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oh that's interesting - i've got a lot to catch up on. Thanks for sharing! I realised the adoption of AI in general workspace is also increasing rapidly - or rather the conversation and executive decisions made around it, even locally. I'm beginning to think everything is going to be AI based one way or another to optimise process and flow. Doesn't hugging face come with pre-trained models ? I presume the benchmark specs and parameters make a difference ?
These are some books I read over a year or 2 - i don't have specific reasons or favourites - its merely out of curiosity and often times trying to figure out stuff i don't know that lead me to it
1. It’s Not Only Rock ‘n’ Roll: Iconic Musicians Reveal the Source of their Creativity by Jenny Boyd
2. The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant
3. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson
4. Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by Tom Kelley & David Kelley
5. Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker
6. Mindset: Changing the Way You Think to Fulfill Your Potential by Carol S. Dweck
7. Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
8. Out of Our Minds: Learning to be creative by Ken Robinson
9. Neuroscience of Creativity edited by Oshin Vartanian, Adam S. Bristol, and James C. Kaufman
10. Windows of Opportunity by Pam Schiller
11. Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation by Silvia M. Lindtner
12. How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjaanason
13. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Wetherford
14. JFK and the Unspeakable by James W. Douglass
15. Demokrasi: Indonesia in the 21st Century by Hamish McDonald
16. Drugs as Weapons Against Us by John L. Potash
17. Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin
18. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
19. The Blood Bankers by James S. Henry
20. Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle
21. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston
22. Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works by A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
23. The Bezos Blueprint: Communications Secret of the World’s Greatest Salesman by Carmine Gallo
24. Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
25. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand by Al Ries and Laura Ries
26. Get Scrappy: Smarter Digital Marketing for Businesses Big and Small by Nick Westergaard
27. Whole Body Barefoot by Katy Bowman
28. My Inventions by Nikola Tesla
29. Math and the Mona Lisa by Bulent Atalay
30. Fashion Brand Stories by Joseph Hancock
31. A Guide to UX Design and Development by Tom Green and Joseph Labrecque
32. Design Thinking by Peter G. Rowe
33. The Idiot Brain by Dean Burnett
34. The Memory Illusion by Dr. Julia Shaw
35. Navajo Code Talkers by Brynn Baker
36. Fat Leonard by Craig Whitlock
37. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
38. Fashion History: A Global View by Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun
39. Mexicana Fashion by Aida Hurtado and Norma Canto
40. Gideon Spies by Gordon Thomas
41. Currency Wars by James Rickards
42. Grow the Pie by Alex Edmans
43. Jay-Z by Michael Eric Dyson
44. Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol
45. The Wise Men by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas
46. X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed by Deborah G. Ancona and Henrik Bresman
47. Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World by John Chambers and Diane Brady
48. The Expert Guide to Retail Pricing by Kiran Gange
49. High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People by Elad Gil
50. Guerrilla Marketing Field Guide: 32 Powerful Battle Maneuvers for Non-Stop Momentum and Results by Jay Conrad Levinson and Jeannie Levinson
51. Outbounding: Win New Customers with Outbound Sales and End Your Dependence on Inbound Leads by William Miller
52. Lean Brands: Catch Customers, Drive Growth & Stand Out in All Markets by Luis Pedroza
53. The Best Service Is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs by Bill Price and David Jaffe
54. Lean Six Sigma by Jeffrey Ries
55. The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital by Andrew Romans
56. They Ask, You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today’s Digital Consumer by Marcus Sheridan
57. The Geek Way by Alex McAfee
58. Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing 2022 by Roland Lachmayer et al.

2024-06-25 15:21:15

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I have a different perspective - i think having books with contradictory opinions widens train of thoughts and develops a deeper understanding and compassion for the other side. On a different note, I have questions if that's ok =) Are you training on custom local models using open-source AI ? and are you training based on LLM or neural network or small modals, and if LLMs what's the GPU performance like ? are you optimising it or is this developed on cloud services like Azure and Google ? And if it is based on cloud services, what are your thoughts on its privacy and localisation ? Many thanks in advance!

2024-06-25 14:00:41

Nice to see people winning this week - with chat privacy maintained in Europe - and oh man, Julian Assange walking free! Never ever stop believing.
People wonder what democracy is - if its left right, white black, AA merits, city rural, race, religion etc etc . Nope, that's not democracy. That's what your leaders fool you into thinking and try you box you in. People get so engrossed choosing sides that even when the leaders are mentally incapable, they will defend to the end. Don't fall for that mind game.
This, what we experience this week, this is democracy. Where people come together collectively and voice out what they want fervently, passionately and relentlessly, that it cannot be ignored, and leaders of many nations have to listen.
Assange's fight is not over, and a shame he had to plead guilty to make his 5 year imprisonment justifiable which only goes to show he was imprisoned for no reason to begin with. But if they try to catch him again, people all over the world will flip out like hell.
I can't wait for someday when Snowden gets to go back to the US and be welcomed a hero that he truly is. But for now, compared to all that's been happening, its been a damn good week. The people are winning. Don't stop believing.

2024-06-19 01:44:25

Being stylish and being fashionable are two entirely different things, you can easily buy your way into being fashionable. Style, I think is in your DNA. It implies originality and courage - Iris Apfel

2024-06-19 01:41:29

BRICS is expanding whether we like it on not. Bitcoin will be the peacemaker of global currency war domination

2024-06-19 01:14:52

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haha, i mean what does it mean for you as in will you be continuing as Nostr's designer ? btw I was reading a lot on design thinking last week - its interesting to learn how early-stage startup strategies leveraged plenty based on how designers think and operate - as designers are often user/end-game focused. I think you are an amazing designer and would be an amazing Nostr entrepreneur as well.

2024-06-19 00:52:38

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good morning, what happens after this grant phase ends ?

2024-06-18 17:26:19

Nostr is the avant-garde of social media

2024-06-17 21:33:02

Yesterday was a public holiday and my siblings and I spent the long weekend helping my mom clean up her house. The insides needed some painting, and fortunately I managed to engage a freelance construction person, a women in her mid 60s with shiny white hair, who has way more speed and energy than I could have hoped for. She completed most of the work in 2 days what I would have taken months just planning and tapping 😂. That and I need an upgrade from my pink 2kg dumbbells.
The outside needed a lot of anti rust work and anti mold fixes before we can paint it so some sanding, welding, anti rust coats and pressure washing. We also got some gardening work done and unclogged the drains for her. While my bones are hurting my heart is happy.
I remember watching pressure washing videos and lawn mowing videos that are satisfying to watch. These videos get millions of views which YouTube compensates financially. If you thought touching grass felt good, try cutting it - makes you famous, who would have thought!
Anyone can be a content creator if they have an easy avenue to post, have engaging content and get financially compensated.
As I watch the YT videos, I thought it would be nice if I can zap these videos, but I think zaps can only work effectively on Nostr if
1) it has easy onboarding
2) large crowds.
Bringing in the large crowds though, is catch 22. Content creators will bring in their fans but at the same time they need new, fresh ways to increase fan base / followers / viewers.
The good thing abt Nostr is that many diff clients collectively will have many viewers lurking around. When each client puts in the work in bringing in new users, eventually it will add up.
The challenge for new users however, is finding or matching what interests them.
Ideally as we overcome the challenges and the culture of zap picks up, the number of real viewers could translate into the amount of zaps aka direct money.
Another thing about content creation is quality. Some are lazy. Some put in the work.
I have learned more from YT lecturers than the colleges I have paid for. However, only the most engaging lessons attract viewers, hence content creators have to up their game. Maybe one way to encourage quality contents (esp during the early stages) is through rewards, reviews, ratings etc
Then there’s that SEO where it’s a form of algo for content creators to reach a larger audience base. This is so old fashioned that Tik Tok revamped it completely to increase engagement. I’m sure Nostr can do a much better content creator’s algo tuning strategy in matching users that seek them out, then all of them put together.
I think there are a lot of opportunities in driving content creators onto Nostr. But it requires some work, and has to start with research - esp in understanding what are content creators utopia and pain points.
These can be done by reaching out to hundreds of content creators with diverse creations. Research is not easy work.
And when carrying out these interviews, one has to go with that tabula rasa mindset, a blank sheet, a clean state. Leave the ego behind. Leave the stubbornness of old ways behind.
Toyota in the 80s, before it ventured into the western market, sent a group of engineers and designers to live in the US, They lived in upscale neighborhoods, drove luxury cars, and studied the culture extensively. Only after immersing in that culture did the engineers and designers put their minds together and came up with Lexus to compete with the luxury automobile market.
I think there is so many amazing opportunities in Nostr but it requires a lot of work. The more problems we uncover and the more we know what we don't know - only then we will have the opportunities in finding solutions. I truly hope Nostr makes it ❤️
Alright now, off to the madness of the real world. Have a great week everybody!

