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Considering I just had my second child with my Egyptian wife I found this quite funny. Uncle is totally correct - life gets much busier, but also much better!
#note1xqf…jx2l

2024-06-16 20:09:02

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Yeah, this could certainly help with large files

2024-06-16 20:01:13

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Been using Rumble for a year now but seriously considering uploading direct to Nostr

2024-06-10 22:34:50

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Which is worse? This or iOS 18?

2024-06-08 06:54:01

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Haven’t used Adobe for a few years but seeing the indie film community reaction to this has been priceless. Curious to see the new tools that will be developed from this shipwreck

2024-05-31 10:39:17

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Don’t forget Meta

2024-05-26 22:17:06

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Nope. Nice words about BTC doesn’t reverse this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nawar_al-Awlaki

2024-05-24 02:35:14

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Didn’t realize this was released yet. Thanks for sharing!

2024-05-16 05:08:13

Very excited for this!
FYI, this might become a #LOTR stan account in September…
https://youtu.be/TCwmXY_f-e0?si=R8id9lvAyiq2amAl

2024-05-12 21:52:03

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Slugs are really common but that actually looks like it might be a rodent

2024-05-10 11:36:16

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Personally I found a point where I’m embracing the occasional bugginess. Just need to be more active.

2024-05-07 22:59:10

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Empirical surveillance is more in line with Deleuze’s “dividual” than Foucault. Always felt Hallaq’s silence on the techno-state as more a contrived ignorance. He largely reads like someone who has never touched a computer.

2024-05-07 02:20:17

The only dis track we needed:
#FreePalestine #HindsHall
https://x.com/macklemore/status/1787616471738368099?s=46

2024-05-04 08:52:56

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Any recommendations to add to my reading list?

2024-05-04 03:02:12

Instagram and WhatsApp gone. Got a ton of video content on Facebook that’s taking some time to migrate to a backup. Considering I need to get off Google next, what are some good video sharing options for data privacy?
I already use Rumble as a redundancy/backup and I’d like to try cross posting here to Nostr. Others I should check out?
#note12dl…07p6

2024-04-28 23:07:09

Meta apps: WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook - all queued for deletion this week. Let’s see how many I can bring over to Nostr 🤞
Oh yeah, Phoenix Wallet too 😔
Picked up this book on recommendation from @npub1chm…r4y5. I’ll probably add a few more books as detox medication.
https://m.primal.net/IBBb.jpg

2024-04-22 22:07:12

💯
Signal, Session, Proton, & Nostr are what I’m moving towards.
#note17jx…gj9n

2024-04-22 21:22:18

Google:
“This is too important a moment as a company for us to be distracted.”
Translation:
“AI is too important for us care if it is being use for genocide.”
#note1me9…tpr2

2024-04-17 23:08:13

Further evidence to my theory that AI is a weapon of the magical dark arts:
https://blog.paulbiggar.com/meta-and-lavender/

2024-04-16 22:56:01

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Allah is the only infinite, and Allah is indivisible.

2024-04-14 05:18:10

You know Twitter/X is dead when you stop going there for breaking news.
Today was that day for me!

2024-04-12 22:44:43

سبحان الله
#note1ffh…0ffh

2024-04-11 11:47:21

عيد سعيد 🌙
Must have been an update to Primal because zaps seem to now finally be working. Alhamdulillah! That was three months of learning more about bitcoin, nostr, and many other things and couldn’t be happier to be able to zap on Eid 🙂
Looking forward to building more in this space. Hope all of you had a blessed Ramadan!
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2024-03-25 06:43:34

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Under the assumption of progressive history the past really doesn’t matter or apply as of value to be studied. Only so much as to what can be forecast like the weather. The present moment becomes all that matters - what can my credit buy me today…

2024-03-23 22:56:24

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Yeah, there is a reason why history and economics are taught separately…

2024-03-19 04:04:48

Testimonial:
Last year the brothers at Bitcoin Majlis ran a bitcoin focused charity drive for @orphansofuganda raising over $6000 (~21 million sats) - nearly $14,000 in current valuation. This was my first time learning about and using the Lightning Network. Considering I still haven’t quite figured out zaps, I still have much to learn. But, I have learned enough that in the past year I’ve been able to orange-pill my wife!
If you’re looking for sadiqa options this Ramadan, this orphanage is a very good cause!
orphans-of-uganda.org/donate/
LN Address: [email protected]
You can learn more about them and last year’s campaign to support them here:
https://bitcoinmajlis.org/unleashing-the-power-of-zakat-through-the-bitcoin-lightning-network/

2024-03-19 03:20:47

Ramadan thoughts from the past week:
As Muslims we need to embrace time as a qualitative reality. Sure calculation my be permissible, but it is not from the sunnah.
Trying to do too much is the quickest way to burn out and (at least for myself) get sick. Consistency is king! And 2-3 goals is best. Be kind to yourself. Embrace relaxation and take a sunnah nap.
Keep your food simple. Make sure it is halal and aim for tayyib. I personally cut gluten and sugar a few months ago and have been mostly carnivore and my body feels like it is thriving! Also drink as much water as the food you eat.
Arabic only in the home. I’m not fluent myself yet so this is a big step for me. Ramadan is the month of Quran which is in Arabic so I’m trying to do all my audio content exclusively in Arabic. Amazing immersive experience so far!
Donate some Bitcoin to someone in need. If you’ve been DCAing for anything longer than 6 months you are insanely profitable, mashaAllah. I’ll make another note on this topic, but sadiqa is alway a good decision which much benefit.
May Allah bless us and reward our fasting!

