Minecraft also released in 2009, probably the more likely culprit.

So, is #bolt12 finally going to be a thing?

#bullish

Low time preference?

There is much focus on the cross, and for good reason, but that just brings sinners to "neutral" as it were. Neither having and demerit worthy of eternal wrath, or any positive merit worthy of eternal life. Christ's perfect obedience imputed to the elect through faith is why we are seen as righteous before a holy God.

Rolling a die gives you a random output for a given input. If you input the same nonce on a block template, you will always get the same output hash.

It is guess and check, not rolling a dice. And the "check" part is... Wait for it... Math.

Have not, but he is bow added to my list.

It was me. Sorry, not sorry.

Mondays exist to make us look forward to the eternal Lord's day.

If your kids don't roll their eyes at you on the regular, you aren't doing it right.

On vacation with the fam right now and soaking in the eye-rolls from all.

It's still up. I need to pop back on when I have some time, too.

I NEED to drop by your shop and snag my wife something hard for her to kill.

I presume y'all take Bitcoin?

Reporting in. Definitely takes some getting used to. Not going to be my go-to writing pen, but one to bust out when I want the slow and intentional experience. I find I need to dip into the ink more often than advertised, and it is very sensitive to the angle I hold it, as it will sometimes not write at all immediately after dipping, and other times dump a glob of ink.

I am sure it is an acquired skill.

So... We should get rid of follower-based feeds, since that is essentially a custom algo?

The world is too big. That is why Nostr doesn't really have a Global state. No one can have EVERYTHING in their feed. It's too much.

We have to curate what we want to see in some way. What we must absolutely fight against is having someone else dictate what we get to see and what we don't. That means we ought to have optionality when it comes to algorithms, and be able to customize our feed to show what we want to see.

Does this mean we likely become disconnected from those outside our bubble? Absolutely, it does. But only if that is what we want our feed to be.

But, but, but.... Judge not lest ye be judged, right?

I must respectfully beg to differ.

I have been on Nostr since back when astral.ninja was a popular client, and we had ZERO native mobile clients. Client UX has improved massively since then, and is only continuing to do so.

I will respond to a few points in particular:

1. Amethyst is my go-to client on mobile, and I am no dev, just tech-curious. Considering that nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7anfw3hhytnwdaehgu339e3k7mf0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpqgcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewq6txrvx is building an client with as many features packed into it as possible, it is remarkably intuitive to find the things that most users want.

2. You can't mute users on Primal? Mobile or web? Pretty sure you can on web, which means it is almost certainly coming to mobile, too.

3. Ummmm... Browser extensions absolutely work on mobile... You can use either nos2x or Alby with Kiwi browser or Firefox. However, I highly recommend using Spring for web clients on mobile. Amethyst + Amber for native clients and Spring for web clients is really all you need on Android, IMO.

And yeah, I would not bother with trying to onboard normies to Nostr right now. It is a protocol with an INCREDIBLE amount of potential, and is currently rough around the edges such that only those who really care about censorship resistance and open protocols will likely stick around, and that's fine.

With as fast as clients have been improving over the last year and a half + that I have been around here, I have no doubt that Nostr will be ready for prime time in the very near future. Until then, enjoy it for what it is, help shape what it will be, and share it with those who care about its core value of permissionless and censorship resistant public speech.

In general, 100% accurate. More difficult to use few words when supporting your point with polemical arguments, though.

Even in that case, being clear and concise best, there's just a limit on how concise you can be while adequately supporting your arguments.

I would also contribute to this bounty. Is there one started anywhere?

Honored to make the short list!

Soli Deo Gloria!

If you are the adventurous type and like to try out new Nostr apps, I highly recommend going to metadata.nostr.com and making a backup of your profile.

Won't help you now, but once you have your follows set back up, it can save you a lot of time in the future.