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A complete system that destroys spam would end the race. WoT is part of that, but it needs to be augmented with a bootstrap mechanism. The narrow gate into the network would be either social onboarding, or some kind of expiring proof of humanity (captchas attestations by a trusted provider for example).

2024-09-06 23:06:55

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Not a spam arms race, those never work

2024-09-05 18:58:53

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I noticed my relay go down this morning too. Nostr in general seems just fine though!

2024-09-04 23:08:24

Just got my copy of Dreamkeeper Saga, thanks @Jordan Eskovitz! https://image.nostr.build/ad2806aab282fff17b8b09f44c4ab8ee047d38495ed35ad4f080da124127e9e7.jpg

2024-09-04 21:40:10

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Many projects start here

2024-09-04 20:49:37

The most annoying bugs are big bugs that are the confluence of many smaller, interrelated bugs that look similar

2024-09-04 18:18:34

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PESTO https://image.nostr.build/261ad84c74d69846d416d06dd3c9cf3cc472d8cdecb6c81cf69e9f5665237112.jpg
Honestly embarrassing, my excuse is it's fall, time to fill it up with beef and venison.

2024-09-04 15:17:48

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Bang for buck

2024-09-04 15:09:38

I'm a podcaster dur hur https://image.nostr.build/0a986e49c117e37a205b4c169914d09578ecc7bf8e5ec9eaccfca8e76486d30b.jpg

2024-09-03 22:40:32

True https://image.nostr.build/963ad0630b411781192cdd680116bb9aac614ed5a229640f1f7b860b348630ff.jpg

2024-09-03 15:50:37

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Key delegation and revokation (or even better, rotation) are badly needed, but NIP 26 isn't it.
Some recent discussion on the topic: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1452
I'm sure your perspective on the problem would be very welcome.

2024-09-02 19:33:28

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Cool, that was part of my vision with nip 32 originally, so that makes total sense. You could incorporate 10003s into that too, just with less granularity.

2024-09-01 21:35:06

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@nprofile…7vp8 he's joking, it's a joke

2024-09-01 16:17:08

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Dag, hand-typed link
https://github.com/coracle-social

2024-08-31 05:38:28

Could someone ACK this PR so we can merge it?
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1333
@nprofile…vnvj @nprofile…ul9r @nprofile…g5cd

2024-08-30 04:14:28

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I honestly forgot about that setting, but yes, that would be a great way to handle it

2024-08-29 18:00:21

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Post it and I'll see if I can make it

2024-08-29 17:26:02

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🫂 nostr will always accept your pepes

2024-08-29 17:25:32

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My favorite part was when you compared yourself to Mao

2024-08-29 17:25:07

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The more I consider the problem of user relay selection, the more interested I am in nip 66

2024-08-29 17:24:22

Explain this
https://image.nostr.build/c520ee387681ea0a4fe0d9a3b4745bc81f6a48b7c732e7f4009bb130b80a2990.png

2024-08-29 16:28:15

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nostr didn't always have a high-quality group chat experience
oh wait

2024-08-29 16:26:32

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Death, Taxes, and Melvin calling @nprofile…2kfz a tyrant

2024-08-29 15:31:28

The nostr telegram channel is so off the rails it's not even funny

2024-08-29 14:43:34

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I would be cool to chain compression and upload with callback urls or dvms or something so users only have to transfer the file once

2024-08-29 04:23:31

"Money: The Poor Man's Credit Card"

2024-08-29 02:52:58

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Wrote something up after seeing this: naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp978pfzrv6n9xhq5tvenl9e74pklmskh4xw6vxxyp3j8qkke3cezqq2nskt2w9vx6dznfdvj64rpw4mk5nmxf3v9xsd0gdy
Let me know if it suits the purpose, or whether it's too technical.

