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Live TV is so surreal… anyway, here’s a screencap of my live interview on CNN…. I got Nostr mentioned! Protocols are the future, we just need to build it.
https://v.nostr.build/HeYdbj9AUZmYXvJx.mp4

2025-03-30 08:01:44

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they don’t appear to actually have relationships with many registries, there’s only a couple dozen top level domains you can buy with 1984.is unfortunately.

2025-03-30 07:54:52

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yeah CF can be complicated but honestly i much prefer using CF for stuff than Google Cloud / AWS / Azure / Digital Ocean.
I’ve used 1984.is for hosting in the past, i forgot they also run a registar. They’re probably the most ethical.

2025-03-30 07:47:54

Anybody got a good ethical domain name registrar? I’ve been using Gandi.net since it was founded 25 years ago, but it got acquired by your.online in 2023. For a while nothing much changed except for they tried to upsell me to some stuff i didn’t want.
But now i’m noticing that they’re getting noticeably less reliable. Updating name and nameserver records isn’t reliable, paying for things fails more often, their web interface has bugs. Basically they’re letting gandi die as they try and upsell people to their crap Total Webhosting Solutions stuff.
So, what ethical registrars are there?

2025-03-30 00:36:38

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LLM’s will copy the UX too. 🙃

2025-03-30 00:35:21

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The AI powered robots that do weeding are already on the market.
https://carbonrobotics.com

2025-03-30 00:30:51

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Yeah very interesting. I enjoyed talking to them. ATprotocol without Bluesky is way more interesting than the single Bluesky app. And much more of a threat to Nostr because the apps beyond microblogging was always what Nostr does better.

2025-03-30 00:29:06

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xAI is the company, Grok is its ai. So not quite. :)

2025-03-29 22:18:34

I had an interesting conversation at a friend’s birthday party with a few folks who were professionals but had been unemployed and looking for work for a while. I pointed out that with AI rapidly improving, many of the jobs that have been cut likely aren’t coming back.
They dismissed AI entirely as just a cheap imitation. Their experience was limited to trying ChatGPT over a year ago and seeing some clumsy early attempts by the New Zealand government to use AI. For them, that was enough evidence to label the whole field as an overhyped, short-lived scam.
It shocked me because, from my perspective, AI has been advancing incredibly quickly. I use these tools regularly in my work, and with a bit of focus on learning them properly, these emerging large language models (LLMs) are truly transformational. On top of that, innovation is accelerating rapidly, making AI both smarter and more accessible.
I’m not sure if we’ll reach AGI or ASI anytime soon, but it’s clear to me that society and our economy will be fundamentally transformed by AI.
This conversation reminded me just how much of a bubble technologists can live in. We see AI’s potential clearly and understand how quickly things can spread once they reach a tipping point. But most people probably won’t believe this transformation is real until it’s already underway. Instead of traditional economic institutions adapting their ways of working to integrate AI, we’ll likely see new institutions and methods emerge to replace the legacy systems entirely.
I’m genuinely concerned about how our economy will cope with the decoupling of work from primary economic systems. And when I think about how to spend my time while waiting for even more powerful AI tools—beyond just experimenting in my own work—I’m uncertain. Part of the answer seems to be designing new systems from the ground up around AI, and also continuing to tell people that AI isn’t just a passing trend.
This situation isn’t fundamentally different from what happened with Web 2.0 platforms like Twitter. The core human needs remained the same, but new technologies changed how we fulfilled those needs. Twitter didn’t replace our desire to stay connected with friends; it just made it faster and broadened our definition of who could be a “friend.”
So, looking forward, I think we need to ask ourselves: what would an AI-native version of everything we currently use look like? Most people and institutions won’t adapt—they’ll more likely be replaced. Does that mean we should just rush headlong into replacing everything with AI-driven alternatives?

2025-03-26 18:18:12

OpenAI’s updated their image generation models and i wanted to try out something to see how it handles logos and text… It’s pretty neat.
https://i.nostr.build/K8CF9vZGYG1w0S8T.png

2025-03-24 18:11:07

If this is true it’s a massive OPSEC failure at the White House and also an example of how important having better contact verification for secure systems.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

2025-03-24 16:45:16

This floor is cool. https://i.nostr.build/SPqn8xXpMdJe5iT2.jpg

2025-03-22 22:53:17

From the Bluesky #ATconference showing they really are chasing fully automated luxury gay space communism.
https://i.nostr.build/bApkiQtY3inMk6Bd.jpg

