basantagoswami
Basanta Goswami

অসমীয়া • bitcoin maximalist

○ building unsigned.in & xonghoti.com
○ helping walletscrutiny.com

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Public Key

npub1gmm2ehusvs35zgh6pq84m8hkj4ea0ygy3c9j2e3slzhjjce3kmns5tdaz2

NIP-05 Address

basantagoswami@getalby.com

NIP-57 Address

basantagoswami@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsyda4vm7gxgg6pytaqsr6anmmf2u7hjyzguze9vcc03tefvvcmdecppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp04p3zsu

Publishing to

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1gmm2ehusvs35zgh6pq84m8hkj4ea0ygy3c9j2e3slzhjjce3kmns5tdaz2

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Last Notes

2024-11-10 17:42:14

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On Primal web version
https://m.primal.net/LyxD.png

2024-11-04 11:48:38

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we have a bunch of new browsers that niche groups use anyway. brave, librefox, zen, arc, etc
also developing on top of the chromium embedded framework, or tauri which provides an interface over the system's webview, shouldn't be too hard... right? 🧐

2024-08-28 16:29:24

Anyone in need of developing traditional web or mobile applications, let me know. I have a bunch of designers and devs with me that can get it done
We charge at a rate of 250 INR (3 USD) per hour for our service
30% off, if paid in Bitcoin
(Just a few of us are Bitcoiners though, and I won't be doing development full time, so Bitcoin or nostr related projects might take longer than your traditional apps)

2024-08-26 02:40:26

Bitcoin is both the best and worst thing about nostr

2024-08-26 02:38:08

Is there any reason you would want to sign encrypted data, or encrypt signed data? We encrypt data to put them inside signed JSON in nostr because it was not supposed to be for private coms when it was initially designed
But otherwise I can't think of a reason you would want it, nostr should have probably had two kinds of events since the beginning

2024-08-26 02:31:01

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Morning
https://m.primal.net/KNKG.jpg

2024-08-22 04:44:54

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I think it's heading in a direction that will ultimately lead to centralization. I am still most bullish on nostr compared to anything else that exists today, but I believe we'll eventually see something else that will succeed where nostr is currently struggling.

2024-08-10 17:29:34

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I couldn't have said it better. I still hope nostr can change the direction it is going in, but not gonna hold my breath
But even if nostr doesn't work out, I hope we can move on to something better, with the knowledge we gained from developing nostr. It showed me all the things that can be done better compared to the traditional web, which is something that IPFS, SSB, Hypercore, ActivityPub etc hadn't done

2024-08-10 17:15:49

Not as bullish on nostr anymore

2024-07-16 09:51:11

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Working on it
https://github.com/Unsigned-Labs/chatapp

2024-07-06 20:37:55

This is gonna be a weekly thing in Bengaluru. We'll have nostr and Bitcoin meetups, workshops and more, every week from now on 🟠🟣
#note1pzr…s3rr

2024-07-04 22:31:31

MOOD RN
https://m.primal.net/JINT.mp4

2024-06-18 14:01:35

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I find Nostrudel ugly, but still use it for the console stuff. I would switch to it if I could install some different theme. Definitely one of the well written web clients out there

2024-06-18 13:56:37

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Branle -> Astral -> Snort -> Primal
Will switch to something else soon

2024-06-17 21:48:07

JOURNAL ENTRY (Jun 17, 2024)
Went to a new bitcoin hub that's being created in Bangalore. It's a co-working space for Bitcoiners and I can already see the result of putting a bunch of Bitcoiners in the same place, I'll be mostly working from there from now on
As I lay on a bed, trying to sleep at 3:15 am, life feels completely surreal. In the last two decades, I went from not knowing what computers or the Internet was, to worrying about a dockerfile not compiling an app properly
Existence is way too absurd to be real, yet it is

2024-06-17 15:50:59

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@npub12vk…pugg I only use Primal on phone, would love to see nevents and event refs with relay hints work. Unless you are already working on it, I can try implementing it and raise a PR if you want

2024-06-16 18:04:37

JOURNAL ENTRY (Jun 16, 2024)
Missed a few updates, but I'm back again.
- Work:
Tested the latest releases of Bitkit and Foundation Envoy for reproducibility. Need to check a few more things before giving a verdict.
- Other stuff:
Last few days have been really interesting. But most of the things that have happened are deeply personal so won't make sense to write on nostr. Mostly been thinking about and working on relationships, boundaries, responsibilities etc with the people that I am close to and defining my definitions of right and wrong to be more clear to me than ever.

