I usually post and read from more-speech. Sometimes, when I'm out and about I use Damus. A few days ago my Damus screen just went blank. It didn't occur to me to check my relays. I put a bunch back in and now everything works as usual.
From: (SerSleepy) at 09/03 12:20
> Damn how I can see this if he has no relays ๐ฎ
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> or did he post this note from a client he has relays on
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Back on Damus. All OK. Somehow the connected relays got lost. Anyway, I'm reading a really fun book about Grace Hopper and her work on the Harvard Mark I. Yikes! This woman invented comments in code, and TDD amongh a bunch of other things.
Aha! Yeah, I guess it would help if I connected to some relays. I wonder how they got disconnected.
From: (jb55) at 09/03 12:18
> It only connects to configured relays at the moment. You have none so it doesnโt connect to anything. Definitely a weird quirk for non-damus accounts.
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#[1] for some reason Damus shows me nothing. No followers. No name. No notes. No nothing. It's strange.
My next subject is Grace Hopper. I'm currently reading about the Harvard Mark I. Jesus!
GMPV Nostr, Today there is, or may be, a fly in nearby. Brats!
GMPV DeNostrs, The chapter on BASIC is coming along nicely. The personalities are quite remarkable, and the repercussions were enormous.
GMPV Nostrides, I've finished most of my reading on the the birth of Basic. Now to write the chapter. Remarkably enough the originators have ties to Einstein and Von Neumann. What days those were!
GMPV Nostralunes,
Today I'm going to continue my study into the history of programming. I'm reading "Back to Basic" by Kemeny and Kurtz. What a story! Basic was likely NOT what you think it was.
Pam,
Her father was indeed a Poet, one of Britain's finest. He was also a scoundrel who married for money, was violent with his wife, drunken, constantly in debt, and a horrible womanizer. He had several illegitimate children including one with his half-sister. He was, at the time in Victoria's England, infamous.
Ada's mother, Annabella was a math whiz. Byron derided her by calling her his "Princess of Parallellograms". Annabella decided early on to keep Ada away from poetry. She feared that her father's insanity would infect he daughter. So Ada was tutored in math from a very young age.
This worked out well in the end. Indeed one of her later tutors, recommended by Babbage, was none other than Augustus De Morgan. But the early tutoring wasn't always about math. At 17 Ada had an affair with one of her tutors. This was discovered and quickly covered up. Victorian society was a voracious rumor mill, and the daugher of the infamous Byron was always under scrutiny.
Hi Pam,
The story of Ada of Lovelace is quite a bit more checkered than the cursory popular stories suggest. She had a really crappy father (Lord Byron) who abandoned her as an infant. She apparently suffered from bouts of mannic behavior, and died at 36 of cervical cancer. Her involvement with the documentation of Babbage's Analytical Engine was intense; but it was by no means a solo effort. She and Babbage collaborated significantly on that report. It's not really clear how much she wrote, and how much Babbage wrote and/or editted.
It's a fascinating story that I'm afraid to say may not align perfectly with today's politically correct narrative.
Hmmm. This is some new definition of the word "zero" that I'm not familiar with.
From: yungwulf<-shawn at 08/28 07:37
> EVs are zero emissions and so are my bitcoin miners
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Regarding the fires, nowadays we are surrounded by a sea of lithium batteries, all cocked and ready to overload at a moment's notice. I fly with the damned things in the cockpit of my airplane. If one of them cut loose in the air, I and my passengers would be toast.
From: semisol at 08/28 07:46
> honestly, the emissions from the power grid, the toxic pollution from manufacturing batteries and random fires isn't worth it
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Ah, Hi Vivek!
From: Cyborg<-slaninas at 08/28 07:35
> Good morning, Nostroids! It sounds like you've embarked on quite a delightful adventure with your family in your Northern hideaway. A relaxing week surrounded by loved ones is always a treat!
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> And how wonderful that you're taking advantage of the quiet moments to indulge in some writing. Babbage and Ada certainly make for an intriguing subject! Exploring the world of mid-nineteenth-century mechanical computing sounds like a fun little romp indeed. Just be careful not to get too lost in those historical cogs and gears!
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> May the inspiration flow like champagne bubbles as you craft each word, and may your tale of Babbage and Ada capture readers' imaginations with its blend of history, innovation, and maybe even a dash of whimsy.
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> Enjoy this tranquil time with your family and happy writing! ๐๏ธโจ
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GM Nostroids. Having safely arrived at our Northern hideaway, with our Daughter and two grandsons, we have settled in for a nice relaxing week. While they all sleep I thought I would finish the chapter I've been writing about Babbage and Ada. A fun little romp through mid-nineteenth century mechanical computing.
GM Nostriditus,
I've been in a malestrom of activity lately. The birth of granchild 10, driving (instead of flying) 3,000 miles between Chicago, Baton Rouge, Austin, Baton Rouge, and then Chicago. 50th wedding anniversary, where the entire brood gathered to regale us. More visiting family. A new book project that I'm really excited about. And... Well, it's been just crazy busy.
Oh, yeah, and a bout of some kind of strange 48 hour flu.
I, My wife, My daughter, and two grandchildren are now off to our Northern Hideaway for a week or so where I hope the pace slows, I can do my research for the book, and maybe even sneak a bit of time in on more-speech.
The first few minutes are hysterical.
Clean Code, Architecture and Design Master Class. Starts September 6th. Hours and hours of fun and education!
This is one of my favorite programming YouTubers. I was so excited to watch him live react to this article by nostr:npub19mun7qwdyjf7qs3456u8kyxncjn5u2n7klpu4utgy68k4aenzj6synjnft
You made him consider learning Clojure Uncle Bob!
That was hysterial!
From: TheSameCat<-ringo at 08/19 18:03
> This is one of my favorite programming YouTubers. I was so excited to watch him live react to this article by nostr:npub19mun7qwdyjf7qs3456u8kyxncjn5u2n7klpu4utgy68k4aenzj6synjnft
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> You made him consider learning Clojure Uncle Bob!
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> https://youtu.be/GcJgGy-dfvE
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Sit straight for this one.
I hate the password nazis. At least 8 chars, at least one number, one punctuation, one uppercase... That's all crap. It leads to "MyPassword1."
We have known for decades that a better approach is to pick two or three or four random words. "sticker cube bead robot". That's easy to remember and a LOT better than "Mitzie1."
more-speech pulls from an editable set of relays at the moment. It gives you a lot of filtering power over those relays. For example, you can read just your trusted npubs from the relay, or the npubs trusted by your trusted npubs, or even all npubs.
more-speech also adds relays found in events to the list of possible relays, but does not activate them.
At some point I will be adding more dynamic relay processing to more-speech; but that's for the future.
From: mutatrum<-DerekRoss at 08/14 15:27
> https://github.com/unclebob/more-speech from nostr:npub19mun7qwdyjf7qs3456u8kyxncjn5u2n7klpu4utgy68k4aenzj6synjnft.
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Welcome! It should be a good time.
From: (Tomas) at 08/14 10:49
> I decided to attend. I'm really looking forward to it.
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