2025-03-20 23:48:33

The state of US politics is disturbing. Trump is going after people in a cruel and vindictive way that authoritarians do when they think they’re invincible. Yet the Democrats, especially Chuck Schumer can’t figure out what to do about it. They’re not even a loyal opposition. Instead they’re standing on the sidelines watching the American system of separation of powers get replaced with a unitary power of the executive. Despite this being the fundamental justification of legitimacy for the while government.
I recommend folks read this essay by @npub1fdp…cay5 calling on Schumer to resign. It’s compelling argument.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/20/step-aside-schumer-the-nation-cant-survive-with-you-in-charge/

2025-03-18 04:24:38

Crime has gotten so bad in Wellington that some residents are considering locking their doors! Not everyone of course but some people no longer feel comfortable with the idea of never locking their doors.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545122/residents-lock-doors-amid-police-hunt-over-wellington-home-invasion
In all seriousness, it is very sad for the people who were assaulted, but the nature of how safe it is that it’s national news that some people feel the need to lock the doors of their homes.

2025-03-17 17:17:23

A bill has been introduced to the US congress, H.R.1161, to rename Greenland to Red, White, and Blueland.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161

2025-03-17 01:57:01

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I didn’t make the stream, but somebody did and it’s still online: https://turnerlive.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/586495/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_4_1064000.m3u8

2025-03-16 23:04:52

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Just under 5 minutes…

2025-03-16 22:55:15

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that went by so fast, i didn’t get a chance… i practiced and practiced on how to do that pivot but… didn’t pull it off.

2025-03-16 22:47:43

Going on in 2 minutes
#note1xnk…6rva

2025-03-16 21:43:52

So I’m going live in cnn in an hour, at 6:45pm ET. I’ve been prepping but we’ll see how it goes. Someone record it please:)

2025-03-16 20:55:31

“So are we the bad guys?” -me
#note1fhe…5njj

2025-03-10 03:23:20

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It was fun to watch, i was worried they’d portray Jack as the villain but the didn’t seem to do that, in this episode at least. And yeah, Ev… I’ll let others tell that story, just pointing out that he did the same thing at Blogger, Twitter, and Medium.
Ok, I’ve tried really hard to be polite and nice about it, but i will say something, Ev promised us that our stock options would be honored then did an asset sale that effectively left the early employees and angel investors with nothing. Sometime around a decade after twitter launched, i got a check for $1200… pretty shit for stock options which were on paper worth 1.4% of the company. That was 100% Ev’s doing.

2025-03-10 02:23:07

Watching the Breaking the Bird documentary is super surreal and makes me feel really nostalgic. So far they’re doing a good job. 22 minutes in.
It’s a 4 part series. Once a week.
https://turnerlive.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/586495/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_4_1064000.m3u8

2025-03-09 09:36:13

So the CNN Twitter documentary aires tomorrow. Well the first of 4 parts.
https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/02/13/new-cnn-original-series-reveals-insider-story-of-twitter-breaking-the-bird/
Here’s some trailers and clips:
The Twitter Origin Story, in 60 seconds: https://v.nostr.build/LVdEymYpyzQDrich.mp4
The story of the hastag creation, also in 60 seconds: https://v.nostr.build/2v3XWEv7fRDOE13q.mp4
A 15 second trailer: https://v.nostr.build/YHUC5Qu1epWZ2PW5.mp4
And a 30 second trailer that actually has some footage of me, not just my voice: https://v.nostr.build/OepCOoY3X883L5Ft.mp4
And i’m supposed to be on CNN live talking about it at 7:35 pm ET… I’ve never done a live cable news interview, so hopefully it’s not a disaster.

2025-03-07 10:54:47

I’ve never used one of these bitcoin atm’s. Wouldn’t it be a slow error prone process or enter your btc wallet address?
https://i.nostr.build/HQf47XeCCy52r9l3.jpg

2025-03-04 04:36:53

Welcome to the club of hating the IMF! I got arrested for protesting the IMF all the back in 2000! They’re shit.
#note16sf…3vkj

2025-03-04 04:35:11

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What did they do?

2025-03-03 02:27:25

Interesting, there’s a project to make a group chat like app on top of bluesky’s atprotocol… of course we’ve had this for years on Nostr. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s even possible. They punted on the idea of encrypted DM’s.
https://github.com/muni-town/roomy

2025-02-28 08:28:24

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please stop spamming nostr.

2025-02-24 21:33:54

Amazing sunrise this morning
https://v.nostr.build/9pfa1cM3quXcDMRV.mp4

2025-02-23 22:13:52

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yes, i wear the suit!

