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2024-09-10 19:31:30

Nostr just got a mention in this podcast by ReasonTV with Glenn Greenwald. The interviewer briefly mentions it at around the 59 min mark. Interesting talk too.
#NostrInTheWild #SpotNostr
https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1833542622658629884

2024-09-01 10:56:46

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I don't think any one person or entity runs the world, luckily or sadly. To me it is a bunch of power players all trying their hardest to influece things according to their views or wishes, kind of like a game of poker. Some have much more power than others, and thus have a bigger advantage in this game. But other than that, the future is all up for grabs.

2024-08-31 13:20:48

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On the first part: the goal is likely to scare big brazilian accounts of influencers, politicians, etc to stop using X. Bc their identitt is known and they could easily be fined. They then expect brazilian users to follow them to another platform.
On the second part: he did ban VPNs briefly, ordering they be removed from the play store and the app store, but then went back on it, but maintained that if people use them to access X, then they could be fined. So it is indeed, very possible that VPNs will be banned at some point. We are at the mercy of this judge's whims...

2024-08-31 13:12:48

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It is a powerful scare tactix but I believe the main point is to scare large Brazilian accounts, like influencers, politicians, jornalists, etc to not post on X bc their identity is known and if they keep posting then it must mean they are using a VPN...
I suppose the hope is that if those people flee the platform to threads, bluesky, facebook, etc, then most Brazilians will too.
Curiously, the fact that dictator Moraes ordered people be fined 9K a day for using a VPN to use X, is proof that it has nothing to do with X, but that rather the goal is to control what the Brazilian people can and can't see. Truly scary times.

2024-08-18 12:33:46

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Interesting. But can it do collapsible text? Didn't see it any mention in the article. It is so annoying on markdown having to use HTML to do it...

2024-08-04 10:52:51

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BTW if you are on Linux, either Parabolic or Video Downloader from flathub.org are great options to just download videos from YT. If you aren't on Linux, yt-dlp (what's in the backend of those apps) is available as an .exe.

2024-07-27 13:10:42

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hmmm Milei...

2024-05-31 13:21:28

Hey Nostr,
What are some good Nostr apps that are alternatives to Instagram and Pixelfed?
I have been using OpenVibe (formerly Plebstr) and Primal, which are great Twitter alternatives, but I am looking for an app to exclusively to post and display images. Anything out there that does it?
And what has been your experience with it?
#AskNostr #Instagram #Pixelfed

2024-05-06 21:54:47

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Bite someone's finger as hard as you can if they put it in your mouth while you're yawning to establish your dominance.

2024-05-06 13:14:55

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Why not the Freetube app?
I find it has many QoL features over the Invidious webpage.
You may even be to use a custom incidious instance as a backend of Freetube. Not sure though.

2024-04-30 13:24:26

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This is fucking dope. You guys rule!

2024-04-28 18:46:16

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Oh actually, I have notifications to Start periodically. You may have it set for Always on

2024-04-28 18:44:39

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That is very strange. Do you use a degoogled phone by any chance?

2024-04-28 14:41:17

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I think that is where things are headed as well.
It won't be long before govs start thinking: "wdym open source devs can just code whatever they want and not face any legal consequences?"

2024-04-28 14:33:11

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Personally I haven't experience battery drains. Will keep an eye out for it.
What is annoying about Simplex for me - having used Telegram - is how much better Telegram is regarding keeping up with messages in a group. On my phone at least, Simplex won't: tell me people replied to a message of mine, won't allow me to jump to said reply/mention, clicking on the counter to jump up to read unread messages not always works, as well as a few other QoL features Telegram has that Simplex doesn't.
It has a lot of potential though. Hope that gets added soon.

2024-03-23 11:47:54

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They only truly care about maintaining their power and control.

2024-03-18 12:01:17

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Zendaya is a babe... but titties...

