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2024-09-13 07:55:55

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If only DNS could return a host:port for every host instead, this'd be solved, but alas...
the closest standard solution for alternative ports is SRV records but those cover an entire domain, not just one address, so it's useless for this
offering TXT records with custom data has been considered as well (could be used *in addition* to the current mechanism), but there's not standard way to look these up so in C libraries, so bitcoin would have to depend on a special resolver library (sometimes per OS), this is a nasty rabbit hole, especially as we've been working to reduce dependencies

2024-09-12 22:05:34

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this approach has been considered but the main problems, from what i remember, are:
- it breaks the assumption that seeds return connectable addresses, and the Tor (no DNS lookups) code relies on this for bootstrapping
- returning invalid IPv6 addresses isn't allowed by the DNS spec; it might cause issues with caching DNS implementations, and caching is the entire reason that DNS is used
- the same approach doesn't generalize to IPv6 which is an increasing part of the network, special-casing IPv4 now is a bit strange

2024-09-11 10:10:42

Is there really no way to provide inbound liquidity to a lightning node on AlbyHub, directly from a Core Lightning node? Are Alby users always dependent on LSPs for this?
Their guide ( https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/v/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/node/increase-receiving-capacity ) doesn't list it as option.
We already know that the "lightning node" has no external address so there is no way to directly open a connection to it to fund a channel. But maybe an outward connection can work the other way around somehow. Or emulate a LSP.
Does anyone know the details here?
@npub1get…0nfm

2024-09-09 20:44:20

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the usual CS textbooky approach would be to start with something like Minix, or some small microkernels such as seL4
other "mini operating systems" are bootloaders like GRUB and u-boot
then combine it with some more general Operating Systems book that explains the fundamentals (i know no recent ones, sorry, that's too long ago for me)
but don't be too intimidated by Linux, it's not all very complex code, and it's fairly well documented, though there *is* a lot of it

2024-09-09 18:30:46

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it is kind of ironic that they want a stimulus for "AI", while with the other hand they're legislating it into the ground

2024-09-08 20:27:10

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just a.kid with too much time on their hand probably, they do it exactly because it's easy to do and causes a lot of annoyance, was the same with IRC in the 90's

2024-09-08 19:48:52

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yea, touch screen is an awful interface for games, or for anything really

2024-09-07 10:06:33

i wonder if this kind of thing could help in getting the scientific community to nostr, that'd be more interesting than trying to become the latest kids' hype
#nevent1q…8fwx

2024-09-06 15:15:56

meanwhile on mastodon…
https://media.x0f.org/fe67e58d44675357cad58d0a0241cac327d56cf314c264a07b84147e95a9ef31.png
everyone is a nomad here ! not as big a deal if a relay shuts down
(also, relays are cheaper to run than mastodon instances)

2024-09-05 20:11:21

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oh! that depends on the lightning software, for c-lightning the address(es) are in the "getinfo" output, but don't know for others

2024-09-05 19:32:18

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happy to open a channel to your node, though that won't help sending sats, only receiving them (because it will start out balanced in that direction)

2024-09-05 18:30:12

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using multiple relevant hashtags isn't hashtag spam, it's when unrelated hashtags are added to get attention for a post 🙂

2024-09-05 14:24:19

there being no privileged, full global view nor guaranteed permanence is a feature, not a bug, imo it's exactly how freedom-preserving systems should work (and also how they can scale)
it's actually fine if some things are forgotten, not everything everyone said needs to be stored forever
bubbles can be fine too-not everyone is always trying to reach the entire world
#nevent1q…7j74

2024-09-05 14:08:05

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it's every authoritarian leader's wet dream
here in Europe we historically love authoritarian leaders, whether kings or feudal lords, though some also hoped it was different now 😅

2024-09-05 13:45:40

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their national distro (Red Star OS) literally have a linux kernel module that checks for "legal files", and watermarks everything, they're definitely ahead of Europe (hopefully even ahead of where Europe is ever going to get...)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35188570

2024-09-05 08:55:04

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in a way, the entire field of anti-virus software is testament to just how difficult software is to censor 😅

2024-09-05 07:40:32

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this: it's always a temporary situation when it hinges on one person, or a certain culture among those in charge, we've seen it so many times that that just won't stay
in a business there will always be reversion to the mean: mostly likely, the next CEO will only be concerned with profits, any activism will get demoted to marketing slogan
(even ignoring that Musk's "freedom of speech" is very one-sided and fragile, he was censoring the word "cisgender" side-wide just shortly ago ffs)

2024-09-04 11:41:21

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fyi https://github.com/hzrd149/nostrudel/issues/213

2024-09-04 11:23:52

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i think this can be useful to debug client problems, though i agree the errors could be confusing for "normal users"
i'll look into reporting this as a nostrudel issue, thankyou !

