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2024-11-07 23:25:52

Is America ready to bring Snowden home ?

2024-11-07 12:35:29

When you have a dog that needs to stick his nose in whatever you are doing, pilates is customised to one hand rubbing his belly, forehead and one hand everything else, planks is making sure you don't fall on the dog when he insists on sleeping between you and the mat.

2024-11-05 13:54:39

Good luck, America

2024-11-03 07:06:40

In today's episode of what the cat brought home. Maybe its some kinda baby water dragon or monitor lizard i don't know. Found it in my kitchen. It was still alive so I left it back at a lake nearby. Amazing how quickly they change colours based on the surrounding, but man if curiosity does not kill the cat, its likely gonna kill me. Luckily the dog was in the room sleeping.
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2024-11-01 17:34:06

The energy is real, but the soul is tired

2024-10-31 14:31:30

Been listening to acoustic covers this week - these guys are so good. This is my current playlist but I love all their covers - they do not disappoint
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2024-10-31 07:30:54

Never lower your standards to fit in

2024-10-31 07:21:51

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absolutely. It is the hardest and most important thing of all. And only way to understand your personal bias better is by being curious.

2024-10-31 06:16:08

Curiosity is the strongest countermeasure against bias

2024-10-30 22:58:31

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I love how Bitkey is penetrating a large market segment of common users that’s missed out as Block remains true to its ethos of bridging the underserved. Bitcoin is skirting on the edge of mainstream adoption - that vision and faith and relentless pursuance of creative explorations is now beginning to show rewards. Pretty amazing how Block, despite being a large company has an innovation drive that remains competitive - have read over 50 large companies and many struggle doing exactly what Block thrives in. Block’s growth over the next 10 years is going to be just exponentially wild

2024-10-29 01:08:39

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Love his sense of freedom in his work, the irony of the article. Each piece disrupts convention yet feels normal. Love those loose pants, asymmetrical skirts. And those dresses - demure yet free, sweet but wild. I’d pick a tank top, culotte over a button down anyday. His menswear is elegant yet chill, there’s a deep personal rebellion yet there is strength in subtlety - you have to have explicable taste to appreciate it. There’s so much to learn from his journey. I also love that his favourite part of the day is his long walks with his dog and time away from work to connect his ideas. But when I’m 80, I hope to be with my grandkids and take long walks with my husband and dogs and not get buried with work.

2024-10-28 14:40:44

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🤍
The sun is gone, my heart is broken. But I have a light, I have some glue - Kurt Cobain
Thinking of Andrew today. My heart goes out to you and your family

2024-10-27 11:09:21

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first in yourself, then on others

2024-10-27 03:42:30

keep the faith

2024-10-24 17:06:13

Wrapping up my day with this beautiful book - Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Album. Sometimes we get so caught up with “what’s happening to us” that we forget to see this precious life we have for what it is. Morrie says “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” I’ve read this book many times and while each time it reads differently, this passage has always been my favorite.
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Some other lines I love :
Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.
If you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too—even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.
Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it
Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others
Don’t assume that it’s too late to get involved.
The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.
(In a conversation with a TV host) “Morrie,” Koppel said, “that was seventy years ago your mother died. The pain still goes on?” “You bet,” Morrie whispered.
Everyone knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently .
How can you ever be prepared to die? “Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, ‘Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?’
Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
Even I don’t know what ‘spiritual development’ really means. But I do know we’re deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.
This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there’s someone who is watching out for them. It’s what I missed so much when my mother died—what I call your ‘spiritual security’—knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame.
If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.
Learn to detach. detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.
You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now.
We’ve got a form of brainwashing going on in our country,” Morrie sighed. “Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over.
Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.
When Morrie was with you, he was really with you. He looked you straight in the eye, and he listened as if you were the only person in the world.
I believe in being fully present
there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don’t respect the other person, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don’t know how to compromise, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can’t talk openly about what goes on between you, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don’t have a common set of values in life, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike.
“And the biggest one of those values, Mitch?” “Your belief in the importance of your marriage.”
People are only mean when they’re threatened and that’s what our culture does.
The big things— how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone—or any society—determine those for you.
Every society has its own problems. The way to do it, I think, isn’t to run away. You have to work at creating your own culture.
Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.
Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.
It’s not just other people we need to forgive, We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.
“If we know, in the end, that we can ultimately have that peace with dying, then we can finally do the really hard thing.”
Which is? “Make peace with living.”
Death ends a life, not a relationship.

2024-10-24 05:05:59

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wow, that's amazing!

2024-10-24 00:42:44

This week’s feel good attempt for my dog involves coconut oil. Because kidney disease causes extreme dry skin, I dab his stomach and private area with coconut oil-soaked- cotton balls and it works like a charm. He recently started developing gum issues - so I tried giving him some edible ones to drink and he licked it off my palms. He has been doing this every night this week, abt 3 teaspoons, and his gums are much better. He had some throat irritation and that’s gone. Every night I hear his stomach churning and that’s stopped too in recent days. This boy is feeling much much better, still weak from lack of red blood cells which is also a side effect of kidney problems to which he takes folic acid, but as of now he is a happy boy, out sunning his balls and just chilling!
Keep those kidneys well. One too many problems when they get messed up!

2024-10-24 00:38:41

Took a break today to decompress as it’s been 14 hours a day work none stop for the last 2 mths. But here I am, up by 5am, went for a walk with the dog at 6, hit the market by 7, gave the dog a bath. And by 8am, I need a new list of non-work things to do lol. It’s going to be between painting, carpentry, soldering and sewing today, my brain refuses books or screens. That and I should probably stop making a list!

2024-10-22 00:14:27

Chess is a game that needs you to think with both structure and creativity. Leveraging long-term strategy and short-term tactics. And relentlessly guarding what’s most vulnerable and precious to you, while attacking just as hard.
To win you have to work as a team. Each strength is understood and maximised in ways that benefits the overall team - sometimes some shine more while others are baits or distractions. Some are shield, and others go for the kill - but all play a role for the end game.
Positioning matters - some bring out their best when they have more freedom of movement and options, while others do poorly if limited. If you want to gain influence, you need to put yourself in a place of opportunity.
You must be adaptable and flexible - think long-term while making short-term moves - zooming out to see the big picture and zooming in to constantly survive.
If you are smart and smooth, you will not show how you are coming for them . Sometimes subtlety and unpredictability keeps them guessing, making it harder to anticipate your strategy.
Also the Queen is one powerful warrior who it out there protecting the King - just saying.