2024-03-07 14:37:20

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I get this error now:
thread 'tokio-runtime-worker' panicked at src/main.rs:35:12:
Open database failed.: DeadPool(Backend(SqliteFailure(Error { code: CannotOpen, extended_code: 14 }, Some("unable to open database file: /tmp/.mount_lume_4B2dRq4/usr/lib/lume/lume.db"))))
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
Aborted (core dumped)

2024-03-05 12:35:32

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That is why I will never pay a cent for their products.

2024-03-05 10:42:27

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awesome. lmk and I will test it

2024-03-04 23:38:11

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Hey, I downloaded the AppImage, but I am getting this error:
thread 'main' panicked at /home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/tray-icon-0.11.3/src/platform_impl/gtk/icon.rs:34:45:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Parameter(ParameterError { inner: ImageBufferSize { expected: 1000000, actual: 17452 } })
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
Aborted (core dumped)
I am able to open 3.0.1 without issue.

2024-03-03 11:52:53

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Awesome. Will try later today.
Link is broken BTW, there is a comma at the end. Here is a working one:
https://github.com/lumehq/lume/releases/tag/v4.0.0

2024-02-18 11:56:55

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Bruh, Ublock Origin + Librewolf

2024-02-10 16:24:20

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Shooters shoot

2024-01-31 11:29:43

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My personal take is you do what it takes to protect your province/community and your children, provide anyone outside interested with the knowledge to do the same, and have faith that other people will see the truth that your way of living is the best.
People will do what they think is right, so many would engage in trying to shut down the sex trafficking by hunting down the people who do it. To ask whether people have the authority is in itself a slippely slope. Bc it entails that authority can/should be yielded onto other provinces
I presupose people are inherently good. But specially while there are communities who are punitive and authoritarian around, it likely would take a while for everyone to come to realize they don't wanna impose their will onto others; whether it be trafficking children or hunting down traffickers.
I believe that the end of Apocalypto exemplifies what I think ppl would - eventually - come to realize is the best course of action when put through horrible situations.

2024-01-21 15:55:30

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Awesome

2024-01-21 12:58:35

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Awesome, I will give it a try later today. Will test the rpm and appimage versions. Flatpak is not ready yet, correct?

2024-01-18 21:08:16

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@npub1cmm…lr6f You just reacted to my reply with an emoji.I am using Plebster and didn't know it was a thing. What client did you use for that?

2024-01-18 20:39:25

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Lmao. But tbh, I appreciate the candidness. Could be a side effect of his brain melting, but that is a point in my book.

2024-01-18 16:28:04

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The Hulk gets stronger the angrier he gets... hard to imagine him getting calm in a battle with Kratos...

2024-01-16 16:29:26

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Fully agree, but I kinda want algorithms here. Algorithms that are fully open source and that the user can turn off or change at any time.
I don't see algorithms as something necessarily bad, just the closed sourced corporate owned ones are.

2024-01-15 11:36:16

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I am on Linux and will beta test it if you'd like.

2024-01-04 23:42:40

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É competição, se as criptomoedas descentralizadas querem competir com CBDCs e fiat e ganhar, elas precisam ser melhores naquilo que as pessoas dão valor. Praticidade e conveniência são uma delas.
Pra adoção em massa isso significa que tem de ser práticas e convenientes o suficiente pra os Boomers adotarem...
Infelizmente é a realidade já que grande parte da população não liga pra provacidade. Mas os ventos vão mudar quando as CBDCs mostrarem suas garras; não deve tardar.

2024-01-04 12:47:34

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Why are you donating part of that money to Bellingcat?

2024-01-04 12:36:40

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maybe if possible also show a preview, so the user at least has an idea of what the content is?

2024-01-03 13:02:20

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I see your point, but wouldn't we have the best of both worlds if things were mostly as sleek as Apple likes to make them, without the moronic aspects of it? MacBook Airs with actual ports, charging ports on the magic mouse that are in the right place, user Freedom to choose. No reason why we should have to choose between one or the other. They aren't mutually exclusive.

2023-12-30 00:11:57

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Se isso acontecer vai ficar extremamente claro pra todos a importancia de um sistema de pagamento que não seja controlado por ninguem. Infelizmente, todos os países ao invés de aprender com isso vão tentar replicar esse sistema para estarem na posição de controle...

