Nostr notes by Carlito

Hello! AI generated arts will have no soul, they said... ...

2025-02-12T15:22:34Z

Hello!

AI generated arts will have no soul, they said...

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnPnGDEambp8UYKzndcUTpZa5y6fibKj3

As someone that loves live performance I don't think AI will replace bands anytime soon. This goes hard, though, and sounds better than 99% of new music IMO.

#tunestr #soulful #ai #rock #music

Have you considered doing this on hivetalk? It's like jitsi ...

2024-10-25T05:57:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…cnpy
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Have you considered doing this on hivetalk? It's like jitsi but on Nostr. I haven't used it much but I think I noticed a load of nostriches doing yoga classes using it recently. 😉

https://hivetalk.org/

Anarchy in action! Made me recall reading about the Common Ground ...

2024-10-08T10:40:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…6md7
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Anarchy in action! Made me recall reading about the Common Ground Collective and Katrina. Black Flags and Windmills by Scott Crow, that tells much of the story, is a great read if you've not read it already.

Nip 07 browser extension

2024-09-27T16:29:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…e6jq
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Nip 07 browser extension

@nprofile…86s6 is building something really interesting that I ...

2024-09-25T08:58:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…h6ng
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marco (nprofile…86s6) is building something really interesting that I think he's getting ready to start sharing

Yep, and I noticed many of the impersonator bots (the ones where ...

2024-09-20T08:51:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…m3lj
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Yep, and I noticed many of the impersonator bots (the ones where the posts are scattered with loads of 😂 and 🌈 emojis) replying to the replyguys! 🤦🏼‍♂️

Isn't there a way to get nsec.app working on iOS?

2024-09-19T07:23:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…8usu
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Isn't there a way to get nsec.app working on iOS?

Weren't kind 1984 events supposed to help with this to some ...

2024-09-19T07:15:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…72xx
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Weren't kind 1984 events supposed to help with this to some extent? I've not seen any clients using them so i guess they never took off. Seems like it would be really useful to have some kind of "impersonator" flag next to a user name if other people in ones network have flagged an account.

I've practised most of these (not that last one!) She's ...

2024-09-13T12:14:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…922e
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I've practised most of these (not that last one!) She's practised nauli a lot though by the looks of things, I've not seen many people get that good at it!

Hang on, have you been looking inside my brain? That fire scene ...

2024-08-28T19:39:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…dww3
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Hang on, have you been looking inside my brain?

That fire scene is mental, I kinda wish it was actually based on a pic of me to be honest (it's Carlito Brigante fro Carlito's Way). Nice work!

If somebody came to me asking for advice on their gender ...

2024-08-03T00:08:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…x29l
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If somebody came to me asking for advice on their gender dysphoria and what to do about it I wouldn't be comfortable either encouraging or discouraging any action, definitely not surgery or hormones, but would more likely help them find support from communities and professionals that understand what they're going through better than I can.

If someone was attempting to mutilate or kill themselves I'd obviously try to talk them out of whatever stressed state they were in. It's a different situation.

I understand there can be all kinds of complications with gender reassignment, and some people even strongly regret it later. Again, it's not my business to say what's right for any individual. For some people it seems to have helped them. Good for them.

That government socialises the costs isn't a problem unique to this specific kind of care, that's a problem across the board. I don't really like that I have to cover costs of people that live unhealthy lifestyles either, but it's still their own business if they want to drink, or smoke, or eat cake, or whatever.

Do you believe in bodily autonomy? And to be clear I'm not ...

2024-08-02T23:27:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…z53c
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Do you believe in bodily autonomy? And to be clear I'm not talking about children, I'm talking about adults. Do they have the right to do what they want with there own bodies?

Also, all identity is basically imagined. Personalities are cloaks that we wear. I certainly can't deny there's a contradiction going on in that person's reality, I'm just saying it's not really my business how they go about resolving that but i wish them the best. Further, should they ask me to refer to them by some pronoun or other it's not really any skin off my nose to be polite and respect that. I suppose you think that's enabling and encouraging their delusion, to me it's just polite.

