Privacy, uncensored speech, the freedom to transact, and ownership of property -- whether digital or physical -- are the foundations upon which freedom is maintained.

Lately I've been realizing one of the best ways to not drift from being humble is to remember that at anytime, anything could happen. No matter how smart you are, you can only make decisions as well as you can and then you watch reality unfold. You can't truly control reality. You just raise your chances of impacting it the way you want to before it changes so much that it's out of your control.

Being fueled by competition is a shallow form of drive compared to necessity, the real mother of invention. If you’re focused on beating the competition, then you’ve lost touch with the primordial creative force — the bar should be set by your standards, not others. Competition shouldn’t shape your craft, your real needs should. Comparison can be the thief of creativity.

Removing reposts from default profile view and reducing their visibility in the For You is so whack. Feels like Instagram now. Almost all major social media platforms copy and converge on such similar feature sets, just give it enough time.

DOCTOR DOOM… has arrived View quoted note →

Adding an author field to highlights would be cool, that way I don’t have to click on the link to see who it is from.

X has removed reposts from profiles on mobile. The algorithm’s control became stronger after the visibility boost on reposts declined, now they’ve taken it one step further. It seems like X only wants you to see what their algorithm promotes, not what people propagate.

GM How many cypherpunks remain? 👀

Peptides have been hijacked by looksmaxxers and influencers. Cryptography and ZKPs have been hijacked by shitcoiners.

Building what you love is more important than collaborating or arguing with the critics. Principles, taste, and the packages are for you to decide… feedback from reality is more important, from vast varieties of users.

Apply this to nostr apps View quoted note →

The more you harden your heart, the less malleable your mind will be. Plasticity starts with curiosity.

The greater your sense of foresight, the harder it is to live in the present.

Fuck cancer. View quoted note →