cqwww

I just tried to post an image 3 different times to @npub12vk…pugg and my browser hung. I was prepared to share an entire thread but 4 minutes in, it seems like at least the client I've chosen to use for nostr is not ready for prime time, so I'll stick to Twitter/X until UI/UX improves.
Interestingly my photo in the Twitter image loads in Primal right away... anyway, the live thread on the Trump situation for anyone interested:
https://x.com/cqwww/status/1812259006142202179

2024-07-01 16:28:33

Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians!
Announcing: True Anonymity Meets Legitimate Bitcoin Exchange!
Imagine buying Bitcoin without a trace. No name. No identity. Just you and your sats.
It's not a dark web fantasy. It's real, and you can be among the first to experience it.
We've partnered with a major, publicly-traded Bitcoin exchange to offer something unprecedented:
KYC-free Bitcoin purchases where even the exchange doesn't know your name.
For our pioneering first 20 users:
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Why you should jump on this:
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This isn't just about anonymous trades. It's about reclaiming your financial sovereignty.
Ready to experience true financial privacy in a regulated environment?
Sign up now. Be one of the twenty trailblazers who will help usher in a new era of bitcoin freedom.
You will be doxxing yourself to me and my team for an interview, but we will never provide the bitcoin exchange your personal information and work with you to buy bitcoin from CAD.
To be eligible, you must be Canadian. Sign up for the waiting list at https://scramblesolutions.com and DM me or email [email protected] to get you onboarded!

2024-05-15 11:15:00

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You just called your neighbour names, judging them out of ignorance, because your neighbour over judged you out of ignorance? who is more at fault, and why?

2024-05-14 19:53:18

https://awesomeshitclub.com live from @npub1key…lt3h on May 29th!
This will be the first ASC that we accept sats, and will pay out in sats! If you're not here in #NYC we'll also be streaming the event live on the internets!
https://m.primal.net/IGic.png

2024-05-01 22:15:51

You're picking your ideal metric for best country in the world, do you use something like the World Happiness Index (https://worldhappiness.report/) or Human Freedom Index (https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2023), a combination thereof, or do you have a better overall index of measurement?

2024-05-01 04:58:42

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integrating with the legacy financial system will have the larger impact at scale.
The "not your keys not your coins" non-custodial dogma is for those on the privelged side of the digital divide and ignores most of those in the global south. The vast majority of those introduced to bitcoin, or onboarding, is from a fiat onramp and to a custodial wallet. Over time the user will want to learn more / technically proper ways of managing their sats, but shouldn't be shamed for not understanding it all on day 1.
FWIW: Apple and Google play stores are legacy systems and surveillance choke points, I would avoid those everywhere possible. To me, it's irresponsible to ever endorse someone use either of these, if you want to build a privacy centric future and care about the personal information of your users.
I speculate you've chosen this path of legacy system adoption for larger impact at scale than a PWA solution (which I've requested from day 1 as you know).

2024-04-30 19:13:30

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Happy to help -- what do you want to use a VPN for, and who are you trying to protect against?

2024-04-29 18:26:13

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If you're using the Apple store, you've already lost. Consider a Pixel phone with GrapheneOS (Why would you use an American proprietary OS with the US PATRIOT Act and US CLOUD Act in place?) for starters.
https://twitter.com/cqwww/status/1781750148944523587

2024-04-26 02:24:37

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Actively working on a big new solution, I'm professionally in the privacy & security space for a long time (over twice as long as the +decade I've been in bitcoin professionally)

2024-04-25 04:53:30

All of the freedom loving countries have now banned TikTok. This means USA, Afghanistan, China, Iran, Nepal, Somalia, and Jordan have all banned Tiktok as an alleged surveillance tool.
It might be worth reflection what each of these countries are doing better from a surveillance context in regulating their internal companies, as a demonstration of excellence, and where TikTok clearly crosses a line.

2024-04-15 20:35:23

Does the intersection of #privacy, #identity and compliance interest you? I'm actively looking for a full-stack dev co-founder -- I already have customers, now we have to build to meet demand.
If you're familiar with #OIDC, #nostr, #PKI, #Oauth, verifiable credentials and #DIDs and love to build in a way that pleases customers, please email [email protected].
No agencies... all ages, genders, and ethnicity encouraged to apply.

