Chad

Skeptical, independent, and curious. Mainly into FOSS, liberty, and innovation.

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2024-11-12 01:14:21

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From my perspective a big problem to overcome is this:
An outsider's first impression of Nostr I imagine is "twitter for bitcoin bros".
Most regular people don't have the time or inclination to get into something new like that.
And it's difficult to find people talking about similar interests if they aren't into that.
No matter where I look, 99% of the conversation is "FOMO this, FUD that, and bitcoin blah blah blah"
It appears that the platform is attracting only a sliver of the overall market of people willing to use non-mainstream platforms.

2024-04-23 06:03:35

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This is like when a woman posts a selfie with #nomakeup but makes sure squeeze in all that cleavage into the frame of the photo lol

2024-03-19 21:43:41

My allegiance lies with those who acknowledge their flaws and strive for betterment, rather than those who mask their flaws with a facade of righteousness.

2024-03-13 22:56:19

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Oh ok.
I agree that truth should correspond to reality.
I also agree that intuition can be flawed and unreliable, my point is just that that's how it seems we work for better or for worse.
Do you think it's possible to not include intuition from moral reasoning?
I think a concrete example could help before things start getting too abstract:
How would one objectively evaluate the moral truth of sacrificing an innocent life for another without using intuition?
I'm curious about your perspective.

2024-03-13 05:27:46

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They may be wrong objectively but how would anyone know that they are holding the wrong or right objective belief other than using their interpretation and intuition?

2024-03-13 05:12:08

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Ya, that's true.
Maybe I'll be curious enough one day to see how it reads.
I have heard of some of the commonly used philosophical arguments before.
I'm sure there are a ton of them I haven't heard.
I'm open to hearing them out though.

2024-03-12 18:30:09

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I appreciate the input but a problem is I've read books before that other people thought were solid only to find them to be very lacking at best.
And maybe they would think the same about some books I like.
I bet if we both saw the same Christian/atheist debate I would say the atheist won and you would say the Christian won.
And I have a feeling that with this book you would say he was very convincing and I would say he wasn't.
If he brought new winning arguments to the forefront then I would expect them to spread throughout the Christian community.
So, I think I'll wait for some of those arguments to appear first.

2024-03-12 06:29:25

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I think homeschooling is good but it's not the same thing as unschooling.
Unschooling is fully self-directed by the child meaning if the kid wants to play video games from k-12 then that's what they do.
The hope is that the kid will eventually get over it and strive to do more in a more inspired way but I can see how it could be recipe for failure for kids that lack self-discipline and direction.

2024-03-10 05:29:21

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Interesting to think about.

2024-03-10 05:26:12

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I also think it's appropriate and normal to use both deontological and consequentialist ethics.
I never got much into Natural Rights Theory though.
I like what I've heard from the philosopher Michael Huemer.
He argues from an intuitionism perspective.
Basically arguing that we intuitively know that our life is our own without using much if any philosophical framing.
And that it doesn't seem to make any sense that the government should have any special authority over us unless it serves a very good reason.
The approach is clean, to the point, and cuts out any framing that's starting point based on an intuition anyway.

2024-03-09 06:32:44

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I would give it a go but there are a lot of books on my reading list and I have so many criticisms on religion's validity that can't seem to be answered well.
So to prioritize it, I would need to be first intrigued by a Christian's responses.
I just haven't seen it yet.

2024-03-04 23:48:05

The real world effective difference between objective and subjective morality may be negligible.
If morality were to be considered objective, everyone still forms their own interpretations of the official objective morality by using their own unique intuitive dispositions.
If morality were to be considered subjective, each person still thinks their moral code is superior to other codes or lack thereof and ought to at least in part be applied universally.

2024-02-24 00:25:36

If there was such a thing as a church equivalent for secular people, I would attend.
Building bonds with neighbors, inspiring people to be better and pitching in to help the community every week seems to be lacking among modern people and seems to be reflective of much of today's problems.

2024-02-23 06:40:01

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I haven't put much thought into this but seems like the same uphill battle against the establishment that any other movement faces when it starts.
An idea that comes to mind would be for the movement to leverage the federated system and focus their resources into a single state where it would be easier to advocate for and pass crypto friendly laws and laws to nullify the federal government's laws.
Focusing resources on crypto friendly country like El Salvador can also work.
If it can be demonstrated to work well in the state or country then I think that example can be very powerful for more adoption. People like to see how something looks before they buy into it.
Still not an easy task but seems a lot more achievable than spreading resources thin to compete against all of the establishment elites' resources at once.

2024-02-22 17:05:26

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It seems like the main focus should be to gain as many political allies as possible.
I don't think crypto can sidestep politics unfortunately.

2024-02-22 05:05:46

AI, AGI, and robots in the upcoming years is going to bring a tsunami of political pressure for UBI.
I think this is going to be unavoidable.

2024-02-14 06:43:22

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I wish there was a client that would turn off the zaps for polls.
I would post more of them.

2024-02-07 02:02:07

Prosperity requires liberty requires responsibility requires integrity.

