PerlStalker

Family friendly YouTuber, streamer, and podcaster. I mostly play Minecraft.

- Gaming: https://youtube.com/@MusicFreeGaming
- Podcast: https://youtube.com/@MusicFreeStatic

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2024-10-13 18:51:49

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I'm half convinced that the actions that WordPress have taken are in violation of the GPLv2 which the WordPress source is licensed under.

2024-10-13 03:50:53

I'm watching The Bad Batch and am, once again, amazed by how beautiful some of the shots are. Some of the best Star Wars story telling happened in animation and some of the most beautiful.
#starwars

2024-09-28 01:03:05

"In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children"

2024-09-25 11:59:20

For everyone looking for something special... #bitcoinhttps://m.primal.net/LBlQ.gif
https://www.gocomics.com/thegrizzwells/2024/09/25

2024-09-13 16:59:48

I'm beginning to suspect that I have a touch of fructose intolerance. The last couple of days when I had a few high fructose fruits with breakfast, I almost immediately started having stomach pain.
For years, I've known that I get sick to my stomach when I drink apple juice. Apples are a high fructose food. I just never seen the correlation with other foods before.

2024-09-12 03:23:43

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I'm less concerned about what make something go viral but what behavior going viral rewards. What got me thinking about this was the types of content posted to social media, particularly commentary and political content, and what the inherent rewards of the system encourage from creators.
From what I've seen, more extreme views get more engagement. No one cares about "Thing X is bad" but "Thing X is the worst thing ever and kills babies" tends to drive more clicks, likes, etc. which might push the "algorithm" to boost the post. In the end all the storm and fury surrounding one post that gets a zillion views doesn't mean much other than bragging rights. If, on the other hand, the reward is money there is more incentive to use that extremism to try and hit big, rake in the sats, and to keep going extreme to keep the sats flowing.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. (It's been known to happen.) I'm just wondering if one of the things that makes nostr awesome (the ability to reward value with value by zapping sats) doesn't also encourage the toxic behavior that is so prevalent on X, Facebook, etc.

2024-09-12 01:26:43

One of the worst traits of a creator media site is the tendency to reward the hottest, most extreme takes. For many of those, the rewards tend to be algorithmic growth and increased views. For nostr, the rewards are direct and often monetary. Is that "better"? Does zapping encourage or discourage more extreme views or does it make no difference?
#nostr #sats #creatormedia #socialmedia

2024-09-10 19:31:01

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I like fun, character growth, and a general good triumphs over evil message. Internal consistency is helpful but not necessary. (The magic system in Robert Asprin's Myth series is all over the map but the books are fun.)
I also have to like the characters. If I don't like the characters, it's really hard for me to stick with a story. That doesn't mean the characters have to be "righteous" but I should want to spend time with them. In the series I keep going back to (like LOTR), it's because I like being with the characters.
I really like the Honor Harrington series from David Weber, in part, because the pseudo science of space travel is pretty interesting and I like Honor as a character.

2024-09-09 16:03:38

Congrats to everyone frothing at the mouth over the mob vote. The mob vote is now dead.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/the-future-of-minecrafts-development
#minecraft

2024-09-09 15:25:42

I've gotten very used to package managers and docker containers. I don't miss installing software directly from source. If you need me, I'll be compiling...

2024-09-09 01:55:51

I've been rewatching The Clone Wars. The last arc of season 7 is so freaking good. It's some of the best story telling in all of Star Wars.
#starwars

2024-09-08 19:33:17

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We must be talking/listening to different libertarians. As a libertarian myself, I agree that free speech includes the freedom to oppose people's behavior.

2024-09-06 03:34:42

I really like my Logitech mouse but every so often it just straight up forgets that the buttons are supposed to do things. It's probably related to my KVM but it's annoying.

