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Recent Notes
Both AI users and providers will learn the hard way how subscription hell works.
It will hit both ways and it will be painful.
For us, it's another lesson how getting away from reality has serious ramifications.
For Anthropic and OpenAI it might just be too late though.
It will hit both ways and it will be painful.
For us, it's another lesson how getting away from reality has serious ramifications.
For Anthropic and OpenAI it might just be too late though.
https://blossom.primal.net/9867add0216c6eec1bd8b53cc14635e971ef6e2f831a5722f842bcf85a62c390.png
Getting to the point where one genesis prompt will unleash the autonomous sovereign business agent printing infinite money.
Closing the loop for good soon!
Closing the loop for good soon!
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People are whining about centralized enshittified platforms like citizens of a democracy about politicians.
Especially GitHub lately. Solution? According to whining users of subsidized CI and hosting, the people are at fault: Replacing the scapegoats and getting better leaders. Perhaps migrate to another platform if this doesn't work.
Cypherpunks write code and design protocols.
They realize that the given word is not enough because relying fully on it incentivizes empty promises. This spirals into a chaotic world without any trust whatsoever.
We build software that requires low trust, so people can trust each other and the system again: A system not merely based on people but cryptography.
Bitcoin is the flagship product of the cypherpunks. Nostr-based markets and communities make coordination of prices and people unstoppable. It's the natural next step for freedom to flourish.
Keep shipping
Especially GitHub lately. Solution? According to whining users of subsidized CI and hosting, the people are at fault: Replacing the scapegoats and getting better leaders. Perhaps migrate to another platform if this doesn't work.
Cypherpunks write code and design protocols.
They realize that the given word is not enough because relying fully on it incentivizes empty promises. This spirals into a chaotic world without any trust whatsoever.
We build software that requires low trust, so people can trust each other and the system again: A system not merely based on people but cryptography.
Bitcoin is the flagship product of the cypherpunks. Nostr-based markets and communities make coordination of prices and people unstoppable. It's the natural next step for freedom to flourish.
Keep shipping
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The Github situation is getting worse gradually then suddenly:
https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github
But Bluesky is not sleeping on this, they have been building out 'tangled' - social software collab similar to #gitvianostr .
And they recently got a funding boost as well:
The problem exists, and we got the right primitives to answer the need:
- NIP34
- Grasp
Some clients:
- https://Gitworkshop.dev
- https://BudaBit.org / https://budabit.club
But we need more user feedback to improve, and more people talk about how Nostr solves this problem really well. Possibly more contributors if your time allows.
I seriously think this is a great chance to get a bunch of new high-value users on Nostr.
What's your answer anon?
Keep going hard, keep building and keep shipping
https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github
But Bluesky is not sleeping on this, they have been building out 'tangled' - social software collab similar to #gitvianostr .
And they recently got a funding boost as well:
The problem exists, and we got the right primitives to answer the need:
- NIP34
- Grasp
Some clients:
- https://Gitworkshop.dev
- https://BudaBit.org / https://budabit.club
But we need more user feedback to improve, and more people talk about how Nostr solves this problem really well. Possibly more contributors if your time allows.
I seriously think this is a great chance to get a bunch of new high-value users on Nostr.
What's your answer anon?
Keep going hard, keep building and keep shipping
Platforms have been enjoying a lot of success selling convenience for lock-in.
This era is coming to an end with AI. Projects don't want lock-in in a world where custom solutions can be built in days.
All they need is infrastructure. Bespoke compute and storage. So the ultimate platforms to get rid of are the Amazons and Microsofts of the world.
We need to make a competitive free market for infra and Nostr can solve this problem really well. Without permissionless pubkey-addressed discovery AI is useless slop at best, a threat to humanity at worst.
We build pieces of this future with #gitvianostr and #BudaBit.
This era is coming to an end with AI. Projects don't want lock-in in a world where custom solutions can be built in days.
All they need is infrastructure. Bespoke compute and storage. So the ultimate platforms to get rid of are the Amazons and Microsofts of the world.
We need to make a competitive free market for infra and Nostr can solve this problem really well. Without permissionless pubkey-addressed discovery AI is useless slop at best, a threat to humanity at worst.
We build pieces of this future with #gitvianostr and #BudaBit.
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I think a mistake Nostr devs have made is trying to put all the content into Nostr, eg Wikipedia articles. NIP-73 is the greatest thing ever. You can just reference web content by URL and then pull it...
Good for a temporary migration bridge but not enough long-term.
We want to re-identify the internet as deeply as possible, so the article example would incentivise everyone to still write long-form content without nostr references in the content.
Another problem is that content can be mutated behind the URL so a Wikipedia article that you loved can (and will) become subject to psyop propaganda and the things you said about don't apply anymore.
I don't want that risk at all, if we want to do this we need to make things nostr native and tamper resistant.
URLs are a threat to this. Perhaps nsites are better. Even with books and other stuff we should still put them on blossom not just use an ISBN.
We want to re-identify the internet as deeply as possible, so the article example would incentivise everyone to still write long-form content without nostr references in the content.
