Last Notes
Who knows what iconic brand and device this cover art is an homage to? Two words.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/synthergy-single/1767081216
Yes. Indie (unsigned) artists will go first.
Look up the word ‘facetious’, and don’t presume to know me.
@npub18m7…q955 first time seeing this bug. I wanted to send a 🍕 like to this note, but got trapped in a chase. Long-press on 🤙🏻. https://v.nostr.build/8Zjlf4giDHgR411h.mp4
The inconvenient truth. #note134c…e6ct
New Lykke Li. #tunestr 👌🏻
https://music.apple.com/us/album/midnight-shining/1762651123?i=1762651125
I’m a simple man. I’d settle for not being asked to salute the rainbow flag and declare pronouns.
It can’t DIAF soon enough.
Hot take: discords servers are crawling with communists. When will nostr fix this?
We have a spot at the table for you. 💜
A friend gives us some amazing chocolate bars he produced. @npub19pj…lenu converts them into these. Jesus, take the wheel. https://i.nostr.build/hPtWiw9Jgbis2upO.jpg
This another *huge* quality of life fix that we need.
@npub18m7…q955 feature request: when I back out of a thread, return me to my previous position in the feed, not to the top. @npub1zaf…26k5 🙏🏻
I know a guy that can hook you up. 👆🏻😀
Imagine the waves of fear lapping at the DC establishment.
https://archive.ph/2024.09.06-143533/https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/musk-role-in-a-trump-presidency-raises-conflict-of-interest-questions-d07f847b
https://media1.tenor.com/m/gy2pftWodqYAAAAC/giggles.gif
Feels good.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/9Sup2y9ZmiQAAAAd/feels-good.gif
It’s delicious—even on the walls! #note17eh…x8lc
My daily use of @npub1v5u…n0v5 has gone up significantly since they integrated nostr. It feels like (and is) an extension of my normal nostr “routine,” because my network is there.
A glimpse of the future.
Nothing but blue skies…
Enjoy!
“Waller noted that the labor market is softening but not deteriorating…” 🤡🌍
https://www.brief.news/macroeconomics/2024/09/06/fed-governor-signals-rate-cuts
gm, Erik. Listened to your ep with @npub1fpc…4sld yesterday. Another beast. ✊🏼
👌🏻 https://i.nostr.build/aBHEU2wTGEhqQrgf.jpg
Just 3%.
https://www.brief.news/bitcoin/2024/09/06/bitcoin-treasuries-outperform-inflation
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Have a great weekend.
Bitcoin price predictions only make me chuckle.
#tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/something-like-someone/1022550371?i=1022550791
“To remain oneself is to remain variable.”
https://www.bookfrom.net/hilton-als/page,2,235041-the_best_american_essays_2018.html
You guys… ☺️
Right back at ya! 🫂
It’s all the little things. They keep refining.
@npub18d4…6lt3 3.0 is amazing.
It will be my honor to post along side you all as we fly head-first into Mandibles. 🫡
Then Bitcoin standard.
Bravo, @npub15dn…3lfc.
https://consumerchoicecenter.org/consumer-choice-center-submits-fcc-comments-to-protect-radio-frequency-for-open-source-projects-and-amateur-radio/
Oh, god. Now you’ve summoned it.
POV: don’t support clown world. https://i.nostr.build/KiuKQ7lzBMuELuAr.jpg
Be like the cool kids and move to Nashville. 😎
Shout out to @npub1w00…wa8u for becoming my raw milk dealer.🥛
Peter pulls no punches.
https://www.profstonge.com/p/why-weak-men-and-single-women-vote
I love when good people win.
I see you fighting hard, @npub12vk…pugg.
https://m.primal.net/KgrZ.png
Value for value fixes this. Go get ‘em, @npub1yfg…v6vg.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/nyregion/nc-man-charged-ai-fake-music.html
Personally, I use GitHub for auth. You can run your own coordinator. There are few self-hosted FOSS options.
It ain’t for nation state threats.
Someone made a Typeform-like built on markdown. Markdown all the things.
https://blocks.md/
What does not kill nostr makes us stronger.
Made the move to Tailscale with Mullvad endpoints. Noice.
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Happy Friday.
New Jungle. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/lets-go-back/1760210952?i=1760211214
“One of the secrets of a successful life is to know how to be a little profitably crazy.”
—Josephine Tey (To Love and Be Wise, 1950)
If an alphabet agency wants to shut it down, it's freedom tech.
#note1ksc…08a3
The FCC is considering a proposal that would likely disrupt the radio band in which #meshtastic operates. I've recently begun to use this technology, and it fits squarely in the freedom tech arsenal.
I encourage you to read this article (1st link) and submit your comments to the FCC (2nd link).
https://meshtastic.org/blog/meshtastic-opposition-to-nextnav-proposed-changes/
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=24-240&mc_cid=51139ac370
New Mo Lowda. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dark-horse/1762070211?i=1762070212
It’s a jazz kind of morning. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/slims/1617331378?i=1617331385
What an incredible life lived, worth of celebration. May you be at peace.