2023-12-24 12:19:04

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Onboarding and user experience in Nostr will be polished to the point the average user will use Nostr just like X and FB. Without having to deal with npub and nsecs while also keeping their account secure and not running into sharp edges.
As more and more countries go authoritarian and try to regulate/censor social media ahead of elections, we will see a *considerable* influx of normie users make their way to this platform. And some medium sized creators will see the benefit of the V4V model particularly on flare.pub and a Tik Tok like service, which will grow among Gen Zers.
Because of the above I also predict we will get bad headlines this year and be acused of being a "cesspool of right wing baby eating extremists whose existence threatens humanity's very existance" or something along those lines.

2023-12-23 20:15:53

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Hell yeah

2023-12-11 14:23:42

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Lol, if this man steps on a debate stage with Trump, he is done. If RFK is there as well, it will be carnage.

2023-12-03 01:19:17

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Yeah dunno, will prob watch that vid i sent later

2023-12-02 11:53:06

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Depending on what he said, I believe he is actually right, it is a phenomenon that happens bc of gravity.
Just like the water in a cup "sticks" a bit higher on the sides of a cup, the seas "stick" higher to where it is closer to landmasses, bc gravity is stronger there than say around the area of the Mariana trench, for example.
/r/explainlikeim5 may have a better explanation about it tbh.

2023-11-30 14:32:51

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Will it be possible at some point to selfhost the cloud key? or at least be able to use it with something like Nextcloud, Protonmail, etc?
I have a degoogled phone (CalyxOS) and don't have anything google related on my phone.

2023-11-28 04:35:44

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I always reckoned he was compensating for something with Starship...

2023-11-23 19:53:35

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My problem with it is that it doesn't extend to apps installed. And the light mode breaks when using Dark Reader. So it is not ideal.

2023-11-18 23:18:20

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Yes once bigger accounts make their way here, and a few of the rough edges are ironed out.
I think if bigger accounts try to come here now it will still be painful for their followers. It is still scary ("What if you lose your nsec"). Thankfully people like Pablo and others are making a lot of progress on improving onboarding and polishing the sharp edges.
I think the best case scenario is for them to get one foot in, make an account start posting, get their followers to be aware Nostr exists, and then gradually migrate eventually.

2023-11-17 12:45:26

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They will try, but they'll NEVER get Biden's!

2023-11-15 18:23:03

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Não sei. Em lugares como El Salvador, Costa Rica, e em paises na Africa, Bitcoin é bem popular. Acho que se apertar, o Brasileiro dá um jeito. Acho que a maior dificuldade é o Pix e o Drex (se ele não for uma merda de cara).
Ta todo mundo acostumado com a sua conveniencia, e, a não ser que o governo começe a punir pessoas/empresas, regular onde/como/quando o dinheiro pode ser usado, faça disparar a inflação, não vejo pq a grande população vai ter razão pra mudar.

2023-11-10 09:54:57

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The price was being the only candidate who could beat bolsonaro, and making deals with the establishment.
The discourse about the vaccine in Brazil is completely different than in the US. I fully believe that people like Lula fully believe in the efficacy of the vaccine and whatever else they are told by the experts. And given the county's history and poverty levels, those people truly believe they are doing good. Giving those who can't afford "life saving" vaccines.

2023-11-10 09:48:58

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The discourse about the vaccine in Brazil is completely different than in the US. I fully believe that people like Lula fully believe in the efficacy of the vaccine and whatever else they are told by the experts. And given the county's history and poverty levels, they truly believe they are doong good.

2023-11-03 13:48:15

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Hmm, how so?
Your ISP knows who you are and what IPs you visit. Depending on how you pay for your VPS, the provider would only know the IPs of websites you visit.
I agree the majority of benefits are not in the privacy department, but still I believe there are some.

2023-10-29 23:09:13

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Babe: Did you pull out?
Me:

2023-10-24 11:10:47

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Awesome, was starting to get a bit worried. Plebstr as is, is currebtly the best Nostr client imo, excited for what is coming!