2024-09-04 22:38:13

It's not every day that I see a buck this big in my yard.
https://m.primal.net/Keah.jpg

2024-09-04 15:47:15

Creator media sites (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X) are built on the spam model. A creator puts out some form of "content" and waits for the likes, tips, whatever to come in. It's really a one-way process.
Social media is built on relationships and a good discussion back and forth. Discord, irc, etc. fall into that. Nostr currently falls here because the community is awesome and there's a culture of connection. The fact that it's still a small community probably contributes to that.
I get worried about people joining nostr and treating it like creator media. Either one-way engagement farming ("I will post my hot take and watch the sats roll in.") or just another place to spam out links.
#nostr #creatormedia #socialmedia
#note1rvp…a2z7

2024-09-04 13:51:08

Speaking of #Minecraft... I rambled on about Mojang's Minecraft experiment process in my latest podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSHB4-AcJWw

2024-09-04 13:31:43

The first trailer for A Minecraft Movie is out and... I'm not impressed. Jack Black is almost always a negative for me. The style is interesting. It looks to be taking the basic story from Minecraft Legends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2YZhcC4NY
#minecraft

2024-09-04 04:07:50

I saw someone insisting that price controls totally work and shortages are okay. 🤦‍♂️

2024-09-03 21:46:15

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You're welcome and good luck to your teen.

2024-09-03 19:48:04

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The grind is real. For YouTube, your teen might be right... for now. However, you can point your teen to what's happening in the streaming space. Sure, viewers use the built-in tools for subscriptions or donations but a lot of viewers use off platform tools like Streamelements, Ko-Fi, or Fourthwall to support creators. In theory, sats can fall into that same category.
On the other hand, it's really hard for regular viewers to buy and zap sats right now. As much as I'd like to agree with you, until it's just as easy for a casual viewer to tip stats as it is to tip dollars, income based on sats will be very limited.

2024-09-03 02:10:24

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I haven't read the Mistborn books yet. I read the Skyward series a while back. Fun stuff

2024-09-02 13:02:54

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Agreed. A problem I think nostr shares with other "social" platforms is that you can't follow someone without seeing everything they post. For some people, that's fine and awesome but sometimes I want to follow someone for their posts about certain topics (eg Minecraft, football) and not others (eg Politics, bitcoin).
I think there's room here for some form of client-side filtering rather than something at the relay level. A simple filter could be based on hashtags. Something more advanced might use a LLM to detect the topic which comes closer to solving both the "sender didn't set a topic" and "spam post isn't related to the stated topic" problems.

2024-09-02 05:04:56

I just finished reading "Just Stab Me Now" by Jill Bearup. It's a fun little story and a great translation of her Fantasy Heroine series of Shorts. There were a few spots where I actually laughed out loud.
It's not high literature by any means but it's a fun fantasy romance that actively plays with (and subverts) the typical romance tropes.
#books #bookstr

2024-09-02 02:45:35

I saw this thing for Mastodon and immediately thought of the relative simplicity of #nostr and zaps
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/1/24232298/sub-club-fediverse-make-money

2024-09-01 00:08:11

That feeling when your contractor gives up half way through the project and ghosts you. I wish I could afford to hire a lawyer and/or someone to finish up this mess. Somehow, I doubt that my programming skills are going to be much help.
https://m.primal.net/KXzK.jpg

2024-08-31 21:35:47

"We're sorry your car broke down. We're sending you a space Uber." -- NASA, probably

2024-08-30 04:21:19

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Fair 🤣

2024-08-30 03:55:24

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I'm still in the "finding people to follow" phase.

2024-08-29 23:34:25

We had a visitor
https://m.primal.net/KUNH.jpg

2024-08-29 22:50:23

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Congrats, dude. Being a father is pretty amazing.

2024-08-29 02:55:22

Thinking about this more. I think nostr is especially well suited to this. Sites like X or Facebook want to push out everything for ad-related reasons. Nostr is focused on the individual user and their needs.
#note1u5e…2d62

2024-08-28 13:48:08

My latest podcast is out wherein I talk about coming back to nostr. When I recorded it on Saturday, I didn't expect that a couple of days later French idiocy would cause a lot of people to jump on the nostr train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-wsCADMtNk

