PacStandardTW
Pacific Standard
An American perspective at the western frontier of liberal democracy, framed and focused through the lens of life in Taiwan. #TaiwanIsACountry #GrowNostr
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2023-06-01 04:49:45 Event JSON
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Last Notes npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW 💯👇 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW "Tokyo had been in a long slumber since the end of World War II. Yet, Japan is adjacent to China and Taiwan and is allied with the United States. Once a contingency occurs in the Taiwan Strait, Japan will very likely have to become a party to it." npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW "Skylar Mastro actually argues that the people with the knife at their throat should be allowed to “work out their differences” with the knife-wielding assassin" npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW @npub1sg6…f63m @npub1efh…f9wg one of the ways WordPress has taken hold as the biggest and most influential FOSS community is by developing a Meetup ecosystem. I feel like Nostr should try to emulate this approach. Granted there are some clear differences, but maybe we should also pay attention to what's working? Can we talk about organizing Meetups at @npub1nst…rg5l? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Y'all seeing this "enter a pin to encrypt your private key" notice on Snort? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW This is definitely most folks first impression, and that's mostly because it's an accurate description of the experience—although it's less generally a "crypto" community and more specifically a Bitcoin community. Not all of us here are laser eyes tho! Stick around and help us build it 🙏 Those of us with other interests can be the earliest seeds for new community adoption. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Just saw that this producer also deejays at the Marriott Aloft in Tokyo. Sharing in case you guys are still looking for someone to do music in the event he may be available?? @npub16vr…p2va @npub1nst…rg5l @npub1sg6…f63m npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Maybe instead of thinking about it as a "style" layer it is more helpful to think about it as a "quality" layer. So nostr is the protocol for the object itself, this other layer indicates some kind of quality of the object. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Would love to check it out. Is it different from this one? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Perfect case for when getting Nostr to run on an extensive mesh network is called for. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW I recently explained nostr to some folks and one is a journalist at a mainstream publication whose name everyone knows. She was intentionally vague about her political affiliations but seemed pretty obviously aligned with PRC interests. When I finished explaining how the protocol works—emphasizing that it's permanent, un-ownable and censor-proof—her immediate response was "that sounds terrifying." npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Digging this track we ID'd at the izakaya tonight. @npub1nst…rg5l theme music? @npub16vr…p2va npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW This sounds like a good question for ChatGPT npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW "At a time when trust and transparency were needed to save lives, Chinese authorities covered up the facts and lied — and they continue to do so today." npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW So exploring more it looks like the objective with the TLD is to achieve something called "Universal Acceptance" and the cost for this apparently is child sacrifice? 😑 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Asked ChatGPT for edification and it says this: npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW @npub1sg6…f63m @npub180c…h6w6 thinking aloud but is there a way, if we bought and created the .npub tld that we could set up a wildcard domain registrar with some kind of dns redirect so that whenever someone pumped in any random npub string it would show as an http link and open their Nostr client, similar to the way clicking any other link opens a browser? The thought is that this would make it much easier to share npubs, could just drop a ".npub" at the end of the string and then—if this method is possible—the TLD server would handle the rest? What does it take to get apps to recognize TLDs as hyperlinks? Is there a protocol for this or does it have to be added manually by the developers? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Well said. And FWIW I meant only to use the case as a way of talking about the phenomenon in general, as a feature of the protocol and the technology determinism it may impose on us, not that this was a particularly egregious case—it was not. Like the AI, I myself had assumed Jack had sold his shares until someone recently highlighted this issue in a separate note. Also FWIW I felt you handled it as elegantly as possible. In general I think we owe each other—and maybe more importantly ourselves—much more existential slack with regard to the way our thoughts are iterated online. There's an impulse to circumscribe entire human beings—despite all the complexity of our lived experiences and internal contradictions—within the confines of our expressed and recorded ideas. As if we should all be only as evolved as our last most visible speech—or to nod at Lacan, as well put together as the image in the mirror. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW An interesting moment below this note that is worth pointing out. The note implies a factually inaccurate conclusion. The target of the implication corrects the record. And then the insinuator has to apologize. All of the exchange permanently etched into the nostr timeline. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW GB?! Really? Why so much data for followers? Do you mean like because of millions of followers? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW @npub1gcx…nj5z, is there a technical reason why the clients don't cache posts and follows/followers on the device, then cross check the relays after login? Would make the app immediately fully usable rather than having to wait for it to catch-up. Granted some of the cached content will be phantoms after the relays are surveyed but probably not much. Thinking there must be a technical reason this is not how it's done? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW The CCP propaganda operations are in effect mode. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW @npub1gcx…nj5z amethyst has a weird UX quirk if we use three button nav where, from some notes displays, pressing the back button exits the app rather than going back to the main feed. Expected function on back button is to return to the previous display until finally landing in home feed. I never expect to leave the app with back button, but this is what happens. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW We need to normalize the idea that, in a decentralized technology universe, we will have to pay for digital services. But we will have an opt-in choice to pay by sacrificing autonomy and identity, or with money. But we will have to pay with something. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW #WhatsHappeningInThailand #MilkTeaAlliance npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW I think I was not clear enough here underlining my assumptions. If the Thai people truly launch a revolution against the junta, as the very well may if things continue down the road they're going, the state will shut down their comms—exactly the same way authoritarian states have done in the past, such as in the Arab Spring, and recently in Iran, or as is constantly done in a censorship driven PRC. