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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-09 01:35:56
Got me that there milkshake all the kids are talking about
https://m.primal.net/JLGr.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-07 14:10:31
If I seem a little surly about AI, it’s because of the confidence men who tried to convince you a better way to Google was going to change the world.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-07 14:00:26
So far, copy bots have had almost no economic impact? You don't say.
https://archive.ph/A9NbF#selection-1031.30-1038.0
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-04 19:18:14
https://image.nostr.build/f9766af5ad2a44448b864dc2377bff32ea1d435ded2b7750fd10ec4e4bce6bd2.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-04 17:28:45
Fittingly, after my Chicago Pizza rant, Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti wins the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Bertoletti is a South Sider and had a shot after Nathan's DQ'd Joey Chestnut for pitching meat substitutes.
And of course Miki Sudo crushed the competition as always. Congrats to her!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-04 16:08:18
It takes an outsider to tell you how terrible your pizza is, Chicago. I've lived in places where it's better. Detroit has you cooked. New York has no envy. The flat nasty tavern crust cannot compete, and your Deep Dish is disqualified by species, for being a tomato casserole.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-04 16:00:01
Dave Portnoy is correct about the terrible state of pizza in Chicago. It is not good, period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drX5eaBYNEU
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-03 17:37:43
If you do get a previous gen, make sure it's in the Pro line. The difference between a 6a and a 7 Pro made me laugh out loud. I love them both and carry them both, but iPhones don't tend to differ much between the last few gens. Androids phones, though.. heh.
A good tool gets out of your way.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-03 02:56:04
I'm just hate watching at this point. How absolutely NOT to write a show. Or anything, really.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-03 02:55:21
Sometimes you need a slow-paced episode for character development, but nothing explains that terrible, boring episode of "The Acolyte."
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-02 22:49:06
I personally reckon X no longer provides an open API for clients to build off of for the same exact reason Facebook never allowed third-party access: they want the user data for themselves, to process and sell as they see fit.
In my estimation, there's very little chance that we will devolve into a single client, but the problem is that we're at a point where everybody's shipping their crappy version, begging for someone to come along and create something solid. When that happens, one product will dominate... for a time, setting a new standard for anyone wishing to create.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-02 17:49:40
ANYTHING that works as smoothly as, say, Damus, Primal, or Amethyst on mobile. ANYTHING that doesn't resemble a 1990's design -- and most importantly, anything without major feature bugs that actually works as a social media site should, displaying notifications properly.
I want to see a proper Decking tool, for use with lists. This is the most efficient way to view social media in general.
Seems like the community has overly focused on mobile apps, and this is a shame. Many work on a computer and spend their evenings one one (myself included).
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-02 04:20:51
Currently doesn't install on macOS; flakes out and tells me it's damaged.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-02 03:40:02
Turdsoup.com prompt. https://image.nostr.build/026291c8537a3ae4e08ba3f5cb9f310c2ced7e99c4473dacc9c1e373606086eb.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-02 03:14:09
STILL in search of a halfway decent desktop client.
nostr:note1s3kmg2f7efsj92jjq5rkd74ay6yrshrkymwef73rh8rycuhvy52qczlr4h
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-02 02:44:06
Why I always goof that I prefer my drama in sports and professional wrestling.
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpq35r7yzkm4te5460u00jz4djcw0qa90zku7739qn7wj4ralhe4zqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qpq7ea4kt7wumf0js9rx6gnr5h39um5fyh67v0s49s4rzuvw2xlccxs8h3mjg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-07-01 19:56:20
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!
Celebrating the 14th year where the Mets pay Bobby Bonilla $1.19M, after backending the contract in favor of massive investment returns with their crackerjack investment partner, Mr. Bernie Madoff. This holiday will run until 2035.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-30 20:29:58
I'm thinking about a technical advancement with the hardware. Privacy phones have been tried in the past, and for various reasons, best to keep any and all corporate interest away from it.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-30 19:58:47
Anyway, I said about a decade ago that the only groundbreaking advancement in phones left on the horizon are better batteries.