Another problem is that content can be mutated behind the URL so a Wikipedia article that you loved can (and will) become subject to psyop propaganda and the things you said about don't apply anymore.
I don't want that risk at all, if we want to do this we need to make things nostr native and tamper resistant.
URLs are a threat to this. Perhaps nsites are better. Even with books and other stuff we should still put them on blossom not just use an ISBN.
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nostr:nprofile1qqsywt6ypu57lxtwj2scdwxnyrl3sry9typcstje65x7rw9a2e5nq8spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9ujp72gh I think the nost...
Because he looks at Nostr and instantly would recognize the change. Probably we would too, if it's very unlike him.
What you talk about is much more relevant in e.g. software release signing.
Benefit of Nostr shines imo where you start mentioning people and events in the Nostr way not twitter way.
That is not mere tamper-resistance but growing this ecosystem rather than deepening the platform network effect twitter has.
What you talk about is much more relevant in e.g. software release signing.
Benefit of Nostr shines imo where you start mentioning people and events in the Nostr way not twitter way.
That is not mere tamper-resistance but growing this ecosystem rather than deepening the platform network effect twitter has.
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PSA:
Nostr is much more resilient than Bitcoin.
Many people find this hard to believe but it's really simple to reason about:
Bitcoin must come to a global consensus on the state of its ledger. Simply put, money must be universal.
Nostr does not have this requirement of a consolidated 'global'. Stuff can be distributed anywhere and people still have their own microcosm of Nostr, even when others don't know about you at all.
Nostr is much more resilient than Bitcoin.
Many people find this hard to believe but it's really simple to reason about:
Bitcoin must come to a global consensus on the state of its ledger. Simply put, money must be universal.
Nostr does not have this requirement of a consolidated 'global'. Stuff can be distributed anywhere and people still have their own microcosm of Nostr, even when others don't know about you at all.
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Nip17 only works if ecash stamps proliferate. Otherwise it is trivial to spam relays into oblivion with giftwraps.
As I said before: you pay (ecash, or by self hosting) or trust (eg web of trust relay, uncle jim, group relay).
No other way I see around this.
Also it is worth putting DMs in context:
- Is it for a p2p marketplace?
- A dissident / freedom-fighter group?
- A developer community?
- A group for random cat-memes?
- One-to-one, few-to-few or many-to-many?
Don't think black and white, and don't think that one spec rules all. It almost never is the case.
As I said before: you pay (ecash, or by self hosting) or trust (eg web of trust relay, uncle jim, group relay).
No other way I see around this.
Also it is worth putting DMs in context:
- Is it for a p2p marketplace?
- A dissident / freedom-fighter group?
- A developer community?
- A group for random cat-memes?
- One-to-one, few-to-few or many-to-many?
Don't think black and white, and don't think that one spec rules all. It almost never is the case.
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AI doom is now more justified but not because it is AGI.
I don't expect the LLM architecture to solely bring about AGI but it will contribute to it.
AI is dangerously useful for good and bad intentioned people as well. Depends on the perspective:
- Dangerous for the state because it can be used to escape the control of the system
- Dangerous for freedom-loving people because it can be used for mass surveillance, censorship, and engineering panics and psy-ops on a large scale
Personal responsibility is key (pun intended) now more than ever.
I don't expect the LLM architecture to solely bring about AGI but it will contribute to it.
AI is dangerously useful for good and bad intentioned people as well. Depends on the perspective:
- Dangerous for the state because it can be used to escape the control of the system
- Dangerous for freedom-loving people because it can be used for mass surveillance, censorship, and engineering panics and psy-ops on a large scale
Personal responsibility is key (pun intended) now more than ever.
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this is similar to grasp - main point is no need install anything extra if ur blossom or pyramid is running
Main point is, this doesn't work as a proper git remote.
The point of git is effective state sync of commits and branches i.e. a DAG of code collaboration objects.
If you want a signed archive of a repo you could use this but this is not good for code collab purposes.
The point of git is effective state sync of commits and branches i.e. a DAG of code collaboration objects.
If you want a signed archive of a repo you could use this but this is not good for code collab purposes.
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"Marxists are unteachable. This is so difficult to eradicate, as you know with my book I've tried to eradicate it for 50 years."
- Karl Popper
Somehow we see this coming back to bite us again and again. Theft and coercion fueled by envy, camouflaged by the "protection" of "underprivileged".
The central planners will try to crack down once more, with terrible consequences. The signs are there.
Working on unstoppable speech, communities, and markets for me is not optional. If I want a future for myself and my family I must carry on and do my best to ship the tools for freedom.
This is what keeps me going the most.
- Karl Popper
Somehow we see this coming back to bite us again and again. Theft and coercion fueled by envy, camouflaged by the "protection" of "underprivileged".
The central planners will try to crack down once more, with terrible consequences. The signs are there.
Working on unstoppable speech, communities, and markets for me is not optional. If I want a future for myself and my family I must carry on and do my best to ship the tools for freedom.
This is what keeps me going the most.
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