Josh
Josh 🇺🇲

Tech Enthusiast
San Francisco, CA

Public Key

npub1tx8p4w0a27k7pfl7p4h50shnh92hry0kwpv8hx63yc3q83v3g57qpezfea

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josh@joshuaray.com

NIP-57 Address

joshray@getalby.com

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Last Notes

2024-11-09 04:17:36

Ferry views. https://image.nostr.build/3a150dd9074f4592192fed23638feb9f2bb379bc58e515b3a385861a47f09e6f.jpg

2024-11-03 23:24:16

I take a break from Nostr every once in a while and every time I come back it’s more dead and quiet. I remember engagement in here was through the roof 2 years ago.

2024-10-04 15:32:16

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Been here 7 years and never got in the water. That shit is cold.

2024-09-14 03:59:27

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I live in the ghetto so I'm good.

2024-09-10 04:07:55

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I prefer running my relay on a Raspberry Pi. Don't have to worry about my battery draining.

2024-09-09 03:04:52

Mount Tamalpais, CA. Really hot out there today. https://image.nostr.build/5e016005f5ab5baa8334a564e090bde564d6b175f15763c7385c6c25f4b073b6.jpg

2024-09-09 02:55:48

What’s up with these reply bots posting the same thing over and over in your notes? #asknostr

2024-09-09 02:54:55

It’s incredible how the majority of people don’t really care about tech. Went to the Apple Store today and was told by one of the associates that they have been “discouraging” people from buying iPhones until next week and that most don’t care and buy anyways.

2024-09-08 18:37:01

Had to delete @nprofile…9nz4 from my Pixel. Constantly running in the background and draining my battery. Not promised.

2024-09-05 05:15:31

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"Here's a thread 🧵"

2024-08-29 23:56:39

@npub1xts…kk5s can we get an update for the iPad that doesn’t stretch the feed from corner to corner in landscape mode? Maybe have the menu on the left or something?

2024-08-25 17:31:06

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I agree with him. They are trying to promote the protocol not cater to a specific user base.

2024-08-25 15:42:13

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Do you think you're anonymous here?

2024-08-25 03:56:56

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How does the police know who “anon12345” is in the open group?

2024-08-25 02:56:44

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Telegram does not encrypt group chats and ignores basic human decency when it comes to criminal activity that goes on in that platform. For example, you have people who are actively trafficking humans there and Telegram will do NOTHING about it even though they can read every message and see every photo traded. At best they provide an email to report it and rarely ban offenders. Then they brag about it like it’s a good thing.

2024-08-24 02:12:43

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Wait until you find out that many artists don't own their catalogs.

2024-08-23 02:58:26

If I had a drink every time Trump is mentioned at the DNC I'd be dead. 🤣

2024-08-19 05:59:08

Another pandemic... Must be an election year 🤣

2024-08-18 18:34:55

Anyone here upgrading to the Pixel 9 from an iPhone? Just curious.

2024-08-13 06:55:55

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Are you powering it with a battery or an inverter?

2024-06-21 06:22:52

Is there a fully featured PDF editor like Acrobat that isn't so expensive?

2024-06-09 02:04:08

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This was a couple weeks ago in Oregon.
https://image.nostr.build/06d765be0d8d51e61ccac24f6682f52db4f8ba219a4ad163db94fe247b51d28c.jpg

2024-06-05 06:54:36

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I'm always up on Mt. Tam on weekends. Love that place and the coast.

2024-06-02 05:30:57

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Spyware for who?

2024-05-26 03:40:37

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LOL

2024-05-25 06:38:53

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The end of an era. This and AIM were my go tos in the 90s.

2024-05-11 16:00:41

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I posted something similar before and got everyone all bent out of shape. Telegram is ok for casual conversations but it's def not secure.

2024-05-05 06:56:28

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Nice I'll have to check them out!

