD%24WAa%23oeR*ofj%5BWUofM%7BWBWCayofWVayazfQxtRjWBj%5Bayj%5Bayayay&x=a9fb66b4378d4c0b095bc68381a3603e3336fcf24f0a507b1383ab10304a7521

2024-01-11 22:41:42 UTC

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Yes if youre typing in a nsec into a form, then yes. Especially if its a web client and stored into something like local storage. With apps, you can have a bit more security so it depends how its set up.

2024-01-11 19:23:26 UTC

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Needs an ostrich or something

2024-01-11 19:04:35 UTC

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Agreed

2024-01-11 19:03:18 UTC

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I like Richard Wolff, at least he is well read on the theories he expouses. However, the issue with the labor theory of value, besides the fact that value is subjective, is that it doesnt talk about the value in taking up the risk of starting/running a company. Thats why the workers denied Milei when he offered to turn the "state run" Aerolineas Argentinas into a worker owned cooperative, because they want to be absorbed from the risk.

2024-01-11 18:58:43 UTC

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I like the ostrich...

2024-01-11 06:18:18 UTC

Day 4/30 of #urbansketching
Dont love it, but came out ok. The goal of this is not to prpduce great work consostently, but to produce consostent output, so Ill take it as a success.
#grownostr
https://image.nostr.build/f08320382ac6c34875d8c0a931e54c7ec49728efa234fe80268406b6e919ea19.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1125x1125&blurhash=U1Ir86M%40jA4T00_300IU%24%5D-o00-%3B0000_M%7Eq&x=e4205877f09bf040e8ce32ed2fd108c5ff2b3b2bf87a39f7c7d953c1b2f26917

2024-01-11 05:31:20 UTC

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That's cool

2024-01-10 04:19:20 UTC

Day 3/30 of #urbansketching
Not my favorite but not the worst. Got the perspective lines mixed up but felt like the feel was there. Reference was a pic I took in Guatapé.
#grownostr #30daychallenge
https://image.nostr.build/ddd3215c9dd38b1ff4aa285d72fde2b29691e5951fefb0904f432e15cd6c7a2e.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1081x1920&blurhash=%5D4HB_B%7EW00Rixt9Gxut6t6j%5B00%25LD%25WBM%7C%3FbayM%7BWBt700Rj%25Mj%5Bofj%3Dj%5Bt8ayM%7BM%7BRjt7RjM%7Cxuofoft7j%5BD%25WBozxut8&x=6e10de79dceabd7f6c8194ef34e9419b593615378de6579f56520e2da00abafa

2024-01-10 03:09:49 UTC

"You will own nothing" - imf
https://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/s/qapaR0MFYE

2024-01-09 21:43:09 UTC

I've been on a kick with Caleb Hammer's financial audits. Its crazy when there are people that actually and sincerely believe that an abundance mindset means getting into credit card debt.
https://youtu.be/87qL_bZnAMk?si=DtaHNvrCEb2tOnFk
Another guy actually said that the credit card debt didnt matter because money is a construct.
Yes, all these things are true, but manifestation and abundance comes out of inner freedom and surplus, weve repackaged this to become less free, and slaves to the system. Take on more debt, yolo your life away, and high inflation makes it ok to pay with tomorrows money.
#lowtimepreference wins over this loosing mindset.

2024-01-09 16:43:16 UTC

Iron man bad
#memes #grownostr
https://image.nostr.build/24ce9bf0edd1ffae934fe0b886c834f4aa667745e81b4bace57f3f08d41d93b7.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1065x1920&blurhash=%5DMCsaLflM%7BV%40Rj%7EWWBWqRQae-%3Af7kDM%7CRj-naykCRjM%7B%25LkBayWBR*%25MoeRjj%5BbIkBt6WAbHbIRjt6jZofR*M%7Bofs%3AofWB&x=577dc6a54873fa173b646eb192524c323f9b0b29cb1ee942c41d04c41a0b79fb

2024-01-09 15:19:54 UTC

Apps like Fountain and Amethyst are the way to btc adoption. Comparable UI to traditional apps, with seamless btc integration that is central, and not clunky.

