Last Notes
hysteria vs wisteria
https://i.nostr.build/eLom1PGLiQ3plIOZ.jpg
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/08/22/orange-new-green-how-orange-peels-revived-costa-rican-forest
From what I can see the escape Elon crew generally dislike & fear censorship resistance
I think the best that can be hoped for is they go somewhere that shifts the Overton window
Achievement unlocked: be woken by an earthquake and stay in bed while the room shakes because ur sleepy x 2
🤷 I take what I can
WoT provides some level of signal for me
Advertizing not so much
Other perhaps less centralizing signals could be the measured latency
Or the supported NIPs / features
#amethyst is sexy af
Relay suggestions ordered by frens
https://i.nostr.build/cr30i6wUBW3IBUGx.jpg
The rugging will continue until we define the thing 😄
centralized network governance
decentralized network governance
Best I can do 🤷
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I'm amazed that digital networks have been around for 65 years, the internet for 35 years, and we still don't have words to talk about networks.
There's only a weak consensus about the meaning of network topologies like "federated", "decentralized", "distributed".
And there's no terminology for talking about the human control of those networks.
People use "decentralized network" and assume that you know that they mean human control.
Others think that human control and topology are the same thing.
Imagine if all nostr relays were owned by one corporation. The network topology would still be decentralized!
"Decentralized network control" doesn't cut it because "control" in terms of networks usually means automated.
Network science is a field of study but the language is still pre-scientific 😔
Definition
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A permissionless network provides open and irrevocable access to perform the data operations defined by the network protocol
"A collection of interesting networks and technology aiming at re-decentralizing the Internet."
https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet
https://i.nostr.build/gzE75EEgyrloeaV8.jpg
Maybe a child of b) and c)
I guess partly b) because relays can and do but not always federate?
The node to relay relationship is many-many which isn't any
nostr is weirdalized 🤔
The shifting meaning of decentralized
It used to be only b)
https://i.nostr.build/wtxs7zh97YIEeRFn.jpg
Nodes attached to distributed servers.
Now that's called federated and decentralized means not a)
https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/resources/articles/what-is-a-federated-network/
https://i.nostr.build/71olTCTVeW607CDy.jpg
Yup
If hate speech is responsible for hate acts
Speech supporting anything that is currently illegal is a crime
"robbing banks is cool" is responsible for bank robberies
Hollywood is responsible for gang violence
It can't be any other way
"Bring down the government"
Crime
If speech is partly liable the act must have a corresponding *decrease* in criminal liability ... but that hasn't been reflected in any law
Most laws require demonstration of opportunity, ability and intent
The contradictions are immense
I think in theory you could swap out the AppView your PDS is connected to and everything would stay the same
But you couldn't do that with a relay. You'd need all the other architecture to connect to the new relay in order to maintain your apps and frens
Every component depends upon the relay
The way I see it (I'm thinking along the lines of deplatforming more than outages)...
Theoretically the AppViews are replaceable (assuming they're open source)
If the relay blocks your PDS and you connect to another relay, you need the entire rest of the architecture to also connect to that other relay to maintain your apps and frens
Each relay ingests the entire network
Each component ingests the entire network from each relay
So that's double the resources per component for 99.9999999% of the same data
Who is going to pay for that 🤔
I think it would have to be the new relay provider
Then where is the demand coming from to cover those costs
Sure it's from
https://bsky.social/about/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture
"but TF you can have multiple of those single control points"
No, no you can't when the single control point must ingest the entire network
At best the single control point moves to the AppViews... at $$$ cost (who pays?)
"parallel networks" = build yourself a Twitter, @nprofile…xuyp was right
I'm not saying that this system will be a social negative
I think quite probably the *opposite*
It's just not decentralized or even decentralize-able 😄
So it's something else
Something without a name
Centralized with plugin architecture
#nevent1q…xqac
This is not chaos
It's also not decentralized
Spot the single control point
https://i.nostr.build/qQ87FgBaNXih6FDc.jpg
So much emerges from chaos
The mistake of the post-90s internet was imposing order
https://i.nostr.build/mtILSdO7SqXO2pui.jpg
OMG those are beautiful shots!
Good morning 🌞
Science is a (highly) decentralized consensus system
Sounds familiar
We Are Normal (And We Want Our Freedom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZXI9RJSgok
Imagine that
https://i.nostr.build/E3eDZC3jEGHFl0Hm.jpg
https://liberland.org/
I love lists!