2024-05-05 00:12:16

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Interesting read. I wouldn't want to test the theory irl. Another interesting note from the article is carrying FMJ rounds (which I rarely do.) You would have to get some seriously lucky shots to penetrate a vital organ on a fast moving Bear before it mauls you. No doubt a magazine dump will do the job eventually, just not fast enough.

2024-05-04 23:34:40

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9mm won't do much to a Bear tho 🤣 maybe piss him off.

2024-05-04 23:15:03

Damn Tidal is pretty great. Apple's lossless is too quiet. I can either load all the FLAC files or stream with this.

2024-05-04 02:40:57

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To piss people off. 😜

2024-05-04 00:48:42

Point Reyes https://image.nostr.build/06d930bac6f5a7ff2355918d2ce0f185ce9320d9175f7320c8f237deb47a8560.jpg

2024-05-03 22:18:14

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https://youtu.be/QRqXBsgnYok?si=0N30M3GTbeo1ZTzW

2024-05-03 04:31:06

Monterey, CA https://image.nostr.build/19fd9e82c491e16d3689d59f1c7ba5793413fea4dc22bb456fca160de56bf61d.jpg

2024-05-03 00:05:23

Bay Area "friends" be like... https://image.nostr.build/9d5b952008510b8a55ac2cf99efc37ecee647660655cf3357a39349ac1d015ce.jpg

2024-05-01 15:56:31

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Kinda what I'm getting to. If I pay for one then it kinda ties my notes to that particular relay and their rules. If the one relay I pay for decides to nuke me. Then what? What about my content?

2024-05-01 15:54:47

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😂😂😂 I point out that relays aren't financially sustainable and that centralization is going to lead right back to censorship and you're on about kicking dogs and fucking myself? Did you take your medication today?

2024-05-01 15:11:51

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Unless the relay operators run out of money and the ones left don't take your notes. Also there's no financial incentive. Just being realistic. It's cringy to see all these Bitcoin personalities preach their gospel.

2024-05-01 05:13:15

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Cant get into it. The acting just annoys me.

2024-05-01 05:12:31

I recently went down the rabbit hole of Hi Res audio and I feel like I'm going to go deaf before the year ends.

2024-05-01 03:08:54

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It really depends where though. I lived there for 5 years. Don't miss it.

2024-05-01 03:08:06

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Maybe the whole world needs to get with the program 😜

2024-04-30 05:08:00

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2024-04-28 18:19:08

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This is my argument. Bitcoin is a store of value. A fancy scheme (someone has to buy the top to make my value go up). No one takes it day to day at least north of Costa Rica. I view it as a high yield savings account. Good for storing savings and cashing out when you need them. Not good for every day transactions.

2024-04-28 04:31:13

A lot of drama in here these last couple of days.

2024-04-23 23:33:25

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Is this for everybody or something you did? I haven't seen this prompt.

2024-04-22 04:10:31

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Sounds like it's a good time to come visit Japan.

2024-04-22 00:10:22

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Good question 🤣

2024-04-22 00:05:38

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How would it work when making edits? Everything here seems pretty permanent.

2024-04-20 20:36:49

Created a random burner email on Outlook. Never used it on any service. Login today - 91 spam emails. How???

2024-04-17 14:15:42

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They've answered this before. Their reason is that it prevents carrying chats over to multiple devices.

2024-04-17 13:36:13

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They could dump every message onto a file just like Snapchat if they wanted. I'm not talking about encryption in transit. So their claim that they're secure and private is bogus.

2024-04-17 05:30:42

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Interesting that they don't enable encryption by default 🤣

2024-04-17 03:51:56

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https://airgapcomputer.com

2024-04-17 01:11:27

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But it requires generating the seed and typing it into a computer. What about keyloggers? Malware?

2024-04-17 00:21:02

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Sparrow only is NOT a good idea.

2024-04-16 23:15:24

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🫡

2024-04-16 00:41:35

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I was watching it and I'm like "ok guys, if you guys die, the captain, pilot, chief engineer, and doctor are all dead. Who's in charge of the other 3000 people alone on the ship?"

