Peer to Peer vs #Nostr.
I love the idea of a fully peer-to-peer (p2p) networks, and have played with a couple. The problem with p2p networks is that they suffer from connectivity issues, particularly with mobile.
If I text you, and you are offline, I can't send the message. Then later you go online, but now my phone is off-line, it doesn't get sent either.
#Nostr is great because you can run your own nostr relay if censorship gets extreme. If I am running my own relay, and you are running your own relay, then we are peer to peer. #nostr can morph into p2p.
Even better, #nostr does this dynamically only for those who need it and are willing to host their own relay. For everyone else, they can utilize the performance enhancements you get from using relays.
#nostr can adapt and route around censorship obstacles.
Additionally, I believe the really important #nostr innovation to fight censorship is onboard users to having their own public-private key pair. This is a super-power. Once you and I have public and private keys, we don't have to utilize relays. We can use UPS, ham radio, carrier pigeon, or lasers bounced off the moon.
Practically speaking, I don't think that #nostr can be stopped.
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Curious what relay software you are using.
At the grocery store, are the accepting lightning or is it just on-chain bitcoin?
GM. 
I'm with you in spirit.
Exactly. Someday everyone will be using algos, and they will be following people with lots of replies. Then those of us with ReplyGuy in our replies will rise to the top!
GM.
Complete stock. Absolute zero calibration yet but finally got it to extrude and print.
Yes its bigger than you think.
Doing a complete custom build.
I'll share my new toolhead design when I finish it.
https://video.nostr.build/115310df30d9e29a38dafb30d436e6f7f3b89a4d9d81a927421da6b3d774650b.mp4
Dude you need a bigger room.
The Myth of Airplane Mode
You're being lied to. Airplane mode does NOT hide your location. Google and Apple continue to collect it, by seeing what WiFi endpoints are near you, and then figuring out where you are through a process known as "WiFi Triangulation". [1]
Further, phones have two "brains", and the part that connects to the cell towers does NOT have to obey Airplane mode. This is called the "baseband modem", and airplane mode is an API request from the main motherboard to this modem, ASKING if it would PLEASE consider killing service.
And even worse, the baseband doesn't even need a SIM card. You can call 911 emergency without service, without wifi, just standing outside. Calyx Institute devs LIE about this on Matrix, but dial it and hear your local operator tell you the truth.
In fact, you don't even need to be the government to abuse this. Ralf-Philipp Weinmann of the University of Luxembourg demonstrated with just around $1500 in equipment, ANY RANDOM civilian hacker, who doesn't even work for the telecom, can FAKE being the cellphone tower near you. Source:
https://comsecuris.com/papers/woot12-final24.pdf
This is all why it's so critical to use GrapheneOS which helps against these types of attacks, and to buy your phone anonymously in cryptocurrency, because if you don't, it's essentially like a dog collar. At their will, they can see where you are, who you're standing near (if they have a phone too), and even turn the mics on to record.
My abusive competitors in the degoogled phone industry all charge way above Google's official store, and Google's search gives them traffic to make it harder to switch. For example on the model 8:
AbovePhone.com
Pixel 8: $999
DigitalPrivacy.shop
Pixel 8: $729
Google Official Store
Pixel 8: $599
While as I sell them BELOW the official store:
Simplified Privacy
Pixel 8: $499
PLUS you get a consult on its use, Why? Because I am on a mission. I need to get these phones, and the privacy that goes with it, in the hands of as many people as possible. And if Google search wants to oppress and censor our website, so be it. You and you alone deserve your data:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/they-see-everything/index.html
& [1] WiFi Triangulation: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/index.html
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