Primal doesn't, at least not on Android
The web clients Coracle and nostrudel do
Amethyst on Android does to a limited extent in that you can view feeds from lists you've created elsewhere
Don't know about iOS
For managing lists I use listr.lol
Paid relays providers, please describe your product!
#nevent1q…8f08
Paid relays really need documentation
Are they pay to read, pay to write, or both?
If they're pay to read they're unsuitable as outbox relays
If they're pay to write and they don't accept replies from non-paying npubs to paying npubs they're unsuitable as inbox relays
What exactly am I paying for?
I've got no idea for any of those relays
Wait ... fuck Christmas cake?
#nevent1q…9yf2
Nice article
I grew up in the same era and at various points in my life I've identified with most political labels under the sun
My love affair with labels ended on Twitter, where I saw that almost everyone of all political stripes was a complete asshole
And the problem was the labels themselves
The final straw was seeing my self-righteous political tribe conduct online bullying campaigns against survivors of sexual abuse
It still shocks me to write that
So I left Twitter and the labels behind
Everyone is flawed, so yeah absolutely what people do, if they can manage to be kind to each other that's all that matters
Politically now my beliefs are too nebulous to fall into a category, I think
I value more freedom, that's about it
Political parties seem like a bit of an anachronism anyway, there are surely better ways of sharing a planet
The network effect
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-02-28/twitter-x-fighting-bot-problem-as-ai-spam-floods-the-internet/103498070
oooooooh wait
fuck stir
fuck function
fuck explode
https://i.nostr.build/hLpa7ar4dckUW1AW.png
fuck superlegierung
(fuck superalloy)
fuck dauerkurzschluss
(fuck permanent short circuit)
fuck weihnachtskuchen
(fuck Christmas cake)
https://i.nostr.build/EMaPcB61DIPfW0Ta.png
OMG that's genius
First three from randomwordgenerator.com
Fuck entertainment
Fuck research
Fuck fountain
Including self-hosted relays or just 3rd party?
It's a shame that they can't / won't fix content migration because ActivityPub is cool tech
I like it a lot more than ATProto
@nprofile…8qkt console error loginWithNsec is undefined
Also, has login with browser extension been removed?
@nprofile…nfkt you can also write long form with Yakihonne and Habla. Yakihonne is working better for me atm
Bluesky focusses on aggregates and quality levels
Nostr focusses on individuals and rights
So you have the Bluesky app which is high quality but the Bluesky network is entirely centralized
And you have a watertight Bluesky marketing program going VERY hard for a particular target audience
While #nostr isn't targetted
#naddr1qq…ddeg
The Yin and Yang of #nostr development
Nostr needs the enthusiasm and the energy to explore the protocol and do crazy shit at the edges
Nostr needs to get basic shit nailed down
Atm I feel the balance is too much Yang and @nprofile…pqw8 throwing a bucket of cold water is #goodvibesonly
Nostr devs could use a month or two of not writing new feature code and not starting new projects
Just testing, fixing, refactoring, going through open issues and merging bug fix PR's
Then back to the fun stuff
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I 💜 "golden eyes staring"
And the feeling of disorientation, like the photo, of something being wrapped in something being wrapped in something
Does this expression look pessimistic? 🤔 #hopepunk
https://i.nostr.build/3k27eYHFUN7liBGw.jpg
“Buddhist pessimism paralyzed India. State patronage helped it build massive centers of ‘education,’ but what use is an education that tells you that you cannot know the truth or improve the world to minimize suffering? Buddhism and its centers disappeared from India around the thirteenth century. Its sages were brilliant, but their pessimism prevented them from developing vibrant, political, legal, or economic theories and practices. They could not develop an interest in technology and science.”
— Vishal Mangalwadi
Enshittification resistance is decentralization in theory
Censorship resistance is decentralization in practice
#naddr1qq…ddeg
This quote sounds (maybe) like Mike still views decentralization primarily through the lens of companies instead of individuals. In that case censorship resistance may continue to be a defining difference between #nostr and ATProto
“One of the key things that has fascinated me about Bluesky is that they have made it clear from the beginning that they recognize how a future version of the company could, itself, be a threat to the vision the current team has,” Mike Masnick concludes, “They are designing the system to be technically resistant to such a threat — which is why building an open protocol is so important.”
I wrote about that a little here. Enshittification resistance vs censorship resistance 😊
#naddr1qq…ddeg
Mine was delayed a little ~ 20 seconds
🔥
"Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames."