2024-01-09 04:21:17 UTC

Day 2/30 of #Urbansketching
#grownostr #plebchain
https://image.nostr.build/d860e365ae2d440380c094847095d2e3053e7bf9da8cac1608bf7edf56899c86.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1920x1081&blurhash=iCRp8-9F%7Eq%25MRj-%3BRj%25M%25M-%3BayIUxuWBj%5Bt7RjRjt7t7WBayayRjM%7Bj%5BWBoft7offQRjM%7BM%7Bofof-%3BofIUofj%5BRjWBWBWB&x=c736373810c758228bf99e9a783bf914af716e86ebfe3fb25d885d28c6cbeb77

2024-01-08 04:24:41 UTC

I spend sats and immediately buy them back. I actually want a fiat to on invoice converter, so I can do that seamlessly. I want to rid of my inflationary money and keep the deflationary one.

2024-01-08 04:05:10 UTC

Urban sketching daily
Day 1/30
#grownostr #urbansketching
https://image.nostr.build/d96dbd522fd797cb9bfb2a373902ea90723bfbebb1635f74ab01317bb1b0b512.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1615x914&blurhash=i5FrO%2Cg4V%40%5E%2B%3FHt6oft7-p9FM%7C%7Ep%25Lxaxaxaj%5BRk01xabIayxukCR*offk0LIVM%7CWVofxt%252t7t6IUWBM%7CM%7BIoofxus%3Aof&x=75abcd41bdd0d12c0044f54e6a0ce2db176e41772dc68f3511ffb246f3966d2a

2023-08-02 05:20:11 UTC

Herbie Hancock > Miles Davis

2023-07-20 04:35:28 UTC

Much sympathy for all those that were uninterested in Bitcoin during last bull. I am honestly so annoyed of reading all the promises of #artificialintelligence, and it must have felt similar. It's 99% baseless claims that over hype its promise. I get it, ChatGPT changes EVERYTHING. It just doesn't have use cases, but just you wait... Blah blah blah.

2023-07-04 13:37:36 UTC

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#4thofjuly #usa #freedom
#nevent1q…3g4p

2023-06-23 21:51:27 UTC

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Django is incredibly venerated and massively underrated. His guitar playing started a style of music that is still alive to this day whose whole point is to play like him. A master, that could barely read amd was missing two fingers. Legend.

2023-06-23 21:47:23 UTC

On the Sunny Side of The Street.
Oh about now I'm missing New Orleans.
#jazz #grownostr #music
https://youtu.be/2TWKkQ8_1O4

2023-06-19 22:08:31 UTC

Spent 8 hours on my phone browsing reddit last week. Deleted it finally today.
I find myself slowly purging all social media. First insta and facebook then tiktok and Twitter.
Held onto reddit for a while but it doesn't bring me anything. Hope nostr doesn't replace my addiction, but if it does I'll also delete it.
#detox #dopaminedetox #erasesocialmedia

2023-06-08 02:56:58 UTC

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Remember when Bitcoin did against regulation?

2023-06-07 23:46:19 UTC

I remember when #bitcoin was full of crypto anarchists. Now it's full of bootlickers excited for the police to help pump their bags. #fuckthesec

2023-06-07 05:12:28 UTC

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#VisionPro
#nevent1q…zv80

2023-06-07 05:09:26 UTC

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Leaked footage of #VisionPro research team at apple
#nevent1q…jd3n

2023-06-05 17:32:34 UTC

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Man, I love BTC but don't want that to dominate 95% of the conversations in the social media that I consume. Now someone without the love for BTC would absolutely be turned off.

2023-06-05 17:28:35 UTC

38 hour fast ✅

2023-06-01 22:10:38 UTC

Audio gear is an expensive hole to get into...

