I see. Yea that doesn’t make sense to require an additional email address for that.
maybe nostr:npub1y69efz664d96krj5xrhync707ythdncc8hunkvs4n7t8pm25zj2snkwae6
No, it's good that you reported that to me. Thanks a lot! As a developer, you have kind of a limited view of your own product.
Europe and especially Germany are world champions in burning money. You have no idea how rich these people and institutions are around here, and how easily they can afford to just burn millions of Euros. But absolute no barakah in it.
Since everybody's talking about time and dates right now:
#NoorNote
Not everybody. A niche market's good enough for now.
It's about time a real commercial market opens up for software that respects the user's privacy and sovereignty. Come on, it can't be that we're building tools that are way better in this regard than their proprietary competitors. But we give them away for free, while those guys with ties are stuffing their pockets with their crap. It needs to be the exact opposite.
POV: You’re watching too many HBO shows
The first time I’m seeing this feature in the wild. [By nostr:npub1rycxjgs336r05p82qfkyqncxk059vc7gyfsea4l2n96hrsrx3rfq8npr3m ]
https://video.nostr.build/78d89d6ea8d22a0b662bf730aaff2b9cb1923bcb270f2a315f5eb89491d66ff4.mp4
Btw, with #NoorNote you can participate in these NIP-88 polls. Jumble also supports them.
I had that idea too, but it requires a little maintenance from the user. I basically wanted an automatic solution with no user involvement at all. But could be offered that as an alternative too.
Man, I did it again, I just took a quick trip into Fiat Land. You know, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, or whatever those little city states are all called. It's awful. Way worse than when I left it back then. Just this impenetrable mess of slop, scams, and pointless trench fights that were doomed to fail from the start.
The people - or are they bots, you can't even tell anymore - they're so strange, so weird. Folks, forget that saying about „weird Nostr," the ones over there are totally detached from reality. Like some little acting school full of crappy performers. Everybody's faking something, everybody's trying to play their part, to act like something they're not. The "successful" ones are just the ones who stay in character the longest. Like clowns, like entertainers.
F*ck this sh*t, that's not what we built the internet for. We're not immune over here either, I see the first signs of people trying to carry that zombie virus from over there to here. But still, I'd rather keep building here for now. Though from now on, I'll be way more sensitive and call out anybody who tries to drag that crap over.
⚡️🇫🇷 NEW - The French now have to jump through hoops to get a job.
The state agency France Travail is innovating in recruitment. Sports sessions are organized where job seekers and recruiters mix, initially anonymously, with the aim of assessing the motivation and mindset of candidates.
https://blossom.primal.net/a16d89f318b82d4783d018d080738b63956b851cabda13e26fcc68ab0f9330ec.mov
I'm still waiting for the circus ringmaster with the whip, who gets the candidates sitting on all fours on the stool and makes them jump through flaming hoops.
That comparison's a little off. With a street musician, I have to walk right past them if I've got stuff to do in the area, and I might not like their music and so not give them anything.
But having over 16,000 followers means people actually want to read this content. Let's do the math. 16,000 followers paying 5,000,000 Sats a year. That's an average of about 300 Sats per user per year. Okay, the followers built up gradually over the course of that first year. But still, the trend is clear. People are just too stingy.
I'd like to know how many followers haven't zapped even a single Sat. Wouldn't surprise me if it's over 50%.
Spare us your New Year's resolutions. We all know how long those last.
That's some seriously impressive work, respect.
But at the same time, it's sad to see that even with the best and most consistent content on Nostr, you still can't make a living off it. At least not in the West. Either we all take way too many things for granted and we're being cheapskates, or there are just way too few of us here. So totally irrelevant.
⚡️🚨 BIG UPDATE - Ghanaian self styled (false) prophet Eboh Noah said God would end the world in a new flood on December 25, 2025, urging followers to fund the construction of 8 arks. Many sold their belongings and handed over the money.
He has now said the apocalypse has been postponed. Eboh Noah claims God granted more time and instructed him to expand the ark project to accommodate anyone seeking salvation.
For those who haven't been following, I invite you to check out all my notes about him from yesterday.
https://blossom.primal.net/dd20801e84d85736e5827d1c0743c3f2547b2fdbf2f063d839c4d9a913b96e0d.mp4
And I was already thinking to myself, how's he gonna try to weasel out of this tomorrow? But sure, if you've got such a dumb following, you can totally get away with an excuse like that.
Every time someone says 'market manipulation by the big players' a little cat dies some where on a ship in the ocean.
⚡️🎮 WATCH - 100% vs 0% taxes in IsoCity
IsoCIty is an open source fully featured city builder woth pedestrians, cars, boats, trains, planes, helicopters, emergencies, and much more.
https://blossom.primal.net/21bf069600e6d4e2a7f930135825725ac24c268f6c6543abc80fd0792b1e1cdf.mp4
Health, Safety and Environment didn't change much.
Basically, yes. But then there's reality. You gotta put food on the table, otherwise every investment has its limits. And if you're not part of the solution ...
I know, people here like to celebrate that sparse dozen or so sellers who are offering stuff on Nostr, none of which is on my personal shopping list. But has anyone tracked how many sellers have dropped off from here in the last year or two? I can think of two or three just like that.