Which is more real, consciousness or form? Is a persons identity ...

2024-08-02T21:07:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…enfs
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Which is more real, consciousness or form? Is a persons identity more or less real than their physical self? A person with gender dysphoria can either deny or try to change one or the other, their identity or their body. I don't presume to know what is best for them.

You talked about protecting reality but I'm unclear what ...

2024-08-02T20:43:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…xe98
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You talked about protecting reality but I'm unclear what reality you think you're protecting

A trans persons identity issues aren't, to me, any weirder ...

2024-08-02T20:35:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…s7af
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A trans persons identity issues aren't, to me, any weirder than the myriad of other mental conditions that most everybody is made up of. People are weird, and unique, and that's beautiful.

gd afternoon! It's never too late for coffee if you go by ...

2024-05-17T13:30:21Z

gd afternoon!

It's never too late for coffee if you go by Moscow Time! Not any more.

Morning is coming!

I had an old pi 3b and 20x4 LCD kicking around without a current use case so I decided to make a bitcoin ticker/block clock thing with them.

It's mostly been built to connect to my local instance of Bitcoin Explorer but it can also connect to a Mempool instance or directly to a BTC Core node (not many data screens available yet for those last 2 options though)

For Bitcoin Explorer it can currently display fiat exchange rates (gbp, usd, eur) and sats to fiat with an option for Moscow time, market cap, next halving details/countdown, latest block details, and current supply.

#coffeechain #moscowtime #raspberrypi

Wasn't that fun! Gm, and welcome to Bitcoin's 5th epoch! ...

2024-04-20T09:48:24Z

Wasn't that fun!

Gm, and welcome to Bitcoin's 5th epoch!

Anyway, let's get back at it: tick-tock next block; stay humble, stack sats; and, LFG! 🙏

https://youtu.be/PO9UC2Zt59c?si=uwxevpOsxT_EPfAB

GM ☕️ There's points in my life that I don't know how ...

2024-04-16T07:50:47Z

GM ☕️

There's points in my life that I don't know how I would've gotten through without the medicine of good music. This is one of those performances that never fails to lift my spirits and bring a smile to my face.

Have a fantastic day 🙏

https://youtu.be/AcHHE9bvLgY?si=qUvwdcpahR3G1PZm

#coffeechain #reggae #vibes

There's an amazing Fire in the Booth session he did too.

2024-04-14T11:12:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…859e
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There's an amazing Fire in the Booth session he did too.

"In the name of the God of his own mind No man is wrong So ...

2024-04-14T10:48:58Z

"In the name of the God of his own mind
No man is wrong
So who’ll cast the first stone?"

"Every man right and no man wrong, somebody please press pause"

https://youtu.be/PXWcA6PhqAI?si=y26o8mcDYt8EY6A1

GM. Pura Vida. 🕉

Wow! Finally getting around to checking out noStrudle! 👌🔥 ...

2024-04-13T06:36:37Z

Wow! Finally getting around to checking out noStrudle! 👌🔥

Great experience on Android so far. Seemed to be working pretty well in Brave with Amber, but I had some issues signing certain events (but I'm sure that will improve as Amber matures). So now I'm using Kiwi Browser with nos2x extension and is pretty seemless so far.

Love the UI. Love all the features. Well done to everyone that's been working on this. 👏

GM ☕️ Let's get at it! ...

2024-04-13T06:26:51Z

GM ☕️

Let's get at it!

https://youtu.be/tvY31eN3gtE?si=VC6W9Uzytk6sPVnc

No problem at all. Like you said my account has been inactive, so ...

2024-02-24T19:00:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…hwuq
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No problem at all. Like you said my account has been inactive, so it's understandable you'd make that assumption. To be honest I've not been paying much attention to the relay. It is still online though. 🙏

Anyway, that's the last I'll mention this situation, and ...

