Nostr notes by Alan Siefert

Your own Tesla is probably going to do that shit soon.

2026-09-18T00:19:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…5274
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Your own Tesla is probably going to do that shit soon.

How long before AI data centers get Patriot and anti-drone ...

2026-09-14T02:15:05Z

How long before AI data centers get Patriot and anti-drone defense batteries?

Hope to see on-chain privacy solutions without horrible ...

2026-09-07T00:03:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…3xes
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Hope to see on-chain privacy solutions without horrible tradeoffs. I’ve heard the biggest fear with something like CT is bugs that violate the supply limit. Seems powerful LLMs could be the solution to that.

Probably an attempt to offer Blockstream most of it back, minus a ...

2026-09-06T23:57:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…sfml
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Probably an attempt to offer Blockstream most of it back, minus a hefty fee like 1000 BTC, in return for Blockstream putting out a statement that it was a consensual transfer that doesn’t deserve law enforcement follow up.

Some national security officials are suggesting bombing Chinese ...

2026-09-05T21:00:30Z

Some national security officials are suggesting bombing Chinese data centers if they achieve AGI. What could possibly go wrong. https://futurism.com/science-energy/obama-admin-official-stokes-agi-china-data-centers-military-strikes

Actually me doing push presses the other day with chronic ...

2026-08-24T22:58:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…5qep
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Actually me doing push presses the other day with chronic shoulder impingement

That one might have to wait for a major enterprise hardware ...

2026-08-17T23:19:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…k4l2
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That one might have to wait for a major enterprise hardware rotation combined with a general data center overbuild.

I’ve also considered a 8x MI325x server (2TB VRAM) for ...

2026-08-17T23:17:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…annw
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I’ve also considered a 8x MI325x server (2TB VRAM) for ~$270,000 to run on two 240v 30a circuits in my garage. 😆

Looks like GLM 5.3 is going to lower the cost of both offense and ...

2026-08-14T19:06:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…v4lh
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Looks like GLM 5.3 is going to lower the cost of both offense and defense yet again.

Deepseek V4 Pro also text-only but at least it’s half the size ...

2026-08-13T21:26:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…27kk
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Deepseek V4 Pro also text-only but at least it’s half the size and has apparently strong training in cybersecurity.

Disappointing that Qwen 3.8 2.4T A95B is text-only while Max is ...

2026-08-13T21:25:30Z

Disappointing that Qwen 3.8 2.4T A95B is text-only while Max is multimodal. At 2.4T there’s no reason to use that over Kimi K3.

Nice! Did you notice a big difference in capability between the ...

2026-08-06T20:32:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…wspe
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Nice! Did you notice a big difference in capability between the open weight models like K3 and the Anthropic models? Better or worse?

A basic way that I’ll determine whether to keep using a ...

2026-08-05T19:36:22Z

A basic way that I’ll determine whether to keep using a security-critical product in the future is how often it’s updated. The Coldcard Mk3 hadn’t received any firmware updates in 4 years.

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2026-08-02T17:02:19Z

Why is entropy generated on PC operating systems better?

Does GrapheneOS have a duress password that puts it into a fake ...

2026-07-29T20:27:36Z

Does GrapheneOS have a duress password that puts it into a fake environment with minimal apps and files? Seems like it could be a good solution to the drive-wiping duress passwords causing legal trouble.

Yes. It will also be nice to see the VC investment and circular ...

2026-07-29T18:23:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…zthu
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Yes. It will also be nice to see the VC investment and circular financing bubble that relies on the US proprietary AI to be miles ahead of open source to burst so that we get affordable hardware, especially VRAM, back. I’d like to be able to buy the GPUs with ~400GB VRAM like the MI450 as a consumer. Until that bubble bursts us consumers are stuck with the 32GB max shit they toss down to us.

Looking forward to seeing what Motorola phones get support.

2026-07-28T23:49:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…agev
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Looking forward to seeing what Motorola phones get support.

Need some pointers from the Chinese GPU smugglers to help us ...

2026-07-28T17:53:52Z

Need some pointers from the Chinese GPU smugglers to help us lowly consumers get GPUs with more than 32GB VRAM.

There isn’t really any other asset that can be effortlessly ...