2024-06-17 01:12:35

Woke up thinking of this beat..whatever happened to Blu Cantrell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMOKlXfXn50

2024-06-13 12:18:53

The history and evolution of the concept of Design Thinking is absolutely fascinating.
TL;DR: Design Thinking is all about hacking designer's brain to figure out how they problem solve by focusing on end-users and studying their cognitive process. It took over 60 years to develop this concept into a step by step approach and adopted widely and globally.
1960: Buckminster Fuller proposed the concept of "Design Science Revolution"—to shift the focus of innovation, from military technology ("weaponry") to improving human lives ("livingry").
He hit fame for for completely something else though - on the geodesic dome architecture.
I love putting the pieces of the puzzles together on a timeline. The Buckminster Fuller era is right before the Beatnik, Punk, and Hackers movements, and challenged limitations on innovation and creativity amidst controls by the upper class. There was a lot of struggle among innovators during that time as they had to license out their designs to limited manufacturers who end up owning the brands. Fuller's work promoted forward-thinking solutions.
The beatnik era pushed forth creativity broadly (music, movies, universities) boosting the middle-class economy. Punk culture rebelled against mainstream norms with DIY creativity and individuality birthing the Maker’s culture, while Hackers innovated in technology and software, pioneering new computing approaches.
1969: Herbert A. Simon wrote "The Sciences of the Artificial." I am reading this at the moment. He introduced the idea of design as a way of thinking, emphasizing the importance of rapid prototyping/testing, which is now a crucial element of design thinking.
1973: Horst Rittel coined "Wicked Problems" to describe complex, undefined issues that require a deep understanding of people's needs, feelings, and behaviors.
Wicked problems are not your usual problems and doesn't have a binary solutions to it - for example natural disaster, food security, climate change, public health crisis etc
1973: Robert H. McKim published "Experiences in Visual Thinking."
I have read raving reviews on this book and can't wait to read it next. He emphasized solving problems visually through seeing, imagining, and drawing to enhance creativity. According this Kim, focused attention is key
1982: Nigel Cross published a seminal paper "Designerly Ways of Knowing." which explores how designers approach problem-solving differently from non-designers.
The cognitive processes and methods used to solve complex problems set the foundation for design thinking as a way to innovate and problem-solve
1982: Bryan Lawson shared his research on the differences between scientist and designers and how each solve problems.
Scientists are problem-focused, while designers are solution-focused.
For example a biologist studies why a certain species of plants in a forest are dying out by focusing on the problem - the root causes of the decline - soil conditions, climate changes, and insect infestations affecting the plants - "problem focused"
An interior designer tasked with redesigning a small apartment to maximize space and functionality will not be figuring out why the apartment is small, but rather, will brainstorm various layout options, storage solutions, and furniture arrangements to create a comfortable and efficient living environment for the client. - "solution focused"
1987: Peter Rowe published "Design Thinking." I have this book but I have never read it. He explores how design thinking applies in architecture, focusing on the cognitive processes of creating buildings and urban artifacts. His work advances the understanding of design thinking across various fields of specialization.
1991: IDEO was formed in the US by David Kelley, along with Bill Moggridge and Mike Nuttall as an innovation firm that developed and popularized tools and terms that made design thinking accessible and practical.
1992: Richard Buchanan published "Wicked Problems in Design Thinking" expanded design thinking beyond traditional disciplines, emphasizing empathy, collaboration, and interdisciplinary thinking to address socio-economic, environmental, and policy challenges.
2004: David Kelley went on to co-found the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (d.school). This became a Silicon Valley hype. He promoted the development, teaching, and application of design thinking, inspiring educational institutions worldwide. I met him about 10 years ago but did not realize who he was nor appreciated the value of design thinking back then.
Although the concept of design thinking is used a lot in software development these days and even in corporate entrepreneurship, it started off with hardware product developments and architecture.
And i think its absolutely interesting how design thinking originated by proposing that creative people think differently and that its worth looking into.

2024-06-13 06:05:55

At its core, one of the biggest differences between the design-thinking approach and the traditional approach is the user-centric focus.
Design thinking revolves around understanding and addressing the needs, experiences, and challenges of end users or customers, whereas traditional thinking focuses more on the business itself rather than the customer.
A popular comparison is Blockbuster’s downfall versus Netflix’s rise. Blockbuster pushed for more brick-and-mortar stores, renting out DVDs, while Netflix switched to streaming after realizing its mail-order service was not user-friendly enough.
Traditional thinking is highly convergent, often jumping to solutions without thoroughly understanding customer problems. Design thinking incorporates both convergent and divergent elements. At first it diverges to understand the customers deeply, focusing on empathy and user insights. This foundation supports its convergent approach to creating innovative and meaningful solutions.
Children are highly divergent but as they get older, adults become convergent hence the lack of creativity in problem-solving approaches in adults. This is often due to how education, environment, exposure and knowledge shapes our thought processes.
Traditional thinking is also hierarchical and assumes upper management (and shareholders) have the best ideas, which the rest of the organization implements. In contrast, design thinking is highly collaborative, encouraging contributions from anyone, which can trigger productive ideas and solutions.
And the last comparison is that traditional thinking is linear and definitive. It imagines customer problems and implements solutions directly. I see many examples of this approach here. Design thinking is iterative and circular, starting with understanding the customers by engaging them, identifying problems, and designing solutions.
The design thinking process has a few elements. Over time, these elements have been made into stages but nothing set in stone.
1. Empathize: Understanding the user's needs, experiences, and emotions. This is done through engaging users via research, interviews, and observation to gain deep insights into their world.
2. Define: Articulating problem based on the info gathered at empathy stage. This leads to defining core issues to address.
3. Ideate: Generating multiple ideas and solutions via brainstorming and creative thinking, encouraging out-of-the-box thinking and having multiple perspectives.
4. Prototype: Creating tangible representations of the ideas, which can be sketches, models, simulations. Eventually leading to MVPs
5. Test: Evaluating the prototypes with real users to gather feedback. A very important process is refining and iterating on the solutions based on user input - so you go through few cycles until you hit a fairly stable product that can be widely adopted and has potentials to meet product-market fit. I've made this mistake here on not prioritizing this part, nor allocating sufficient time, budget and resources. And many entrepreneurs tend to make the mistake of forgoing this part.
For design thinking approach, the keywords are users and problem-solving for users. The focus is entirely around the end user. The solutions developed are directly aligned with their needs and preferences.
So is you are building or intending to build something, the initial questions to ask yourself would be - who are your target users ? Can you describe them ? Where can you find them ?