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Something I have wished for on Twitter is a way to bring tweets into the Google maps experience. When someone I follow mentions a place, maybe a restaurant or an interesting historical place, it would be neat to be able to access that information layer when I'm inside Google maps to provide some extra context. "Hey, I wonder if there's anything good to eat around here? Oh look, that guy from XYZ that I follow on nostr says the french fries at ABC are great." npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Friends on Nostr, a really big political moment is taking shape in Thailand. It occurred to me that, unlike the Arab Spring movement that used Twitter to grow its international exposure, the conservative changes recently made to the information distribution algorithm on Twitter will make that platform less helpful to the democracy activists and protesters. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW 👀👀👀👀 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW 💯☝️ npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Nobody reads my posts so this is more of a thought bookmark than anything else, but: as Threads exploits the momentum of its existing network, a useful reminder to nostr advocates to pay close, strategic attention to the adoption paradigm. Nostr is starting from 0, whereas Threads starts at 9 on a scale of 10. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Are there any apps for nostr that facilitate this same groups type function? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW We 💯 need a decentralized hardware solution tho. Without uncaptured devices this is a long and rocky road. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Agree. Good proof of the axiom that "all publicity is good publicity" 👇 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Just booked my hotel for @npub1nst…rg5l. See you all in November. What are you going to be for Halloween? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW What's happening to RFK is nauseating. But folks have to factor in the political reality that the establishment and professional class are more worried about Trump winning than they are concerned about RFK's policy positioning. The worry is that he might run as a second candidate on the left and bleed votes from Biden. With what is more or less a 50-50 split in the body politic, neither side can afford competition. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Big if true 👇 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Can anyone who sees this note and has a moment to spare explain to me like I'm 5yo how the Nostr relays work? Or share a link to an overview? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW My guess is that it's 99.9999999999% chance the CCP is leaning on them. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW JFC npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Would love to hear how folks are thinking about the variety of possible "world building" paradigms that exist for a #Nostr based future. As we transition to the decentralized universe, how are we imagining user experiences and business opportunities to look like? What are people imagining the ecosystem will become? How will we verify "official" communications? How will we circumvent proliferation of spam and abuse? How will we monetize? How will capital and commerce try to exploit the system and what resources and constraints will exist for the people to resist? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW MDMA prohibition is coming to an end 👇 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Definitely not an expert but I feel like there is not much they can do about the realities of the electromagnetic spectrum. Can they stop the radios from encoding/decoding signal without bricking the device? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW CCP is watching npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Can we get sessions on this topic at @npub1nst…rg5l ? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Can it be made to run on the other radios? WiFi NFC etc? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW 💯 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW True story npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Real Madrid? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Out of context reference to Amethyst. Is this about Nostr? 🧐🧐 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW @npub126y…6r3n #subscribe npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Something that worries me about Nostr is the fact that someone can grab your private key in some insidious way and then that's the ballgame on your account. Is there a way to modify the protocol so that we can issue and control multiple "secret keys" at some sort of clearinghouse that we can then use for various applications/clients etc, so that we only see the secret key the moment it's created, but then giving us the long term ability to roll or cancel the keys as needed. @npub180c…h6w6? Granted the account at the clearinghouse could just as easily be hacked but at least it becomes just one single place to organize the user's interface with the Nostr ecosystem. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Woot 🐐 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Bookmarking this. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW This is a wild bit of history and biology 👇 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW SimpleX really seems to be spreading. Like it's going viral even. Must be contagious... 🥁 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Digging this beat 🪘 😎 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW If he were still with us, my grandfather would have turned 99 today. He was a WW2 veteran who served in Italy, having rushed to enlist like most young men of his generation immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW "We stand, as we have always stood from our earliest beginnings, for the independence and equality of all nations. This nation was born of revolution and raised in freedom. And we do not intend to leave an open road for despotism." npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Bookmarking "guilds" because I feel like the guild model has purchase for the coming decentralized/federated marketplaces. Everything old is new again. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW I have the 180 opposite experience, can't stand using iOS, makes me feel like an idiot. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW The solution to this problem is Android 😬 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW 😬 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Weird serendipity—or "synchronicity"—this morning leads me to this book. Anyone read it? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Is @npub1tea…gq5u broken? Can't sign-in with Twitter to cross compare. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW A nighttime view down Keelung Road, Taipei 101 rising in the background. Taipei, Taiwan. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW 💯 can recommend. Same for me since childhood. Dad used to break out a can and we'd go to town with chips or nachos. npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW The album art tho! #ClassOf76 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW It reminds me of the flame held by lady liberty. Symbolism is 👨🍳😚🤌 npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW Can we get a #MilkTeaAlliance session at Nostrasia? npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW This is the correct take npub1468p4ww9j74mc0mf676mh3gd5hk9cgas0zp4206j8tl69h9mfvcs9nw97p PacStandardTW The government has access to your bank account, your salary, your health records, your address, the phone calls you make, even your geolocation and the websites you visit. Should they make that information available in an open source directory or should they censor it?
