Ruled by Physics

Just looked at search trends, Nostr Vs Bluesky. Bluesky has much bigger reach.
Good! Nostr is a niche place which you will only find when you are ready for it.

2024-12-31 10:52:35

What is the point of writing (or saying) stuff online?
For years now I have realized that things you have to say doesn't live longer, generally, than the time you sit and write them. Even as I write these words, it holds true.
There are influencers, who have many followers, but they are whores to their audience, always. Needing to write or produce huge amounts of content daily to build and maintain their stardom. Whores.
To my knowledge there are very few exceptions, if any, people who write something new that people can't do without. I know of only one such person who's opinions and knowledge is unique and indispensable to me.
Generally all of what we have to say are repetitions of someone else's point already made.
If you don't want to be a whore, you will not have an audience. If you don't want to be a whore online? There is little point in writing anything, just read. Am I wrong?
What about saying things to maintain social connections? You are a whore online still.
What about saying things to keep a record for yourself or reason for yourself? No reason to do it online.
I should not have written these words, it makes no sense to write them, but I wrote them nonetheless. Because I wanted to, but I don't know why I wrote them? I could have just thought them, maybe I just wanted to be irrational, maybe that is enough.

2024-11-22 13:14:45

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Fixed it/edit:
The problem is most living people have never been trained to detect bullshit.

2024-01-18 20:19:50

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Stop it already ... what he is actually saying is pretty boring. Sounds like an economist/politician mixed race.

2024-01-18 20:18:02

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He's a pawn of the elite ... a false Messiah ... if you listen to him carefully it is not hard to see. Ending poverty bla bla bla ... same same but different.

2024-01-09 21:14:30

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Nothing beats a good argument like a gold old fashioned insult. Well done mate, very high IQ!

2024-01-09 20:53:15

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Light weight

2024-01-08 20:27:21

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You mean you know everything you need to know? And everything that will ever be know in this space?

2024-01-08 20:24:16

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Where is your intellectual curiosity, man?

2024-01-08 20:10:40

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As you observe, I don't mean religion in the literal sense. What religion actually is, is another matter.
I am trying to make the point that the maximalists are too committed to Bitcoin.
I believe in PoW cryptocurrency - but Bitcoin doesn't excite me anymore. Too much conformity.

2024-01-07 19:51:55

Bitcoin maximalism is a centralization attack on PoW cryptocurrency as a phenomena, stalling innovation and multiplicity. Maximalism is disguised as a cypherpunk movement when in fact it is the opposite. Why? Because when power is concentrated, throughout history, it is always the bad guys. Somehow these maxis have been able to ride on their early reputation of cypherpunkism and toxicity. I think toxicity is good as a phenomena, because it criticises. But when the toxic people only support one religion (maximalism), then they are no longer toxic, they are merely religious statists. I hope Bitcoin maximalists realise they are just tools of a centralizing machine, and stop being that.

2024-01-01 18:24:22

Sounds great - 2 women is better than 1.
#note1xp2…7lh0

2023-12-30 17:20:39

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Never meant to scale. Payments are already working fine. The only USP is scarcity, decentralization and privacy. Fee's should be high.

2023-12-30 17:14:55

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This is bullshit. Just some fucking regulation to mess things up. My experience of USB-C is that they are prone to disconnect and not work.
When standardisation and waste is more important than innovation and quality, then you know you are in 'rent seeking land'.

2023-12-28 19:45:06

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Well, you have many things going on here from my perspective. You are trying to create a self-sustaining social media client business, where the social media is based on a new network protocol which is *specifically* designed to reduce the bargaining power of the businesses offering services on this network. Simultaneously, it is highly likely that at least one competitor on this network will succeed in raising considerable capital (to spend on tech development and market share) albeit the investment case is weak due to low barriers for entry.
So from my point of view, you will be operating in a highly competitive environment with multiple aggressive competitors. I agree there will be some stickiness effect (you call it loyalty) due to many users are reluctant to change something which is working. Nonetheless, you will have churn, and you must acquire new users for your business case to work. If there is a new market entry from a player with considerable capital to deploy, your churn might become too high to sustain the business case.
Furthermore, I have to admit, that paying $9/month I would never do. Albeit it is little money, there is no need to pay this when I can get the same'ish product (no offense intended) for free somewhere else. If you erect a paywall, your churn will increase rapidly in my view.
Finally, Apple built their brand on friendly UX tech (/features), network effects, innovation (/product) and marketing. Brand strength doesn't just appear, it comes from superiority in some regard.
I am no expert in social media business, so I am not going to say what is the right way for you to generate revenue, but I do know what constitutes a very competitive market. And Nostr appears to be designed to be more competitive than any market I have ever seen.
Wish you success!