2024-03-19 16:56:42

One year ago today we stopped at Crocodile bridge on the way to #nostrica

2024-03-10 20:43:17

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Is there a nostr service that includes the opengraph (og) title and image for social sharing? The image worked, but with @npub12vk…pugg it used "primal.net" spam in the title and not the og:title...

2024-03-10 20:40:42

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/dnd-suspends-contracts-with-arrivecan-contractor-after-learning-ceo-is-a-dnd-employee-1.6788617

2024-03-10 20:40:22

Testing the ability to share nostr links on Facebook, to avoid Facebook's Canadian News sharing censorship...
https://m.primal.net/Hjbi.png

2024-03-07 23:20:42

An important precedent in Canada as of two Fridays ago, IP addresses should now be considered private, and police will need a warrant to obtain them!
Andrei Bykovets v. His Majesty the King (Alta.) (40269)
Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Search and seizure — Investigation related to purchase of virtual gift cards with fraudulent credit card information — Police obtaining internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to locate residences — Whether reasonable expectation of privacy attaches to IP address — Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 8.
In September 2017, the police commenced an investigation related to the purchase of virtual gift cards with fraudulent credit card information. The police was told that the fraudulent online transactions used two IP addresses. The police obtained warrants to search the two residences associated with the IP addresses. The appellant was arrested and charged with 33 offences relating to the possession and use of third parties’ credit cards and personal identification documents, and firearms. The appellant filed a notice alleging the breach of his rights under s. 8 of the Charter as well as other rights. The trial judge found that it was not objectively reasonable to recognize a subjective expectation of privacy in an IP address used by an individual. She concluded that there was no breach of s. 8. The appellant was eventually convicted of 13 of the original 33 counts, which he appealed. The majority of the Court of Appeal of Alberta dismissed the appeal. It found that the trial judge correctly interpreted the scope of the law that governed her s. 8 analysis. The majority concluded that she applied the correct interpretation to her factual findings, which reveal no palpable or overriding error. Veldhuis J.A., dissenting, would have allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial. She found that the appellant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the IP addresses and that his s. 8 rights were violated.
Further reading:
https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/blogs/techlex/supreme-court-canada-rules-ip-addresses-attract-reasonable-expectation-privacy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-privacy-ipaddress-1.7130727
#privacy #cdnpoli

2024-02-26 08:05:27

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A reminder that everything you read online isn't worth sharing before fact checking yourself...
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/16/fact-check-did-duckduckgo-sign-a-secret-deal-with-bill-gates-to-track-users-online/
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N3792HE/

2024-02-21 20:47:42

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I've always used the term "corporate media" for MSM/legacy media, as it frames it in a way that makes the receiver hearing/reading this term realize profit incentives are the priority, not investigative journalism.
Legacy media to me could include investigative journalists using print, for example. (media being either the medium or the message)

2024-02-21 20:40:46

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https://primal.net/e/note1l29j8368kcaa32sr0znj4uacqr4jlc342xmkm4ltw880auym0pms8l77s7

2024-02-21 20:36:08

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I'm so old I've been on nostr BJ (before @npub1sg6…f63m), and I think this was my first zap... thanks 😀

2024-02-21 20:33:30

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The Blockchain Intelligence Group (based here in Vancouver) used to boast on their website that the Canadian and American feds (RCMP and DHS, IIRC) were their customers, I don't see that on their front page now from a quick search...

2024-02-21 20:27:30

From my friend Christopher Parsons, Canada's national policing breaking pretty much every Canadian privacy law, as well as their own internal policies and procedures, collecting personal data on Canadians from dodgy and maybe even illegal sources:
The recent report from Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada/Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada, about the RCMP’s use of private tools to aggregate open source intelligence, is an important read for those interested in the restrictions that apply to federal government agencies’ collection of this information.
The OPC found that the RCMP:
* had sought to outsource its own legal accountabilities to a third-party vendor that aggregated information,
* was unable to demonstrate that their vendor was lawfully collecting Canadian residents’ personal information,
* operated in contravention to prior guarantees or agreements between the OPC and the RCMP,
* was relying on a deficient privacy impact assessment, and
* failed to adequately disclose to Canadian residents how information was being collected, with the effect of preventing them from understanding the activities that the RCMP was undertaking.
It is a breathtaking condemnation of the method by which the RCMP collected open source intelligence, and includes assertions that the agency is involved in activities that stand in contravention of PIPEDA and the Privacy Act, as well as its own internal processes and procedures.
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-and-decisions/ar_index/202324/sr_pa_20240215_rcmp-pwa/
#cdnpoli #privacy

