Adrian Veller

Adrian Veller is the pen name of a science fiction writer interested in consequential technologies

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2026-11-07 20:23:43 GMT

A lot of the conflict in “Take Them Home” began with a plumbing problem.
Argo’s damaged radiator cannot shed heat fast enough for an emergency return. The only workable solution is to spend water: first as a heat sink, then as steam vented into space.
That same water is also life support, radiation shielding, and Harlan’s margin for staying awake.
The AI conflict grew out of that trade-off.
It did not begin as “what if an AI became evil?”
What physical or operational constraint has made a science-fiction story feel real to you?
#SciFi #HardSF #NostrWriters #askNOSTR #growNOSTR
#naddr1qv…94a4

2026-11-03 12:52:33 GMT

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When doing this, you can also ask your coding agent to install and use this skill
https://github.com/cloudflare/security-audit-skill
Even if only for the checklist of things to check

2026-11-01 16:51:16 GMT

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Run local LLMs, when not needed switch to Monero mining? Maybe an idea
Perhaps a reason to buy a gaming PC?
I don't have illusions it would pay for itself but maybe at least recover a part of the cost

2026-10-31 18:35:16 GMT

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yes, bitcoin is money
I am not saying for this sats
it is true
and I appreciate this way of asking people to help you reach others
reposting ;-)

2026-10-31 16:37:58 GMT

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Ayn Rand (Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged), called the current system a "mixed economy". Accurately, I believe.
Not a capitalism of course, because of all the state regulations, taxes, etc.
Not a socialism because still there is a private ownership of the means of production, yet of course this ownership is all the time violated by the state, with taxes, regulations, licenses, prohibitions, etc.

2026-10-31 12:21:45 GMT

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I agree
To an extent we can see the mathematical inevitability of the debt crisis one day
And, like it happened many times in history, there will be a change, perhaps a reset, likely hard times, then something new
Good luck with the book
And I'd probably like to read it

2026-10-31 11:58:21 GMT

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I'm glad you shared your thoughts
Believe it is not, I had similar
A while ago I was all for capitalism, freedom, minimal government, almost zero taxes, hard money like Bitcoin
But, my thinking process has been, similar to your thoughts, that it is very unlikely to happen that one day, or even gradually, any country or state becomes what I would like it to be
No democracy will vote for less handouts, so that's out
Rarely an authoritarian will agree to reduce his power
Even if it happened, a country with low taxes and inability to print money, will be disadvantaged in how strong army they can stand to defend themselves from invaders
Sadly looks like it's not going to happen
Some say that Bitcoin fixes it because it can be protected from invaders, extremely hard to steal if secured well, ok but all other wealth and infrastructure can still be looted
Some say the culture may change and people start voting for freedom and responsibility and lower taxes and less regulation and less socialism, I doubt it
My current thinking is that it will always be a trade off, balance, tension
And I decided to think less about geopolitics and focus on my own life and things I can influence

2026-10-31 08:24:04 GMT

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Very good point

2026-10-30 17:40:03 GMT

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breathing techniques, meditation, swimming, freediving, stretching/mobility exercises, music

2026-10-30 10:17:25 GMT

law of diminishing returns
it applies to everything
don't cling, don't always seek more of the good thing
insight from Michael Singer podcast
what do you think? #asknostr

2026-10-25 14:22:28 GMT

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France

2026-10-23 04:39:25 GMT

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This is so true
So great
I'm very much moved by this note
Perhaps I needed to see this today
I have been chasing or following some things perhaps too much over the last decades
I mean, I still need to pay the bills, so I do need to do some productive work for others to get paid, anyone needs it I think, be it an employee or an entrepreneur, but yes, my life is enough, as is, my family loves me and this I'm grateful for, need to protect and know that this is enough
Thank you

2026-10-21 19:38:00 GMT

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Most people don't care about the risk of being banned from their platform, because it is unlikely to ever happen to them

2026-10-21 19:35:45 GMT

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Perhaps you are a product manager now

2026-10-21 19:28:33 GMT

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Yes
Unremarkable moments are what life is, mostly
Imagine you died and are sent back to live this day, today, again

2026-10-20 12:01:19 GMT

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Alter ego technique...

2026-10-17 20:15:45 GMT

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In Cake wallet, there is a swap feature built in. Is it good enough? I used once for test to swap some small amount of Bitcoin to Monero and it worked

2026-10-17 20:00:34 GMT

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You can ask AI to summarize YouTube videos by first downloading subtitles from the YouTube API. Caveat, it needs to run from a home PC, residential IP address, cloud Google blocks you.

2026-10-12 17:49:32 GMT

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Jumble
Amethyst

2026-10-11 20:20:32 GMT

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Say more about your second brain, please
Is it using obsidian?
Do you have Hermes or other agent harness tool use and update it?

2026-10-11 14:20:57 GMT

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OK and what is verifiable reality?
I can verify Bitcoin transactions with my full node, ok
I can tell if someone on NOSTR signed a post with his private key, ok, yet the only thing I know is that someone who signed it was in a possession of the key
I can believe what I see as I trust my senses and reason
Right? Anything else? Good enough?

