RydalWater
Rydal

https://www.openlibrarian.com/

One among many. Learner, builder, walker and creator of Open Librarian.

Public Key

npub1zwnx29tj2lnem8wvjcx7avm8l4unswlz6zatk0vxzeu62uqagcash7fhrf

NIP-05 Address

Rydal@gitlurker.info

NIP-57 Address

rydal@npub.cash

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsp8fn9z4e90euanhxfvr0wkdnl67fc803dpw4m8krpv7d9wqw5vwcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5ar3rew

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nos.lol

nostr.mom

relay.nostr.band

Author Public Key

npub1zwnx29tj2lnem8wvjcx7avm8l4unswlz6zatk0vxzeu62uqagcash7fhrf

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2025-03-18 06:12:22

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You can find the code over here along with a rough roadmap.
https://github.com/RydalWater/OpenLibrarian
I’m working on importing from Goodreads currently.

2025-02-20 13:43:39

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Exactly what an AI would say…

2025-02-20 08:34:53

Make today the day you start reading the book you’ve been putting off for months. Yeah, that one, the one on the shelf collecting dust.
#bookstr #readmore #openlibrarian

2025-02-18 15:19:48

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Nice, good goal! Yeah I’m trying to keep consistency up, so one book a month (as I did last year). Have been mixing between fantasy, technical and non-fiction which is working well for me so far.

2025-01-27 15:53:14

Looking for a Nip07 extension or equivalent signing method for Apple devices (iPad etc). Anyone got a solution?
Creator of Nostore apparently will be pulling his safari extension soon and by the looks of it other browser’s extensions are off limits to apple devices.
#asknostr #devstr

2025-01-26 11:33:14

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Not brewing exactly, but close enough. Am making a nice wholemeal sourdough. Had my starter for about 11-12 years now https://image.nostr.build/9a66bb71814e20e4fd7055f2d13662100c9b7f52ed188b3eb592cea437f787c2.jpg

2025-01-26 11:31:05

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Love it, maybe an excuse for a good marmalade cake with some custard when you’re doe? Be rude not to.

2025-01-25 16:33:03

Really appreciate this very candid discussion. Just the encouragement I needed to keep up the momentum and move forward. It is hard work moonlighting as a Nostr dev!
It is great to hear Jack sees real value in making it the neutral foundation in which many different things can and should be built.
https://fountain.fm/episode/OlQzTxXaGKkxfZr1pYLL
#nevent1q…nvr9

2025-01-24 14:52:14

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Yeah I saw that, on ETH as well 🤮 they could have at least done Tether on liquid.
@npub164q…2rl3 called out the humour of their chosen tag line “unstoppable”. Do you what to tell them about their very much stoppable centralised shitcoin rails, or should I?

2025-01-01 07:39:09

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Busted!

2024-12-27 22:45:50

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Ah, yeah I was doing the same with my metadata for a while. Downside of the bleeding edge of freedom tech! There is def a bug I see from my side, it is printing the short name of the shelf instead of the score from the dropdown list, pill push a couple of updates tomorrow so will get this included.

2024-12-27 22:18:05

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What’s going on here? I have a sneaking suspicion that I’ve broken the notifications (hence the HR). Will get it sorted asap.

2024-12-22 21:40:48

Added some current reading progress track as well as the ability to track start and was dates for read/reading books.
This is the feature I use nearly every day on Good Reads so it is nice that I can move that habit over the Nostr now.
#bookstr #readstr #openlibrarian #reading #books https://image.nostr.build/298d92854f9918022da8ffdf18751a0ea8137ea5b679002a96efd8feafa7bc85.jpg

2024-11-27 11:10:29

📚 GM all nostr book lovers. In case you weren’t already aware the very early first version of Open Librarian has been released and is live.
Open Librarian is a FOSS book and reading tracking web-app (a little like GoodRead). It is Nostr native and still got a long way to go but I’m proud of the work so far.
Currently I recommend folks wanting to test it spin up a new NSEC (can do it through the app). I will be adding an import feature in future for you to be able to copy your shelves from one key to another. In the meantime, have a go with searching for books and adding them to your library shelves.
Features in the works:
- Tracking progress
- Reviews
- Personal challenges.
Further out there will be socials etc. but the books 📕 and reading 📖 take priority!
Here is my library card 🪪, you can log in with as ‘read only’ and have a nosey around the app.
https://www.openlibrarian.com/card/npub1zwnx29tj2lnem8wvjcx7avm8l4unswlz6zatk0vxzeu62uqagcash7fhrf/
#booksr #readstr #reading #books #OpenLibrarian https://image.nostr.build/22019ad835aedc4a3977f99df8a771de6bdb420901a05ac140ddfc52e1ee126c.jpg

2024-11-23 21:18:12

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100% they are crushing it. It is nice to have a couple of good solid Bitcoin only options now this side of the pond.

