Blake Houghton 🍁

I live in Chinada 🇨🇦 I frequently have opinions on things I know too little about.
"From cradle to cradle I shall say many stupid things"

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2024-10-14 16:31:57

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I recognize this one.

2024-10-10 02:42:06

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https://video.nostr.build/a79b1bbf8269ae8d078e2919697f13b44f899b3ca0ac5a35b4791cc302eab03b.mp4

2024-09-30 21:23:57

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And how's that going?

2024-09-22 20:39:30

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I guess I fall into that category 😅 The only parsing I have really done is with Regex.
I never went through computer science tho, so I have never had a need to look into lexical analyzation.

2024-09-22 20:15:30

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No, it's even worse. Someone solved the problem already and it still can't manage it solely because most people couldn't solve it 😑
The only use it has for programmers is, MAYBE, avoiding writing template code.
I tried a few self-hosted (9b-12b) and Gpt4o to give me the python code for inclusive socket based constraint wave function collapse and none of them got even close. Imagine asking anything more complex or for a more cryptic token dense language.

2024-09-22 20:01:07

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Yea, I plan to switch my main card to AMD once the 2080 no longer holds up. It's not my AI card tho, so it's not a headache to change.
I've been seeing some of newer research papers and they are starting to realize how to get the neurons in the network to start mimicking the behaviour of actual neurons. It's all fairly primitive right now, sure, but simulating neuroplasticity and neural choice conflict were recent papers published. Simple temporal tuned knowledge graphs will be common soon (like Graphiti) and will allow for better "learning" post training. I wonder if initial training may even be as important if this gets good enough.
I am not sure how well a Riech will be able to control this 🤔 The attempts to prevent up-to-date uncensored variants of their models has utterly failed.
They will need to openly Crack down on open source completely before that happens, I think.
But you're argument about Generative AI is solid. It all fundementally relies on fuzzy logic and people expect it act with perfect logic. Great for generating art but utter garbage for almost all coding tasks I've given them 😑 they struggle with Math a lot too. It's honestly impressive the models give accurate information as often as they do.
I guess I am still on the fence about it's trajectory over the long term tho. Like when electricity was first proposed and most piewed viewed it as a cool parlor trick, I can't predict the innovative ways humans will utilize and integrate the tool into our lives. It could be as ubiquitous as electricity is 100 years from now.
Do I believe in the wacky claims it will bring equality or apotheosis? No, that's ridiculous.

2024-09-22 18:21:19

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It's also so weird to me that Nvidia now has amazing support for Linux... total inversion of my expectations

2024-09-22 18:20:37

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I hear the kernel isn't in the best spot. Elitist C devs appear to be making it harder to implement Rust and minimize complexity.
Main Rust dev left not long ago. Or so I hear.

2024-09-22 17:42:54

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I'll give them a follow and check them out. Not a fan of PWAs personally so I probably won't use their apps.

2024-09-21 17:12:58

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I started to look through it earlier. It didn't look they had had a docker mentioned but I'll take a look at dockerhub. Hopefully I can remember to do so after the wedding I am attending today

2024-09-21 17:09:59

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I removed them a while ago. For some reason Amethyst is telling me it's mostly coming from wss://theforest.nostr1.com 🤔

2024-09-21 16:40:39

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So relay cartels are forming because of grant money and easier data harvesting? Awesome.
Who's giving the grants out?

2024-09-20 21:04:39

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I haven't.

2024-09-19 21:01:12

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Why's that?

2024-09-19 20:38:40

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You'd be able to fix stuff on your own if you had documentation. You need to buy new stuff, silly.

2024-09-12 13:46:09

The Borderlands movie was even more disappointing than I had feared.

2024-09-11 13:59:27

Great news! Mind analyzing tech keeps getting better!
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-ai-algorithm-brain-patterns-specific.html

2024-09-07 23:28:42

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I just started drinking and perusing. This is a good reminder to put nostr away

2024-06-22 00:03:35

Man, this heatwave has gotten pretty bad. At least my AC unit decided to be friendly during the day. 😆
https://image.nostr.build/372bc0595a9f9565242fa6ea29ae8212cdacd34785947d8ece794c43d62a6d70.jpg

2024-06-05 16:52:02

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Wait, eating rocks isn't good for my stomach ulcers?! How could Gemini LIE?!
🤣

2024-06-03 20:41:29

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Github Desktop, and similar clients, are great ways to get started without learning terminal codes. You'll need to understand branches, pushing, pulling, fetching, merging, and history in general, at the least, so I recommend reading up on those.