2024-09-03 22:56:03

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i managed to interecept it, this is the request/response:
["REQ","OJ957lpN",{"#e":["d8318134bc5f45280e9e88f413972733b7684f18e12d995f2c791db7f46bdd8c","4eb0e2b8d2b496ead92bb58cdf38baba9cfc2ed95c2ec83fbe880b3ac26cede6"],"kinds":[9735]},{"#a":[],"kinds":[9735]}]
["NOTICE","invalid: must be greater than or equal to 1 tagValues at \"[3].#a\""]
(it could very well be nostrudel making an invalid request, but can't remember seeing it from other relays)

2024-09-03 19:15:40

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yes, this is basically the worst-case scenario in short -lived social media
if you're writing a blog or FOSS software (or a book, for that matter) then someone may, months from now, stumble on it and get something out of it
but on social media everyone is novelty-seeking, if it's days old then most likely no one will see it anymore, very hit-or-miss

2024-09-03 19:00:32

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that's a fascinating construction ! to be honest i can't immediately say how fool-proof it is, but it won't make things less secure than when the generating party sees the full private key

2024-09-03 16:26:43

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getting a new error on some event pushes:
invalid: must be greater than or equal to 1 tagValues at "[3].#a"

2024-09-03 15:51:40

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mastodon has no concept of encrypting user data at all, all user's data is stored unencrypted (including DMs) and accessible to anyone with direct database access on the server

2024-09-03 15:42:49

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NIP-11 does have an "icon" URL, i think it might be meant for a bigger logo and is separate from the small favicon that e.g. nostrudel will show in overviews, but i'm also not 100% how things work here

2024-09-03 10:54:26

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maybe... i'm still kind of skeptical voice will become people's primary interaction with computers
especially for diaries which (i assume) you'd want to be somewhat discrete about, and not inform everyone within earshot 😀

2024-09-03 10:50:11

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yes it's probably misconfigued, it would need to be at https://relay.jellyfish.land/favicon.ico

2024-09-03 09:47:17

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otherwise it works great, haven't noticed any issues (with nostrudel that i'm mainly using), also i really like the name ! mayb add a favicon.ico to the relay 🪼

2024-09-02 19:13:20

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i have the relay configured, and just got this intermittent error while pushing a reaction:
wss://relay.jellyfish.land/: error: cannot execute INSERT in a read-only transaction

2024-09-02 11:16:23

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"protect the children" as ever used as a blunt instrument to turn the entire country into a disneyland park

2024-09-01 15:52:39

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sometimes they're more like balls (this in no way invalidates your argument ofcourse) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Spheres

2024-09-01 15:08:20

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was looking at some accounts there and quite a few people actually moved back from bluesky to twitter because they found it too toxic and hostile... i guess that says enough 😀 at least mastodon has "it's somewhat decentralized" going for it

2024-09-01 14:35:24

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yes, people like him really ruined the term "free speech", made it this kind of conservative dogwhistle, and twitter became a caricature of this... it's really hard to reclaim it it if you're doing actual free speech stuff, because people will just assume you're a Musk fan

2024-09-01 13:37:27

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basically this lol

2024-09-01 13:22:56

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yeah i didn't really intend to post it anywhere (i'm ambivalent about posting old things, i think it's fine for some things to be forgotten) but it would have been interesting for personal reference, maybe

2024-09-01 12:59:58

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that's nice ! i tried to do that for my twitter posts once, but had to send them my government ID for "verification" before they'd allow the download, so just left it at that

2024-09-01 12:47:32

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you're right, though i also deeply dislike "you were just lucky" accusation, as if it wasn't a very emotional ride, and holding through all the FUD campaigns, dumps, altcoin hypes, leveraged daytrade nonsense, crashing and robbed exchanges, was just easy like that 🤷‍♀️

2024-09-01 12:32:23

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please don't put mastodon(fediverse) and bluesky("the atmosphere") on one heap!
i think the design of mastodon is pretty solid, you can just decide not to federate with their biggest silo and it still works fine, you'll still see most posts, my concerns with them are mostly:
- users are bound to instances, migration is painful and can be prevented by the admin, this creates a nasty kind of instance politics
- implementations are heavyweight server-side, spinning one up requires serious resources and skills
- the community is just no fun (lol, this is very personal)
so i prefer nostr, but it's definitely not as fake as bluesky in that regard

