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I'm hinting to some very specific jurisdictions, which can arrest you pretty much anywhere in the world, extradite you, and have you trialed on their soil.
And for other jurisdictions, the case remains that protocols are better suited to provide censorship resistance rather than company.

2024-04-26 18:46:29

Bitcoin/Lightning service providers should 100% break ties with hostile jurisdictions and stop serving their citizens.
Protocols provide censorship resistance, not companies. If you live under a repressive regime, learn to use them.

2024-03-26 14:41:26

r/place but you can actually pay a pool to produce a specific block template and it's there forever https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000341cc26cda4af82cd25f7063c448772228cbf2836915b?audit=false

2024-03-25 19:59:42

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Just so you know, brands like Melitta produce very similar descaler for half the price. Been using them for my DeLonghi, works like a charm.

2024-03-25 19:52:06

PayPerQ (https://ppq.ai/) joins the long list of awesome products with a name that accidentally sounds funny in French 🇫🇷
A common slang for toilet paper in French is "Papier Q" ("papier cul", butt paper). And, you guessed it, PayPerQ pronounced with an impeccable French accent sounds very much like Papier Q.

2024-03-12 15:35:17

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?
https://cdn.satellite.earth/89d2ea9a8511545bea569c903d43e134a3c2422fc0cff63049ad41b945e4c1b0.jpg

2024-03-08 16:10:17

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Damn, nice!

2024-02-27 12:30:32

Goosebumps
https://app.suno.ai/song/1fdbcea1-5396-41c4-995f-e489cfa89ba1

2024-02-09 15:08:01

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At some point it seemed they would be a walled garden protecting their users from spam: you could only listen to events coming from paid relays, thus preventing spam because you would only see what other paying users broadcast. Could call it Nostr Blue 😅
But spam doesn't seem to be so much of an issue (yet?), and it is at least not worse here than on Twitter. What I'm wondering still is whether it improves reach, since there maybe users who mostly listen to paid relays.

2024-02-09 15:05:25

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Thanks for your answer! Yes, topic-based relays are going to be interesting. I like what nostr.wine is doing with its Patreon-like paid relay feature where you can see events based on your subscription.

2024-02-09 09:31:05

Trying to dust off my nostr relay game a bit. I'm currently only using free relays. Are paid relays still a thing, and do you notice a big improvement in terms of reach and/or discoverability when using them? If so, which?

2024-01-15 10:42:34

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https://cdn.satellite.earth/40b627d4b0a7f08a29d313b2bede18dfe36382219f2324c2ed2211a7d50b6432.png

2024-01-15 10:38:53

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In an hypothetic bitcoinized world, that would be used for acute transparency (for example for banks, companies or public institutions). Wanna send those funds? First, you gotta make a statement on your official nostr profile.

2024-01-03 10:29:23

My 2024 resolution is to read that "Read later" folder.

2023-12-20 20:15:33

https://cdn.satellite.earth/e66d23b89ab54e8757278a5f25479f1015c932dbe8ec9f9fe915ebc25c56bd91.jpg

2023-12-20 19:30:44

Après son burn out, épuisé par l'incessante pression du lobby crypto, Gary Gensler se reconvertit dans l'élevage de laitières.
https://image.nostr.build/efae107f941d24764cb322127b5ddd43e3f09b75cb031fdeaa6ce6acfb9da649.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1080x1920&blurhash=%5DGF%24R%3BM%7BDh%25M4n%7E9RkI%40xtE2IVWVR%3ARjxYENflsAnhxXE1W%3DxZjENd58oKxXR%2Bt6RQbIR*jXs%3A%3D%5Dt7IqR*ax9vogxWWAxZ&x=5772f28903b06da614a7d033ef84be5a4e4c04f2ea0bfc220170075e252bffea

2023-12-18 15:18:34

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Dear Lord, they're breeding now

2023-12-18 15:17:21

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Congrats! ⚡️

2023-12-15 16:12:35

Look who arrived in the mail!
https://cdn.satellite.earth/f96e79b15fb595336085b6743c39a3ba4040ffcf8ecf455cb2cb5dd66bb1f3e2.jpg
https://cdn.satellite.earth/9bc4335da41684a1916bdeb0e1a6c291dd79ce2fe648bdc072d9d95f1e204037.jpg
https://cdn.satellite.earth/89318456154a75e02493106cb71b83f1ecab6415811e462cf46e2a22dac3a1fc.jpg
Holding the physical book and seeing my name and short story printed on it is an awesome feeling, and what is even more awesome is to know there are 20 other stories I have yet to discover!
If you're into SciFi and into Bitcoin, you can buy the book on [Konensus' shop](https://bitcoinbook.shop/products/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain?ref=fanis) (use the code FANIS for 10% off).

