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Replying to Avatar Juraj

Je extrémne ťažké naštartovať novú sieť a dosť pomáha, keď sa viete nacucnúť na existujúcu.

Príklad 1: iCal / vCal pozvánky

Chodia e-mailom. E-mail každý má a každý vie každého e-mail (má ho v contact liste a klient mu ho automaticky doplní). Keď ešte neboli populárne kalendárové appky, tak to malo "textový fallback". Invite proste prišiel e-mailom, kde bolo normálne napísané "Peter Horváth vás pozval na stretnutie dňa 1. 7. 2025 o 14:30". Ak mal niekto kalendárovú appku, tak sa mu to rovno zobrazilo v kalendári, keď klikol accept a odpísalo to e-mailom. Nebolo treba stavať novú sieť.

Príklad 2: Signal (WhatsApp)

Používa telefónne čísla ako identifkátor. Všetci ľudia, s ktorými sa chceš baviť majú telefónne číslo a máš ho v zozname. Len otvoríš Signal a píšeš niekomu "na mobil" a len zistíš, že už má Signal.

Problémom nie je len „kto má Signal“, ale „ako im napísať, keď ho majú“. Problém matchovania je rovnako veľký ako problém rastu. Sieť musí byť užitočná.

Príklad 3: Facebook

Facebook síce nemal telefónne čísla ani iný jednoduchý identifikátor, ale videl brutálne hustú sieť. Ak dáš hľadať meno, tak ti človeka nájde, lebo máte spoločných známych. Mimochodom, použili e-mail na to, aby udržali vašu pozornosť. Keď začal u nás fičať Facebook, počet e-mailov sa viac ako zdvojnásobil - polovica všetkých e-mailov prichádzala zo serverov Facebooku. Každé "lajkol príspevok", "odpovedal na komentár" prišlo e-mailom. Takže aj keď ľudia ešte nemali návyk tam chodiť, tak dostávali notifikácie a chceli sa pozrieť.

Príklad 4: Unit of account

Ak niečo predávam, chcem ukázať kupujúcemu cenu v mene, ktorej rozumie. Ak je to poliak, ideálne mu to ukázať v PLN, aj keď ho nakoniec chargnem eurá. PLN rozumie, eurám nie.

Dobrá dokumentácia tohto problému: Andrew Chen: Cold start problem.

Problém Nostr - identita je kľúč, čo je z pohľadu bezpečnosti a autenticity správ dobré (ak mám správny kľúč, viem že to písal daný človek), z hľadiska network effects dosť zlé. Tak isto ma nič "nenúti" vracať sa na Nostr, ak si ho nainštalujem a o týždeň zabudnem, že existuje, nie je nič, čo by ma tam prilákalo. To ja osobne považujem za feature, heroínové sociálne siete sú to, pred čím utekáme.

Ja mám také tušenie, že úspech a adopcia Nostr-u príde z inej strany. Podobne ako Bitcoin ho začnú vo veľkom používať tí čo nemajú inú možnosť ako napr. miliardy ľudí žijúcich v totalitných režimoch, ktoré blokujú alebo cenzurujú sociálne siete. Postupom času, niektoré Nostr-based aplikácie trafia silný use-case, ktorý bude fungovať len preto, že si na Nostr-i a vieš jednou identitou riešiť celý online priestor. Táto killer feature bude tak silná, že postupne pritiahne ľudí, ktorým je nazatiaľ dobre v "heroínovych" sociálnych sieťach. Skôr či neskôr, príde moment, kedy nebude dávať absolutne žiadny zmysel hrať v nejakej uzavretej fiatovej sieti a odseknutím middlemanov odomkneme neodolateľnú hodnotu. Game over :-)

Replying to Avatar jimmybuffett

You kinda got me on this AI programming nostr:nprofile1qqstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqjqcma4 . I was actually an industrial programmer for 5 years so I know something about programming by bathing in it but when I left the gig about a year ago I tried dipping in on python and bounced off the syntax hard.

I then got Gemini 2.0 on Google AI studio which is free for everyone and just started building the app I’ve been dreaming of. We’ve hit the Diamond Age now.

The app worked first try albeit poorly and I just kept interrogating the model for new features and debugging along the way. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had doing something that was impossible for my ADHD brain previously.

But now I throw on some metal and just vibe with Gemini making my dreams come true

For ADHD I highly recommed the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome. You can actually heal ADHD and become the person you were always meant to be.

DAY 1

St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port -> Roncesvalles [24,78 km -> 7:24 hrs]

"Whatever the circumstances, whatever the hardships, the only thing that gets you to a better place is taking the next step, so just TAKE IT."