2024-10-20 07:41:57

“Supplying open-source tools to the market will require new business models. But by delivering unique benefits to the market, those companies that develop the business models will be very successful competing with companies that attempt to retain control over their customers.” - Bob Young, Chairman and CEO, Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat software is fully based on open-source model, anyone can access, modify, or redistribute it via open-source licenses (GPL). But they have flagship products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux (enterprise OS) which is only available through paid subscriptions. They also offer training, consultation, cloud services, and middleware solutions enabling them to monetize.
Intel was one of the early-stage seed investors in Red Hat In 1998 . 20 years later, they were acquired for $34B by IBM and operates as an independent subsidiary.
IBM was ones the largest business in the world 20 years ago. Today it only has a single digit market share and Red Hat has been it’s saving grace to better bridge enterprise and cloud solutions.
Bob Young’s quote above was from his foreword taken the book ‘Cathedral and Bazaar’ by Eric Raymond - this book is on the open-source software ethos based on Linux.
Bob went on to say that two things are needed for open-source software to change the world:
1 - It has to be widely used
2 - the benefits to the users needs to be communicated well and understood.
The book itself is a good read - slightly harder if you are not from a software background - some parts made me wonder what would happen if devs wrote soap opera scripts - but in general, its a great reflection of what happens when people come together with the intention to build, and build up and build forward and build together.

2024-10-17 17:03:54

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

2024-10-17 17:02:40

Random thought - oftentimes breakthrough innovations come from mavericks, skunkworks projects, open innovations, or prize competitions. I'm not sure if the Git exploration on Nostr has gained traction, but if it hasn't, it could be due to lack of visibility among a broader pool of developers and not a lack of incentive. And maybe spreading the word about the innovation and prize money - outside of Nostr - could attract wider participation. This could also be a good chance to increase early adopters (tech folks) on Nostr

2024-10-17 15:53:13

My dog is always the happiest fella in the mornings and I love that as I love a happy morning. I’m one of those annoying people who just wake up happy and my dog matches my energy. He wakes up on dot and gets his sunlight circadian rhythms checked-in like clockwork. This has been the last 12 years.
Of late tho it’s been hard waking him. But today, after many weeks, he was up and energized. For a bit. He also plops throughout the day, taking a nap wherever he is. He played fetch twice before he plopped again and he hasn’t played fetch in a long time. These days he needs to go for his walks twice (toxin release through waste) and today’s night walk was graced by a beautiful full moon.
He hasn’t been himself in a while but in retrospect today was a wonderful day. It’s little moments like this that are so precious.
On a separate note, his mouth is stinking lol. I normally brush it with water and he chews on carrots but with kidney disease, it affects the gut which affects the gums.
I’m contemplating doing a DIY paste with a tiny bit of baking soda and coconut oil.
Anyone with pets do DIY tooth paste here ? Love to know your recipe

2024-10-13 04:12:42

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One drives madness of the crowd to pump, milks it out of everyone else’s hard work. The other builds people up globally - advancing transformational innovations - to enable decentralized models for anyone to build upon. I think when Web5 (and Nostr) hits mainstream it's gonna be epic - the long term strategy is brilliant - it is both ethical and expands global growth exponentially in ways that put people first. Its good for companies to have Bitcoin on balance sheet if possible, but extreme version of profiteering from pumps is not something I would hail as an all-glorifying pursuit.
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2024-10-09 17:34:57

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Some thoughts:
Nostr is revolutionising the world, with the way it connects digitally.
The majority of the world are programmed to the current ways of the internet ie letting govt and corporate decide what they should say and how they should think.
Nostr is changing that censorship behaviour - but subtly.
Randy Pausch in his last lecture coined the term “head fake”. He taught his students programming - but through various fun projects and performances - so much so the students didn’t realise they were learning to code.
Nostr is that head fake. It subtly helps people understand that they have a right to their voice and thoughts.
And the fun projects or use cases that attract people - are the clients and micro apps
The work that all of you are doing is extremely important for the world, and much appreciated. When everything seems doom and gloom, these are the things that give hope.
I do believe user feedback is important. You can’t please everyone, but all these feedback can be consolidated so that devs can see what they want to resolve or improve next
You are right that this is a long journey. It won’t take 10 years of development, but it might take 10 years of trial and error with users - which is painful and challenging and emotional and tiring - but with it comes immense learning that opens doors for the mainstream market
In your case, its incredible how you have been very active in exploring large volumes of users. You would have seen many positive outcomes and also many challenges. But more importantly, plenty of learning for you to strategise the next step, and the next. And it slowly gets better.
It might be easier to reach out to the early adopters - those who would fundamentally appreciate Nostr’s long term impact for the world. They could be anybody - other tech folks, global leaders and corporate leaders or anyone who have seen the dirty little secrets of the gov’ts, marginalised folks, curious folks, people who just want to give you a chance etc.
These groups of people will be kind to you - and you can use this opportunity to understand what they like and dislike, their behaviour and usage - to continually make clients, apps and nostr in general, better.
I think the back and forth of users coming and going can be very disappointing, but it's also an opportunity for everyone to learn, strategise and re-strategise, and get creative with solutions.
You will make a lot of mistakes - but you will also learn from it and bounce back higher each time. And you will keep getting better.
I appreciate your courage in putting yourself out there. I'm sure you have heard of this : The only people who fail are those who do not try, and You miss 100% of the shots you do not take.
I also appreciate your wisdom with both short term execution and long term goals in place
And in 10 years, you and your products will be more than ready for the mainstream market when Nostr goes viral - and in 20 year, there might be a generation that will be able to maintain their autonomy - and that is a precious gift to give to the world.
Keep going, keep moving forward.
You got this!

