Nostr notes by Bill Woodcock

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2026-10-28T19:21:42Z

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Finally, we know how to get a little quiet! ...

2026-10-12T18:13:14Z

Finally, we know how to get a little quiet!

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/s/NNiRPzbG7L

https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet

2026-10-09T22:54:49Z

https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet

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2026-09-16T20:54:48Z

https://www.brusselstimes.com/1916422/us-tech-giants-allying-with-european-far-right-to-strip-back-eu-rules

Europe only _thinks_ it leads the world in regulation. USB phone ...

2026-08-27T00:06:27Z

Europe only _thinks_ it leads the world in regulation. USB phone charging? Chinese regulation. Mandatory labeling of AI content? Chinese regulation. Two-hour fire safety of EV batteries? Chinese regulation. Mandatory close-button on online ads? Chinese regulation. Three-hour-per-week gaming cap for minors? Chinese regulation.

Now, China has the only regulator willing to take on Tesla on its door-handles, and it just won the largest automotive recall the world has ever seen:

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a73526806/biggest-recall-in-chinese-automotive-history-electronic-door-handles/

Cryptography-meets-surveillance-politics in the IETF! Exciting ...

2026-07-02T21:49:59Z

Cryptography-meets-surveillance-politics in the IETF! Exciting Internet governance drama for your delectation:

https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2026-July/039621.html

The clankers are not coming for @npub1x08…469m 's job any ...

2026-05-21T16:08:33Z

The clankers are not coming for SomaFM (npub1x08…469m) 's job any time soon.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ai-ran-four-radio-stations-for-six-months/

You know about the Cipherling? Mine just showed up last week. ...

2026-04-04T03:24:42Z

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You know about the Cipherling? Mine just showed up last week.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/motherultimate/make-100-cipherling-a-numbers-station-robot

I made progress today on the web-cam I've been setting up on ...

2026-03-20T18:36:58Z

I made progress today on the web-cam I've been setting up on my terrace. Here's the first three hours' output. I haven't yet started the putting-them-up-online-automatically phase of the project. I'm planning to do each day as a 15-second movie, and also twenty-four 15-second movies which show the course of the year, one frame per day, each frame from the same hour of the day. So, a fifteen-second movie of all of the noons of the year, for instance.

I've been taking the opportunity to recommend that friends ...

2026-03-02T22:02:33Z

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I've been taking the opportunity to recommend that friends watch Alex Cox's _Walker_.

About one of the seven times the US has invaded Nicaragua.

Huh. Is there more I should be reading than this? ...

2026-02-20T13:42:13Z

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Huh. Is there more I should be reading than this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/framework/comments/1o2z8a3/controversy_erupts_over_frameworks_backing_of/

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2026-02-18T23:15:56Z

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a70409460/in-car-advertising-a-625-billion-opportunity/

White-Green, Green; White-Orange; Blue, White-Blue; Orange; ...

2026-02-08T11:52:41Z

White-Green, Green; White-Orange; Blue, White-Blue; Orange; White-Brown, Brown.

Bunnie's about to release a dev board for his BaoChip: ...

2026-01-24T09:29:56Z

Bunnie's about to release a dev board for his BaoChip:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao

Not the future I voted for: the firmware for my keyboard is ...

2026-01-15T20:48:41Z

Not the future I voted for: the firmware for my keyboard is 266mb.

EDIT: Sorry, that was the gzipped package. Unzipped it's 628mb.

We're living in the future: cost-effective ways of dealing ...

2025-11-29T09:13:58Z

We're living in the future: cost-effective ways of dealing with sludge edition

https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice-engineers-show-lab-grown-diamond-films-can-stop-costly-mineral-buildup-pipes

The only Black Friday event worth your time: Cards Against ...

2025-11-29T00:11:49Z

The only Black Friday event worth your time: Cards Against Humanity's 99%-off sale.

https://www.99percentoffsale.com

There's a contractor's lien on the white house: ...

2025-11-10T18:39:28Z

There's a contractor's lien on the white house:

https://boingboing.net/2025/11/10/trump-stiffs-east-wing-demolition-crew.html

Renault offers 15% retail cost cut in exchange for 10-15 year ...

2025-11-10T10:20:02Z

Renault offers 15% retail cost cut in exchange for 10-15 year moratorium on safety requirements. Not sure what to think about that. Do we already have too many automobile safety requirements? I don't think anyone would argue that car prices are high now...but too high? And is this risk/reward sufficient?

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/renault-could-cut-prices-4-5-twingo-if-eus-e-car-class-approved

It's interesting that, as DNS has become a more and more ...

2025-10-21T09:22:15Z

It's interesting that, as DNS has become a more and more specialized discipline, governments and banks and some large enterprise recognize this, and respond by either building the necessary expertise internally, or contracting for that expertise... yet a lot of the largest tech companies just keep blundering forward like it's 1999.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/aws_outage_amazon_brain_drain_corey_quinn/

I agree with @npub1vq8…cdzl, this is a situation where it's ...

2025-08-16T15:28:09Z

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I agree with Traveling OSM Salesgirl Problem ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 (npub1vq8…cdzl), this is a situation where it's better to think pragmatically about the long-term, and choose the technologically correct solution, rather than compromising in the short term, and choosing Mr. Right Now, when Mr. Right Now is a for-profit walled-garden owned by someone else, whose purpose is to monetize your users.

Don't sell your users out. There's absolutely nothing you've mentioned that you want to do, for which XMPP isn't already the best technological solution. As well as the best moral solution.

Errr.... I've never been involved with the app development ...

2025-07-12T19:01:49Z

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Errr.... I've never been involved with the app development side of things. If you email support@quad9.net someone should be able to answer, though. Sorry not to be more helpful.