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I tend to agree that Buddhism has been *relatively* less focussed on social matters than the Abrahamic faiths
Where I disagree is the formulation of Buddhist beliefs
Buddhism tries to remove attachment to concepts such as soul and existence
In doing so it teaches emptiness
Emptiness refers to the concept being empty not the reality being empty
Reality is neither empty nor not empty it just is
You just are
An elephant doesn't care where it sits
Buddhist teaching is caught in an eternal trap of using words to try to stop ppl from filtering their experience of reality through words
This can become highly confusing, including for Buddhists!
https://i.nostr.build/W7U2FHKOqr8bOb6V.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/G1vdulBesApTPidL.jpg
https://nostr.watch/relays/find
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Ditto? Probably haven't implemented long form notes yet
Showed up fine in my Amethyst feed
https://i.nostr.build/NaThvk4hlWRtW4fP.jpg
Should appear in Coracle and nostrudel too
657 online relays is up about +30 from 6 months ago
#nostr is becoming more decentralized
Good!
https://i.nostr.build/wue180ND3ViWvX2X.jpg
My personal relay in the list 😂
https://i.nostr.build/hfbhsSHAQL8JumAY.jpg
OMG my private relay is on the list 😂
Ya the total online (657) is up about +30 from 6 months ago
https://i.nostr.build/Yxkilc9Ys4QvpPX4.jpg
Thoreau spent his time building inner wealth which cannot be held ransom
Potentially a dangerous man
In the end that's the wealth you take with you (I believe)
#nevent1q…jaq0
In a time long before Bitcoin boating accidents
"Because the government will retaliate, Thoreau says he prefers living simply because he therefore has less to lose."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Disobedience_(Thoreau)
Walden is great meditative nature writing
I'll never forget his descriptions of the loon
https://i.nostr.build/pOD8sAoGgFORn4tz.jpg
(photo credit Ray Hennessy)
#nevent1q…kdll
Elon should sell Twitter and join nostr
He needs hugs and good mornings
Good morning! 🫂 Have a beautiful day 🌞
Pancake with curry sauce 🤗
YOLO!
https://i.nostr.build/3X7fQId1SZwUXMrE.jpg
Japan has 50,899 CIA agents
https://i.nostr.build/HFapPXhsQ3vcmBQA.jpg
Cooperation requires trust
Social media algorithms promote paranoia
#nevent1q…tsrx
Social relationships in the real world incentivize cooperation
Social media algorithms incentivize conflict
I don't invest in Bitcoin but I do stocks
Price go up = don't care
Price go down = still don't care
Keeping any discipline going for 48 years is impressive
Continuing to refine it after 48 years is doubly so
"My PKMS is old.... 48 years and counting. It started out with index cards and marble composition notebooks. With notes spanning decades, it is vital to adjust the structure of the system over time to reflect how I personally have changed over the years and the changes in how I interact with those notes.
Just recently I restructured my notes to utilize the Johnny.Decimal method. This adjustment loosened up the structure to give it more breathing room and I can see that it will offer continued benefits 5-10 years down the road... perhaps longer."
https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/1ejqgnf/comment/lgg7eeb/
Giving zero weight to the opinions of ppl who disagree with you is the path to bad life choices
Like for example, supporting wars and oppressive governments
TLDR; sanctions are not why Venezuelan pensioners are on $1 per day while the #bolibourgeoisie live the high life
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This is mostly incorrect
* Chávez did not nationalize the oil industry, it was nationalized in 1976 as the state-owned company PdVSA
* Chávez did not hold a referendum on nationalizing the oil industry
* There were no sanctions related to Chávez (not) nationalizing the oil industry
* The only economic sanctions the Obama administration imposed were in 2011, denying U.S. government contracts to PdVSA due to PdVSA supplying Iran. That was 2 years before Chávez died. Sanctions by the Obama admin after his death were targeted against individuals (denial of visa's, freezing of assets) for human rights abuses
* The 2011 PdVSA sanction *did not* hold Venezuelans in poverty. U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude increased in 2012 and GDP hit the highest ever level
* Crude prices collapsed by ~ 60% from 2013 - 2015 and with it the Venezuelan economy, exacerbated by government overspending, debt, waste, destruction of industry, corruption and inflation. See https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/16/how-venezuela-struck-it-poor-oil-energy-chavez/ for a sad history of how Chávismo destroyed their people's mineral wealth
* Economic sanctions were imposed in 2017 by Trump and continued by Biden until 2023. These were boneheaded and immoral and *did do* substantial harm to the already pulverized economy and neither removed Maduro's illegitimate (see coup 2016 - 2017) government nor resulted in democratic reforms
#nevent1q…urhq
#bolibourgeoisie criminals & the Tascón list
The Tascón list was compiled by National Assembly member Luis Tascón at the request of Hugo Chávez, containing identifying information of 2.4 million Venezuelans who signed a petition for a Presidential recall referendum, a right guaranteed by the Constitution
It was used to fire Venezuelans from government jobs and deny them employment and government services
Man of the people...
