Synthdragon Radio is back online, baby!

NIP-53 broadcaster daemon comin' up next. I love zap.stream, but the RTMP server feature's Sat cost overhead gets to be a bit much for a lil' stream like mine. WIll support that awesome project in other ways.

Come get the laser juice straight from the source until then: https://synthdragonradio.com

Or, YouTube if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SRDylU_Ic

#music #synth #synthwavenostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqp0xq9vlrc9xedj054elc847xhuct2t4mml86atq8ldear8a8qe5qyf8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yv339e3k7mf0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qqsgsy94elwxf3sracdudwdlnfntfvmsj83hy0fpa9f8473urmqj34gz9ktfz

On Love

BY KAHLIL GIBRAN

Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.

And he raised his head and looked upon

the people, and there fell a stillness upon

them. And with a great voice he said:

When love beckons to you, follow him,

Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to

him,

Though the sword hidden among his

pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in

him,

Though his voice may shatter your dreams

as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he

crucify you. Even as he is for your growth

so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and

caresses your tenderest branches that quiver

in the sun,

So shall he descend to your roots and

shake them in their clinging to the earth.

•

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto

himself.

He threshes you to make you naked.

He sifts you to free you from your husks.

He grinds you to whiteness.

He kneads you until you are pliant;

And then he assigns you to his sacred

fire, that you may become sacred bread for

God’s sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you

that you may know the secrets of your

heart, and in that knowledge become a

fragment of Life’s heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only

love’s peace and love’s pleasure,

Then it is better for you that you cover

your nakedness and pass out of love’s

threshing-floor,

Into the seasonless world where you

shall laugh, but not all of your laughter,

and weep, but not all of your tears.

•

Love gives naught but itself and takes

naught but from itself.

Love possesses not nor would it be

possessed;

For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say,

“God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am

in the heart of God.”

And think not you can direct the course

of love, for love, if it finds you worthy,

directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfil

itself.

But if you love and must needs have

desires, let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook

that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own under-

standing of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart

and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate

love’s ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with grati-

tude;

And then to sleep with a prayer for the

beloved in your heart and a song of praise

upon your lips.

The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

And tearful at the falling of a star

And the seasons, they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind, from where we came

And go round and round and round, in the circle game

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons

Skated over ten clear frozen streams

Words like, "When you're older" must appease him

And promises of someday make his dreams

And the seasons, they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind, from where we came

And go round and round and round, in the circle game

16 springs and 16 summers gone now

Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town

And they tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now

'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down"

And the seasons, they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind, from where we came

And go round and round and round, in the circle game

So the years spin by and now the boy is 20

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

Before the last revolving year is through

And the seasons, they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind, from where we came

And go round and round and round, in the circle game

And go round and round and round, in the circle game

Written by: Joni Mitchell

Album: Ladies of the Canyon

Released: 1970

https://youtu.be/5NEkJhBHh54?si=HhsLH9kdTj2Vpk9a

Hey @oshi! I’m not with Conduit anymore, but I’m still stoked to send you some beans from my personal brand, https://sundragon.coffee ! I’m still waiting on an address, DM me when you’re ready to rock. Merry Christmas!

"Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it

is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always

see it as a soap bubble?"

—Alan J. Perlis

https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf

From the "Dedication" page of the famous book, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs":

This book is dedicated, in respect and admiration, to the spirit that

lives in the computer.

“I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shaed every now and then, and aer a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don’t think we are.

I think we’re responsible for stretching them, seing them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.

Above all, I hope we don’t become missionaries. Don’t feel as if you’re

Bible salesmen. e world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn.

Don’t feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What’s in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more.”

—Alan J. Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990)

#gn

My written works are back online. Here's a little treasure, still a work-in-progress (as is all of my writing):

https://publish.obsidian.md/gondolla/Tales+of+the+Galaxy/The+Tragedy+of+S%C3%A1vofei

The Tragedy of Sávofei

This work has been part of my written works now for many years. It is a tale told among the people of my stories, and is taught at The Academy to encourage young ones to consider that their actions may be constantly and consistently watched, and they should behave in a manner that befits this. It also carries the dark connotation, in the later years within my Data Crash stories, as it bears the mark of the total domination, mind and memory, of rulers upon the lives of the people.