2023-05-27 21:59:03 UTC

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Definitely report back if you try it

2023-05-15 16:41:24 UTC

An interesting trend I've noticed in the younger generation especially. (Coming from a person that tries to resist every urge to say kids these days)
Lots of young kids are only comfortable talking about liking or dedicating themselves to something only do it if there is a sense of irony attached to it. In TikTok, for example, putting out music, art, or skills in any particular domain is accompanied by a satirical tone. Like, "I'm only doing this to make fun of others that do this."
I think people are scared to put out interests for the fear of being judged by it. However, talking about your interests with a sense of irony protects you from possible criticism. It's as though there's an abundance of doing something that is posturing to the world, instead of just doing it for the sake of doing it. We should do things for the sake of doing them more.
#grownostr #kids thesedays

2023-05-14 17:40:55 UTC

What was that microapp for looking at event information in depth? I want to access the raw JSON payload or similar from my phone, how can I? #nostr

2023-05-14 15:28:22 UTC

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Oh yeah, grading is a bad system. However, writing is an excellent way to clarify and improve your thinking skills. Cheating yourself of that with chat bots is stupid in my opinion. However, the system is often seen as transactional, i produce the output for you to give me a grade or a title.
If you want to actually learn, however, writing and having that writing evaluated and receiving feedback by a person that is accomplished in the field of study you are writing about is an excellent pedagogical tool.
Arguing for using llms in that context is like saying that running a mile has no benefit because we have cars to get us there faster. It's not about the output.

2023-05-14 15:06:15 UTC

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The goal of writing papers for classes is not to produce the output, but to synthesize the information in your own words. The output is used to simply be a proof of the process, thats what teachers are after. I don't think synthesizing different sources and writing the output is an invalid pedagogical tool.

2023-05-13 20:48:09 UTC

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Biological and neurological processing is but one of the filters that communication needs to be distorted by in order to get to be tramsmitted.

2023-05-13 18:33:51 UTC

I'm going to put out a bit more content related to music here.
https://youtube.com/shorts/42PaZa21bnE?feature=share
#grownostr #musicnostr #tunestr

2023-05-06 02:01:48 UTC

Homemade 5 de Mayo food. #realmexican #lacomidamexicanaesmejorquelaitaliana #foodstr
https://i.imgur.com/253VROR.jpg

2023-05-05 02:28:20 UTC

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And honestly, most developer heavy focused communities like this one tends to favor things like command line interfaces AS the ideal for UX. You'll need to get a team and apply as a team.

2023-05-05 02:23:52 UTC

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But make sure to tweet about it after.

2023-05-04 20:55:31 UTC

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This is Amethyst. It usually does work though...

2023-05-04 20:48:58 UTC

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Got it! 7 minutes ago. Thanks for the enablement, i swear that's not why I posted this 😅

2023-05-04 20:40:54 UTC

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That's like injecting cocaine. It's bad enough to snort.

2023-05-04 20:33:22 UTC

I'm addicted to fake internet points AMA.

2023-05-04 20:21:07 UTC

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Fuck it, give all the value.

2023-05-04 19:59:58 UTC

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Let me try to explain what I mean:
"..."

2023-05-04 19:48:38 UTC

How communication fails us
https://i.imgur.com/4NBhTgC.png
Communication is taking shared understanding, interpreting it incorrectly through the logos by the speaker and saying words. Then the receiver misinterprets the misinterpretation communicated by words also through the logos, and tries to clarify the thinking to get closer to the shared understanding both beings already had by the same flawed process.
#grownostr #psychology #wittgensteinsaiditbetter #jung

2023-05-04 18:27:12 UTC

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200

2023-05-04 18:18:38 UTC

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Communication is taking shared understanding, interpreting it incorrectly through the logos by the speaker and saying words. Then the receiver misinterprets the misinterpretation communicated by words also through the logos, and tries to clarify the thinking to get closer to the shared understanding both beings already had by the same flawed process.

2023-05-04 16:40:57 UTC

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I don't think youre a hater, just clearly not understanding what is happening. This lets user use their own bitcoin through lightning. Nothing about Nostr requires bitcoin, just designed the protocol to facilitate its integration.

2023-05-04 16:36:55 UTC

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After quitting social media and going back, I noticed elevated heart rate when scrolling twitter, not so much here.

2023-05-04 15:45:37 UTC

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Collapsing threads is so much easier to navigate, yes.

2023-05-04 03:54:13 UTC

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It's a timestamp sent by the client. A relay can reject it if it's not within a delta of now.