"whoever signs against Chávez will have his identity recorded for history because he will be required to provide his name, surname and ID number as well as his fingerprint"
-- President Hugo Chávez, October 19 2003
https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/san-miguel-sosa-v-venezuela/
Another Man of the people...
"those who have signed against President Chávez" [will be fired] "because it is an act of terrorism." [...] "Conspiring anywhere in the world is possible, and if you want to do it you'll see how it works out"
-- Minister of Health and Social Development, Róger Capella, March 2004
http://web.archive.org/web/20041112232920/http://www.eluniversal.com/2004/03/21/pol_art_21108A.shtml
More info
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasc%C3%B3n_List
Morning Eliza
Have a great one 🌞
#bolibourgeoisie
It's always about the palaces
Chavez had a huge pot of "public" funds he could dole out at will with zero transparency
Funds went missing, sometimes to the tune of $100+ billion per project
The Venezuelan state pension and minimum wage is $1 per day. In a year that will be worth 50% less at most.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolibourgeoisie
Yeah Obsidian really is awesome
It's impossible to underestimate the cynicism of those who claim to fight for the poorest only to steal from them on a massive scale
Maduro, at an event to commemorate Hugo Chavez' failed 1992 coup which killed 143+ people
"Will the people allow the oligarchy, which won the National Assembly due to the confusion of a sector of our people, to take political power in Miraflores?"
"That is what we are preparing for, to not allow it by one way or another, by fair means or foul"
#nevent1q…m4fy
The real coup
Disenfranchising ~ 21% of the Venezuelan electorate
@nprofile…t5ph
"The regime also severely restricted the voting rights of the more than seven million Venezuelans living in exile and made their participation impossible. Out of the more than 6.5 million Venezuelans that would be eligible to vote, only 69.000 were registered. Two days before the election, the regime suddenly shut down its border with Colombia, where three million Venezuelan refugees reside, to stop them from returning to cast their votes at home."
https://hrf.org/ongoing-electoral-fraud-in-venezuela/
"Between January 1 and July 28, 183 opposition members were arbitrarily detained in connection with campaign activities, including Machado’s head of security."
@nprofile…t5ph
https://hrf.org/ongoing-electoral-fraud-in-venezuela/
The @nprofile…t5ph report on the Venezuelan election is excellent but grim reading
https://hrf.org/ongoing-electoral-fraud-in-venezuela/
Predicating the legitimacy of Maduro's government on the election outcome is incorrect, although I understand the motivation
https://www.state.gov/assessing-the-results-of-venezuelas-presidential-election/
Maduro's government is illegitimate *regardless of the vote count*
It was formed by a coup in 2016, a real coup not a fake CIA coup
Maduro, in violation of the Constitution:
* illegally overthrew the elected opposition-led parliament
* illegally replaced the entire Supreme Court
* illegally barred opposition candidates and elected representatives
Prior to the coup Maduro said this, at an event to commemorate Hugo Chavez' failed 1992 coup which killed 143+ people
"Will the people allow the oligarchy, which won the National Assembly due to the confusion of a sector of our people, to take political power in Miraflores?"
"That is what we are preparing for, to not allow it by one way or another, by fair means or foul"
https://web.archive.org/web/20160321052435/http://www.prensa.com/mundo/Nicolas-Maduro-Impedire-oposicion-llegue_0_4408059274.html
Are the ppl talking about a "CIA coup" talking about the real coup in 2015-17 when Maduro
* illegally replaced the entire Supreme Court
* illegally barred opposition members from office
* illegally replaced the democratically elected parliament
He said something interesting beforehand, at an event commemorating the 1992 coup attempt by Hugo Chavez which killed 143+ ppl...
"Will the people allow the oligarchy, which won the National Assembly due to the confusion of a sector of our people, to take political power in Miraflores?"
