Entiendo está complicado el tema económico donde vives ?

Por qué dices eso ?

Fan de las panaderías y uds ? 🥐 🥖 🥨

P.D: En la foto es un roll de panela con queso llamado Golfeado en mi país 🇻🇪 . #Foodstr

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Ha el tu ah

And spit on that thang

Makes in bed men dream

[How to Read Haiku]

Reading haiku is a fun skill and like any skill, it develops and improves over time as you practice it. If you put more time in, you will get more out of reading haiku. If you skim haiku, you will miss the point (there is always a point).

What is haiku? English haiku are typically written as three liners in a 'short - long - short' pattern (they need not be only 5 - 7 - 5). English haiku are sometimes written as one long line these days. Haiku have to contain an element of surprise, a turning, a connection, or an ambiguity. Some haiku have more than one of these elements.

Don't skim read haiku. They are short but densely packed. Go back and reread haiku to explore the ambiguities and surprises. You will often find more on a second or third read. Read the words and be in the scene but don't confuse the words for the scene. The words point to something and what they point to is where the fun of haiku is! (Good memes work in a similar fashion. The fun is in what is being pointed to, not a literal interpretation.) Don't interpret haiku; they are not a literal writing form. Poetry never is literal. Don't overthink haiku! Explore haiku!

That said, let's pull apart one that I wrote last year. This haiku follows a 5 - 7 - 5 old-school syllable pattern.

yellow leaves fall through

ripples in the sky and clouds

bubble up a duck

Here I have ripples in the sky, but ripples are associated with water... hmm. The leaves are yellow, so it's fall. The association with water ripples and leaves falling through the sky but water? Hmm... are the leaves falling through sky and cloud ripples, falling through water ripples, making ripples? All of the above! As you wish! Next I have the ripples in the sky and clouds but are the ripples the clouds rippling or the (implied pond/water) rippling the sky and the clouds? All of the above! As you wish! Lastly, the rippling sky and clouds (reflected in the water?) bubble up a duck. The duck surfaces after the bubbles.

This haiku is intentionally ambiguous and the lines run together. It can be read as:

- yellow leaves fall — through ripples — in the sky and clouds — bubble up a duck

- yellow leaves fall through ripples — in the sky and clouds bubble up a duck

- yellow leaves fall through ripples in the sky — and clouds bubble up a duck

... those are just three ways to break it down (there are more) and the reader is meant to explore all of it as they read and reread the haiku.

My intention when writing this was:

yellow leaves fall through ripples in the sky and clouds bubble up a duck

I have a fondness for ambiguity in haiku and running the lines together in unusual ways. Every haiku writer has their favourite ways to write. Play, just like kids do; that is the key to reading (and writing) haiku.

Here is a literal description of what was happening that inspired this haiku: I was crossing a bridge at a park near my house, the yellow autumn leaves were falling from the trees, there were wavy bands of clouds in the sky and ripples in the pond reflecting it all. Suddenly some bubbles popped up through the ripples, followed by a duck!

I'll end this with a haiku about writing haiku (with the help of a cat).

writing

and scratching out

the cat yawns

— Sacred Peak (Dale)

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Don’t sleep on #HiveTalk. nostr:note13zs7ts9m2e73qhwsuhutcfa80qdmn5rqc728cux9e2azufhc44xsfepk5u

Nostr isnt gonna cater to you. This isnt traditional social media. On nostr its literally proof of work. If you can't engage and get the feel for what your feed is talking about but you complain nostr is boring and giving up nostr isnt for you.

Le recomendé al el teacher de inglés que usara Keet en vez de una aplicación de paga para reuniones y ayer nos conectamos por allí, y ¿saben?, 😻 , porque esto lo aprendí en #Bitcoin y me alegra un montón que la gente linda también lo pueda aprender.