2024-02-24T10:44:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…wgxc
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Anyway, that's the last I'll mention this situation, and will just put it down to bad luck. TBH I find it hard to believe it was deliberate for the sake of a few k sats. Just a bit disappointing. Something clearly went wrong somewhere though. 🤷‍♂️

I've not really been on here for months and ceased working on the client I was working on a while ago too. Not in any way because I'm disillusioned thoigh. I'm still massively bullish on Nostr, life has just taken me in some different directions recently. Maybe I'll try and build, or contribute to, something again at a later date though.

Like I said, my relay is still up for the moment but payments/new members are disabled. I may get around to setting up a different payment option at some point but in the meantime, assuming the server costs don't become a problem for me, it's up and running.

🙏

https://youtu.be/3pycx59RiOg?si=xLpmcOZNO8jYycra

2023-11-18T14:28:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…uyj6
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https://youtu.be/3pycx59RiOg?si=xLpmcOZNO8jYycra

https://youtu.be/d7iNafx5UoU?si=SA2WMaKP1dKoKzHm

2023-11-18T14:20:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…u6np
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https://youtu.be/d7iNafx5UoU?si=SA2WMaKP1dKoKzHm

https://youtu.be/wZfE8uzdxeg?si=1qjoc3aYrcNj-_pz

2023-11-18T14:16:15Z

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https://youtu.be/wZfE8uzdxeg?si=1qjoc3aYrcNj-_pz

https://youtu.be/G9o4WRnwp7s?si=zXb1EU4jFiRJBty-

2023-11-18T13:57:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…upsz
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https://youtu.be/G9o4WRnwp7s?si=zXb1EU4jFiRJBty-

https://youtu.be/mH6J7-YJZ3Q?si=-5kPk1WYBZCS0R3Z

2023-11-18T13:55:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…rx40
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https://youtu.be/mH6J7-YJZ3Q?si=-5kPk1WYBZCS0R3Z

Mood: https://youtu.be/JQmjNVGvDN8?si=FkHSZImmmWk-juLg

2023-11-18T13:53:39Z

Mood:

https://youtu.be/JQmjNVGvDN8?si=FkHSZImmmWk-juLg

@npub1ear…ja5j mind letting me know how I can access my account ...

2023-11-02T11:08:31Z

ZBD (npub1ear…ja5j) mind letting me know how I can access my account seeing as you seem to refuse to respond to support requests through the website!

Earlier in the year you offered developer accounts to Nostr relay runners such as myself so that we might take payments.

For some time now I've been unable to access my account or funds (through either the developer dashboard or android app) and always receive "Error. Issue detected. Please contact support".

In order to contact support one has to first create a support account and is then faced with a form that insists on a 'gamertag'. Text on the form suggests that the way to get ones gamertag is to login to the app... which I'm blocked from! Well done, you've created a system in which nobody that is locked from their account, for whatever reason, is able to ask you for support! 👏

So I've submitted a support request over a week ago using a fake gamertag and explanation of the situation, simply so that the form might actually submit. It seemed to work and I received a confirmation email telling me to expect a response in 24-48 hrs. A week goes by and no response so I log in to the support site to find that there are no support requests listed!!! I guess it was deleted by one of your staff? Rejected for not being a valid gamertag?

I then go back to the confirmation email and see there's an option to reply directly, so I do that and wait another couple of days. Still nothing.

So here I am, you've left me little choice to now post this publicly. Please sort this out!

There's probably only a few sats in my account TBH but it's the fact of the matter, and also the amount of time I've wasted trying to sort this out, that is bugging me! Not a great look at all.

And another journey to the Lake District begins! An overnight ...

2023-10-18T15:07:42Z

And another journey to the Lake District begins!

An overnight stop in London, including the evening at Brixton Bitcoin meetup, then I head to the Lakes first thing in the morning.

Myself, and a handful of other bitcoiners, will be setting off to do ~38 miles across 18 fells (a fell is a very big hill, something close in size to a mountain), running, hiking, scrambling, or however we see fit. 24 hours to finish starting from midday on Friday.

Can't wait. The weather is looking absolutely shite for it though!

L0L, I feel attacked 😂 I thought that's how we did ...