2023-11-28 07:51:09

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Because the way German build new words is basically glue existing words together with "s" in between. So it's fairly easy (and fun) to coin new words.

2023-11-28 07:48:28

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If we get to 1 sat = 3$, there's a good chance a coffee won't cost $1

2023-11-24 10:31:08

Is there a German world for the feeling you get when you're at home waiting for a delivery but you've got an errand to run and you feel in your guts the delivery man isn't going to show up today ; but at the same time you *know* that 5 minutes after you leave the delivery man will come knocking at the door?

2023-11-06 17:42:23

Tune in in 2 blocks to listen to @npub1905…3w9x telling us about Konsensus Network and his story in the forthcoming "Tales from the Timechain" sci-fi anthology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOb5hQ038D0

2023-11-06 16:34:53

I think I have found my new outdoor office https://cdn.satellite.earth/11428e05d55bb29fe1c251b3ec3525c8761ef6e9641630d5c8b2bd5efe22155c.jpg

2023-11-06 13:20:08

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Nice! I guess more granular sharing would not be too difficult to add to the mix, such as posts that are only for a certain tier in the beginning but become public after a few days

2023-11-02 18:29:40

Using a signing device *but* storing your seed in your iPhone's notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJrSWXFXvlE

2023-10-31 15:34:06

@npub1l2v…ajft I'm wondering how exactly the new Patreon-like subscription feature works in Highlighter, bacause it seems to me I didn't have to create a NWC connection as I expected to.
But I had to sign a kind 7001 event (that's new, isn't it?) which contained the details about my sub (amount, frequency, my pub key and a random id). So my guess is the Highlighter client digest this kind of events and, the next time I open it in a month it will prompt my wallet (e.g. Alby) to create another zap request. Because else I don't see where a connection was established between highlighter and Alby. Thanks!

2023-10-31 10:30:34

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@npub1l0u…rhn4 used to, something like a year ago, but has stopped since. So not worth it for him.

2023-10-26 11:13:01

https://cdn.satellite.earth/4621d21ce4d7a02e65a535ff8081ceaaef92132b8a374de235b113983ca0bd83.jpg

2023-10-26 10:18:05

Ngl this technique works scarily well on me
https://cdn.satellite.earth/01e9ed3c0a57fc5a526f0801b446174864b16436b8e8f2f6274f8434aa140f75.png

2023-10-26 09:57:23

Just published the latest issue of Latest Strikes yesterday evening.
Wondering how exactly @npub1xnf…lpr5 is destroying the Lightning Network? Thought it was already doomed due to replacement cycling attacks? It's in there, and more! 👇
https://blog.lnmarkets.com/latest-strikes-59-october-16th-22nd-2023/
PS: feel free to zap if you wish to contribute to the destruction of the network! I promise I'll settle those quickly 😁

2023-10-24 10:24:23

Re Lightspark/UMA, a thing that some people don't seem to quite get is that it isn't really about KYC itself. Rather, it is about the standardisation of it on top of a pre-existing open protocol.
What if UMA become predominant over vanilla LNURL? How long 'till it kills it, like Google killed XMPP?
That's how you will a decentralised network, as brilliantly articulated [here](https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html).
There's a clear path in which "compliant" extensions of open protocols become so widely adopted by the public that you either comply, or be exiled to the confines of cyberspace. What is happening now to LNURL will come to Lightning itself.
The openness of the protocols we use & love means there is no way to prevent States and Corporations to implement their own controlled versions of it. The only hill we can really fight on is acceptance and awareness. And I think the earlier we fight back, the better our chances.
As Eric Hugues [wrote](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/cypherpunk-manifesto/): "We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy out of their beneficence. It is to their advantage to speak of us, and we should expect that they will speak."

