lukemacneil
Luke MacNeil

https://macneilmediagroup.com

Nomad. Astrophotographer. Geek

Public Key

npub1gjpfxuektua5wccjsreudzwxah7vxh2cmkswfxslxzfp27qmwvhq9xm7z2

NIP-05 Address

luke@macneilmediagroup.com

NIP-57 Address

nirvanamagnetic647203@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsyfq5nwvm97w68vvfgpu7x38rwmlxrt4vdmg8yng0npys40qdhxtsvv0lpl

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npub1gjpfxuektua5wccjsreudzwxah7vxh2cmkswfxslxzfp27qmwvhq9xm7z2

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2025-05-21 00:00:40

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Both, the note is just a spinning wheel and then it says unable to fetch content - across multiple clients.

2025-05-20 23:46:30

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I want more storage than that, and I want it to make me more than it costs me, so I'm looking for a solution to host it myself.

2025-05-20 23:41:29

I'm trying to post longform video to nostr and I'm not sure what the right way is. Obviously, just posting a link to youtube is the easiest, but I also set up an IPFS node as well as a couple blossom servers.
I tried route96 as well as nostrcheck-server and while they both work for images, if I try to upload a larger mp4 file, the frontend pukes with:
The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have occurred after a reference to a file was acquired.
Does anyone know what this is about? I have plenty of storage and would prefer to host my own content, but I can't quite find the right way to do that.
#asknostr #nostrcheck #video #blossom

2025-05-18 05:38:27

When I was a kid, I used to hang out at this dude Mickey's house. Mickey was a dope head, but he loved rock and roll. I used to go over Mickey's house every day after school, and he would teach me to play the bass guitar.
I didn't want to play the bass, I wanted to play the guitar - but Mickey needed a bass player. So bass it was.
One day another kid from down the street was over Mickey's house. Well, this kid Dave was giving me shit because I was still a virgin and he wasn't. I know it's hard to believe - but 12 year old Luke was an overweight nerdy kid with no friends.
And Mickey said "Hey, you don't ever give him shit for that. He's gonna get more pussy than he can stick his dick in - because HE'S IN THE BAND".
Mickey was right. So for all you nerdy fat kids out there, remember Mickey's words.
Join a band.
#Wisdom #Guitar #Music #LifeLessons

2025-05-18 05:17:26

Exploring southern Utah, from the sky.
https://zap.stream/nevent1qqsp30gjm4anjppcp5wgl48gg06sjnha00q52rne2vuup8k66vm9zhqzypzg9ymnxe0nk3mrz2q0835fcmkles6atrw6pey6rucfy9tcrdejuqcyqqqqq9spdap63
#Drone #Videography #Travel

2025-05-18 04:17:26

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Oh no worries, I'm still figuring it out and there’s a million half working clients. Is there a reason you don’t like primal on ios?

2025-05-18 03:54:19

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I'm not into okra, but that looks like a damn nice way to deal with cheese curds.

2025-05-18 03:19:24

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I’ve been using it for years in terrible wind, and monsoons. It does just fine.

2025-05-18 03:16:05

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Thanks

2025-05-18 03:15:38

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I’m sure I’ll be able to hit a AZ. I’m in Animas, New Mexico right on the border. I can’t keep my antenna up right now, though because of the goddamn wind.

2025-05-18 00:35:09

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I'm stoked to check out your hamstr project

2025-05-18 00:28:17

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Thank you!

2025-05-18 00:27:39

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I've never posted anything from primal on iOS. I view on primal on iOS. I dunno, people keep telling me to stop doing whatever it is I'm doing and use some other thing. What is your suggestion?
I'm just trying to post photos and content.
What is the correct nostr community approved way to do that?

2025-05-18 00:21:02

Some remote somewhere, in the middle of nowhere, in the United States.
note1nfgun7hl8qn8vr2ah27xnvml53g5svgekxeszuzel35pm2gswxhqgad0vg

2025-05-17 23:39:59

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Take a look at VarAC

2025-05-17 23:39:02

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Interesting. I've been playing with VarAC and I see how it could work. Real slow though. Still, super cool. I'll give it a look, thanks!

2025-05-17 23:28:59

I'm an athlete.
This place had me petrified.
https://youtu.be/5_6xf9V-1yM
#Astrophotography #Hiking #Photography

2025-05-17 23:14:37

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That's super helpful, thanks. It actually doesn't show correctly for me in most of those clients. But it does in Coracle, so maybe I should just use that.

2025-05-17 23:02:43

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Perfect! Thank you for the feedback!

2025-05-17 23:01:36

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https://image.nostr.build/9d05021a31bb3bc1d5523cea998e9c6ad541c982e7a9e9ff22efe04bbe6795c4.png this is what I see, myself.

2025-05-17 23:00:34

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I actually can't see myself, to myself I see "Note not available" for the first, and a hyperlink for the second.

2025-05-17 22:59:46

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Thanks! Does it show in your client or did you have to follow the link to lumina? I'm trying to figure out the best way to post photos on nostr.