"That is what we are preparing for, to not allow it by one way or another, by fair means or foul"
https://web.archive.org/web/20160321052435/http://www.prensa.com/mundo/Nicolas-Maduro-Impedire-oposicion-llegue_0_4408059274.html
So many coups, so few answers
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1992_Venezuelan_coup_attempt
The Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro is illegitimate as it seized power through blatantly illegal means
#nevent1q…498e
https://web.archive.org/web/20160321052435/http://www.prensa.com/mundo/Nicolas-Maduro-Impedire-oposicion-llegue_0_4408059274.html
#nevent1q…498e
There's a coup going on in Venezuela and it's not the CIA
How does Maduro's government get away with disqualifying opposition candidates contra the Constitution?
By replacing the Supreme Court, also contra the Constitution
"Will the people allow the oligarchy, which won the National Assembly because of the confusion of a section of our people, to take political power in Miraflores?"
"That is why we are preparing, so as not to allow it either by one way or the other, for the good or for the bad,"
Nicolás Maduro, Feb 4 2016
"In the following months, Maduro fulfilled his promise of preventing the elected National Assembly from legislating. The first steps taken by PSUV and government were the substitution of the entire Supreme Court"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela
Maduro is illegitimate
#nevent1q…fgdv
I missed a comma my grammar sucks 😆
Family-friendly nostr relay with sentiment analysis by @nprofile…luxf
In a docker image with strfry bundled
Awesome 👍
https://github.com/atrifat/nostr-filter-relay
Also presenting doubts over the result as solely resting on vote counting fraud
And vote counting fraud as solely resting on an exit poll
Is doubly disingenuous politicking
"We have serious concerns that this result does not reflect the will and the votes of the Venezuelan people. By engaging in repression and electoral manipulation, and by declaring a winner without the detailed precinct-by-precinct polling results, or actas in Spanish, to support a claim, Maduro representatives have stripped the supposed election results they announced of any credibility."
https://www.state.gov/senior-administration-officials-on-the-venezuela-election/
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Yeah this is silly and sad
If half of what the Carter Center is true, Maduro cannot be considered democratically elected
https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2024/venezuela-073024.html
1)
> "The Carter Center cannot verify or corroborate the results of the election declared by the National Electoral Council (CNE), and the electoral authority’s failure to announce disaggregated results by polling station constitutes a serious breach of electoral principles."
2)
> "Throughout the electoral process, the CNE demonstrated a clear bias in favor of the incumbent."
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3)
> "Citizens abroad faced excessive legal requirements to register, some of which appeared to be arbitrary. This effectively disenfranchised most of the migrant population, resulting in very low numbers of voters abroad."
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*UNHCR estimate 7.7 million Venezuelans living abroad, that's 21% of the total population*
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4)
> "The registration of parties and candidates also did not meet international standards. Over the past few years, several opposition parties have had their registrations changed to leaders who favor the government. This influenced the nomination of some opposition candidates. Importantly, the registration of the candidacy of the main opposition forces was subject to arbitrary decisions of the CNE, without respecting basic legal principles."
5)
> "The abuse of administrative resources on behalf of the incumbent — including use of government vehicles, public officials campaigning while in their official capacity, and use of social programs — was observed throughout the campaign."
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*This is illegal under Article 67 of the Venezuelan Constitution:*
> *"No financing of associations for political purposes with State funds shall be permitted."*
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6)
> "The incumbent also enjoyed overwhelming positive coverage on television and radio, in terms of advertising, broadcast events, and news coverage, while the primary opposition candidate received little media coverage"
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*Venezuelan media is predominantly state-owned following the destruction of private media through physical violence and lawfare by Hugo Chavez and Maduro*
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media_in_Venezuela
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7)
> "authorities frequently attempted to restrict the opposition’s campaign activities. This included harassment or intimidation of people who provided services or goods to the main opposition campaign."
https://i.nostr.build/HTCJPmWuNtmjnjtr.jpg
How to steal an election
1) appoint your henchman as the head of the body that runs the election
On the left is Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo Amoroso
In 2023 Elvis was appointed by Maduro's party the PSUV to head the CNE (National Election Council)
Elvis is a member of the PSUV
Previously he was appointed by the PSUV as Comptroller General of Venezuela
During his tenure as Comptroller General he barred Maduro's opponent Juan Guaidó from running for office
It is likely illegal for a civil servant to bar anyone from running for office under Articles 62 and 65 of the Venezuelan Constitution
"Article 62
All citizens have the right to participate freely in public affairs, either directly or through their elected representatives.