2024-06-13 04:44:19

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you can mute the bots ? I don't know who are these bots and I don't know whats the attack on Rabble is about. If its about his political orientation or his social life, he has a right to be here just like anyone else. To preach the holiness free speech while attacking someone else's definition of free speech is very confusing. At the end of the day, its not about you, me or Rabble defining what free speech is. It is about free will of the users and what they decide.

2024-06-13 04:22:21

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if you are not a fan of his client, why not just use another client on Nostr that you are comfortable with ? That's the goal of Nostr.

2024-06-13 01:37:17

Picked up this book this morning 'A guide to Design and Development - Developer's Journey through the UX Process' by Tom Green and Joseph Labrecque as a self refresher for my own benefit.
It's interesting how early-stage entrepreneurship has benefited greatly from the way designers think and execute. While nothing is set in stone, many of these thought processes are general and can be adapted to anything one is working on, be it SW or HW.
I'll leave the Table of Content snapshots here in case anyone in interested in looking up for specific info. These concepts have been around for a long time and hundreds of people have written about it and adapted widely.
Designer - Dev relationship
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2024-06-12 23:34:18

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politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected

2024-06-12 23:24:51

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nice! those paint sprayers are going into my Christmas wishlist of tools to have, but have been using a good ol' brush and rollers and its been ok. The prep for painting is often 70% of the workload! And oh boy, never going near a table saw.

2024-06-11 19:21:13

Reading about the Navajo Code Talkers during WW2. The Japanese army deciphered all of the US army codes except for the marines who used the Navajo Codes.
Navajo language is complex with tonal features and intricate syntax. Each syllable has its own meaning and is spoken perfectly. Even the slightest change of tone will represent diff meaning. I found this challenge while learning Mandarin which has 4 diff tones and the same character in a diff tone means something else.
The idea of Navajo code talkers came from Philip Johnson who grew up in the Navajo reservations in Arizona and learnt the language since young. He proposed the concept to the Marine corps and they agreed to test it out.
They went on to recruit their 1st batch of 29 Navajos to join the marines.
The Navajo reservation (Navajo Nation) stretches across parts of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. There were about 50,000 Navajo Indians living on the reservation at this time (mid 90s).
Backtrack a little, in the 1860’s the Navajo people were forcefully removed from their ancestral lands in Arizona and walked for months, known as the "Long Walk," Many Navajo people died or suffered greatly due to harsh conditions, lack of food and water, and mistreatment by the U.S. military.
4 years later they were allowed to return but were placed on a reservation in what is now northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah.
The 1868 Navajo treaty that promised “free education” was a dark chapter in Native American history (the Indian boarding school era) where Navajo children were separated from their families and sent to government-run boarding schools and taught to assimilate into mainstream American culture and the Euro-American society by erasing their cultural identity and language.
Although the Navajo people were treated unfairly for decades, this did not stop the gov’t from asking Navajos for help during World War II or placing them as frontliners. The Navajo men had no idea what awaited them as Marine.
The 29 first recruits were to complete basic training (boot camp) in San Diego, California. The Navajos grew up living off the land—having to hunt, fish, haul water, and build homes. Yet it was seemingly the smaller requirements of marine life that were difficult for the Navajo recruits esp ie keeping their hair short, maintaining eye contact, wearing uniform etc. But cultural differences did not stop them.
All 29 Navajo recruits graduated from boot camp and went on to the next stage - creating the codes - at Camp Elliott in Southern Cali.
Here, they were taught basic electronics, how to communicate effectively through radio broadcasts, and how to use, maintain, and repair the radios they would be using in the field. Only then they went on to create the codes.
The Navajo Code Talkers created a coding system by:
1. Assigning English words to represent each letter (e.g., A=apple, B=bear).
2. Translating these English words into Navajo (e.g., apple=be-la-sana, bear=shush).
3. Using the Navajo words to represent each letter (e.g., A=be-la-sana, B=shush).
4. Further complicating the code by using three Navajo words for each letter (e.g., A=apple, ant, ax).
For example, to transmit "navy," they would say the Navajo code words for each letter (nesh-chee, wol-la-chee, a-keh-di-glini, tsah-as-zih).
The Navajo men practiced again and again until they could send and translate three-line messages in 20 seconds without any mistakes.
With the first recruit doing so well, hundreds of Navajos were recruited further to head to war
Navajo code talkers were sent to war during the summer of 1942. Since the Japanese were skilled at locating radio signals, the Navajo Code Talkers had to quickly set up, send code and decode, and relocate their equipment.
They were often at the forefront of battles, carrying bulky radios, setting up equipment under enemy fire and translating messages for U.S. troops in major Pacific battles.
During the Feb–March 1945 battle at Iwo Jima, 6 Navajo Code Talkers worked day and night sending over 800 messages, flawlessly.
This was a significant contribution to the US’s victory. The Navajo men were “the simplest, fastest, and most reliable” way to send secret messages, wrote Marine Captain Ralph Sturkey in his Iwo Jima battle report.
The Japanese never broke the Navajo code and surrendered in August 1945.
The Navajo code talkers were not allowed to talk about their experience when they returned home. Their code was classified. These decorated war heroes quietly went back to their lives on the reservation.
24 years later, in 69’ the militatry officially released the code and the stories of the Navajo Code Talkers started spreading. Aug 14 was declared as the National Navajo Code Talker Day.
56 years later after the Iwo Jima victory, the 29 original code talkers were awarded with Congressional Gold Medals. Only five were still alive to accept the award.
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2024-06-07 05:24:03

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i remember you were in the land of fire and ice around this time last year. Did you catch the midnight sun?

2024-06-06 17:39:24

You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe. - Leymah Gbowee

2024-06-06 16:06:14

The woodworking community on Nostr is special, it’s a microcosm of Nostr that is organically forming and growing. @npub1sd3…vwne here has over 30 years of experience in carpentry, and while he makes it seem simple, many of his tips and tricks prevent me from making rookie mistakes. I picked up woodworking as a necessity and eventually a hobby. It’s a great stress-relieving avenue and a dopamine boost. If this is up your alley, give Jeremiah a follow and a zap, and feel free to ask him your design questions and demo suggestions!
#note1fqc…lxqy