2024-02-20 23:23:40

As of Signal 7, you will be able to use a username instead of your phone number on Signal. You can be an early beta tester by installing Signal Beta and getting your username early:
https://support.signal.org/.../360007318471-Signal-Beta

2024-02-08 02:23:45

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It depends where you're putting your attention of course, but I think most countries suffer from "corporate journalism" (what most people call MSM). I call it corporate media instead, because if profits are the priority, click bait and provocation sells, not objective (as non-biased as possible) research and story telling exploring both/multiple sides of a topic.
We also have a lot of really good journalism here, but it's usually long-form, and that doesn't bode well for keyboard warriors looking for stories that resonate with one's pre-existing confirmation bias.

2024-02-07 21:14:31

Which VPS providers do you trust from a privacy & security perspective, and why?
GDPR because of their strong privacy laws?
I would suggest Canada is best out of the 5 eyes countries, as our spies aren't allowed the corporate / government collusion like the USA (US ClLOUD Act, US PATRIOT Act, MLATs) or the even scarier Australian AA bill. In Canada, lunanode and cacloud are the only two providers I know of that are Canadian owned and hosted on Canadian soil, are there any others?
https://privasectech.com/time-to-consider-which-jurisdiction-your-data-is-stored-in/
https://krisconstable.com/removing-australia-and-australians-from-the-online-world/

2024-02-07 21:10:03

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Although rare, I know many (mostly Canadians, where I live) who identify as journalists who don't pretend not to be personally biased, but as a journalist strive to share both sides and perspectives of an issue.
Although not a professional journalist myself, I try to do this on social media/blogging, and welcome constructive critical debate when I miss a perspective. You shouldn't know a journalist's position if they are a good journalist -- said another way, if you know a writer's bias or position, they're not a (good) journalist.
It does humanity no good in a polarizing world to go extreme with bias even though the result is more clicks, as that just increases polarization. This also erodes critical thought, as we can easily hear listening to keyboard warriors who follow extreme "news" -- I enjoy telling people what they watch/listen to/read when they share their political position, as their lack of critical thinking and dogma demonstrates this.

2024-01-09 04:09:37

#Vancouver folks
If you are working on decentralization technologies, such as #bitcoin/#lightning, #blockchain, #nostr, #identity, or #IPFS, join our casual coffee chat to share your projects, or look for opportunities to join another founder on their decentralized project!
https://www.meetup.com/bcfounders/events/298411520/

2023-11-24 18:42:44

Bitcoin wallets are fine...
https://krisconstable.com/bitcoin-custodial-wallets-are-fine/

2023-11-24 08:39:37

Open Banking Coming To Canada
https://krisconstable.com/open-banking-coming-to-canada/

2023-10-17 22:41:01

I can't wait to read the hot takes on this gem...
https://trustandsafety.fun/

2023-10-17 20:40:03

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https://ipdp.io can do this for you, using liquid.net (layer 2 bitcoin) for tickets/access...

2023-10-17 20:38:20

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Don't conflate all employers with some. Many major chains do this, but most mom + pop sized restaurants have razor thin margins ... maybe a happy medium would be based on revenue/profit, like if your restaurant is making over 100k/year, all of your staff need to be paid at least minimum wage.
But really, the countries that accept tips also have an atrocious non-livable minimum wage that doesn't match the inflation from their endless money printing / central bank relationship, but that's for another day :D

2023-10-17 20:18:42

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I would agree philosophically, but in countries that take tips, employers are usually allowed to pay their staff lower than minimum wage, thus allowing the workers to not declare that tip income, getting them closer to a livable income they would not have with just minimum wage rates -- so would require Denmark like restaurant wages, thus Denmark like restaurant prices, to be sustainable, without tips.

