Terry Frazier

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2024-10-20 17:25:12

Replacing a busted disposal unit and worn out faucet in the kitchen this afternoon. There needs to be more thought put into the ease and efficiency of repairs on residential plumbing... It's mechanically simple but physically complex to get access. Not sure how you make that easier. https://image.nostr.build/0f385d71ef22edd9f066fb17d92e2759e72604b2a83abf351130b5c42d328e25.jpg

2024-10-19 12:30:17

Yeah. Uh, no.
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2024-10-12 19:33:17

Oktoberfest day in Kilgore, TX
https://image.nostr.build/da4586d6fb913fd844007195bb058c815908561f213b7e7efab2de7e4e06dfb0.jpg

2024-10-11 02:43:14

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Is there food?

2024-10-07 18:12:00

Is it reasonable to characterize Lightning as a "proof of stake" layer atop a "proof of work" protocol?
#asknostr #lightning #bitcoin
That's how it seems to me, the more you have, the more you can receive, but you must prove you have it (by opening a channel) before you can receive it.

2024-10-04 11:51:25

Emergency support services - EMS, fire, police - have all switched to cellular communications in most areas. So have emergency infrastructure repair crews such as road, electric and natural gas. So does a lot of ground-based search and rescue. In a real emergency this proves to be a fragile link in the critical communications chain. Once the cellular network goes down everything takes 3x-4x longer without communications.
What does not fail however, and continues to prove itself disaster after disaster, is ham radio and the licensed amateur radio operators who form clubs around the country and go to work immediately in emergency situations.
#hurricane. #Helene
https://survivalblog.com/2024/10/03/lessons-learned-from-hurricane-helene-by-n-c-ham/

2024-10-01 23:05:53

Spent two days at #TriggerCon24 in Witichita over the weekend. This is a very well-run event combining a good, mid-sized mfg/vendor expo on Fri-Sat in the downtown convention center, and a mfg/vendor range day on Sunday. This is not a "gun show" where dealers are selling guns, it's a mfg expo where the public can see and shoot guns they may be interested in purchasing later.
I shot several double-stack 1911-style pistols including #ColtCZGroup #DanWesson #DWX, #WilsonCombat #EDCX9, and a newer company out of AZ called #OADefense with their #2311Compact in 9mm. This gun felt good, shot very well and uses standard #SigSauer #P320 magazines. If it turns out to be both reliable and durable that magazine will be a big competitive advantage in my opinion.
I also shot some really nice single-stack, bobtail, Commander guns from Wilson and #Nighthawk. Those two companies make absolutely awesome guns. Pricey, but totally awesome.
If you live in the midwest and have a chance to attend #TriggerCon25 I highly recommend it. There aren't a lot of opportunities to get out on a range with 30+ vendors providing multiple models to test fire.
#gunstr

2024-09-21 00:48:39

Many sources are saying high prices and spotty supplies are coming. If you live in a free State you should stock up.
#gunstr
https://defense-training.com/ammunition-8/

2024-09-17 18:18:33

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I don't think I've heard of Logseq before. I was a fan of outliners for many years, all the way back to Dave Winer's OPML editor. In my corporate white paper writing days I worked almost exclusively in MSWord's outline mode for the first draft or two.
I will say it looks interesting. I will go thru the docs. What are you using to sync between devices (if you are doing that)? I'm using #SyncThing with Obsidian, which has worked fine for my needs.

2024-09-16 23:23:51

The struggle is real. The challenge with any communication method is that if few or none of those with whom you communicate will use it, it has no value Being by yourself on the most secure, censorship-resistant island in the world is useless.
This is not a generational problem. It is pervasive. I am a #Boomer, yet I have been a #privacy advocate for more than 20 years. I have used PGP, XMPP, Signal, the original WhatsApp, etc over the years. I never succeeded in getting even 10% of my family, friends and close associates to adopt any of these tools, much less more than one. It has taken a decade to just get all the members of my immediate family onto an encrypted platform for messaging. And the holdouts were not the old folks.
This seems like a serious problem to me, and I have no idea how to solve it.
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2024-09-16 18:17:57

I made small progress today. I installed Amber and used it to sign into #0xChat and #Amethyst. I haven't figured out how to *use* #0xChat yet, but that's a different task.