2024-09-16 15:32:44

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
—E.E. Cummings

2024-09-16 09:26:47

Occasionally, disruptive technologies emerge : innovations that result in worse product performance, at least in the near-term. Ironically, in each of the instances studied in this book, it was disruptive technology that precipitated the leading firms’ failure.
From ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail’ by Clayton M. Christensen

2024-09-16 09:00:34

I was going through my dad's library over the weekend and found a collection of Grolier Encyclopedias - business edition (along with a full Britannica set we’ve managed to preserve). I’ve never read this collection prior, and rather amazed that even after 30 years of it being written, so much info remains relevant in business practices, team building, and self growth.
One volume I liked was called ‘Managing Yourself’ - I’ll share some bits from it :
Engage someone based on what motivates them , not based on what motivates you
3 common factors that motivates people :
- to achieve something
- to feel a sense of belonging
- to influence
An example shared - A man wanted to go skiing to gain a sense of achievement. He convinced his wife, who valued belonging, by framing it as family time. His children, motivated by influence, were persuaded by letting them shape the trip. Everyone was happy, it was a win for all.
Drivers are what drives you to your goal. It can be based on your need for speed, perfection, approval, effort and strength.
People have factors that motivates (internal) and drives them (external). Understanding this leads to a more effective engagement.
Engaging people based on what works for them reminded me of this book - The 5 Love Languages' by Gary Chapman. The lesson was simple but beautiful - love someone the way they want to be loved, not the way you think they should be loved (and vice versa)
Some other things I liked from this Grolier volume on Managing Yourself :
- Don’t tell people to change. You can’t make them. Just ask them to do things differently and be open to their efforts.
- Sharing how you feel is hard for many but it prevents emotional build-up and stops you from bursting out.
- How you behave is a direct reflection of how you feel.
- Passivity can lead to self-pity, low self-esteem, and being taken advantage of, letting yourself become a “doormat” . Passive people may seem “nicer” but can be just as irritating in the long run.
- 50% of any situation is within your control. Focus on what you can manage—by yourself, for yourself.
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2024-09-16 08:38:14

I could never figure out the universe, sun and moon charts but quantum energy has a lot of correlations to life -
- superposition is like your unruly young and wild self
- interference is risk-taking gone real good, or real bad
- entanglement is kinda romantic, like that energy and attachment only you and your soulmate vibe to
- tunneling are life challenges that you really don’t need
- measurements are your traditional schooling systems
- duality is like your interdisciplinary skills
- Heisenberg reminds you why uncertainty is inevitable
- Schrödinger teaches that change is constant, and there is hope of reaching potentials when reality is built on probabilities rather than certainties.
- And like life, quantum theories have a hard time interpreting and integrate dark matters
But having said that, the energy in recent weeks has been really strong and despite having a million things to do, it's hard to ignore it. Is anyone feeling this ? I don't know if it's a universe thing and everyone is feeling it or i’m just falling sick lol.
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2024-09-15 17:02:09

Maxwell's equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.
- Carl Sagan

2024-09-15 17:01:26

love her, but leave her wild
- Atticus

2024-09-13 07:50:49

I’ve been bootstrapping a project while juggling countless challenges - ngl I long for peace of mind and often wonder wtf am i doing. But over the weekend, I visited my friend's parents. My friend is heavily pregnant and abroad, her mom recently had a tumor removed, and her dad is recovering from knee replacement surgery. One of my project’s use cases is to help the elderly. On top of that, I haven't had much sleep this week as my 12-year-old dog with CKD stage 3 had stomach issues—another use case is for pet owners like me.
And while the journey has been a struggle, it's these little reminders in life that reminds us of why we do what we do in wanting to make the world a better place.
So if you are at a crossroad wondering wtf you are doing, or trying to figure out the value you bring to this world, look into how people who need it will benefit from it - and it will be these little things that keeps one going.

2024-09-13 04:00:02

Odell's heartwarming pics with his baby and dogs >> caps lock and gm's
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2024-09-12 16:56:38

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It's a good piece with broad coverage. You did right by Myanmar. Many talk about helping Rohingya communities but rarely take action. Blocking a country's economy harms the people more than the gov't. US politics is also troubling—people box themselves into red and blue prisons. Sorry you’ve become the scapegoat for both sides. Hopefully, people can break free from these chains and focus on improving the country.
Keep doing you. It’s good.

2024-09-12 13:52:50

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Interesting paper, thank you for sharing. I love the quirky analogies, and when you look at the perspective of a brain storing 50TB (some say 2.5 petabytes), it's pretty amazing.
In recent years I appreciate the idea of neuroplasticity - new knowledge creates new neuron bridges. The more it’s used (repetition), the stronger and faster it becomes. And if you haven’t used that pathway in a while, refreshing memory strengthens it. (Neurogenesis happens at the hippocampus area - memory, learning, emotions).
I also think subject matter and depth impacts neural connectivity, for example, if you're deeply exploring quantum computing and neural networks in a scientific context daily, after a while, your synaptic plasticity reaches a different level—more integrated and stronger from various angles like deep analysis, idea generation, and outcomes.
I do enjoy broad topics as it often comes together like a big puzzle but I think you are a way bigger curious chaos than I am, gangster level =)
From the paper, I also liked the idea of unconscious processing - that lies within implicit memory. I think verbally communicating thoughts will tap into both conscious and unconscious processing and help one articulate better. The challenge is finding similar wavelength communication mode or person that enables you to indulge in your thought processes or interest, deeper.
On Shannon’s law, my quirky analogy is that it gives great r/ship advice between 2 parties - low SNR, nearer distance, clearer transmission, remove interference lol
I find the concept of serial and parallel processing rather amusing - there is always a gender misinterpretation to this but I believe multitasking depends on types of tasks and cognitive load. Between you and me, you likely advance multitasking and I expedite serial tasking.
Optics is a really interesting angle - I leverage diff screens to double check my work as I notice I read it differently. You might write on notes on your phone differently then elsewhere. I don’t know how this correlates to shift in attention but I believe visual context impacts cognitive processing.
On neurons, psychedelics like shrooms likely does housekeeping of neuronal interconnections and promote neurogenesis and neuroplasticity but I haven’t fully learnt the long-term impact or frequency
I do believe there is a correlation between neurogenesis and emotional strength.
I think it helps a lot to understand one's own self and best ways to advance forward. My twin nephews are both ridiculously smart and while both differ from each other based on how they grasp information - both are able to apply these angles for mutual causes (we are building a marble sorter next :) )
There’s also many other factors - environment, experience, need etc that strengthen brain execution power and speed. I have been experimenting ways to optimise my time for years - speed, focus, awareness etc and still want to do so much better.
It's a good piece, very wholesome way of looking at it. I enjoyed reading it.

