Xepher

IT professional and occasional hobbyist.

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npub16gyduzdqafduur8na0ywu7cjt70ypmjnw7lgnchlmmmcfpl56kvq95dn4u

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xepher@ditto.pub

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2024-06-18 15:39:33

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You mentioned a couple of days ago there should be a further announcement this week about Ditto and Mastodon clients. Is that still happening?

2024-06-17 23:38:28

https://image.nostr.build/66783c0debfdf32b2df3994916ad2ccf3b7e6f1273fcdc5473a6f0a02251b3fe.jpg

2024-06-14 22:12:22

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Cool, thanks!

2024-06-14 20:25:00

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Coming from an IT system admin background and knowing more than the average joe about public/private keypairs, this is VERY confusing to me... I don't quite understand it.

2024-06-14 19:58:45

Okay, so someone tell me how to make #ditto work with an iOS mastodon app (Mona specifically). Trying to use nsec.app as a bunker, but I just get a server timeout after pasting my connection string when trying to auth with ditto.pub

2024-05-14 12:47:34

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Keep working it out man, you'll get there ♥

2024-05-14 12:35:35

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Sounds like a plan

2024-05-14 02:03:42

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You’re the one who started talking about pigeons and chess my man, nobody here trying to change any subject but yourself.
Please, spill some more of your conspiracy soaked wisdom so that we may all bask in its radioactive sludge and cry out how amazing and clever you are that you’re one of the special ones who sees through to the true reality. I can’t wait 😁

2024-05-14 01:46:28

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Wait, you’re saying you spelled it correctly, but then autocorrect changed it to an incorrect spelling? That’s crazy, bro 😆

2024-05-14 01:43:14

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The fact that you misspelled “pigeon” when you were attempting to insult me is a better burn than I can come up with.

2024-05-13 22:24:19

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Okay man 👍 Everyone that doesn’t agree with you must be wrong. Doesn’t matter if any part of what they say makes sense, right? Because that would make you question the red pill you swallowed and it’s got to be everyone else that’s crazy, not you right?
I can and will admit if I’m wrong. When’s the last time you did that, homie?

2024-05-13 22:20:39

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Cool. So what you’re saying is, it would be very difficult to digitally censored these doctors since we can make copies and post them in a 1000x places.

2024-05-12 21:16:21

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Oh yes, very much an echo chamber right now

2024-05-12 21:10:09

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https://image.nostr.build/5ac33489171b5f1c46b4ba1a388d7192573c13817d9138360b9888f88e0c1653.gif

2024-05-12 17:12:54

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>These aren't serious competitors, and even if they were, the serious privacy advocates are all working on Nostr, so it's the only one that activists are going to use.
I'm going to argue that at this point, Nostr isn't a serious competitor to the others as far as social networks go. If security is what you're after, then sure, it's currently better in that regard, but until more people know about it and the onboarding process is easier, then that doesn't mean much. It could be the most secure platform ever built but if people find it confusing or difficult to use, or don't know anyone on it, then they aren't going to use it.

2024-05-11 21:45:02

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Margin Call

2024-05-11 20:35:02

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>I see nostr adoption as slow going but assured because there will always be people out there that desperately need an uncensorable speech platform.
True, but if Nostr grows more with people on the fringe and more extreme ideas than the majority of the mainstream, then the "normals" are much less likely to adopt it because they can't reach the people they want to.
>Bitcoin will make it all the way to a global money used by everyone someday because of the network effects of money.
😬 I don't share your confidence about Bitcoin on this. It could. But by no means is it inevitable.
I think it would be a great thing for Nostr to grow and expand its audience, but I believe it has a more difficult road ahead of it than the other current options out there like ActivityPub and Bluesky.

2024-05-11 20:19:38

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Woof, okay, let's take this point by point:
>Also what "conspiracy"
You just called the covid epidemic a psyop, so let's go with that one for now
>Silenced doctors - is that a conspiracy theory?
The ones in China? No, that's well known. If you're talking about anything else, then most likely, yes.
>mRNA vaccine injuries and deaths - is that a conspiracy theory?
There's always been a small percentage of people that are affected by vaccines. But that number is obscenely small compared to the number of people affected by letting the virus run its course. If anyone is trying to make more out of it then that, then yes, conspiracy.
>Calling two of the safest drugs know to man dangerous - is that a conspiracy theory?
I honestly don't even know what you're talking about here. Maybe this one is on me, but I don't keep up with all of the crazy.
>The six foot rule being arbitrary bullshit - is that a conspiracy theory?
Whether it was effective or not at the time, they were operating off the data they had. If it did nothing, then so what? Did it hurt people to stand 6ft apart for a few months?
>Cloth masks doing nothing to stop the spread of a respiratory virus - is that a conspiracy theory?
The statistics always said that mask mandates helped COVID spread to ~5% less people. Yeah, the percentage was small, but if everyone wearing a mask kept just 1 person alive that otherwise wouldn't have been, then great. If you don't think that's worth it, then fuck your feelings.
>Lockdowns doing nothing to stop the spread - is that a conspiracy theory?
Again, people were making calls off of the limited amount of data they had at the time. If the experts in infectious disease said locking down was a potential viable option, then you'd be stupid not to consider it.
>Vaccines not preventing infection or transmission - is that a conspiracy theory?
The fuck are you talking about? From the very beginning they said the vaccines would make the symptoms less severe if you contracted the virus, not prevent you from getting it. If that's what you thought, then you weren't listening.
>Vaccine passports and people being locked out of businesses and workplaces without one - is that a conspiracy theory?
Nope. And that was up to each business to enact their own rules as long as they compiled with laws for whatever state they were in. Not the best approach, but again things were being figured out as we went.
>Seriously what fuckin conspiracy are you talking about, or are you getting high on your own supply of 🐂💩? Seriously what fuckin conspiracy theory?
I'll refer you to my very first response to this post, thanks.