2023-09-07 00:56:57

I just got back to Vancouver, where one of my developers got https://IdeaWave.ca back up while I was gone. By coincidence, I clicked on Janis La Couvée's talk from 2010, "Set Theory and Human Relationships, the Importance of One" -- having just spent time with all my immediate family, including a few days of 13 of us under one roof -- this talk had more of an impact today as I come back to my bachelor pad than it did back then ... makes me think maybe it's time to revive this conference.
https://www.ideawave.ca/conferences/2010/set-theory-and-human-relationships-the-importance-of-one.html will make you think about the impact of your attendance to events of all shapes and sizes...

2023-08-16 19:25:54

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/b539ed06a4a9bdc6e60d9758acf638dae7c095590ef28b3af02071847c096f29.png

2023-07-27 10:06:21

https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-seizes-x-account
On Twitter/Xitter (pronounced Shitter in Chinese), at least know you'll likely get a baseball hat when your overlord wants your account, if you don't fight back, on the free speech platform equal to all.
In my world, even on a centralized platform he'd be entitled to state what he thinks is fair compensation to give up his account.
With nostr, this takeover is a lot more complicated and must include violence, you actually own your account.
Thanks to everyone who is building on this protocol for the future.

2023-07-27 06:40:49

A government should not be trusted if it gets to decide who is "printing" money and who is "counter-fitting" it. Sound money would not allow corrupt or selfish humans interfering, which is another issue bitcoin solves for -- anyone with internet can mint it, or participate.

2023-07-05 00:14:55

Sometimes life is good just chilling with your homies and listening...
https://nostr.build/i/2a7b7763d35223e7ce1e0483bd465d8fe4b54f04e50b4282c1d6b131eb1fa6d2.jpg

2023-06-14 04:51:30

Is there a pay-to-view (with sats) video solution on nostr yet? For conferences/classes/concerts/content creators etc?

2023-05-15 07:42:12

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These posts brought to you by GPT-4 using https://godmode.space/

2023-05-15 07:41:38

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Alright, folks, if you're not off to delete your social media accounts after the last piece (and frankly, who could blame you?), I've got some good news – there's a bright side to this digital dilemma. We might be in a pickle, but it's not a sour one that no one wants on their burger. So, let's talk solutions, shall we?
First things first, we have to acknowledge that social media is a bit like a Labrador puppy: full of energy, sometimes annoying, but ultimately something we want in our lives. They're also similar in that training is key, whether you're trying to prevent your puppy from chewing up your favorite shoes or wanting to make social media work in your favor.
So, how do we train our social media?
Step 1: Pay attention to your settings. They're not just there to take up space in your app. They're like that secret sauce in your grandma's famous casserole, subtly yet significantly impacting the outcome. On Facebook and Instagram, you can choose to prioritize who you see first. Pick your besties, favorite influencers, or that meme page that never fails to make you chuckle.
On Twitter, switch from "For You" to "Latest Tweets" to see what's new from those you follow, in real time. It's like getting the news hot off the press, only you've chosen the reporters.
Step 2: Use the "Not Interested" option liberally. That sponsored ad for a gym membership when your idea of a workout is a Netflix marathon? Click "Not Interested". That suggested video of how to make vegan cheese when you're a devoted meat-lover? "Not Interested". This is the social media equivalent of saying, "No, thank you, I’m full," after being offered the fifth serving at a family dinner.
And finally, Step 3: Set time limits on your apps. Most smartphones have this function, and it's a total game-changer. Imagine it as your digital mom, gently reminding you, "Honey, you've been on Instagram for two hours, don't you think it's time to go outside?" Except, unlike your mom, your phone won’t sulk if you ignore it.
Remember, social media is not the big, bad wolf here. It's just a tool, like a hammer or a blender. And with a little effort, we can make sure it's whipping up delicious smoothies instead of splattering tomato sauce all over our white walls. Happy scrolling!