2024-09-01 12:25:46

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i wonder if that ruse is even strong enough for the Brazilian government to not see through it 😀

2024-09-01 12:12:30

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case in point: https://docs.bsky.app/blog/self-host-federation#early-access-limitations
it's posed as "early access limitations", i mean obviously they get to put limits on what their infrastructure will process (no one likes spam), which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't the central hub
the distribution in a federated network will always be somewhat lopsided. for comparison, here's the mastodon activity statistics for x0f.org :
https://media.x0f.org/545eb202dd426a84deb4b0caa567afb092e2eb6005f9f9a22539bbea5157d919.png
the precise numbers are meaningless, but you can see that the most active server is about 3 times as active as the second
for bluesky it's *6 million* to *10* (restricted on purpose) for the next-up PDS🙂 their whole concept hinges on the promise that this will change some day
it's not entirely comparable but it reminds me of some "we'll decentralize later" altcoin concepts

2024-09-01 11:19:15

meanwhile on the blue butterfly site
"fear not my flock... for decentralization is coming
just repeat the magic words
you're not our users
the Atmosphere is growing"
"here's our snazzy website full of dazzling, intimidating diagrams" (only if ur really technical!!!)
https://media.x0f.org/cda5b35699f4dcbb269a24557b739d031f7d3b2b7cefff0e28bdb9145d237dc7.png
some true believers, but i remain very skeptical, i think a rug pull is more likely... like twitter removing its API
there's some legit concern how much the nostr protocol development process is under fiatjaf's control but it's not *near* the degree of control Bluesky Social has over both the AT protocol, let alone whoever gets to federate

2024-08-31 19:50:53

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yea only `do-release-upgrade -d` overrides that check (if you enjoy the pain)

2024-08-31 13:39:45

it feels like the macos hype for devs is blowing over, great, Apple doesn't deserve all the "yes they're a feudal tyrant but they're special so we'll put up with it" exceptionalism
#nevent1q…38z9

2024-08-31 13:13:22

every rust project i come across, somehow uses a different web framework 😕

2024-08-31 13:02:14

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seems recycling would be a better option for that, and practically important in an isolated, self-sustaining environment
but i dunno…, maybe it would have ruined the plot a bit 😀

2024-08-31 10:39:27

gm 💜
https://media.x0f.org/339265168ddf72e6697ecf5d97c6a4ec4f68c254211c3fdf2a4eb71d518da6ec.jpeg

2024-08-31 09:09:20

nostr simply using HTTPS/websocket over (usually) port 443 and nothing else is brilliant from an anti-censorship, anti-blocking point of view

2024-08-30 23:19:20

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both versions work fine here (firefox, notsrudel)

2024-08-30 23:03:10

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thank u !!!
sounds great, a sqlite3 dependency is fine, it's not one of the "big databases" that need to run system-wide.
i'll take a look at it tomorrow, i'm currently using a patched version of https://github.com/servuscms/servus for media.x0f.org, which works, but it's clearly not meant for this.

2024-08-30 22:39:33

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npub whitelist, secure, low maintenance, preferably written in rust, should work behind a reverse proxy such as nginx, no big dependencies such as postgres/mysql

2024-08-30 22:15:05

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as i see it they started off with some interesting concepts and research, then got pressured by VCs to deliver, into becoming just another twitter website clone with a sprinkle of federation theater

2024-08-30 21:53:57

bluesky is really an example of "decentralized in name only" isn't it
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7f28b17b-c619-4f0b-879e-a7d61a39ecb2/technically-you-are-allowed-to-run-your-own-pds-data-server-on-bluesky-but-in-addition-to-the-site-silently-unexisting-your-posts-if-you-make-any-interesting-code-changes-when-bluesky-changes-the-pds-code-on-github-they-expect-your-server-whi...