2025-02-23 20:34:23

I bought this giant inflatable car suit last month and I’ve taken it to a few parties. It’s been really fascinating to see how people interact with it. Lots of people laugh and want to give it hugs. Some punch it. Women tend to poke it in the butt. Some want to dance with it. One guy got on the ground and crawled between its legs.
I think it’s the weird way a stuffed animal looking cat becomes big and real. It’s 2.6 meters (8ft) tall. Lots of people thought it was robot or “AI” and didn’t believe that I as a person was inside.
https://v.nostr.build/UxkoNvrAd0ImbF4m.mp4

2025-02-19 03:05:23

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Hey @npub1urh…7ueh we’ve done dozens of interviews on this very subject, i’m happy to share and would love to collaborate.

2025-02-19 03:03:39

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yeah, i’m quite liking aider for stuff, i use it in combination with cursor these days. I still feel like there’s so much innovation to happen in the space of AI coding tools.

2025-02-19 02:59:17

AI might help you create real software without knowing how to code, but it won’t help you with the basics of software engineering.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkGX0VsXcAAvHnO?format=jpg&name=small

2025-02-19 02:51:27

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@npub1vsw…x8t7 I know, shocking. But @npub1vz0…ttwj and his crew actually did the research and know what it’s doing.

2025-02-19 01:20:54

Major security issues with rednote from CitizenLab and @npub1vz0…ttwj
#note1h82…qcvy

2025-02-18 23:03:49

Lists lists lists! We’ve got lists in @npub1pu3…tfch! Check out the new release of nos.social.
#note1kpl…8ndv

2025-02-18 22:16:11

This is kind of crazy. The service station near my house in New Zealand is stocked as if it were in Uruguay.
https://i.nostr.build/BVPQ6qx70H7QSNGt.jpg

2025-02-16 22:26:41

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So probably not. Maybe waiting for NWC’s server to pick up the zap request and make the transaction?

2025-02-12 06:47:53

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The root of the conflict between India and Pakistan isn’t about the names.

2025-02-12 03:21:31

Seems Google maps can’t decide the name.
https://v.nostr.build/K5ItVGtr8pa9x5PJ.mp4

2025-02-11 20:53:59

We should really be getting Tumblr to have native Nostr support too!
#note1j8a…75ch

2025-02-11 19:59:14

This post kicked off a whole bunch of trolls posting homophobic and antisemitic replies… I don’t quite get it… are people trying to show social media is unhealthy in schools by posting writing toxic replies to the post? Or saying… what exactly… That people should engage in censorious practices by saying things which would most likely be censored… dunno… it’s confusing.
#note16mt…74a6

2025-02-10 00:33:50

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New Zealand is the only country other than the US that allows pharmaceutical advertising. The thing is because there is public purchasing of most pharmaceuticals you rarely see pharma ads.

2025-02-10 00:16:01

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If the problem with USAID is that they’re a CIA front then why don’t we shut down the CIA instead? I mean if the problem is what the CIA does, then do something about that agency!

2025-02-10 00:14:36

Watching the #SuperBowl in New Zealand means you don’t get the cool ads. I feel like I’m missing a lot of the show. Random kiwi ads for cars and Burger King. Meh.

2025-02-10 00:08:54

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Not at all anymore @npub16n0…9940
Honestly USAID is a fairly small part of the US government dedicated to the non-military maintenance of the American empire. If you’re excited about supporting China then you would like to end USAID. Because China’s already got a more effective competitor in their Belt and Road program.

2025-02-09 21:47:50

Newsletters like this aré important to the growth and health of Nostr. I’m excited to see @npub19hs…5jcn picking up the banner. We need this work to be supported so they don’t burnout like @npub19md…6vzk did after many publishing many great newsletters.
#note1ae2…fvsn

2025-02-09 06:11:09

New study shows that restricting kids access to social media in school has no impact on their mental health or wellbeing.
This doesn’t help kids. It’s just yet another moral panic.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(25)00003-1/fulltext

2025-02-08 04:28:35

Last month I sat down with @npub15vz…k4um and talked about Nostr and the movement for freedom tech.
While Robert and I definitely have different takes on politics I found the discussion really engaging and he’s a great interviewer. Hopefully it’ll help #grownostr.
https://youtu.be/HGmC6yq-kKo

2025-02-03 19:26:19

Capybaras! Carpinchos!
So weird that Uruguay’s native rodent has become an internet meme.
#note1uxl…k6z4

2025-02-02 07:08:24

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Ugh. I found one which lets me access the shell. That works. This is all oddly both under documented and really powerful

2025-02-02 00:43:28

I love the scrappy evangelism. Talking to people as a community.
#note16nq…74k0

2025-02-02 00:40:44

Sage advice. Don’t roll your own cryptography: https://soatok.blog/2025/01/31/hell-is-overconfident-developers-writing-encryption-code/

2025-02-01 20:44:02

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AppStore controls are one of the biggest restrictions on free speech on the internet and somehow we don’t acknowledge it. The reason it’s such a big point of control is that competing with the duopoly is nearly impossible. It’s market capture.