The participation of the people in forming, carrying out and controlling the management of public affairs is the necessary way of achieving the involvement to ensure their complete development, both individual and collective. It is the obligation of the State and the duty of society to facilitate the generation of optimum conditions for putting this into practice."
"Article 65
Persons who have been convicted of crimes committed while holding office or other offenses against public property, shall be ineligible to run for any office filled by popular vote, for such period as may be prescribed by law after serving their sentences, depending on the seriousness of the offense."
The office of Comptroller General had previously barred Maduro's opponents Henrique Capriles and @nprofile…x937 Lopez
Elvis' CNE invited the Carter Center to observe the 2024 election
The Carter Center concluded:
"Throughout the electoral process, the CNE demonstrated a clear bias in favor of the incumbent."
"the registration of the candidacy of the main opposition forces was subject to arbitrary decisions of the CNE, without respecting basic legal principles"
"The Carter Center cannot verify or corroborate the results of the election declared by the National Electoral Council (CNE), and the electoral authority’s failure to announce disaggregated results by polling station constitutes a serious breach of electoral principles."
https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2024/venezuela-073024.html
Just observations
65,000% inflation is inconsistent with 67.8% support
Maduro tanked the economy to the point it was at 20 years ago
Plus large scale human rights violations
Plus social unrest
Winning a third term with that record is unlikely
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Ya it's weird, Twitter is totally boring from a techie point of view
https://i.nostr.build/pX0tAAabdxDcVIjh.jpg
Nicolás Maduro assumed power in 2013
In 2018 the Venezuela inflation rate averaged 65,000% p/a
That year Maduro was declared winner of the Presidential election with 67.8% of the vote
The election was judged free and fair by Russia, China and North Korea
The Venezuelan government stopped publishing inflation figures that same year
Inflation is currently guesstimated at around 100-300% p/a
In March 2024 Maduro ordered an increase in the minimum wage of 30%, the first increase since 2022
The day before the 2024 Presidential election Maduro ordered a further 50% increase, bringing the minimum wage to $30 / month
Maduro was declared winner of the Presidential election with 51% of the vote
Human Rights Watch and the UN estimate Venezuelan security forces conducted 20,000+ extrajudicial killings during Maduro's rule
The Venezuelan government refer to these as "Operations for the Liberation of the People"
https://i.nostr.build/AeQzA06x8GXwbyIP.jpg
A flat wage given to every citizen as a right
The same wage for everyone
A small amount, at least to begin with
Oh yeah definitely, as an expression of individualism
... ok, uniforms can be sexy too 😆
This is partly why I'm leaning toward a citizen's wage
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Big data is inevitable
If you "go dark" you're still flagged as anomalous
Only the most unbelievably moronic companies select by conformism
Unfortunately there's a lot of them
But the converse is also true
Good companies search for the anomalies
This has gone on for a long time
It happens in interviews
The difference is that there's more data
What is needed is more competition
A big problem in modern capitalism in that moronic survives and prospers
That's a function of abundant wealth
Corporate structures that rely on conformity are relics of the past
And need to be consigned to history along with suits and ties
#nevent1q…4rs9
I don't care that it's closed source
Your data remains your data, stored as markdown in plain text files wherever you want
#nevent1q…qn5a
obsidian.md is a labor of love
It's nice and rare to see this level of craftsmanship in software
This is far simpler than it sounds
You can put different types of notes into different folders
You can associate notes through links and hashtags
(Or use folders, links and hashtags in whatever way makes most sense to you)
"The important point isn't the system itself but thinking about the different uses for notes and their different properties, and then implementing those in a structured way."
#nevent1q…k39y
Good senior management:
Having a meeting to discuss the basic function and purpose of a product
Bad senior management:
The product shipped four months ago
I first heard of Obsidian six months ago from iefan
#nevent1q…3672
I was like, dude, it's just a note-taking app
I've used Zim and Zotero before (both good apps)
But it kept popping up on nostr now and again
So I gave it a go today
OMG!
Yes, it's just a note-taking app
Note-taking isn't at all what I thought it was
(This last point relates to Zettelkasten. I am implementing a Zettelkasten system but only as a part of my note-taking. The important point isn't the system itself but thinking about the different uses for notes and their different properties, and then implementing those in a structured way).
https://obsidian.md/
Nationalism can recognize human rights, so I'd say no
When the only options are different tribes the knee-jerk reaction is almost inevitable
I broke with tribe after tribe on Twitter, until I found my home here where there are ~ none
Ppl who want truth need to ditch algorithms and corporate media
The enigmatic Brau 1589 / robot Hannibal Lecter
Needed more exposition, especially toward the end
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Just finished Pluto
A murder mystery
A cataclysmic tale of unintended consequences
Of humans meddling with two intertwined forces
A reflection on AI
An homage to Astro Boy
Very good!