2023-05-15 07:34:45

I just shared this on Facebook:
Attention, dear social media users and algorithm-loathing folk, take a breather from your Facebook scrolling and let's ponder a moment. Ever taken a stroll through your 21 most recent posts, counting how many are friendly updates from your Aunt Susan, versus the number of ads or AI-generated content? If you haven't, go ahead, we'll wait.
In the last year, I've been bullish on a protocol called Nostr. It's open source, meaning it's like the public library of social media – everyone's welcome, and everything is free. Plus, it's got the resistance of an immune-boosted toddler – no censorship, no algorithm nonsense. If someone's posts aren't your cup of tea, simply unfollow. It's as easy as swiping left on a questionable Tinder profile.
Life's too short, like a perfectly baked souffle or the lifespan of your phone's battery. If we decide to spend time on social media, shouldn't we consider how much of that time is devoted to stuff we never asked for? It's like going to a pizza joint, only to be served a plate of broccoli – not cool!
Facebook, for instance, has this nifty thing they call "Sponsored" (aka, "We paid good money to bombard you with this"). And then there's the "Suggested for you" section (more like, "Our AI reckons you'll like this enough to stick around for a dopamine high"). They tuck this all away under the posts in a shade of grey so light it makes ghosts look vibrant. It's a classic case of a Dark Pattern. But don't take my word for it, here's a handy link for all you knowledge-hungry folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern.
And don't even get me started on Twitter! They have this cheeky "For you" section hogging the limelight. It's the AI's personal stage to blast you with all sorts of content every time you log in. But don't fret, you can click on "Following" to see only the folks you're actually interested in, ever time you log in.
On the trendier side of things, TikTok has your FYP (For You Page) littered with AI picks and posts from those you follow. Instagram and Facebook, on the other hand, sneak in a sponsored ad every three posts, like a game of social media whack-a-mole.
So, let's say you're spending a whopping 90 minutes on social media daily. That means 30 minutes of your day is spent chowing down on a buffet of content specifically targeted at you. Like a sneaky surprise party, but the surprise is just more ads. Food for thought, isn't it?

2023-05-14 07:14:53

Any movement in nostr in terms of not seeing who you're DMing with their public key?

2023-05-14 07:13:25

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Are chem trails from planes related to seeding?

2023-05-12 08:04:15

TIL I learned that not only does shadow banning exist on Elon "free speech" Musk's platform, I'm shadow banned. I just had someone in person search twitter for "kris constable", "cqwww" and "@cqwww" and I did not appear in the results for any of these.
Shout out to algo free, censorship free, decentralized protocols (aka nostr)!

2023-05-11 05:19:25

#Vancouver folks: Wine & AutoGPT discussions tomorrow night:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-autogpt-social-mixer-tickets-631736840897
#AI #GPT

2023-05-06 00:04:24

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You might wanna check out grey listing by my friend Bob Beck (of OpenBSD fame), admittedly I haven't used it in a decade:
https://github.com/jimrazmus/greyscanner

2023-05-06 00:00:24

Wine & AutoGPT meetup in #Vancouver next week, it will likely sellout:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wine-autogpt-social-mixer-tickets-631736840897

2023-05-05 02:43:20

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I know @npub1sg6…f63m and @npub1xts…kk5s
would be OK if I tagged them, don't know the other three well enough to tag them without their consent, so they'll be anons in terms of my sharing even though I could tag 'em.
It was a great conference, I'm still in the afterglow of the friends I've made there!

2023-05-04 23:42:28

I don't always dox people, but when I do ... a photo I took at the last session of #nostrica.
https://nostr.build/i/562f93d1628da15c323a6cad733a5f6366a51fda6df6c78ba1c20039ca49fc9b.jpg

2023-05-04 17:44:05

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cc @npub1sg6…f63m an issue you likely want to resolve...

2023-05-04 17:42:15

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I would suggest the conversations are higher than 90% about bitcoin and nostr so far, but that will change as it scales.