😉 https://i.nostr.build/2Ymjc9LGXqQHyYxV.jpg
With credit to my amazing wife, @npub19pj…lenu, the mantra that our son hears every single day is to “be patient and kind.”
It wasn’t comedy. It was prophecy.
For me: no algos, no overlords, no limits.
Once you’ve experienced the freedom nostr affords, you can’t imagine going back to centralized platforms.
I’m seeing more and more comments like this. You love to see it. And this is how we win.
Thanks, guys.
I have the correct derivation path in Sparrow, but I’m seeing only what Mutiny shows as my Lightning balance (despite closing channels 17 days ago), while my self-custody, on-chain balance in Mutiny doesn’t appear.
Wait longer, or does this indicate something broken?
If @npub1yfg…v6vg keeps this up, I may never financially recover. New shirts are fire.
https://lightning.store/product/wavlake-white-waves-t-shirt/
Do you hear that? Listen closely. Off in the distance. It's warming up. It's humming.
Brrrrrrr.
#note1h00…ql3y
My first print subscription in a very long time. It looks promising. Discovered via @npub1yye…hmd0. 🙏🏻 https://i.nostr.build/ppdf8F1GDgY55DpX.jpg
This was a good one. And that title. 👌🏻
I just ran a 3-hour workshop on business model design for a startup accelerator here in Nashville. I volunteer once or twice a year, and have for over a decade. These are earnest, devoted entrepreneurs. But it’s impossible not to see how, increasingly, their presumed paths to success hinge on government funding or related programs.
It’s yet another way in which the State intermediates itself into markets, interfering with their function and distorting their signals.
A Bitcoin standard fixes this.
Make 5/4 great again. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-times/1330619141?i=1330619143
It’s a great day to be at 58k. 🫠
gm, good people. ☕ ☀️ Have a great week.
Happiness is a warm nsec.
Protocols over platforms. Unproductive class in shock.
#note1m8y…zx8n
Become one with your npub. Or spin up a dozen more. Choice is a beautiful thing.
“Foster freedom” is a winner. Cheers to whoever you are. 🫡 #note1hx8…ve54
For ease of use, Phoenix wallet is still the goat.
Banks = 🦕☄️ #note16uv…4vsz
He seems close, doesn’t he?
This guy gets it.
> The only way to defend free speech is to nuke the idea of benevolent censorship from orbit. Nobody has a monopoly on the truth, nobody can discern "misinformation" from truth consistently or without bias, and nobody can define "hate speech" in universally acceptable terms that don't recall blasphemy laws of centuries past. The alternative, betting on more speech to counter bad speech, isn't a guaranteed win every time, but it's by far the best option we've found so far.”
https://world.hey.com/dhh/free-speech-isn-t-guaranteed-to-be-forever-e7654685
Free markets ftw.
“The first and largest bastion of Bolshevism on Earth was dismantled with the help of one particular Bolshevik, whose disillusionment came in an American freezer aisle.”
https://arenamag.com/2024/09/02/the-earthly-miracle-of-the-grocery-store/
Innovation in GM technology.🥇
Trey for supreme leader. #note1a8e…dekd
This is what the influencers are supporting.
Burn. The. Bridges. #note1u2t…uylq
Best email of the week 🥇
“This week I am unencumbered except for Tuesday evening.”
GitHub is freedom tech’s Achilles heel.
Today, in our home, is a celebration with kin and kindred. Nothing beats it.
A) That’s 30 mins we’ll never get back.
B) on iOS, at least, the “playlist” feature has a seemingly permanent badge in the toolbar.
C) Still can’t excise the “Web 3” cruft in settings.
It’s always pushing something in the UI. Anti-patterns.
Update: Brave is an insufferable nag.
That’s a bit esoteric for me, but I do appreciate the tip. 😀
https://media1.tenor.com/m/Welm8xB9ixQAAAAC/zero-no.gif
That part is what’s kept away to date.
Aww, hell. Brave browser blocks that godawful Reddit “continue in browser” modal. I may now be a convert.
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Enjoy your Sunday 1 of 2, Americans.
Headed to Costco. Say a little prayer for my credit card.
I am but a tinkerer and enjoyer, but always did appreciate Lisp.
It does not go to 11. #note1gcp…egj3
🫂
https://media1.tenor.com/m/WKiLvVFV6BYAAAAC/robert-downey-jr-facepalm.gif
Exquisite. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/son-live-at-earth/1764302251?i=1764302266
They need nostr.
https://musically.com/2024/08/30/turntable-labs-raises-8-2m-seed-funding-for-its-hangout-launch/
Telegram’s financials would seem to indicate that “crypto” makes up 40% of their revenue.
https://archive.ph/2024.08.30-182443/https://www.ft.com/content/242552a9-4280-46c0-9d61-bcf6ccd14400
Dig out your mix tapes.
https://www.fiio.com/cp13
Interesting! No display, but it’s so small and sleek. Down side: can’t add a longer range antenna, but if you’re in an urban setting, you’re probably good.
So about that rate-limiter on @npub1tsg…htk4, @npub1xts…kk5s. 😉
FYI that @npub18m7…q955 seems not to like it. https://i.nostr.build/1TS3z2AP3WREjJjV.jpg
Very keen to hear how this goes. Promising project.