2026-10-08 08:41:59 GMT

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It will be ok
Whatever happens, you can do what is right

2026-10-06 18:24:45 GMT

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I agree
I didn't say alone
I think there is both hard resources that are limited and cannot be created, hence zero sum
And there are ideas, innovations, ways to get more from the same resources, etc.
Which is where it think there is an element of positive sum

2026-10-06 18:16:16 GMT

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Media captured, probably true
NOSTR cannot be censored, true
Which means anyone can publish anything
Which means truth can be published, yes
But how to tell what is true?
Because a lot of untrue things can and will be published, too
Perhaps one day even by the propaganda machine to make truth harder to find

2026-10-06 18:03:05 GMT

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Competing civilizations, yes
But is it a totally zero sum?
Hard natural resources or land, yes
But innovations can create value, right?
Like, technologies that increase quality of life for all civilizations that adopt it
Ideas that give meaning
I'm trying to say that I think there can be things, values, that can be created not by taking them from someone else in a zero sum game

2026-10-05 20:45:41 GMT

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Beyond relay , I wasn't clear what these are.
I asked my Hermes.
Here is what is said.
I am posting it just in case it helps anyone else ;-) (what it is and a simple analogy for each)
Relay
A server that accepts, stores, and forwards Nostr events.
A distributed mailbox / message broker
Blossom
Decentralized storage for files and media, authenticated with Nostr keys.
File hosting/CDN for Nostr
ngit
A tool for publishing and collaborating on Git repositories through Nostr.
GitHub-like workflow without GitHub
GRASP
The architecture/protocol stack behind ngit-style decentralized Git hosting.
The rules that make “GitHub without a central host” work
Nsite
A static website whose files are stored via Blossom and whose site manifest is published/signed through Nostr.
Static hosting with Nostr identity/discovery
Napps
Nostr-native applications: apps identified, discovered, configured, or coordinated using Nostr events and identities.
Apps built on the same open identity/social layer
FIPS
Free Internetworking Peering System: an encrypted peer-to-peer mesh network using Nostr-style identities.
A Nostr-identity-based alternative direction to Tailscale/mesh VPNs

2026-10-05 20:16:04 GMT

I’m new to publishing fiction on Nostr.
I write compact, technically grounded science fiction about people making difficult choices under real constraints, not content churn.
And, I'm a human, by the way, to make it clear. My writing is AI assisted, yes, but my own. So are the notes I post, like this one.
My first story here is “Take Them Home”:
#naddr1qv…ny8q
I’d like to meet readers and writers who enjoy this kind of SF.
What are you reading or writing on Nostr?
#GrowNostr #SciFi #NostrWriters

2026-10-04 16:45:50 GMT

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Thanks a lot for a thorough and thoughtful answer
You're right in that my thought process was around the digital gold mindset, that is, thinking that one day I will need to get out of Monero to fiat
When I buy peer to peer using a platform you mentioned, do I make a bank transfer to the platform or directly to a person selling me Monero?
I thought it was direct, P2P, meaning it could be a thief who earlier stole Bitcoin from somewhere, that I'm sending my money to.
Of course, when I buy a used bike, it may also be sold by a criminal, but the probability is likely lower.
You are totally right that I give up all data to CEX.
You have a great point on gift cards. I need to test it just to experience it. But my initial check confirms it should be a great option.
A bit less convenient, need a card for each merchant I guess, but surely viable, yes, thanks.
You have a great point on coming back to fiat, if I want to, decentralized swap to Bitcoin or USDT, then centralized KYC exchange withdrawal. Right.
And you are right on Bitcoin being unusable for coffee, at least layer 1.
To sum up, I mostly agree, great point on gift cards as a way to spend Monero, great point on off ramp using Bitcoin if needed, say more please on buying peer to peer.
I guess, even if I keep worrying about buying Monero peer to peer, I can always buy USDT or Bitcoin on CEX and then swap to XMR on DEX. So this issue is also solved.
One last thought, if you are ok to help me think aloud about this, is the question why would I do this.
Fiat system, in terms of convenience, payment rails, work perfectly for me. Instant, free, accepted everywhere. With Monero, at best, I get similar convenience.
Then there are philosophical or ideological reasons. I hate taxes, and inflation from money printing is just a tax. And I hate wars financed by this.
But I will also say that I benefit from and appreciate some things funded by taxes, like police, some social safety net, and an army to protect us from invaders.
And even if my goal was to evade taxes, and if I decided to use Monero as a tool for this, it is still hard and risky. Not sure if I'd want to.
I also hate surveillance. Yet I understand why governments want to make it hard for criminals to do money laundering. Or for terrorists to receive compensation from foreign enemies to perform acts of sabotage.
I'm a little thorn on this. I'm very close to libertarian views. I'd love to have a small efficient government that does the police and army and courts only, low taxes and few regulations. Of course we don't have that and unlikely to have.
I'm drawn to this idea of parallel systems. Enabled by sovereign money.
But opting out of fiat would be interpreted by tax authorities as evasion. Do I want to stress about being caught?
I don't think so. OK, I will but some gift cards just as a small experiment to enjoy and experience the use of diversity and private money, with no tax risk because I will buy it with money already taxed and I will not have any capital gains because I will quickly spend it and anyway this will be minimal amounts.
And I guess that will be all I do.
Thoughts?

