2024-11-11T10:00:57Z https://nostr.now Paul Graham Raven https://nostr.now/npub1esvthwx7gw3872d3h62ez3y5pllk88zvvc0req0sh36pf78y2ekqtdet6u https://sb-assemblagees.b-cdn.net/accounts/avatars/109/562/798/159/733/295/original/cf19926440cbbceb.jpg https://sb-assemblagees.b-cdn.net/accounts/avatars/109/562/798/159/733/295/original/cf19926440cbbceb.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkdptjmygcyhrxvtdfrzv7m5n24uwsq2q6ypgsrjg7422teg7eyczyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc02kgrz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6udc59nlh7xngslpja5egd5c3yz0qq4hnfmsj70frd3xwe8cpxgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qtpg9kq'>nevent1q…g9kq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> Have at it, sir! 2024-06-13T07:32:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg64ytehznv7ur47fm0csxvw2ggxqwnwl0q3eh28j3eqhwehhwptgzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc6trt78 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0u433jwjmukcd4y9aqzwx5jzvfgtyg9lvn5eg70dyv444sq0meqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q2up5r8'>nevent1q…p5r8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> Because anarchism isn&#39;t a path, it&#39;s a direction of travel. 2024-06-13T07:29:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2u3qrh69cxdcey92at5mxpatm02rlznlv995fsnml8xsexv9h4qzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcdxxvwu &#34;Even the steepest hockey-stick-shaped exponential growth curve eventually levels off and becomes an S-curve, because anything that can&#39;t go on forever will eventually stop.&#34;<br/><br/>I&#39;m sorry, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hyk…3p33</span>)</a></span>, could you repeat that? I couldn&#39;t hear it over the sound of transhumanists bellowing &#34;well, actually...&#34; 2024-06-12T13:48:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszy3tts98r5jh2ka55ttseq273s6kzhyvls4htdmppvqeuunqhttczyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcrj9wyq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ma4wjxgeuutzqh93kln8f826nv2y9x9glpylkz878ual05xpgwspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qsauqpf'>nevent1q…uqpf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> Use them to house the glut of batteries being made in Norrbotten for EVs that no one is going to buy. 2024-06-03T14:36:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4zahtf9q4pvergkvcrm5gmptvsfzwjqzp69sa36myzmne85utrgzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc3aw0gx Quick question for anyone using Stripe to take payments online: are pay-outs sent as domestic transactions, i.e. wired to you from an instance of Stripe based in your own country of operations, or are they wired to you as a payment from overseas?<br/><br/>(Would appreciate some signal-boost on this query, because Stripe&#39;s FAQ is super opaque, and it turns out that their email-based customer service systems have been almost entirely turned over to LLMs... ) 2024-05-27T06:29:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstewpryscp3cjuknsaepvlp4yh5pwvjkrj0w22kk9l73c4rhedajgzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcryxtw2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhe8ah3z9x23wfdt22m7t4pssdlctx8v0e6gn8jr57ghc65m0tgqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qer2hac'>nevent1q…2hac</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> Better to call it the Benjamin Franklin than to call it the John Wilkes Booth, I guess. ;) 2024-05-21T10:21:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdc04096fzk4lkd8kxszdcfuwmce4950m23pca7q5hhjdjnkyxgdszyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcxxefpl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9djmnmyxx0n6rvut7a57jfq0yf6y9s0c5huv9f8pt3fqpc8k6jcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qmxmg6d'>nevent1q…mg6d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> Fair point! But that rhetorical weakness, the whole &#34;don&#39;t scare the horses&#34; thing, is plausibly a legacy of the long drift toward the managerial center. 2024-05-20T14:22:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqrea7egj4d8l0lyeg3xht3mg5s8cxhpr8rsstgdz58r47fczxwczyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcujvdx2 Since kicking a three-decade nicotine jones at the start of this year, my coffee consumption has gone absolutely batshit crazy. I used to think two cups a day was a heavy load, but I&#39;m somewhat shocked to realise I&#39;ve just had my fifth at 14:30... 😬 2024-05-13T12:34:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz22pfcckv5zl5055qg0xdapu768h84fwh2fvw4qdx6xd6e7ap6eszyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcdg9e3f merely directions which allow the chauffeur to park the limousine<br/><br/><a href="https://www.velcro-city.co.uk/merely-directions-which-allow-the-chauffeur-to-park-the-limousine/">https://www.velcro-city.co.uk/merely-directions-which-allow-the-chauffeur-to-park-the-limousine/</a><br/><br/>#Philosophy #Politics 2024-05-13T09:32:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mtdzt0enrmjcarxx5gcuzs9w3fw7nmvwrj95qzaqlvetdkakk0czyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcmd3uhz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrtyz28rpf00mtjwryzz6nra0u0qwlzpkr6zx6pa7k3d5vr279gagpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qurhdsu'>nevent1q…hdsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> I was not expecting a Red Dwarf reference. 