It is one of my prouder stories, though sad, and dark.

The arc of this tale is thus:

Savofei was a respected General of an army. A key facet of this army is the use of a sort of mind-connected battle meditation which allows a General to see through the eyes of their soldiers, inspire them to new heights, and at need, totally control their actions.

This General, at one time, meets the wife of one of his soldiers, and immediately falls madly in love. Infatuation causes a plummet in his ability to focus, and his wartime prowess begins to show cracks.

Maddened by his obsession with this woman, he begins looking through his soldier's eyes off the battlefield, which culminates in a moment of passion when he takes control of his soldier while in bed with his wife, thus engaging in acts of passion through the soldier, with the soldier's wife.

The tale inevitably concludes with a final stroke of madness, in which Savofei causes the soldier to be murdered on the battlefield by again taking control of his actions, and thrusting him directly into danger, thinking this would allow him then to marry the now-widowed woman of his obsession.

But, we learn in the last moments, that it was Pharaoh who murdered the solider... through Savofei. In fact, it was Pharaoh who coveted the wife of the soldier most, and it was he who was acting through Savofei, instilling the madness of love in his heart, inflaming him to passion, and inevitably causing Savofei to destroy his career, and himself.

Some tellings of the tale, especially those taught at The Academy of Scribes, place Pharaoh on a much holier pedestal, painting Pharaoh as a dealer of justice upon Savofei and not a desirous man.

Thus follows The Tragedy of Sávofei...

(follow the link above to read the tale)

🤣

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9693Ix4W7IE

Hell yeah, GitLab!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aM-67gu1s

"The Republic has been organized into the first Galactic Empire..."

"... for a safe, and secure, society."

GM rockstars!

I love how real our content is on this platform… keep it comin’!!

We build the road

At the expense of the forest.

We make the data lines

At the expense of planting Art.

I wish for Programmers

To take their rightful mount

As Artists among Artists

Whose craft produces magic

Of the stone and of lightning

Capable of stirring the Spirit

As can the oils of Masters past

Spilled on canvas through passions of Soul.

So too we in ivory towers

So close to the cold dark stars

Gaze into the Universe

And mettle our crafts with it.

Prepare a place for Divinity

And Divinity will come

No matter the medium,

So Programmer,

Weaver of Words,

Maker of Machines,

Remember your place

Among the greatest of Artists

Where you, too, may aspire until death.

#poetry #asemic #spirit

It's a fine line between "vibe coding" and "fart coding". Don't let your codebase run on farts!!

GM rockstars!

First block seen in-the-wild in Hollywood CA

I’m pretty good at beating people at pinball, does that count?

Omg…. CRUNCHY COFFEE HODL BUTTER?!?

Sometimes when I nap, my mouth hangs open, and it becomes a fly hole. Heyoh!

Ok, you’re definitely invited to my end-of-the-world farm 😂

Omg…..

Gotta love the fresh smell of coffee roasting in the morning!

#coffeechain #coffeetime #coffeeroasting #coffee #conduit #conduitbtc

https://blossom.primal.net/5158552c5acd4ea9559b722c0d9a06369200fc7be18d42d91951314b8f9f1db3.mov

Cheers nostr:npub1ckwzuka977ac2qme9dq6cjxzwz6e3lncnfncn8kc90hryz9k8vxs0ekn0w ! NIP-15 is essentially abandoned, a good number of us moved to NIP-99 (and subsequently created the GammaMarkets Spec https://github.com/GammaMarkets/GammaMarkets/blob/main/README.md )

Hope it helps! Keep doin’ what you’re doin’

You and I, both! I'm goin' back to CDs lol

You can think of NIP99 as an additional sales channel to your existing stack

GM!

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Keep building, Nostr. We build for the next generation.

With our effort, our children can know freedom of spirit, sovereignty of choice, and be free from control by those that would set the will of the Machine above the will of The Self.

Know Thyself, Love Thyself, and Govern Thyself

Relays are like radio stations. Tune in, get the signal, jam the tunes, and when you’re finished, turn the dial. There’s a world of signals to explore out there.

