Nostr notes by Lykso

People debating the ethics of turning off a computer while ...

2026-10-23T20:01:13Z

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People debating the ethics of turning off a computer while continuing to support factory farming. It ain't about the ethics for them, I think.

My mind is boggled by the idea that people see New York and Los ...

2026-10-22T05:07:14Z

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My mind is boggled by the idea that people see New York and Los Angeles as culturally similar enough that someone from one wouldn't feel out of place in the other.

I was looking at Ada for these reasons at one point when I found ...

2026-10-12T18:50:03Z

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I was looking at Ada for these reasons at one point when I found an AGENTS.md in one of the Adacore repos. I was already hesitant, but that put me off it entirely. 🫤

Forking Ada might be the way. I'm playing with Idris just now, since they have spoken against LLMs in the past and I have a preference for pure functional languages with rich type systems and totality checking, but it is not nearly mature enough yet IMO.

One more shot of my goldless #kintsugi work. The leftmost plate ...

2026-10-04T23:31:12Z

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One more shot of my goldless #kintsugi work.

The leftmost plate is one of the first I did. I should have accepted received wisdom and broken it the rest of the way in half. The crack I was covering over has lengthened past the lacquer now. I did not make this mistake with the larger plate to its right!

The leftmost plate was also put through the dishwasher, so the lacquer is flaking pretty badly now.

The break on the small cat plate was too perfect to *not* repair.

Realized I hadn't posted my completed goldless #kintsugi ...

2026-10-04T23:13:40Z

Realized I hadn't posted my completed goldless #kintsugi repairs here yet.

In the foreground is one of my own bowls, the primary piece I'd wanted to repair. You can see some of my practice pieces in the background.

Traditional lacquerware work is slow and difficult. (Well, it was for me anyway.) The sanding was the worst part. I probably won't do this again for a long time. Certainly not until I wind up breaking one of my other favorites.

I need to expand on my first sentence, because it's ...

2026-09-20T05:31:57Z

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I need to expand on my first sentence, because it's oversimplified.

I could mug your buddy for a sack of lemons or anything else. You wouldn't know they'd been his, rightfully. I don't really see how scrip issued by the State is different in this respect.

What does make money unique is that it is treated uniquely by States. You owe some amount to your State regularly. They distribute the monetary base through channels that ensure economic activity is aligned with their interests. 1/

I feel as though all value is impartial; money is just a common ...

2026-09-20T05:26:05Z

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I feel as though all value is impartial; money is just a common carrier.

I think there is something to be said about a system where basics are guaranteed and a market system for non-essentials, wherein the monetary base is increased regularly and evenly for all people, is allowed. The "Circles UBI" idea was also interesting last I looked, years ago.

My problem with cryptocoins is that they are an attempt to make Capital even less accountable than it already is.

Ah. So your idea is to fund thieves with funds obtained from ...

2026-09-20T05:20:08Z

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Ah. So your idea is to fund thieves with funds obtained from previously funded thieves? I understand now, thanks.

Triggering hyperinflation via counterfeiting is probably not ...

2026-09-19T19:19:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…3mw8
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Triggering hyperinflation via counterfeiting is probably not realistic given how "on guard" States are about exactly that. Nor would it likely get rid of Money; places where there is no money, but where people have previously relied on it as a medium of exchange (e.g., prison), tend to invent their own forms of money.

It may be that the best we can do at this point is to accept money itself as a method of organization and find a way to subject it to some sort of democratic control, in 3/

Certainly depends on the crime, of course, as any State will ...

2026-09-19T19:14:55Z

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Certainly depends on the crime, of course, as any State will certainly criminalize any movement which convincingly threatens it. But broadly, self-interested "lumpenprole" type organized crime does not rate much better than established States in terms of attitudes regarding hierarchy and coercion.

Hyperinflation can be seen as a crisis of trust, certainly, but it at least partly boils down to the demands of the State becoming untenable due to mismanagement of the monetary mechanism. 2/

Destroying money itself is an interesting exercise. I haven't ...