2024-08-28 12:37:42

Social medial platforms like X, Bluesky, and nostr all suffer from the same weakness. They all assume that, if you follow someone, you want to see everything that person says about everything. That's seldom true, even offline. Often a person you go to for one topic is not someone whose opinions you want to see on other topics.
As an example, back when I was watching the NFL, I followed a couple of people on Twitter because I really liked their takes on the NFL. They were diving into statistical analysis in a way I hadn't seen before and they made it fun. That said, I had zero interest in anything they had to say about politics.
Here's another example. I'm really into Minecraft. A number of the developers were on Twitter. I really wanted to see what they were saying about Minecraft but I couldn't care less about their environmental activism or even what they had for dinner.
It would be great to be able to say I want to follow this person but only for this topic or I want to follow that person for everything except this other topic. Maybe I want their takes on nostr and bitcoin but not rugby.
On the sender side, this would require 1) that every time a person posts, they use some sort of topic specifier (like a hashtag) and/or 2) an LLM that picks up on the context and adds the topic that it guesses.
From the receiver side, the easy default is to show everything (which is what most people expect). Then when the sender posts something from a topic the receiver doesn't want to see, they could add that topic to the filter. Then posts that match the filter aren't shown in the main feed. (They should still be visible if the receiver visits the sender's profile.)
I'm not sure how reasonable this would be in practice but I think it would go a long way to allowing a person to curate their feeds to see exactly what they want.
#nostr #socialnetworks

2024-08-26 02:13:15

I miss the days when every site has an RSS feed.

2024-08-24 22:39:46

Fresh salsa waiting to go in the canner #foodstr
https://m.primal.net/KLPh.jpg

2024-08-23 04:55:38

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I do a basic mindfulness meditation from time to time as I need it.

2024-08-20 04:00:26

It's always enlightening to listen to a politician and count the number of times they use words like "ban", "require", or "mandate" when discussing their policies.

2024-08-18 05:03:20

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Yes

2024-08-18 05:00:00

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I'm a gamer though it's mostly Minecraft. I also stream and do the whole content creator thing.

2024-08-16 04:05:30

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I was an 80s kid. I listened to a lot of everything but what stuck with me was early hip hop. (C+C Music Factory, Marky Mark, etc ) My tastes have moved on to EDM, k-pop, and other high energy dance music but I think it all started with that early hip hop.

2023-08-27 20:18:56

It still amazes me how many people think that wanting to keep your own money is greedy but forcing others to give you their money is not

2023-08-11 03:27:42

Let's talk about AI - Music Free Static (011)
AI and large language models are a hot topic these days and it generates strong feelings, especially among those who's lively hoods are challenged by it. Like any disruptive technology, or any tool for that matter, LLMs can be used to help or to harm.
https://youtu.be/Wj7nannFzDg
#podcast #ai

2023-07-12 14:28:08

Is Howard the Duck a bad movie? Yes. Yes, it is. It's still fun. Check out my latest podcast as dive into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHwX-QMR8As
(An audio only version is on Fountain and most other podcast platforms.)
#podcast #moviereview

2023-07-01 16:19:48

I love autocrafting in Create mod. This time I plugged into my wood factory to craft chests and barrels as well as stairs, slabs, doors, trapdoors, fences, and gates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTEM04jmKOQ
#minecraft #createmod #moddedminecraft

2023-06-30 04:22:23

A thing only has value if other people think it does. It doesn't matter if that thing is a Dollar, bitcoln, gold, or Lego. If no one else thinks it has value, it's worthless.

2023-06-29 01:29:12

I've got a new Really Late TV Review of season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds up on the Music Free Static podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEGx3eldQAo
#podcast #startrek

2023-06-24 14:52:00

A lot of digging and a little engineering and I now have a charcoal factory. This will give me a ready supply for torches but will also be used to create black dye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75IEKAWXoo
#minecraft #createmod #moddedminecraft

2023-06-22 02:35:46

I love things like the MCU and Star Wars but I REALLY dislike the fandom that surrounds them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tycsm91v9Hc
#podcast #marvel #starwars

2023-06-16 13:47:19

Be excellent to each other and let that excellence raise your community

2023-06-14 14:10:36

Nostr has a censorship problem? Let me explain in my latest podcast
https://youtu.be/cavvsUa5fas
#podcast

2023-06-07 14:31:16

In the latest Music Free Static podcast, I talk about social media and how Instagram and YouTube aren't it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Hi5RcwrmI
#socialmedia #podcast

2023-06-02 21:11:19

I have so much fun with Create mod. There's always another machine to build. 😂
#minecraft #createmod

2023-06-02 03:33:38

I've been awake for 19 hours. I should sleep but I'm scrolling nostr instead. I don't have a problem. I can stop anytime. *Scroll scroll scroll*

2023-06-01 21:20:01

I've been away since 2:30am. Tonight's stream is going to be ... interesting. :-D