2024-04-25T17:52:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9evkemnfduq3naqthrww34pzx0dgy849az2l5ytc9e9avql78sqszyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc4jdnrg Gave a talk on worldbuilding at Copenhagen University this afternoon, and I don&#39;t mind saying that I knocked it right out of the park. Video should be available next week. 2024-04-25T16:58:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8n706v3fccesjunv85r3d8m3fz4744auk7yay6r083n6hq32tarszyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc4kmyue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdh2r37t6l98dwhqwvmawt3rpsqpkuqxla03gw7pdq4xpv52842uqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qj4kp0p'>nevent1q…kp0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> It&#39;s almost like that&#39;s why it&#39;s called &#34;news&#34;... 2024-04-23T18:15:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxsddfphh62g2y9v7eknnxwn4whtp4na6cyh9mny6f6mkkv53jgqqzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcwclgtm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszl2rme5lcgec64eat8gszr3yaj29dyt26md6lywarh65yw7sspdcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q8n6kfh'>nevent1q…6kfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> You OK, man? 2024-01-11T12:12:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgv0kpwkzs7wajujuul8lejyuh2040txzztrwsgsxlux2egnuyyzczyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcdckjh6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsllhqy9pruzw8ajdp0m3m4mqmygzldjuaey7u7qxm3tsm78p7ggpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qmfjhpe'>nevent1q…jhpe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g</span> (<span class="italic">npub1yyx…qa5g</span>)</a></span> He is a spiv. 2023-08-31T09:48:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstu60dfn8yfk9dddxqeu6j7zac2ut076pxz4au4ggqv6fh30f27vgzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txch2cxnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr94v7p35v94zkwcu7x3nwqs7hp7qxv09kulje3knmwuad5cry0ugpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q6e2hy9'>nevent1q…2hy9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> I know these things, and I also know science fiction from the writing side. Happy to help if I can! 2023-08-28T09:25:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstskj3pdj0zu66ju0d5lqyddcs6vzvahl4m205j7yhwpg6tt0dryczyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcsz2s2u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2uy6agysck3zncusl78mqms4r3jfny2lurkgslxlujfv74v2gxcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q05dvcn'>nevent1q…dvcn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> Well, I blundered into futures research as a side-effect of trying to become a science fiction author, so exploring futures through fundamentally narrative means is very much my home territory! But I also met Elina at a few seminars, and know her co-author on that paper Josefin Wangel, too; that they are excellent, articulate people definitely helped sell the work. :) 2023-07-18T14:36:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswsjxjj0c5kxt4fce33rmry7qkeu8x7udfpyzccffjgp49nrhxemczyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc3r6enq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswf5gfu5t6gy0xcelzh3nlkf5njk58djza47w93ukxe4qy0hcyalspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qx45w3u'>nevent1q…5w3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> No, he&#39;s an author of sf/f and a literature scholar who re-reads LotR once a year, has published Tolkien parodies, and shares your interest in setting up ridiculous but nonetheless technically canon events in the interstices of favourite fictional worlds. :) 2023-07-17T16:17:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90ntk55sqgult2yha8araf633sseg7g6rk2mt5dwqyppx3vrmpggzyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txc3rhfws In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsysrj4ws82dvh5en4vwf6aymxm4vcn5gxh97s6xvr7tqn7mtw565qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q7g62ws'>nevent1q…62ws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> You should start a podcast with Adam Roberts on this stuff; I don&#39;t know that I&#39;d listen to it, but I&#39;ll bet a whole bunch of people would. 2023-07-17T16:12:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjrq8re7w4yx0udl4jlerl5j3ytej65df27m5wnkyygnlmfnr8vszyrxp3wacmep6ylefkxlfty2yjs8l7cuuf3npu0yp7z78g98cu3txcflsnvd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlvlanynuxhgcwafalm6jksnqe9t5qckx05x66ul5k6l0n6qg38gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qj2ncvh'>nevent1q…ncvh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpc…hjn3</span>)</a></span> This is exactly why the only regular news organ I follow these days is the Financial Times. 2023-07-17T11:15:14Z