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I think I've seen a hat that looks like that in fashion show

Thank you everyone for reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams!

That's our third book in #companionscorner!

Next, we will be reading Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams!

See y'all at Wednesday at 02:00-03:00 UTC!

#42 #dontpanic

Replying to Avatar HoloKat

I was playing around with ranking your contacts by mood.

The idea behind this is being able to sort your feed by how someone's notes make you feel. The user assigns internal rankings to each person they interact with. The rankings are just mood indicators:

1. Informative - high signal.

2. Positive - I generally feel good about the notes from this person

3. Neutral - I'm in different to what they say, they tend to post neutral content that does not influence me emotionally.

4. Negative - this person makes me feel crappy sometimes or often, but I follow them because they occasionally say things I value or find interesting / makes me think.

Then you could rank your feed based on how you would like to feel. If you wish to over time feel more positive, you could select only to show positive npub notes. That doesn't guarantee that everything you see is going to be happy, but it should TREND the mood towards positive.

Or if you wish to see only informative high signal content, perhaps you set your feed to that and only see high signal notes. Again, you will see other types of notes there, but it will trend towards highest signal.

This could also be expanded to other types of indicators such as "responds often" for example, so you can interact with people who actually respond.

The benefit over just a followed set of people is being able to toggle signal for the day, or relaxing your criteria to include everyone.

UX: you have a hold+drag slider that selects the mood for that user. This is only visible to you (unless you share a screenshot lol). This makes it easy to categorize npubs (assuming you don't misclick into their profile) - to be tested.

Right now this is just an exploration and an idea. I'm putting it out there to see what people think of it.

Originally I was thinking about this from the WoT perspective, but then realized that probably wouldn't work.

https://void.cat/d/R6gqKzKNb4nf69XhtEpvPd.webp

I've been wondering about this prioritization myself. This is well thought out, well done

Replying to Avatar Noshole

Not bad not bad

I want your deepest thoughts, not the latest memes 🙏

I guess I won't use X until Arkose Labs and them figure out how to stop bots without stopping humans.

Nostr fixes this.

"In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages that are little miracles of self-reference." — Douglas Hofstadter, I Am a Strange Loop, p. 363. #bookstr

Anyone else wonder how simple shit works? Like what about ziploc bags? Or that metal spring or clip that keeps something important in place? #showerthoughts

SimpleX sounds good. What's the best resource to learn about it?

Replying to Avatar Ava

Essential Reading:

Nicole Perlroth - THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS: The Cyber Weapons Arms Race

"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market―the most secretive, government-backed market on earth―and a terrifying first look at a new kind of global warfare.

#cybersecgirl #infosec #cybersecurity #nicoleperlroth #bookstr

https://thisishowtheytellmetheworldends.com/

Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. One of the most coveted tools in a spy's arsenal, a zero day has the power to silently spy on your iPhone, dismantle the safety controls at a chemical plant, alter an election, and shut down the electric grid (just ask Ukraine).

For decades, under cover of classification levels and non-disclosure agreements, the United States government became the world’s dominant hoarder of zero days. U.S. government agents paid top dollar―first thousands, and later millions of dollars― to hackers willing to sell their lock-picking code and their silence.

Then the United States lost control of its hoard and the market.

Now those zero days are in the hands of hostile nations and mercenaries who do not care if your vote goes missing, your clean water is contaminated, or our nuclear plants melt down.

Filled with spies, hackers, arms dealers, and a few unsung heroes, written like a thriller and a reference, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is an astonishing feat of journalism. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, The New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth lifts the curtain on a market in shadow, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel.

Added it to the list 🫨

great quote. is that from your mind, someone else's, or The Collective at Large

I have the most ridiculous function andbashr aliases just for me xD

it's surprising good and I'm only doing some basic stuff. The ceiling on it is pretty exiting!

Well under thay definition I guess one could consider me one :) I want to be open to the flaws of bitcoin and potential technologies that can help humanity play with a better rule set. BTC provides a hugr upgrade to how the current system works.