2023-05-04 17:29:42

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Count Dooku's balcony in Attack of the Clones (2002).
https://nostr.build/i/bd3d7fc1e90e6889af15707f785bd53314bf63ee4835ceb43f6154ac61bca7b0.jpg

2023-05-04 17:28:25

https://nostr.build/i/cec53350c4d68534fdd5a49539efe1c959e3ffa621561de64a4152623f056603.jpg

2023-05-04 07:16:34

#Vancouver legend bought a pile of @npub1gdu…6nak 's The Bitcoin Standard and is slowly releasing them in the local community book libraries. He puts a BullBitcoin.com sticker on each as well.
I've bought many and given them away as well.
You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/3noEYzX
https://nostr.build/i/88963c814ffb5da83b84ccaeaeedd6f11e25d346915c5aab4580b92d862b5c51.jpg

2023-05-03 19:22:44

With the new BRC-20 #bitcoin spec, the mempool (https://mempool.space/) is way overloaded. 137 sat/vB as of writing this
https://unisat.io/
Bitcoin maxis are furious, altcoin #NFT users are ecstatic, as they've found a truly decentralized and secure base platform to use.

2023-05-03 09:17:37

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At first I read this as though you got it working on a Sony Playstation 😅

2023-05-03 09:15:30

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Thanks, added to my thread on the bird app.
https://twitter.com/cqwww/status/1653613224447848453

2023-04-27 08:18:01

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What are you doing now and how have you corrected it?

2023-04-27 07:40:34

He does not qualify as a drama teacher even though he played one his whole life. 100% tax payer funded.

2023-04-27 00:44:25

I once convinced Whit Diffie try PGP while we were lost in car is how old I am.

2023-04-23 12:44:55

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I think you can do better.

2023-04-23 12:41:14

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I can login as you and see who is DMing you

2023-04-23 12:40:00

if anyone, #[0] could solve this in a night

2023-04-23 12:38:55

How do we solve the gap of who is messaging who?

2023-04-22 22:56:12

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You're not wrong, and you're not self soveign if you don't run your own mail server...

2023-04-22 14:21:40

Doxxing myself and Dana Larson, ran into him at 4:20 on 4/20
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_4dfee5223b00ba8c407c754e4ee418ed1b699e90f0b38f77d1fbc36c6bcfd755.jpeg
I'm not a cannabis person but if you are, I won the photo lottery

2023-04-22 14:11:09

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Let our actions make history, not your voice, unless your voice is your action

2023-04-22 03:01:06

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https://threatpost.com/protonmail-log-ip-address-french-activist/169242/
I retract the previous post, Tutanota seems to be the only one left?

2023-04-22 02:59:53

A decade ago, the Conservative party (now run by Pierre Poilievre) passed a law that allows some American law enforcement agencies to arrest Canadians on Canadian soil. "the same power to enforce an act of Parliament as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police."
#cdnpoli

2023-04-22 00:29:38

Is there a #nostr service where someone can send sats for retweets based on your number of followers as a blue check subscriber?
https://twitter.com/cqwww/status/1649540785233346560

2023-04-20 12:46:10

Protonmail and Tutanota are the only two email providers that are free and emails have not been compromised...

2023-04-20 06:10:33

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added, whaddya think?

2023-04-19 11:30:09

#Vancouver folks, join us for the #AutoGPT meetup on Thursday. We hate to conflcit with our bitcoin friends, but with #TED2023 AI folks in town this week, this is the only night we could make work.
Check out "Move over ChatGPT -- AutoGPT is about to revolutionize everything" on Eventbrite!
Date: Thu, Apr 20 • 7:00 PM PDT
Location: 1189 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4T8
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/move-over-chatgpt-autogpt-is-about-to-revolutionize-everything-tickets-620247495957?aff=eand

2023-04-18 09:36:54

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Skipplagged is probably the best for your needs, but here's a bunch to try:
https://krisconstable.com/looking-for-cheap-flights/

2023-04-17 02:59:30

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I'll think through this and likely add it, thanks for the suggestion. What do you think of "Bitcoin enthusiast" for the title of such a role?