2024-05-31 21:47:50

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I don't. I know Junji Itos work and my partner loves cats (and also knows of his work), so I have to look now.

2024-05-23 18:32:52

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I prefer the guys that just go to jail instead of pushing malicious updates.

2024-05-23 01:57:05

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"As you might imagine, all this snapshot recording comes at a hardware penalty. To use Recall, users will need to purchase one of the new "Copilot Plus PCs" powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips, which include the necessary neural processing unit (NPU)."
Sorry guys, you need to buy in. 😞

2024-05-22 21:15:28

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So, anyways, this already exists.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amnesica.kryptey/

2024-05-22 21:12:17

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Idk if Nostr DMs have been upgraded since I last checked, but they are know to leak metadata.
To be on the safe side, use SimpleX.

2024-05-22 20:53:11

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I'd love to read the article to see what this is all about.

2024-05-21 19:14:26

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Do it in cursive and an entire generation can't read it. 🤣

2024-05-20 15:21:26

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https://video.nostr.build/fe59500458e304a46ef260ddb76e180c6404a9ceefaf73e9f41af646cabd61ca.mp4

2024-05-10 14:37:51

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Which book is recommended? I can't promise I will get around to it for a few years 😅

2024-05-10 14:33:16

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Oh! Yes, he's great! I will need to find time to read some of his work. I fear I have said this about 30 people already.

2024-05-10 14:26:35

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Anything offering almost absolute freedom will attract the best and worst of humanity. The worst have nowhere else to go but more obscure places, and the best want it to be a beacon of hope. It's the natural consequence of such systems.
"There are no solutions, only tradeoffs" -somebody

2024-05-03 17:05:12

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Politically expedient crimes only.

2024-05-03 16:29:20

I feel like Nostr would enjoy this one a little (kitty history):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faOUDoRmK_E
Alright, enough of these posts... maybe.

2024-04-30 21:47:55

Crime is getting bad in Canada, so Pierre Poilievre started hinting he will protect our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by using the Notwithstanding Clause to violate our rights and freedoms. Constitutionally of course, as he had to point out a few times.

2024-04-29 22:13:55

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Never failing is a prerequisite to being Alexander the Great.
Nobody is Alexander so get used to failing 😆

2024-04-28 00:54:41

Alright... for those that haven't yet been exposed to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGrOK8oZG8

2024-04-25 18:30:38

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I think it may be preventing me getting an invoice altogether.

2024-04-18 20:33:41

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You reevaluate what it means to "be mean" and recalculate the mean.

2024-04-10 19:28:30

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Sell the gold instead 🤣

2024-04-10 19:22:13

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It's easy to avoid the social pressure by omitting the fact you hold any btc 😆

2024-04-02 21:37:03

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Probably Hagrid. He grows the best grass.

2024-04-02 13:51:52

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Well, the keynsians and monetarists mostly.

2024-04-01 23:56:38

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Hmm. Amethyst seems to organize by time for me. Is there a more specific filter method you want?

2024-04-01 23:53:00

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Isn't that default? Is this a client issue?

2024-04-01 21:47:24

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Like, say, a social credit score?

2024-04-01 17:01:26

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It's for our happiness too 😑

2024-03-15 22:01:52

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Nobody should know how to use a rotary phone at this point 🤣
Wait, people actually can't figure out manual windows? That's almost as bad as the people that don't know they can just eat fruit right off the plant...

2024-03-15 13:37:40

So Android 15 is going to support "Always On" location tracking on compatible phones. Faraday bags are looking real good right now.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-powered-off-api-pixel-9-track-switched-off-3425472/

2024-03-14 16:22:55

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3>2>1
Idk who Craig Wright is...

2024-03-09 03:15:37

I've become a rainbow peppercorn addict.

2024-03-06 04:18:36

Spent a few hours getting an email server setup just to find out my ISP blocks port 25 inbound. What a productive day.