2024-11-23 10:11:59

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it is a joke, right?!?

2024-11-13 13:42:24

The videos since swapping to the new TestFlight of @npub18m7…q955 *chefs kiss* great work @npub1xts…kk5s and team.

2024-11-11 16:27:15

So many absolute bangers from @npub14mc…frlx with the podcast rebrand and change of direction.
Listen to this one with @npub1trr…hdpu and ‘Stay On Target’ folks!
#Bitcoin #Nostr #eCash
https://fountain.fm/episode/R7M5CJN4a7MK0kOOqYaM

2024-10-31 15:07:29

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👀 looking forward to this one!

2024-10-29 12:00:10

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Worse still is when there is a work signature template that is pre-loaded into your profile….fun times

2024-10-28 09:58:50

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This is not an uncommon theme

2024-10-23 20:32:24

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Have a great conf, can’t make it this year. Sure it will be a blast though!!

2024-10-22 07:39:05

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21 btc?!? Or was it 21 sats?

2024-10-13 20:34:26

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Nice work, just on book 10 atm. Good by my standards tbh, as I was 1 a year before and pushing for 1 a month this year.

2024-10-08 07:57:02

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Nah, this is the time to holiday!

2024-10-05 20:04:17

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I’ll see how it goes. Set myself a challenge of a book a month (very good for me since I was a book a year previously) so will give my verdict in Nov.

2024-10-05 19:52:48

I just started reading 'The Mandibles' by Lionel Shriver and am tracking my progress on www.OpenLibrarian.com

2024-10-05 19:52:28

@npub179x…nj0f @npub1jdy…fwsu @npub1jcj…mtwx would be particularly interested in your feedback on this early version as I believe you’re keen book readers #note15pp…hn38

2024-10-05 19:47:09

Built a nostr client (Open Librarian) that is a book tracking/reading app. If you’d like to try it out visit www.OpenLibrarian.com 📚
Currently it is just MVP with these features:
- Find books and add to shelves
- Manage shelves (inc. hidden books)
- Manage profile
- View Friends/Foes (import from another npub)
- User profile for sharing (Library Card)
- Add interests
- Manage relays
- Login with NPUB/NSEC/Seed
For now I highly recommend spinning up a new NSEC. I’ve added the ability to import your existing friends/foes, will add cloning profiles asap.
Everything is stored client side in cache. Built using django framework, rust-nostr and on the amazing work of Open Library. Feedback and issues on the GitHub very welcome.
https://github.com/RydalWater/OpenLibrarian
Very aware that I have a lot to do and the current nostr implementation I have is sub optimal. Work in progress…
#bookstr #books #readstr #reading #OpenLibrarian #introductions

2024-09-30 15:38:19

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Nah, maybe you’re not a good mark to be fair (well known and skeptical). They see a pleb like myself and maybe just roll the dice. Wonder how many hits they get from the fake Saylor “Hi there Rydal 👋” DMs

2024-09-29 18:33:50

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To be fair it is mostly only scammers that use dms. The one I received went straight on the mute list.

2024-09-28 12:03:03

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100% do it. You won’t regret it. Just figure out if they are better as bittering hops or flavours hops first and pai with the other.

2024-09-24 06:40:01

GM, after a week downtime why does the first full day back at work make it seem like you never had any time off?
Anyway, onwards! 🫡

2024-09-13 05:11:25

GM nostriches!
Other than Damus and Primal what relays would you recommend to noobs who have no concept of nostr or sats.
#asknostr

2024-09-12 12:49:06

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Gm!

2024-09-11 14:14:49

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You sir are on a list….no bitcoins for you…

2024-09-11 12:14:30

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Yeah I am fully onboard. I actually think it is a signal that nostr is winning. Scammers see it as a target so they have run the potential reward scenarios. If no one was using nostr it wouldn’t be a target.

2024-09-11 06:18:07

Yes! Glad to have a new episode drop, been too long @npub1yfg…v6vg, though I imagine that is just because you’ve been so busy. Keep it going!
https://fountain.fm/episode/vQIBcYpb7qeZP7E6RdXs

2024-09-11 06:05:40

GM nostriches!
It was fun while it lasted, now we’re onto the old scammy bot whack-a-mole replies and messages phase.
Are we winning? https://image.nostr.build/b43ca5ff7ffee642188494b0bf742675f5e5fd6d9ef3d5c8413f0deb8e63f244.jpg

2024-09-10 10:34:54

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Not gonna lie they do look damn comfy. Fir lined would be great for winter!

2024-09-09 10:47:30

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To be fair mine was just as brutal… truth cuts like a knife!!!