2026-09-19T19:09:37Z

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Destroying money itself is an interesting exercise. I haven't yet worked out how one might do it, though I have my suspicions. I accept Graeber's theory of money, where money is a State instrument created at the same time as taxes in order to encourage self-organization around the State's objectives. "Give me this many tokens with my face on it at the end of the year, or I'll send my goons after you."

I don't think trust enters in, and I think funding crime establishes a new State. 1/

What? Is discussing the abject absurdity of Effective Altruism ...

2026-09-19T17:25:22Z

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What? Is discussing the abject absurdity of Effective Altruism considered off limits in some places, or am I misunderstanding?

I am shocked that the oligarchs are pushing an ideology that says ...

2026-09-19T17:09:37Z

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I am shocked that the oligarchs are pushing an ideology that says the greatest good is giving all your money to the oligarchs. Shocked, I tell you.

On second thought, I don't need to risk calling down hordes ...

2026-09-09T04:54:22Z

On second thought, I don't need to risk calling down hordes of angry psychoanalysts.

Got curious, dug around. "It's a tool" is his stance. ...

2026-08-27T23:22:44Z

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Got curious, dug around. "It's a tool" is his stance. https://fortune.com/education/articles/bill-nye-the-science-guy-artifical-intelligence-education-skills/

Only 3,000 or so billionaires worldwide!

2026-08-08T03:43:06Z

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Only 3,000 or so billionaires worldwide!

First off, this coercion is at the heart of capitalism. Gotta ...

2026-07-25T16:51:00Z

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First off, this coercion is at the heart of capitalism. Gotta serve the rich to get money and survive. Gotta live in the world they've built, for now. Only your free choice within the constraints presented have ethical weight. Second, black and white thinking doesn't help here, and isn't accurate anyway. You can still try to minimize harms while trying to find a way out of the situation. We are only a little free, but we *are* a little free.

I've also known poly people who have been unable to stop ...

2026-07-01T21:51:51Z

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I've also known poly people who have been unable to stop themselves from cheating, so it's certainly not a cure for deceit.

I did attempt polyamory once, but I found myself insufficiently ...

2026-07-01T21:49:07Z

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I did attempt polyamory once, but I found myself insufficiently interested in dating. I am quite confidently monogamous. I don't see any moral dimension to either choice. It's a personal tendency, same as any other.

RE: https://meow.social/@Bwee/116771973006254332 Consensual ...

2026-07-01T21:46:42Z

RE: https://meow.social/@Bwee/116771973006254332

Consensual non-monogamy is very much preferable to non-consensual non-monogamy. Frankly, I consider anyone hiding sexual partners from each other, or even sexual history, to be engaging in rape. Consent is not consent unless fully informed.

If you're in a situation where you feel you need to engage in that kind of secrecy for safety reasons, then you can argue innocence by way of duress. Nothing is ever cut-and-dry.
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IMO, a big part of beating a monolith involves waiting for the ...

2026-06-21T21:54:51Z

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IMO, a big part of beating a monolith involves waiting for the internal contradictions to lead it to failure and preparing for that event, while being fully aware that "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." This may well be a multigenerational effort; IMO, the struggle is not against Twitter or Facebook or what have you, but against the global system of capital producing them. The fediverse is just a historically-specific facet of that struggle.

Like, you could have used your powers for evil. You could have ...

2026-05-10T00:24:22Z

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Like, you could have used your powers for evil. You could have run a cryptocurrency scam or some shit.

It's a damn sight better than a lot of things I've seen ...

2026-05-10T00:21:20Z

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It's a damn sight better than a lot of things I've seen called "revolutionary" this past decade or so. Low bar, but there it is.

I wish I could select more than one answer per question. Most of ...

2026-04-13T17:30:07Z

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I wish I could select more than one answer per question. Most of these answers are not exclusive of each other.

"An army marches on its stomach."

2026-01-22T17:10:27Z

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"An army marches on its stomach."

Exactly. For me, I've always felt the stuff I make reflects ...