2024-03-05 21:30:18

If our censorship bill goes through we need to utilize malicious compliance and grind the system to a halt, Soviet style. Every frivolous claim of hate speech, no matter how dubious, should be reported.

2024-03-02 14:55:17

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It mostly depends on what relays you post to. You will get better data retention and storage limits with paid relays, but you can always run your own relay for posting videos.

2024-02-29 22:27:46

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👋 Hey there new Nostrnaut! Welcome aboard the ship called Nostr! (È un Nostro!) Enjoy the enchanting sites with #nature or partake in interesting (I don't promise good) cuisine with #foodstr ! It's now time to start the arduous task of unleashing your inner explorer (be careful what you can find in these waters, they can get a bit dark).

2024-02-18 01:25:55

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Suffice to say, the consequences are on me

2024-02-18 00:53:10

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I'd zap you but I may be locked out for a while 😆

2024-02-17 22:57:18

Fuck you guys.
Now I'm trying to zap things in other apps.
🤣

2024-02-07 20:27:18

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It already has. DNM has mostly gone to XMR. Even the Italian government reported that the mafias have started using it. This doesn't really help its image with the public, however.
I'm not sure if that changed again recently, though.

2024-01-20 00:51:15

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Hmm. Yea, maybe... Tor browser works with its own routing, but Firefox won't show anything 🤔 I'll have to look into it further.

2024-01-20 00:24:07

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Alright, this is a bit of a stupid question, but how would we get this working in clients? The url gives nothing in the browser, and Amethyst suggests it can't reach it either when added to the relay list.
I've got Tor up and running already, so it's something else I must be doing wrong. Paid relay??

2024-01-19 19:17:15

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Oh no! Btc down for a month compared to fiat always down! The stress!

2024-01-19 17:43:22

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There is another TOR app, InviZible Pro, which you could use that would allow you to force the app through Tor, whether it supports it or not. You can use it as an Orbot alternative or as a Tor Vpn.
This would allow you to apply it system wide or on a per app basis. It also includes DNScrypt, I2P, and a firewall.
I've been using it for over a year now.
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/pan.alexander.tordnscrypt

2024-01-18 21:37:48

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Love and suffering are intimidately connected. We can not have one without the other.

2024-01-17 19:17:27

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There needs to be an XMR supporting wallet that also takes BTC privacy seriously. All I have seen have barebones Bitcoin support and expect you to use Monero.

2024-01-13 00:38:29

"And is less likely to cause harm than drugs like heroin"
Im so glad Federal Researchers are on the case or we may have never known!
#nevent1q…r7se

2024-01-11 19:14:33

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"Investing in a bitcoin ETF will allow investors to reap potential profits from bitcoin without the attendant risks of owning bitcoin directly, Reuters said."
Yea, wouldn't want to risk keeping control of your assets 😑

2024-01-06 01:08:19

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Anyone that's for a draft should be the first ones that get drafted. After that, we can have referendum and see how things go.
A draft implies most people don't support the war. If they did it would be called volunteering.

2024-01-01 05:07:16

Obligatory HAPPY NEW Y3AR'S 🎉🎉
Hope to see you all stick around for next year.

2023-12-22 19:48:20

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*using new services. I also like being able to restrict folder access to specific services so if something was malicious its can't jeapordize the overall system.

2023-12-22 19:17:22

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Maybe, but it's better than not having docker. You must be aware of a newer alternative, then?

2023-12-22 17:56:59

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I tried 3 different Ollama docker containers and none of them can download the models... Ill have to find some time to try again

2023-12-15 18:02:29

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"Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - some wise guy
#nevent1q…qvzf

2023-12-08 19:13:41

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Maybe I will start asking people to strip nude and give me the keys to their home if they believe privacy is criminal 🤔 I mean, why would they not? What are they hiding under those clothes? Probably a weapon, right? What about their health records... what could they have to hide? What is their criminal health?! Their logic guides me to assuming they are a dangerous criminal for refusing.
May not the best analogies but I still hope it gets the point across that privacy isn't just for criminals but also stops criminals.

2023-12-01 20:23:36

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There is a paywall?