2024-02-06 17:17:14

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Ya, I can see it being useful for those who are willing to take the risk.
It seems to me that that risk will only grow as the fed's stranglehold grows tighter over time.
Whenever it becomes a significantly problem for them, it seems all they have to do is put out some propaganda and squash it down with more surveillance, regulation, and punishment.
I respect those who want to try anyways, but I don't see a path to victory even for those in the black market if they even begin to start some disruption.
It seems the best chance (even if also a low chance) has to be to win people over somehow to provide political resistance.
Maybe proving how well it works in crypto friendly countries can be a part of that.
Just my thoughts.
I'm ignorant of about 99% of all this.

2024-02-06 08:05:09

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Ya, it does seem like the case.
So what's the point of all this if it won't significantly impact the financial system that everyone is forced into?

2024-02-05 22:20:15

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Oh ok.
I think of institutions as a part of society but not society itself.
He also was referencing the state which still leaves room for non-state institutions to avoid that liberal criticism.
So I guess that's why I don't really see a conflict.
"A community living in cabins in the wilderness" paints a picture of a very low population.
It doesn't sound right to use the word "society" for a population of that size even if they also had proportional institutions.

2024-02-05 05:23:23

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Thanks for the resource!
So is the long term plan for Bitcoin to serve as tool for activism in the hopes that enough people eventually become part of the movement to where it would become political suicide not to allow it in the white market?

2024-02-05 02:14:05

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I have a general question about crypto.
Let's say crypto starts gaining traction as money to the point where the govt feels threatened.
They respond by banning all business dealings with it.
Even if they can't control or even identify transactions on the blockchain, they can still see who publicly accepts crypto (by looking at website payment options, audits, investigations, etc).
This would make the vast majority of people avoid crypto, and businesses dealing in crypto illegally couldn't scale.
This seems like the likely scenario as the govt will not just let this much power slip away.
Isn't this a fundamental problem?

2024-02-04 23:45:34

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Seems like the common usage of "society" to me.
Why does it seem like he's using it differently?

2024-02-02 07:36:20

What we need more of in the marketplace of ideas:
#nevent1q…z3r6

2024-02-02 07:28:34

What we need more of in the marketplace of ideas:

2024-01-31 18:33:39

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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan
These quotes may appear to be in conflict but I think they are resolved with the attitude that one only truly fails when they give up trying.

2024-01-31 02:37:48

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For ancaps, there are ideas out there about how to decentralize and privatize essential government functions but it's pretty much based on a faith that the market will provide the innovation needed to meet those demands.
Most of them argue that the worst thing that could happen is already the status quo.
Sometimes the warped perspective sounds a little culty to be honest and I say that as a moderate libertarian.

2024-01-31 02:26:12

It's too high a standard to expect most people to change their minds and biases with better arguments.
Most times I'm just using them to test my own beliefs against so atleast maybe I still learn something.

2024-01-21 05:15:34

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It's my daily driver. I love how it just cuts out all the annoying BS apps.

2024-01-21 04:57:38

It seems machines will eventually out compete us in every way.
Doesn't that mean everyone will live on welfare since they can no longer trade their labor?
When merit is gone and the only way to get value is by owning machines, I imagine the political pressure would be enormous.

2024-01-17 21:54:15

I like posting polls but wish it was up to the poster if they want to demand sats for participating.
Is the forcing of sats for poll participation built into the protocol or is this something the clients are doing on their own?

2024-01-17 19:45:43

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😂😂 this is golden

2023-10-09 17:52:02

It's not possible to have a poll with 1 vote per account and also no required sat payment?

2023-09-08 15:41:21

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"You had the corndogs?"
C'mon, nobody would say that unless it was a skit.
Still very funny.

2023-09-05 17:52:14

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The point of the distinction is to clarify the problem, not to say it's easy to decouple top-down crony capitalism from a more bottom-up free market capitalism.
You can also ask the same question from the other direction:
How do you expect expanding/centralizing political power not to progress into crony capitalism?
There are ideas about what to do but it's a tough political problem.
There is too much disagreement, ambiguity, and complacency about legislation to hold crooked politicians and rent seeking firms accountable to the satisfaction of those that see a problem with it.
So the first step is to spread awareness of the distinction so there is enough political pressure to counter it.

2023-09-05 15:56:08

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I prefer F-droid apps. Amethyst is the only one I've seen on there. Haven't tried others. Seems nice to me so far.

2023-09-02 01:27:35

I have a question about crypto.
Let's say crypto starts gaining traction as money to the point where the govt feels threatened.
They respond by banning all business dealings with it.
Even if they can't control or even identify transactions on the blockchain, they can still see who publicly accepts crypto (by looking at website payment options, audits, investigations, etc).
This would make the vast majority of people avoid crypto, and businesses dealing in crypto illegally couldn't scale.
This seems like the likely scenario as the govt will not just let this much power slip away.
Isn't this a fundamental problem?

2023-09-02 00:37:45

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Hola negr0. Mi espanol es muy mal. Nice to meet you!

2023-09-02 00:32:45

Hello world

2023-08-30 03:12:10

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Wealthy insecure people with little substance do exist though.
They make the mistake of not prioritizing what is valuable to them personally and instead pursue what they think everyone else sees as valuable.
Then they seem to think that makes them important to other people, instead of just being a relatable good person.

2023-08-30 02:45:27

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I thought it was just me.