2024-05-11 15:34:45

https://image.nostr.build/a892f9a56cfe2704a2d2eaca0828d6f50d4170119eb17fabd90932571e248f57.jpg

2024-05-11 15:21:07

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Oh for sure, I don’t expect non-techie people to run their own instances for just personal accounts. And sure, you can get banned if you don’t follow the instance rules. But again, if you can use Google then you can find a handful of services that will stand up a server for you within a few minutes if you pay a few dollars. But yeah, that’s still an issue.
Nostr doesn’t have that issue, but has plenty of others, especially for non-techie people. I’ve been in IT for over a decade now and I have worked with plenty of people you’d call techie that don’t have a clue about public/private keypairs. And the relays are confusing for newbies. Understanding what they are exactly, how many should you have, and which ones should you use. Discoverability is also very difficult on Nostr from my experience. It can be difficult to find who to follow if you aren’t a Bitcoin fanatic. So from my experiences, it’s been easier for the normal person to adopt something like the Fediverse or Bluesky than Nostr. The average person also likely isn’t worried about getting banned, so that isn’t as big of a draw to them.
*All opinions above are my own and likely to be incorrect to the majority of Nostr users today*

2024-05-11 15:04:30

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Not if you run your own instance. Which anyone can do for just a few dollars a month.
When Bluesky is fully up and running and allowing people to run their own instances there then it would function more like Nostr than the fediverse from what I understand.

2024-05-11 15:01:24

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Uh, if I don’t want it can I return it for a refund?

2024-05-11 14:59:41

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…or 3. Those of us who live in reality, haven’t fallen down the conspiracy rabbit hole, and aren’t getting high off our own supply (of bullshit)

2024-05-11 14:53:09

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How would Nostr be any different than Mastodon or the rest of the fediverse in this scenario? Or even Bluesky?

2024-05-10 23:22:50

What’s everyone’s recommended #nostr iOS client?

2024-05-10 20:50:42

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👋

2024-05-10 18:28:14

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Eggplanted?

2024-05-10 13:32:06

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Yeah, there’s A LOT more than goes into it than just “eating animal fats”.
I was successfully on a Keto diet for a few months and for me, the benefits were pretty awesome. Got a lot of energy back, felt better, all that good stuff. However, to consistently be in a state of ketosis requires a lot of discipline and planning. You can’t just go out and eat wherever you want. You have to plan ahead and make sure there’s something on the menu that fits your diet. You have to constantly plan out your meals and educate yourself on what you can and cannot eat.
In the end, it was too much for me to maintain with a family of 5. Benefits were great, but the day-to-day of it was time consuming and difficult.

2024-05-10 13:23:44

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I’ll count half of it 🌓

2024-04-08 19:13:47

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You’ll never forget it though 😆

2024-04-08 19:12:23

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Amazing shot!

2024-04-08 18:10:21

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WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!

2024-04-08 16:08:44

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Thanks for the response! That makes a lot more since now on why people use the hashtag for non-related posts. I’ve more or less ignored that functionality of Nostr so far.
Again, thanks for the insight!

2024-04-08 15:37:36

#comics #funny https://image.nostr.build/f82c12aa30c3d5d0769721f8b03dfbab15650d30d21d4908abe0f49ebce31c8c.jpg

2024-04-08 15:16:11

Observation from a new #nostr user: What the hell is up with every other post here being about #bitcoin?
I get that nostr users are generally heavily into cryptocurrencies, but my god, there’s so much spam about it. I see people hashtag it in notes that are in no way related to Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies at all.
What gives?

2024-04-08 14:37:28

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New and trying to wrap my head around all of this. So much Bitcoin focused notes on here tho, lol.

2024-04-08 12:43:41

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Guten tag!

2024-04-08 00:21:10

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…it does?