Any Vanilla OS users? I’m impressed. It’s a unique twist on immutable OSes, and smashes together Debian + bits from other distros.
https://vanillaos.org/
I bought a kit a few months ago. Fascinating stuff. My area is still spotty, but it’s coming together. You can get started for as little as ~USD $30. I’m bullish on Meshtastic.
Get on the map. #meshtastic
https://meshmap.net/
I have a thing for fonts. This is a gem.
https://departuremono.com/
Q4 is going to be wild.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-threatens-to-send-mark-zuckerberg-to-prison
Chill. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/undercurrent/1760191160?i=1760191180
@npub1cwn…raju is crushing it. Bravo.
https://blog.zaprite.com/introducing-point-of-sale-on-zaprite/
Program or be programmed.
Phantogram is a guilty pleasure. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/come-alive/1763684613?i=1763685027
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Happy Friday.
❓for developers and product people…
Which projects or companies set the bar in documentation and educational content (devrel programs)? Which ones spark joy for you?
#asknostr
Beautiful! Congrats, guys.
The B2B payments opportunity for Bitcoin is massive.
“The drawbacks of paper checks are evident in industries like construction, where 76% of subcontractors receive payments through checks. This method led to a staggering $273 billion in losses due to slow payments in 2023. Additionally, costs associated with issuing checks — ranging from $4 to $20 per check…”
https://www.pymnts.com/digital-payments/2024/75percent-companies-still-use-paper-checks-despite-high-cost/
Signal. Superior UX and my ride or die’s are there. I look forward to this changing.
X stans in disbelief.
#note1skq…gf0l
But that day is not today.
Nostr-native publishing. LFG!
Bought an ultrawide display. I chose poorly.
Looking for suggestions on 4K or 5K ultrawide displays. #asknostr
UPS runs on mainframes and COBOL code from the 70s. Prove me wrong.
Be wary of companies “extending” open protocols. It’s one of the oldest—and most effective—tricks in the book.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
Thanks, @npub1zg6…m35z, for the reminder that I have @npub160t…yjc9 to thank for this. 🫱🏼🫲🏻
“Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.” https://i.nostr.build/np5o5855MVaKVYsq.jpg https://i.nostr.build/zV39yy2ANny94szk.jpg
nostr — get zapped
X — get sapped
X influencers seem to stumble in treating nostr as a broadcast medium. Maybe one day that becomes viable, but for now, you get out what you put in.
Feature.
In fairness, I was referring to nostr. 😅
It feels like “suddenly” is close.
Come and take it, where ‘it’ is my avatar.
https://www.brief.news/generative-ai/2024/08/27/ai-avatars-assist-venezuelan-journalists
Hell, yeh. Welcome, Joe. 🫱🏼🫲🏻
New from The Smile. Frenetic. #tunestr
https://youtu.be/TJ4lG5Szr50
The captions gave me a migraine. Idiot word salad.
This is a humble MacBook Air, so no chance for me!
Note: yes, I know this impossible. Jokes.
See you next week.
https://m.primal.net/KQol.png
Worth it. 🫡 #note1vd6…lp4l
It is not. @npub1get…0nfm Hub has been borked for over a week. Eagerly awaiting a fix. 😅
Respect the hell out of Parker, but this strikes me as a “Crossing the chasm” moment.
Shill me your fave, under-followed freedom tech projects and builders on nostr.
Nostr integration spells the end of “Are you following me on [insert app]?”
@npub1v5u…n0v5 and @npub1yfg…v6vg have shown the way. Others will follow.
They lie, cheat and steal with impunity. Sadly, it is dead.
I’ve been using exclusively for almost a year. Before that it was DuckDuckGo. This is an upgrade.
Ok, @npub1the…4dha people, should my bride do a pop up bake shop? Hint: yes. #note18qf…2tn0
Kagi is worth the money and keeps getting better. Now shows a shield symbol which pops up rankings for site privacy. https://i.nostr.build/uYLo9lidKGAU0tvY.jpg
I’d never noticed that. Holy hell. 😆
And plug it into @npub1myg…sn5p's nostrocket. Boom.
I’m over my skis here, but I’d imagine it’s a replaceable event, where we can publish to effectively broadcast capabilities, offers, accomplishments, endorsements, etc. DVMs could source, match make, and the like.
I’d love to see a lightweight schema that includes:
- skills
- projects (what are you working on?)
- organizations (who are you affiliated with, current, past, contract, etc.)
- collaboration (are you hiring? looking to be hired?)
Something like the json resume schema might be a good starting point, though it’s much heavier.
https://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema
Yes. This Dale Carnegie quote is a favorite:
“To be interesting, be interested.”
My top row game is embarrassing. My high school typing teacher warned me.
Haven’t used @npub1n0s…k6h0 in a while. Looking good. The nests integration is great to see.
How long did it take you to rebuild muscle memory?
Where do I submit a PR to enable your zaps?
Also, LFG!
Nice. Is that Dvorak, or something else?
Love it! The Godspeed return is 👌🏻.
You realize that you are now obligated to post a pic?
Good to know. I have a Keychron with brown switches I’ve been using for 5+ years. But these are very tempting.
