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"Novice ethical hacker, practitioner of DIY projects, privacy accelerationist (priv/acc), tea scholar and novelist-to-be."

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.

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2026-10-26 22:27:58 UTC

I keep seeing the "Nostr is dead" memeing and honestly, it feels like a portion of the Nostr userbase actually believes that it's dead or dying.
I don't know about them but I remember when the web was still pretty new. I was born just a little too late to remember its initial release but I remember when WWW 1.0 was still a novel concept. I was there during the days when social media was still based of forums, user boards and chat services. I remember when Facebook was something completely new.
Nostr feels like those days to me. It recaptures the magic of the net back when I was still a kid, except this time, the tech is built on rock-solid existing tech and the builders are some of the most creative and driven individuals I've encountered.
As some put it, we're still early. Nostr isn't even a decade old yet. Get involved: if you can't build tech on top of Nostr, tell people about it. Post content with some variety.
Make this space something that cannot be ignored.
#nostr #tech #protocol #web #decentralized

2026-09-24 04:16:10 UTC

WORD5 #720 4/6
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https://otherstuff.ai/word5/

2026-09-23 03:42:18 UTC

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A day without cheesecake is a grim day, indeed!

2026-09-22 08:46:32 UTC

You don't know the meaning of loneliness unless you're a post-rock fan. It's not as niche as some music genres, it even has some level of mainstream exposure through films and documentaries, yet nobody ever seems to know it exists.
And that's tragic.
I just want to sit and chat with people about the brilliance of pieces like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRi1gjWk0fc
#music #musicstr #postrock #mono #japan

2026-09-20 09:47:04 UTC

Never give up ✊ 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/5db3029aa58906491bf41df29df50d9eda3cb89432305e50f1da9de54b6d527a.jpg

2026-09-20 03:45:46 UTC

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I can understand that but I don't think most people use those labels to limit or insult the artist, it's just an easier way to classify the overall sound of the music. Going back to MONO, as I mentioned, they have elements of neoclassical, noise rock and shoegaze on top of the post-rock but it's easiest to classify them as post-rock because that's the core of their sound.

2026-09-18 11:04:13 UTC

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You say "the version I tried". How long ago was this? The Quattro release did some major overhauls and that was before the Omacom Foundation was a thing.

2026-09-18 11:03:29 UTC

You've never lived until you've had high-quality Japanese loose leaf tea in a kyusu sculpted from Tokoname clay. #tea #teastr #Japan

2026-09-17 13:13:12 UTC

I've been talking about how much I appreciate Proton's Lumo as of late, and that's still true, but only giving free users 100 queries per week is extremely restrictive. Not as bad as the 10/day that Venice offers but still not ideal. I feel like Proton Unlimited subscribers should at least get 250-500 queries per week since we're the bulk of Proton's income? 🤷‍♂️ #ai #aistr #proton #lumo

2026-09-16 05:03:13 UTC

I really WANT to like OpenMeteo in my weather apps (Breezy on Android, Mousam on PC) because I'm all for open-sourced infrastructure, but I've found that it is almost never accurate... at least not in my area. I have much better luck with Accuweather and NWS.
I might need to look into a way to contribute somehow. I contribute to OpenStreetMap when I can. I might look into building a Raspberry Pi-based weather station and find a way to pipe that data to OpenMeteo somehow. 🤔
https://youtu.be/lnp6jo2XOU8
#weather #openmeteo #raspberrypi #diy #opensource

2026-09-16 02:48:01 UTC

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Atheists really are the epitome of cringe and ignorance. They love their "gotcha" arguments but clearly have never actually read the book, or even the doctrines of the one religion they typically criticize.
Or, as the Word itself puts it, "The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'."

