first post
this is the first one. can people not in the community read it?
duckduckgo has a good conversational ui for ai's. you can pick difderent models to talk to. I saw the recommendation here on nostr, and am passing it on as validated and useful.
a great complement to #obsidian is evergreen note taking. break your notes down into concepts. update and interlink those over time as you add new concepts, and it turns into a personal ontology.
This morning's little gifts. #grownostr #homesteading https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/8d9d2b77930ee54ec3e46faf774ddd041dbb4e4aa35ad47c025884a286dd65fa/80b6d8d328359f05c0d7ef8f50f5063d4e96d9df79d07e0cd0a485e5d5ba2582.webp
they look clean, did you wash them before taking the photo?
I am an avid obsidian user and can identify with this use case. I use 4x6 index cards as bookmarks, and I write my notes on those. Then when I'm done I transcribe them.
epub can absolutely be held in a sovereign way. I just happen to have problems retaining information read from ebooks. there's something about the physical instantiation of the book that helps my brain index into it. When I recall something, a passage or whatever, I usually have a sense for physically where it was located in the book. That is, left or right side of the fold, towards the front, middle, or back of the book. upper middle or lower part of the page.
Owning a book is like running a node. It grants you unmediated, private access to the contents of that book in perpetuity. Kindle is a shitcoin.
keeping a collection of important books (IRL) is taking an option on collected knowledge and culture
thinking a lot about optionality. it's a classic topic of bitcoiners, and with good reason. Taleb has spilled much ink on the subject, and in a productive way. it's a shame he acquired an allergic reaction to bitcoin.
bitcoin is the classic asymmetric, huge upside, little downside, option of them all. but what else is out there?
I would assert that owning and training in the use of firearms is a hugely beneficial asymmetric option. that's the whole "better to have it and not need it, than to need it an not have it" thing.
what else is out there that belongs in this category of asymmetric options?
As part of the 20th anniversary of the BBS Documentary's release, I've ripped the 3 DVDs that were included in the project and have them hosted at Internet Archive. These ISO files can be played in the VLC player like DVDs, and include all bonus features, subtitles, director's commentary, etc.
https://archive.org/details/BBS_Documentary_DVD_Set
if you spent any time on bbs's in the 80's or 90's, this is absolutely worth your time. bbs's had the same early-days feel as the early internet and nostr
it's amazing. it reminds me of a circos plot of structural variation in a genome: https://circos.ca/intro/genomic_data/
the information bandwidth of human action is estimated to be 10 bits / s
the information bandwidth of human senses is estimated to be 10^9 bits / s
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.10234
the difference between the two is fascinating to think about. lots of input, small, highly refined output. it's the context provided by the brain that allows 10 bits to encode seemingly simple concepts like "that's a dog". similarly, having shared first person experiences with other people builds that context and allows one to leverage more into fewer bits.
Massive shoutout to nostr:npub186ptarjwp53k6tz5fyzj2t0wcu9wtahrdh8lqca0j7065cuxfvksparxqq and the amazing support he’s shown during our nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 RSS transition.
Shoutout to the RSS architects who understood freedom is at the core of podcasting. Your foresight created a no gatekeeper methodology that made nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s and I’s episode migration to Podcasting 2.0 RSS Blue seamless.
We will continue to put our sats where our mouth is and support the doers like Dovydas in the pleb V4V space.
Circular economy for the win.
how about nostr:nprofile1qqsph5e28p48hehk3zeaclzgpm7zrnv5ddp74s2t5ja8sd9vw73ru6gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsxyvevn? he is one of the best nyms on nostr
I've enjoyed following nostr:npub1clk6vc9xhjp8q5cws262wuf2eh4zuvwupft03hy4ttqqnm7e0jrq3upup9 . I believe he's at Bitcoin Park in Nashville, and has an engaging and insightful feed
totally, you need something more than convenience to guide your decisions if you're going away from google.