2024-06-15 20:06:25

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fuck yeah. i forgot about it

2024-06-15 19:33:56

this is what you should code to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kGTJfwPSzI

2024-06-15 15:51:24

the pinworms coming out of 6 year old me's asshole after i ate too many sugary candies
#note1svm…kxpy

2024-06-13 09:03:57

nostr the free screech protocol

2024-06-12 20:36:14

JOURNAL ENTRY (Jun 12, 2024)
Got some personal work done. Did nothing work related. Wanted to skip writing this entry real bad, but then what is the point of doing this if I only highlight my good days
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the role of religion on society and the individual's life. Also watching some philosophy related videos whenever I get free time
Listened to this narration by Alan Watts today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tikm0CsDB3c
I had internalized the fact that I am the universe itself and not a separate entity long ago. But only after reading and listening to Watts recently, I came to realize that what constitutes that "I" is itself a very interesting question

2024-06-12 07:10:05

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I didn't

2024-06-11 21:36:56

JOURNAL ENTRY (Jun 11, 2024)
Woke up kinda confused. Got some work done related to WalletScrutiny. But mostly spent my time in some type of mental fog. Not having mental clarity has been a problem lately, probably related to my diet? Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.

2024-06-10 20:40:15

JOURNAL ENTRY (Jun 10, 2024)
This is the first post of this public journal that I will be maintaining via Nostr. I will be sharing things that I read or watched, work that I did, and everything else that I'm comfortable making public. I don't know why you would find it interesting, but I'll be posting it nonetheless.
It's June 11th here already, but this entry is for June 10th.
Had a really bad stomach issue this morning. Couldn't sleep well last night, probably because of the same problem. I was at a friend's place, rushed back home, and slept most of the day. Managed to get some work done after dinner.
- Work:
WalletScrutiny:
1. I tried building the Envoy app by Foundation yesterday but failed to do so. Created an issue in their repo about it: https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/envoy/issues/1206
- Learning/Curiosity:
Learned a bit about HTMX:
1. HTMX Sucks (An essay read by Theo) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nSDA0Nd_0I)
2. HTMX Crash Course by Traversy Media (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UvA7zvwsmg)
Watched some YouTube videos unrelated to work:
1. Covert Sexual Abuse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA_1fZ1Am8c)
2. A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own Death (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6NztnPU-4)

2024-06-10 14:55:46

I'm gonna start posting all the open source and public work that I am doing here everyday, starting today.

2024-06-09 13:08:43

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have you used bun?

2024-06-08 16:29:14

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I have attempted to create a bunch of nostr things since 2022. Never finished anything. This time will be different

2024-06-08 15:01:28

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Try installing Iris as a PWA

2024-06-04 14:20:53

Anyone working on a nostr client that doesn't show the newest posts first, but instead starts with the oldest posts that you haven't yet seen?
I like reading certain WhatsApp and Telegram group chats without saying anything, and would prefer that same experience for my nostr feeds

2024-06-04 04:27:03

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Don't use Electron, use Tauri

2024-06-03 05:54:40

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The comment wasn't for you, it was for other client devs. If the only content reports one sees are from a centralized entity people are going to be pissed, like they are already. Also, where are NIP-68 and 69? I have read through all the NIPs and pending PRs but can't remember coming across them

2024-06-02 20:37:54

This is not how you do reports on nostr, no one likes this shit, even if it's done with good intentions. A better way to do it would be to utilize WoT. Let's say you visit a profile, your client can show if there are any reports from your WoT about impersonation for example. Or hide a post from an algo driven feed if that post has been reported by some profiles in your WoT etc. There can then be moderation bots that auto generate reports for posts that people can follow if they want a cleaner timeline. Clients should also give people the option to turn off this feature.
#note1q72…7cmg

2024-05-30 16:08:16

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betting using nostr based oracles and dlcs sound like something that even i would use

2024-05-28 21:08:13

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Also duck.com and duck.co

2024-05-28 16:45:46

#note1m60…npjg
https://m.primal.net/IQUA.png

2024-05-28 09:49:26

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I know of a couple that do

2024-05-26 11:29:58

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wen nostr markup lang?