“There is always a trade-off between freedom and security. For the same reason, there is often a trade-off between entrepreneurship and security. That France has decided to prioritise security over freedom and entrepreneurship bodes very badly for the future of Europe. Creative minds will now look across the Atlantic for opportunity — and America will welcome them with open arms.”
“The year is 1994 and Vint Cerf and Rob Kahn [sic] have just been arrested. Their invention (TCP/IP) is being used for drug dealers to communicate with each other and they were unwilling to install a back door.”
https://unherd.com/newsroom/telegram-ceo-arrest-will-drive-entrepreneurs-out-of-europe/
New #nostr keyboard just dropped.🔥
https://nuphy.com/products/nuphy-air60-he-magnetic-switch-gaming-keyboard https://i.nostr.build/LkyQAo1Ttd9zwinG.jpg
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
May we all go through life’s challenges with the unshakable commitment of a Brave user.
I don’t know why, but YouTube started showing me preroll ads exclusively in Korean, and I am here for it.
가자!
I just read several of those blog posts. I knew of and have directly observed some ridiculous “advocacy,” to put it politely, in a few discords, but that is batshit insane.
It’s remarkable and increasingly disconcerting how many rabid communists lurk (or outright parade) in open source circles.
“Earlier this year, Bailey promised to turn out $100 million and 5 million votes for Trump. CNBC is told an update on fundraising numbers is coming soon.”
Show me the incentives…
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/26/trump-orange-pilled-by-three-bitcoiners-in-puerto-rico-100-million.html
Make oboe great again. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/2-3-5/334970652?i=334970664
And just post 9/11 Patriot Act.
Super. Thanks for the heads up. 🙏🏻
Found a high-quality, Linux-focused pod that’s #value4value. They even announce top boosts. 🤙🏻
https://fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov
#gulagcon gonna be lit.
#note185f…wd02
Never not going to post this cartoon by John Jonik in 2001. https://i.nostr.build/FIrBpaoPYnjB7Wxu.jpg
“Web-mastering an online platform…” 🤡
#tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/solitude/1086424444?i=1086424453
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Have a great week.
This is illuminating. Thank you, David.
This strikes me as an essay, if not a book, my friend.
Handguns are illegal in Canada.
We’d miss you here, but if it means getting X out of your life, maybe it’s worth it. 🫂
Just take the shot, sheep. https://i.nostr.build/8ZxfkGultlGcLJuV.jpg
#LittleMan’s fresh cut + robots. 🤖 https://i.nostr.build/kFjNJqmVj5spR4tg.jpg
Fork 0xchat, strip out everything extraneous, leaving a simple, focused DM client, a la Signal, and you’ve got a winner.
Focus is the killer app. Feature creep is the app-killer.
I finally dug from my memory the sci-fi novels that this reminds me of.
Artemis Bridge is the protagonist of Gary Ballard’s Bridge Chronicles series. He’ss a freelance consultant and information broker operating in a near-future, cyberpunk world dominated by corporations and digital networks. Bridge thrives on his ability to connect the right people and resources, solving problems for his clients in exchange for digital credits. He operates in a morally gray area, leveraging his extensive network of contacts and his deep understanding of the digital underworld to broker deals, arrange meetings, and manipulate outcomes.
https://bridgechronicles.com/
Our constitution has long been proven to be manipulated to the benefit of those in power. We must protect ourselves.
He never really used it. Just posted AI images and aphorisms.
Love this.
“The greatest rewards
come from working on something that
nobody has words for. If you possibly can,
work where there are no names
for what you do.”
LFG! And point me at the bounties.
Come on in, the water’s fine. It’s a process, for sure. And you know what they say, if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.
I’m incredibly grateful for individuals like @npub1myg…sn5p, who is willing to speak inconvenient truths and hold us all to higher standards. 🙏🏻 #note1a8v…geux
“You are what you do.
Not what you say,
not what you believe,
not how you vote,
but what you spend your time on.”
—Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living
“There is no limit on how much
we can improve what we start with. There is no limit on better.” #nostr
Some are more equal than others.
The EU commission and all of its member technocrats are enemies of humanity. #note1rhf…ujsk
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Here’s to a glorious Sunday.
The perfect photo doesn’t ex…
#tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/colours/1756664163?i=1756664165
🤣
Dare we discuss the license?
Actually, yes, there are commies everywhere.
Commies doing commie things.
The No Context Note of the Day🥇 #note14a7…cdce
It’s definitely alluring for all the reasons you note, but it seems like a very steep grade to get from zero to a useful, utilitarian machine. Are there any configurators, bootstrap scripts, or the like?
I'm not a dev, so it's not my craft. But I like a good challenge.
I've read up on it, but that definitely seems like Extra Hard Mode. 😅
I've been running Plex for years and years without issue. I like the idea of Jellyfin, but it hasn't warranted the switch for me.
“In mystery, there is margin.” But KISS wins.
https://world.hey.com/dhh/merchants-of-complexity-4851301b
I've read up on NixOS. I *really* like the concept: elegant, bulletproof, and deterministic. However, I'm not convinced the juice is worth the squeeze for me. I don't plan to blow away my laptop and rebuild often, and I'll only be using this one machine.