2024-08-30 21:42:45

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AIs are unbullyable because they don't have an instinct for self-preservation nor a sense of self-worth in the first place... dunno if it's enviable or pitiable

2024-08-30 20:26:21

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i 'm confused about this because i don't know how a blossom server is *supposed* to behave in that regard https://github.com/hzrd149/blossom/issues/25

2024-08-30 20:21:59

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it won't show as an image unless you add .png or .jpg 😅

2024-08-30 19:47:16

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why is that such a big thing on the modern internet anyway
i mean some are, some are not, it's just messed up when whatever else you've done you're still being mainly valued (or seen as worthless) based on how conventionally physically attractive you are

2024-08-30 16:38:49

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yes nostrudel next allows configuring arbitrary blossom servers under relays → media servers

2024-08-30 16:14:29

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i do, but only for git commit signing and guix attestations, i can't remember the last time i've used it for communication (maybe for security issues reporting)

2024-08-30 15:08:09

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so does Adobe creative suite 😅
but yes this doesn't seem to be subscription software lol

2024-08-30 13:22:28

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nostr.build uses a custom protocol (neither blossom nor NIP-96), don't know about the other one

2024-08-30 12:41:37

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or the typical autistic-spectrum person getting older and realizing they can just as well do what the fuck they want, instead of being hyperconforming socially

2024-08-30 12:21:13

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mine is set to #8700B4 which is just some random shade of purple i happened to like
good to see you here too !!!

2024-08-30 11:31:48

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it's my favorite nostr client up to now, it's fast, has tons of features (almost everything possible, lol), and i love that it allows changing the UI highlight color
and yea the name is funny 😀

2024-08-30 09:57:40

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it's working !!!

2024-08-29 21:24:31

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yes it's not super comfortable to wear throughout the day, though tbh i never wear a watch as i find them uncomfortable too 😀
that said, it looks like there's an open source utility to download the raw data from Polar watches through USB https://github.com/cmaion/polar
i guess that should be safe to use privacy-wise

2024-08-29 19:14:33

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been spamming servus with PRs to make it work better as media server for nostrudel https://github.com/servuscms/servus/pulls
no idea if this is the right way forward yet, but it helps get a feel for how it's supposed to fit together

2024-08-29 13:19:20

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i don't know about watches, but there are some devices, such Polar H10 heart rate snesors, that are straightforward to read out over Bluetooth LE (by your phone or a raspberry pi) and don't need any kind of centralized service or specific app, of course it means having to find FOSS software or rolling your own to use the data 😀

2024-08-29 13:01:17

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fwiw this is my configuration right now, maybe it helps: https://gist.github.com/laanwj/a16497ba8b30511b3827e2e733190e5d

2024-08-28 22:52:01

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yes, i don't know the specifics but it's due to tax reporting laws, and other constraints set by US laws that may apply, they dread having to deal with the US government so much that they may decide it's not worth having you as a customer, i've known some expats having lots of trouble finding a bank here

2024-08-28 22:35:09

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if it's like in the Netherlands the banks either outright reject you, or at least make the process very slow and difficult

2024-08-28 22:22:10

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limiting event size seems a good measure against that, i mean they're not going to store a high res photo in say, 32kB of b64 encoded data

2024-08-28 21:13:42

sure, you can ask "who will run the relays" but at least running a nostr relay is way less involved than running a mastodon instance, which requires rubygems, node.js, at least three background processes, a postgres database, tons of disk space for cached media, and has a maze of configuration and administration options, and constant critical security updates
not even talking about having to handle sometimes really absurd moderation reports (if you have active users), and the whole instance politics bs
i intend to keep the one at x0f.org running for the foreseeable future but sometimes i wonder why i bother

2024-08-28 16:05:52

just had the cursed memory come back to me that i wrote my own forum software (in PHP) early 2000s for some Dutch forum i was admin of, we had to move off ezboard (which was starting to charge exorbitant amounts), and phpBB wasn't that big yet
(yes this was before realizing how terrible that language was 😅 )

2024-08-28 15:13:37

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lol that time that every narcissistic twitter tech personality needs to get their opinion in on how it's broken and how to fix it

2024-08-28 14:37:25

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some people went to mastodon, some to bluesky, some here, whatever is left on twitter and still puts up with his bullshit is mostly the Musk fanclub

2024-08-28 13:46:22

this seems quite common, running all nostr stuff in a VPN network namespace in case
#nevent1q…xqws

2024-08-28 12:39:31

if you're documenting software, please don't assume everyone uses (or wants to use) dockerr

2024-08-28 12:25:22

one of those "be careful what you wish for" things
#nevent1q…m8re

2024-08-28 06:08:37

#welcome to fiatjaf's ziggurat,,, may the strongest survive !