2023-10-24 10:14:26

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Apparently they didn't get the memo

2023-10-23 15:44:36

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This excerpt is from Lightspark's new product [UMA](https://app.lightspark.com/docs/uma-sdk/introduction), which is basically LNURL-Pay with compliance baked-in.

2023-10-23 15:43:13

(L/VA)SPs are useful, but there's no such thing as a free lunch, as is demonstrated once again.
https://cdn.satellite.earth/e6bec1ce3c8dab3884fa1c58510bc9fabf87be997b4f170ac2963c3ab717fddc.png

2023-10-12 17:41:35

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The DiamondHands guys are in partnership with Boltz. They are using the Boltz codebase, but it's a completely distinct deployment AFAIK.
Also, Boltz isn't completely open source, but uses a Business Source License that will completely free the software in 2027. In the meantime, the software can't be used in production, unless with Boltz' agreement. Hence the partnership with DH.

2023-10-12 17:35:02

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Website is still up https://strikeinfrance.fr/
Can't wait to *not* renew the domain next year 😇

2023-10-12 00:44:31

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That's just because the transactions that pay really high fees push the ones that don't from the current next block. If there were enough degens out ther paying crazy high fees, their transactions would fit several "in construction" blocks, as you expect. There isn't just a full block of "really high fee" paying transactions in the mempool (yet?).
You can watch the mesmerising ballet of lower fee rates transactions getting pushed off the current next block in the detailed view of the block.

2023-10-12 00:35:48

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Customisability? 👀

2023-10-06 09:48:15

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You need funds available to create a transaction that spends from the anchor output and pays enough fees to get both this new transaction and the initial transaction (the one closing the channel) mined.
Your anchor output in the closing transaction spends to your funding pubkey, which is what makes it *yours*. Your node hence needs to take part in the fee-bumping transaction to actually spend the anchor output, since it's the only one able to spend it (while the transaction remains unconfirmed). The easiest way to do CPFP is hence to also have available funds on your node, which your node can add to the transaction spending the anchor to increase the overall fee.
The funds could come from an external wallet, but that means coordinating a transaction between your node and this external wallet. Additionally, having the extra-funds already on your node makes it possible to easily automate this fee-bumping process.

2023-09-28 15:53:18

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But don't bring a pen to a swords fight.

2023-09-28 00:46:03

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Hey! Thanks for putting all this data together, that's really interesting!
I was wondering: is the "total channel volume" of a node over a day the sum of the capacities of all the channels that your node is aware of for this node? Or is it something else?
And is the "volume" column in the table an average "channel volume" over 2 months, or a cumulative "payment volume" over this period? Thanks!

2023-09-26 15:56:17

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The speed of that thing is impressive. Notice how sometimes it has already guessed the order before Jordan is done speaking 🤯
And I guess I'll just pour myself another coffee!

2023-09-26 15:49:41

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How does it handle quote tweets?

2023-09-11 09:04:40

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OrlovskyGPT

2023-09-10 19:44:25

https://cdn.satellite.earth/98848c1e1cc2e3b2ce90c3ed8e30f5e077f83f0835edaeaf1bc043a54b2306b8.jpg

2023-09-02 23:33:01

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Yup, already checked it out, seems like there aren't meetups in place near the border 😅. I'm willing to launch one that could alternate sides of the border each month, and trying to gauge the interest 👀

2023-09-02 23:17:58

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Damn this is cool

2023-09-02 23:16:30

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(the last word is "down", obviously. Don't drink and note, folks.)

2023-09-02 23:14:58

Yo Nostr! Are there any fellow 🇮🇹 or 🇫🇷 Bitcoiners living near the frontier who would be done for meeting up?
I just moved to [REDACTED] (France), I can straight up walk to Italy, and I'm thinking I'd love to see more of this transnational love and understanding that Bitcoin brings to us plebs. Who's done?

2023-09-01 12:45:43

Seeing some pictures here and there: is BHB2023 hosted in a warehouse?