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* can reliably talk with someone & get a feeling of their character & make a connection because it's not an empty performance for an algorithm
* owning identity & data
* permissionless
* censorship resistant
* totally weird
* also kinda normal
* high energy
* much less toxicity & clickbait
* good for mental & social health
* growing art scene
* fun tech pushing the boundaries
* good mornings
How algorithms prevent meaningful * discussion of anything, exhibit 1
* there are good arguments for and against a 0% inflation target
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😮 blasphemy! 😂
I tried emacs evil mode and the 0.001% that isn't quite vim drove me nuts
Also
emacs kinda scares me 😱
No software is perfect
Apart from vim
Followers aren't real anyway
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Splish splosh
Good morning nostr 🌞
Make the most of the day
https://v.nostr.build/MgQSBKr9DaYuNqNN.mp4
Yay!!!
Happy birthday 🎂🙏
Congrats Eliza that is huge 😊
This would be useful
Kind 3 is a replaceable event, there's no changelog
So I think it would have to be done client-side
The client would compare any kind 3 events containing your npub it retrieves against a cached list of all such events it has ever found
OR
We need a notification event kind representing a new follow, so when following someone the client publishes two events: the updated kind 3 list and the notification
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Decentralization as a safety valve operated by market forces
That doesn't preserve digital rights
One person deplatformed isn't a market force
I quite like the term though, enshittification
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6,000 miles east and a little south... Keelung, Taiwan
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I joined 9 months ago and my mind is still blown 😄
Welcome 👋
Ya I installed it on a VPS with 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM
Got no users, ha! But it works 🤗
I finally got how ATProto works on a basic conceptual level from this paper
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03239
Having been none the wiser from reading the spec and other confused ppl on hacker news
That's my first gripe with Bluesky
Nostr and ActivityPub can both be understood in 5 minutes from reading their specs
ActivityPub is particularly well written
And it's not that ATProto is conceptually complex
But anyways, I appreciated the architecture of ATProto from a pure architecture point of view
But I think it's flawed in practical terms
Decentralization is small, many, cheap
ATProto is expensive
To develop applications for
And to run services on
And increasingly so the more decentralized it becomes
It's got a natural brake on decentralization
I'm going to sign up for Bluesky as I'm curious what the culture is like
Be interested to read your article!
I like https://github.com/mikedilger/chorus
Geared for personal use & very active development
Gonna retire so I can write all code in
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https://tabloid.vercel.app/
Love the design and content 💯
Yeah, can we have 3rd option plz
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A combined human-AI approach to spam labelling
A threshold number of spam reports triggers an AI bot
The bot reviews a self-selected sample of notes by the flagged account
The bot publishes a timestamped "spam" or "not spam" label
No further evaluations of that account are permitted until X time has passed
Clients can use "spam" labels to filter accounts outside of the user's social circle (follows & follows-of-follows, WoT etc)
Censorship-resistant and mistake-resistant
Can be applied to other types of content labelling
Good morning Eliza 👋
Have a great day
"social media is all about status"
We're all plebs on here
Welcome ✌️
Most ppl have checked out of the system, they just don't know it yet
I'm still reeling from Bluesky breaking their own protocol with a hardcode & recommending others do the same
The strangest thing is that it was completely unnecessary
For "good UX" just set a sane default Labeller & Feed generator. Their own protocol provides the solution.
If they truly believe that hardcoding is the right thing to do then they MUST also believe that their protocol is inadequate
That's what they're telling the world
Bizarre 🤷
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Clients seem to be converging on a combination of respecting & allowing you to manage your inbox/outbox relays (global state) while also allowing you to configure relays specific to the client (and that configuration may be stored locally or broadcast as a client-specific relay list)
If you see inbox or outbox in a client relay config that's probably global state
Both buttons!
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#nostr is full of ppl quietly doing highly difficult things
In many different ways
Much love 💜
GN
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#nostr is the only part of my tech stack today that hasn't been completely retarded
Y'all must be doing something right
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Google is a fucking joke
Tried to sign into a work related account for an urgent issue
Entered password
Clicked "Get a verification code at ************23"
Entered the phone number to verify the phone to get the verification code SMS on the phone
Entered the verification code
Told to open the Gmail app on the phone and tap number 7 on the phone
Did that
"You've tried to sign in too many times. For your protection, you can't sign in right now"
For my protection!