2026-07-23T18:02:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…dzuc
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There isn’t really any other asset that can be effortlessly moved across borders in any amount without KYC and can’t be taken away from you with a simple phone call to an institution. The people saying Bitcoin will die have no answer to that argument other than “only criminals care.”

Arch Linux KDE here and I have no complaints other than the very ...

2026-07-19T21:34:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…5an3
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Arch Linux KDE here and I have no complaints other than the very occasional update that breaks something. It’s almost always quickly fixed though and I accept that I’m using a bleeding edge distro and shit breaks sometimes.

I wonder if Nostr will get a round of new users with the UK ...

2026-06-18T23:06:29Z

I wonder if Nostr will get a round of new users with the UK social media ban.

Friendly reminder that when our administrators mention ...

2026-05-20T19:50:54Z

Friendly reminder that when our administrators mention “non-state actors” they mean you (unless you’re a fed).

Hopefully open source AI is more important to the Chinese ...

2026-05-14T17:27:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…rqyt
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Hopefully open source AI is more important to the Chinese government than just an economic attack that they are willing to stop given some economic incentives by the US. Like maybe it helps all the Chinese labs keep a higher AI capability baseline with the shared research and model weights. I suppose we’ll have to see. An agreement to stop open source probably wouldn’t be publicly mentioned because of how unpopular it would be with the tech industry, so we’ll only know if it happened if the Chinese labs stop releasing open weight models over the next several months.

There it is. The US is pressuring China to stop open sourcing ...

2026-05-14T16:52:16Z

There it is. The US is pressuring China to stop open sourcing their AI models and in return get some Nvidia chips. The US government wants you to have to rent your AI from centralized, tightly controlled US corporations.

Scott Bessent: “The two AI superpowers are going to start talking. We're going to set up a protocol in terms of how do we go forward with best practices for AI to make sure nonstate actors don't get a hold of these models,"

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/us-china-ai-rules-bessent-us-lead.html

I hope the US delegation gets told to pound sand when it asks the ...

2026-05-13T17:55:37Z

I hope the US delegation gets told to pound sand when it asks the Chinese to stop open sourcing their best AI models during their meeting this week.

Probably either the next or the one after next generation of open ...

2026-05-09T00:34:31Z

Probably either the next or the one after next generation of open source AI models will be the one where the US government tells us we can’t have it. Should be interesting.

It will be nice if open source alternatives keep up in ...

2026-04-18T02:46:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…pxhf
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It will be nice if open source alternatives keep up in capability.

Anthropic has begun KYCing for access to Claude. It’s vital ...

2026-04-16T19:54:24Z

Anthropic has begun KYCing for access to Claude. It’s vital that open source AI keeps up in capability to provide a viable alternative to this.
https://startupfortune.com/anthropics-new-id-and-facial-scan-requirement-for-claude-is-pushing-privacy-conscious-users-toward-local-ai-models/

I won’t use any OS or app with state-mandated malware for my ...

2026-04-16T00:04:21Z

I won’t use any OS or app with state-mandated malware for my daily driver. As for websites that don’t work without handshaking with the malware, I’ll do what I can with existing alternatives and maybe have a secondary minimal compliance device like an iPhone for the invasive sites I absolutely need to access.

https://linuxiac.com/federal-bill-would-bring-os-level-age-verification-to-the-entire-us/

When you consider the absolute mind boggling cost of the US ...

2026-03-16T18:20:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…793v
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When you consider the absolute mind boggling cost of the US operation there, the Iranian regime can technically win by just existing, draining the US of funds that have to be replenished with more borrowing, taxes or tariffs.

An open source phased array radar 👀 ...

2026-03-16T16:53:37Z

An open source phased array radar 👀 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/15/aeris-10-open-source-hardware-radar-can-track-multiple-objects-up-to-20km-away/

This thing sounds pretty cool. Looking forward to hearing more! ...

2026-03-14T01:24:27Z

This thing sounds pretty cool. Looking forward to hearing more! https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/03/tenstorrent-debuts-open-source-ai-workstation-for-local-inference/

I’m considering familiarizing with git.idk.i2p since we’re ...

2026-03-10T23:47:41Z

I’m considering familiarizing with git.idk.i2p since we’re probably going to need an anonymous GitHub in California. Unrestricted 3D printer firmware and Linux without ID verification are couple types of software about to become illegal to share here. 3DP gun files are already illegal to share.