2023-08-30 19:52:49

Coming soon to a block explorer near you
https://cdn.satellite.earth/4a80cacf6fd60fb732a400cc6d41b28833996fc6c182649d7621ae655cb42413.png

2023-08-30 10:16:27

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Weird, maybe try clearing the cache. Anyway, the subscription counter has increased, so I think your subscription went through. Probably just a display bug on Satellite :)

2023-08-21 15:07:36

Sup nostr 🖖 I created a n/lightningnetwork community, if you guys wanna come and hangout talking about dat dank payment network.
Peace!
https://satellite.earth/n/lightningnetwork/npub1fanjsgy7jghu7d3l5hfq79a3c9kt959x638d5qhjmeeseyr7xp2qert4f0

2023-08-15 18:34:08

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Glad this episode was implemented!

2023-08-15 15:43:04

Just watched Stillwater on Netflix, best movie I've seen there in a while.

2023-08-12 14:13:19

Good yard nostriches

2023-08-10 18:56:01

The latest issue of [Latest Strikes](https://blog.lnmarkets.com/latest-strikes-48-august-1st/) is out. It delves into some notable news that happened in the Lightning world last week:
- how a user took advantage of a bug in @npub1jfu…m0gx
- @npub1n0d…p427 becoming open source (thanks to investors not grasping how cool it is)
- the @npub1zhq…h0dw and @npub15kl…4m73 partnering to help activists worldwide integrate Lightning into their online presence
- many wallet news (mostly custodial ones: @npub1get…0nfm,@`blinkbtc`, Mash)
- looping out to an external xpub
- splicing merged into Core Lightning (cc @npub1jg5…6n8n 🚀)
- and the blueprint of real-word data gathering for endorsement-based reputation systems to help fight channel jamming.
As always, baked with 🧡 and ⚡️

2023-08-10 16:12:27

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Never noticed.

2023-08-10 12:00:43

https://m.primal.net/HIOB.jpg

2023-08-05 09:15:50

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yes

2023-08-05 07:55:27

I’m currently trying @nos.social on MacOS again after a long time, and I must say this client is sharp! Notes and content load quite quickly, the general experience is very smooth. The “Discover” panel is interesting, although its format is quite different from the “Feed” one. Me likey.

2023-08-05 07:47:07

The .channel TLD was made generally available in June this year 👀

2023-08-03 15:42:00

@npub15w8szlfuwx86zt62q73mkude9gtsm8rzzjshlj3ug8wf6wprvhcsj2nuj0 long 500 x50

2023-07-26 12:33:47

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Awesome stuff! Wondering whether it would be interesting to add the ability for the funding to "trickle down". The package developer could add a `recursive` property in the package.json funding area, which would be a decimal between 0 and 1 describing how much of any received funding would be automatically sent further down to other packages devs.
It could be achieved even more granularly by combining PkgZap with ZapSlitter.

2023-07-24 20:20:48

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It's happening!

2023-07-24 20:17:36

It's been two weeks but I just can't get over how insulting it is from the ECB to pretend they're giving the People a say in the making of their money by allowing them to pick the new banknotes design.

2023-07-21 11:30:26

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And even more importantly, it is an opt-in feature. Not an opt-out one.
(sorry for the double response on Twitter and Nostr, but you started it 😂)

2023-07-19 15:14:55

#note1m3m…73j2
This is cool AF but the background is making me feel dizzy for real 😂

2023-07-18 21:18:58

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I don't know why but I had never noticed how the hair fade into the rest of the shirt. This makes me want it even more badly 🤙

2023-07-18 21:11:20

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Accessible ici aussi !

2023-07-13 10:42:20

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En tout cas il a bien communiqué cette clé sur Twitter.

2023-07-12 18:23:47

Really pumped by the AI x Lightning convergence and the tools set forth by Lightning Labs to help make this a reality! Cherry on top: no token needed (although I hear there're some macaroons involved 😁).
Similarly, @npub1yfg…v6vg help us see how a new "content economy" can be created, with fair retribution for all, without NFTs or dumb 💩coins.
https://blog.lnmarkets.com/latest-strikes-44-july-3rd/

2023-07-12 11:13:50

Satoshi is the Homer of our time.

2023-07-12 09:40:52

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Yes en effet on a eu un petit down hier soir !

2023-07-11 23:30:21

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Ça remarche ?