2026-09-14 06:27:58 UTC

I've been a post-rock fan for ages now, but I never did get into This Will Destroy You. I had heard a few albums but never really got into them. However, I think I finally get it. This live album is truly a journey and a half.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3iije0Y7pGUG6K4Gf1f1Pc

2026-09-13 17:01:16 UTC

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I have yet to find any convincing evidence to support the plausibility of something like AGI. While I'm certainly not trusting ANY big tech AI corp to be ethical about their AI development, and I'm not writing off the possibility of AI going rogue in limited cases, knowing how this tech actually works makes it really easy to be skeptical of AGI and concepts similar to it.
So, my belief is that the second theory is definitely the most likely. GenAI is literally just complicated and wide-reaching program logic with absurd amounts of training data to apply that logic to. Calling it artificial "intelligence" is a bit of a misnomer when you get down to it.

2026-09-12 10:24:07 UTC

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You don't have to go quite that crazy. If you're looking to Asia, there are loads of more traditional women in countries like the Philippines. You'd probably want to stick with the provincial girls rather than the city girls (who are typically westernized) but yeah, not nearly as rough as going to a remote village in Cambodia 😂

2026-09-12 02:23:15 UTC

WORD5 #708 4/6
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2026-09-10 04:36:14 UTC

WORD5 #706 5/6
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https://otherstuff.ai/word5/

2026-09-06 07:12:42 UTC

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Not really the argument I was making but personally, I see both sides having valid points in that debate. I'm not interested in raw milk myself, but I'm pretty much in the middle regarding my stance on that topic.

2026-09-02 07:06:03 UTC

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It's excellent, makes an already appealing UI even better!

2026-09-02 06:23:30 UTC

I decided to check out some other Nostr web clients. Up until now, I had used Primal, NoStrudel and Coracle. Primal was generally my go-to due to its easy-to-read UI and its "enhanced privacy" feature since I don't always use a VPN. However, since I decided to upgrade to Proton Unlimited, I'll be using my VPN a lot more, so I figured it doesn't hurt to check out some others.
So far, my favorite, by far, would be Ditto. The UI and feature set is incredible. It feels, in a lot of ways, like Amethyst in web form, which is massive because I absolutely love Amethyst on my phone.
Definitely looking forward to exploring Ditto some more and maybe check out a few other web clients!

2026-08-31 03:42:56 UTC

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It's not just Boomers, it's a lot of Gen X'ers too. If anything, I'd argue Gen X is even worse in some regards, being the generation that genuinely thinks it's flawless, that its childhood was perfect, and that every other generation is bad except itself.
People love to rip on Millennials and Zoomers, and both generations have their issues (and I like to clown on Zoomers quite a bit myself), but I'll take both generations over Boomers and X'ers any day of the week.

2026-08-31 03:29:41 UTC

Well, that's annoying. My recent post about the drama surrounding NetworkChuck was hidden from me because I filtered out a few words in the post (such as furries and femboys, two movements I take major moral issues with), which is why I posted twice.
It'd be nice if word filters didn't hide our own posts like that.

2026-08-31 03:17:41 UTC

(X drama, but relevant outside of X)
I typically avoid posting drama on politically-related content on my main feed because I don't want to be obnoxious about it, but I can't stay silent any longer.
These people are DESPICABLE.
https://x.com/Cthulhu_Answers/status/2093711658636206274
Chuck's only crime was covering a Linux distro leftists dislike. That's it.
Instead of ignoring it, they bullied him, dug into his past, harassed him (and seemingly threatened him).
He does the Christian thing and addresses the issues between him and these folks.
What do they do in response? Leak the private conversation and bully him further. Why? Because he didn't "apologize" (again, he did no wrong) and because he didn't recant his Christian views on marriage and things like gay marriage.
Heck, he even specified that his views on these issues have morphed a bit, and that his focus now is only on loving other people as Christ loves them.
But again, because he didn't apologize and recant his views entirely, these psychos are still attacking him.
These people are insufferable, despicable, evil individuals. Chuck does nothing but help other people and present good vibes, but because he covered a Linux distribution by a guy who has some right-wing views, and because Chuck himself is a Christian, they go after him.
I used to be against the whole "anti-woke Linux" concept because Linux is open source and meant for everyone, but actions like this are precisely why we need distros like Omarchy in the first place.
The infosec and open source communities have been completely overrun with militant leftists, femboys, furries, etc. who refuse to accept anyone with even slightly less left-leaning opinions and more than that, they will bully you, dox you, and even threaten you.
Heaven forbid you be Christian and have even slightly conservative views in either space! Because they'll make sure you know how unwelcome you are. We can't coexist with people like this. I refuse to, especially after what they've been doing to Chuck.
Again, this is why we desperately need projects like Omarchy which fly straight in the face of these freaks. If you're a Christian or conservative in the FOSS/infosec spaces, you need to start becoming more vocal against them and create spaces for "us" instead.
#foss #linux #opensource #omarchy #infosec #cybersecurity