2024-05-25 22:01:41

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yup that's how i understood it

2024-05-25 18:57:12

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every like, zap, note, repost, etc is a nostr event

2024-05-19 04:37:45

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#note1rxl…xn77

2024-05-19 04:37:12

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eh replied to the wrong note

2024-05-19 04:36:41

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VR porn has been a thing for like a decade already

2024-05-17 07:14:47

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We are a few guys working on nostr shit at unsigned.in, I'm personally busy with WalletScrutiny stuff but I can get someone else to work on your stuff

2024-05-17 02:06:54

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anti follow > mute

2024-05-12 02:07:44

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Not funny I didn't laugh. Your joke is so bad I would have preferred the joke went over my head and you gave up re-telling me the joke. To be honest this is a horrid attempt at trying to get a laugh out of me. Not a chuckle, not a hehe, not even a subtle burst of air out of my esophagus. Science says before you laugh your brain preps your face muscles but I didn't even feel the slightest twitch. 0/10 this joke is so bad I cannot believe anyone legally allowed you to be creative at all. The amount of brain power you must have put into that joke has the potential to power every house on Earth. Get a personality and learn how to make jokes, read a book. I'm not saying this to be funny I genuinely mean it on how this is just bottom barrel embarrassment at comedy. You've single handedly killed humor and every comedic act on the planet. I'm so disappointed that society has failed as a whole in being able to teach you how to be funny. Honestly if I put in all my power and time to try and make your joke funny it would require Einstein himself to build a device to strap me into so I can be connected to the energy of a billion stars to do it, and even then all that joke would get from people is a subtle scuff. You're lucky I still have the slightest of empathy for you after telling that joke otherwise I would have committed every war crime in the book just to prevent you from attempting any humor ever again. We should put that joke in text books so future generations can be wary of becoming such an absolute comedic failure. Im disappointed, hurt, and outright offended that my precious time has been wasted in my brain understanding that joke. In the time that took I was planning on helping kids who have been orphaned, but because of that you've waisted my time explaining the obscene integrity of your terrible attempt at comedy. Now those kids are suffering without meals and there's nobody to blame but you. I hope you're happy with what you have done and I truly hope you can move on and learn from this piss poor attempt

2024-05-12 00:25:30

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be able to do these kinda stuff easily:
- fetch my follow list, join the kind 1 events based on the authors of the follow list
- fetch replies to this post, except from the p tags in my mute list
- fetch kind 1 notes with no e tags

2024-05-10 22:17:26

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They use private keys to encrypt stuff, there are no accounts in Anytype, so I wonder if we can replicate it using nostr and blossom

2024-05-10 22:13:14

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You give mins nostr key pairs, they connect to relays and all communication between you and the mint happen via end to end encrypted DMs (but we can use a different kind so that those don't show up alongside other normal DMs)
I don't know the special details of the implementation that Calle and team will be going with, but that's the general idea
https://m.primal.net/IFUN.jpg

2024-05-10 18:29:29

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https://github.com/hoytech/strfry/blob/master/docs/negentropy.md

2024-05-10 16:05:38

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I could run it on my phone in dev mode, so the issue is something to do with how the APK is packaged?
One question though, @npub1wf4…dgh9, how does zap.store figure out which apps are installed? Based on the package name?

2024-05-10 15:38:14

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running
> adb install 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d.apk
gave me this:
Performing Streamed Install
adb: failed to install 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS: Failed to extract native libraries, res=-113]
i am not an android dev, so don't really know what's going on here

2024-05-10 14:58:00

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My device is Xiaomi Redmi 9i (m2006c3lii), will need to check the spec for the CPU type
Android version is 10 QP1A.190711.020
Play Protect was enabled, but didn't work even after disabling it. I will check installing some other apps from APK, the problem might not be specific to zap.store

2024-05-10 14:18:28

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Getting this while trying to install the APK. Any idea why?
https://m.primal.net/IFMM.jpg

2024-05-10 12:09:44

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Other lists as well. My mute list got nuked in Primal and it was as annoying as loosing the follow list