Still waiting on that, but I'll be the first to admit I am awful at physics.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-30 19:24:21
The EU is the most regulation happy body I've ever seen, but at least they slide a good one or two in there every now and again.
https://image.nostr.build/e914a8368704bf16a9e5f22515420dc253a7b99c7fc4a70ac0a7f1843739bf15.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-30 19:19:10
Husker for Life
https://image.nostr.build/bb4d6ed65a1276c5375fe44b717a34891fe4fe1045d25aed15aab464c4c486ce.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-30 03:39:45
Weak. If they’d only asked me, I would have gotten back in shape.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-06/vatican-cricket-uk-tour-king-charles-england-seniors-windsor.html
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-29 02:00:01
Say what you will about Joe Biden, but one of the things he did this term was to fund high speed Internet to rural communities. That's likely why I have the best Internet I've ever had in a town of 5,000. 😂
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-29 01:57:00
I live in a rural town in one of what they call the "collar counties" of the Chicago suburbs. They put in fiber last summer, but I'm unsure of the adoption rate. Most of the time, the pipe is wide open to me.
Below is what the router does raw, and the Speed Test in the quote post reflects what I can get via WiFi to my Mac Studio.
https://m.primal.net/JBeF.jpg
nostr:note1gexy75zdqas5f40mrxjew0tlwjgjvv9mf0elxkmn8claawd0qm6sujxenc
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-29 01:50:14
Tested mine also through the Orbi app.
https://m.primal.net/JBeF.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-29 01:35:59
Fiber. And I live in a really rural town technically outside the Chicago suburbs.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-29 01:28:40
https://image.nostr.build/b3ae6b2369b9d11644da536c26440ed60dc949c236994382ad22542138ecbd53.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-25 17:42:10
This is sad. Though MTV died a long time ago, the good work they did back in my formative years at the spearhead of music and culture was still relevant.
https://www.showbiz411.com/2024/06/25/paramount-shuts-down-mtv-website-wipes-history-after-20-plus-years
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-24 21:17:07
Dip on the ole commodity eh?
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-16 22:43:49
Just as I dreamt it up in 3rd grade. Beautiful.
https://image.nostr.build/f1ea48bbcc8f69a051fab006fd10f5d12aa326c001b2f42af356ce1abe342748.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-14 18:29:00
One problem with nostr:npub10qdp2fc9ta6vraczxrcs8prqnv69fru2k6s2dj48gqjcylulmtjsg9arpj -- I can load everything exactly once in Brave browser, before it sends me to a perpetually loading circle that never ends. Close browser tab and you're out of luck.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-14 15:15:32
Oooh... nostr:npub10qdp2fc9ta6vraczxrcs8prqnv69fru2k6s2dj48gqjcylulmtjsg9arpj looks great on desktop.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-13 17:57:48
A STORY FROM THE LIFE OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA:
According to the story, the funeral of a rich man was being celebrated with great pomp in a city in Tuscany. Anthony was present, and is said to have commented that the dead man did not deserve such honour since he had exploited and oppressed the poor. “His heart is in his money-box”, said the Saint, echoing our Lord’s words that “where your treasure is, there your heart will be too”.
So far, so good; but the story goes on to say that, following Anthony’s words, a surgeon was called in, who cut open the dead body and found no heart! A little later, when the family opened the dead man’s treasure chest, there was the heart! As a result, the dead man was not buried in the splendid mausoleum that he had prepared for himself, but in a cave by the river.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-12 14:48:19
I would use this, because I'm a 40 something nerd with a gut.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-11 19:03:41
That's why I say: if it works in actuality the way they present it in theory, I'm fine with it.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-11 18:02:59
It's the one I'm familiar with from my back pages.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-11 17:46:42
It's fine and I'll live with it, IF a) it actually works as advertised, and b) submission of content is voluntary, instead of automatically working in the background with every piece of input.