2023-12-28 15:03:14

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Yeah but with Nostr some other client will offer a copy of your service for free - and they will get the users. People will on average go for the cheaper of two alternatives. I am already using three Nostr clients. Will likely try more soon. You can't count on subscriber charity.
If you are talking about corporate services - we are no longer talking about user subscriptions as a way to monetize. Corporate services is something else in my opinion. But by all means, that is also a battle tested way to monetize.

2023-12-28 14:53:39

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And the people paying for X is not the readers - it is the engagement farmers and publishers. A clear minority.

2023-12-28 14:51:33

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I would be surprised if their payed user revenues amounts to little more than a trickle of total revenues. Guaranteed their business relies on advertising. You don't have to monetize from advertising, but it is a battle tested way to monetize.

2023-12-28 14:46:32

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Of course you have to do marketing. In my humble opinion, people are never going to pay for social media at scale, be it subscriptions or tipping. It would be the equivalent of paying for a conversation.
You have to monetize another way!

2023-12-28 14:20:46

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We don't actually. To hell with the majority.

2023-12-27 20:07:56

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At least you can control your own money.

2023-12-26 21:21:34

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Funny because it is true. These days I feel like tattoos are an IQ test. Pretty accurate one too!

2023-12-26 08:16:27

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I like this one. I very occasionally meet people who have similar personality interests. Maybe 1-2 last 10 years.
But maybe you can adjust your friends and family to be.

2023-12-25 02:49:45

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If you are older you should get a much younger spouse. Or else there might be no kids.

2023-12-22 17:46:02

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Depends on what you mean by creative I guess. To me AI just produce copy paste whatever it is taught. Pattern recognition. Reproducing patterns. That is what it does. If the prompt is this, what is the most probable pattern to follow.
Creative to me is not mixing Snow white with Lord of the rings to have Sauron waking up after long sleep.

2023-12-22 16:38:00

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AI is just copy paste. Pattern replication. AI Movies would just be like things you have already seen.

2023-12-22 15:06:51

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Using Windows is nearly madness. 'Software is like sex, better when it is free' - Linus Torwalds

2023-12-21 18:26:57

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How do you get more than one wife? Not so easy

2023-12-21 17:19:57

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Why draw the line on skin color? Why not exclude all idiots and barbarians instead? I want to be surrounded by thinking people, the other ones not.

2023-12-11 15:38:45

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Getting solid sleep, lift fucking heavy weights, eating a big steak, having a goal.
I fight my minds chemicals release every day and week with these.
For myself, I realised that part of the journey, is to not take responsibility for others who don't try to become aware. It was a sense of progress.
Now the question why we live: to breed and multiply, the genes must live and multiply
Wealth is but a carrier of the same

2023-12-11 13:05:49

Disregard the non-technically savvy. "If you can't read, your problem, not mine."
#nevent1q…ut33

2023-12-10 20:50:10

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Why? All they do is scamming with that transparency. Proof of Reserve is a complete joke - bullshit!

2023-12-10 18:59:44

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I think there are some signs however of de-fiatization, resulting in deflation pressure. I am on the fence on inflation or deflation for de-fiatization.
For example, fiat supply is currently decreasing.
Yes the state could print and buy it all, but they can't break the law, central banks are forced legally today to target inflation. Come what may.
They can fake the statistics, but how much?

2023-12-10 18:52:43

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Nothing about Democracy is voluntary. You can't break the law. Democracy is slavery to the majority, but slavery nonetheless.

2023-12-10 14:54:57

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Cryptocurrency which is transparent is an oxymoron.
Enabling never ending scams.

2023-12-10 14:52:35

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Bitcoin blockchain transparency is a bug, not a feature.

2023-12-10 11:45:07

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Not needed because on Nostr everyone is Alex Jones. He wouldn't be famous if they didn't censor him.