2023-05-04 03:48:41 UTC

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We should collab, I have a band and want to get some hip hop flavors in there.

2023-05-04 03:43:11 UTC

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This shit is nice man, the dub break in there fit so nicely.

2023-05-04 03:40:36 UTC

https://youtu.be/rBbGBXj-zM8
Have a good day and enjoy this amazing piece of art
#music #nostrmusic #tunestr

2023-05-03 15:50:38 UTC

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https://youtu.be/M4sTSIYzDIk

2023-05-03 15:37:12 UTC

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Statists: No regulations lead to monopolies.
Also Statists: The government should step in and force JP Morgan to buy First Republic.

2023-05-02 20:39:23 UTC

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Actually interesting with good advice. Being ambitious and true to yourself is liberating. Sadly putting financial pressure to your creative pursuit does strain the relationship with that pursuit.

2023-05-02 19:55:18 UTC

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That was, indeed, all.

2023-05-02 18:53:23 UTC

If you ever want to improve at #guitar, these things took my playing to another level.
1. Learn all the notes on the neck
2. Be able to identify triads anywhere in the instrument.
Nothing has been more beneficial to my ability to play than these two things, too bad it took me a decade to realize.

2023-05-02 17:43:49 UTC

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1653449321185169409
Great analysis and I guess I know what happened to the bet.
#bitcoin might have a chance to shine through this one.

2023-05-02 16:35:38 UTC

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Hey

2023-05-02 16:30:59 UTC

I've started learning to read sheet music for #guitar.
Why?
2 reasons:
1 Got to the point where I don't care what others think of me or if something isn't considered 'cool'
2 it opens up a world of music, especially jazz. Who would have thought that the system of communicating musical ideas that's been developed for centuries is a good way to get access a vast catalog that was hard to find before?
And, who am I kidding? I currently read tabs, it's not like I'm not reading music. I now realize I was mostly held back by what others would think of me.

2023-05-02 16:14:22 UTC

What happened to the #balaji bot?

2023-05-02 16:10:50 UTC

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200

2023-05-02 15:37:54 UTC

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Nice to see journalism here (as opposed to only shitposts) nothing wrong with shitposts but you gotta balance it out.

2023-05-02 15:22:23 UTC

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Relays don't communicate with other relays, relays only really serve information. If it consumes or creates content it would technically be a client. You can set up a simple script to mirror events from one relay to the next.

2023-05-02 00:26:00 UTC

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How do you actually upload videos? What's the upper limit of size? If I host them elsewhere and link to the MP4 does it work?

2023-05-01 22:35:30 UTC

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Lol

2023-05-01 21:23:36 UTC

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That was me boss

2023-05-01 20:53:59 UTC

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Filtering out all Bitcoin and nostr content for an afternoon would be interesting. Would want it to be easily reversible though.

2023-05-01 18:22:24 UTC

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GenZ is smart as shit, they pick up new info at crazy rates. Boomers fixed a system to cater to their own generation. They played the game excellently. Millennials are the first digital native generation and are creating a digital first infrastructure. They revolutionized deeply entrenched status Quo industries like the taxi. Gen Xers were the pioneers of open source, have solid values and have a cool attitude.
Don't bet against the youth as they're the future, and don't disrespect the elders as they know and have seen things you haven't. I highly dislike this generational division and enemosity.

2023-05-01 17:59:25 UTC

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You can Google Dungey State University as the podcast. I actually really LOVE their content, even if I disagree with some.

2023-05-01 17:50:11 UTC

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/urdsu/Life_as_Art_Final.mp3?dest-id=163368
Life AS Art. Postmodernism applied to living authentically. Actual good content. #growonnostr #lifeasart #nietzsche

2023-05-01 16:24:15 UTC

https://i.imgur.com/QjBnM45.jpg

2023-05-01 16:10:49 UTC

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I mean like him or not he's a force of nature that is necessary to recon with

2023-05-01 16:05:03 UTC

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Morning and Pura Vida 🤙

2023-05-01 15:47:15 UTC

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I feel like a random sample of active users will fall mostly in that category lol. Try https://nostr.band/ to find people also