2024-06-05 14:59:50

What goes into a builder’s mind :
(Builder : devs, innovators, entrepreneurs, creators, designer etc)
1. Having an idea is easy, but turning it into a sustainable product is crazy
2. I need to learn a lot just to build. A lot of time and resources are needed.
3. Who am I building this for?
4. Do they know it’s for them ? How do i tell them?
5. What’s their reaction to it ?
6. Am I focusing on a small group or something general ? What’s the pros and cons of niche vs wide market?
7. Can i build what I want and hope people will adopt ?
8. If I build 100 things, maybe one might suddenly go viral ?
9. I am not a sales person.
10. I’ll just keep building something awesome so that people will someday like something and keep wanting to use it
11. Do I really have to meet people and ask them what they want and if they liked my product ?
12. I spend hours, days, weeks, months, years building this and all I get are lousy reviews.
13. These feedback are challenging - are they attacking me as a person or my product ? Can I separate these attacks when I’m so emotionally invested in my product ?
14. Am I reaching the right target market or does my product need tweaks ? Am I wise and humble enough to know the difference ?
15. Do I have money to continue ?
16. If I have X amount of money, how can I spend it to take me from goal A to goal B?
17. Wtf is marketing ?
18. Why is everyone scaring the bejesus out of me with finance maths when engineering maths is the lunatic one ? Is it too complex learning finance ?
19. Building a product and getting it to market is 2 separate things - I have no clue abt the latter.
20. I am tired. I am burned out. I am stressed.
21. Will my crazy government come after me ?
22. I can't breathe. I need to breathe
23. I’m running out of money. How do I keep going ?
24. I can starve but I need money to feed my family
25. How can the financial ecosystem advance further to ease me into building and getting my product out there ?
26. Do I have to figure everything out ? Can I just focus on the build ? That alone is hard enough.
27. Why do other people have it easy ? Why can’t life be kind to me ?
28. If I have investors am I beholden to them ? What if I have psycho investors ?
29. Why do I have to convince people to fund me ? Don’t they know how important my work is ?
30. Why didn’t I just get a normal job and be like everyone else ? Why did I choose to make a difference in this world ? Why did I chose this path? It’s too difficult
31. I’m broke, I’m stressed, I’m exhausted, my users are upset, I’m losing users, losing credibility, the problems keep increasing, will this ever work ?
32. I don't know what I am doing anymore.
33. Ok, let me try solution 875 and see if this solves some of my problems. Maybe this time it might get better.
What goes into a user’s perspective :
1. Is this of value to me ?
2. Am I growing with it from a social, intelligence, awareness aspect ?
3. Am I connecting with people of shared values, sentiments, interest ?
4. Is this fun ?
5. Is this worth my time and money?
6. What do I get out of this ?
When the builders and user’s perspectives meet, we would have a higher chance of making things work.
But it’s not easy.

2024-06-05 01:47:04

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wow, interesting. what printer type and model are you using ?

2024-06-05 01:42:45

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what happened to Jack's thumb ?

2024-06-05 01:41:09

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awww this is so pretty

2024-06-05 01:30:46

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take your time! I think there are many great questions from others as well. I saw your recent video on a few questions on the joints, legs, brands and best ones to buy - incredibly valuable. These are not tips you normally get from one source but it is here and it's a testament of your knowledge and experience. I also really liked your barn door video, I like the combination of your process, images, demo and final product. That water based sandpaper is also interesting - normally its a thousand grit or more for wet sanding. It gives a smoother finish after a clear coat after stain or on plastic that's painted to remove grit marks. checking out your cheap tool video next - i noticed many experienced people go with dewalt. Will you be doing a demo product build soon ?

2024-06-05 01:15:44

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I've seen some videos on the smaller cordless circular saws. Its a definite maybe

2024-05-29 12:57:35

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Country leaders tend to get it right when they are not leading the country. They always say and do the right things as oppositions, and rarely make sense as gov'ts

2024-05-29 12:54:00

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Was reading abt Mossad recently - didn’t realise how powerful they are, and then I realised US has 18 intelligent agencies.
They can track you down by your phone, laptop, car or any wearable with wifi access, cloud access - and if they can’t reach you, they will track your relatives, friends and find any communications to you. They can hack into your house security cameras with warrant, remote access your laptop, any public security cameras at any point etc. and if your data is tied to companies, they can get court order and force the company to surrender it. Social media with photographs has been around for 20+ years - the amount of people profiling.
I sometimes wonder if military created internet to connect everyone for the purpose of tracking them.
Gov'ts will say they track you to prevent domestic and international threat. But terrorism didn’t get worse after 9/11. It only became more obvious to the public. And many formations of global fear is from the agencies based on who backs them.
Maybe we are reaching a point where public believe they can only be safe if they let the govt track them 24/7.
I would not be surprised if Satoshi, like you, was from an intelligence agency, a hacker, and genuinely wanted what’s best for the people.
I asked you once if we can ever escape this and you said no. I think abt that a lot.
If you know what you know now and how your life would turn out, would you have still exposed NSA’s dirty little secret ?

2024-05-29 12:34:46

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Thank you, appreciate the tips. Checking for types of wood and suitability for stain/paint is an important part of the process . Groove, dado or a rabbet would be challenging with a jig saw hence contemplating a good ol’ fashion direct drill and pocket holes, or maybe holes and dowels or a 3 in 1 housing bold and nut . Tho drawers are a pain! Jigs tend to make hinges error free, and maybe a couple of dowel to make the bottle holders for the doors. Thanks!

2024-05-22 11:45:36

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I'd love that. I think my Christmas wishlist is going to be a long list of tools after this video is out!

2024-05-22 11:39:09

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I am contemplating getting it replaced altogether, maybe keep the doors and turn it into a cabinet (someday). i spoke to another carpenter locally and he had your exact feedback. It might be cheaper to have them changed compared to the damage and repair post-damage of an amateur enthusiast =)

2024-05-20 19:57:48

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Gotta take it easy on the addiction cowboy but good to understand how it works.
Dopamaine hit is pretty powerful. The feeling of success makes a diff. Wordle is a simple game that got millions of people in - easy to solve, gives quick dopamine hit, keeps people coming back for more. In Walter Isaacson’s book, when Steve Jobs started the apps, gamers were the initial user magnet.
Seratonin is powerful too - that’s why people love giving, love learning. And why informative content creation is a hit. Pair this with zaps, wham. And just the right amount keeps away mania.
Oxytocin is wonderful, people who go to Nostr conferences have a different form of connection and gentleness with each other.
Using all this to create a satisfied user is wonderful. Using this to create monsters and zombies are not good.
People also would love platform they can advance themselves. Use cases enables this. 100 diff innovation has 100 diff niche users to start with.
For example, say an indie music platform developer creates his program on Nostr - he/she can’t just assume people will miraculously start using it. He/she needs to go out there and knock on doors and reach out to as many artist.
Am I fabricating this shit ? This actually happened during Punk / Hacker era in 70s and 80s post beatnik. That’s how mix tape started - and more and more independent musicians broke away from labels. Imagine if they had zaps.
But devs cannot keep building stuff and then stay on this platform and whine that no users show up lah. My eyes, ears can bleed from the whining. Obviously users are not gonna show up. Have to go hunt for them.
And no, you don't need some fancy marketing. Just figure out who your target market is and reach out them.
It’s the same for bitcoin as well. Bitcoin has all the potential to be global currency but can only be it, if users use it.
And the same for all innovation. All entrepreneurs have this problem. I do too. No users, no business
And out of everyone they hunt, 90% will fade away but the 10% early adopters will remain and are precious. Keep hunting, keep fine tuning target market, keep growing. Eventually Nostr will explode.
I didn’t stop coming frequently to Nostr because men attack women (women attack men and other women just as nasty here). But I stop coming here frequently because of how privileged and spoilt devs are here. Maybe someday when I’m at a better state myself and won’t feel so bad anymore, I’ll come back more frequently.
I know there are a lot of funds by @npub1sg6…f63m because he genuinely believes in this. Quite honestly having Jack as safety net only means devs, innovators and entrepreneurs can try like mad to make Nostr work. But surprising its quite the opposite here and I don't understand why. I hope Nostr doesn’t become a government agency-like establishment where everyone gets too comfortable and can get money until they retire.
Open source innovation is different. I think so far only Will has come close to understanding the ecosystem - and that’s because he has guts to put himself out there, try and fail and try again. But if devs don’t try to hunt for users, not wanting to learn beyond what they know, too damn egoistic, and think everyone should worship the ground they walk on, then no matter what drug you wanna infuse users into snorting, it just won’t work.