Maybe I can be convinced, still. 😉
New Pete Yorn album is another winner. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/different-roads/1761542949?i=1761542954
Reddit has been a shitcoin for going on a decade.
I've tapped heart about 8 times in @npub12vk…pugg web. It does not want me to show my gratitude.
I’m going to make a concerted effort to move from Mac to Linux. I ran Debian way back in the day, so I’m comfortable with the tricky bits.
Much has changed since. Should I go Fedora, Ubuntu, or embrace hard mode with Arch? #asknostr
https://media1.tenor.com/m/KZSCnVzDgKcAAAAd/controlling-laugh-laughing.gif
gm, good people. ☕️☀️ Have a great weekend.
Noticed the price bump. Checked the news. Oh, yeh.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/J2g700LFzHQAAAAC/south-park-margarita-ville.gif
Which would you rather use? Revolut, or your bank’s mobile app?
The power of superior UX.
https://www.brief.news/startups/2024/08/22/revolut-valuation-rises-to-45-billion
Yes. This has been my go to since I started using a ollama, but the project’s getting a bit noisy, so I’m looking for something simpler again.
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui
This is the TAM for Bitcoin payments. It’s ours to win.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41275342
Max blooming. #note1qjw…z8rn
Outstanding. Congratulations to you both.
Getting up to speed with Zulip. It's not as easy on the eyes as Slack, but it's open source and a keyboard-only powerhouse.
https://zulip.com
👀
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tim-draper-leads-25-mln-funding-round-crypto-startup-ark-labs-2024-08-22/
For those wondering WTF is up with mempools.
https://www.brief.news/bitcoin/2024/08/21/babylon-launches-bitcoin-staking
“So how did we get so dumb?
Easy: public schools.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/profstonge/p/how-did-american-voters-get-so-dumb
💩coiners, all the way down.
Puts it in perspective, for sure.
My long-since-consolidated UTXOs in cold storage.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/6B-_3rKbgxkAAAAd/feels-good.gif
💯 behind this.
#note1tnr…9glw
Hear that sound? A legion of male nostriches sighing in unison.
Sticker replies are now next level. https://i.nostr.build/HpbM2vr35aIMJIOG.jpg
Become a proud supporter. 🫡
https://mises.org/
Mises Institute goes hard. https://i.nostr.build/nZa6K7H45KX1O2pj.jpg
Two words: https://i.nostr.build/yShUABGbHeqx2Xqr.jpg
Love it. If you don’t go home with gravel embedded into your knees and elbows, what even were you doing? 🛝
Yessir. I’ve been testing for a couple of weeks. Brilliant.
Testing out the new #wherostr app for iOS.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wherostr/id6503808206
I’m not aware of one. @npub1atn…h4x3?
My take: it’s not for you. Or me. I’ve got beta access. This is for onboarding some large percentage of those 100M (yes, really) Proton users. Which would be amazing.
@npub1h8n…rpev's recent interview with the founder & CEO is a worthwhile listen. He speaks specifically to how until they can deliver non-custodial Lightning, they won’t ship it. God help them.
@npub19pj…lenu and I are only 20 minutes into this 2:20 interview, and I’m preparing for a wave of righteous anger. More importantly, it strengthens my resolve to keep our son out of grasp of the state and its tentacles.
https://youtu.be/mUH4Co2wE-I
You bet. Not that I’m aware of.
Red meat for socialists. So, tofu.
It took me 3 goes at Obsidian, after years using Roam Research. It took this year. The difference was using this vault from Obsidian’s CEO to get past the cold start.
https://stephango.com/vault
`ollama list | awk 'NR>1 && $1 != "" { print $1 }' | xargs -n1 ollama pull`
lol. No.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/mpox-is-not-new-covid-says-who-official-2024-08-20/
Precisely. Most of us have been there, me included. Glad to have pushed beyond.
For the very same reason that PepsiCo’s market is just shy of $240B. We’re a nation addicted to junk food.
Kronos Quartet forever, Laura. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/west-coast-sky-forever/1761348167?i=1761348168
That escalated quickly. 😅
Hints of Fall are in the air in Nashville. Bring. It.
I bet you're loads of fun at parties.
Tom Petty lives on. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/if-its-gone/1728075848?i=1728076037
Yes. Reason didn't a great job with this doc.
Let's try that again.
https://www.pymnts.com/news/biometrics/2024/worldcoins-iris-scanning-tech-faces-global-pushback/
#note1jp7…xg62
Things that give me hope.
https://www.pymnts.com/fraud-prevention/2024/account-onboarding-gets-its-ai-makeover/
The Explore tab does it for me.
Sparrow Wallet / @npub1hea…g9v2 appreciation note. Such a great product.
Yes. The money I spend on Proton and Kagi, for example, is money well spent. Zaps feel like frivolous fun, right now, but we can see where it's headed.
One of the ways I counter the human tendency to be jaded is to spend time browsing GitHub. The magnitude of creativity and ingenuity on display is staggering.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/L3Zh_vAo__IAAAAd/captain-america-i-understand.gif
This turned up in one of my news alerts. No MTL required is the part that caught my attention.
https://www.wmnf.org/wyoming-company-can-operate-bitcoin-atm-kiosks-florida/
I’m expecting Raygun and Hawk Tuah to be neck and neck.
