plor

bitcoiner. occasional shitcoiner.

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NIP-05 Address

plor@nostrum.name

NIP-57 Address

plor@fountain.fm

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2024-09-16 03:22:49

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I think alot of the functionality we want in relays is better off as separate services. This isn't to say relays can't do anything clever, but the more we rely on relays to provide these services, the more centralization risk exists.

2024-09-08 17:58:32

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Whether you exercise that authority is up to you. At least here (in the US) that's the general arrangement.

2024-09-08 17:05:52

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I think it is more about aesthetics. Women have broad authority over decoration and setup of the whole house, the man cave is the one room that allows the man's aesthetic preferences to be expressed.

2024-09-04 15:23:14

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I came across https://cooklang.org a while back. Not sure if markup formats make sense within nostr, but maybe some lessons can be learned.

2024-09-02 17:23:54

I just learned about getwired.app which is pretty cool. If I do enough PoW with another client will it show up on that site?

2024-08-31 13:46:37

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yeah buddy!

2024-08-31 13:44:43

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also check out flare.pub which is a more direct YouTube replacement.

2024-08-27 19:53:48

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On Wisconsin!

2024-08-26 20:34:52

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Boardwalk cash might have something like this in the ecash space. I know they're doing something fancy with discreet log contracts.

2024-08-25 02:10:12

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It was a solid talk, just have to look past who's giving it. Or at least acknowledge the bias.

2024-08-24 18:23:22

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nsecbunker allows something like this. also frostr uses some fancy frost threshold signatures. I haven't tried any of this, so not totally sure if it meets your requirements.

2024-08-23 22:42:44

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There are good alternatives that help you understand your impact without tracking every detail of your visitors. I am opposed to GA particularly, but it can help to gain some insights through other tools.

2024-08-23 22:33:24

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On Wisconsin!

2024-08-11 23:31:23

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I assume I'll eventually have to migrate to another scheme. maybe with frostr or ephemeral identities. We should support old nsecs but try to nudge toward more future-proof backups.

2024-08-10 15:41:00

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If you have the google play version I believe it uses the google play service for notifications. otherwise you can set up ntfy in the settings.

2024-08-02 15:06:14

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are there any examples of podcasts publishing this way? I'd like to try it out.

2024-07-23 14:02:41

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The 25th is more for if the president is fully unconscious. It doesn't work if there is a credible resistance by the president as has been shown for the last few weeks. From the people I listen to the 25th amendment talk was a red herring.

2024-07-23 13:52:32

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I'll add that this has happened several other times in our history (where a president's health has declined to where it isn't obvious who's in charge). We really should have an amendment to avoid it from happening and prescribe a process to remedy. Perhaps congress could have heightened impeachment power.

2024-07-23 13:46:06

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Soft coup is the phrase I'm hearing. Since they're not directly forcing him to step down, technically there is still democratic legitimacy. A party can't be forced to advance a candidate it doesn't want, so even if Biden didn't fully agree to not run coup is too strong.

2024-07-15 15:36:07

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I don't really like this definition as it seems to just be a reverse engineering of Nazi Germany rather than the aspects that made it fascist. To me the symbol of the axe with sticks wrapped around it is the starting point. Fascism is about state unity of purpose, everything can be dictated by the state and any opposition can be crushed. While I hate the state so this terrifies me, I think the bundle of bad things means fascism definition misses the mark.

2024-07-02 18:23:16

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@npub1xts…kk5s is working on this, I think he is getting close as I've seen his recent notes mentioning his productivity decrease.

2024-06-28 01:59:53

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You know better than that, a member of his DOJ left to join the prosecution. And as a political matter he could have dissuaded a political ally from such nonsense.

2024-06-28 01:32:49

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Convicted felon because of the corpse.

2024-06-26 16:33:41

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It is about risk exchange, a robust futures market allows people to hedge to the level of risk they prefer. I would say there's value there, though hard to quantify.

