i've mod this based on time crunch, weather and a bit more active in the mix. The morning routine includes toner, alternate between days for salicilic, vitamin C, niacinamide, followed by hyaluronic, and moisturiser with aloe and glycerine base. any sunscreen with zinc oxide that doubles up as primer or tinted sunscreen . The night routine is between retinoid and glycolic. retinol doubles up as eye cream. followed by serum (with glycerine) and cube. probably will keep modifying it based on skin health. What makes the most diff tho is sufficient sleep, no sugar, exercise.
If you are on natural skincare routine, love to know what you have got going.
Good morning all ☕☀️ It’s quite nice that many of us are reaching a year here. This past year has been filled with a mix of experiences — joy, pain, growth, and the simple reflections of day-to-day life. No matter where Nostr heads - the bursting crowd, the silent days - it's been comforting to have this small yet meaningful part of social circle this year. What makes Nostr special to me is that we don't have to put a label on people or their identity, and just truly appreciate everyone for who they are. It's character that stands out and make a difference and I think that's pretty rare these days, even in the real world. Hope everyone have a wonderful weekend, and to those hustling, here’s to one more month of sprint!
ooo nice - i spot a sig gen and an mxa analyzer. what are you building ?
a few things that seems related to shifting domains and fields quickly is cognitive switching, cognitive flexibility, cognitive load theory and executive function. More things to experiment on!
why is that ?
Juggling between 2 jobs and multiple diff domains. I’ve split them by days and once I’m in the zone, it's fine, but the brain toggle phase requires improvement on speed (flushing out, switch, deep dive) . If you are working on multiple different domains, I would love to know how you work out the brain shift at high speed.
man, what are these dev's on. I need some of those.
lol, you do come up with some of the best dad jokes (see what i did there?)
I think Martti can code in his sleep! This is pretty fast and awesome
i've seen your movie taste, i'll say bring on the allen-effect =)
An user just informed me that he burned his nesc: he opened Iris.to to test it, pressed "Sign Up" and filled in the only input in the form, which actually asked for the *name*. So his nsec has been scattered and leaked to all the default relays...
Of course, the error is quite silly because the top text, "What should we call you?", is clear. But it is understable if you are overthinking and are used to seeing the nsec login as the first input. In fact I already saw in the past days a couple of profiles with an nsec*** name, and now I probably know why.
This led me to reflect on a simple UI best practice that can mitigate this sort of problem: filtering.
- If you are developing an app, check and filter the inputs, preferably client-side: if the user pastes a nsec in a non logical place (name, bio, pubkey field, etc.) reject it. When composing a note, it could make sense to ask for confirmation, highlighting the risks. The same confirmation procedure should work well for hex keys.
- If you are developing a frontend toolkit, you can probably help to automate the previous point by offering different input/textarea types with built-in validation.
Side thought: it is easy to confuse "Sign Up" and "Sign In". "Login" and "Create account" seem like a more distinctive and effective labeling. The mentioned user began to fail in this first step, thinking he was logging in, when he was instead going through a registration process.
Let's make Nostr easier and safer.
/cc nostr:npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49
#nostrdesign
aww poor thing. many times before using alby, i was tempted to do the same and consciously reminded myself to double check. Would be good to clearly distinguish.
Is it Peter ? For some reason I've always mapped it in my mind as John because...Garfield the cat
I was reflecting on this notion of how setbacks and challenges force us to find a new way of solving problems which we would not have tried otherwise. Sometimes we may not realise how far we have come despite all the challenges, as it fuels us with knowledge, skills and traits, and even confidence.
I’ve been very interested in this idea of rewiring the brain i.e. neuroplasticity. There's a window of opportunities - and it starts with a newborn baby, the moment the baby can sense external data (sound, feelings etc), the neurons start wiring. The first 2 years of a child’s life is active wiring. Then there is the young adolescent life (between 9 - 14) and this is called the second window of opportunity.
But throughout your lifespan, you can always connect neurons. This happens everytime you pick up something new, be it a book, music, driving a car, a new exercise regime, learning a new language, solving problems in ways you have never tried before, learning a new subject etc.
The initial path between new neurons is extremely challenging to forge the first time around, and this is reflected when we learn something out of our comfort zone. But eventually with repetition it strengthens the synapses of the neurons and becomes a norm.
There are 2 common terms : Long term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD). Depression here is not mental or behavioral depression. LTP is strengthening connections through repeated stimulation. LTD weakens the synaptic connections due to lack of usage reducing efficiency of transmission
There are some setbacks that's beyond active rewiring like the lost of loved ones - there are some pain that is too great to bear and perhaps the only thing that makes sense might be serenity prayer “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
But apart from that, rewiring of the brain can come pretty handy. And it has been used for trauma cases - stroke patients, dementia etc. Huberman has an interesting podcast on this on how neural memory impacts motor skills. Muscles are dumb, but strengthening the neurons that control the muscle movements is what makes a difference.