2024-04-15 07:35:51

My biggest problem with the Star Trek universe is that every episode basically involves the Captain and other Senior Officers abandoning the entire crew to participate in some risky life or death escapade.

2024-04-14 23:40:02

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This is the one thing I hate the most about Nostr. The fact that there's no real privacy when it comes to messages. Especially when you get messages from random people and they keep stacking up with no way to delete them.

2024-04-14 23:05:21

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Can you send me an invite?

2024-04-06 18:14:51

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I'm on a Pixel 8 Pro and it's buttery smooth.

2024-04-05 18:25:37

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Maybe it's my iPhone. But for some reason my Damus takes forever to connect to relays and load content. If I scroll too fast it crashes. I'm on the Testflight by the way. Damus is still my iOS client.

2024-04-05 18:21:26

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Imagine if they combined forces and worked on the same client. 👀 I like Damus (it's the client that got me on Nostr) but Amethyst has way more features and runs smoother.

2024-04-05 18:18:41

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I feel the opposite. I can't comprehend how anyone could go through with it. Is life really that hard when we think about the reasons people take their own lives? Money, relationships, troubles with the law.

2024-04-05 16:02:14

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Let me know how it is. I might go see it this weekend.

2024-04-04 04:04:36

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On iOS and Android?

2024-04-04 04:00:52

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My thing is having to paste in my nsec every time I switch. It's a little discomforting.

2024-03-31 01:47:57

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Who cares about these made up days of whatever?

2024-03-21 05:40:55

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Post the video! We want to watch it!

2024-03-19 00:19:33

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Shes recovering from surgery and the internet is crazy. 😂

2024-03-18 00:53:49

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Guess it hasn't gotten much love in the year since it was posted. 😢

2024-03-17 06:29:50

@npub1exv…d828 can we get a monochrome icon on Android?

2024-03-17 04:26:49

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What movie is this from?

2024-03-17 04:24:14

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How is this different than the Ledger Recovery service everyone hates? So, if I understand this correctly, the company is the sole custodian of your seed phrase in the end?

2024-03-17 01:29:55

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I haven't looked much into it. How exactly do you recover it if you lose the device and your phone? Is it completely dependent on the fingerprint?

2024-03-16 22:42:18

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Great explanation. It's gonna be interesting to see the transition of power in El Salvador. It's a lot harder to smuggle cash and gold vs. a pneumonic or two. We still don't know who controls which seed or what the process is. The guy hasn't been transparent about the process at all. Like I mentioned earlier, no one even knew he had that much Bitcoin and he's claiming it's just a "chunk".

2024-03-16 21:15:08

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Dogs are an amazing gift. The more the better. Arguably the best money you could ever spend.

2024-03-16 21:08:20

Amazing how much money my dog has saved me through the years. Trip to Italy? Nope, can't find a dog sitter. 😂

2024-03-16 20:45:14

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Oh and re: pin to the hardware wallet. That's literally the only defense they have to sign transactions 🤣🤣🤣 what am I missing here?

2024-03-16 20:42:16

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I always wonder how all these "whales" store their Bitcoin. Like what if Saylor has a heart attack tomorrow. What mechanisms does he have in place so that Microstrategy continues? I still stand by my assessment of Bukele. 🤣

2024-03-16 20:31:51

Apple needs to give up on iPad OS and just have a touchscreen version of MacOS. Same hardware as a MacBook Air except I don't get a keyboard or track pad. For the money im buying an Air and running iPad apps on it. 🤷

2024-03-16 20:19:29

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If you're making a video it's worth mentioning the pros and cons. Use cases. Part of the learning experience.