I wonder why 🤷‍♂️

#meme

If you see a note, blast a note. It's the law. 😂

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Amendment LXIX:

1. The right to freely and voluntarily tip others with bitcoin shall not be infringed upon.

2. Individuals shall have the freedom to zap whoever they want, as much as they want, and whenever they want.

3 The government shall not impose taxes, fees, or penalties on zaps.

4. This amendment shall not be construed to limit or infringe upon any other rights granted by the United States Constitution or its subsequent amendments.

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Sometimes people ask me what my favorite food is in Egypt. It’s the common thing people generally ask about regarding travel and such.

I often say grilled fish and vine leaves. That’s my favorite main course.

But the *real* answer is dumber. It’s the ubiquitous pita bread and tahini sauce. I eat way too much of it when I’m here, considering I normally eat low carb.

And there are these little walnut-sized specific type of lemons that are served with many meals to squeeze on your food. My father in law instead squeezes them into his water to make unsweetened lemonade with his meals, and I started doing it and find myself drinking it whenever there are lemons around with the meals. So good.

So for me the dumb but true answer is the pita bread, tahini sauce, and mini lemons. The cheapest, most basic appetizers/garnishes around. 🤷‍♀️

Yesterday was a public holiday and my siblings and I spent the long weekend helping my mom clean up her house. The insides needed some painting, and fortunately I managed to engage a freelance construction person, a women in her mid 60s with shiny white hair, who has way more speed and energy than I could have hoped for. She completed most of the work in 2 days what I would have taken months just planning and tapping 😂. That and I need an upgrade from my pink 2kg dumbbells.

The outside needed a lot of anti rust work and anti mold fixes before we can paint it so some sanding, welding, anti rust coats and pressure washing. We also got some gardening work done and unclogged the drains for her. While my bones are hurting my heart is happy.

I remember watching pressure washing videos and lawn mowing videos that are satisfying to watch. These videos get millions of views which YouTube compensates financially. If you thought touching grass felt good, try cutting it - makes you famous, who would have thought!

Anyone can be a content creator if they have an easy avenue to post, have engaging content and get financially compensated.

As I watch the YT videos, I thought it would be nice if I can zap these videos, but I think zaps can only work effectively on Nostr if

1) it has easy onboarding

2) large crowds.

Bringing in the large crowds though, is catch 22. Content creators will bring in their fans but at the same time they need new, fresh ways to increase fan base / followers / viewers.

The good thing abt Nostr is that many diff clients collectively will have many viewers lurking around. When each client puts in the work in bringing in new users, eventually it will add up.

The challenge for new users however, is finding or matching what interests them.

Ideally as we overcome the challenges and the culture of zap picks up, the number of real viewers could translate into the amount of zaps aka direct money.

Another thing about content creation is quality. Some are lazy. Some put in the work.

I have learned more from YT lecturers than the colleges I have paid for. However, only the most engaging lessons attract viewers, hence content creators have to up their game. Maybe one way to encourage quality contents (esp during the early stages) is through rewards, reviews, ratings etc

Then there’s that SEO where it’s a form of algo for content creators to reach a larger audience base. This is so old fashioned that Tik Tok revamped it completely to increase engagement. I’m sure Nostr can do a much better content creator’s algo tuning strategy in matching users that seek them out, then all of them put together.

I think there are a lot of opportunities in driving content creators onto Nostr. But it requires some work, and has to start with research - esp in understanding what are content creators utopia and pain points.

These can be done by reaching out to hundreds of content creators with diverse creations. Research is not easy work.

And when carrying out these interviews, one has to go with that tabula rasa mindset, a blank sheet, a clean state. Leave the ego behind. Leave the stubbornness of old ways behind.

Toyota in the 80s, before it ventured into the western market, sent a group of engineers and designers to live in the US, They lived in upscale neighborhoods, drove luxury cars, and studied the culture extensively. Only after immersing in that culture did the engineers and designers put their minds together and came up with Lexus to compete with the luxury automobile market.

I think there is so many amazing opportunities in Nostr but it requires a lot of work. The more problems we uncover and the more we know what we don't know - only then we will have the opportunities in finding solutions. I truly hope Nostr makes it ❤️

Alright now, off to the madness of the real world. Have a great week everybody!