2024-09-11 07:44:29

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oh nice. what do you intend to use it for ? Keep an eye on your kids or something ?

2024-09-11 07:42:31

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how far does it take you ?

2024-09-11 07:07:41

Agreed
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2024-09-11 07:06:10

this is true, I am a curious chaos
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2024-09-11 06:44:18

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Because the shoes are highly conductive, they can discharge static effectively, but high conductivity can be paradoxical as it can also create a pathway for other currents (exposed wiring, possibly lightning which has up to 100,000 amps and electrocute someone). Franklin has static sparks transfer from stormy clouds to metal keys to his knuckles through a wet string.
Typically esd shoes with metallic particles have resistance shields. If you have tested it that's great, if you have not, then many industry standard labs can test for electrical hazard / resistance / dielectric strength tests and others alike.
Back in the old days, cars tend to have grounding strips to discharge static, but cars also have a metal shield that works as Faraday Cage. Leather shoes, even if highly conductive, would not work like Faraday Cage.
If you want people to make safe and conscious choice, you can include disclaimer for lightning, exposed wiring, power lines etc.
I love your shoes. Good luck @npub1c5t…mqw6 and hope these helps! ❤️
Cc @npub1sg6…f63m - love your childlike enthusiasm and genuine kindness, but try to alive while at it ok?

2024-09-11 00:51:19

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that's great, and yea the rubbing of leather against ground is a good static discharge on its own. As long as its tested against electrical hazard, dielectric strength etc to ensure wearer is not harmed from lightning strike. I think they test it in both dry and wet conditions and infuse up to several k V but lightning can go up to million volts and would go through the least resistant (most conductive path) hence why some grounding shoes tend to come with lightning disclaimers.

2024-09-10 23:44:50

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shoes look great, love the selections of leather type for soles and upper part. My dad had something like this a long time do you. Did you do lightning conductance test and esd discharge test ?

2024-09-10 22:57:44

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try re-routing to another country if you can and see if its better, often times when its slow that works for me. the web works fine for me.

2024-09-10 22:54:16

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i don't know if there are many things that is done against the taliban's wishes publicly as it would result in executions of self and family but i spoke to my friend - the university he teaches in (in exile) and many on the ground work on this mission of helping girls and he thinks this might be something that they can study more and try. I think Afghanistan is largely forgotten post Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Palestine. Its easy for the world to shift focus based on hype, but its real people who get left behind.

2024-09-10 16:46:10

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a lot of things can be done with relays - but have to be creative :
assuming there is 3 types of relays :
1. personal : self configured r/w and optional links to outbox
2. private : can be community or utility based, e2ee
3. global : outbox model
this is on establishing personal relays as "relay as a service" concept - which enables privacy and gives users full ownership of their data.
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this is on establishing trending topics that is relevant to the individuals based on their selected private relays
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there is a lot more than can be done just by using whatever we have and getting creative in maximising outputs

2024-09-10 15:16:05

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lol. Thanks for sharing, Walker. I appreciate the effort and the anecdotes

2024-09-10 14:07:49

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😂 so true

2024-09-10 13:58:07

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and better if it's both at transit and at rest

2024-09-10 13:47:17

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It looks really good and I love the idea of copper on the outsole for electrical discharge. But I worry that in the event of a lightning strike, lightning often looks for the path of least resistance to the ground, and a copper plug could, in theory, act as that pathway. I had 2 pairs of ESD shoes and it used conductive rubber and conductive plastic at its sole - but sometimes they do add metallic particle - hence I presume there can be some composition of metal and it is still safe, but I don't know how much. In theory the shoes feel like an ideal pair of mules but I worry you might risk yourself esp during stormy weather. Would you be able to check with them first ?

2024-09-10 13:27:19

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sounds intense! I had Trent Reznor's Hurt (unplugged version) on repeat for a while (tho its probably the only song that when Johny Cash sang it, it sounded hopeful, and when Trent Reznor sang it, was like one of those that you just have to ride out your emotions kinda intense). NIN is too heavy for me, but boy was I crushing on Trent Reznor for a while.

2024-09-09 23:49:26

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Here’s a quirky take - qubits are like life, not so binary. In superposition, they're like your younger wild self full of possibilities and contradictions and experiencing all at once. In entanglement, it has a romantic shade like couples growing old together - one knows what the other is thinking or feeling, one’s emotional state affects the other and there’s a deep bond of understanding. Like penguins who mate for life (well, not really, but close!), entangled connection forms a bond so deep that it feels unbreakable.

2024-09-09 12:17:13

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🔥

2024-09-09 12:16:23

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yes

2024-09-09 08:14:04

search function is a highly underestimated feature

2024-09-08 15:33:02

My favourite part of a book is the book dedication. While the book drives the main content, there’s that hidden layer of intimacy that goes behind the scene - those who stood by and trusted when it was just blank-pages, when ideas were raw and unshaped, patient while the job gets done, and there to celebrate when it's a wrap. There's so much story to tell from a book, but it's that personal journey that happens behind the scenes that I find to be incredibly sweet and telling.

2024-09-08 15:31:18

Meet Miles Cooper (named by my nephews after some spiderman guy or some superheroes). This one belongs to my sister and he is so adorable. Only 2 months and he is already 7kg, and sooo cute!
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2024-09-08 15:02:57

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In an unexpected turn of event, the mandate is retracted for now. People were fussing on twitter, and when there were threats on limiting speech, more rallied on, to a point they could not ignore. I think this kind of public town square is when democracy comes right - the voices of people coming together are heard loud and clear. But no telling what’s next, the debate between free speech and fake speech often distracts free will and thoughts. Gov’t hijacking transport and application layers is scary - and we could use liberation of protocol stacks, end to end encryption with key signage, de-identifying data and more. I would love for simplification of personal relays on Nostr in establishing privacy and data ownership, and various avenues to bring together like minded people and town squares. More suppression would lead to more people looking for freedom tools. Thank you for building one and supporting many others.