2024-05-18 03:16:59

What's on your reading list for this month ?
I've got the following :
1. Fat Leonard : How one man bribed, bilked and seduced the US Navy by Craig Whitlock
2. This country is no longer yours by Avin Jain Chatlani (on communism in Peru)
3. Gideon’s Spies : The secret history of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas
4. MeXicana Fashion : Politics, self adornment and identity construction by Aida Hurtado and Norma Cantu

2024-05-18 02:37:04

Keep going
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2024-05-18 02:35:11

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Good morning! Loving Kat's breakfast menu. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

2024-05-18 02:33:08

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lol, some are really funny though. I always thought @npub1sg6…f63m and @npub180c…h6w6 make real good dad jokes (and although they are not dads yet, I'm sure they will be great dads)

2024-05-18 02:18:22

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nice! love the flute panels against the dark wall. what's the right way of installing a pegboard btw?

2024-05-17 19:18:14

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No worries, take your time, and thank you. I’m trying to squeeze these for the weekends too.
I’ve been watching Jeff’s videos (link below) for kitchen cabinets and he gives no brainer tips that have been helpful. I’ll be painting the walls first, followed by the cabinets. After that I’ll build a simple solid wood shelf, another plywood shelf with rattan webbing on the doors and a pegboard inside to hold pots and utensils. Thus far I’m able to keep it all under $250!
But I might need one of those skill saws that’s less scarier than a table saw. And I’ll likely have to skip the spray paint tool to stay within budget 😭
https://youtu.be/6R9HKvGxbR0

2024-05-14 18:36:24

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interesting. curious to know what tools you have in your fab lab and what are your must have basic tools for woodworking. maybe an episode on this =)

2024-05-14 14:26:16

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it seems too thick for a laminated plastic (1-2mm) and too bendable for a wood vernier. I might be able to peel it off with my hairdryer melting the glue (i think). If the peeling works, I'll just use a 220 sand grit to smooth it out, a coat of primer and paint. My only worry is that some might easily come out and some won't. There's curves and carves and the top layer is vacuum sucked into it so its rather sturdy. Its also very mid-century so I can't quite tell if its a wood vernier lamination or a plastic, but i want to give it a monotonous and modern vibe.
I have a few more question, hope that's ok!
1. Are spray guns a game changer when it comes to painting ? I might be itching for an excuse to buy it but also keeping a close eye on budget and a good old roller might do the trick. Can spray guns be used to paint home doors and walls as well ?
2. If I were to get a wood cutter, are there anything less scary than a table saw ? I might have watched too many Quentin Tarantino movies - this scares the shit out of me.
3. Based on your experience do you have personal preference between plywood, MDF, blockboards and why ? I prefer ply or layers of blocks over chipboards (MDF), but a lot of furniture makers seem to love MDF
If i were to build this pantry, what wood combinations would you recommend? Also any tips and tricks on cabinet making is very much appreciated!
https://m.primal.net/IGdn.jpg
These are all weekend projects hence will be a slow progress. I appreciate the input very much!

2024-05-14 13:49:39

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thank you for this. i'll probably try to use plywood for the inside and underneath of the drawers to lower the weight. I don't know if this is based on manufacturer specs or general rule of thumb but def a great baseline to work with. I appreciate it

2024-05-13 04:29:55

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I have a few questions
1. What's the best and simplest way to join solid wood? I am using Merbau (commonly found in tropical countries, janka rating about 8-9, class A similar to oak i would think). I've used Meranti to build a garden bench which is stronger but struggled as I don't have the strength to drill the screws in. Nailing was relatively easier but not easy. I've seen some videos on dove tails and glue joins, but building dove tail from wood would be way out of my skillset
2. What's the best legs for solid wood - this is a 2 by 4 ft shelf and a drawer. I'm looking at something high, minimalist and classy hence was thinking of long hairpin legs but not sure if it can sustain the weight. The other iron legs looks boring.
3. Any brand recommendations for nail guns and when do you normally use it ? For plywoods?
4. What are your thoughts on painting above oil laminated MDF kitchen cabinet door. I am trying to see if i can save cost by replacing half and repainting half but not being able to remove the oil and dirt on lamination by scrapping with a sand duster leaves me with uncertainty on how strong the paint will last
5. I saw your tip on table saw and appreciate it. This has been the scariest tool for me hence i have always got the sizes customized from the factories directly.
Many many thanks in advance!

2024-05-06 14:38:11

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You are right. Nostr needs an innovative breakthrough - a feature or a unique experience that sets it apart. And the dev who can innovate this will have a huge first mover advantage.

2024-05-06 07:32:52

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that's really nice, it looks like thick woven silk, it must have been hard to get those nice pleats in. Nicely done.

2024-05-06 06:37:09

This is good. Haven't seen Bernie on fire in a long time
https://youtu.be/2XnDw35eN9Y

2024-05-06 06:17:09

dang, even MH370 made its way into the diss journey

2024-05-06 06:12:30

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Need one of this with the purple Kat
https://m.primal.net/IDlL.jpg

2024-05-06 05:29:47

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you have a lovely family. is that a traditional outfit your wife has on ? it's very pretty

2024-05-06 05:26:49

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Legend

2024-05-06 04:14:44

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This is really nice. I am glad you had a lovely day

2024-05-06 04:10:08

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I hope the following helps
1. There are many types of funding for startups, many types of grants as well. Opensats for now is for development, and funds developers (a) while they build and (b) while they penetrate the market.
2. The (b) above on market penetration is not marketing. This is an important part of the build process where you engage your target users, then go back to your product, improve or maybe rebuild even pivot, then go back to the market, test repeat until you to penetrate the market. @npub1r0r…q9ac and I have spoken about this at length over a year ago and he is the best person to explain it if you want to know further.
3. Market here is not your morning meat market. It's also not a global market. You may want the whole world using your product - but always best to start small. Who do you imagine your first 100 users to be ? are they existing Nostr users? How are you going to get the next 1000 users? Are you going to find ways to encourage the 100 users to reach out to their network ? That’s Dropbox’s way of finding early adopters. Or are you reaching out to new places where your target audience might be ?
4. Who are your target audience ? What’s your user profile - age group, interest, income level etc? Where would they hang out ? How can you find them ? What type of information is most relevant to them - long articles? Memes? YT videos ? Tik Tok videos? This is your early stage marketing. It's not some fancy shit, high $$$, heavy travel expense, pretty influencer, and all the dramas. It’s really basic.
5. Bootstrapping works if you have enough out of your net profit to reinvest into r&d after your revenue deducts cogs and opex. SW startups are normally lower cost compared to HW startups. Bootstrapping blindly is a very painful affair.
6. Finding more users at early stages has two parts : reaching out to more people and converting them to users. The first part - reaching out to more people is your No 2 and No 3 above. The second part - keep in mind that only <20% (highly optimistic figure) will be converted to users and even lower will stay on. To have more users you need to constantly reach out to more users and improve your user conversion process until you can penetrate the market
7. Nobody is going to pay you if they don't see a value to what you do. You can get really mad at people here right now for not seeing the value in your work or you can find better ways of reaching out to your intended users and explaining it to them
On a personal note, I have seen you get very emotional on Nostr often. Instead of whining non stop, try finding ways to solve your own problems. If you don’t know marketing, learn it. If you don’t know finance, learn it. If you are not comfortable meeting users, get over it and get out there and meet people. All of us have shit to deal with day in day out, and some of us don’t have the privilege of whining non-stop because if we did, we would be dead by now. Cry it out if you must, then pick up your big boy pants and get rolling.

