My next goal is to get users to reduce their relay lists from an average of 20 to 3.

You don't need to trust 20 relays. You just need 1. But 3 adds redundancy in case 2 of them are busy at the same time.

And remember: Relays can see what you are looking at in real time because the app is requesting the post, likes and replies from them as you scroll. They can even count which posts captured more of your attention.

So, make sure you trust your relay operators.

GM.

you need to go study the principles of Unix if you don't understand why having the messages in JSON is better..

the default websockets use Flate compression and this is pretty decent at deduplicating the high entropy pubkeys

if you want to make a relay and client that works with a binary format, go make it, but you will have a bad time if its primary support of JSON is not kept fully up to date, interoperability > all

by obscuring data in a binary format you create all kinds of problems with interoperability, debugging, and so on, i'm not saying don't do it, but it's a low priority compared to fully supporting the easy to debug human readable format, even if json is shitty for certain parts of it syntax it's still readable

here's the principles of unix, summarised by Brave's AI:

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Write programs that do one thing and do it well: Focus on simplicity and single-purpose tools.

Write programs to work together: Design tools to be modular and interoperable.

*Write programs to handle text streams: Use text as a universal interface for data exchange and processing.*

Additional Principles

From “The Art of Unix Programming” by Eric S. Raymond:

Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness.

Rule of Composition: Design programs to be connected with other programs.

Rule of Separation: Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines.

Key Concepts

*Plain text: Store data in plain text files.*

Hierarchical file system: Organize files and directories in a hierarchical structure.

Treat devices and IPC as files: Use a file-like interface for device management and inter-process communication.

Use software tools: Prefer small, specialized programs (tools) over monolithic applications.

Command-line interface: Use a command-line interpreter to string together tools and execute tasks.

Notational Conventions

Alright I downloaded a Nostr client again, let's see how long I last this time.

Nostr clients should rethink automatically rendering all images found in notes. Most users are not aware this leaks request info: IP address (thus location), device, browser.

Does anybody know why my #bitaxe miner changed its local IP?

#asknostr

So how do you opt-out? There's "a guide to remove yourself from being searchable in the description" somewhere. I'm curious what they're saying in there.

Does anyone use self custodial tools on nostr? #asknostr

If ChainAnalysis exists and it's extremely profitable, NostrAnalysis will also exist.

GM.

Awesome. I need to delete the previous app event for Amethyst version to show! When I get back to the computer

No? Western countries are below the replacement rate. Basically ageing out of existence. But you think there is no problem.

On the contrary, this will fix the population issue. Birth rates are going down.

Come on Nostr. Use your noodles.

nostr:note1nqkku0wp6c25gvh43x258jaw9vv80c4dhx70wyfna8qwu7ky2z9s8xk458

I don't know what you define progress as, but much of the "progress" we are having now is just perfecting and carrying over breakthrough discoveries in research that have happened in the previous century. Real progress is always slow. What I am saying is: if people didn't have to worry about time and money, a lot more would be doing meaningful things.

By the way the main reason why I am so passionate about Bitcoin is it gives back time to people, because if their savings are not stolen from they don't to worry about money AS MUCH.