2023-12-04 19:37:36

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Never understood Discord, what is it for? Who is on it? Why Discord instead of other social media?

2023-12-04 19:35:58

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It happens. Brain chemicals not in balance due to not enough sleep or illness maybe?

2023-12-04 18:27:41

Someone big is selling.

2023-12-03 14:37:55

#note1kvp…npxm
I wouldn't say perfect money, there's one other coin that has got even better properties.
But the pyramid scheme nonsense is tiring, money only has value when people believe in it, want to use it. Of course Bitcoin is a "pyramid scheme", exactly like USD, there's nothing wrong with that. Some people were early before most of the value had inflated, congratulations to them, they had foresight.
There's nothing about crypto currencies that is "fair" or should be "fair" in the sense that everyone is provided the same opportunity, just like how the world works, some people get ahead. That is ok. Nature selects the best, that survive because the others die. Bitcoin has survived so far, and it will survive fiat at least.

2023-12-03 14:26:13

As clients, I am using Amethyst on Android and Primal on Browser. So far I prefer Amethyst over Primal, I don't like how Primal per default sorts Trending posts instead of Latest. I hate it when services direct focus on large accounts (="kingmaking"). But I do like the statistics page on Primal and post-preview. #primal #amethyst

2023-11-28 19:59:10

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Too complicated for me to understand.

2023-11-28 19:58:14

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Yes simple - yet so hard to understand for most. If there is a need there is a right? NO!

2023-11-28 19:55:38

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Why are you placing an order to buy fiat if it goes down in value?

2023-11-28 19:52:37

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Haha. Yes something like that. Civilization Vs Barbarians.
I think conflict is what made Europe powerful. Let us have it. Maybe it will no longer be nation states, maybe it will be cities or tribes. But war is what we do here. That is one of the ways to progress.
You can feel how we are edging closer. Every day the collectivists lose power.

2023-11-28 19:01:44

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Don't be so quick to come to conclusions. We are turning the supertanker around. In Europe we have had war (with short breaks) for over a thousand years... Including the crusades ...

2023-11-27 21:31:18

This guys is too concerned about onboarding new users. Why? Nostr works, people who don't get why Nostr is a great idea, well forget about them. This inclusivity needs to stop, this a good place for liberty-addicts to shitpost.
#note17u7…h5y5

2023-11-27 21:28:27

Good one, makes you think. Normally if you're upset with what is happening you give cops a pass, because they catch bad guys. But they underpin the shitty system, enforcing shit laws, like collecting tax. Cops should not get a moral free pass.
#note12tx…7nru

2023-11-26 18:24:43

Note it is mostly tech companies and other woke environments like World Bank. Indians hire Indians. Indians lie by default, it is normal behavior. Indians are awful to work with. Often they are hard to understand. I would never voluntarily want to work with an Indian again.
#nevent1q…9kss

2023-11-25 19:37:19

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Go out, buy a good steak, ask the butcher, grill it on coal and fire, take it out when it reaches 58 degrees Celsius. Eat that juicy thing! Forget the veggies.
This will make you feel more about food.

2023-11-23 16:10:14

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Spiritual companionship. It is important, when nearly all persons you meet, are completely oblivious to decentralized information and to what is [probably] really going on.
If you don't understand the need for Nostr then you are unlikely to be on Nostr. Great way to keep the quality community, it is like a built in filter. I hope Nostr doesn't go mainstream.
Not many moronic crypto shills or traders. No politicians and no journalists. It is fabulous.

2023-11-23 07:40:36

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Partially yes. I think they think they are at the pinnacle of civilization, and their Christian base got them there.
But no, we can go further, without religion. However, the barbarians must be left behind. Higher civilization is probably opt-in inclusive, not mandatory inclusive.

2023-11-22 21:03:33

Why are the Americans so religious? I don't understand the appeal. You can solve all your existential fears with some philosophy and reflection. Humans don't need religion to progress, the opposite I think.

2023-11-21 16:50:05

Constantly reminded of that film Margin Call when Jeremy Irons says he can no longer hear the music.
It is all so predictable. And unpredictable. All those people earning their living in bullshit jobs or living on benefits. They are fucked. How they will be fucked, I don't know. But the system is no longer transferring more money to them, their money is going to zero.