2023-12-01 19:45:25

The price of newer, more efficient gas cars will go up, ensuring the lower classes keep using older, less efficient cars. It will be like when Canada pushed legislation requiring a larger distance between patrons and strippers to stop groping, only to have them injured by getting pelted by loonies and toonies.
Statists don't believe state actions have equal and opposite reactions.
#nevent1q…au5y

2023-11-29 15:02:56

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The nocebo effect happening en masse. At least it isn't a dancing plague.

2023-11-26 03:49:41

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Wait, what? How are they investigating you? Why are they investigating you? Is HitBTC a kyc exchange? Why are they asking about a node? What are they asking? I want to know more.

2023-11-25 17:03:00

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That's a lack of personality traits 🤣

2023-11-23 19:10:46

I only just became aware of cage homes. At the same time, I found out the West is starting to normalize them too.
Er, I mean Micro-apartments!

2023-11-20 18:16:54

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Who started frog talk? What is it?

2023-11-16 04:05:29

Of all fictional characters you know of, read, watched, or heard: what is your lifetime favorite, so far, and why?

2023-11-05 17:38:15

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Sounds like it could be an interprative problem.
One tracks the orbit of electrons around an atom, while the other tracks the orbit of planets around a star.
One of these is less affected by tiny changes in spacetime by gravity. An atomic clock in space vs on earth will appear to desync eventually, but they are both 100% accurate if the machines correctly record orbit.
While an atomic clock will be perfectly correct, it doesn't track time at the same scale as our calenders attempt to.

2023-11-05 15:49:17

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Those are good reasons. They did make an impressive calender. Its also pretty cool they were one of the first civilizations to build millenia surviving structures: mayan pyramids.
Its always cool how many cultures simultaneously discovered the durability of the triangle all around the same time.
I'll have to look into the Mayans more. 👍

2023-11-04 20:03:40

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It was still a great answer. Out of all those traits which would you think to be most important? How do you feel that compares to other empires?

2023-11-04 15:29:08

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Whys that?

2023-11-03 20:26:34

Out of all Empires throughout history, which was the best and why?

2023-11-03 16:40:16

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This is the result:
https://image.nostr.build/29fac7ab4cc548e6879a6bd327452bb194eda3b2bcf38b65ff7406c1ddc68535.jpg

2023-11-03 15:47:38

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Just so you are aware: this seems to be happening lately.
https://image.nostr.build/b28a0929d99897b153f10f40d981e017601a40e9ee45101238a94d62b64652dd.jpg

2023-10-25 22:48:36

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Was this supposed to be a refutation of the memes message?

2023-10-25 22:37:20

Politicians and weapons manufacturers are the only winners in war.
#nevent1q…63xl

2023-10-17 01:53:27

Am I the only one that sometimes makes 3 drafts before posting to later look at it and think "how was I such an idiot? 🤦‍♂️"

2023-10-11 16:20:04

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I disagree with very little here. It seems mostly accurate from what I have read.
I guess I will disagree on the definition of ideology mostly and use the common standard one, which is why I disagree on Plato as founder of ideology. I would like a source on the earlier distinction as the earliest I am aware of is Plato's symposium.
If you refer to Corporatist political philosophy, then yes, he is most definitely the creator (or could it be Socrates again?)
It does appear like Western elites are pushing a transhuman variant of Fascism.

2023-10-10 17:34:16

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Alright. So, who made the distinction?
Also, no, I don't like Plato, but I try to be accurate wherever I can.
I am pretty sure Zoroastrianism is a few centuries older than Plato, and Hinduism predates written history. Many political ideologies predate him as well.

2023-10-10 16:27:35

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I was wondering what the point of the statement was. Like was there anything you were trying to say with it beyond "i disagree, with no evidence, for the sole sake of disliking plato"?

2023-10-05 19:22:51

Another good talk from Naomi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYAQYbE63wo

2023-10-04 18:38:43

So the UK now arrests people for a few months for saying someone is a "fat lesbian" or for supporting somone else that commited a helpful crime.
Is it a failing state or should we say its already failed and few have yet noticed?

2023-10-02 14:28:45

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"Of all evil I deem you capable: therefore I want the good from you. I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws" -Nietzsche, TSZ

2023-09-30 02:14:30

Another good video for people that aren't familiar with the surveillance situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RodyGsYLak4

2023-09-29 13:40:09

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This is one of the few times I have heard of her. What did she do?