2024-05-06 03:31:44

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Good morning. Have an awesome week ahead!

2024-05-06 03:30:45

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wow

2024-05-06 03:27:52

If you’ll are gonna get mad and have no talent in lyricism, subtext, viral hits, topping charts with million of views - then forget it. Started the diss journey over the weekend with Meet the Grahams and now the barrier on diss is way up there

2024-05-04 12:20:22

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oh my bad, baby boy is adorable. I'm so happy for you both🫂

2024-05-04 08:35:38

May the 4th be with you!

2024-05-04 08:32:47

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I do understand that this has been a never ending debate and I appreciate your inputs on this. If you are keen on historical timeline, I have several notes that starts from 500BC, the Russian wars, WW1 and WW2 that links to the formation of Israel - Palestine today. For this note's purpose, we are only focusing post WW2

2024-05-04 08:27:58

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I respect your opinions. M16 was likely answering to the establishment, but NSA and CIA might have had diff intentions. Mossad claimed to be caught in the middle - who knows. Everything is speculation, but very interesting all the major intelligence were there during that time. Not a bro! lol =)

2024-05-04 06:32:41

Did Princess D die because she was against weapon manufacturers ?
I've been reading about Mossad this week. Mossad is to Israel what CIA is to the US, and M16 is to British. They are one of the strongest intelligence unit in the world
My knowledge on Mossad was limited to Ziva David of NCIS and other random reads, hence I picked up this book called ‘Gideon Spies : The Secret History of the Mossad’ by Gordon Thomas, a Welsh author. His dad was once in charge of M16.
According to Britannica, Mossad was setup in Dec 1949 as a successor to Haganah who was a violent Jewish military force in Palestine (Britain separated Israel and Palestine on 15 May 1948)
This book Gideon’s spies has been a slow read as there are many cross references - but it starts off with Mossad trying to recruit an informer none other than Henri Paul, in the Ritz hotel in Paris.
Henri Paul was the Head of Security in this hotel and had access to every security detail. He was also the trusted driver for very high end celebrities.
On the side he had a wild life drinking, partying, hooking up with prostitutes, popping pills etc. And on the other side, he was getting paid by paparazzi for a tip off on celebrities that showed up.
Mossad’s psychologist intelligence who studied Henri Paul’s behaviors suggested monetary influence as a way to lure him, yet as the days came close to sealing the detail, Henri Paul was quick to discern that it was for an intelligence service. It was later disclosed that he was also secretly working as an informant for M16 and probably the French Intelligence
On August 31, 1997, Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were found dead, alongside their driver - Henri Paul.
I remember hearing my mom saying “they killed her, they killed her” when the news broke out globally.
She wasn’t the only one who thought so. Mohammad Al Fayed, the Egyptian conglomerate owner of Ritz and Harrods and father of Dodi Al Fayed was certain the establishment (Royal family) killed her.
According to him, Diana was 2 months pregnant, and Diana and Dodi were going to announce their engagement. The establishment however and Diana ‘s brother Spencer did not like her dating a Muslim. Nor were they ok with the next King of England William having a Muslim step father.
Mohammed Al Fayed was obsessed on finding out who killed Diana and Dodi and did not believe it was the paparazzi. He recruited people to get the information he needed.
One of them was a former agent Tomlinson who exposed the dirty secrets of M16 and prisoned for 2 years for it. Tomlinson went on to expose all the M16 agents including 12 who were working on Diana and Dodi Al Fayed’s case.
And it gets deeper. Mohammad Al Fayed also heard from this book’s author Gordon Thomas that the US’s NSA was closely monitoring Diana and has 1050 pages of the couple.
How closely ? All their conversations however intimate was gathered by the NSA’s ECHELON satellite
The NSA system also shares these information with other intelligence like M16 in real time.
So why were so many intelligence agencies after them? Other than M16, the rest surely couldn't care less about the monarch.
Right after her divorce from Charles, Diana aggressively launched a campaign to abolish land mines. Neither Clinton’s administration nor London and other European capitals were happy about it.
She was seen as a meddler, and someone who did not understand what she was talking about.
(Except that we know, she knew exactly what she was talking about)
According to this book author's source from Washington “The reality was that the land mine manufacturing industry provided thousands of jobs. No one wanted to see the mines used—but no one wanted people put out of work because Diana had a bee in her bonnet,”
The irony of the Diana’s car accident remains puzzling at large. Diana was still alive during the accident. It took the ambulance almost 2 hours to get her to the hospital. All her internal organs were removed and she was turned into a mummy according to Mohammad Al Fayed. The paparazzi’s photographs that detailed the accident were mostly MIA. The traffic cameras on the highways were also malfunctioning. What are the odds of all information pertaining to the investigation disappearing?
There were many other possible causes of the accident. Either Henri Paul was over stressed, strung on drugs, or a laser beam was flashed onto the driver’s eyes to temporarily blind him. According to the former M16 agent, being blinded while driving through the underpass by a high-powered flash was a common assassination technique used by the M16.
According to the author, from the NSA's Echelon tapes, the couple were talking about marriage and were very much in love. The British spies were able to access these communications.
Henri Paul also installed a bugging device in the Imperial Suite at the Ritz Hotel and had obtained tapes of the “last intimate moments” of Diana and Dodi and became the subject of a hunt by MI6 to locate them.
There were various intelligence agents that were hovering the area 2 weeks prior to their death..
A Mossad report revealed that around August 14/15 1997, a CIA team also arrived in the city. The team had been tracking Diana for some time, keeping tabs on her attacks on land mine manufacturers, many of which are U.S.-based.
According to the Mossad report “a white Fiat Uno passed the top of the street.” The Mossad report states that in the car were two intelligence officers from the French security service, DST. But this was wiped out of record elsewhere.
The Mossad investigation details how the various intelligence services hurriedly left Paris after the deaths of Diana and Dodi.
While Mohammad Al Fayed went to his grave never uncovering what really happened behind the deaths of Diana and Dodi, something surely seems off that night. Likely we will never know what really happened.
On a last note, as I was reading through, the author said this :
“The first lesson I learned during a quarter of a century of writing about secret intelligence is that deception and disinformation are its stock-in- trade, along with subversion, corruption, blackmail, and, sometimes, assassination. Agents are trained to lie and to use and abuse friendships. They are the very opposite of the dictum that gentlemen do not read each other’s mail”
Not the kinda friends you want to get mixed up with I guess
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2024-05-04 05:59:07

Going through the list of published materials on Wikileaks, Assange surely did piss of many people by exposing all their wrong doings. I am not sure Wikileaks is something Nostr could have, but if it could, it would take away a single point behind it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_material_published_by_WikiLeaks

2024-05-04 02:45:20

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awww congratulations ❤️ She's a sweetheart. Big hugs to your wife

2024-05-03 18:08:53

Thumbs Up 👍 to Nicaragua for trying. Thumbs down 👎for ICJ
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nicaragua-germany-icj

2024-05-03 18:01:42

Them :
“I’m mad at Israel and everyone supporting Israel!"
“I’m mad at Palestine! and everyone supporting Palestine!"
Me :
I’m mad at the 1% elite and the weapon industry who control global wars!