Not your keys = not your data = a complete fucking waste of time
"broken protocol" is a huge exaggeration
Break it all now
Developers, users, we're all early adopters
Things breaking comes with the territory
And those were our choices
Rn the network is entirely ppl with faith and passion for the protocol
Ppl who can bear the pain of things breaking for a better future
Choices
1) break things now
2) break things later when nostr has millions of daily users and functional business models
3) set a broken protocol in stone forever and ever
The nostr protocol of spraying JSON to a bunch of relays is hilarious af
AND it works!
The nice thing is that responsibilities can be shifted between clients and relays as needed
And the line between client and relay can become blurred as needed
Complexity creates rigidity
Over-engineering tends to be more problematic than under-engineering
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Bluesky is NOT easier to use than nostr!
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You could build an AppView
Or use nostr & click remove relay button 🤔
The point of decentralization is user control
That means managing your network
We tend to gripe a bit but on nostr managing your network is just managing your relays
And that's pretty easy
On Bluesky managing your network means managing THIS
https://i.nostr.build/tlSNStD1UHQrUoR8.jpg
Bluesky only appears easier because users don't have the ability to manage their network
Few decentralized social network developers actually want decentralization
The inherent contradictions of Bluesky
1) we identify the problems of centralized moderation and implement a solution that lets users choose from decentralized moderation providers
https://i.nostr.build/8lwDaGkDFsw4nym4.jpg
2) we override our decentralized solution by *hardcoding* moderation and recommend that *other apps* (!) using the ATProto do the same
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"to provide a strong foundation that upholds our community guidelines"
Means they want to control human behavior
Prediction: ATProto will never become effectively decentralized
bokeh
"The term comes from the Japanese word boke (暈け/ボケ), which means "blur" or "haze", resulting in boke-aji (ボケ味), the "blur quality". "
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh
Beautiful shot love those colours and light 🤗
Summer rain
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Fishing boats going out to sea
Decks adorned with giant glass filament bulbs
And a family rock pooling 🦀
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Barista: "not having a scooter must be really inconvenient"
Me: "..."
I bought an account today, it's awesome 🤗
Ppl voted for the mother of parliaments & the world's largest democracy celebrated independence
Thoughts on democracy
Nothing controversial, I think
Kinda heavy content. But with resolute optimism.
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Peace 🌊🌞
https://v.nostr.build/jYXlg.mp4
I'm truly sorry for your loss, it's heartbreaking
I'm not an addict but like you the issue is close to my heart
Not being an addict, to understand as best I can what it means to be an addict and how to become sober I listen to addicts who are sober
That's where my perspective comes from
On that we'll have to agree to disagree
I've seen a miracle happen in this context
At odds far longer than any lottery
People's miracles are their own experience
Their own thing
As is being an addict
Respectfully
"don't judge until you've walked in their shoes"
Good morning Rustypuppy 🌻🌞
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Nothing on corporate media is real
Even real ppl aren't true to themselves
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“We cannot have a society in which if two people wish to communicate the only way that can happen is if it’s financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them”
That quote goes hard
It's very hard to collaborate over a Twitter
Free collaboration is not much liked by governments or corporations
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Open offer to nostr frens, if you need (free) help setting up a personal relay... domains, DNS, server setup, relay installation, whatever... give a shout
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Been looking at nostr relay implementations to use as a personal relay and installed two, chorus and nostr-rs-relay
Gotta say there was no cussing, which for setting up servers is unusual
For a personal inbox/outbox relay under active development I reckon chorus is a good option
* it's configured out of the box to only accept events authored by you or which you're tagged in
* anyone can download events from the relay but only you can download dm's
Other relay implementations don't have much flexible configuration, or they do but it's complex
And @nprofile…nq40 has written pretty much the gold standard in documentation https://github.com/mikedilger/chorus
So I'm using chorus as my inbox relay and nostr-rs-relay as my outbox relay (because I like to tinker)
https://github.com/scsibug/nostr-rs-relay
incognito.io only require an email address, no name
So if you want to run your own website or nostr relay on your own domain on your own server and do all that anonymously, you could
Register a non-KYC'd email at tuta.com , either free (have to wait 48 hours) or paid with Monero
Pay incognito.io with Monero
And for IP privacy do all that over a trusted VPN
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