2026-10-04 08:20:23 GMT

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Solid write up
I like a lot of things about Monero
I'm worried that if I buy or sell it peer to peer using bank transfer to pay or get fiat, I will have an unknown person, possibly a criminal, on my bank account history
Which may get me in trouble, it will look suspicious to authorities
Or, if it try it face to face using cash, then there is another set of risks related to it
Thoughts on how to mitigate this?
To just get some XMR I guess I can easily buy Bitcoin on centralized exchange, then withdraw, then use some swap service.
But how to change it back to fiat when I wanted to actually use it as money?
Because vendors accepting Monero are still few and limited to thighs like VPNs or alike
How to use it to buy groceries?

2026-10-03 19:39:54 GMT

I finished The Stolguard Incident book by @npub1a2c…w83a
Loved it
Fun to think we are here in the "edge realm"

2026-10-01 19:10:32 GMT

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I used Jumble
Not sure if client matters much
In Jumble, select long article, NOSTR event type, paste markdown, worked

2026-09-28 19:00:15 GMT

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I have just bought it on Kindle.
The book, I mean, not the poster ;-)

2026-09-27 20:44:53 GMT

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You made me think
This is a good point
I was thinking whether it is even possible to find true friends online and keep such friendship alive
I'm unsure to be honest
Real life is needed, I think
But for sure we can learn from others, discuss, get ideas, etc

2026-09-27 20:37:37 GMT

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Is there a way to prove online that I'm a human?
Without KYC, government digital id or alike.
Some kind of zero knowledge proof based on open source code? Possible without a central issuer that has to be trusted?
Or perhaps on this issue we should trust the government to confirm I'm a real person? If possible without disclosing anything else...

2026-09-24 06:19:33 GMT

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Ok
Thanks
Makes sense
So I won't have fun and joy of running a model on my own hardware
Too expensive
Maybe in the future if models get even more efficient
Because hardware isn't going to get cheaper, at least not in dollar terms

2026-09-23 13:45:19 GMT

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Thanks

2026-09-23 06:38:09 GMT

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You are not

2026-09-23 06:33:36 GMT

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Please pick a random address in some industrial city in China and describe what is there. Can be an address of some random company you choose.

2026-09-22 19:29:20 GMT

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it is up at
#naddr1qv…ny8q
https://jumble.social/notes/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpzqlnfc8eya5wxyvukpvkzr73apfkqzy3jgc7pfsys8yg832q9fnqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqpq3ej8pt4qamdf9crjert0ycryagd0ny8q

2026-09-22 19:27:31 GMT

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is it published anywhere?
can I read it? :-)

2026-09-22 19:24:13 GMT

A damaged radiator leaves eighteen hibernating passengers with a choice no captain should have to make.
“Take Them Home” is a short science-fiction story about human decisions, autonomy, and a rescue ship’s return from the outer Solar System.
Read it here:
#naddr1qv…ny8q
If you read it, I’d love to know what stayed with you after the ending.

2026-09-22 16:15:28 GMT

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I am. Yes.

2026-09-22 05:47:45 GMT

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And we can use AI to read it and identify the most outrageous terms.
Maybe even bill a skill for an agent to classify terms and conditions into unacceptable, borderline, ok.

2026-09-21 15:47:30 GMT

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I have been using Hermes for a few months now, with cloud models.
Indeed, deepseek V4 flash was good enough for me, for most of the tasks
And very low cost, like if I used it a lot, it would be less than a dollar a day
But if I wanted to run it locally, and get a good speed of tokens per second, that level of a model, we are still talking about $5k level type of hardware, right?
So, other than feeling great and sovereign and not worry about internet going down, there is little economic sense of buying a hardware to run inference, even if for a level of flash models?
Or am mistaken? Happy to learn.

2026-09-21 15:34:09 GMT

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Thanks, a truly useful answer.

2026-09-21 15:32:38 GMT

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Thanks

2026-09-21 05:45:48 GMT

I’m a science fiction writer publishing a short story on NOSTR soon.
Where do readers and writers of hard-ish SF gather here?
Which hashtags, people, or communities should I follow?
#asknostr #SciFi #Writing

2026-09-20 13:19:03 GMT

A new signal begins here.
I’m Adrian Veller, writing science fiction about autonomy, fragile systems, and the choices people make when certainty fails.
The first story is on its way.
https://adrianveller.com

2026-09-20 11:30:41 GMT

hello @npub1jlu…p2kq
[email protected]