2023-10-09 11:04:07

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Hasn't seen an update in some months now, but... Plebster = chocolate.

2023-10-08 15:24:54

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Wouldn't call him a war monger, but I agree he is far from great on that issue.

2023-10-06 11:17:58

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How so? He is one of the few voices on the US left that is against the Ukraine war and pro Palestine.

2023-09-14 22:56:38

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It is almost as if the goal was to precisely rule out any possibility to descalate the war and to condition a huge part of the population to demand that the US - futilely - supply Ukraine with all kinds of weapons to keep the fight going, so that when they inevitably lose the war after bleeding Russia, the US is pushed to avenge Ukraine and/or conduct a regime change in Russia... 🤷

2023-08-22 12:10:12

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This is one pattern I keep noticing too: a lot of people seem to dislike Nostr, not just on Twitter. I always get dislikes when I make comments about it on Reddit in places like r/privacy and r/privacyguides. And not once have people been nice about it, or even curious about it.
Which strikes me as very odd, given the disrupting potential that Nostr has to how we use the internet and how that would benefit ppl in those communities.
I think that once Nostr becomes more diverse, polished, and its disruptive usecases grow, we will get people to rethink their opinions. Til then not much we can do imo.

2023-08-13 20:30:32

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B or A. Have all of those, but let users pick between them in settings.

2023-08-10 20:03:20

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Feel the same. A lot of garbage coming out from Marvel, but here and there are some gems like the Spiderman/verse movies, GotG 3, etc.
DC's forte imo is their dark stuff: Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Joker, The Batman (surprised me positively), etc. That's where it's at for DC imo, and they should drop their dreams of a cinematic universe, which could pay off once Super Hero movie fatigue reaches critical mass.

2023-08-07 12:01:44

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https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_1033660446261243981691409695.webp

2023-07-21 00:56:59

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If I am not mistaken, after Threads came out they reversed some of it. You should be able to see individual tweets, but if you try to browse a profile or hashtag, etc you will need to log in

2023-07-11 13:38:51

@npub1xts…kk5s Will Damus be available on Android or as a PWA? Would love to try it.

2023-07-08 15:51:58

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Also:
I like how Amethyst shows replies in a Reddit-like fashion, it is easier to understand who is replying to whom.
Would be nice to be able to edit a post within a short time after it was posted. Prob is something that needs to happen at the protocol level, but it would be a nice addition imo.

2023-07-08 15:41:57

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Hey, new to Nostr and I've been using both Plebster and Amethyst, and while I like more how Plebster looks, Amethyst has features I'd like to see in Plebster:
1. As seen in the pic comparison, some replies are not visible on Plebster (why I decided to write this in the first place).
2. Was unable or didn't know how to post a picture in a post in Plebster (had to use Amethyst to write this).
3. Would like to see an easier way to mention people. I went into your profile clicked on the 3 dots on the right but there wasn't an option to mention you, so I settled to replying to one of your posts. (same in both Amethyst and Plebster)
4. Prob an issue with Nostr, but it is hard to find people, I had to go to your website to get your npub so that I could find this account and interact with it. Seaching for "Plebster" didn't return anything on the Plebster app, and on Amethyst it returned 2 users that weren't you. Same deal when trying to @ the username plebster in a post, nothing shows up on Plebster and the same two show up on Amethyst...
5. Upon writing this post I notice that I like the post writing option that shows up on Amethyst (add pic, polls, sensitive, etc), would like to see similar in Plebster.
http://nostr.build/i/061e171e3591befc82eb8b18b710b823f58cfdbe1a054be5c88a3d5744e77dcf.jpg
http://nostr.build/i/0cb3feb1a33e948a43da9b898fbbdbcd52b1d18087deae22d677561e8f49d9c4.jpg

2023-07-06 12:06:49

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Please upload to Rumble

2023-07-04 12:30:20

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Can't wait. But this should also be released on Rumble

2023-04-08 16:27:37

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Doesn't tick all the boxes, but still prob better than alt tabbing. https://beta.flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.gitlab.YaLTeR.Identity