lordmelkor
LordMelkor

Public Key

npub19lhd8cqd49x25834a8wz97c4g0cz2h8d0lsxcc9q48vpw26243psff6220

NIP-05 Address

lordmelkor@easynostr.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqszlmknuqx6jn92rc67nhpzlv258up9tnkhlcrvvzs2nkqh9d92cscpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qksu8m2

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relay.mostr.pub

Author Public Key

npub19lhd8cqd49x25834a8wz97c4g0cz2h8d0lsxcc9q48vpw26243psff6220

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Last Notes

2023-11-29 17:01:25

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Having to mine BTC on specialized ASIC hardware as opposed to being able to do so on hardware that is widely affordable/accessible doesn’t feel like a particularly democratized system no matter the types of tricks used to link the devices together… https://image.nostr.build/e4eed691415201551008a3201fd62fa77327ab62c5bad9eaaed2aa25cc3fac4c.jpg

2023-08-31 17:55:50

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🫂

2023-08-30 13:28:55

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Seems as though things take off regardless of whether they’re open/closed if there’s good product market fit.
Open/Closed seems to matter more in terms of whether platforms can achieve/maintain scale, but even then it seems like it’s a required attribute. See examples of wildly successful closed platforms: Apple, Facebook, Twitter
A lot of “open platforms” seem like they’re putting the cart before the horse.
Sure if strong PMF sudden appears by chance for an open platform, it will be more likely to catch the wave and be successful. But it’s also in just as likely that the PMF never materializes

2023-08-30 13:17:05

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Is this overly reductive? My understanding is that ARPAnet started as what most would call a “closed” platform, and it later became the underpinnings of modern internet.

2023-07-31 21:44:10

Wild. Insurance companies using car telemetry data from manufacturer services, without explicit permission, to deny claims… https://cdn.nostr.build/i/c44100f8e5f390efb3d41fe913f2f06ea884f53511c4e7c72da2b0a2beabd1c0.jpg

2023-07-27 02:29:36

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The iOS app does

2023-07-27 02:27:23

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https://cdn.nostr.build/i/cfe4dc6c94df54ca7d6fcad2b5cc9c03d3a67a7e5428d1b93f5bf212f24ecf66.jpg

2023-07-20 03:02:19

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gaAiz it’s dA aGeNda!!! 🤪 https://cdn.nostr.build/i/03a0ef683811d65a6df9588557686fb754ebcf563a863635cc389897b0e4a8cc.jpg

2023-07-10 13:32:03

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If everything is encrypted/pseudonymous what purpose is transparency serving, if everything is obfuscated?

2023-07-10 12:30:06

Rationale take
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-world-is-big-and-no-one-is-listening

2023-07-09 00:47:19

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If every interaction is visibile does that mean that everyone can see everyone else’s vote? Seems like a great way to target people for intimidation and voter suppression.

2023-07-06 20:05:57

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Romans 14:10 ;
Ephesians 4:31-32

2023-07-06 19:52:59

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🫂
https://damus.io/note1hj4f890n0guruwk4znnl8fp4au495elx837x3tc562gk0874h0gq080zzn

2023-07-06 19:50:05

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Ironically, creating the same issue via self-censorship as is created with external censorship. 🙃

2023-07-06 19:46:39

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Maybe. But I’m not sure I agree with the idea that censorship is the root cause of the “mess”.
I think it’s more likely an ugly symptom of ill-conceived attempts to try and mitigate hyper-polarization that arises from recommender systems blithely applied to large networks.
I feel like portability inherent to fediverse may be enough to at least somewhat challenge that paradigm?

2023-07-06 19:27:49

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@npub1sg6…f63m such a shocking contrast to the overwhelming optimism and positivity that we’re seeing on Thread. What do you think the driver is?
Starting to think anonymity is a secret scourge to free speech.

2023-07-05 18:27:12

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True true.
Was doing exchange arbitrage, though. So needed to have the coins on exchange for at least one leg of the transactions. The coins got stuck once they hit gox.

2023-07-05 18:16:30

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@npub1sg6…f63m very vibrant free speech community here on #nostr 🙄

2023-07-04 21:36:41

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I mean the lede is a factual statement? Why do you seem so upset?

2023-07-04 21:23:09

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Need the review asap!

2023-07-04 21:22:16

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I just want a high quality twitter alternative, damn.
Been over BTC since I lost all of mine to Mt Gox in 2014

2023-06-28 22:23:54

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I mean… for them to have gotten those roles at black rock indicate that they are pretty well qualified from a purely meritocratic standpoint, no?

2023-06-21 15:36:57

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“But Kennedy, too, has used his prominence to unnecessarily scare parents about the safety of vaccinations.
Kennedy’s case for this frightening assertion is that since 1989, two things occurred together: there has been a rise in neurologic and autoimmune diseases; and, we give children more vaccines. In the interviews I have listened to, he doesn’t take the argument much further than this, and I find it to be entirely lacking. It is low-quality causal reasoning, and is unpersuasive.”
This kind of ‘low-quality causal reasoning’ is not the kind of decision making entity we want to drive towards a position of power that is often presented with rapidly developing information or nebulous intelligence reports, where jumping to conclusions based on faulty reasoning can directly impact the lives of millions…

2023-06-06 12:55:27

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Wasn’t there reporting from 2013-14 suggesting that Tor had been compromised by the NSA?

2023-05-08 16:54:18

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How are you sharing from the PS5 to nostr?

2023-04-11 14:43:55

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iPhones actually let you default to this search engine in safari! I’m up to 21 trees 🌳

2023-04-04 14:29:38

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I love the idea of Nostr as a twitter alternative, but content discovery is so challenging… at least via Damus. Also, Twitter still has critical mass by a large margin of active experts in interesting subjects… e.g. AI, Medicine, Economics (non-crypto focused) ☹️