2024-05-10 11:26:15

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NII-01: Retaining Women

2024-05-10 05:44:41

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You are gonna dox yourself

2024-05-09 16:07:51

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He's just changing his nym, he'll be around

2024-05-08 22:35:25

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I did a heavy dose of LSD during the halving and there was a point where I was seeing multiple realities with different characters everywhere. And I was repeatedly trying to figure out if what I'm experiencing is real.
I have never been religious and growing up considered myself a atheist but I probably fit the label of agnostic more accurately. During the trip, I came to the conclusion that faith in God (the part of God that I experience everyday is my own consciousness), and trusting those that care for you is the only way out of a situation where logic and your senses fail you.
Also realized that, since we are born, we are always trying to figure out what is true and what isn't. And that starts with trusting that your mother will do the correct (true) thing.
Seemed very profound at that time, don't know how I feel about it now.

2024-05-08 21:55:04

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I have always called them profiles.

2024-05-07 20:50:13

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don't give me ideas 🥵

2024-05-07 13:20:41

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I think the idea is to just eat till I'm full, right? No counting calories. I'm 5'6", 24, does 4 eggs, half a kilo of chicken and some ghee a day sound good?
I have tried being a vegetarian, a fish heavy East Indian diet, and a carb heavy South Indian diet etc. Nothing much changes for me TBH. I always had issues with gaining muscle mass, no matter whether I ate once or thrice a day. But now I'm starting to have a huge mental fog and can't lift much in the gym, so going carnivore

2024-05-07 13:02:40

How do I try out a carnivore diet? I want to eat once a day and eat just meat, for the next 40 days. What do I need to know before getting started?
What happens if I only eat chicken? No mutton because it's extremely costly, and no beef because I don't want to get myself killed.
#asknostr

2024-05-06 20:47:17

Sometimes I come across a thread that I find interesting and would like to be notified of new comments. Bookmarking doesn't work because I forget stuff very quickly, and they end up piling up. Commenting +1 is works but we can do better.
We can probably extend NIP-51 Lists to add e or a tags to kind:30000 follow sets, but would rather add a new kind to the NIP.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues/1224

2024-05-06 20:32:53

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That's because we are still treating nostr like a platform, and not a protocol.
Twitter users hate LinkedIn users because of the different culture, and would like to avoid them completely. But on nostr, we don't yet have a way for different cultures to exist independent of each other

2024-05-05 22:36:55

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You mean highlighter.com, formerly faaans or something?

2024-04-30 21:55:29

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Try kagi.com

2024-04-28 00:34:58

fucking insomnia kicking my ass again

2024-04-15 14:49:45

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I remember paying 10 rupees for a haircut around 2008, now it's 70 rs minimum.

2024-04-14 02:14:31

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If you want more Indians, translations will not help at all. Initially you'll get the Indian tech crowd, if enough devs, techies talk about it. Then you'll get normies, if nostr can offer an Insta private account, or FB friends like experience

2024-04-13 05:13:07

We need to build an AirChat clone on nostr
https://twitter.com/ryan_waas/status/1778820918086717840

2024-04-12 15:58:57

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millipedes have a morbillion get your facts straight

2024-04-11 08:40:49

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Then don't update your node to a fucked version

2024-04-10 18:40:33

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Let's build an OpenSats alternative on nostr that uses WoT to determine where to send your donations

2024-04-10 13:20:06

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can we get ark to fund burak's ark instead?

2024-04-10 13:13:43

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didn't realize you were back on nostr, i thought you left 🫂

2024-04-10 13:11:31

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I don't doubt that a single bit

2024-04-10 13:08:59

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Twitter should have an option to sunset your account without deleting it. Something that preserves all your previous tweets and interactions, but doesn't let anyone follow you and marks the account as deactivated

2024-04-10 10:39:17

Anyone working on creating a Discord alternative on nostr? Let me know even if you are just thinking about it, maybe we can do it together

2024-04-10 02:42:08

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Check out nostrapps.com or nostr.net

2024-04-09 10:49:09

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What's confidential computing?