2024-04-30 06:48:36

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yes, and nostr

2024-04-30 06:38:07

we come from different worlds, but our goals remain the same

2024-04-30 02:36:57

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Yes. Talk is cheap. Often times people romanticise standing up against tyranny. But when evil stares them right in the eye, many will run.
On the bright side, there is a growing group of college kids who are not afraid of the system. They are spreading like wildfire. Their spirit is strong and wild. When these college kids find love in Bitcoin, there is no turning back. We need to be ready.
The Beatnik era started off as an anti-establishment protest against the Vietnam war and eventually spread to people standing up against the elite control of the economy to enable the middle class to step up, and for creativity to thrive in innovation, education, movies, music, fashion. Good things happen when people come together.
On the current reactions fear or flight - in Braveheart, when Mel Gibson screamed holdddd repeatedly, it wasn’t because the people didn’t know the strategy. Everyone knew they needed to wait for the attackers to come as close as possible to use their secret weapons - but as the attackers approached, fight or flight kicks in - so William Wallace reminds the people again and again to hold and resist until the time was right.
Sometimes we need to remind ourself to resist this feeling of fear. It’s not easy. Knowing cops can arrest you at any point, no fancy lawyer, the jurisdiction system is bollocks, and you spend your whole life being a good person only to end up in prison is a terrible feeling to live with. Not to mention the family you are responsible for feeding will suffer. I understand the fear. But the only way to overcome this is if people stood firm together and resist.
A few years back, we marched in my country to protest political ill-doings. They jammed us on the roads, tear gassed us with Black Maria’s trailing - we ran like cockroaches. I freaked out, but a bunch of older people kept walking. They were easily in the 70s. They held my hands and said, ‘let’s keep going’. Why? Because they waited so long for freedom. That courage burns in them.
Large headcount of support will send a strong signal of what the people want, to the gov’t and to everyone.
Some who are not from the US asked why they should fight the US battles for them. Why not ? The problem was never about the people anywhere in the world - it was always about the system and the gov’ts. If anything, resisting the most influential govt will create the biggest breakthrough. But this can only happen if everyone sticks together, have a strategy, resist fear and keep going.
In the US Declaration of Independence, it says “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” . This declaration was not about how the people must function but how the govt needs to function . People must not forget this. Govt must not forget this.
You rightfully hinted at the fear that’s spreading like domino. In the Art of War, Sun Tzu shares how “moral law” needs to be enforced to ensure the people followed the ruler without questioning the authority. And the method and discipline for that to happen is by executing the team leads so that people will fear and start to obey. This sounds all too familiar. Which means - this is war.
We need strategy. We need courage. Many will need to be reminded to stay even though they know they should. We need to be ready for the young strong and wild spirits when they join in.
We have to resist tyranny, whomever they are, wherever they are. How we come out of this depends on how strong we stick together.

2024-04-29 04:12:12

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That's incredible, I can't do what you are doing and i think its pretty amazing. I am a serial tasker, full focus and jump from one completed job to another hence it was very confusing at first. This was the first time I am working with someone with ADHD and the work flow is absolutely the opposite - but no compromise on quality, if anything its way better. The prof I work with has several masters degrees in various engineering field and highly accomplishment, has a happy family with daughters who are probably older than me. I think its also about your surrounding and how adaptive people are in bringing out the best in you instead of imposing their style on you.

2024-04-28 06:39:35

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working with an ivy league prof who had ADHD on a project, and its been fairly interesting. He is old, super smart, has several degrees but only focuses on what he can derive based on logic. Just last night we had a long meeting on a bunch of things he needs to work on and he says he sees it all like fireworks. He finds it easier to listen via audio instead of reading a paper or a book. And he works on everything in parallel. It's very interesting. He said he went on meds but it zapped the life out of him so he quit that and is just living with it. If I don't work with him closely I won't be able to notice the patterns

2024-04-28 06:33:44

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i'm really glad to hear that, hope this passes soon

2024-04-28 04:49:10

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oh boy. I hope your kid gets back home in time and everyone is safe

2024-04-28 02:30:39

Some Sunday reads :
I've been curious on the benefits of fasting and the impact on your body and hormone balances.
1. Autophagy is an interesting concept of fasting that benefits the body by eating up your junk cell/old cell and promote new cell growth.
Sugar, dairy and caffeine can block autophagy, hence might be best to just maintain hydration and electrolytes during this fasting period. Nobody really knows the time required for autophagy to kick in, but most suggest >12 hrs , the longer the better.
2. Fasting for women might be slightly different based on menstrual cycle. For example :
Day 1 - Day 10 :
Rise of Estrogen. Fast like a Queen, prolong fasting works best here.
Day 11 - Day 15
Fertile period - ovulation starts at day 14. Estrogen peaks and slows down, progesterone increases. The recommended fasting period I’ve seen here is <15 hours a day
Day 16 - Day 19
This is the rise of progesterone. Some say fast as you please but I’d be wary as if your progesterone is low, you can trigger a higher chance of being insulin resistance.
Day 20 - period
Peak progesterone and rapid decline. This is your no fast zone.
3. Balancing hormones do wonders.
Estrogen improve your skin smoothness. Too much estrogen leads to cysts, fibrosis, cancer cells, weight gain etc.
Progesterone is also called your calming hormone. Pregnancy emotions are due to higher estrogen. PMS - pre menstrual syndrome happens on your week before menstruation as progesterone is on rapid decline.
Progesterone also crave sugar which is why we crave chocolate etc during this phase but risky as it it goes below estrogen, it can trigger insulin resistance. Food that are best here are your Omega 3 rich food and good fats.
4. As I was reading on autophagy and hormones, here’s one on releasing happy hormones :
Endorphin - Exercise everyday to release endorphins. Other than the well-being benefits, it gives from a "high" from the workouts and feeling relaxed and an optimist.
Dopamine - Cross off some items of your to-do list. If you are paralysed on a particular job, do something else - you will get a sense of accomplishment and also have satisfaction and motivation.
Seratonin - Do something nice for someone. The act of giving boosts Seratonin which is a hormone that influences learning, memory, happiness, sleep, sexual behavior, hunger. Not enough of it leads to depression, anxiety, mania etc.
Oxytocin - hug someone today. Or head to Nostr conference and hug everyone irl. The touch releases oxytocin which can reduce stress and anxiety.
5. Insulin resistance, estrogen dominance are all interesting read and can help you prevent a lot of unnecessary issues.
6. Men produce estrogen and progesterone as well, and women produce testosterone. The ratio of each is diff between men and women.
7. Then there is something on mTor and activating testosterone in men through high impact exercise. I don’t know enough but I read that it’s day and night compared to autophagy and while both are good, it has to be done at diff times for best impact
I am not a doctor, these are through online reads and videos and summarised, but I have always been curious on ways to hack health. Feel free to share your input if you have more info.

2024-04-28 02:06:34

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Welcome Makayla, hope you have a great time on Nostr. Would love to know more on your sustainable women products

2024-04-28 02:04:51

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where are you seeing this from, the Iris app ? i do see backup >> load from iris.to. If you are not using the link, perhaps you can try the web version. If you still do not see it, then perhaps you can reach out to Martti either here or on Iris group chat on Telegram. Hope this helps.