The other part of neuroplasticity that I find interesting is the energy that you bring to a room and how that affects other people. But first you have to identify the behavior you want to change and then make a conscious choice of changing it, and repeating it until the neurons are strengthened and it becomes a norm. Deff not as simple as written here because our brains processes visual, sound and emotions and we have to consciously overwrite these old thoughts into new thoughts.
But here’s the takeaway in all of this. Every time there are some setbacks and you have to figure out a new way or learn something new, it may not always be a bad thing. You are connecting new neurons, and with repeated processes, your brain only becomes more active over time. Maybe this might be a good way of looking at things, and bring some comfort.
Just want to take a moment to say that Nostr devs are multi-talented. Asides using these great clients and tools of theirs, they also write incredible well. This piece by Jeff is a time shift on the past, present and the future of the internet.
I've read many other great ones from conceptual, strategy, product details from various devs and its all really good. Love to see wider circulations and broader audience even outside of Nostr on all these pieces.
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It's not even just Nostr. It's happening everywhere. I posted a few days about about once.com, the new initiative from DHH and Jason Fried (from 37signals). They're eschewing the SaaS model and selling software outright again so that customer can simply run it on their own infra.
Even in normal SaaS land, companies are feeling the crunch. Customer acquisition has gotten extremely difficult (and expensive), retention is always a challenge when customers get stung with a bill every month, and the prices of most major SaaS tools has gotten astronomical.
Maybe I should start by simply writing something in long-form on nostr:npub1048qg5p6kfnpth2l98kq3dffg097tutm4npsz2exygx25ge2k9xqf5x3nf.
I remember reading about how the internet changed forever after 95' with Windows 95 - both on mass reach and in centralisation. I think this was from the ‘culture of dead cow’ - the early days internet hackers / anarchist era in the 80’s / 90’s.
Just recently I was reading this idea on hackers news - that perhaps it's time to shift away from cloud and have your own storage - not sure if its the same thing you are talking about - and it got me rethinking a lot of things esp on having own relays and what i felt about it. And that maybe I need to change my stubborn ways.
I had a very overarching thought on how Nostr is changing the way the internet is and as you have rightfully pointed out, many others too are moving towards decentralized ways and reversing the damage aka “back to the future” mode. But you have written it out so well here and in Habla.
What if articles like this are sent to a broader audience - to start this spark or this hype of what the internet was and slowly bring in the concept of Nostr? And maybe if we want to reach the masses, we can go where the masses are ? I’m just thinking out loud.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed :
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oped-guidelines-for-the-wall-street-journal-1384383173
Washington Post : https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003675788-Submit-an-op-ed
NYT Op-Ed : https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014809107-New-York-Times-Opinion-Guest-Essays
Guardian Op-Ed :
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/24/guardian-us-opinion-pitch-guidelines
BBC News submission :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/questions/getting-in-touch/send-a-story
CNN OP-Ed :
https://cnnopinion.submittable.com/submit
Contributor for Forbes:
https://authorityalchemy.com/become-a-contributor-for-forbes/
Pitch stories to Wired :
https://www.wired.com/about/how-to-pitch-stories-to-wired/
Guest Column Techcrunch :
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/17/how-to-submit-a-guest-column-to-techcrunch/
MIT Technology Review - pitch an article :
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/15/1009481/how-to-pitch-write-opinion-piece/
The Verge :
https://www.theverge.com/write-for-the-verge
NewYorker mag :
https://www.newyorker.com/about/contact?verso=true
LA Times op-ed :
https://www.latimes.com/oe-howtosubmitoped-story.html
The National Review op-ed :
https://www.nationalreview.com/contact-us/
Fox News story tip submission (maybe get a few interviews):
https://help.foxnews.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
SF Chronicles op-ed :
I'd love to see something like this written as an op-ed on media - this idea of how nostr is changing the internet, the internet renaissance
Maybe the story of Joseph is a better story and moral guide for nostr - got sold into slavery ie started from ground zero, rose to power all the way as 2nd in command to the king, and saved the country’s economy and people’s lives from famine.
Or the story of David and Goliath - the underdog who overcame an insurmountable challenge - he wasn't as good as his opponents but he had the right strategy, strength and focus.
Or the parable of the mustard seed, even the smallest seed, when planted, taken care off, nourished and grown will yield substantial returns.
Or the good samaritan - even noblemen and preachers did not help people in need, but a Samaritan, who was considered the enemy of the Jews helped the wounded Jew
Or on words said, the core of nostr clients, and maybe even free speech - The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.