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Hello world. Yes, I'm an old C programmer. First post on nostr. Looking for folks to follow. Going to try the Mastodon method of an intro post, see who responds, and go from there. Talk to me about: Programming, sci-fi, books, coffee, Infosec, cats, gen-X, cartoons, kindness, meditation, food, ttrpgs, computers, games, puns. If you need labels, I'm a: Cis-het, white male geek, he/him, flaming liberal who wants a better world for my child, pro-trans rights, and black lives matter. Say hi and let's see if this nostr thing works. Thanks.

Flu shots in the arms of whole family. Check!

It had come to my attention my previous shit-post link wasn't loading the picture for some folks, which ruins the joke. So, included here.

If you don't know, don't Google it. #nsfw

https://nitter.net/TheOnlyMike_E/status/1706451571427467499

If you don't get the joke, do not look this one up. This link is safe for work, but the original reference is very #nsfw

Lots of folks are going to get an Internet history lesson from this.

#AiArt

Lego dragon - AI art

Ok, "Baulders Gate 3" is pretty cool.

No way my 10 year old laptop could run it, but I chucked $20 at GeForce Now for their cloud gaming, and it's pretty street.

#dnd #VideoGame #review

Quite impressed with how much D&D5 ruleset they crammed in there, with a reasonable UI.

Also, I'm mildly amused at the rugpull for the nude modders, that they just included bare body models in the game.

I do think it's the first game I've played with a "genitals" selector in the character creation screen.

Still looking for a nostr client with block/mute keywords. Anyone? Anyone?

You need to get the update psych patch.

DreamContents.pkg v1.5 would fix you right up.

But seriously, is selection bias. Most electronics and machines don't work in my dreams, buttons moving around, screens unreadable, etc, but they are there.

People have then, even if that poster doesn't remember them

Taking some time off, so I decided to become a tourist in my hometown, exploring unique cafes, parks, and museums I've never visited before. It's amazing how much you can uncover when you look with fresh eyes! 👀✨ #LocalExplorer #HiddenGems #NostrAdventures

Encodng is not encryption.

Base64 is not encryption.

URLencoding is not encryption.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

#infosec

Was just writing a long post in Android #amethyst and swiped out grab a URL, and swiped back, and my computer window was gone?

Does the client not save a "drafts" somewhere?

Any way I can get back what I was working on?

I don't need an algorithm. I'd just really like a client with mute/block word lists.

Please join me in kindly, respectfully, asking the various client devs to implement this.

I believe #amethyst is already looking in to it.

I think it would be a boon to adoption, as without it, nostr has a huge abuse problem.

Block/mute individual users is insufficient.

It took 7+ years, but who has two thumbs, and can drop "provisional" from the "patent" line in their resume? This guy!

The patent actually involves crypto currency, so that's kind of cool.

I have no financial or control interest, as it belongs to a previous employer, but I can now say "patent inventor", so that's kind of cool.

Dirty Harry was 1971. $1 then is an inflation adjusted $7.55 today, so he was asking for three quarters of a million USD. Or a bit less than 30 Bitcoin today in purchasing power.

I've been seeing a number of 1 sat deposits in my wallet. Thanks, I guess.

But it makes me wonder...

What stops a bad actor from spamming wallets with 1 sat deposits, to abuse or harass someone via the message field?

Seems a ridiculously cheap, low cost attack.

You wouldn't want to abandon the wallet, if others had the address cached and it could still receive legitimate transaction.

Abuse concerns are something nostr / lightning / wallets will have to address if they want serious public adoption.

#infosec #dev #client #lightning #abuse