2023-05-31 20:55:49

Goodbye Glimesh. Proof that it's hard to be a streaming platform.
https://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690
#streaming

2023-05-31 13:57:47

It's time for another Really Late Movie Review. Here's Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. tl;dr: I liked it but it has issues.
You can also listen to podcast on your favorite podcast platform!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ui-xmcgVwc
#podcast #marvel

2023-05-28 00:58:07

I should be editing a video but here I am scrolling nostr

2023-05-27 14:19:55

A nice little guardian farm is just the thing I need to fully automate prismarine and sea lantern production!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wtgkFUucpQ
#minecraft #createmod #moddedminecraft

2023-05-26 04:15:29

I recently relaunched my podcast Music Free Static! It's on Fountan, too!
https://fountain.fm/show/MUy6zphJpzp4tRcypm0N

2023-05-21 13:57:26

Good morning, y'all! I hope your day is a beautiful as you are!

2023-05-20 19:47:04

My slime farm was definitely a lot better the second time around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j0Qdz3ofEk
#minecraft #createmod #moddedminecraft

2023-05-16 23:31:26

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It worked so well at Twitchcon. I'm sure nothing bad could happen. /s

2023-05-13 14:26:38

I have plans for a slime farm but my cow cooker is in the way. It's time move it and make it better!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MLH52RdXUQ
#minecraft #createmod #moddedminecraft

2023-05-03 20:18:26

I would greatly appreciate it if plants would keep their romantic relationships out of my sinuses

2023-05-02 16:36:57

I have a degree in math because English is hard.

2023-04-29 13:47:43

After many months of just leaving everything outside, I've finally put a building up around my base!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMz3gEsGT4g
#minecraft #createmod

2023-04-28 17:11:13

I'm still on a quest for the perfect desktop nostr client. I've been using snort most recently but I'm not sure I like it.

2023-04-22 14:54:39

It's the great wart clean-up of 2023! Who knew that wart removal could be so fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjpd2wGr4c8
#minecraft #createmod

2023-04-17 00:16:52

French urologists are great because they help you oui oui!
Yes, it's stupid. No, I don't care. 😂

2023-04-16 03:20:10

I managed to put together a couple of pretty nice nether tree farms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxrgYRQHbc
#minecraft #createmod

2023-04-15 04:40:10

I finally got my video done. I was seriously putting off doing the transcripts for my clips for spamming the socials

2023-04-14 20:34:21

I've got so many things I want to build in my Create mod world. I can't decide what to build next.
#minecraft

2023-04-12 15:54:56

I love The Mandorlan but I can't take Moff Gideon seriously. He reminds me of a nerd who was bullied as a kid and, now that he has power, he's just as much as a bully. Now he's mad because Bo-katan won't give him the darksaber to complete his Mando/Jedi cosplay.
#StarWars #Mandalorian

2023-04-08 16:48:41

If "Old Age" had a flavor, it would be Birthday Cake Oreos.

2023-04-08 16:37:38

I may not be the best building around but at least the trains run on time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Ipp2D-5fc
#minecraft #createmod

2023-04-06 16:26:39

I'm taking a break from stupidity. Some of you are going to have to leave.

2023-04-03 01:49:18

Sometimes, the hardest person to be kind to is yourself. It's worth it, though.

2023-04-03 01:33:09

I've got a nice to system in place to pick-up the drops from my mob farms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qHMYx6eNCQ
#minecraft #createmod

2023-04-02 00:56:40

I love Create mod. It made it so very easy to build an AFK spider eye farm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5Jp-azt2o
#minecraft #createmod

2023-03-29 20:22:22

Headaches are high on my "Do not recommend" list

2023-03-26 21:37:41

It feels so good to actually finish a project once in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4O74yiT1Yk
#minecraft #createmod

2023-03-23 03:38:36

The new amethyst-based shulker signaling in the 23w12a snapshot seems really limited.
#minecraft

2023-03-23 03:20:39

I've been having so much fun in Minecraft Create mod. Despite having to rebuild part of the factory three times, I am now able to manufacture redstone!
Check out my latest episode to see how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TlC6azWaRM
#minecraft #createmod

2023-03-18 01:47:21

I should be editing my next video but keep jumping over the play with nostr clients. I need more self control. 🤣

2023-03-17 23:52:53

I think the secret ingredients in Oreo cookies are sadness and disappointment.