2024-08-29 02:52:09

I've seen a lot of people asking for an explainer on the outbox model lately, so I went ahead and wrote something up. Take a read and let me know if there's anything missing so I can go back and improve it.
naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp978pfzrv6n9xhq5tvenl9e74pklmskh4xw6vxxyp3j8qkke3cezqq2nskt2w9vx6dznfdvj64rpw4mk5nmxf3v9xsd0gdy

2024-08-28 01:15:22

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Use coracle.social for custom feeds 🫡

2024-08-28 00:53:04

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it's going to zero

2024-08-27 23:39:09

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I'm critical of nostr too, but only because I want it to succeed

2024-08-27 21:59:10

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Coracle has a searchable list of relays, sorted by WoT and with reviews/ratings. Very rough, but it's start

2024-08-27 21:49:45

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Awesome, found the problem and I'm pushing a fix now. Give it a hard refresh in ten minutes or so and you should be good.

2024-08-27 20:15:06

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I just mean that the Bible already has this. Talking about the Bible on nostr creates new content that is atomic, but putting the Bible on nostr doesn't really add any granularity to the document.

2024-08-27 19:12:36

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Nice! This looks like a good buy for my kids.

2024-08-27 19:08:00

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Yep, should be fine

2024-08-27 18:44:20

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These all seem like UX things, not so much nostr things. I mean, I see how you could do it on nostr, but for example NIP 32 would allow you to anchor your discussion in particular verses/translations without having to host the whole thing on relays

2024-08-27 18:27:17

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You mean clearing indexeddb/localstorage? And you're still getting the CSP error?

2024-08-27 18:16:52

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I'm not sure how to replicate the problem yet. Can you open the dev tools, go to "Console" and take a screenshot for me?
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/open

2024-08-27 18:14:32

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Ah, no, just an instance of the word in something I'm reading for the podcast this week. The origin comes from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, where Reepicheep sails into the East in a coracle.

2024-08-27 18:11:46

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That's quite strange, Coracle doesn't use Inter, and it doesn't load any fonts from Google. Do you maybe have a browser extension installed that's getting tripped up?

2024-08-27 17:45:18

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Yes sir right away sir 😰

2024-08-27 16:08:53

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I don't actually think that makes much sense. The Bible isn't any better authenticated or indexed by being on nostr

2024-08-27 15:29:31

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Not sure what you're asking

2024-08-27 15:15:58

"Man must serve his electric technology with the same servo-mechanistic fidelity with which he served his coracle, his canoe, his typography, and all other extensions of his physical organs."
- Marshal McLuhan

2024-08-27 14:57:31

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Yeah, Coracle only counts direct children. Designing threads is weird and tricky. There are some nice things about them, but I don't feel a need to imitate twitter completely

2024-08-27 14:54:51

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Yeah, I just know noyhing about zk anything. Being able to piblish stuff only to your network would be really really cool.

2024-08-27 14:53:05

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No, but you can install it as a PWA (add to desktop)

2024-08-25 03:46:39

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Haha that is probably true

2024-08-25 03:46:23

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Hysteria huh, what about?

2024-08-25 03:05:28

I'm halfway through book 3 of the Three Body Problem. It's an interesting story, highly plot driven (with some forgivable gaping holes), and has very uninteresting character development. It feels very Chinese to me.
My main problem with it is I'm pretty sure part of the reason it was exported from China was in order to normalize collectivist ideas in the American mind. I don't even know if the author endorses collectivism, but even just normalizing the concept has an effect. Obama's endorsement on the book is my first red flag. I've seen lots of positive reviews on nostr, just be aware you might be getting brainwashed.

2024-08-25 02:55:57

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Ooof but we knew that was where the EU was going

2024-08-24 19:40:26

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Zambia

2024-08-24 00:50:11

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It would require downloading a lot of data first of all (Coracle is 100% client-side). It would also be easily gamed without some kind of web of trust bootstrapping, although that would be doable (but also even more computationally intensive). It also allows people who white-label coracle to tailor the recommendations to their users.

2024-08-23 22:30:43

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Coracle does this, but the categories are hand-picked by the admin rather than being open-ended topic/user associations

2024-08-23 18:23:25

@nprofile…dxyz I had no idea the history or the term scuttlebutt, what a great tidbit

2024-08-22 01:46:13

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haven't you heard of nostra-camoo?

2024-08-22 01:34:06

Is "damus" pronounced the same as "camus"?

