/ is on Nostr

The Apple tears in this thread are delightful.
I mean wat?: «People like me are too deep into the Apple ecosystem to ever reasonably leave.»
Also "looking for alternatives" but not really. Just making up excuses.
https://mastodon.social/@film_girl/112955430469437567

2024-08-06 16:23:45

«Remember "proof of location", and fancy schemes we crypto people would come up with that were based on network delay / speed of light calculations? Turns out people are looking into using that stuff.... for export control of AI chips»
https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth/0x25e55af0

2024-07-22 18:14:05

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I think "yuck!" should be renamed to "goatse".

2024-07-21 00:42:22

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197kB

2024-07-18 11:12:31

Just to be clear, folks: "Wir haben es nicht gewußt" is not gonna cut it as an excuse this time around.

2024-07-11 11:44:22

Looks like my spare time project isn't that crazy.
OpenVibe is something similar, although I haven't tried it out yet.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/09/openvibe-combines-mastodon-bluesky-and-nostr-into-one-social-app (by @[email protected] )

2024-07-09 00:36:38

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Moron

2024-06-18 12:19:18

I just donated to #KeePassXC.
https://keepassxc.org/donate/

2024-06-17 09:44:09

I've come to appreciate Threadreader now that I'm not on Twitter anymore :-)

2024-06-17 01:16:02

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Others in this thread already said it, but: he's right.

2024-06-16 09:46:42

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What are your plans?
I could come over in the evening or tomorrow if that's still part of your weekend.

2024-06-12 20:38:58

I'm really curious what rebuilding the webclient I'm working in a minimal framework would be like, because fuck

2024-06-11 14:59:21

Front-end development is such a shitshow. I think it peaked with jQuery.

2024-06-07 22:16:45

Oh wow, Bluesky doesn't have a way to retrieve a timeline from a certain point (or up to a certain point). Just a temporary cursor for pagination 😲
• https://docs.bsky.app/docs/api/app-bsky-feed-get-timeline
• https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/2144

2024-06-07 20:20:15

I don't mind Bootstrap too much for tarting up my front-end but it feels kinda backwards to go from HTML elements + attributes to "use a div and dump everything in the class attribute".
This isn't a new take or anything, I've seen others lament this too.

2024-06-04 23:25:46

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This was the first time I looked at this on my phone and it didn't look half bad at all!
I've got to give Bootstrap that.

2024-06-04 23:15:13

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Although posting images is not implemented yet.
https://image.nostr.build/5cc584ff647f05078a7cce4ddafef10445a3661e40021ec7f085dd15553dd4d8.jpg https://image.nostr.build/925accad31bd966f8fb11860f0c332e2633e003be087745d26b762d1f8c32663.jpg

2024-06-04 22:55:16

Posting to #Bluesky, #Mastodon, #Nostr and #Warpcast from my #SailfishOS phone.

2024-06-02 00:58:43

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Will you deny EU users from your app or just not be available anymore from official stores?
(And available on degoogled phones or SailfishOS?)

2024-06-02 00:54:36

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I was wondering wtf was causing specific errors on the browser console for the client I'm working on, but now I see it's your post 😂

2024-05-31 17:09:00

FFS 🙄
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/majority-for-chat-control-possible-users-who-refuse-scanning-to-be-prevented-from-sharing-photos-and-links/ @npub1sn0…jdv9 @npub1a2c…w83a

2024-05-29 08:18:50

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Ah yes, welcome to the club.
Once mine got older I felt like I was stepping out of a cocoon and got productive again.

2024-05-28 23:52:37

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I don't know where you've been but glad to see you posting again.

2024-05-27 23:00:23

Things I totally do not understand but I know other people appreciate: sodastream.

2024-05-22 18:07:13

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There's place for both. The people on Farcaster are so much different from the people on Nostr.
I'm on both (and Mastodon and Bluesky), so I don't know what that makes me.

2024-05-22 18:04:36

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Him working for MS explains sooo much!

2024-05-22 18:04:00

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Missed you man.

2024-05-13 19:49:57

Is there a way for clients post as someone without having the account's secret #Nostr key? Perhaps using some kind of derivative key that can be revoked?
I'm writing a client and I really do not want to store NSECs 😐
For example #Bluesky and #Mastodon allow one to generate an API key for such use cases.
I know Nostr works totally different. Just curious if I'm overlooking something. @npub1gcx…nj5z?

2024-04-15 23:47:16

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I'm seeing this with camera surveillance. Initially people were, at least somewhat, against it but now there's a generation that has grown up with it and they're like "how can we be safe without it?".
Fucked up.

2024-04-11 00:36:05

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I'd like to add a note to "3 - Performance improvements for cheap/old phones": I run Amethyst on #SailfishOS which means I have to run it under Android emulation. Performance improvements would help here as well, even though it runs okay'ish.

2024-03-30 00:52:06

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You should watch David Lynch's Dune from 1984 for a trip. It's got the whole story in 90 minutes 😂

2024-03-30 00:49:28

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Visually they're a joy to behold.
I don't remember the books to be this flawed story-wise but I read them 30 years ago so
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2024-03-15 18:44:31

I wonder how much web3 hate comes from web2 incumbents, because a lot of work is being done on storing identity, value and relations outside of the traditional silos.