GM rockstars! Go build epic shit

You can’t win them all… but you can definitely lose them all 😂

Oh fuck yeah, one of the best

But for the record, I have not tried an nostr:nprofile1qqswp94gnm4epqsgjkndl4lnd8krzdj5u4mzuppdtxksdymkty63g7gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9ws65qu3r butter latte yet… yummmmmm

Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqsfnnh6v3dspqtnwv3e46aed5k3nypyfx2wtet92ekg9szt3hr9k4qp8pmhxue69uhkc6t8dp6xu6twvuhxyetwvd5x7erjdanxvtnrdakj7mn0wd68ycmvd9jkuap0v9cxjtmkxyhhyetvv9usz8nhwden5te0dehhxarj95crxtnydaexzenpvd6x7une9ehhyecj4jdzt for my new favorite coffee accoutrement! Your ghee makes it in my coffee every morning

Gooood morning Nostr!

Gettin’ started on the good foot.

I’ve got this wicked awesome espresso machine… but pour-over still captures my heart.

Go be magic as fuck!

GM #gm

That’s the good shit right therrrrrrr

Uh oh... Proton, wtf? #proton

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The big argument going round is that they don’t handle tuples effectively, Nostr tags are tuples, effectively, and I’ve experienced quite a lot of false-positives-and-negatives using Zod, requiring pretty unintuitive code-jitsu to remedy.

Nice tie!

Another outstanding store supporting the Nostr Bitcoin circular economy!

And let me tell you: these wines are QUALITY.

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As you can see, we’re partway through the Cabernet Franc. My wife and I both were struck by its earthy, rich flavor profile. We’re going to be hard-pressed to slow down and enjoy each sip, because it’s just so darn easy to drink 🍷

Keep it up, Peony Lane! Another rockstar doing incredible work for the #bitcoincirculareconomy, we cannot be grateful enough.

#conduitapproved #decommerce #buywithbitcoin #bitcoinismoney #wine #winechain #peonylane

😂

Well that’s quite a reaction there 😂

Hehheh did I stumble on a legendary Nostr monster? 👹

Omg my wife posted on Nostr! Of her own free will! Way to make your husband squee with glee, honey bun⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️

GM!

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Duuuude! That’s so epic!! Keep me in the loop for sure!!

My current reading material. “Learn to Program with Assembly” by Jonathan Bartlett (might be a familiar name for the #devs out there)

For me, this book has been a deeply satisfying collection of #puzzles that pay massive dividends.

For the new #programmers genuinely interested in the craft (not just the vibes), the book “But How Do It Know?” by J. Clark Scott is the best primer I’ve ever approached. Reading this one gave me the foundation necessary to approach #Assembly language.

iOS app rather, not DDG.

Still an issue. Gotta hand type my zap amounts and messages like a caveman 😂

Very sweet for you to say this nostr:nprofile1qqspj3um0ppve7xkh5cp806sglt34z7xt3ylpv533xk3973n2dnzs3gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dselpj3p , thank you ❤️ that is my hope and my dream!

Eyyyy!! Welcome to the revolution Matthias! My wife and I are both musicians ( nostr:nprofile1qqspw5udc2nzw6wsj3plrrphe0343744h0ucz9e4g248chl3w8kh03qpremhxue69uhhyetvv9uhxtnvv9hxgtmnwpshg6tpdehhxarjvyq3jamnwvaz7tms09exzmtfvshxv6tpw34xze3wvdhk6psu5vh recently saw a vid I posted of my wife nostr:nprofile1qqsxnf49levf745wdtqvpxfdthcultycwkf9c23qlm9prel0mv900lqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg6waehxw309ahx7um5wghxgmm8v3hkwcnpvd4jucm0d5xsaqt9 singing an incredibly beautiful rendition of a song from The Lord of the Rings, see it on my profile!). I’m primarily a drummer, piano has been capturing my soul recently, and I have a long background as an ocarina slinger with Songbird Ocarinas 😂 you’ll find a home here, I know it!

They cover that in advanced; “shit yourself and assume the fetal position” is for bear training part one

https://github.com/LaurieWired/InfiniteRadio

Genius, as usual. I'm a total LaurieWired fangirl. #lauriewired #mycodercrush

Programmers: check out "infinite contextual radio", and generate music based on the code you write.

Wicked cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsYPv3CC6Sw