2025-01-31 17:45:36

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@npub1er0…py3m my hope is to try it, i’ve got ollama installed but mostly i’m just setting it up still.

2025-01-31 11:08:28

Apparently @npub1sg6…f63m was invited to give a talk at FOSDEM and lots of people got upset about it. I have no idea if the talk will happen, but I do wonder if these guys protesting understand that the vast majority of open source projects are sponsored and funded by corporations. To not include and understand the motivations of those companies and how they use and support open source feels like willful ignorance.
The first freedom of free software is that you can run the code for any purpose, including as a business making money it capitalism.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1006351/f1b8836f3a4251b5/

2025-01-31 10:38:55

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In fact it’s the only way things ever get built.

2025-01-31 10:30:09

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I did that float. In Bonito Brazil. It’s amazing. I highly recommend it.

2025-01-31 10:29:17

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Blocked by someone or one of the moderation services?

2025-01-31 10:26:09

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You can use primal with a different wallet. Honestly I think primal and strike are probably not doing enough kyc to be compliant, but I’m not a lawyer. I suspect they’ll start doing stronger kyc at some point.

2025-01-31 10:23:18

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I read his book on communities from maybe 2007, it covered Twitter but didn’t call the posts tweets! It was fascinating to look back at community building on social media prior to algorithms taking over.

2025-01-30 08:03:19

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Front Porch Forum is an example of something like next door but which works really well and is positive. It is only in Vermont but 80% of the state uses it. We could have a FPF on Nostr and that would be awesome.

2025-01-30 08:00:55

Went tramping in New Zealand and saw this pretty tree over the water.
https://v.nostr.build/kTr4ZLtYb3ehAQiV.mp4

2025-01-29 23:13:15

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Cool, if it's just we need to add the functionality, then i'm happy. I was looking at it and didn't see anything currently and was worried... But i hadn't posted anything until i asked as a reply to @nprofile…xvrd 's thread because i was going to do more research, but then didn't get to it. We've got the pieces, but need to get them to work better together.

2025-01-29 23:11:44

@nprofile…npqx hivetalk.org is pretty neat. Is it listed on nostr is awesome and nostrapps?

2025-01-29 06:29:38

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yeah it’s become unusable.

2025-01-29 06:29:09

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I suspect the censorship stuff is just a RAG and i bet within a few days somebody will have released a version with that undone.
And to be fair, every released version of an LLM model weights file by american companies has LOTS of censorship too… it’s jut not about things the communist party of china cares about.

2025-01-29 06:25:36

You know, the cloud hosted official deepseek was pretty fast up until their R1 model caused the tech stock market to crash and made international news… Thankfully tomorrow my new 64gb ram / 20 gpu M4pro mac mini arrives so i’ll be able to just run it locally.

2025-01-29 06:18:46

Anybody build anything using @npub12xy…99cx’s nostr-auth-middleware system?
https://www.humanjava.com/nostr-a-better-future-for-authentication/
It seems interesting as an option for making auth a lot simpler for some nostr use cases.

2025-01-29 05:26:40

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i think the logistics and flow around this stuff will be the most important thing to solve around these new nip29 groups and apps.
Another thing i was looking at is you’ve got code for kind 1 events in a room/group under the hood, but it doesn’t look like there’s UI for it… is that right?
I’ve got a fork of nostr-hooks with kind 1 support for groups, which i’ve been noodling on to get kind 1 event support in to groups… but it’s not quite working.

2025-01-29 04:20:09

Look at that, you can run Deepseek R-1 in your browser… not connect to some remote server running it… you can run it locally!
https://dev.to/emojiiii/running-deepseek-r1-in-the-browser-a-comprehensive-guide-3j63
Sure, it’s slow and not the biggest R1 model, but as a proof of concept, it’s amazing.