2024-09-15 00:37:59

Today, prior to class, I shot my 3" Springfield Hellcat with factory iron sights at an NRA B8 center target from 25 yards. I fired a single 5-rd string from a standing position, no timer. I scored an X-ring, a 10-ring and an 8-ring (at 3 o'clock), then I dropped two shots about 6" low at 6 o'clock. This was "cold," meaning I did not do any warmup and I had not been to the range for a week. I just drew the gun and fired the string at a comfortable pace (maybe 3-4 seconds/shot.)
It is tough to keep a 3" barrel on target at distance. The slightest movement during the trigger press makes a significant change in trajectory. Even 3/4" of additional barrel length make a noticeable difference in my accuracy at that distance.
I really admire people who can shoot the small guns at distance. Few things test your technique more than stretching out your shooting distance with a short-barreled handgun.
#gunstr

2024-09-14 23:25:56

I use #Obsidian. I used evernote briefly about a decade ago. When I decided to get my information out and use something else I found the export and conversion process frustrating. It was not something I wanted to repeat.
Now my notes are in Markdown and I can access them in Obsidian or anything else I want. Obsidian's linking and graphing add value while leaving the notes accessible to other tools. There is an Obsidian plugin for posting notes directly to #nostr. I have not tried it yet.
Whatever tool you choose, I suggest ensuring your notes are maintained in an open, accessible format.
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2024-09-14 22:24:39

NY doesn't agree:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/brooklyn-arsenal-ghost-guns-rifles-found-bushwick-apartment/5409094/
#gunstr #nimby
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2024-09-09 14:57:41

#GM #nostr. What a great working weekend we had here. Taking Monday morning off with some cowboy coffee. https://image.nostr.build/3ad50a9b7ab544296429b18c675ac1e19bdddfacf7d322d60d38e77dc7f66e5d.jpg

2024-09-07 15:10:15

I have to solve this zap problem.
It appears there is no such thing as a wallet which will run on a NoGSF/NoGooglePlay #GrapheneOS phone.
What are my options for connecting an off-phone wallet or getting around the #RequiresGSF problem to send zaps on #nostr?
I anticipate some people with #readingcomprehension problems will reply with "just use appXYZ," broadcasting they're #clueless because appXYZ requires GSF/GooglePlay, which means it won't run either. Looking forward to it.
#askNostr

2024-08-31 16:14:42

I'm not saying the explanation you propose is impossible. It isn't. It's just highly improbable. Why dont you elaborate on why you think a $1.2 Billion company with 20 years of R&D in threat identification, which was founded on the idea of identifying (email) spam, and was one of the first (maybe the originator of) "firewall in the cloud" services lacks the technical sophistication to identify legitimate connections from known VPN sources without imposing a captcha delay - a method which is, at best, of limited value in identifying bots.
"It's too complicated for them" is just not sufficient.
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2024-08-31 14:54:17

It is easy enough to identify legit IP addresses for known VPNs - just like it's easy to identify known IP addresses for major email list providers such as mailChimp or Amazon SES.
Your suggestion may well be another excuse they offer, but it's not a technically valid reason.
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2024-08-31 14:38:00

I would like to know what is actually, technically going on behind the scenes when #cloudflare throws a captcha just because I'm using a #VPN, claims it has detected "suspicious activity," and needs to "verify I am human."
I'm 90%+ sure neither of these stated justifications is honest and do not represent what's really happening.
It is much more likely, IMO, cloudflare is making some attempt at identifying me in order to sell marketing data - probably some pattern match of device profile to a known identity database. But I don't really know and would like to.
#askNostr

