I've set up #Bitchat on my phone and got another friend to do the same. Both are Android. We've both messed around with the app, tried toggling Bluetooth on and off, etc. Unfortunately, neither of us can see the other. Any recommendations for fixing this? Or any ideas of what we overlooked? #asknostr

Nostriches, when are we going to fork the Brave browser? Let's dump BAT and use lightning or cashu to earn while surfing. That would help to avoid KYC nonsense on Brave as well! #asknostr #grownostr

Thinking about sending your child to school? Here are a few starter questions to get you started when approaching a new school.

How to Choose Your Child's School

A mutual reached out to me for guidance on choosing his young children's school for next year. In talking to him, I realized that there are probabl...

#education #school #schooling

Aside from not having WiFi at home at all, is there any other way for privacy-minded folks to combat or counteract this? #privacy #asknostr

I know Nostr seems to be predominantly keto or carnivore, but... Has anyone tried to nixtamalize corn themselves? Did you use wood ash (as in the attached video) or another method? Is it a process you'd repeat again? #asknostr #traditionalfood #wapf

Gm to all, wherever you are in the world! Make a cup of coffee or tea, and play some Indonesian jazz in the background. If you have a good book, crack that open and enjoy it for the next few hours.

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In #privacy news, I've just learned that Google pulled down some kind of Italian blog about the Latin Mass.

Reclaim The Net

Catholic Blog Removed by Google Causes Censorship Uproar

A million monthly readers gone overnight, with no explanation beyond the fine print.

A couple of quick thoughts: 1. Why would Google want to censor religious news and discussion? What's in it for them? 2. How easy would it be to do a mass migration of blog articles for a site like that? Assuming they have a backup of their content, is there any way for them to post all of that content as articles to Nostr (without manually posting each one)? 3. Alternatively, moving forward, do we have any kind of tools that allow for Nostr back-up posting of blog articles? I know I've seen similar for Twitter notes, but has anyone built something similar for Nostr? #asknostr

I know I'm a little late to the party here, but forgive me. I'm just discovering #Reticulum for the first time now. Last night, I watched this video on YouTube about a guy named Juraj sending sats with a LoRa broadcast, using the Reticulum protocol and cashu. If I understand everything correctly, that broadcast is encrypted, so there's little threat of the tokens being stolen. As long as the cashu mint is still up and running, the recipient gets his sats and can convert them back to LN or even standard BTC thereafter. Super cool!

#Meshtastic & #Reticulum nerds, I'm thinking about getting a bunch of cheap devices and playing with both protocols. If I've understood things correctly, Meshtastic works more like a radio in that each device itself is what has an 'identity' and that your phone app merely helps you to access any messages that come through. Thus, if some friends and I wanted to test out Meshtastic, we'll each need our own LoRa devices, even if all at the same office or residence. For Reticulum, the RNode device relays messages, but your identity is actually tied to Sideband or whatever software you're using. So in that case, we could get away with a single RNode device on a single property but have different mobile devices with Sideband. At least, for testing purposes when everyone is within reasonable range of the device. Am I on the right path so far? #asknostr

Beef chow fun, pot stickers, and a generous helping of chili oil! View quoted note →

I need to find some markets or grocers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, etc. who will do this too! View quoted note →

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I'm thinking about getting into LoRa. It seems like a cool hobby, and I'd like to connect with other enthusiasts as I travel. From a brief, initial search, I'm seeing Lorawan and Meshtastic, with the latter looking like the more decentralized option. For LoRa nerds, what are some budget nodes you'd recommend for a total newbie? (I have near zero idea how to solder or setup electronics components from scratch.) And just as importantly, what frequency should I prioritize? For reference, I spend most of my time in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, etc.). #asknostr #meshtastic #LoRa @shortwavesurfer2009

The health of your social life depends on you making intentional decisions to engage with your friends and family. View quoted note →

Which web clients will allow me to sign in with Amber on my phone? I tried scanning the QR on Coracle and approved the login on Amber. Yet, nothing happened on the Coracle side thereafter. Any other web clients I could temporarily log into when borrowing a computer and want to browse and post to Nostr? #asknostr

Scammers are deploying 'ghost students' into universities in order to get financial aid. In the meantime, they're also stealing seats from paying students.

Yahoo News

‘Ghost’ students are hijacking millions from colleges—and locking real human students out of classes

Sophisticated criminal networks are deploying AI to create thousands of fake students to steal money. About $90 million has disappeared.

#education

For all of you history nerds out there, you might be excited to know that the Australian National Maritime Museum has discovered Captain Cook's lost ship, the HMS Endeavour. It was found just off the coast of the United States.

Australian National Maritime Museum

Locating HM Bark Endeavour - final report

Report detailing the results of a more than two-decade project to discover the final resting place of James Cook’s famed vessel.

#history

Google losing a big part of its market share? Cry me a river!

MSN

What #BTC and #XMR options exist for micro-lending like Kiva.com? #asknostr