2024-09-06 14:41:14

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Thanks for compiling walker. Grateful for this @npub1sg6…f63m. I don’t know if this is common in other countries but in mine, the gov't has mandated that all corporate DNS queries, and personal DNS queries using Google and Cloudflare be redirected through gov't-approved DNS servers by the end of this month. This could intercept TLS and decrypt traffic. Wild, huh? The reason is to prevent people from accessing porn sites, scams etc - but we all know this is the beginning of extreme suppression. I don’t know if VPN works - the gov’t has a network perimeter where they can tap into the ISP core network and monitor things, similar to how most countries do network sniffing. The idea of end-to-end encryption and having your own key to sign in and how devices talk to each other (protocols) will make significant strides in the future. Its just crazy what's happening to the world today - falling to suppression like dominoes

2024-09-06 14:27:45

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i used to dabble in micro and milimeter waves as an engineer, i am self learning nanotech for my own projects given signal measurements has made significant advancement with nanotech circuits penetrating the market. What piqued your interest on nanotech ?

2024-09-06 12:24:45

I watched The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and read the book over 15 years ago. It was incredibly emotional at that time knowing he was going to die. Watching this again after so long - i don't know if you have watched The Last Lecture, but its one of the most amazing piece on self reflection and inspiration.
Some of my favorite quotes by Randy Pausch :
1. Some brick walls are there for a reason, they let us prove how badly we want things.
2. When you are screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they gave up.
3. If you're going to do anything pioneering, you'll get arrows in the back, and you just have to put up with it.
4. When you've had something for 10 years that you hold so precious, it's the toughest thing in the world to hand it over. The only advice I can give is to find somebody better than you to hand it to.
5. The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self-reflective.
6. The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else. I've done it my whole career, and the 'head fake' here is that they're learning to program, but they just think they're making movies and video games.
7. Anybody who is out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedroom, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be okay.
8. I don't know how to not have fun. I'm dying, and I'm having fun, and I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left because there's no other way to play it.
9. Decide if you are a Tiger on an Eeyore.
10. Never lose the childlike wonder.
11. It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
12. Loyalty is a two-way street.
13. When it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
14. Never give up. I didn't get into Brown University; I was on the waitlist. I called them up, and they eventually decided it was getting really annoying to have me call every day, so they let me in. At Carnegie Mellon, I didn't get into graduate school. Andy [my mentor] had said, 'Go to graduate school; you're going to Carnegie Mellon. All my good students go to Carnegie Mellon.' No one knows this until today. I'm telling the story. I was declined admission to Carnegie Mellon, and I went into Andy's office and dropped the rejection letter on his desk. I said, 'I just want you to know what your letter of recommendation goes for at Carnegie Mellon.' Before the letter had hit his desk, his hand was on the phone, and he said, 'I will fix this.
15. You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma; I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, being earnest. I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term—earnest is long term. Apologize when you screw up, and focus on other people, not on yourself.
16. Don’t bail. The best of the gold at the the bottom of the barrel of crap.
17. Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great person who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is listening to it. Anybody can get chewed out, but it's the rare person who says, 'Oh my God, you're right,' as opposed to, 'No, wait, the real reason is...' We've all heard that. When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
18. Don't complain; just work harder. All right? There's a picture of Jackie Robinson. It was in his contract not to complain, even when the fans spit on him.
19. Work Hard. I got tenure a year earlier. Junior faculty members used to say to me, 'Wow, you got tenure early—what's your secret?' I said, 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock and I'll tell you.
20. Find the best in everybody. One of the things that John Snotty [a colleague] told me is that you might have to wait a long time - sometimes years - but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting. No matter how long it takes, no one is all evil.
21. Be prepared, luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity
22. Did you figure out the head fake? It's not about how to achieve your dreams; it's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, and the dreams will come to you.
23. Have you figured out the second head fake? The talk's not for you; it's for my kids. Thank you all. Good night.
#note13ga…76w9

2024-09-06 09:34:28

❤️
https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo

2024-09-06 07:38:14

Sometimes we get caught up focusing on a single tech, only to later realize that many others have matured in parallel. I think a skill that is rare and important is the ability to mix and match these innovations in hardware, software, AI and other fields in order to advance our original work. But that would also mean we would have to relearn on a system level while understanding each tech independently to integrate effectively. It's definitely not an easy feat which is why its rare, but I think interdisciplinary thinking often drives transformative innovations, and to achieve this, curiosity, agility, creativity and resilience is key

2024-09-06 05:21:55

The AI space is growing exponentially - like inception, tech building building tech, or a prelude to AGI
https://x.com/amasad/status/1831730911685308857

2024-09-05 14:10:36

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I get your worries on client dependency to coordinate, and notes not being shared broadly via the outbox model. My suggestion doesn't change the outbox model but rather optimizes it. It would not be able to solve the broadcasting issue, but it can resolve many other concerns.
The idea is more like “Relay-as-a-Service (RaaS)” concept whereby you have a personal relay that is more lightweight as it only stores your notes, messages etc compared to general relays that store all the data. You can have this hosted locally for security purposes or relay devs can expand their service to "cloud" for users who don't want to host locally, just because or for safety reasons.
When you send data, someone else who has some common relays with you will be able to view it.
It can be cross synched to your other devices like will's idea or use IoT concept like LoRa or Zigbee or regular wifi but might need some network protocal synch
To enhance privacy, clients can also enhance UX for users who want to share both privately and globally presuming what they share is limited to selected relays or not visible to the public.
Users can delete their own notes but it might need some protocol to delete notes that are temporarily or permanently stored anywhere else.
Users can also upgrade storage capacity or use external relays for specific functions (images, video stage, streaming etc) to ensure modularity and scalability.
The overall idea is to not only optimize data storage, but also gives users full control of their own data (delete, edit, privacy etc).