2025-01-29 04:18:38

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I’ve got a draft of a post asking questions about nip-46. When i provide an app the bunker url they’re able to then sign content on my behalf with the bunker without my ability to revoke access. I don’t see where bunker’s provide an audit log of which apps are using the bunker, lettting me see what they’ve done and revoke them. I can do this when i use oauth to authorize apps on github or twitter.
There doesn’t appear to be a round trip process for authorizing requests. I think nsec.app does but as far as i can tell the new nstart.njump.me stuff just kind of has you jump through all of these hoops with random nsecrypto strings which aren’t explained, FROST servers, etc… only to give you a bunker url to copy around, which provides no more security for a normal user than asking them to share their nsec…..
I just don’t get it. What’s the point of all this security and layers of confusion. I mean to a user, what’s the difference between pasting around an nsec string and bunker:// string? Both provide irrevocable permanent access to everything you’ve got on nostr and to do anything on your behalf.
With your thing @npub1yau…vjmf it kind of goes the other way, make the user jump through a whole series of 2fa auth steps for each and every action they want to do on Nostr. Are either of these better than an auth server provided by google/microsoft/okta/apple where you oauth in to apps?
If you ask users too many security questions, they just hit the ok button until the popups go away. If you make a system that has unrevokable access then that’s in every way worse than a custodial auth system. I don’t see how the bunker system is better than a server that holds nostr keys, lets the client apps login via normal web login using oauth, and then lets the user see what apps are authorized so they can track which actions were done by what app and remove the authorization token.

2025-01-27 15:37:44

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s/deepseek/openai/i

2025-01-27 15:35:55

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Nostr supports delete as a core and fundamental part of the protocol. You can also pre-schedule the deletes with expiration tags. I’m not sure why people keep hallucinating how Nostr works.
Also even if Nostr didn’t support delete it wouldn’t stop these kinds of hacks / scams. Instead it would make them worse.
The reality is Nostr has a bigger hacked / highjacked account issue than centralized platforms because once the key is leaked there is no recovery mechanism.

2025-01-27 15:26:36

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Yes but I’m too lazy to do all that when a link works.

2025-01-27 15:24:27

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@npub12a7…rdyd yep. That would work. Or use the login to access the frost sharded bunker with the ability to exit.

2025-01-27 15:21:06

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@npub1qny…95gx imagine having a team of people force you to do this every time you posted some?!

2025-01-27 01:43:21

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@npub1ren…aw97 evento.so is pretty slick actually. They’re going to support Nostr?

2025-01-27 00:52:26

Something like Lu.ma could totally be build on Nostr and would be cool. Again i think our complicated and weird on boarding process is holding us back. I don’t want to have to learn about key’s and nostr in order to say yes i want to buy a ticket to your concert or attend a meetup.
https://lu.ma/

2025-01-26 23:19:00

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Back in the day i was really excited about the USDS….
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/what-exactly-us-government-s-digital-services-playbook
But the thing is, nobody gave it teeth to actually make changes. So it was this kind of optional advisory service..
I think with the use of good open source tech a LOT of government services could be made MUCH better if we replace bureaucratic processes with software.

2025-01-26 23:12:44

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Apparently the new reasoning models are ok at chess… meaning, probably much better than I am, but not enough to compete against a master.
https://dev.to/maximsaplin/deepseek-r1-vs-openai-o1-1ijm

2025-01-26 23:05:04

For folks who are on clients that don’t display long form posts, I’m posting a kind 1 event with a link to a piece i wrote about DOGE and Musk just now.
https://njump.me/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqak8r2hr5jglrk0wc37t59lz98x6gyf6pwaku6hpwakhvslznjh6qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummn9eek7cmfv9kz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxtnnda3kjctv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcqxaxkz7tzv5k56atndvkhxt2yfar52t2fwdhz6apdw35x2t2wd9nksardv9ex2t2f94zhsur9vd6x2epdw3cxscm88q8end0n

2025-01-26 23:03:47

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Yeah, this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman
He was a leader in something called the Technocracy Movement ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement ). It was weird, there are some really terrible ideas in it, and some which seem to work well. Democratic it is not.

2025-01-26 19:28:51

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thanks @npub1wm6…zzk2, i was looking for how to extract the video links and then decided i’d just post the link and move on. xcancel.com looks super helpful.