2024-06-23 22:04:50

@npub1fza…fe65
#nevent1q…a7r3

2024-06-20 16:29:42

Latest #amethyst version crashes on start for me. Any way to diagnose and fix? I'll probably try to downgrade to see if it is just a bad release or something.

2024-06-20 16:13:19

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My generous read is they want their target to be as low as possible but they aren't confident that they can target 1% without slipping into deflation. And there it's some fear of deflation that there it's no way to turn it around. That's too generous though, it is pretty arbitrary.

2024-06-19 20:27:11

Testing from nostros. I like the idea of using latest bitcoin block as a way to prove timestamp correctness (or approximate correctness).

2024-06-18 22:47:38

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I have some chives that look like that but maybe further along. What is your plan with the seeds?

2024-06-18 16:49:36

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I've been on nostr for a long while and it is much better than anything else. I just feel like i'm missing something, but i'll hold strong.

2024-06-18 16:26:22

I deactivated my twitter account. I still feel weird about it and might not stick to it, but I am trying cold turkey.

2024-06-10 19:43:32

Curious if anyone else had their @npub1mut…23vg channel force closed? Any way of figuring out if I did something wrong or what the cause was?

2024-06-10 19:37:06

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Yes, seems to work. My mutiny force closed my channel, but that's unrelated I imagine.

2024-06-10 19:07:02

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What are you testing?

2024-06-09 17:53:40

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Would probably require some sort of zero-knowledge WOT as you need to prove the WOT is transitive without revealing who you are.

2024-06-03 23:58:23

👀
#nevent1q…j52s

2024-06-03 00:27:36

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The observation was that the argumentation style was akin to critical theory. When confronted with this observation there was agreement which I think caused the escalation. I think clarifying sooner that this was internal reflection and not rightiousness would have helped to defray the blow up.

2024-06-02 23:19:41

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Yes, critical theory is a nice name for a very bad thing. H was reacting as such. The goal, if an idea can have a goal, is to destroy existing structures by turning the people within those structures against one another. This is bad and worth arguing against, but if that argument isn't with it, muting seems reasonable.

2024-06-02 17:19:19

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I normally like your stuff, but this misses the mark. You're defining the elite by behaviors you don't like so as to push a usage pattern you'd prefer. This among other things puts you in the nostr elite. I think of elite theory mostly through a lens of Pareto distributions. It is worth arguing that we should encourage a more healthy distribution, but trying to distinguish yourself from others in that part of the distribution is a very elite thing to do.

2024-06-02 17:00:52

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It actually derives from postmodern theory which originated from French philosophers. The issue is in America we take bad ideas and export them to the world.

2024-06-02 16:54:30

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I agree with you, though not how you'd like probably. My point was we shouldn't celebrate either sin. There is a fine line between appreciating beauty and lust. One which is crossed on here and in society constantly. So if your point is straight folk can get away with sin why do we make a big deal about it for other sexual proclivities, you're right. My point is we should turn away from both.

2024-06-02 03:26:27

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Is it ok to object to both? Lust and pride are both deadly sins are they not?

2024-06-01 20:46:02

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AntennaPod is the best I've found. https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod

2024-05-31 23:22:30

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You choose which mint to join. And it uses nostr for discovery. Pretty cool how all the pieces come together.

2024-05-31 23:18:08

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Assuming you trust one of the four, that's all that matters. Its still early, but I think its fine to be a pioneer while the number of mints grows.

2024-05-31 23:11:35

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Would love to hear whether it is too technical or not. Also if the fedimint and ecash stuff makes it better or worse for you. I'll watch out and try to zap when you're set up.

2024-05-31 22:57:01

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Mutiny is pretty great, though I don't know if it qualifies as non technical.

2024-05-31 22:37:38

In bloom #flowerstr https://void.cat/nostr/749a012bc4127744395321f9bb98b5bba8fb942a745fb7c2b3b511edc7935a43.jpg

2024-05-31 19:02:12

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The minidenticons are an interesting idea, but in practice I've not seen them used where I actually remember what someone's image is, so they just clutter up the profile. Perhaps this time will be different?