2024-09-05 09:18:10

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i was trying to look up for the conversation we had last on this but might be a long time back - bunking in on this note.
I was just wondering, would there be an easier way where i can have my relay that just stores my data (notes and messages (sent and received)) and all other relays can be used as your transmitter. Some benefits :
- It would lessen the need of my computer - i wouldn't need some massive server capacity to run a relay.
- And if i need to sync up between my phone and computer, we can use Will's idea.
- I don't have to depend on other relays to store/ clear data.
- I can delete whatever I have written.
- I have control over my data.
- If i need more storage for videos etc then either i increase my own capacity or use other relays (free/private)
From a user perspective, it would be easier is users just need to assume it works like installing an app to install the operation to run your own relay.
I haven't fully thought through this yet and I don't know enough - but just a thought

2024-09-05 08:39:55

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i love this book

2024-09-05 02:34:59

One of the greatest feelings is doing something kind for someone who will never know it was you. Spread a bit of kindness today, you never know who needs it. A little bit of goodness in life goes a long way ❤️

2024-09-05 02:31:21

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awww precious child ❤️, and what a beautiful view.

2024-09-04 15:13:07

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love this. same team

2024-09-04 14:51:43

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apparently they found a new connection between string theory and quantum field theory, under certain open superstring condition (beta = 1) and might lead to new ways of understanding the quantum theories because it goes back to the first particles (tho my understanding of string theory is mainly based on sheldon cooper and the big bang theory sitcom!)

2024-09-04 14:25:03

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were you following the new pi formula discovery through string theory a few days ago ?

2024-09-04 14:20:37

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awww they are having a wonderful morning ❤️

2024-09-04 06:58:04

The recent release of the "founder mode" concept by Paul Graham has stirred quite a debate esp from the ‘manager mode’ groups.
It’s true that at scale-up, your standard VC advice would be to “hire good people and let them do the job” - most VCs believe that it is your WD 40 fix for scale-ups. But it’s also true that if left unchecked, the calibration and alignment between team members might drift, which affects the mission of the business.
There are some examples of how “founder mode” operates. In Steve Jobs' "Top 100" retreat, regardless of where they are in the company hierarchy, the top 100 performers were invited to a retreat with Jobs. And because it's a special thing, it fostered a startup-like hustle for employees to be among the top achievers.
Elon Musk’s approach to founder mode involves trimming and sharpening the team. He also gives them a sense of ownership with responsibility - to see what he sees - and reshape as quickly as needed.
Jack’s trend I believe is more agile as he switches between founder mode and manager mode, as and when needed. His philosophy from what I read, emphasizes not just finding great people, but those who are passionate about the mission and capable of working well together (non-toxic) in reaching the goals.
My personal view is that there is no cookie cutter fix or a one-size-fits-all solution between "manager mode" and "founder mode." Early-stage entrepreneurs building products will eventually shift to building businesses. Some will embrace this shift, others won’t. Some will be great in both roles, others may struggle.
At a scale up business, the dynamic changes and the momentum is different - which explains why Zuckerberg shifted from “move fast and break things” to a more measured approach - focus on speed but with caution.
At the same time, at the scale-up stage, companies want to preserve startup culture, so large corporations often advocate for "corporate startups," which are hybrids of traditional startups and corporate R&D. They have the rebellious spirit and agility of traditional startups but are funded by a parent company. Many has worked tremendously well such as Block’s Spiral, which developed LDK independently (without direction from parent company) and later benefited the company’s core business, Cash App. Some didn’t work as well, like Google’s EV car initiative.
I've worked as both a corporate engineering manager and a startup entrepreneur, and they both have very diff strategy, speed, focus and goals. Scale-up is like a combo but a million times harder as it comes with immense responsibility in growing the business and expanding the team efficiently, and managing shareholders, all while being innovative and strategic in business-building, just as you would be in building the product.
One part that fascinated me about the essay is the 3 phases the founders go through.
- At first you listen to the VC (because you are clueless at initial stages) .
- Then you go against them (because their advice is not working for you, something doesnt feel right)
- and finally, the VCs end up listening to you (because your strategy is successfully scaling up your business).
By the time you reach stage 3, you are likely wiser with all the experiences. But most founders will struggle to get past stage 1 and 2 for various reasons.
I’ve enjoyed all of Paul Graham’s essays. He explains both high-level concepts and low-level no-brainers with clarity (I need both). And rather timeless too, some essays from 18 years ago are still so relevant today.
This one has induced a big debate which is great because the VC rigid world needs a bit of a shake up now and then. Check it out - https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html

2024-09-03 23:44:59

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Good to look left and right, but best to look forward if that’s where we want to go ❤️ Grateful for Nostr. Thank you @npub180c…h6w6

2024-09-03 18:29:34

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wow this was really good. i like @npub1cn4…3vle 's analogy and perspective. I don't think I have seen one where @npub1sg6…f63m was the moderator and the questions were great, required a deeper thought process (for me at least) and definitely broadens perspective. I really liked the question on understanding why big companies are not adopting, signal is another example. Also on what attracts tech people to join in, and how to differentiate businesses on open source. Everyone had great input.

2024-09-03 17:03:10

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nice! which part of tropical world are you at this time?

2024-09-03 08:42:48

This was a good book and a quick read - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
1. Be impeccable with your word
Words are powerful tools. Use them to share love, uplift others. Avoid gossip, it is poison. Be impeccable with words to yourself too
2. Do not take anything personally
Taking things personally is a form of selfishness, as it assumes everything is about "me." People's opinions are shaped by their own experiences and perspectives. If someone doesn’t treat you with respect, it’s a gift to part ways. Your heart will heal, and you will find that you don’t need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.
3. Do not make assumptions
Assumptions lead to misunderstandings and unnecessary drama. We make assumptions because we don’t have the courage to ask questions. Love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.
4. Always do your best
Under any circumstances, do your best - no more, no less. True fulfillment comes from action, not the expectation of rewards. You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action.
Mastery comes through repetition, practice makes perfect. If you fall, stand up and keep going and each time it will become easier.
Let go of the past and live fully in the moment.
Other good reminders at the end of the book :
- True freedom is the ability to use our mind and body to live our lives instead of conforming to a belief system imposed upon us.
- A warrior rebels against the invasion of the mind's parasite. To be free, face fears, stop feeding them, and live life to its fullest.
- At the very least, have the dignity of rebellion, and not be a helpless victim of our own whimsical emotions or the poisonous emotions of others.
- We are often addicted to our own patterns - anger, jealousy, self-pity - and the limiting beliefs that tell us we are not good enough. We need to let it go and embrace new form of repetition fueled with self-love and self-respect.
- The big difference between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses, and the warrior refrains. Victims repress because they are afraid to show their emotions, afraid to say what they want to say. To refrain is not the same thing as repression. To refrain is to hold the emotions and to express them in the right moment, not before, not later. That is why warriors are impeccable. They have complete control over their own emotions and therefore over their own behavior.
- Happiness is a choice
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2024-09-02 15:32:15