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqklxg3423gcuzxemg5al3khunv6xlueg68aprg86q2s7v3sld2d3qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9uqzq00mtqjpgnnm9hzm7pal0h7yns44sdj7jushu8652aullp8ph4jph02xnl
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-11 16:14:36
"every tool is a weapon -
if you hold it right." - Ani DiFranco
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq9eemymaerqvwdc25f6ctyuvzx0zt3qld3zp5hf5cmfc2qlrzdh0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uqzpycytfwzt8f9lzw4tdngxy7hj8m2zytmcdn9gc8thueyr83zaan5crtg97
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-09 22:57:54
Ripping off actual artists to train the robot artist the actual artist fears will replace him.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/adobe-defends-terms-of-service-changes-amid-gen-ai-explosion/
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-06 19:29:13
Of course the vampires came after nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6. Of course they did.
The beautiful thing about what you people are building is that it's above politics, or the political views of any one of us. I've seen people with chasms between them in politics work and build and joke respectfully via this protocol. That won't change, no matter how much the world around Nostr wants to drag it back into the status quo.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-05 15:14:18
1) Subscribed to TIDAL yesterday because they did us Nostriches a solid.
2) Went down the rabbit hole of how audiophiles utilize high quality streaming.
3) Spent a bunch of money.
At least it'll all sound great.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-06-04 17:48:12
Not only is it Signal spam, it's Bitcoin Signal Spam.
Double Gross.
https://image.nostr.build/0fd007470a31a754d6c676909337757ee437441b9a9d7ee5743c3a31cb934588.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-29 16:36:43
Glad I ordered when I did. And glad your effort is now paying off!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-29 16:29:04
🤣 It's always been controlled government tech. Might as well just make it official.
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzppxu4t6ca3cy2a4u5hzuhf90yw5vj67fxy7flek2lpjy2k3tvlctqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uqzppf405n3htag3zplne65w7t5ke37w3e48f9yav4l2r4lwzvp9sy93kcxl7
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-28 22:43:32
Angel Hernandez has retired. For #MLB fans, the temptation is to perhaps rejoice this day, but consider: we need our villains, and they need us. By the metrics, he wasn't the worst of umpires, but he drew the most ire. A generous and godly man, it seems he's always comported himself as a gentleman.
But boy howdy, could he have bad games, and we all let him know it. It was part of the fun, and now that chapter is closed. That he never backed away from bad calls or accepted responsibility for them sealed his fate as a hated character, a permanent heel on our beloved diamond.
Fare thee well, Angel, and thanks for the memories. C. B. Bucknor will have to do, for we who remain.
https://image.nostr.build/69b0bacac6b5b369d998a9bae8a32e2c664aceeab9a492604e962dafed12403f.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-27 19:18:38
Bill Walton. What a character. RIP.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-26 18:31:47
'Furiosa' is, apparently, worth seeing.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-26 17:48:38
Brilliant book. I think you may just need to finish it and give it a couple days to marinate.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-25 22:52:55
The only aesthetic.
https://cdn.satellite.earth/f732b6e16fae9de35b33f6933e27fc6a7b93be35df40829dd10e3973a05d891c.mp4
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-25 22:39:08
Of course, nothing excuses the fact that it's just a bad machine by comparison. The M series running macOS (the rest of my machines) is unlike anything else.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-25 22:37:18
I bought a MacBook Air i7 just months prior to the release of the M1, and let me tell you: it's aged like milk. It sits in my bed (celibate's privilege) and is the absolute worst machine I work with.
And I know it's intentional. Apple what's that i7 MacBook Air dead.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-25 17:40:07
Definitely thinking noStrudel is the best we have on Desktop. For now.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-25 02:12:08
I nostr from an Onyx Boox Palma. Good stuff.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-24 15:51:27
Happy 83rd to the GOAT. Ad multos annos, Bob.
https://m.primal.net/ILYg.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-23 19:30:27
As silly as this strike is, a sobering moment with regard to the normie's view of crypto: everything it touches is a "scam."
nostr:note17qz8ll0qdugfuhx5yr79e89unctpqlrwslg5r2qm5nc7cwg2jcmqnr7xn7
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-23 16:38:14
If true, glad I got out of gaming while the gettin' out was good.
https://www.guru3d.com/story/microsoft-reportedly-readies-billion-bid-to-acquire-valve-steam/
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-23 16:01:30
So good, I've committed to the manga version the kids are talking about.
https://image.nostr.build/b0710ec77c573de114b98467e005123a04567ade554efbcb73b9dd369f69e03e.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-22 20:03:37
Color me not impressed. They had a chance to build it right, but decided to concede to the Twitter defectors.
https://image.nostr.build/5cf334c98bce2c48b63c51038fa4d777f60704381fc10c8898341976570cb2fc.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-22 00:37:22
Windows Recall under the stage name of """AI""" is probably the most disturbing thing I've seen in my 30 years of computing. What's more disturbing is that this will become a trend, and you won't be able to opt out.