2023-10-18T14:45:43Z

L0L, I feel attacked 😂

I thought that's how we did acronyms!

I guess I'd better stop doing that and go and change everything over at https://inmytown.social ?

May my apologies be heard across the Nostr.

quoting
nevent1q…x0r7
Stop writing "NOSTR" in all caps, what are you doing!

I think I noticed your name pop up in some 31923 test events ...

2023-09-16T14:28:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…wytu
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I think I noticed your name pop up in some 31923 test events yesterday, so I guess you're also working on something with calendar events?

I just pushed a whole load of changes to ...

2023-09-16T14:11:28Z

I just pushed a whole load of changes to https://www.inmytown.social/ (my Meetups on NOSTR app)

It now uses NIP-52 time based calendar and RSVP events, alongside some unofficial kinds for creating and following meetup communities.

If you were one of the small number of people that had created a community already then you'll need to update the community for it to display correctly, and existing meetup events will no longer show (AFAIK they had all passed the event date anyway)

I've added a breakdown of the event kinds to github here: https://github.com/BrightonBTC/inmytown.social/blob/main/README.md and suppose I'll formalise this in to a NIP proposal at some point soon too.

I'd love your feedback 🙏🏻

but for now it's time to get way from the screen for a while!

Pura Vida!

Oh! Sorry about that, I did check all the kinds listed at ...

2023-09-11T07:45:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…aa97
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Oh! Sorry about that, I did check all the kinds listed at https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/tree/master but it's not listed there so assumed it to be OK. This is still under development so no stress to change it 🙏

I'm currently using the following custom kinds:

MeetupCommunity = 1037,
MeetupFollowsList = 10037,
MeetupCommunityMeta = 30037,
MeetupEvent = 1073,
MeetupEventMeta = 30073,
MeetupEventRSVP = 30038

I'll change the RSVP to something else and 30073 will be changing to 31923 to be in line with nip52

That'd be amazing but I'm definitely not holding my ...

2023-09-01T07:32:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…46z2
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That'd be amazing but I'm definitely not holding my breath for anything like that to happen soon, they benefit from massive network effects.

Maybe as the nostr ecosystem grows as a whole we can start to replace the old centralised/corporate entities, like Meetup, that have monopolised the interwebs, though. Let's make it happen!

This is really disappointing! I've been really liking Primal, ...

2023-08-23T12:13:04Z

This is really disappointing!

I've been really liking Primal, it's actually been my favourite client of late, and there's obviously a need to be able to mute content, but I don't want to use any client that restricts what I see without my consent!

quoting
note12s2…3l5m
(I'm not saying if these were justified or not)

Public keys shadowbanned by Primal
Onyx (npub12z8…9zmx)
Rasha (npub1qm6…9d0m)
semisol (npub1226…grkj)
npub1ypj5w3sgja4mznssxwycwx52n5kfr6s6wxjfy3ez3k8dzp90kp5qlmpuz2 (npub1ypj…puz2)
YBG pern (npub1lwt…q3ry)
Erikha (npub12je…677r)
ralf (npub1ezw…jmeg)
DaddyJones (npub16sq…nz6j)
nobody (npub1l43…27nr)
dailybitcoingiveaway (npub16ev…az8p)

Public keys completely censored by Primal
dm-reporter (npub1yzz…hsrj)
Binance (npub1e5x…krc8)
Chainlink (npub1d77…82a8)
USDC (npub1g82…y7yt)
suinetwork (npub1nsu…2nlh)
Starknet (npub1cxn…6hxq)
Pepe2.0 (npub1enk…tcmk)
SeiNetwork (npub1mpd…6qx9)
Unift_Dev (npub13mf…pkf7)

Events censored by Primal
note1cyw…k99z
note1erj…59he
note1q3q…m7wg
note1pc8…f42h
note1w5h…ykkm
note164s…fpc6

Relays are opt in though, so some may choose to block spam as an ...

2023-08-16T12:16:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…8um3
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Relays are opt in though, so some may choose to block spam as an actual selling point for their service (this is already happening). I don't see that as forced censorship.