Checking my email, it looks to be that quaint period between Summer and Autumn: privacy policy update season.
Us: We just want to be left alone.
Them:
“Legal authority has migrated upward to Congress and then sideways to federal agencies that enforce some 5,000 statutory criminal provisions and 300,000-plus regulations carrying criminal penalties.”
https://archive.ph/qnlZ0
https://media1.tenor.com/m/TNDJt69DtLgAAAAd/pink-floyd.gif
You love to see it. 🫱🏼🫲🏻
No Context Note of the Day🥇 #note1vnn…rx5z
Evergreen. https://i.nostr.build/sUQcGYCEYjk1Egmh.jpg
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
Major construction work at the park. #LittleMan https://i.nostr.build/iA0OLJqyR7SKry7H.jpg
Months later, deleting twitter feels like ending a relationship with someone who’d once been an uplifting influence, but became a self-destructive, emotional vampire. You knew it wasn’t healthy, but you kept making excuses.
Until, finally, you’d had enough. You cut them out, and you don’t look back.
@npub19pj…lenu and I imported a clean brand of formula from Sweden at considerable expense (worth it, of course) during that entire hellscape period. The same quality was available nowhere in the US.
Caveats:
> Known limitations
> Here are some examples of what cannot be blocked by a DNS-level blocker:
> YouTube, Twitch ads;
> Facebook, Twitter, Instagram sponsored posts.
> Essentially, any advertising that shares a domain with content cannot be blocked by a DNS-level blocker.
https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
Hi, Pegah. @npub19pj…lenu is *from* Morocco, but I’m not aware of any nostriches currently there.
@npub1gx9…puny may also have ideas.
Came home and pulled around the back of the house to this. Magic. https://i.nostr.build/1Iz30FNS41eA3z8I.jpg
#tunestr #tronstr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/tron-kieran-hebden-version/1534206047?i=1534206341
https://media1.tenor.com/m/paw2Dmia-tYAAAAC/tron-disney.gif
I find your terms acceptable. #note1j66…2dms
New #tunestr.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/july/1761381476?i=1761381478
Non-fungible relays ftw. #note14ga…vzsq
I’m down a Lua rabbit hole after discovering wezterm. Scratches my constant left-brain itch.
https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/
Very clever design. Thanks.
#tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/winged-horse/1758985824?i=1758985835
“Repair and remain. Work with what you’ve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes. Big changes, if necessary.”
https://comment.org/repair-and-remain/
@npub1qny…95gx and @npub1guh…6hjy, I’ll be seeing you on channel 17.
The internet can still surprise and delight.
https://ytch.xyz/
This will be one to watch.
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/kim-dotcom-extradition-approve-WhHCMV6oSJSZzVv1wtSD5g
You may not like it, but this is what peak nostr looks like.
#note1kry…2rfc
This train isn’t slowing down. On a long enough time scale and across enough jurisdictions, we’ll all be deemed criminals.
Nostr is the haven.
https://unherd.com/2024/08/musk-is-no-free-speech-hero/
New music Friday. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/devils-all-you-ever-had/1758071440?i=1758071441
Don’t mess with Texas. More of this.
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/44602/natwest-added-to-texas-energy-ban
https://media1.tenor.com/m/2HgvEJ5vowwAAAAd/ares-god-of-war.gif
gm, good people. ☕️🌥️ Happy Friday.
Noted that it's the drummer. 👌
The part that isn't obvious is found here:
https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/wiki/Fully-scalable-HiDPI-desktop
It's fiddly, but effective.
I've been wrestling with getting better "HiDPI" resolutions on a Philips display, to no avail. I stumbled across BetterDisplay, et voila. Check it out if you're trying to push external displays with a Mac.
https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
Just checked out @npub15dc…yv6e for the first time in a while. Looking good. I’m going to list an item or two this weekend, and take it for a spin.
It’s all coming together.
The ape is back. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/expander/1756762185?i=1756762186
#tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/its-called-freefall/1332144279?i=1332144496
Congrats on deleting twitter! 😉
We’re putting AI on the blockchain, baby!
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/14/sahara-ai-blockchain-project-tackling-copyright-and-privacy-raises-43m/
Tell me that’s not Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. 🤤
What would that look like?
https://media1.tenor.com/m/Kp1EUreoiqAAAAAC/yes-yeah.gif
Bullish on NIP-29. Bravo, @npub1gcx…nj5z.
https://groups.nip29.com/
He that is without at least 42 months of free credit monitoring among you, let him first cast a stone at SSA. #note1ahv…yzq3
Beware the 🍣 pox. #note19s5…c52d
😂 10 years and $3B over budget.
I just assume it's all out there. The US FedGov can't protect anything but it's own grift.
My SSN is protected by COBOL code from the 70s and decades of apathy.
My nsec is protected by weaponized autism. 💪🏻
58k
https://media1.tenor.com/m/5sPVCvzQuW8AAAAd/youre-home-now-martin-brenner.gif
Strapped in for @npub10at…02w3. Bring it, @npub1qny…95gx.