2024-03-19 03:09:33

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Going to miss these newsletters. I learned so much!

2024-03-12 03:04:13

رمضان كريم
https://m.primal.net/HjxW.jpg

2024-02-18 22:52:45

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...only a god can save us now.

2024-02-09 08:37:00

I recently swung by a café to get some remote work done. First time I’d had the opportunity to do this in probably five years. I was in the mood for tea, so I drove half-an-hour to go check out the only local spot I could find. Was able to get a decent ginseng oolong but the vibe of the place was just off (felt more like a fast food joint) and they were blasting pop music non-stop. The music was actually what really got to me as soon as I entered, and once I sat down I put my headphones in to drowned out the noise with salawat.
Is this the reality now? That everyplace has to have some background music playing? Elevator music was originally commissioned to give the perception of smooth and safe motion to the internal appearance of a static cage. Now one can’t escape noise pollution without a quiet pod.
What was once meant to beautify the mundane has now become an inescapable, infinite playlist modulating your pocketbook.

2024-02-03 21:59:43

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We are already in 2030. Pretty sure it was like 5 years ago...

2024-02-03 21:57:56

Employment is no longer about economizing the body's physical energy but rather its mental aptitude. AI's only hope of being freedom-tech will be in decentralization and self-hosting. Otherwise it is just another element of hypermodernity's cult of marginal progress. Tech is a drug, but the choice is are you an addict or a physician.
#note1hw3…4myw

2024-01-29 22:59:05

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Curious, is this move more an action against telecom or nostr? Nostr seems to have some solid advantages over email for newsletters , but telecom is still a giant for KYC.

2024-01-28 06:43:02

Consumption and contribution have collided into the economization of the content creator. There is a new IG filter every 48 hours, yet no longer any filtration systems to allow the metaphorical cream to rise to the top. In fact, we now have an utterly cluttered society full of homegrown and half-baked content. Where has the milking-cow gone? More likely, she has been replaced with soy or a synthesized alternative.
Case in point – my own experimental toe-dipping into the ocean of AI art generation:  My toddler loves cartoons. Personally, I’m disgusted with the quality available, not that toddlers should be watching cartoons anyway (as our pediatrician reminds us), but admittedly this is inescapable in our hypermodern era. So, with AI democratizing animation, I thought why not try to make one myself.
Today I picked up a copy of George MacDonald’s classic The Golden Key. It’s public domain and I would encourage anyone unfamiliar with the fairytale to check it out. I grabbed this copy as I wanted to get a peek at Maurice Sendak’s illustrations from the 1967 edition. I’d seen some hints already and knew the style I was exploring was dissimilar. However, as I flipped through the pages my wife called out over my shoulder, “That’s your aëranth!” (An aëranth is a magical creature that looks like the composite of an owl and a fish). Sure enough, the remarkable similitude between Sendak’s rendering and my AI generated rendering was obvious.   I present here both images for your consideration (mine being fully half-baked):
https://m.primal.net/HZaQ.png
https://m.primal.net/HZaR.jpg

2024-01-27 20:23:32

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It's the cognitive dissonance of the western lifestyle...
Primal on iOS > Damus , imo.
I wouldn't discourage anyone from using Damus though. Nostr onboarding, regardless of client, is a net good.

2024-01-21 23:00:08

RE: Islamic Cybernetics | @npub1chm…r4y5
The premised assumption that data trumps oil/energy when such accumulation requires ever increasing processing power, seems to ignore spatial realities and limits power projection to the realm of mass.
Hence, perhaps, the concluding leap to relegate fiqh to post-action rather than its juristic necessity in pre-action.
As with most things modern or post-modern, the overvaluation of data (mind over heart) leads to the erasure of the spiritual in its appetite of quantification.
https://notes-ibnmaghreb.vercel.app/collection/is-islamic-cybernetics-possible/

2024-01-21 22:15:11

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Fully expecting a reoccurrence of this with the BTC ETFs within a decade.

2024-01-20 10:54:06

The charm of the castle is constituted in its duty and honor.
Few have either.
Or know how to find them.
And project a facade into the polity prompting the fishmonger to believe he is a king.
Stay humble. Stack stats. Seek truth.
Generations will wonder at citadels we create.
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2024-01-16 12:45:55

I’ve been toying with the idea of Nostr for nearly a year now. I’ve never considered myself the techie in my family, but I can usually figure things out. Learning a new protocol is not simple - it’s not as hard as language acquisition, but more of a leap than learning to ride a bike or to juggle. It kind of reminds me of playing around with my grandma’s iMac when I was growing up in the mid-90’s. There are new, multidimensional connections that one has to put together. It will be interesting to watch how the tech giants embrace AI, the crown-jewel of the dying Information Age. Meanwhile from our couches, we will be determining the future of the Experience Economy.
#note

2024-01-10 22:36:23

going into '24 like . . .
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