2025-12-16T19:41:08Z

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Exactly. For me, I've always felt the stuff I *make* reflects who I am far more than anything I could possibly purchase. And likewise the things people have made *for* me, or things made by people I *know,* far more than something designed by a dead-eyed hack.

I feel like the campiness of the production reinforces the ...

2025-12-16T16:08:20Z

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I feel like the campiness of the production reinforces the campiness of the script, TBH. Like aiming for realism in any aspect would undercut the whole vibe.

"I learned that the Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at ...

2025-10-16T18:33:06Z

"I learned that the Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once. Like what we are witnessing now in the United States, it unfolded gradually—slow, then fast, then full tilt—driven by flash points that demanded escalation and deepened solidarity."

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/danish-resistance/

Maybe you know about it already, but the DAIR Institute does a ...

2025-10-07T01:56:39Z

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Maybe you know about it already, but the DAIR Institute does a good job on this front. They have nine projects under the AI harms heading here: https://www.dair-institute.org/projects/

This is a foundational part of having a healthy society, IMO. The ...

2025-09-29T17:36:25Z

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This is a foundational part of having a healthy society, IMO. The more we give unearned respect, the more we kowtow to people of status, the worse we make the world. Too many people get hung up on being liked by the right people.

Yup. If it's not on your own hardware, it can be taken from ...

2025-08-24T16:08:09Z

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Yup. If it's not on your own hardware, it can be taken from you quite easily!

Posting from masto9 on my AMD K6-2! #oldcomputerchallenge ...

2025-07-16T18:54:47Z

Posting from masto9 on my AMD K6-2! #oldcomputerchallenge #retrocomputing

Makes me want to start forming an enclave of verified humans.

2025-07-02T04:08:31Z

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Makes me want to start forming an enclave of verified humans.

(2D barcodes)

2025-06-26T18:37:53Z

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(2D barcodes)

That looks like a really interesting film. I'll have to give ...

2025-04-19T03:34:01Z

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That looks like a really interesting film. I'll have to give it a watch next chance I get. Thanks for sharing.

Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by how awash in "compute" ...

2025-03-18T01:20:42Z

Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by how awash in "compute" are. People are literally throwing it away. I have more than I know what to do with myself, and I still struggle to refrain from buying cheap mini PCs from the local e-waste recyclers just to save them from destruction. Feels perverse that we spend so much in the way of energy and resources and then just... chuck it all into the bin after a few years.

write.as is the fediverse blogging platform that springs ...

2025-02-19T21:01:55Z

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write.as is the fediverse blogging platform that springs immediately to mind for me.

I've got a copy of this. Been meaning to read it for ages, ...

2025-02-15T06:09:27Z

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I've got a copy of this. Been meaning to read it for ages, but it keeps getting pushed down the stack.

I've been meaning to get into Heidegger for ages. Thanks for ...

2024-12-18T06:00:27Z

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I've been meaning to get into Heidegger for ages. Thanks for the easy intro. ☺️

Any ideas why #OpenBSD httpd isn't serving the unicode glyphs ...

2024-11-29T21:53:18Z

Any ideas why #OpenBSD httpd isn't serving the unicode glyphs at the bottom of https://lyk.so correctly? Should look the same as https://tilde.town/~lykso/wiki/

Can't spend more time debugging this issue right now as I've gotta go wrangle a toddler, but hoping one of y'all might have some insights.

Which Raspi is it targeting? I might have one on hand.

2024-11-10T21:09:28Z

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Which Raspi is it targeting? I might have one on hand.

I want a "Bluetooth lock" option on my phone, where I can ...

2024-09-11T00:43:50Z

I want a "Bluetooth lock" option on my phone, where I can prevent it from switching to other paired devices automatically when I've already got it connected to something.

Everyone saves the cables, so used devices often come without ...

2024-09-04T22:17:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…3wfd
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Everyone saves the cables, so used devices often come without cables, so it's handy to have cables on hand, which is why everyone saves cables.

Well shit, it doesn't bode well for me that it immediately ...

2024-08-08T00:48:30Z

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Well shit, it doesn't bode well for me that it immediately clicked as to *why* that probably is. 🙃