“Bad Gurl Yellen doesn’t give two fucks about inflation. Her goal is to create nominal economic growth so that tax receipts rise and the US debt-to-GDP ratio falls. Given that no political party or their supporters are committed to cutting spending, deficits will continue for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, due to the magnitude of the federal deficit, the largest in peacetime history, she must use all the tools at her disposal to fund the government. Specifically, that means coaxing as much money as she can off of the Fed’s balance sheet and into the real economy.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/cryptohayes/p/water-water-every-where https://i.nostr.build/JbGfUnkbPyrlgAdu.jpg
Negatory, sir. I'm running it.
Had you uninstalled? This was an update.
Just now. US App Store. 👀 https://i.nostr.build/ZR2IUufEBoGmd2ex.jpg
First, this sucks. Sorry to hear it. Here’s to a rapid recovery.
Second, the award is for notes that ring true, or are just funny on their own, without context. Yours is the first. 😉
No Context Note of the Day🥇 #note1ca6…de9h
This is a hell of a piece that goes to how weaponized our “democracy” has become and why it’s critical that we build systems of self-sufficiency outside of the State.
“The Democratic Party’s political engineers first sensed the centrality of [Brides of the State (BOTS)] to the Party’s power base during Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. The Obama campaign then duly rolled out a storybook ad called ‘the Life of Julia’, which explained how Obama’s policies, from Head Start to Obamacare to contraception coverage to Medicare reform, would care for Julia from graduation through motherhood and finally to the grave without her needing to form a human relationship with anyone outside the government.”
“That BOTS are both unhappy and dependent is what makes them a uniquely valuable energy source for the party.”
https://unherd.com/2024/08/the-march-of-kamalas-brides/
Correct. Some relays will respect a delete flag and not show them, essentially, but there is no true deletion.
A different kind of money printer.
https://www.wired.com/story/tether-ceo-paolo-ardoino-crypto-ai-interview/
Meanwhile…
“Essential's aim is to offer an ‘intent-centric, declarative approach.’ This differs from traditional blockchain in that it leverages users' ‘intents’ for desired outcomes rather than usual transaction-based interactions where users must specify exact instructions, according to an emailed statement on Tuesday.”
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/13/crypto-project-essential-raises-11m-for-intent-based-blockchain/
Thoughts and prayers, friend.
I really enjoyed @npub10wv…v22x's latest. His newsletter has become a must-read.
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbmenger/p/bitcoin-and-stoicism
Hard-hitting. https://i.nostr.build/Q2WblHo6HLjqsLTk.jpg
The SEO times, they are a changin’.
https://www.hubspot.com/ai-search-grader
This is beyond what even I would have imagined they’d stoop to. Insane.
I was just prompted for a tip at a *drive through* car wash.
Mandibles.
Doubtful. The idea, originating during the period of early naval conquest, is that only by burning your boats, thereby making return home possible, do you become you truly and fully committed to victory.
nostr only.
#note1g4w…jgxu
https://m.primal.net/JxYj.gif
Since 1984, my man. It keeps evolving. Gotta love it.
Once again, @npub1hk0…20pf is my spirit animal.
https://fountain.fm/clip/DPrxRKnjARV1XROeObdw
Where has lazyvim been all my life?
https://www.lazyvim.org/
Good to see you back on the nostr. 🫱🏼🫲🏻
As I keep saying, sadly, the entire Commonwealth is toast.
Authoritarians blocking Signal and “AML enforcement actions”—same thing. Just different authoritarians attacking from different angles.
On the nostr, badges claim you.
Remember, kids, friends don't let spiders do coffee.
#note1ne9…r9mx
58k a day until 100k. #stepfunction
This will do nicely. #tunestr #dadstr 🧢
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dad-rock-essentials/pl.7e747406e7094f94b161cb157468d4b3
https://m.primal.net/JwXZ.gif
If I buy tickets will the price pump?
https://www.bandsintown.com/e/104859450-creed-at-ascend-amphitheater
Now to get them on nostr, natively. Mullvad Relay?
Shout out to @npub168e…9uaw. Great product that keeps getting better.
Absolute gold. Is this your glorious creation?
I envy you for owning that beautiful cube. I don’t disagree. For me, however, as someone who has his iCloud account locked 2-3 times every month for years, and for which no one at Apple has offered a reason, the love affair is over.
What’s been most challenging about leaving iPhone?
1. I know full well that use of Apple gear and services has become an abusive relationship. It’s been that way for a while now.
2. I know from prior experience and recently dabbling that, while Linux is more than workable on desktop, there will be significant time required to migrate to different apps and, most notably, to change muscle memory.
3. I’m a “business user,” not a developer. I’m a nerd (neovim is my copilot) and enjoy tinkering, but ultimately I need shit to just work. I don’t have the time or patience to constantly find workarounds and fix broken things.
4. It’s most difficult to imagine letting go of iPhone, but I’m open to it. See # 3 regarding “need shit to just work.”
That said, I’m looking for input from other *non-developers* who’ve made or attempted to make the switch. What would you do differently? Would you do it at all? Did you relapse to Apple? Hit me.