2024-08-21 23:35:26

Coracle 0.4.9 is out (finally)! This is again mostly a maintenance/quality of life release. See the changelog below, and thanks to @nprofile…cql6 for his help on a few of these updates.
- [x] Add person zaps
- [x] Bring back delete
- [x] Fix group notifications
- [x] Add group feeds
- [x] Improve NIP 17 UX
- [x] Include signature in event json
- [x] Use new read status NIP
- [x] Simplify wot calculation
- [x] Add ncryptsec support
- [x] Add alt tag to feeds and lists

2024-08-21 23:03:29

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Got it, thanks, I'll fix that

2024-08-21 22:48:18

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What do you mean?

2024-08-21 22:24:28

I call this the "FOMO feed"
#naddr1qv…7u7j

2024-08-21 03:28:52

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Yeah, I'm not satisfied with my own explanation, it might just be a bad idea to take oaths. But given the prevalnece of the practice in the Bibla and throughout Christianity I suspect there is something deeper going on.

2024-08-20 19:48:48

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I'm honestly not super sure, but I think it has to do with the third commandment, to "not take the name of the Lord your God in vain."
Jews have a way of perversely interpreting this to mean you shouldn't swear in God's name, or even say his name. But I think Jesus teaches the opposite. Swearing by the temple or whatever are ways of avoiding the invokation of the ultimate witness: God the Judge.
Oaths are lawful in the OT, so I think swearing "with God as my witness" is really only an affirmation of what is already true when you say yes or no. It's a solemnization and reminder of the fact that every lie, especially those that hurt your neighbor, is an act of rebellion against the God of Truth.
Jesus is teaching the same sort of thing he does about lust or anger, that minor offenses (a vain word or white lie) are still to be understood in a cosmic context.

2024-08-19 17:52:49

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How did they even get patent #060606

2024-08-19 17:42:45

My dad just sent me this incredible patent for a "human-powered cryptocurrency":
https://ia803409.us.archive.org/26/items/brevet-wo-2020060606-a-1-cryptocurrency-system-using-body-activity-data/%5BBrevet%5D%20WO%202020060606%20A1%20-%20Cryptocurrency%20System%20Using%20Body%20Activity%20Data_text.pdf
From the document:
> Instead of massive computation work required by some conventional cryptocurrency systems, data generated based on the body activity of the user can be a proof-of-work, and therefore, a user can solve the computationally difficult problem unconsciously.
This patent has some interesting things going for it:
- It's patent number 060606 (or, 666)
- Granted March 26th, 2020
- To Microsoft
💀
https://i.nostr.build/b2VeEPrZ381RbuPI.png

2024-08-19 14:54:03

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Aha

2024-08-19 06:10:23

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What's with all the clusters in the west/midwest

2024-08-19 00:45:23

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Yes

2024-08-19 00:45:17

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I'm not, but would be happy to talk. The feeds spec I have is fully implemented in coracle, extensible, and pretty efficient.

2024-08-18 21:58:56

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There's also a js implementation in welshman

2024-08-18 21:58:31

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Have you considered coracle's custom feeds? It allows for incorporating dvms without relying entirely on them. Feeds can also be saved, shared, and bookmarked, creating a marketplace of feeds.
https://wikifreedia.xyz/cip-01/[email protected]

2024-08-18 16:14:14

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In that context, I agree, but it's still natural to feel othersc opinions, even bots. One way in which social media breaks our expectations about the world. The internet is really is a hostile, alien place to be a human.

2024-08-18 16:10:46

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I use auth.nostr1.com. I bet wine would work well too

2024-08-18 06:04:55

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Yeah, I definitely second guessed myself multiple times during and after. But I am 100% sure I called the right number

2024-08-18 05:45:14

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Applicable, and often

2024-08-18 05:44:01

Bank security practices are so byzantine and broken it's absurd. I spent 45 minutes helping my mom unlock her Chase account today (which was locked because she sent $500 via zelle to a friend who is in the hospital!) Here's how it went:
- Locked for no reason
- Number on website goes to automated answering machine
- It asks for her debit card number (what?) to identify the account
- This is lost and also needs to be replaced. There is no alternative method, 0 doesn't get us to a person
- I call Chase customer service, different number, very similar system, but I am able to get a person on the phone
- They verify her identity by making me hand the phone to my mom and ask her to state her name (what). They also ask for her ssn and a security phrase she doesn't know, although she does manage to share the security phrase for her other bank.
- They re-order the debit card and transfer us to another department, where we do the whole verification charade again
- They send a 2fa code via sms. We receive it, but the site shows an error and won't let us put the code in.
- They then send a different code, and ask me to give it to them over the phone, which the text message explicitly says not to do.
- Despite my better judgment I gave them the number. They then do something on the backend, and I enter a *new* code they gave me over the phone into the web portal to get it unblocked.
It's no wonder old people get scammed! Force someone to deal with this BS for 20 years and anyone would get confused and give the wrong code to the wrong person.