Green as grass, and full of enthusiasm, I start my journey like hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year, in St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port. A small, medieval, French town near the Spanish border where you can get your Pilgrim’s Passport and a scallop shell to put on your backpack. The first day is also one of the most challenging since you have to ascend about 1200m. The start is nice and slow, but soon enough the steep ascent starts. It’s long, it’s steady and my backpack is very needlessly heavy. Throughout the Camino, I either threw out or sent home 6 kilograms of stuff I did not need, yet was carrying on this first day. Hours and hours of pumping myself up, calling on the ancestors to give me a boost of energy, and wondering “What am I doing here?”. Near the end, it started raining, I was tired beyond my imagination, yet the only thing to do was to take the next step. I couldn’t stop in the middle of the forest, I couldn’t call a taxi, and I had no other recourse other than to take the next step. It is a funny situation, all you want to do is to stop and have some comfort, dry clothes, and warmth, yet the only way to get there is to endure more of the discomfort, pain, and dreary weather. The only thing that gets closer to the desired state is taking the next hurtful step. And that was the very first lesson the Camino taught me: "Whatever the circumstances, whatever the hardships, the only thing that gets you to a better place is taking the next step, so just TAKE IT."

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

A historic pilgrimage route leading to the shrine of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, attracting travelers seeking spiritual, cultural, or personal fulfillment.

I just finished it and over the next month, I wish to share with you the stories, the landscapes, and the teachings I received. I chose the Camino Francés which starts in French Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and goes across Spain for 780km. It’s probably the most difficult thing I have done in my life and I’m still recovering from it. Something tells me I might never recover. And maybe that was the whole point. To leave something that no longer serves you behind.

But first, let me share the absurd journey of discoveries and decisions that led me to embark on this arduous journey in the dead of winter.

I AM NOT IN CONTROL, I AM BEING LIVED

This means letting life live through you, rather than thinking you have it all figured out. It means listening to the signs around you and following your intuitions while at times sacrificing your rationality knowing that if you let life lead the way, things will always turn out for the best. It might be a wild ride, but in the end, you will not regret it.

And that’s how I’ve found myself living in Madeira in the second half of 2024. The whole Madeiran experience is a story in itself but here I want to talk about the signs and intuitions that led me to the Camino.

On a beautiful sunny morning in Ponta do Sol, I went to my local coffee shop to have my daily dose of orange juice. As I’m sitting there, enjoying the sun, a lonely tourist comes along, and while having his coffee, he smiles at me and says hello. I had never seen the guy but as I’m already well versed in signs and intuitions I know I have to go talk to him. If you make prolonged eye contact with someone, they even smile, or say hello, that means they have some piece of information you need to progress on your life’s journey.

So I walk over and strike up a conversation. It’s not particularly interesting or exciting and I’m losing patience because I know he has something for me, but I’m not getting anything. So I tell him about the above-explained principle and he goes: “Right, I experienced that while walking Camino de Santiago all the time. Every time you are looking for an answer to some question, or you are getting lost, or in other need, someone magically appears and solves your problem.” And that’s when it clicked for me. You see, just the day before I finished a Camino de Santiago step challenge on my Garmin watch and now this guy is telling me about it. And just like that, I knew what I had to do next.

You see when life is telling you to do something, you can always say no. However in my experience, the more I resist life’s requests, the worse things get for me. Over time, I learned to just head first wherever life is sending me, knowing and trusting it has my best interest in mind. And that’s how a few weeks later, on 3rd of December I find myself in Saint-Jean-Pied de Port, walking towards the Pyrenees.

And today, almost two months later, I decided to share this story with you. I walked 780km. It was crazy, beautiful, scary, instructive, and probably everything else you can imagine. Over the next month or so I will share a picture and a story with you every day. I hope it inspires you to whatever you need inspiring to 😉

See you tomorrow.

#CaminoDeSantiago #Pilgrimage #CaminoFrances #SantiagoDeCompostela #SpiritualJourney #PersonalGrowth #TrustTheProcess #LifeLessons #AdventureAwaits #TravelStories #MadeiraIsland #Intuition #FollowTheSigns #WalkYourPath #MindfulTravel #WinterCamino #780km #SoulfulJourney #InspirationDaily #LetLifeLead

Everyone on the planet being a bitcoin maxi is inevitable though 😊

Gluttony is our most pronounced individual and collective sin.

We consume so much news, social media, calories, natural resources, caffeine it's making us sick.

Scale back consumption in every area of your life.

Checking Nostr after a while. It’s truly sad to see Odell’s “GM NOSTR” being at the top of last 24hrs feed.

Don’t we have something more interesting to offer here?

Come with me, if you want to live!

#asknostr #relays #relaysdiscovery

What is the best way to get a list of all relays and keep it up to date?

Nostr watch (https://legacy.nostr.watch/relays/find) seems to be sundowning.

If I get 10K sats on this post I will code and support a relay repository.

Replying to Avatar Joe Nakamoto

I’m trying to put together a review of a nostr:npub1srsa6lqlxnqfg3lgmzjxrjtn77tlju7t77zy8t6t9ydlnkv7syts8dwhlh electric heater / air purifier/ bitcoin miner

I’ve used one for 9 months now.

What would you like to know?

Does it heat a bit?