2023-07-11 19:42:41

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Like dis

2023-07-11 18:31:26

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@npub14glkj3cmlv9d7un93c38j2x39h7z0xfmtgahn2dhqmr2d6da323srfrkg0 is a real madlad 🔥

2023-07-11 15:58:56

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Not any more. See their [ToS](https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/terms-of-service/).
"When you are streaming live on the Twitch Services you may not simultaneously live stream or broadcast (“Simulcast”) on any other “Twitch-like Service,” meaning any web-based network, platform, or service that supports live streaming of user generated content, without advance written permission from Twitch. For clarity, you may Simulcast on mobile-first services that support live streaming. This Section does not apply to non-profit or government entities that are live streaming for non-commercial purposes."
This applies to all streamers, not only partners.

2023-07-11 12:27:46

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It is! Not sure where they're going with this.

2023-07-11 12:27:00

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Yup, that's what prompted this rant. But Dashlane does the same.

2023-07-11 11:20:53

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Not necessarily. If the goal is to attract people to Nostr streams that might work for long enough. Tbh I have no idea how Twitch plans to enforce this rule. My guess is what they don't want (and hence monitor) is streamers going live on Twitch and YouTube/TikTok/Kick at the same time. I don't see them going after zap.stream just yet (no offense @npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 😆)

2023-07-11 09:53:51

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This! I don't know what would be required to have zap.stream supported on restream.io, but I think that would be pretty good for growth.
Also, AFAIK Twitch ToS explicitly ban multistreaming.

2023-07-11 09:50:53

Smol idea for password managers: when you propose me to use a new generated password in the corresponding field of a form, maybe actually save the password for me as well?

2023-07-11 09:49:06

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Bon matin !

2023-07-10 17:44:34

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Right now they're established as *the* streaming platform, so that's where ad money is.

2023-07-10 15:12:02

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C’est plus compliqué que ça pour moi. Cf le texte :
"De même, les services utilisés à des fins de communication, et les moyens techniques de leur fourniture, ont également évolué de manière considérable, donnant naissance à des services en ligne tels que la voix sur IP, les services de messagerie et les services de messagerie électronique sur l’internet, pour lesquels la communication est assurée via un service d’accès à l’internet. Ces services peuvent également bénéficier d’exemptions de responsabilité, dans la mesure où ils peuvent être qualifiés de services de “simple transport”, de “mise en cache” ou d’”hébergement”.” (point 28 ici https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2022.277.01.0001.01.FRA&toc=OJ:L:2022:277:TOC)
Pour moi, un relai c’est bien un service de “simple transport” et de “stockage”, ce qui permettrait de les exclure du champ d’application de cette loi.

2023-07-10 15:01:31

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Le Digital Services Act européen entrera en vigueur le 25 août, avec des conditions de contrôle du contenu assez strictes pour les plateformes. Comme à ma connaissance la modération par IA n'est pas encore au point et vu les coûts associés à un traitement humain, à mon avis les plateformes vont devoir censurer fortement pour se conformer à la loi. Ça risque de rendre ces plateformes franchement inutilisables pour parler d'autre chose que de la météo.

2023-07-10 14:35:20

46 days until the beginning of the greatest influx of Europeans on Nostr
https://media1.giphy.com/media/wy43cj0Wg09vXmV5DB/giphy.gif

2023-07-07 17:25:47

How can I schedule a stream on zap.stream? Feels like I'm being dumb dumb

2023-07-06 22:41:10

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Reminder set

2023-07-06 20:02:03

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Effectivement, là ça passe comme une lettre à la poste.

2023-07-06 16:37:40

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Is this the French art de vivre?

2023-07-06 16:17:12

The last few weeks/months in France have seen:
- increased use of DNS-level censorship (and discussions to further increase usage)
- new law enabling real-time biometric recognition
- new law enabling remote activation of smarthones mics and cameras
- a president openly considering turning down social media if required
- special service officially considering the use of encryption itself as denoting the intent to engage in clandestine activities
- ...
Really feels like things have been accelerating recently.

2023-07-06 11:05:44

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Didn't went very well, sound issues 😅

2023-07-06 10:55:28

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Bonjour ! 🫂

2023-07-06 10:53:04

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Hopefully that's not it. All the best!