2024-03-16 20:16:23

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Personally, the only hardware wallet I trust is a Coldcard. But yes, it ultimately comes down to 24 words and maybe a passphrase. I am assuming multi-sig. But if he was hypothetically deposed, what then? He just hands the seed phrase to the next guy? Is the next guy going to even know how Bitcoin works? Or does he get in a jet to the middle East and transfer the $400+ million somewhere else? Saddam Hussein had pallets of cash and gold which he had no intention of handing over. Again I'm just speculating.

2024-03-16 20:04:35

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Personally, I vote for the issues that matter to me. The actions of the politicians. For example, I believe in a stronger border and law enforcement. If your campaigning on open borders and not prosecuting crimes under $1000 in damages. IM NOT going to vote for you. If you're campaigning on higher taxes. IM NOT going to vote for you. Unfortunately, most people just see an R or a D and vote that way. And the media is just there for ratings and catering to their demographic. I read about things like tampons in Men's Restrooms in Canada and scratch my head and tell myself "this can't be real". I am sure someone on Nostr is super thrilled they're doing it though.

2024-03-16 19:58:51

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What people dont realize is that this guy is going to load up on Bitcoin with state funds and disappear with the keys one day. Can't be sanctioned, can't be frozen, or seized. No one even knew until this tweet that he had this much. Where are the seed phrases? Who has the pin to the hardware wallet?

2024-03-16 19:49:33

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I agree that things can be discussed freely but it's just going to devolve into madness. Imagine being a flat earther and arguing with an Astronaut all day and night. It won't go anywhere. 🤣

2024-03-16 19:47:10

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You can tell the administration takes those issues you mentioned seriously when the President himself is having cognitive issues and he hires a bunch of mentally ill people to higher offices 🤣 🤡🌎

2024-03-16 19:43:05

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Let's discuss the fact that you need to use something tied to your name to purchase p2p. Examples: your CashApp account tied to you and your bank. Your Amazon account. Etc. Plus you're paying a hefty premium. You're better off getting the best exchange rates at a regular exchange like Strike (or CashApp directly) and moving it to cold storage.

2024-03-16 19:38:40

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I would rather not discuss politics. Most people are set in their beliefs and no amount of common sense will change that. As an example, people here in California voted to raise the Gasoline and Vehicle taxes. Now all they do is complain that gas is $6 a gallon. That is just a small example of the stupidity of the liberal mind here. Not even get me started on "justice reform."

2024-03-14 00:31:06

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I understand now. I guess my paranoid brain just thinks "I've created at least 100 random seeds playing around with wallets. Every time I run Sparrow or an app. Times millions of people doing the same. With 8 billion people in the world. It's possible".

2024-03-13 22:59:16

Help me understand. A hardware wallet generates a seed phrase (random number) via their secure element. What are the chances the same hardware wallet generates the same random number if millions of people buy the same hardware wallet? I get there's 1 in whatever chance of it happening. But with Bitcoin becoming so popular and with people generating hundreds of seed phrases from only 2048 words via software wallets etc. What are the chances?

2024-03-09 21:13:58

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I'm happy waiting. Their products are the best in the space and I trust the company. Not a lot of innovation in the space otherwise. My biggest issue with Bitcoin and other cryptos is the reliance on exchanges. It's hard to put your entire net worth in cold storage to then have to convert it, pay crazy taxes again, just to pay your power bill.

2024-03-09 21:08:46

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The devices with Beta firmware have already been shipped to influencers in the Bitcoin community. They should be getting shipped to regular plebs soon. Pre ordered mine really early and haven't heard anything yet.

2024-03-03 01:17:14

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Hook a brother up and send me my pre order. 🙏

2024-03-02 01:14:24

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Bacon almost every day. Beef or Chicken interchangeably every night. I don't venture into the weird stuff.

2024-03-01 23:34:15

Man it would be really nice to get my Coldcard Q soon. 😢

2024-02-27 22:59:10

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Damn I'm driving up there this weekend. 🫡

2024-02-20 17:13:34

These Nostr clients need a word filter (Amethyst has one). I really couldn't give 2 shits about Assange... or Snowden.