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2026-03-10T21:23:12Z

Does nostr play well with i2p?

Wish those were what’s growing under my tomatoes, but it’s ...

2026-03-08T22:46:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ccu
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Wish those were what’s growing under my tomatoes, but it’s just inky caps. 😂🫟

Surveillance and KYC BS is bipartisan, sadly.

2026-03-08T19:24:12Z

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Surveillance and KYC BS is bipartisan, sadly.

Alternatively, the US government decides the US ABSOLUTELY MUST ...

2026-03-08T19:14:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…zzuz
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Alternatively, the US government decides the US ABSOLUTELY MUST BEAT CHINA IN AI and then the money printer skips the VC middle man and funds the frontier labs directly. Then all bets are off I guess.

It all slows a bit and we get hardware prices back down. I’m ...

2026-03-08T19:03:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…qqt8
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It all slows a bit and we get hardware prices back down. I’m all for it! 🦾

I guess we’re waiting for Deepseek V4 to be distilled on GPT ...

2026-03-08T18:57:02Z

I guess we’re waiting for Deepseek V4 to be distilled on GPT 5.4 Pro a bit.

But is Kimi K2.5 good enough that Sonnet is unprofitable for ...

2026-03-03T20:02:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…ae5r
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But is Kimi K2.5 good enough that Sonnet is unprofitable for Anthropic?

It doesn’t crap out. It causes more AI labs to work on ...

2026-03-03T19:29:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…echz
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It doesn’t crap out. It causes more AI labs to work on efficiency, which the US labs currently have little interest in doing because they want everyone to depend on their giant trillion dollar data centers. We will get more efficient AI and our hardware back when this bubble bursts, hopefully sooner than later.

Data centers using VC money and the Money Printer to buy up all ...

2026-03-03T19:07:22Z

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Data centers using VC money and the Money Printer to buy up all the computer hardware at prices nobody can afford.

W Zig! ...

2026-03-03T18:50:18Z

W Zig! https://www-marktechpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.marktechpost.com/2026/03/02/meet-nullclaw-the-678-kb-zig-ai-agent-framework-running-on-1-mb-ram-and-booting-in-two-milliseconds/?amp&amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

Seems like the Chinese open source models are mostly keeping pace ...

2026-03-03T18:49:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…55zx
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Seems like the Chinese open source models are mostly keeping pace to be ~80%+ as good as the latest frontier models. If that continues I don’t see how the frontier labs could get these premium prices.

If you ever feel dumb think about the California legislators who ...

2026-03-03T04:11:42Z

If you ever feel dumb think about the California legislators who are currently trying to regulate Linux and 3D printer firmware.

I meant demonstrations as in examples of the US government ...

2026-03-02T00:31:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…hy4m
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I meant demonstrations as in examples of the US government actually arresting (Venezuela) and killing (Iran) heads of state.

How are US demonstrations of it being acceptable to arrest or ...

2026-03-01T19:04:14Z

How are US demonstrations of it being acceptable to arrest or kill heads of state going to change geopolitics and national security calculations for other nations going forward?

World Police constantly policing

2026-02-27T21:44:37Z

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World Police constantly policing

It’s fire 🔥

2026-02-16T18:27:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…mvms
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It’s fire 🔥

These corporations are all openly admitting that they are trying ...

2026-01-31T23:33:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…wr5u
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These corporations are all openly admitting that they are trying to force us off our own hardware and into their subscription services. The sooner they go down the better!

If the EU wants to shut down Trump’s pressure on Greenland, ...

2026-01-18T18:45:31Z

If the EU wants to shut down Trump’s pressure on Greenland, just threaten to allow ASML to sell EUV machines to China. Done!

Is there anything, short of a US civil war, that could prevent ...

2026-01-08T16:52:08Z

Is there anything, short of a US civil war, that could prevent the US from centralizing military power worldwide and eventually becoming the World Government? Not sure even China is up to the task.

Make Bitcoin private enough that Saylor ragequits. Hope everyone ...

2026-01-07T01:49:53Z

Make Bitcoin private enough that Saylor ragequits. Hope everyone is having a great New Year!

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2025-12-25T18:55:47Z

Merry Christmas Nostre! 🎄

I’m predicting that after computer hardware manufacturers have ...