You can cheer on 'Price Up/Down' all you want, but the fact is, we're failing miserably right now at building a circular economy based on Bitcoin. And that means we're also failing to live up to Bitcoin's promise of freedom. And if we can't make it happen here on Nostr, then nowhere.
Not that we look back in 15 years and think, yeah, that was a nice collective dream back then, but it just didn't work out.
What Distro are you using?
Hahaha, I wasn't talking about you at all. I meant stuff that happens in real life. Like people coming up to my desk while I'm working or shoving their ideas on me while I'm eating.
Man, what a Monday that was?
The IZ ("Islamische Zeitung", engl. "Islamic Newspaper") has written and published a review of my book! It will also be delivered to thousands of subscribers in the print edition this month.
https://islamische-zeitung.de/muslimische-science-fiction-auf-deutsch/
Translation:
Muslim authors are increasingly enriching the science fiction landscape, creating stories that combine speculative technology with independent philosophy, folklore, and lived experience.
This subgenre, sometimes referred to as Islamic science fiction, explores visions of the future shaped by faith, cultural diversity, and alternative historical narratives, challenging stereotypes and expanding the creative horizon beyond traditional Western frameworks. By Laila Massoudi
Authors like Somaiya Daud, Saladin Ahmed, and Deena Mohamed use the genre to address themes such as migration, justice, and identity, often incorporating Arabic, Persian, or South Asian influences.
Their works challenge the boundaries between science, spirituality, and society, offering nuanced visions of a future where Muslim voices shape technological progress, ethical dilemmas, and interplanetary narrative worlds.
German or German-speaking authors have so far barely explored this field. Now, N. Alp Uçkan has made a start with "The White Ram Lamb" (self-published).
"The White Ram Lamb" is a political novel set in the future, which designs a dystopian near-future and consistently uses it as a mirror of current social and technological developments.
At the center is Rashid, an unspectacular, devout city dweller who initially functions unnoticed in the grid of a digitally controlled surveillance state.
His journey from the regulated megacity, through the underground of the "Crows" to the hidden mountain community of the "Wise Men", structures the novel as a story of initiation and awakening.
The world of the city is densely and vividly constructed: social scores, ubiquitous sensors, AI-supported administration, and militarized police units form the taken-for-granted background of a seemingly stable order.
Particularly successful is how the book breaks this normality with small irritations – for example, through the recurring symbol of the white ram lamb or through the marginal figures who have already withdrawn from the system.
The "Crows", a loose community of cyberpunks and dropouts, are less romanticized rebels than people with edges, breaks, and their own blind spots. Here, the text gains social and psychological depth.
With the change of location to the valley and the mountain fortress, the tone changes noticeably. The "Wise Men of the Mountain" live a mix of monastic discipline, resistance, and spiritually founded strategic work. The novel does not depict this community as a sectarian place of redemption, nor does it see it as a perfect counter-world.
It regards them as an ambivalent experiment: here, hard work is done, argued, and doubted – and at the same time, a culture grows that intertwines spirituality, technology, and political calculation.
Rashid's removal of his implant, the training, his integration into concrete tasks, and finally his role as a leader mark a comprehensible inner development.
The book is strong whenever technology and transcendence directly meet: when prayer and ritual ablution take place in the midst of a high-tech infrastructure, or when neuroflux traps and data cores are intertwined with concepts of responsibility, willingness to sacrifice, and otherworldly hope.
The spiritual dimension remains not abstract but is closely connected to everyday life, physicality, and community practice. This distinguishes the text from many secular cyberpunk variants.
In terms of language, the novel relies on prose that convinces, especially in passages about nature and architecture: the smog ceiling of the city, the wide valley in late or Indian summer, the cool marble architecture of the mountain remain in memory.
Action sequences – raids, escapes, the final server room operation – are clearly structured and comprehensible, without slipping into pure effect logic.
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You can get it here:
Print: https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/29GUQ4xof5QeTVAzoWuvHaPmVrZn/pos
Ebook: https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/2zQaLTbiKWuWGZN2dA3JhveJ63br/pos
I didn't get your post that way. But okay.
⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Former Nickelodeon child star Tylor Chase who is known for his role “Martin” in the show Ned’s declassified survival guide was spotted appearing unrecognizable and homeless in California. Many fans are questions ‘What does Nickelodeon do to these kids.’
https://blossom.primal.net/53caded5dcb12087590a2f6a92e03fd5a87baa2be1bf3d34c79f5d82fd570ab5.mp4
That's sad. Who knows what he's been through.
It’s 3 years old anyway
When one AI starts laughing at another... these are some weird times.
Always watch out for which key signer you're using. Not all of them are equally secure.
Oh, I see. But the name's got nothing to do with the Surah. I wouldn't dare do that. I just thought it was funny because nostr:npub17veg2gt7ja4dnjhs23jyttvpqlde3ajevlxuumxwghnqmgqwuv4q78cc5z named his relay "NoorNode", so I figured I'd call the client "NoorNote".
It’s integrated in #NoorNote now.
Yep, that's what I bought too. 😉