2024-08-27 20:54:09

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just learned that there's another such protocol, "blossom", in the making apparently, by the same author as nostrudel even: nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqfngzhsvjggdlgeycm96x4emzjlwf8dyyzdfg4hefp89zpkdgz99qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcqyq93nwpftgl0h7973s98p0smfzpwjx3ns2galwy2ae3am6cuuqq7yrfe4n0

2024-08-27 20:45:45

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it might! nostrudel uses NIP-65 mailboxes (kind 10002), as well as a fully local relay list (not shared at all), i'm not sure what damus uses

2024-08-27 20:37:16

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looks like that one gets the broadcast relay list from the last kind 3 event for the npub it could find: https://nostrsync.live/js/nostr-broadcast.js
so if you have the relay configured in your client, and your client updates the "kind 3" list, it should pick it up? mind that not all clients use that anymore though e.g. nostrudel leaves it empty

2024-08-27 19:42:38

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there's one sense that vanity npubs tend to be riskier: in many cases, people use external services to generate them, so the private key is exposed to more computers, or insecure software, increasing the chance of leaking it

2024-08-27 19:12:23

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but so are Eve and Mallory, likely !

2024-08-27 16:37:45

i've wondered about this, does nostr have a specific protocol that it uses for media upload? or is it client specific? how to host your own images?
for example this client (nostrudel) uses image.nostr.build and there doesn't seem to be a way to plug in my own
#nevent1q…7y6y

2024-08-27 12:23:16

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that makes sense, tbh this is the first time i see explained what nprofile is even for 🙂

2024-08-27 11:55:23

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those specific constraints no longer exist, luckily
but yes it appears defense in depth is unheard of in their grand old tradition, maybe they they think a cyber Marginot line will protect them 😅

2024-08-27 09:53:01

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The go-to one written in rust would be https://sr.ht/~gheartsfield/nostr-rs-relay/ , i'm using this and it works fine (also managed to get it to work with nginx and systemd), what i'm not sure about is if it allows that specific combination of access control

2024-08-27 08:38:49

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as we all know, only standard encryption algorithms such as CAESAR, ROT13, and ENIGMA (unless you're German) may be used there 😆

2024-08-27 08:37:34

i vaguely remember there was this "You're in France now" vulnerability in the 90's where one'd trick Windows into believing the computer was in France, then the strength of encryption algos would be dialed back into (even then) easy to crack range
#nevent1q…e0ck

2024-08-26 14:11:42

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this is literally the entire thing🤭
https://image.nostr.build/bd0894c248cba6ed6c753225a9c902e7732d9494ab9f38c478a45df85e4deaa4.png

2024-08-25 22:58:54

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i think the wildest, most weirdo book i've ever read is Kathy Acker's Empire of the Senseless i don't think i can really recommend it though 😅

2024-08-25 21:13:07

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i guess if you expect to have to flee at some point (eg because of war, or persecution because of your ethnic group or such), already having done the paperwork in advance is better, but it clearly doesn't help if you're going to be personally arrested as it's unlikely you'll have the chance to get away

2024-08-25 18:56:40

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absolutely,, even actually banning twitter would be a big step and they'd probably chicken out

2024-08-25 17:05:19

come to Europe, the nicest place to be arrested
#nevent1q…2zds

2024-08-25 15:02:40

i don't envy the Signal CEO right now, a while ago she publicly spoke against implementing EU chat control, when it'd be mandatory. And people thought the worst-case scenario would be "the app gets banned"... no, apparently we're making it personal

2024-08-25 13:59:04

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maybe ! let's not think that technological progress is inevitable, tbh, at this rate i don't think we're going to see that kind of society any time soon, if people continue to "just be consumers"
a technological society requires an underlying spirit of curiosity, scientific interest, freedom of thought and tinkering, a climate of fear might be enough to develop ever scarier weapons, or barely-good-enough mass produced trinkets, but not things that improve the quality of life much for the common person

2024-08-25 13:11:33

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yes ! also that intellectual property laws give corporations virtually infinite discretionary power to keep their monopolies, from Apple restricting software on "their" platform to trains stopping working because the geofenced license expired, farmers not being allowed to fix their own tractors, and everything else is strangled with an airtight blanket of patents, copyrights and trademarks
like yes freedom of speech and privacy is important, but freedom to talk is not everything that's important in the world

2024-08-25 12:25:17

neutral communication platforms are only one step in building a freer society, maybe an important one, for me the point is to prevent a dystopian society (and have a degree of robustness against that), less to build a fortress that can survive even the most dystopian conditions

2024-08-25 10:26:59

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yes i think the premise of anything specifically aimed at dating is flawed, historically there's just social gathering and sometimes dating happens, but it's always felt really rushed to have that as goal, a winner-takes-all game for whoever is best at giving off short term attractiveness signals