#asknostr
Pop on your cans and listen to both of these tracks. Gorgeous. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/oblivion-special-edition-single/1758772531
Co-signed on WisMesh Pocket. It’s a great device.
Yes. 👍🏻
https://meshtastic.org
Gradually, then suddenly. #meshtastic
https://m.primal.net/JvNk.jpg
An extradition order from the London Met Police is the new high status symbol. Pass it on.
The teeth are the tell, but I wouldn’t have thought to look if I didn’t know.
Revolting, of course, but I can’t see how we get near-perfect privacy *and* perfect safety.
Maybe @npub13az…8m54 has thoughts here. It’s his project.
Wired has become one of my favorite nostr projects.
https://www.getwired.app/
Can confirm. Delicious. 🤤
#note1y4u…zed8
I see you copy-pasting from twitter. 👀
I have no idea how to accomplish the basics: find a contact, add a contact, start a chat, discover groups. There appear to be a dozen buttons/options for everything.
I appreciate the effort, but the UI is baffling.
Which nostr direct messaging clients show the most promise?
Don’t let the “But what about”-ists get you down. Nostr is winning.
gm, good people. ☕️🌤️ Have a great weekend.
“The result is what Matthew Crawford has noted is essentially government by psyop, or soft managerialism. The ruling elite, Labour and Tory wings alike, would rather try to manage the British public’s whole perception of reality than ever use force to stop illegal immigration, actual police crime, or attempt — in the longer-term — to salvage the cratering popular legitimacy of their regime. Such is the way of the fox.”
And such is the way of contemporary western governments.
https://unherd.com/2024/08/the-machiavellian-cause-of-britains-disorder/
No 90s in next week’s Nashville forecast.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/9Sup2y9ZmiQAAAAd/feels-good.gif
Baffling. I’d like to assume it was hidden away in some seemingly innocuous legislation, but ultimately, parliament/congress/whatever runs rampant over the voters.
In the UK, this is no longer satire.
#note14n6…84zz
https://media1.tenor.com/m/sFGB4cW82U8AAAAC/jail-right-to-jail.gif
All for the love of the game. 👌🏻
That is a thing of beauty.
😴
https://media1.tenor.com/m/YG_GREUD9OwAAAAC/tv-static.gif
Yes, and no. I initially missed what felt like the liveliness of twitter, but it's become a dumpster fire. No looking back.
`ssh sshtron.zachlatta.com`
Absolutely, they are. So good.
I miss skeuomorphism. I do not miss Toronto winters.
https://m.primal.net/JuLl.jpg
In my day…
How far we've come.
https://m.primal.net/JuLc.jpg
Thom Yorke is undefeated.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-get-me-started/1755740381?i=1755740661
Damnit. Wrong note. But also, this.
I have some thoughts on this, and hear me out… fuck the entirety of the Commonwealth.
Without fail, platforms are a liability. We all use them to varying degrees, but we can no longer feign ignorance of the risks.
Open protocols + freedom tech is the path forward.
A clown dressed as a clown dispatching clown world “justice.” Lost.
Horrible. It looks like a swarm of wraiths descending on that poor woman.
The brutal, but best advice I have to offer builders/engineers/developers In Bitcoin, as with any emerging technology, is this: "Nobody cares." If you operate from this default assumption, you get out of the weeds and learn to focus on what truly matters to your customers and users, and that's getting a job done.
We’re all going through challenging times, in our own ways, but the liberty-loving among you in the UK must be feeling profound dread and dismay. Godspeed to you.
nostr. Freely. #note16kk…s5tp
Parallels https://i.nostr.build/qFKbjgyhpDpiOD3R.jpg
I misread this as purely a policy initiative. It's a shitcoin. DIAF.
h/t @npub1e26dzyg9hp5lgzf9wrpph6ux3884yxmn55pd4rxzr5exne56fsyskmnj8p
"USABTC will be pegged Bitcoin on a Layer 2 solution, such as Stacks, to ensure secure and efficient transactions."
https://usabtc.org/
#note1er7…s32e
Make band names weird again. #tunestr
https://music.apple.com/us/album/warlock-of-change/1740502307?i=1740502317
They’ve been walking, now running, into Orwell’s cautionary tale. Utterly tragic.
This caught my attention. Who’s behind USABTC?
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-tax-free-zone-us-economic-dominance
gm, good people. ☕️🌤️ Happy Friday.
*considers signing up for twitter again just to tell them to gfy*
Yes. I was born there forever ago, so it would change, like anything, but the heart of it…
I borderline teared up. I spent almost every summer with both sets of grandparents, one in Memphis, the other just over the board in Mississippi. He described it chapter and verse.
Growing up in GA and TN, moving around North America, then returning to the South, this hits home hard. So much of what he describes was my upbringing, too.
And so much of what he calls out comes down to fiat food. Thanks for sharing, @npub16se…jdxk. #note1p75…3f7l
A worthwhile #longread.
https://open.substack.com/pub/brettscott/p/money-as-a-nervous-system
I’d somehow never seen it until today.
https://i.nostr.build/h9SQhIGlIZQJdk8r.jpg