2025-05-17 22:54:25

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Thanks man!

2025-05-17 22:52:53

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Thanks! This whole following the milky way thing has opened me up in new ways.

2025-05-17 22:52:28

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Me too! Welcome. Nice to meet you, have a great weekend yourself!

2025-05-17 22:52:07

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I been through Slab City but I don't know about those other places.

2025-05-17 22:51:41

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Thank you!

2025-05-17 22:50:48

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NICE. I loves me some meshtastic

2025-05-17 22:50:24

@npub1t6j…ksrw I can't get olas to work at all in any way, but lumina.rocks appears to. Now I would take that note ID and post it here, like so:
#note1ma2…t4pu
Does that work?
Alternatively I can post the lumina link
https://lumina.rocks/note/note1ma2h5kuhljqv5gxgmk8fypqlx409ymd7uphgfeku8s566tk8c4zs4tt4pu
Does that work?

2025-05-17 22:41:45

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Well it also depends on the protocol, the filesystem, how many levels of abstraction and containerization we're playing with, and a lot of things.
I'm not opposed to blossom, or whatever works, I just want to be able to post a link to a file and have the video play, preferably with a thumbnail and video controls.

2025-05-17 22:37:23

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Sending memes over SSTV using radio waves is pretty fuckin dope. Meshtastic is also pretty sick.

2025-05-17 22:35:42

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https://files.macneilmediagroup.com/ipfs/bafybeigimxpnfvrtckx7zogvgtomuku4bgtraghp3ydqj6lwzl7pf6bfu4
IPFS *appears* to work

2025-05-17 22:34:44

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Is blossom going to support a 30 minute 400GB 4k video file though?

2025-05-17 22:18:38

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I don't know, I have the same problem.

2025-05-17 21:33:01

I don't just take pictures, I also play radio.
This is my first Parks on the Air - #POTA activation. I drove out to a remote park in Arizona and set up a mobile radio station to make as many contacts as possible. It totally worked.
https://files.macneilmediagroup.com/ipfs/bafybeigimxpnfvrtckx7zogvgtomuku4bgtraghp3ydqj6lwzl7pf6bfu4
I’m not sure if this is the best way to host long from video content, but we can try.
#HamRadio #IPFS #Video

2025-05-17 21:29:47

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I have a fair bit of long form video content too, so I set up an IPFS node for that. Maybe I should just do that for the images too?

2025-05-17 20:17:40

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No, it does make sense, thank you - I assumed that an image posted here was a kind20 inside a kind1, similar to the way the fediverse works.
I’m a day in, so I’ll get it figured out, but thank you.
Olas is acting like it’s read only, but it shouldn’t be. I don’t know if that’s my error or the platform, but it *appears* to be the platform.

2025-05-17 19:33:14

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How is it any different? Whether I post the image here and you see it, or I post the image there and link to it here, and you see it.
What’s the benefit of using another app/service/tool/thing?

2025-05-17 19:03:11

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I don't have android devices, but this seems to work fine.

2025-05-17 18:42:09

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Thanks!

2025-05-17 18:42:02

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Thanks Derek. Appreciate it!

2025-05-17 18:41:40

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Thanks karo!

2025-05-17 18:41:05

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Thanks Justin

2025-05-17 18:40:36

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Thank you!

2025-05-17 18:40:25

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Good Man!

2025-05-17 18:40:04

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Thank you.

2025-05-17 18:31:23

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I have been trying to use Olas, but I’m not able to create or do anything with it. All options are greyed out and the feed is empty.

2025-05-17 08:54:16

This is from an old ghost town called Rhyolite in Nevada, on the border of Death Valley. It’s the old mining site where they used to get the Borax, with the 20 mule team. I spent all night out there trying to get this picture perfect. It’s the first image that really made me decide - alright, astrophotography is what I’mma do. This is for me.
It’s also the first time I realized that someone put art out in the middle of nowhere, just for me to find and be amazed. It changed my appreciation of art, and the course of my life.
I quit my fancy tech job and started a media company, sold my house, and now I travel to the dark places in my RV and take pictures of the sky.
#Astrophotography #GhostTowns #MilkyWay #Travel
https://image.nostr.build/6de45f7d3ea16d584a9512dee4dfdfaa7b2946492ccc96516b8156d7013595ed.jpg

2025-05-16 22:25:52

I won't spam you too hard, but here's a couple from Devil's Garden in Utah.
https://blossom.primal.net/c5411607d762963d96378f5cf4767fcb353226bffd08e07adaa3808af24d22bd.jpg
#MilkyWay #Astrophotography

2025-05-16 22:23:27

Hi Nostr. I'm new here. I'm Luke, I travel around the country in my RV looking for the darkest places to take pictures of the Milky Way. I hope you like them.
https://blossom.primal.net/b5a597df5cf2bd0b5427583893e356a01df314e36fe5aaba9595675228f3f990.jpg