2024-03-05 18:08:05

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I like the design and colors but I would just do "NOSTR".

2024-02-26 15:42:43

Shout out to Bill Hicks who died on this day 30 fucking years ago already! Still as relevant as ever.
Check him out if you've never heard of him. #BillHicks

2024-02-22 21:29:12

I really do not understand how people can code on a smallish (<17 inch) laptop screen... I absolutely hate it.
(Also, isn't it time to start denoting laptop screens in centimeters?)

2024-01-05 20:13:31

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Yes.

2023-11-21 08:58:30

A good litmus test of where we stand with the internet and web development is whether one needs to have a specific browser at the ready to access important websites.

2023-11-19 12:08:58

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I like "own your identity" case that #ENS brings.
And #Monero as @npub1w72…wyhg mentioned.
Also, Hi5 MtG-gang!

2023-11-17 19:03:14

With so many solid alternatives why are people even using the Visual Studio editor?
And why are people still falling for the Microsoft spiel?! (Or worse, saying: Microsoft has changed!)
https://ghuntley.com/fracture/

2023-11-15 12:17:28

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Yeah, same. I'm pretty big even for The Netherlands, do martial arts. And I look like a serial killer and mostly get attention from gay guys… so there ya go 🫤
Maybe too much info.
I see women tighten up in the situations Lyn mentioned. For me it's just we end up on the same sketchy street at the same moment and I'm like "Awww, this sucks. How can I make this less threatening?" but there's nothing I can think of.

2023-11-11 00:08:16

Given how well editing posts works on Mastodon I don't understand why more social media platforms do not support it.

2023-11-06 23:01:32

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Obsidian + Syncthing?

2023-10-26 20:57:54

So my website finally works with HTTPS!
https://www.aerique.net/

2023-10-19 01:33:59

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... XML to RTF converters written in XSLT... I've watched JBoss instructions inside comments being evaluated by the Eclipse IDE. All that code eaten by Enterprise, like monkey jpegs on a blockchain... Time to die.

2023-10-13 18:44:55

https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance

2023-10-04 22:56:52

I've updated my website for the first time in 10+ years 😅
Mostly just ran it through a Hugo theme, but still...
I've been writing a little more this last year, so here we are...
http://www.aerique.net/

2023-09-01 14:28:33

I hope software-as-a-service (SAAS) and the walled gardens will be seen as the Dark Ages of our Digital Age.

2023-08-31 23:21:53

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What did they think of Bitcoin's volatility over the years?

2023-08-13 18:37:35

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> and so all of them earn fewer dollar-equivalents per hour thanks to this devaluation (which among other reasons is why the IMF wanted Egypt to do it)
But why?

2023-07-30 17:55:20

Finally Nvidia has found a way to sell GPUs to the enterprise: for running bullshit generators.

2023-07-28 19:27:18

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-climate-change-and-management/

2023-07-28 18:07:48

2023 and the APIs (if they have any) of major Dutch banks still suuuck!
There's really no comparison between the functionality I'm getting from crypto exchanges or the blockchain directly and traditional banks.
They deserve everything they get.

2023-07-25 19:57:36

Look guys, if we wrap up this climate crisis and fix our planet we'll get welcomed into the galactic community as proper adults.
There will be beer from Zardoz and six-titted hookers.
Let's go!

2023-07-25 17:49:35

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Governments and payment processors blocking donations to Wikileaks in 2010 was a bit of an Aha-moment for me.
Of course the illegal invasion of Iraq and the (even at that time) obvious bullshit claim of "weapons of mass destruction".
The "political correctness" wave in the 1990's.

2023-07-24 10:50:37

While Bluesky and Threads have become boring wastelands again, #Mastodon and #Nostr keep on growing at a steady rate.

2023-07-17 19:41:21

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David Gerard however...

2023-07-03 10:19:08

I think I prefer the woke mind virus over the capitalistic mind virus.

2023-07-03 01:51:25

"If you want your writing to still be readable on a computer from the 2060s or 2160s, it’s important that your notes can be read on a computer from the 1960s."
-- author of #Obsidian
https://stephanango.com/file-over-app

2023-07-02 18:29:37

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I've been stuck on Tool's Undertow and Ænima.
Maybe I should check out their newer stuff 😅

2023-07-02 12:10:24

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I love the looks of physical books but for actual reading¹ I use ebooks.
¹ that is: for serial beginning-to-end reading, if I have to flip back and forth a lot then a physical book is preferred

2023-07-02 12:06:48

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Climate.
Freedom.
Although the two will clash since we've dallied so long curbing global warming that drastic measures will need to be taken.
And being from the Netherlands I've probably got a different definition of freedom than someone from the US.

2023-06-28 11:03:58

How about not playing the devil's advocate for a change?

