Nostr Web Client

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Sherry

always broken but which client is you using

eko 2y ago

I am using several clients:

amethyst, primal

snort, strudel, primal

Replying to

Lyn Alden

It's actually kind of shocking how polarized my Twitter/X feed has become.

So many people who were technical developers, capital allocators, thoughtful geopolitical commentators, etc are now just outright tribalists.

-Some of them are direct anti-Palestinian. Not just anti-Hamas, but outright against Muslims existing in Israel.

-Some of them are direct anti-Jew. Not just anti-Zionist in the sense of being critical of the modern state of Israel and its border rights. But instead just like, actually anti-Jew.

I hate to see this. The truth is not necessarily in the middle (ie "moderation" may itself be wrong by assuming the middle is correct), but perhaps more concerningly, many people can't even steelman their opponent's view. In the best of worlds, you should be able to explain the most intelligent version of your opponent's view, and then deconstruct it by explaining how it's wrong.

I see little of that. Hardly anyone can do it. My feed is now mostly like 90 IQ tribalist stuff, even from 120 IQ people. It's sad to see. I rarely see anyone who can steelman the Palestinian case and then explain why Israel is right, or steelman the Israeli case and explain why the Palestinians are right.

I have my own personal views, first and foremost toward the civilian children, and secondarily toward land rights, but perhaps my biggest view thirdly is to criticize the sheer polarization that has occurred. Everyone is sure, but few can particularly explain the dilemma in detail in such way that acknowledges their smartest opponents views and then builds their own case against that. Almost everyone is instead polarized and tribal now.

eko 2y ago

Finally this topic gets some human flavor. Thanks 🙏

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eko 2y ago

Followers count on #nostr seems to be broken..

eko 2y ago

Image uploads with nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg are very slow. Also a progress information is missing.

eko 2y ago

Udpating my NIP-05 with nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez did not work. I verified several times that I had correct inputs and entries on server.

The change worked with another client (Amethyst). Seems to be a glitch..

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Roberto

They always find excuses to not take bitcoin. I am from El Salvador and suffer this in the majority of places. A very few places takes bitcoin happily. 💔

eko 2y ago

@rob it is true, I also encountered those excuses. Which is fine, because during daily business they might have not the capacity.

On the other hand, I must say it was very positive paying with Bitcoin in El Salvador:

- San Salvador

- Ataco

- Juajuga

- Zonte

- Tunco

In most cases it was Strike or Blink. One time it was Chivo App. My experience with Chivo ATMs was supee bad though..

eko 2y ago

Had my first Ceviche in El Tunco. Of course asked to pay with Bitcoin. The owner explained that they had signed up for the payment system (wtf) and it is still not ready (since a week or so). When I tried to on-board him to a custodial such as nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw of course the phone had no battery.

Ceviche was 10/10 very tasty.

#foodstr

Replying to ec55841e...

Signal costs $50m / year to run!

https://www.wired.com/story/signal-operating-costs/

eko 2y ago

"[..]The biggest chunk of those infrastructure costs, fully $6 million annually, goes to telecom firms to pay for the SMS text messages Signal uses to send registration codes to verify new Signal accounts’ phone numbers."

This is the PoW part to protect from fake accounts I suppose. Can Nostr fix this in the future?

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eko 2y ago

“Cynicism is a form of obedience.”

Cornelius Eady

#quotestr

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