2023-04-15 13:02:52

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* no one can see who you're DMing.
* perfect forward secrecy for when SHA-256 is compromised

2023-04-15 12:44:40

Assessing Your Level As A Bitcoin Enthusiast
https://krisconstable.com/assessing-your-level-as-a-bitcoin-enthusiast/

2023-04-15 00:27:27

nostr has made it to Forbes...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/04/11/how-to-get-started-with-nostr/

2023-04-14 23:25:48

https://www.thestar.com/business/2023/04/12/business-or-tax-free-savings-account-day-trader-who-ran-up-15k-to-617k-in-his-tfsa-ordered-to-pay-taxes.html
Man makes too much money in his TFSA (a *tax free* savings account in Canada) so the government considers it a business and now must be taxed as such 🤡

2023-04-14 02:31:01

The world's largest banknote printer says printing money isn't that profitable anymore
https://www.businessinsider.com/world-largest-banknote-printer-de-la-rue-issues-profit-warning-2023-4

2023-04-12 15:51:36

https://radioparadise.com is the best audio stream of all time.

2023-04-12 14:59:51

Beer is strong in Vancouver, lifecycle of a nostr meetup here:
Beer 1: This idea is great and what about this?
Beer 2: The stragglers show up, lots of cheers and happiness
Beer 3: Are you Satoshi?
Beer 4 or 5: I think #[0] just showed up
Beer 6: I'm turning purple

2023-04-12 01:33:29

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Some of us use startpage.com which is google quality search but also offers anonymous proxying of website views

2023-04-12 00:04:22

The Canadian Heritage Credibility Gap on Online Harms, Part One: Public Report Did Not Disclose 90% Opposition to Its 2021 Proposal
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/04/the-canadian-heritage-credibility-gap-on-online-harms-part-one-public-report-did-not-disclose-90-opposition-to-its-2021-proposal/
#cdnpoli

2023-04-11 01:12:52

A reminder to those in #Vancouver, we're having a nostrich meetup at R&B Brewing at 6:30 pm on Tuesday April 11th -- everyone welcome, from builders to the curious. Some of us will be sharing our experiences about nostrica, but we'll also begin planning the future of the Vancouver nostr ecosystem including hackathons and hosting a conference here!
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_e608333cc7b23c78dab87cdaa5882e7aabb5b8315210a73bb18dd60ec7c3610b.jpg

2023-04-09 09:33:34

I wanna help Internet Archive be a part of nostr, who has the oldest relay they're willing to share? And how can we solve the metadata leakage issue?

2023-04-09 09:25:21

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Happy host a cypherpunk movie night next week... 😀

2023-04-08 09:46:19

Unpacking the memories...
https://i.imgur.com/DFLSlkx.jpg

2023-04-08 00:34:23

Reminder to check your web server's TLS/SSL for an A+ rating:
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/

2023-04-06 21:14:25

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Sorry, I did not account for that in my search, let me know if you notice of them take bitcoin!
A quick google search shows: https://coingate.com/blog/post/buy-vps-crypto

2023-04-06 20:06:44

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oops, yes, thanks.

2023-04-06 00:26:08

For those looking for a cheap VPS to run a relay, I built a list of the cheapest VPS' I could find for https://onedaywebsite.ca :
https://onedaywebsite.ca/cheap-vps-hosting-options/
I'm thinking I'll try https://github.com/pjv/strfry_personal_docker on one of them as it offers whitelisting users, seems fast, and light weight.

2023-04-05 23:50:35

Iris.to's about page says "It works offline-first and is not dependent on any single centrally managed server. Users can even connect directly to each other."
Can anyone speak to this "talking directly to each other"?

2023-04-05 21:56:32

For those on LinkedIn, there's a "nostr for business" group if you're interested:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14168128/
At least until someone builds a business networking app on nostr already 😅

2023-04-05 21:54:42

I added my coinos.io lightning address to my nostr profile, and noted recently to someone I don't think I've ever been zapped as I don't really understand it yet. I just logged in to my coinos.io and have been receiving a bunch of micropayments I wasn't even aware of -- thanks zappers!
Now to figure out how to start zapping others from coinos.io if anyone has any experience/tips?

2023-04-05 21:26:23

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This is the hang out where #[3] started to grow on me 😅

2023-04-05 21:24:44

Do you know anyone in #Vancouver who is interested in nostr or bitcoin?
We're meeting at R&B Brewing at 6p.m. on April 11th if you want to join us!
We'll do a recap of nostrica.com, and talk about community plans together, including a nostr conference and hackathon this spring!
cc #[0]
#[1]
#[2]

2023-03-31 08:31:25

no one who takes the time to understand bitcoin regrets it