2024-05-31 18:22:19

Welcome @npub1w2x…vn5u to nostr. #introductions

2024-05-30 14:15:02

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I'm conflicted on this. I like the idea of liberty here, that the woman isn't financially enslaved and is able to escape abusive/harmful domestic situations. My worry is that this assumes divorce as a given at worst or an option always tempting. I might be misreading this though.

2024-05-30 13:59:55

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The optimization has to happen before signing, so a separate process would need to run that before blossom is even involved. That or the client uses some sort of trusted proxy that can perform these actions in the middle.

2024-05-29 23:04:04

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How do we get @npub1l2v…ajft to build a nostr matchmaking app? Maybe we can help to grease the wheels and get some nostr weddings and more nostr babies.

2024-05-28 19:10:38

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I keep coming back to some type of kind1 inheritance. Either new kinds extend kind1 so clients can fall back to only showing what they know what to deal with. Or some sort of trait that would allow multikind notes where it is kind1 and enhanced by kindN where clients that know to do special things with the new kind.

2024-05-28 18:58:52

Is there a nostr app that allows for discord-style voice/video/screenshare? I'm thinking nostrnests with optional video and ability to share a presentation or demo. Might be able to cobble together nostrnests and zap.stream to get most of the way there if I'm asking too much of one platform.

2024-05-26 13:33:29

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The true, the good, and the beautiful. Of these the beautiful is the most obvious but the hardest to attain.

2024-05-26 13:31:01

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I think the issue is it unwanted or "unearned" power, so the ability or willingness to use it properly varies. It is also a decaying power, so there is a but of a "use it or lose it" nature to it. I agree suppression is pointless, but perhaps there are better ways to channel it as a society?

2024-05-25 13:18:31

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I might be confusing the two. I think they were added around the same time so I'm likely conflating then.

2024-05-25 13:16:39

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Yeah, something like that. I don't need a version for every third character, but if I finish a section or add a meaningful amount it would be useful if some relays maintained that history.

2024-05-25 11:11:25

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I noticed some clients are more aggressive with sending replaceable events. Sending every small pause is input, so it would be important to discard events based on size of diff or something and not remove real history for incremental edits. Just from a desired outcome perspective.

2024-05-25 02:17:11

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BTW, I realized my cell has some signal so this went out. I don't really need help, just bored.

2024-05-25 02:14:32

My power just went out. This note will only be seen if I rebroadcast it when the power returns. Help me.

2024-05-24 15:05:21

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I'm embarrassed by our elite class. They are complicit in the atrocities committed to your people.

2024-05-23 14:38:34

Testing on phone relay. Will turn off WiFi next.

2024-05-20 22:39:58

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Did you name it blossom just so there could be awesome blossom? That name is immaculate.

2024-05-18 16:56:18

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I think a NIP for general matching would be super useful. One side posts what they have and the other posts what they want. Then DVM or something would filter coincident wants and if both sides agree the exchange could be made. Could be used for market, freelance, dating, etc. I'm thinking like tinder but for everything.

2024-05-17 01:42:52

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The funny thing is the Republicans would do backflips to have good vibes with gen z. Breaking the old Reagan quote regarding youth and politics would give those bastards a major hard-on.

2024-05-16 01:48:54

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Let's go! More will learn that this is a better place than twitter to hang out.

2024-05-13 23:49:38

@npub14mc…frlx thought of this quote during the latest pod. "Example is the school of mankind, and he will learn at no other" -Edmund Burke

2024-05-11 23:42:52

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Purple

2024-05-11 23:40:18

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Check out unleashed.chat

2024-05-11 23:34:35

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Obtainum for the win.