2024-04-09 05:28:21

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finally psychopaths can use nostr too

2024-04-08 08:03:07

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hmm strange. it used to be there for me as well.
cc: @npub12vk…pugg
https://m.primal.net/HsXL.png

2024-04-07 22:07:38

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When I started smoking in college, I could finally relax. When high, I would naturally make eye contact and understand their facial expressions without having to be conscious about it. I smoked for just a few months, and don't anymore but that permanently made me comfortable in my own skin. I really don't struggle with social interactions anymore

2024-04-07 13:12:32

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You can connect to an existing wallet by going to settings

2024-04-06 05:41:04

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Generally, we won't even think about suggesting certain changes to nostr because they will be breaking changes, or because there is already another way of doing that thing (even if the new method is more efficient). But if we start designing from scratch, we don't have those creative limitations

2024-04-06 05:39:02

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Let's start working on a successor protocol. In doing so, we may figure out the flaws that nostr have, or things that can be improved. I have been meaning to write about what I would do if I were to reinvent nostr from scratch, but we can do a proper protocol specification itself. No one needs to implement it of course, it will just be an exercise for us

2024-04-05 15:08:14

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If being raised away from humans effects a person to behave in a certain way for the rest of their lives, and most are incapable of changing it ever even after being rescued, then how much of neurodiversity (autism, ADHD etc) are shaped by the environment that we grow up in?
How might it permanently effect a person born and raised in luxury vs in a modestly comfortable setting? Makes me wonder, if we really can't change some things about ourselves

2024-04-04 18:19:35

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Yup they don't, but I don't know why

2024-04-04 14:19:24

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNT8Zo_sfwo

2024-04-04 14:18:13

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I am the target audience of this post but you are wrong. Try giving some weed to a heavily autistic guy, and you'll see the result

2024-04-04 11:51:04

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What other stuff do you think is underdeveloped? Personally I think it's the file stuff. Probably based on something like blossom but with NextCloud like features. With a encrypted by default portalble file system tied to your nostr identity a lot of apps become possible.

2024-04-04 05:53:52

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Different kinds. Kind 1 notes are supposed to be plaintext and not contain anything that needs rendering. I think some clients like Amethyst shows you both kind 1 notes and long form notes (with markdown) on the same timeline

2024-04-04 00:43:36

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- Private DMs and other privacy related stuff
- Aggregation: can we prove that n accounts in your circle (web of trust) liked this post via cryptography without the client having to download n events. Or the same problem with your follower count etc
- Any flaws with nostr itself? For example, is there any risks in generating a lot of digital signatures using the same private key

2024-04-03 23:14:30

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I never see your notes on Primal unless someone reposts them
@npub12vk…pugg could there be an issue with the caching service? Or I just miss them due to the timezone difference

2024-04-03 23:11:19

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https://next.nostrudel.ninja/#/tools/console?filter=%7B%0A++%22%23p%22%3A+%5B%0A++++%2230e8cbf1427c137fa60674a639431c19a9d6f4c07fd2959df83158e674fccbaa%22%0A++%5D%2C%0A++%22kinds%22%3A+%5B%0A++++10000%0A++%5D%0A%7D&relay=wss%3A%2F%2Fpurplepag.es
Try this with different relays.

2024-04-03 17:10:11

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I have seen you here for a long time time now, I am curious who purple pilled you? How did you get to know about nostr?

2024-04-03 09:16:30

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It needs nostr. I can think of a few things that I would like see in cashu wallets
- Mint discovery like the one Mutiny added for Fedimint
- The ability to rate and recommend mints to your followers
- The ability to DM your contacts, request, send cashu tokens in the same UI
- Connection to mints using nostr, ie, instead of connecting to a mint using its URL, you would connect to it using its npub or nprofile. That makes the mints much harder to shut down for governments, ISPs and also prevents you from exposing your IP to the mint, which can negate the privacy benefits of using it
- Backup mints (URLs or npubs) using relays and private notes
Of course these things are not guaranteed to make cashu an overnight success, but seem like good ideas

2024-04-03 09:03:13

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Research the effects of CBD and THC on the neurodiverse mind. People with ADD/ADHD and/or autism/asperger's experience the high from weed very differently.
A few drops of CBD oil a day keeps my life under my control. THC + CBD is even better, but can't easily buy them legally from medical stores (although they are available). The only reason I am sticking to CBD-only is because I don't want to consume weed by smoking.

2024-04-03 05:33:07

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Focus on the cryptography part. Of course you'll have to learn to code a bit for that, but cryptography is not your typical software development job, and most nostr devs aren't great with cryptography