2023-06-28 08:01:44

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The mobile phone I used the longest was an iPhone 3GS. Used it for about 5 years. Jailbroken of course which made it really useful.
Jailbreaking got harder and harder with updates.
Since then I've only used #SailfishOS and degoogled Android.
Fun to see people crying about Damus being delisted from the Apple Store for zaps. You get what you signed up for 🤷

2023-06-18 01:01:52

So these are the threads you get after blockchain has become a taboo topic 🫠
https://types.pl/@graydon/110560937399423247

2023-06-15 00:57:58

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Nostr already does this.

2023-06-14 21:09:39

Here's a solution from the blockchain world on how to discern what's real or AI generated with the upcoming AIpocalypse:
People should sign their content with their private key and build a reputation that way. Social media should support these signatures.
#ENS takes care of recognizable names.

2023-06-05 20:15:03

Ah, the WWDC… The day tied with April 1st for the worst day on the internet each year.

2023-06-02 22:59:59

I've removed the draft status from my ENS-over-DNS article.
I've also removed the URL shenanigans and replaced them with resolving an IPFS contenthash.
https://gitlab.com/aerique/dnsdist-ens#an-authoritative-server-for-eth

2023-06-02 21:15:48

I wonder which microblogging platform will be the first to support (limited) Markdown formatting.

2023-06-01 08:50:10

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What was censored on centralized social media platforms in the pandemic during 2020/2021?

2023-06-01 08:43:07

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Don't remind me 😞

2023-05-24 19:27:24

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He eloquently put the subconscious frictions I felt with Lightning into words.

2023-05-22 01:25:05

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👋
https://codeberg.org/aerique/MulTiPos#multipos
(I'm not the OP you're looking for though.)

2023-05-21 23:31:59

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This first version will probably only work for me 😬
It is aimed at people who know their way around the Unix command line and can read instructions. (This is not to be a smart-ass, it's just hard to use at the moment.)

2023-05-21 23:25:05

I've released the first version of MulTiPos. A tool to write a text once and post to multiple social media sites.
Supports Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, Warpcast and Twitter.
https://codeberg.org/aerique/MulTiPos #Lisp

2023-05-21 22:50:42

Test post from MulTiPos to BlueSky, Mastodon, Nostr, Warpcast and Twitter.
https://codeberg.org/aerique/MulTiPos #Lisp

2023-05-10 22:19:50

I love how, when searching for a movie in streaming services, they do not say they do not have it but are like: here are a bunch of movies that have nothing to do with the one you are looking for.

2023-05-10 12:32:58

I wonder how much time, man years, money and so called productivity has gone into making powerpoint presentations and getting that animation just right.

2023-05-09 17:19:16

My plans at world domination are being twarted by an uncooperative ChromeDriver.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=4449

2023-04-05 22:53:53

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Can I be part of the club?
https://i.imgur.com/DCsMUAy.mp4

2023-03-29 19:10:50

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Now add some text-to-speed.

2023-03-29 06:51:19

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What about the "Yes" vs "Not now" dialogs?

2023-03-27 15:37:17

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Hey!
https://genart.social/@aerique/110088525450840812

2023-03-16 17:55:34

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🤔

2023-03-16 09:48:49

I wonder if I've got some kind of speech defect?
#Monero
https://i.imgur.com/9RMfXwZ.jpg

2023-03-15 12:23:36

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That sounds cool.

2023-03-08 09:38:45

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Elfeed
https://github.com/skeeto/elfeed#elfeed-emacs-web-feed-reader

2023-03-08 09:35:17

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I'll keep trying. One day they'll get it right.

2023-03-07 14:54:08

#[0] 😂 #Monero
https://i.imgur.com/bn9tgd2.jpg

2023-02-27 00:27:09

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Lisp

2023-02-25 10:22:24

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Doesn't seem to work on a degoogled Android phone though 😕
I'm trying it on GrapheneOS with none of the sandboxed Google apps installed and it redirects me to install Google Play Services.

2023-02-09 00:41:05

So, coming from someone technical that's just using Nostr superficially:
My followers were reset to 0 from the 4 that I was following. Luckily I remembered 3 and started following them again. But why did it happen? 🤷 Amethyst update maybe?
Relays... There's paid relays now and that fixes the spam problem #[0] says. I don't even know what relays are. Why they are in my app's UI. Why can I add and remove them. What does "post" mean in the app UI... Why should I care?
Now, I can look this all up (and probably will tomorrow). I'm just pontificating how this looks to an average Twitter user.

2023-02-05 17:26:59

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Only now I get it, why it is called "Damus" 😬

2023-01-26 18:34:50

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What's it like to have half a million followers on Twitter?

2023-01-25 18:20:50

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Man, I could really do with a composing tool that would post to Twitter, Mastodon, Farcaster and Nostr.
Time to rev up Emacs!

2023-01-25 09:30:31

After Swype stopped working on #Android there are, as far as I know, two somewhat functional alternatives left: Microsoft's SwiftKey and Google's Gboard.
Since I don't know which company is worse these days I've been using SwiftKey and it's just like Windows: it starts out OK but after a while it just shits itself and the words it suggests are the least useful.
(Also I'm on #GrapheneOS and disable the app's network access.)