Time for everyone to get really familiar with Linux. Unfortunately.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-19 17:55:32
Decks and lists are why I hold that we don't *really* need default algorithms: what users really need is sorting and organizational utilities, with the algorithms aiding in discovery alone.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-19 17:44:04
I do have to hand it to Zuck -- the pivot over to a deck mode is enticing. Decks and lists are the only way to sort social media in a way that makes sense for those who follow multiple interests.
nostr:note1z3c7hr428suj8d3eyxgt7efc3w33vjczxle23szwjkt3n587g59qa4klex
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-18 18:45:38
Thanks! This is what I've wanted/needed to utilize Nostr in the way I do Twitter.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-15 19:32:18
They don't extend too far south in the U.S. because we have the terrible Starbucks and the moderately better Dunkin, and they feel they cannot compete.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-15 01:16:14
Too far north for Waffle House, too far south for Tim Horton's. The Midwesterner's Burden.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-14 03:33:42
Re: GPT-4o... Good gravy. I can think of no greater waste of time than talking to the bot on your phone. LLMs are growing on me as a means to obtain quick baseline info, but that's it.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-13 14:56:13
grugq breaks down what I've always said about Telegram: it's like IRC, essentially. Or we might even think about it like Nostr, to a centralized degree. It's all public, and should be understood as such.
https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1790027250680709440
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-12 22:34:02
Getting serious about learning chess, realizing I'm about 30 years late.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-12 18:45:03
Though I'm mostly here now, I still drift between worlds.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-12 17:59:40
Mandatory reading in the ongoing "Signal vs. Telegram" stupidity.
https://x.com/matthew_d_green/status/1789687898863792453
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-11 15:13:27
Good morning, praying it's a great one for you all!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-11 00:47:33
Everybody wants to control the sandbox.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-11 00:45:55
Reading the replies, they tend to make Jack's point for him, but they don't realize it because they're not tech people -- just looking for an anti-Twitter.
Which further makes Jack's point about the pressure Jay and the rest of the team are under, given a demographic that is unfortunately hostile to the reality of open networks.
nostr:note1dyu4ayavd54ta8dkvl9tnkmdfavr3kvqtccrt9srnsdpcgg6arjqjr0p0f
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-10 22:52:30
Agreed. My choice is to opt out. And that should be a choice open to all.
nostr:note1kw6vuea4cj42mf4ysdxtc4skxjjej9ykjlw38ayesafct7tn394sg039s9
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-10 20:06:59
Feeling bullish on Nostr after the incorporation with Bluesky.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-10 19:30:36
MLB Vault just posted an official copy of 2016 World Series Game 7 -- the only baseball game that ever made saline leak from my eyes.
https://youtu.be/9uHdvAqwsg4?si=iaiZFmszBEHPjEQx
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-10 19:15:08
To my knowledge, no perfumer has ever captured the true scent of man.
https://image.nostr.build/ea5c8c8ba5d9ebce57ed2804054f38459aafd2ea5752eadcef6c78bf32c4d528.jpg
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-10 14:54:47
Bluesky bridge, eh. Nice.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-09 22:45:13
I don't understand it either.
nostr:note1vadjexfgns592tvfzkekjkjucgzt54rh0s4w2qe6vrqhwenurhxqa4fjvd
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-09 15:43:04
Tokens will have the opposite effect, I guarantee you. Nostr already has to fight against a negative mainstream perception of Bitcoin: let's avoid giving them an actual reason not to use this platform.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-09 15:07:56
Looks like they detected you as a spam bot and deleted you automatically. Which means Telegram is doing exactly what we all knew it was.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 21:04:35
Not too many people in their 20's right now. That's where the biggest gap is.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 21:01:10
Quite a few young people, yes. We're headed in the wrong direction, though.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 20:43:39
Yes. Outside of Chicago.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 20:37:02
Yes. For almost 14 years.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 20:33:45
I was just a kid back then, but yep!