2026-08-13 00:38:14 UTC

Something I really appreciate about Nostr vs. other social media experiences is that I actually feel like I get some level of engagement here.
I don't get much on platforms like X because I refuse to be inauthentic and phony, playing the algorithmic game, entering subscription slavery and KYCing to receive payouts.
On Nostr, I don't have to do any of that. I can simply post what's on my mind, have a fun time, and still get a decent amount of organic engagement and occasional payout because of zaps.
I really love it here. #nostr #nostrcommunity #socialmedia #sovereign #zaps

2026-08-03 07:35:59 UTC

You know things are getting bad when even a bug bounty program (which benefits heavily from anonymous cyber professionals) is now mandating ID verification that you have to renew annually.
The really crappy part is that this means bugs will go unspotted, more vulnerabilities will be sold on the dark web, and many who got involved in helping make a more secure internet will now simply no longer contribute.
It can't be understated just how much chaos this nonsense has the potential to cause.
https://gbhackers.com/hackerone-mandates-id-verification/
#idverification #idcollection #ageverification #privacy #hacking

2026-07-07 20:44:10 UTC

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Is there a way to not use my phone number to register? I already don't care for that requirement with standard Signal.

2025-08-05 07:38:57 UTC

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Never heard of that site before, and they didn't really cite any sources, so I'd be hesitant to trust that. Not saying it's not true, just that the research I've done so far says otherwise.
As for the Venice thing, you're not wrong, they don't exactly have a way to verify whether not they're telling the truth and that is concerning.
But again, it gets back to the whole idea of not using AI for anything sensitive. I'm all for increasing productivity with AI in different ways but at the end of the day the best thing to do when you need to ask sensitive questions is use a privacy-respecting search engine on Tor Browser or a private browser with a VPN you trust.
No perfect solution, unfortunately, but it is what it is.

2024-09-06 15:18:07 UTC

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I like the concepts, but the way that the messages load is irritating if you're in more than two or three groups. I also don't know how much I trust the way they anonymize users beyond the pseudonym feature. Comparing to Session's onion routing, it just feels a little bit less anonymous and secure. That said, I haven't looked real hard into it and I'm not an expert anyways.

2024-08-08 03:00:37 UTC

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I've not been able to get into Bitcoin because of the KYC issue. It's not even so much of a principle thing for me (though that's certainly part of it), I just don't feel comfortable offering sensitive documents to CEXes, which are undoubtedly one of the largest targets for black hats. Considering the fact that I have no way to verify they're doing due diligence on their security, and considering the fact that the docs they require aren't easy to replace if there's a data breach, I certainly won't give it to them. Most I might consider is a passport.
That said, KYC itself is complete anathema to the core principles of what Bitcoin is supposed to be. I really don't know how anyone is okay with it, but I also don't know any other way to get around it unless you know people in your personal life who can transact with Bitcoin (and I don't, since I live in a rural small town that has a majority of elderly folks). DEXes might be an option but every time I've tried to use one, it just didn't work out, and there are a few Bitcoin ATMs within an hour's drive... but the problem is that they cost a 20% fee, which is absolutely ABSURD.

2024-08-05 03:06:15 UTC

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Sounds like a decent option long-term, but at the moment, I'm just focused on ways to obtain Bitcoin without KYC or sending hundreds by mail.