Enjoyed watching this! Thanks Guys.

Never forget that those prone to subversion will dominate by sucking up to get moderator status for their cuase, their bots, and their paid actors.

This is a difficult topic that sould be debated first on the grounds of free and equal access, then on what grows and keeps the baby safe.

I know you thing you're making a point, but you're really not.

I started using nostr when I realized it is "actually" a distributed protocol, less than 2 months ago. There should be no "signup" with a good client.

The best clients just show the feed without even asking about signup (i.e. creating keys) When the user goes to post the client generates a key at the click of a button and tells the user to copy it or loose it. That is the best experience for new users. Coracle and Iris are good for this on a computer. Amethyst is very good for this on android.

For me however, the best client is Gossip because I want total control over my computer and have little trust in web tech and DNS, etc. There is something for everyone in the clients being created right now. New users should try some different ones out until you find one you like, they are all different.

Also, Recently for about 2 weeks there was an app on a site called https://member.cash that had the best interface I have seen. I found it and tested it and it was great but in two weeks it was gone and I can't find it again. (maybe NSA doing some testing?) The app was really well laid out and did everything right... best I had seen, but before I even got a chance to look for the source, it was gone. A heads up to new users, if a client works too good I would be skeptical. The developers are working fast, but the apps are far from polished at this point, any you find like member.cash that are mature and seem to be blistering fast, I suggest asking around to find out who the developer is and if anyone has examined their code.

The eruption of lighting enabled zaping of bitcoin (sending people money instead of 'likes') is nothing short of phenominal. However, new users should be and probably are VERY sceptical about using these because although the tech is solid, the trust in third parties is not. It's a lot like taking candy from strangers... be careful who you trust.

I think the reason the term came into use is to shame the superfluous pilferers of every sort of coin shaped ponzie scheme. Being sceptical is a good thing for people. Being accurately informed is better.

Joke or not, this is why the nostr protocol works. NSA slips happen, and there are no take backs or do overs. 🤣

What is the best implimentation for search within events (so far)? Discovery of who to follow would be aided with the ability to search for specific phrases against all events...

I realize it's expensive in processor power, but I think worth the price tag, and "how to provide pay services" to realay and client users is a puzzle piece that must be solved anyway.

The first thought I have when I read stuff like this is... we really need a git built on nostr quick.

Back in the days of the two martini lunch and the cocain coffe break.

This comment is on point. The conversation is already turning to being all about ending likes and shaka, when most people do not even want an ln wallet. Like it or not, the conversation implies that social acceptance on nostr means embracing the zap and ln wallet or you dont fit in.

@Will might want to think a little deeper on the subject. This whole platform is new, it's a little soon to be narrowing the focus to nostr plus bitcoin or nothing.

Ask and you shall recieve. Your blog post is excellent, and inspires me to support Coracle to keep you going. (as well as others no doubt) I have had a very similar desire to work on distributed computing since about 2017 but so far have only been a watcher and tinkerer.

Keep up the great work. May those who have been blessesd with much find it in their heart to contribute to this development that has potential to even the playing field that is now sloped, overgrown and full of stumbling blocks.

Grouping of applications as tiles in the start menu is gone in windows 11. You are not even given an option to create shortcuts on the desktop now. The only way to group applications in the start menu now is to add the apps you want grouped into a folder, then you can first open that folder to launch your applications. Indeed user experience was offered up on the alter in sacrifice to the control god of 'recent' and the prince of 'top apps'.

The horror of moving to windows 11 is more freakish than even I expected.

Would be great for someone that understands both to share a little more about the differences between AT (“Authenticated Transfer Protocol”) and nostr.

A quick read indicates to me that they are similar.

Thats great!

Nostr is about to grow very fast. @Jack please continue to boost the developers in a big way... a lot of good will come from it.

That made me hungry :)

DMs really should be encrpted.

Baking into windows everything the NSA ever wanted was hard, so there was not a lot of time for microsoft developers to work on those pesky user expericnce things like, say for example: moving the taskbar to the left of your screen.

Asked when users might be able to move the taskbar the answer: Windows 11 won't gain a side taskbar any time soon, according to Microsoft's head of product over Windows Core Experiences.

"...When it comes to something like actually being able to move the taskbar to different locations on the screen, there's a number of challenges with that, ... When you think about having the taskbar on the right or the left, all of a sudden the reflow and the work that all of the apps have to do to be able to understand the environment is just huge."

If I did not need software titles that no longer run on Windows 8 it would be the end of the line. As it is I have finally (almost a year ago now) embraced Linux and started booting nothing but Linux. Any program I need on windows is opened in a virtual machine and shut as soon as the task is done.

Long live Linux, Nostr and Bitcoin !

I thought windows 10 was bad until this week I started trying to configure windows 11.

Windows 10 was bad enought with its ...

Ubiquitous Normalization Of Data Collection

When Microsoft released Windows 10 on July 29th 2015, it solidified its position in providing an operating system which undermined basic human rights with respect to privacy and overall system control. A shift towards an unjust source of power, via Windows Update and various other subsystems, amalgamated in a poorly designed user interface focused on cognitive ease and commercial advertising: This was to become the new era of computing. It’s important to remark, that due to Windows 10’s update mechanics, combined with Microsoft’s decision of abolishing its testing division for update distribution, a stock system is extremely unpredictable and subject to an ever-shifting, uncontrollable state of disarray - but nevertheless vulnerable to leaked back-doors, in cooperation with the NSA - seriously undermining and questioning the validity of the official narrative’s claim to security and progress.

--from AME Docs

https://docs.ameliorated.io/common-questions/the-case-for-our-method.html

The most striking difference is that to "shadow ban" is not possible becuase there are hundreds of active relays, and lots of different clients to choose from. All you have to do is stop using the relay named nostr.fed.planted.relay.7

This is great!

Here's the caption I immedately was thinking when seeing the old lady: "me reading my bank's terms and conditions"