2024-09-09 10:44:46

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Hah

2024-09-09 06:51:43

Hahah, well that was brutally honest!!
Check out RydalWater's personality analysis! https://nostr-personality.vercel.app/npub1zwnx29tj2lnem8wvjcx7avm8l4unswlz6zatk0vxzeu62uqagcash7fhrf

2024-09-07 06:36:01

GM!

2024-09-06 07:45:16

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Haha indeed, GM!

2024-09-06 05:40:21

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Sounds like you just want to store things in lots of places rather than breaking it up. The bloom protocol should help with this.

2024-09-06 05:31:58

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NIP-01 covers basic requirements for clients to present formatting characters (line breaks, double quotes etc.). NIP-23 covers long form which allows for Markdown styling.
As was mentioned it is up to your client how these things look to you. For other clients you cannot assume the same. For your example in Damus I just see a text string with double asterisks either side of the words.

2024-09-06 05:21:44

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GM!

2024-09-05 20:40:36

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Get a master seed using the favourite hardware wallet of your choice and then derive sub account seed (BIP85) for each of them based on their dob or something. You can then hand them over the seeds someday but if they lose them you can get them back for them.

2024-09-05 05:36:14

GM nostr!
Keep building a proverbial whack-a-mole of projects which make attempts at censorship both difficult and fruitless.
Oh yeah, and stay weird!

2024-09-04 20:52:24

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Great advice.

2024-09-04 12:26:11

Great chat @npub16le…ffxj & @npub14mc…frlx on last WBD. End of one chapter and the beginning of the next. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Thanks for all the great content. Onward! 🫡
https://fountain.fm/episode/S7hb3aMjbXMYsbHpIDNl

2024-09-03 05:41:57

GM!

2024-09-03 05:32:56

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🫡 onward!

2024-08-31 10:17:08

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Fair enough. I didn’t get than vibe from reading the book, each to their own though!

2024-08-30 06:19:29

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Fair enough. I think from purely deconstructing misleading sociological/ psychological/ news narratives about how people naturally behave it is worth a read.

2024-08-30 06:17:18

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If I can ask, what was it he was talking about that you didn’t like? If you remember?

2024-08-30 06:16:12

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Really? Interesting. I just finished the book last night and the evidence he presented was very compelling and a much more hopeful framing of human behaviour than other similar work.

2024-08-30 06:14:38

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Just finished it last night. Really enjoyed it, some tough topics in there. Liked they way most chapters lean into the narrative were fed which triggers your (the readers) confirmation bias, before then deconstructing the topic and showing you the reality of the situation. Very powerful stuff, need to get more folks reading it.
You’ll be glad to hear that the one recommendation you gave for me has yielded 8 further recommendations in my immediate circle.

2024-08-30 06:09:46

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Read Humankind by Rutger Bregman and you’ll be amazed that evidence points to our default settings being better than you think. Then nurture those default instincts, they are the true you.

2024-08-29 21:06:38

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The pain is real

2024-08-29 13:55:26

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It really is eye opening right? When I dropped it I found myself getting less frustrated and angry at the clown world. Now I just build within the limited of my control and am happy with it. So much better.

2024-08-29 10:46:42

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Any*

2024-08-29 10:46:19

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Amy chance of getting a copy of this from somewhere? This is the push I need to start learning and building in rust instead of just being an end user.

2024-08-27 05:20:37

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Damus most of the time (phone) primal when I want to change it up and on desktop.

2024-08-23 07:05:47

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If you get a chance please do ask Jack if he is willing to give some rationale behind the funding decision. Not a good look with some of those co investors.

2024-08-22 07:56:04

GM to all those folks enjoying Nostriga!

2024-08-22 05:23:05

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GM, welcome to the future

2024-08-21 11:45:53

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GM (or tbh GA)

2024-08-20 11:51:20

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She says she would ‘prefer’, which is not the same as ‘only accept’. Just say you have btc and will not assume cost for the conversion to usdt. If she wants to convert it point her to Kraken or something.

2024-08-18 08:41:57

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This IS the way :)

2024-08-18 07:41:07

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2024-08-17 17:46:31

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100% it is hard work. No quick returns. Followed back, look forward to seeing what you have to say.

2024-08-17 14:45:48

For those folks out there in Nostr land just looking at how to get followers like you have on X, you’ve already made a fatal mistake.
Execute personal choice and construct a real network among individuals. The aim of the game is not followers. It is connections….these are vastly different things.

2024-08-17 14:41:54

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! GM!

2024-08-17 14:39:43

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There is no easy mode. Algos were always a bad idea. The aim of the game is effective social connections, not followers at all cost. You earn your social network by, you know…..networking. The old fashioned way. Not by being fed like a baby bird from the mouth of Elon.
I’m not in anyway trying to be abrasive. Just to help you see that the algo and ‘discoverability’ is exactly what makes your time on Nostr better and more effective in the long run. No more passive choices being picked for you….time to choose your own adventure!
I’m sure you’ll love it in the end.