2025-01-26 19:18:04

This new stuff people are doing with Open AI’s Canvas and Operator feels like a major shift of how we build software.
Look at these videos: https://x.com/minchoi/status/1883554868293779898
And then there’s Deepseek’s new R1 model which is open source, can run on a decent desktop computer, and is better than anything openAI has done with regards to coding… almost as good as claude sonnet… I put $10 in to deepseek and have been using it a lot, only to have spent a few cents!
This stuff is improving so fast, and the cost is dropping so much… it’s hard to keep up.
Look at this, you can run your own RAG at o1 levels using deepseek r1!
https://lightning.ai/akshay-ddods/studios/compare-deepseek-r1-and-openai-o1-using-rag
I think we’re seeing Open Source win against big proprietary tech platforms, and it really makes me feel better about the AI future.
One question here, is why aren’t we talking more about what we can do with it on Nostr? I know folks are excited about bitcoin, which is cool, but look at what we can start doing with the AI… Who’s talking about it on Nostr? How do we use AI and these. emerging open models in building / using nostr… i know we’ve got DVM’s but that’s kind of a limited job request system.

2025-01-26 19:09:30

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I guess that aligns, you as a good christian who follows the bible, would support slavery if the slaves are foreigners. It’s one of the things which confuses me most about Christianity… there’s all this talk about love and how everybody is a sinner, but then there’s stuff about god killing almost all humanity and animals for a reset, the great flood, or how slavery is fine if they’re foreigners… but you should also welcome them in to your home…

2025-01-26 16:52:41

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I have no idea what DOGE will become but at the moment it is USDS.gov rebranded.

2025-01-26 08:45:09

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Be sure to follow all these laws if you’re thinking that’s essential.
https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/top-craziest-laws-still-on-the-books

2025-01-26 08:40:31

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@npub1x7z…44p2 it’s not as simple as you think. For one thing. It’s not even clear how many federal crimes there are. Some legal scholars think there are only 3000, others think there are up to 300,000 different kinds of crimes. The American legal system is based on common law and president. It’s simply not a fixed system. It’s subjective and living. Nobody’s enforcing the Texas law which makes it illegal to own more than 6 dildos. It’s just as important much a law on the book as overstaying a tourist visa.
The legal code is a mess, just look at this list. Do you want to be held accountable for violating these laws? Failing to follow these laws is illegal and you’re proposing criminal charges for them.
https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/top-craziest-laws-still-on-the-books
Or are you saying some laws are important and others are not? I think there are no end of immoral laws. The state as a whole is a sovereign monopoly of violence. Its power comes from monopolizing violence and it most cares about maintaining that power. It cares about a lot more, Seeing Like A State outlines the logic and function of the state. It’s not just the sum of us. It’s a unique self driven institution. Our conception of right, wrong, moral, and even legal only partially overlaps with what the state wants.
When we talk about enforcing the state’s laws. We need to see look through the eyes of the state.
One last thing, what’s also crazy is immigration issues don’t go through the normal legal / courts system. So you don’t have innocent until proven guilt, jury trials, or the right to council.

2025-01-25 22:12:49

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Except that now anyone with an accent has to prove their papers at risk of life in prison. Many people don’t know they’re undocumented because their parents brought them as babies and they were never told.
Restoring the practice of slavery is a very dangerous slippery slope to authoritarianism. Unless you forget, there was a pretty bloody civil war fought to end slavery.

2025-01-25 22:10:22

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We reject: kings, presidents and voting.
We believe in: rough consensus and running code.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7282.html

2025-01-25 22:07:48

This proposed bill in Mississippi would make being an undocumented immigrant a life sentence in prison without possibility of parole. Because Mississippi practices unpaid prison labor, it’s the only kind of slavery still allowed under the US constitution, the law would enslave undocumented immigrants for life.
It has no chance of passing, for now. But this shows that some politicians are trying to reinstate slavery.
https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1484IN.htm

2025-01-25 10:10:05

The pier at night https://i.nostr.build/ywEpZF4XT1LmCf5v.jpg

2025-01-24 20:26:00

Anybody use trystero? It’s some serverless social app dev tool that seems interesting and uses Nostr as the default datastore. It supports a bunch of other options like supabase, ipfs, firebase, etc… but Nostr is the default. I think the developer dmontz might work at google. I am not sure what their nostr npub is.
https://oxism.com/trystero/
https://github.com/dmotz/trystero
It seems some folks are not keen on how it talks to the Nostr network: https://github.com/dmotz/trystero/issues/91

2025-01-24 08:27:29

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@npub1crn…js4l there actually are bunkers built in WWII all around the harbour but since then there hasn’t been much need for protecting Aotearoa. We’re very far from just about everything.

2025-01-24 08:25:49

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Yep. 👍🏼 I live in Wellington.