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 20:29:08
So am I. Nadim is a cryptographer who audits stuff professionally. If there's a vulnerability, the client side (which is open source) would have to show it, which is why E2E encryption is a must for the tools I use.
I'm all for decentralization in everything, but as one who attempted to get friends to use PGP back in the 90's (I failed), I know what that has to look like. Signal is the best option for now.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 20:01:46
I saw that a couple of days ago, and am calling it out specifically. It's FUD based upon nothing, even if it does in fact call into question why this person is associated with Signal.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 19:42:52
That's why the FUD makes me suspicious of the ones posting it, more than anything.
At the same time, though, it's reasonable to be concerned that someone on the Signal board has values antithetical to Signal's primary aim.
https://m.primal.net/IEis.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-08 01:14:35
Agree with the sell order or not, TikTok is doing a really bad job of making their case.
https://m.primal.net/IETD.png
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-07 21:19:04
Primarily, reading. Very easy to keep the Liturgy of the Hours on the thing, which I have to daily. In general, tablets are good for content consumption. As for production, if you go any bigger, meh… just use a computer.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-07 20:47:05
Simplex is going in the right direction, and may be a viable option one day. It’s never going to have the normie draw of the others, though.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-07 20:28:32
Bummed that we didn't get a refreshed iPad Mini. The only one I find useful.
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@ 8afb75fc:efd149b2
2024-05-07 18:12:31
I was worried about the project after Moxie left, but my concern abated over time.
Moxie is (or was, who knows how he's changed), by the way, a kind of leftist anarchist, the type I'd probably agree with one out of ten things on, the need for secure comms being one.
So a Board of Director government pawn who runs NPR and apparently failed freshman philosophy is not a concern to me. All that matters is the integrity of the app, which I currently presume -- by its open source status and by the audit of their encryption -- is not compromised.
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2024-05-07 17:56:15
I find it amusing how, every year or so, we're served a fresh dose of FUD on Signal app, but nobody really talks about Telegram.
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2024-05-06 14:17:36
Test post, ignore.
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2024-05-06 12:54:08
Maybe it's not for everyone, but for those of us who post publicly and have an old Google account hanging around, this is fantastic.
nostr:note1ae4zyx5j5v9g8kx20x96h6p05h5fa8r8d8rjngk4qhyhgwzcp4kq04ss9d
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2024-05-01 17:14:49
A social network doesn't necessarily need to attract "normies" to grow in the long term.
What it does need, though, is normie posting, topics not associated with crypto or the Nostr project.
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2024-05-01 02:49:21
White Sox are now 6-24, which makes them 97 losses away from history. You can either be just another bad team, or you can be the worst team of all time. #MLB
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2024-04-26 03:51:10
The NFL Draft is a scam, placed in late April to stretch out football's relevance. And it works, apparently.
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2024-04-25 02:05:36
The irony is not lost: TikTok hides behind "the constitution" and notions of free speech to protect their cash cow, while at the same time heavily censoring simplistic things like criticism of their product... or the Chinese government... all on an app not allowed in China.
TikTok is brain rot, and even though it will likely be salvaged through sale, I wouldn't be sad to see it go. Meanwhile, I'm interested in what the government knows and isn't telling us about the nature of the app. We know it's incredibly invasive from a data collection standpoint, but what else is there? Any time both of our terrible political parties agree on something with so little front-facing disclosure, my ears perk up.
As it stands, the most troubling thing about this censure is that our government officials aren't concerned about the terrible consequences of privacy-invasive data collection, so much as they are which country siphons the data and is in control. If they were truly friends of the American people, they'd enact better privacy laws to protect the people from the companies stateside who track our digital lives (and then sell the data to the CCP, among others).
In reality, it's about control. The federal government has every major American company in their back pocket, and can call upon them at any time to do their bidding. If there's going to be a targeted psyop via social media, you'd better believe it's going to be as American as apple pie. In the end, maybe this the only motivation both parties needed.