2024-04-26 07:46:35

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You can go to settings >> backup >> load. The best person to reach out to is @npub1g53…drvk , Iris's dev

2024-04-25 15:30:50

It’s better to be a pirate than to join the navy.
- Steve Jobs,1983

2024-04-23 18:16:55

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good night Kat, hope you have a wonderful day tmr

2024-04-23 17:48:26

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wow, these are pretty good

2024-04-23 17:47:29

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sorry to hear that and hope things are getting better. Looking forward to the music !

2024-04-23 16:30:01

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reminded me of this.
https://youtu.be/nbqb5R0yswE

2024-04-23 16:08:47

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I don’t know if people understand how valuable this innovation is.
When it comes to bitcoin, there’s the asset camp, dude owns 20% of Bitcoin, potentially gaining significant market influence if used as asset only. Then there’s the other camp that genuinely believes monkey jpegs will prevent state attack, and justify high fees - and the aftermath tokens and small banks in a bankless environment.
And there there is this camp - one I believe in, on spreading use cases and operation (layer and power) far and wide to the people in all corners of the world as a means to prevent single point of attack. Nodes, decentralised mining, high computing power with nanotech so that everyone can mine independently are all in the right direction.

2024-04-22 23:14:03

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those are very passionate chat bots lol! but interesting read and good info. Is this 2 diff LLMs debating with each other? That's crazy, insanely wild and cool!

2024-04-22 22:48:43

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thanks for sharing. i think a lot of changes happened the last 10 months hence not sure of the relevancy of this comparison. What may have been a special feature then could be a basic feature now. I hope someone else has a better and more recent matrix or rework this.

2024-04-22 16:46:32

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that's wise. I don't know if i could have demanded for a total loss but if i did, i would have cut my losses early, saved a lot more money and no drama.

2024-04-22 16:12:09

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i think when corruption becomes part of culture, its very difficult to combat it head on.

2024-04-22 14:51:31

A couple of years back when I took on my first job, one of the first things I did was to buy my dad a new car. My dad has only driven old cars. I remember when we were kids, he had this old Morris Marina and on the way to church there was a thunderstorm, the wiper stopped working and the bonnet flew up covering the window. I have no idea how he managed to pull over and close the bonnet back, but that was probably the best car we had growing up. And so it was really nice to get him a brand new car. He was so happy.
After a few months, the new car had a small dent (it happens) so my dad sent it to a workshop for a paint job. Unfortunately at the workshop, a 3 tonne lorry smashed into the car.
Coincidentally the workshop claimed to represent the car manufacturer and the police were there recognizing the credibility of the workshop. They claimed to be able to replace all brand new parts as the car was under manufacturer's warranty. I agreed to the repair.
Unfortunately they half-cut the car and patch it with another junk car. It only cost them 10% of the insurance amount they filed for the repair.
It was fraud and an illegal move but they paid off the car legal inspection to claim it was safe. There are certain angles that you can half cut the car so that it won’t split open, but they did not abide by any engineering rules either.
I refused to take the car and filed a police report but they also paid off the cops. I filed 11 reports, and no actions were taken. There was a time I remembered the cops just laughed.
And all throughout this time I served the car loan for my dad’s car (and my car) so that my credit scores didn't get hammered. And I also had to pay off the numerous summons under my name and parking tickets the workshop caused me as they were using it.
I asked the bank to repossess the car but they could not enter private premises. I spoke to the car insurance and that’s when they told me they had many cases like this and it was a massive car scam.
Eventually I took the case to court. I won the case, and was awarded a very decent sum of money as reimbursement. My dad passed away before this so he never knew I won the case.
But I soon learned that winning a case and getting the money is two different things.
The workshop filed for bankruptcy, as they also defaulted payments to the banks.
There is a gov’t insolvency agency who is in charge of liquidation and after 4 years of me following up on the money, they sent a letter 2 weeks ago saying the workshop has no assets and they will not be pursuing liquidation.
I don’t know if they were paid off too but corruption is so common here, it won’t be surprising to me.
The workshop is humongous, with a lot of tractors and big machinery. Ironically, they are still in operation, just registered under a diff company name.
A lawyer friend of mine asked me to go down the path of engaging the courts to hire private liquidators instead.
It would be nice to have the money but the thought of another legal process is just overwhelming. I have not been able to decide.
Sometimes I want to stand for what I believe in, but sometimes I’m so beaten down I just want to give up and move on.

2024-04-22 13:12:41

A splatter a rumble, Bumbershoot barrels of rain

2024-04-22 04:38:19

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9jKDn8HoZMc

2024-04-21 16:29:15

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sounds like a perfect day

2024-04-21 09:37:50

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It's tough when the state and elites both leeches off people. I think the goal of bitcoin is to spread the operation far and wide to overcome a single point of attack, instead of pursuing who has bigger balls to jack up the fees - ego wars never benefited mankind.
But I appreciate you and and I appreciate your perspective and thoughts, it's always a pleasure speaking to people who widen my perspectives. I think the more we can speak about the challenges in the real world, the closer we would get to finding solutions.
On a diff note, you might enjoy the exchanges Martti had with Satoshi, I think it's on his note here. For some reason, Satoshi was under the assumption Moore’s Law would kick in at full force to overcome the hash power needs. You and I probably built on the micro and millimeter range, but nanotech has been around for over 30 years so it's really great that Block picked it up in building the mining machines based on it. I don’t know how much it can decentralize the mining operation but that’s one solution to look forward to.
I think if we spread the operations and user adoption far and wide in terms of Bitcoin as money, and speed up entry points for the people before the gov’t catches up, we would derisk a lot of problems. But I might also be on the hopeful end of things.

2024-04-21 06:13:39

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you can replace ordinals with any terms, cause and effect that induces the rise of fees and its the same thing - it makes market entry points for the people difficult

2024-04-21 04:27:31

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It’s a great video, but it has certain assumptions that take too many shortcuts. If it's with the assumption that thanks to ordinals and their high fees, it prevents gov’ts, well that’s only because high fees prevent easy market entry points, which prevents users - and if no users, no gov’ts. Another assumption was that people are in power to decide whether to receive it or not, and if they chose not to receive it, then the other parties have to do better - which is great theoretically. But in reality, this led to creators building tokens and shitcoins out of bitcoins as a representation of bitcoin to reduce the fees from the aftermath of the previous problems and became their own small little banks defying the overall bankless goal. The moment we start complicating the simple things, it gets messy and it compounds.

2024-04-21 02:53:42

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i think the probability of it happening would be diff then and now, but more so the piece was on the purpose of Bitcoin. I should have framed it better.

2024-04-21 02:45:14

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no it's not, lol.

2024-04-21 02:28:41

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Maybe TikTok ban is a good thing. It could serve as a wake-up call on how gov’ts can control their lives. Try to cut off an instant gratification / dopamine hit for people, they are going to react.
Question is - how do we educate people in understanding what they are going through? There is no better time than now in creating awareness on how the real world works and how they can break free.
We don't even have to sell them Nostr, as i think Nostr would come naturally to them once they have this awareness.

2024-04-21 01:56:50

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sigh. how does it work though ? you mint memecoin from bitcoin ?

2024-04-21 01:51:30

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i think the problem is it boosted miner's fees, hence miners had less incentive to voice up against it (i don't know what's the situation post halvening). That and people generally do not care, at least from the responses here :
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2024-04-20 02:58:06

Cosy rainy morning, some bossa nova jazz, a cup of coffee and a very sleepy dog 🤍
https://m.primal.net/HxeD.jpg

2024-04-19 05:22:44

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looks like world war has officially started