2024-08-31 02:00:55

I didn't join #nostr with any intent to stop using [insert centralized social platform here]. I'm here on an exploration, not a crusade. Nevertheless, I've quickly found myself spending more time on nostr than any other - even though I have several fairly large Twitter/X lists following people (almost none on nostr) in certain niches where I like to stay up to date.
Now that's quite probably due to the newness and exploratory nature of my experience. But I see great potential here - even with the "Beta test" nature of it all.
Relays should be as easy to deploy as WordPress instances. Ditto for media servers. Being able to spin one up via relay.tools is a good start, as is being able to buy your own preconfigured hardware/software node from an umbrel or Start9.
I'd like to be able to deploy one on the VPS I already have, located in a data center I like, run by people I know. Unless there is some technical barrier I've missed, any decent VPS ought to be able to run it.
Hopefully that day will come soon .

2024-08-31 00:49:22

@nprofile…pyug, I un-/reinstalled Amethyst from F-Droid today and the standard "like" symbols are missing/replaced by rocketship, googly eyes, etc. Is this intentional change or something else?

2024-08-31 00:00:41

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I had an existing .htaccess. it already had a line in it to allow access to /.well-known while restricting access to everything else. However, the line was different. I had to ask perplexity.ai for assistance in analyzing the .htaccess file to discover that I had caused an error by adding a redundant line.

2024-08-30 03:49:49

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https://nips.nostr.com/96
HTTP File Storage Integration

2024-08-30 02:31:59

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Could be .htaccess problem. Just a guess. I followed a similar setup to get mine working and I'm an idiot. So it's not hard, just fiddly. And .htaccess was most fiddly, for me. Go to perplexity.AI and ask it questions about putting NIP-05 json file in /.well-known and setting up .htaccess. Or @askDave

2024-08-29 15:02:19

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How does ditto.pub work?

2024-08-29 15:00:58

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Do you know anything about ditto.pub?

2024-08-29 14:59:27

@nprofile…tcva
Dave, is nostr a serverless protocol?

2024-08-29 14:20:57

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Thanks, dave!

2024-08-29 14:18:39

@nprofile…tcva is this how I "tag" another user on #nostr? #askNostr

2024-08-29 02:52:25

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This is great, Vitor. Thanks. If I knew how to hook up a wallet and send a zap I would do so. But I haven't figured that out yet. Im not even sure what a zap is. So I will zap you in spirit🤣

2024-08-28 19:46:51

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I've tried #fountain twice. I want to do something simple - import my podcast list from Antennapod via OPML. Maybe I need to create some kind of cloud account. Maybe I need to run OEM android instead of GrapheneOS. Maybe I need to run Google Surveillance Framework. Maybe the app expects me to do all three. I don't know. The import function just completely fails, the app craps out and, so far, I haven't found any explanation or solution

2024-08-28 19:34:40

What is the story on relays? How do I know good from mediocre? How many do I realistically need? Do I need to designate a specific relay to receive DM?
i presume I need to connect a wallet to pay for a paid relay - a concept I support - but how do I execute that? What does that process (the paying a relay part) look like? At present, are paid relays delivering any significant value vs free? How does one determine which paid relay(s) to support?
#askNostr

2024-08-27 01:32:55

Is there a way to disable the weird keyboard behaviors in Amethyst? The backspace function - where words just "backup" to the prior word if you delete a couple of characters - is really annoying.
#askNostr

2024-08-26 17:10:39

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Now, where is the plain-language guide to "nostr for Dummies"? Nostr seems like a DIY lifeboat kit for passengers on the social media Titanic, and I can't be alone in my struggle to figure it out. I don't think I'm a dummy, but I sure feel like one sometimes trying to get started.

2024-08-26 13:17:51

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This is one of the truest memes I've seen...

2024-08-22 00:02:29

I installed fountain, connected it to my nostr address. Attempted to import my podcast subscriptions via OPML. It seemed to work. Once. I went off to do something else and did not test it. When I reopened fountain my library was empty. Further attempts to import failed.
My device runs GrapheneOS. I see some refererence in the FAQs to certain functions not working on GrapheneOS.
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