2025-12-18T22:50:45Z

I’m predicting that after computer hardware manufacturers have forced us all to run demanding software like games on their rented cloud services because consumer hardware is no longer made, there’s going to be a new hacker movement to turn decommissioned data center servers sold on eBay into PCs.

I think I need to start building stuff I didn’t have before. ...

2025-12-15T18:24:10Z

I think I need to start building stuff I didn’t have before. For a long time every time I pick up a tool it’s to repair something that broke, so now tool use and mechanical and electronic work is associated with frustration. Need to find a way to get excited about it.

Are Roombas cloud service dependent? ...

2025-12-15T17:18:45Z

Are Roombas cloud service dependent? https://www.androidauthority.com/irobot-roomba-bankruptcy-3625239/

And in the case of Apple, when you actually purchase and take ...

2025-12-13T20:42:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…emqh
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And in the case of Apple, when you actually purchase and take possession of their computer, you still don’t own that computer.

Yes! Not sure how it’s going to happen but something that seems ...

2025-12-13T20:13:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…5n0c
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Yes! Not sure how it’s going to happen but something that seems promising for that is the apparent viability of having smaller clusters of GPUs (such as in a satellite) connected with high-bandwidth lasers or fiber and operating as a larger logical cluster. Seems pertinent to decentralized AI compute with each small cluster potentially individual owned and paid with crypto.

GPT-5.2 is great. I’d love to see open source LLMs catch up ...

2025-12-13T19:33:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…uyte
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GPT-5.2 is great. I’d love to see open source LLMs catch up soon. Deepseek v3.2 isn’t there.

GPT-5.2 is doing pretty well with zig so far! Hope to see open ...

2025-12-13T19:18:37Z

GPT-5.2 is doing pretty well with zig so far! Hope to see open source LLMs catch up soon. Deepseek v3.2 is inept in comparison.

Prediction: within 5 years Nvidia will stop selling consumer GPUs ...

2025-12-09T17:22:24Z

Prediction: within 5 years Nvidia will stop selling consumer GPUs and push their cloud computing as the way to run any demanding software going forward.

I have to use Windows 11 at work. It’s painfully slow.

2025-11-25T04:20:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…zy7h
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I have to use Windows 11 at work. It’s painfully slow.

It goes hard AF

2025-11-07T04:35:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…uzeh
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It goes hard AF

Correct, but it’s also extremely unlikely that there will ever ...

2025-10-28T18:43:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…20t2
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Correct, but it’s also extremely unlikely that there will ever be a society where only CP is banned illegal digital content. There will always be politically-motivated content bans as well.

Every society you’re in will also have other illegal content, ...

2025-10-28T17:18:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…hsyd
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Every society you’re in will also have other illegal content, just differing depending on the society’s politics. Pornographic (non-CSAM) and anti-religious content in right-leaning societies, 3D-printed gun CAD and “misinformation” in left-leaning ones. My plan is to just run my node and forward transactions regardless of content people say is there. 🤷‍♂️

GLM 4.6 is supposedly pretty good too.

2025-10-22T18:05:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…x29a
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GLM 4.6 is supposedly pretty good too.

Hard to make a comparison between taking it vs not, since I’ve ...

2025-10-16T16:01:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…p0t9
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Hard to make a comparison between taking it vs not, since I’ve been taking it for a while and the level of it in the body ramps up and down slowly so if I miss it for a few days it’s not off like a light switch, if that makes sense. As a 44yr old I feel pretty good most days. I hit the gym twice a week and feel decently strong.

I increasingly hear that it’s a good supplement to take daily ...

2025-10-15T17:10:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…0qrr
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I increasingly hear that it’s a good supplement to take daily for pretty much everyone* for muscle and brain health.

*people with kidney issues should be cautious about taking it because of the increased creatinine output in the kidneys.

Legislative proposals like this are why I can’t take the “but ...

2025-10-13T18:32:44Z

Legislative proposals like this are why I can’t take the “but your node might be hosting illegal content” argument seriously when considering Bitcoin development direction.

quoting
nevent1q…m4qh
🚨NEW: KYC ALL THE THINGS: IS MARKET STRUCTURE BLOWING UP?

A leaked proposal by Senate Democrats would give Treasury sweeping powers to ban non-custodial services, establishing authority over what code can be deployed, and what code can't.