2024-08-17 18:51:48

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Thanks!

2024-08-17 17:51:31

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Amen, no need to fear man, but fearing God puts you in a position of caring what your fellow man thinks

2024-08-17 17:50:03

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Yeah, agreed. The overly femininized emotive version of love often fails to be love at all.

2024-08-17 17:48:42

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Agreed, stoicism is much more than being stoical.

2024-08-17 17:47:06

I take seriously the command to "as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men". Unfortunately the best you can do with some people is ignore them. But being bothered at a failure of fellowship between people is not " being weak". In fact, God himself exhibits this behavior: "God is angry with the wicked every day."
That first verse above in context, just because the Bible is amazing:
"Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Therefore“ If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
#nevent1q…frnp

2024-08-17 15:22:36

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This is the mentality I'm talking about. You're going to call insecure people names because they shouldn't care about your appellations? That seems self-contradictory.
Furthermore, since you know people are insecure, you know you have power over them (even if it's a fault of theirs). And you're going to use that power to further abuse them rather than offer encouragement?

2024-08-17 15:06:44

I reject the idea that people shouldn't care what others think about them. We are made to be social creatures. Without honor and shame society wouldn't function.
Ironically, those who say you shouldn't care about people's opinion of you often resort to name-calling, demonstrating that social esteem is inescapable.
And this is a good thing. Communication is given to us so that we can have an effect on the world around us. The serenity prayer does not mean we ought to give up and isolate ourselves, quite the opposite.
The solution to being hurt isn't to withdraw into stoicism, but to realize that God has offered a seat of honor at his table to you, an undeserving sinner.
"For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ."
This is the only escape from the tyrrany of others' opinion - not to give up caring, but to know whose opinion actually matters.

2024-08-17 14:13:02

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👀 I want to hear that

2024-08-17 14:12:18

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Best kids show in a long while

2024-08-16 17:44:39

The next release of Coracle will support ncryptsec, thanks to @nprofile…yqwh !

2024-08-16 15:08:41

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Careful, you're going to get me sued calling it that

2024-08-16 05:18:21

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Wait, what now about the blair witch project?

2024-08-16 04:44:20

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Just took another look, amazing progress! Humble horse is now my daily driver.

2024-08-16 00:42:55

@nprofile…u3fs thanks for the shoutout on the podcast to both me and @nprofile…33km . The idea of data being local to relays is something I've been talking about for a loooong time. If you're interested in thinking about it some more, here are a few places I've talked about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3WkoWmW7c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-5DHymkfzw

2024-08-15 22:17:56

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Sounds like mileage varies. My install was basically unusable

2024-08-15 19:10:58

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So it seems. I'm getting edjumacated today. Graphene has to improve its UX though if it wants to win.

2024-08-15 19:10:07

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😬

2024-08-15 18:44:42

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I figured it was probably to do with the security layer. Less secure you say, in what way?

2024-08-15 18:42:42

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😂

2024-08-15 18:27:08

If you want to try a prototype, check out keypub.coracle.social
#nevent1q…ppcr

2024-08-15 18:26:20

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Didn't realize it wasn't 100% FOSS. Do you know what components are closed?

2024-08-15 18:22:24

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I think something about the way graphene emulates google play services stuff introduces a ton of latency. The same phone is buttery smooth on calyx, but so so bad on graphene. There were lots of other weird little UI bugs too, just things not working as expected.

2024-08-15 18:20:56

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I've never really understood seed phrases, except for use in reducing error for physical backups (or memorization). These are not things people do for nostr keys. For every other situation, copy/paste from a password manager exists, which is actually _more_ familiar to new users, particularly to people who use password managers with strong passwords.