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The best innovations happen at the intersection of humanity, technology, and creativity. Franklin, Einstein, Leonardo, Jobs, and even yourself - all excelled in not just your respective fields but in understanding the broader human context.
Steve Jobs once said “Our goal is to make the best devices, not to be the biggest.” and another time he said “innovation is saying no to a thousand things”. His mantra was always that “simple is harder than complex” because it takes a lot of hard work to achieve simple elegant solutions.
But I think the Rashomon effect can sometimes confuse people to superficially reduce complexity instead of deeply understanding the essence of a product or idea and distilling it to its purest, most effective form.
This note is a good reminder to stay grounded to what really matters to the people.

2024-09-01 15:20:58

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patience and build. keep moving forward. Now is a good time to test out private relays that's country-focused - news, culture, private conversations, food, hangout joints etc. Now is also a great time to get as many feedback. We may not hit it big, but we are going to get tremendously better if we can maximize every opportunity we can get right here and now - and keep moving forward.

2024-08-30 09:00:14

Sometimes I write thoughts down at the end of a long day based on experience or observation. It serves as a self reminder. These are some from the last few months :
You can’t control others, but you can control yourself.
Saying no sets boundaries. Saying yes opens doors. Finding the balance makes all the difference.
Those who do exceedingly well are laser focused on reaching end-goals. Those who don’t, are often focused on everyone else’s problems.
Only help people who are willing to help themselves
Personal attacks happen when one lacks constructive or substantial input in a discussion i.e they don’t know enough
I deeply appreciate people who don’t make every conversation about themselves, especially when they have a lot going on but choose to put others first.
If you are bitching about someone you love, either publicly or to your friends, you take away their dignity, because of your lack of emotional control.
If you need to feel loved by making someone jealous, then you are in a toxic relationship (and you might be the toxic one)
Distancing yourself from environments, people or triggers that fuel insecurity allows for better self-reflection and emotional growth
Knowledge boosts confidence.
Men harass women. Women harass men too. The fault is not men. The fault is harassment
Unsolicited advice often falls on deaf ears, especially if the person is not in a mindset to embrace change. If you are ready for change, you will be after people you look up to for advises, tips and tricks.
Surround yourself with people who find ways to make their lives better - be it health, thoughts, financially, growth and more.
Be with people who bring out the best out of you, not the worst out of you. Likewise, be someone who brings out the best out of someone else.
You are who you chose to engage in conversations with.
Remember to relax the brain.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Never settle for a checklist.
Happiness is the goal.
If you love, just love.
Peace of mind is the most precious thing in the world.
Sometimes, if you need to walk away, best to walk away quietly.
https://m.primal.net/KUsg.jpg
Love this pic from LadybugArt

2024-08-30 06:40:44

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interesting. So the alternative option is to remain manual and prevent digitalisation ?

2024-08-30 03:40:10

Nanotech is so schroedinger - simple but complex. To create a tiny tiny piece of nanoscale sheet (1x10^-9 in width, length and height), you need cross-disciplinary knowledge in physics, bio and chemistry.
They say if you want to be real good, your basics must be solid. In nanotech, your basics go down to atom levels.
And if you think quantum is already small, nanotech gives you quantum dot. And they even call it zero dimension.
And if you want to be real bad, you can manipulate nanomaterials to change their colors. Of course industry patented blue light but no reason why you can’t recreate red light therapy with it.
Nanotech is so small, one can even inject tiny robots (nanobots) into you to combat cellular-level diseases. Just make sure it’s out.
And if you use sunscreen, you have nano materials absorbing into your skin through zinc oxide nanoparticles. It’s supposedly large enough not to penetrate all the way in, and remains in your outer layer - but oh boy.
One of the most surprising learnings is using cultured bacteria and virus to create organic nanotech materials. But the more common ones are the ones made out of carbon and metal structures like graphene.
At nanoscale, materials often have a higher surface to volume ratio, which means the atoms hangs out on the surface - which is why it can be really thin and super conductive. This led to the ultra-tiny super electronic circuits, some even smaller than a fingernail.
And much like decentralization, nanomaterials has unique electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties individually - as opposed to being lumped up together in bulk counterparts.
My take is that nanotech is like a remix of basic electronics and electromagnetic theory. You def need the fundamentals, but the applications are an entirely different ballgame
But I am amazed at how something so small can be so powerful. There’s so much potentials in mastering miniaturisation.

2024-08-30 03:32:10

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its one of their use cases in explaining the standardization - i presume its to take back state-controlled DMVs. Existing digital options are centralized and interconnected with everything

2024-08-30 03:21:07

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i don't understand your question - mobile drivers license as in digital version of traditional driving license? web5 is on architecture level, you have your data wallet and you log in to any commerce site while keeping your info with you - similar to having your identity and being able to log in to various clients on nostr.