Hi, @npub19ua…53cv If you have any questions (any _more ...

2025-07-12T08:56:53Z

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Hi, Tim Bray 🇨🇦 (npub19ua…53cv) If you have any questions (any _more specific_ questions, I'm biased on the "is it good" one), I'm happy to answer as best I can.

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2025-06-11T18:21:22Z

https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-pauses-ai-generated-summaries-after-editor-backlash/

I have to admit that "watching Z80 fundamentalist zealots ...

2025-06-01T01:48:58Z

I have to admit that "watching Z80 fundamentalist zealots come out of the woodwork to institute a pogrom" wasn't on my 2025 bingo card.

https://chaos.social/@f4grx/114603258992275598

> After that, maybe a CP/M laptop. Might I suggest that you ...

2025-06-01T01:45:22Z

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> After that, maybe a CP/M laptop.

Might I suggest that you implement it as a Framework motherboard? That way we could all just swap it in to our RISC-V laptops when we want, and you don't have to figure out all the laptop-structure tricky bits.

https://frame.work/marketplace/mainboards?compatibility%5B%5D=amd_ryzen_ai300_series

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2025-05-28T07:10:21Z

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/opinion_column_ai_model_collapse/

@npub1mg0…jpme channeling @bert_hubert@mastodon.nl here, to ...

2025-03-24T08:18:30Z

Violet Blue (npub1mg0…jpme) channeling @bert_hubert@mastodon.nl here, to very good effect:

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/

Probably everybody's seen this by now, but in case not: ...

2025-03-09T12:08:47Z

Probably everybody's seen this by now, but in case not:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocumented-backdoor-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/

More Kickstarter hijinks. This is a little like the Cards Against ...

2025-01-14T11:25:56Z

More Kickstarter hijinks. This is a little like the Cards Against Humanity folks... actual previous Kickstarter successes under their belt, this is, on the one hand, ridiculous, but is also completely feasible, if people want it. And, I guess, people do:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oceanusbrass/tankard

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2024-12-15T02:35:47Z

https://www.fastcompany.com/91240551/this-beautiful-origami-packaging-is-designed-to-replace-plastic

...also, this accursed thing... because clearly, if one handlebar ...

2024-11-11T11:19:43Z

...also, this accursed thing... because clearly, if one handlebar is good, three (four?) must be better!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/--2905533

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2024-10-30T18:34:21Z

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/oct/30/artificial-intelligence-is-it-bad-yes-but-on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-terrible

Correct. Got a "Signal wants to update itself, click to ...

2024-10-09T19:38:35Z

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Correct. Got a "Signal wants to update itself, click to reload" message, clicked, authenticated, it re-launched and the OS blocked it for an invalid code signature. Went and downloaded a clean copy from the web site, and that's what the second comparison is.

Well now. Signal just wanted a new version installed. I ...

2024-10-09T18:19:18Z

Well now. Signal just wanted a new version installed. I didn't think too much about it, and then:

Wow, a few of those, and you could run an AI to generate funny ...

2024-09-26T21:06:02Z

Wow, a few of those, and you could run an AI to generate funny cat pictures. Or mine bitcoin!

https://newatlas.com/energy/evinci-nuclear-microreactor/

Why is Interpol acting as bag-man for Russian political ...

2024-09-24T05:14:11Z

Why is Interpol acting as bag-man for Russian political oppression, still, at this point?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/opinion/russia-putin-kremlin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.3b0s.bNn2S20McR76

What Midjourney thinks Cisco's AI strategy looks like: ...

2024-09-16T23:31:07Z

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What Midjourney thinks Cisco's AI strategy looks like:

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2024-09-16T23:26:32Z

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-suddenly-drops-nso-group-spyware-lawsuit/

That's a lot of battery. Ex-battery. ...

2024-09-13T16:59:08Z

That's a lot of battery. Ex-battery.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62188058/tesla-semi-crash-fire-required-50000-gallons-of-water-and-fire-fighting-aircraft/

Oh, ho ho!!! You're in for a treat, then! Start with ...

2024-09-11T21:46:27Z

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Oh, ho ho!!! You're in for a treat, then! Start with _Drowning by Numbers_!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.e2e039db-190a-4473-bb4f-760a751cdfc6?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb

Yeah, watch the movie. I _am_ a Baz Luhrmann fan, and it's ...

2024-09-11T21:36:42Z

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Yeah, watch the movie. I _am_ a Baz Luhrmann fan, and it's not my favorite of his movies, but I really liked it. My favorite Bad Luhrmann movie is definitely Peter Greenaway's _Prospero's Books_. :-)

Nancy King's 1994 cover is my favorite version, but the ...

2024-09-11T15:14:34Z

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Nancy King's 1994 cover is my favorite version, but the original is great!

https://ladybird.org FTW!

2024-09-10T17:53:03Z

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https://ladybird.org FTW!

More bad news from the Ford patent-mill: ...

2024-09-10T13:34:35Z

More bad news from the Ford patent-mill:

https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising

Another 6,000 satellites planned. It's gonna be like ...

2024-09-06T13:21:28Z

Another 6,000 satellites planned. It's gonna be like bumper-cars up there. Astronomy-destroying, front-facing-self-claymore bumper-cars.

https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2dq5q1ptnsrkfvr9pqsjk/news/geespace-takes-on-starlink-in-the-race-for-satellite-supremacy

Wow! Wow. If I weren't right in the middle of Paris, I would ...

2024-08-14T15:10:44Z

Wow! Wow. If I weren't right in the middle of Paris, I would so get this!!!

https://newatlas.com/bicycles/dynamic-pedal-by-wire-cargo-quadbike

Hey, I have some too, they were funny!

2024-08-09T06:14:36Z

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Hey, I have some too, they were funny!