This is a great project to support if you can! Especially if you ...

2023-08-14T11:39:03Z

This is a great project to support if you can! Especially if you want to support bitcoin education in the UK.

https://geyser.fund/project/uksovereignstudentproject/

Also check out this article to find out more about this teachers experience in educating GenZ students on Bitcoin. https://www.bitcoinpolicy.uk/post/teaching-genz-about-bitcoin

quoting
note1kl5…fqs9
Happy days! ☀️ Pleb Carlito (npub1qqq…ctgs) funded D_Spizzle1@twitter.com 's U.K. Sovereign Student Project on geyserspirit (npub1dcc…qdql) 💪. Challenge your friends to do the same!

Awesome, will do 🙏 there should be something up and ready to ...

2023-08-08T14:46:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…lfre
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Awesome, will do 🙏 there should be something up and ready to be tested pretty soon.

I also host a bitcoin meetup here in Brighton, that's part of the reason I chose this in particular to work on.

Also if anyone has ideas for a good name for a NOSTR based meetup ...

2023-08-08T13:44:40Z

Also if anyone has ideas for a good name for a NOSTR based meetup site...

quoting note10gw…a2td
Pura Vida!

Here's a few screen grabs of something I've been working on this last couple of weeks! Meetup communities and events on NOSTR.

I just noticed that a new NIP (52 - Calendar events) got approved a few days ago which looks partially similar to what I've been working on, so I'll be looking at whether I can work with those specs in some way. I think the author has something similar in mind, although I'm not sure it's an exact fit for what I've been planning.

Anyway, I should have a working version up for people to play with, and code to inspect, in the next few days sometime. Maybe early next week.

🙏

Pura Vida! Here's a few screen grabs of something I've ...

2023-08-08T13:29:50Z

Pura Vida!

Here's a few screen grabs of something I've been working on this last couple of weeks! Meetup communities and events on NOSTR.

I just noticed that a new NIP (52 - Calendar events) got approved a few days ago which looks partially similar to what I've been working on, so I'll be looking at whether I can work with those specs in some way. I think the author has something similar in mind, although I'm not sure it's an exact fit for what I've been planning.

Anyway, I should have a working version up for people to play with, and code to inspect, in the next few days sometime. Maybe early next week.

🙏

GM ☕ Must be something in the air, I was up and out for a run ...

2023-07-25T10:30:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…2hp0
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GM ☕

Must be something in the air, I was up and out for a run not long after 5am for the first time in ages. Feels good!

Have a great day!

It's first thing on a Sunday morning and you've got me ...

2023-02-19T07:45:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…tz4l
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It's first thing on a Sunday morning and you've got me searching for old gabber tracks I listened to back in the early 90's! I'm not sure I need my morning coffee now, I'm definitely wide awake 🤣

🤣

2023-02-19T07:29:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…gv3k
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🤣

I heard you like music. Here's something similar! 🤣 Have a ...

2023-02-18T21:09:21Z

I heard you like music. Here's something similar! 🤣

Have a great Saturday night, nostriches!

https://youtu.be/h4h3i4w4KVU

Pura vida nostriches ☀️☕ Just a reminder that ...

2023-02-15T10:32:52Z

Pura vida nostriches ☀️☕

Just a reminder that wss://relay.nostrati.com is still dirt cheap at only 2000⚡ !

We're currently at ~150 users and once we get 200 the price will increase to 5000⚡ as this will be a more sustainable price to maybe cover costs going forward 🙏

Also, if you have a PoW public key that starts with at least 8 zeros in hex format (32 leading zero bits) then feel free to add wss://pow.nostrati.com, it's free of charge. This one is currently not getting much use but server is paid for for the next couple of months so let's see how it goes.

Have a great day!

GN nostriches. Time for a little Spanish practice before turning ...

2023-02-13T21:32:23Z

GN nostriches. Time for a little Spanish practice before turning in. Doing a little every day so I'll at least have some basics when I hit Costa Rica. Buenas noches.