2024-08-30 02:46:43

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I doubt that is their challenge. I think they lack creativity in engaging users to adopt - and this is very common for tech developers - they tend to be excited about building something and then wonder why nobody shows up. Nostr has this problem too.
Institutionalized standards are one way to gain mass traction. (Another way is through use cases and that’s what I am passionate about). There’s pros and cons to institutionalized standards and debating this is a good thing.
I get why standards are a huge put off in terms of forceful adoption. I think it will remain largely optional but it will gain mass global awareness. Here's where it becomes very important to remain strong to the ethos of educating people on data ownership instead of focusing on centralizing any standards. But that level of global consciousness in taking back your identity is a plus factor

2024-08-30 01:52:03

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Seems like a plus factor - web5 (dApps, SSI like to your DIDs, IPFS, and data walllet) would encourage users on the current internet to take back their identity. I believe TBD’s biggest challenge and their most important role will be, not so much in creating this, but in educating people globally to take back their identity from gov’ts and commerce.
Nostr operates at the application layer, meaning it can sit on top of TCP/IP. It re-imagines and liberates the web interactions from your existing caged situations. TCP/IP itself is a decentralised architecture. The early days that @npub1sg6…f63m mentioned in this talks - Usenet, Telnet, Gopher - were all decentralised protocols on application layers. While HTTP and SMTP were also decentralized, they inadvertently allowed a few large players to gain massive control, which in turn enabled gov'ts to exert influence over these entities to control large populations of people
Re-imagining a new app layer like Nostr is a lengthy process. Rebuilding architecture like web5 using OSI is also lengthy process. While they are different, both serve the same goal of liberating users in taking back the ownership of their identities

2024-08-28 11:48:38

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2024-08-26 15:24:33

Biggest religion : “There is no more persistent and influential faith in the world today than the faith in government spending.”
Biggest Industry : “Printing money is the world’s biggest industry - if the product is measured in monetary terms.”
— Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson, 1946
I picked up this book over the weekend. It's a quick and easy to read kinda book, and very enlightening. Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993) was a socialist turned libertarian - who, with his high school education - went on to become one of the most influential writers and editors in major media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and authored many books.
He was also a good friend of Ludwig von Mises and played a big role in introducing Misses and his ideas to the American public. He got Mises a teaching position in the US when he fled Europe during WW2.
Given Hazlitt’s libertarian thoughts, he was against war and gov’t spending. But as much as he embraced capitalism, he did not advocate for excessive, unbridled capitalism - and I think this nuance deserves deeper consideration in today’s world.

2024-08-26 12:26:30

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I love everything abt this. It’s true and spot on, and deeper is def going to be better.

2024-08-26 10:56:14

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I like the idea of experimenting with agentic AI on an open network. You do drop thoughts ahead of time and trigger all kinds of reaction which is what we need as a society (re protocol a few yrs back).
With agentic AI, it seems like we can gauge the temperature of uncensored, unmonitored conversations and compare to an algo-ridden world. We become the placebo.
Enabling agency for people to explore their social horizon would also be another interesting opportunity.
On privacy, it is needed for censorship resistant to be optimised, so that users don’t self censor out of fear or we create breeding ground for gov’ts IP geolocation tracking to capture dissent. We don't have any privacy now. Yes gov't cannot block you here but they can capture you and put you in prison and that sucks even more. The privacy options we have here are not much diff from existing centralised system out there right now, except for that one extra step of single point of failure.
If we want to make privacy work and normalise it, I don't think it can be the same thing wrapped in a diff outfit. It has to be diff and simple to encourage adoption. You are right, debates between free speech vs fake speech is a distraction while free will and free thoughts are in jeopardy

2024-08-26 09:31:20

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that's so sweet..congratulations @npub17x7…vgap and @npub1jzu…3vm0 ❤️!!
and Derek, looks like you can create Tinder out of Nostr Nests =)

2024-08-26 04:58:08

If you‘ve tried to fix your laser printers, you would have spotted several parts like rollers, brushes and a tiny mirror when you open it.
Static electricity might seem to have limited use-cases, but laser printers make the most out of it.
When you send a doc to print, your pc sends a signal to the printer. A laser beam is directed to a mirror and will trace out the words you typed. This mirror is reflected to a cylindrical drum which is coated with light-sensitive material (like selenium). The areas where the laser hits the drum become negatively charged.
Next to the drum is the toner filled with powder. It has a brush and when it rolls on it, it becomes positively charged, and is attracted to the negatively traced out words on the drum.
The paper then passes through, where the toner powdered words are transferred to it and finally will be heated up to melt the toner and bond to the paper - before it comes out of the printer.
Man so many things going in there - I have never been able to do a major fix for a printer - this has become a painful use and throw situation.

2024-08-26 04:53:24

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Was looking at the test again - the material is conductive, not energy producing - which makes perfect sense. Typically when resistance is measured, you don’t connect it to any power source because the multimeter will apply a small voltage to the resistor and measure the current flowing through it to calculate resistance (V=IR). The metal composition can cover up to 12GHz which is pretty decent. Higher signal will have lower power and requires amplifiers and mixers - hence if the concern is bodily protections then its perfect because it will bounce off.

2024-08-26 04:46:37

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Head to Nostr Band (https://nostr.band/) - type in any topic of your interest. You will find a bunch of people that talk about it. Follow them - and keep doing this - until you have a circle that you are comfortable with.

2024-08-25 16:13:34

https://youtu.be/TcbuqQd57rY

2024-08-23 14:58:41

Nostriga was fabulous. I love following all of Nostr conference from a distance but this time around the depth of tech sharing was at a diff league. Amazing job everybody ❤️
And gm @npub180c…h6w6 and get well soon @npub1sg6…f63m

2024-08-23 10:44:55

When it comes to quantum mechanics, Heisenberg reminds you why uncertainty is inevitable, Schrödinger teaches you that change is constant and in all things, there is hope on reaching potentials when reality is built on probabilities rather than certainties. Every action or decision opens up a range of possibilities rather than being stuck with the fear of the unknown

2024-08-23 10:20:54

There's something powerful in sticking together and pushing for change : 'The Baltic Way' was a human chain of 2 million people holding hands across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia stretching over 600km as a peaceful protest in demanding for independence from the Soviets in August 1989. In March 1990, Lithuania and Estonia gained independence, and in May 1990, Latvia was free.
A big shoutout to all at Nostriga Day 2 ❤️

2024-08-22 23:47:10

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Congratulations! Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness ❤️

2024-08-22 15:18:35

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oh nice, the places closes early huh ? There seem to be several cold brew when searched for it at riga. Rocket Bean Roastery has one of the highest positive review. Maybe cold brew cafe exploration can be part of the list this time around too =)
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