2024-05-02 01:38:37

https://fountain.fm/clip/Qij4ohcHq6PtEb1BvzWM

2024-04-30 01:08:37

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I saw this when they launched. I wonder if anyone on here had one and how they like it.

2024-04-28 22:05:09

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Seems like it worked

2024-04-23 17:06:52

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Rather than work on any of those things you'll build a new thing to decide. Genius!

2024-04-23 13:05:51

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2024-04-10 12:21:23

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Seeing a lot of vim (and I agree). Also consider neovim as a bunch of the energy in the vim space is there now. Basically it is a reimplementation of vim with a better plugin system (lua).

2024-04-08 03:04:40

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Yeah, I think making a client is still a huge hurdle in farcaster. Frames are a standard-ish way of adding interactivity to the app that people are using. I've seen that others are picking up the frames spec so it will work outside farcaster, which is pretty interesting.
All this said, nostr is better, but we should pay attention to farcaster. At least in my view.

2024-04-07 18:18:04

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Mine are a couple weeks out. Beautiful color!

2024-04-07 16:06:04

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We made one that was a choose your own adventure sort of thing. Polls are the primary example. I kinda liked the wordle clone in frame as well.

2024-04-07 15:17:44

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The frames are spammy, but it is a cool feature to allow interactive mini-apps within the client. I'm not bought into the sufficiently decentralized nonsense, but there is definitely energy in the farcaster space.

2024-04-01 16:02:43

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This is sad. I think our focus on censorship resistance may come at the cost of creating a welcoming and friendly space. I'm not suggesting we ditch the goal of censorship resistance, but we should focus more on the tools to make the experience for those likely to be harassed (read women) better.

2024-04-01 15:26:08

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I think the improvements including web of trust in various ways should keep out the things so you don't need to block as much. I don't think we can expect people to become better, but the tools may help keep out the noise. We're getting there.

2024-03-27 00:31:39

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Well water, best water.

2024-03-26 17:55:59

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Remember Bowie Bonds?

2024-03-26 01:31:05

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I see fascism more as the extreme form of statism or technocracy. The idea that collective action by the state is the best way to achieve the "public good" or "general will". This necessitates that anyone opposed to the state is an enemy of all. That is why I disagree with your definition, because it has little to do with fascism in reality.

2024-03-24 23:26:57

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I never liked this view, but it should definitely exist. Cool concept.

2024-03-24 23:16:39

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I think your definition of fascism falls into the trap that anything bad is classified as fascist. Would you mind defining your terms?

2024-03-15 03:37:45

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Wow, lots of activity. Nostr is awesome.

2024-03-08 00:26:55

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I don't know the details, but it feels like a bot reposting stuff from mastadon accounts.

2024-03-07 23:19:56

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I find the mostr mastadon bridge unsatisfying. Would it be like that or offer better utility?

2024-03-07 07:11:04

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I actually disagree with this. Podcasts usually suffer when they have a video version. The mind subconsciously performs for the video media and leaves out cues they'd have in audio only. Not to mention showing a screen or graphic. I've found podcast quality has dropped since video became standard.

2024-03-06 16:30:05

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I agree that open source isn't a get out of jail free card. We should probably add additional distinctions on top of open source. Projects should be allowed to move fast while finding a userbase, but those shouldn't be lumped in with open source which is deliberate and legible.

2024-02-21 08:32:58

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2024-02-11 23:19:20

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Forget BlueSky, nostr is where the cool people be.

2024-02-07 17:02:22

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I've been trying to understand farcaster in particular for a while now. It gives me centralization vibes but I haven't pinned down the exact problem. Do you have a quick takedown?

2024-01-28 19:20:59

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I use amethyst mostly, though I switch between coracle and primal on desktop. Also highlighter is great for the notes usecase, and there are several long form tools like habla.

2024-01-28 15:29:33

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Try different clients and some of the focused apps. It'll make clear the flexibility and probably get you looking at more docs about NIPs and such.

2024-01-28 15:25:25

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Welcome! Any questions or thoughts so far?