Full story👇
https://www.therage.co/democrats-market-structure-leaked/

In 3 months we’ll get another ATH $500 higher than today’s.

2025-10-05T17:03:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…86qk
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In 3 months we’ll get another ATH $500 higher than today’s.

Maybe they just post addictive crap on X to keep people there. ...

2025-10-05T16:56:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…l4kx
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Maybe they just post addictive crap on X to keep people there. Can’t really see it working any other way.

At what point do we stop worrying about the Bitcoin software we ...

2025-10-05T16:49:56Z

At what point do we stop worrying about the Bitcoin software we run being compliant with the law?

Are core devs really debating adding trusted censors to Bitcoin ...

2025-09-27T02:25:39Z

Are core devs really debating adding trusted censors to Bitcoin to keep “illicit” data off the blockchain? lol

Will the institutional rotation from Ethereum back into Bitcoin ...

2025-08-28T04:48:20Z

Will the institutional rotation from Ethereum back into Bitcoin happen gradually or suddenly?

Internet censorship is bipartisan. There’s no voting it away. ...

2025-07-31T19:57:30Z

Internet censorship is bipartisan. There’s no voting it away. There is only technical circumvention.

quoting
nevent1q…ryze
This will not be abused and used for other purposes. Not a chance.
https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-senators-introduce-new-pirate-site-blocking-bill-block-beard/

True. The new Chinese open models like Qwen 3 Coder and GLM 4.5 ...

2025-07-30T20:38:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…tugz
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True. The new Chinese open models like Qwen 3 Coder and GLM 4.5 seem pretty good.

I guess going forward we have to look to China for actually open ...

2025-07-30T17:07:58Z

I guess going forward we have to look to China for actually open AI that isn’t gatekept by a corporation. How ironic. https://www.pcmag.com/news/zuckerberg-walks-back-open-source-ai-pledge-citing-safety-risk

Reading between the lines: they’re done with open source. Meta ...

2025-07-30T15:01:26Z

Reading between the lines: they’re done with open source. Meta AI will be closed source like the other US models going forward.

quoting
nevent1q…flyh
"Developing Superintelligence is now in sight"
- Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg just released this full letter sharing his vision "to bring personal superintelligence to everyone"
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews

Curious, has anyone experienced a service or vendor other than an ...

2025-07-27T20:55:16Z

Curious, has anyone experienced a service or vendor other than an exchange reject a BTC UTXO that has coinjoin history? #asknostr

Hope the ETH speculators get out before the rugpull when it ...

2025-07-20T16:43:26Z

Hope the ETH speculators get out before the rugpull when it becomes apparent that stablecoins can also be done on Bitcoin and Lightning.

Graphical illustration of a fad: https://m.primal.net/ONDv.png

2025-02-02T17:19:30Z

Graphical illustration of a fad:

Oh shit Ocean is on the map in @npub18d4…6lt3 now. Love to see ...

2025-01-28T23:33:44Z

Oh shit Ocean is on the map in mempool (npub18d4…6lt3) now. Love to see it.

I’m about to fire up Space Engineers to check out the new ...

2024-10-16T01:04:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…xcwu
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I’m about to fire up Space Engineers to check out the new update later tonight.

Glad I deleted Twitter long ago. Strongly considering replacing ...

2024-10-04T00:01:08Z

Glad I deleted Twitter long ago. Strongly considering replacing my LinkedIn and Facebook accounts (neither of which I’ve updated in years) with fake chaff information and AI generated pics.

quoting note1qkj…upp7
Are you ready for the future?

Pretty sure they had actual explosives installed, via either ...

2024-09-17T18:33:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…st7r
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Pretty sure they had actual explosives installed, via either interception of the shipment or collusion with the manufacturer. Most likely intercepted the shipment.

Are people open to moving from Facebook to Nostr?

2024-09-16T23:16:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…kj8a
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Are people open to moving from Facebook to Nostr?

Makes you realize that the time allowed for intelligent life to ...

2024-08-16T18:08:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…3gyg
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Makes you realize that the time allowed for intelligent life to evolve is actually pretty short (assuming ~4B years between genesis and intelligent life). Probably the reason we haven’t made contact yet - the window is very short. The best chances for contacting intelligent life will probably involve looking for civs that have transcended to Kardashev II+.

Drivechain?

2024-06-23T04:00:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…h09v
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Drivechain?