2024-08-17 07:42:40

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I enjoyed em

2024-08-17 07:29:26

GM folks. Remember the saying from Dune… “Fiat is the Mind Killer”

2024-08-17 07:28:33

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The key thing is you don’t just want a list of followers. You want a list of people you interact with. “Following lists” are pure fiat.

2024-08-17 07:25:52

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Pop on “NOFX - Dinosaurs Will Die” and tell me it isn’t our Nostr/Bitcoin theme tune ;)

2024-08-16 07:52:22

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🫡

2024-08-15 20:37:11

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Damn right, get of Xitter and onto the ‘No Algo’ train. It is better for your soul.
Don’t do algos kids, they’re bad for you.

2024-08-15 10:31:05

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*tune

2024-08-15 10:01:38

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Yeah actually just used Co-pilot (have access through work) which was dall-e under the hood I think. Images were OK but not simplistic enough for a logo and after one or two prompts it is hard to turn the image without the gen-ai over complicating or just screwing up the image.

2024-08-15 09:45:49

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Excellent, thanks. At the moment is logo ideas for something I am building. I used GenAI to come up with something but I am wondering if I could throw more ideas of my own at the wall that are perhaps more simplistic.

2024-08-15 05:30:11

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Haha

2024-08-14 20:31:23

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At least they did a test transfer of 0.001 first. They are learning good BTC practices, even if they don’t realise it.

2024-08-14 09:59:25

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🦑
On a separate note do you have any suggestion of where to start when creating a logo? Have a project and it needs something.

2024-08-14 09:51:40

Yo, @npub1rtl…jtfs I appreciate the subtle nod to Bill Hicks in the WBD interview (intended or not). Great chat with @npub1hk0…20pf and @npub14mc…frlx
https://fountain.fm/episode/Wt6oa9pG94cGMt7huS0b

2024-08-13 15:44:30

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glad someone does ;)

2024-08-13 13:42:22

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Awesome, thanks for sharing

2024-08-13 11:23:33

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Think of it as reverse DCA. You lump sum buy now and then DCA the cost in over 5 years. It locks in a guaranteed price for BTC now and pre-define monthly outgoing to hedge against future volatility but at a cost of price uncertainty.
Side note is that be sure you are ready to commit and the capital will be used productively.
Btw, When the prices start coming down for loans (as rates cut) you can roll over into cheaper loans and pay off the original which can help bring down the month costs.

2024-08-13 08:13:59

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Nice 👌

2024-08-13 08:10:40

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Maybe this can be resolved by pwning your own keys. Think “have I been pwnd” but a site where you “pwn me” which simple lists all know keys and therefore destroys any means of confirming if the owner of the keys was the actual individual.
Literally you burn it down and rotate. But it risks previously encrypted information being leaked.

2024-08-13 08:05:47

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Agree. Also the model which the internet generally introduced was permanence to consequence of actions. However, this is kinda flawed when you look at the reality of an individual. There needs to be an opportunity for growth and change. One persons young hotheaded know-it-all opinion from being a teenager shouldn’t prevent that persons view from changing in the future.
This is much more a nuanced topic and less about getting rekt.
Accuracy of attribution (via keys) = good
Permanence (possible) of the internet = not always desirable
Back on the rekt topic I wonder if we could have an agreed standard on deleting posts (NIP-09) and if you wanted to verify it you could perhaps have a site where you enter your event Id and it challenges all known relays looking for a copy. Noting that it is in a relays best interest to actually delete these events from a purely resource PoV.
A more aggressive method may even be to spam relays with new events with an event then a delete event for it. It would likely force the relays hand to offload all ‘deleted’ content. But that is a very heavy handed.

2024-08-13 07:42:18

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It does raise the question though, what is it about X etc. with a centralised DB that makes us think that something deleted is really actually deleted? Not sure if there is a way to truly be sure that you’re not rekt without controlling your stack.

2024-08-13 06:39:13

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*proved my point, hit send then saw the auto correct of “unsend it” to “insensitive”

2024-08-13 06:38:13

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Would a time delay mechanism help do you think? A bit like some e-mail have an insensitive button for about 30sec after you hit send.
Perhaps you can optionally set safety rails for yourself in a client. E.g. you choose a “delayed send” time, 5, 10,15,30,60 sec then when you click post it shows in your local feed with a clock icon. Until then you have the option to click the icon and unsend/edit it. After which it pushes the content to relays.
@npub1xts…kk5s what do you think? Viable for Damus?

2024-08-08 14:14:17

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Thanks will check it out. I was literally just saying to @npub1r0r…q9ac we need more plug and play relays for clients to focus on building more new stuff

2024-08-08 08:56:44

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🤩