Another rabbit hole, relays this time, thanks to Nostr and @Derek Ross and @Vitor Pamplona #asknostr how do I see what's on the server? I found websocat, am I on the right track? Another voyage into the unknown.

Adblock plus tell me they have blocked over 600,000 ads in recent internet surfing times and by inference, for only $4 a month they can carry on doing so. Here's an idea, why don't they send those stats to all the companies that paid for those ads. Tell them they are being scammed by the advertising agencies, and think of a new way of operating. Like maybe try Zapvertising, cause that sure worked on me when @Blockstream tried it. No special blocking ware, full engagement likely.

Imagine if all the how to sites online could install a zaps lightning option for tips. And a Nostr comment box, much like you can/could (it has been a while!) post to Discourse from a Wordpress site. So much useful info being given out for free with no way of readers showing their appreciation with a token tip. Even leaving a quick message is a faff with emails and names. #asknostr

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The Internet was always anarchist, so Anarchists must learn to become responsible for operating it

When Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in the 1970’s, he intentionally designed his system in a way that would function anarchically. Many engineers...

This is a good read about the origins of the internet. Anarchy, a much misinterpreted word, and decentralisation, are at the core of the founders' thought processes. Funnily enough, they were all employed by US and EU government departments! The article posits, with many working examples, that the answer to bringing about change is not to radicalize techies, but to give radical thinkers the technology skills to effect change. Food for thought. #asknostr

What do you think? I like my blackberries like my Nostr. The best food is free. And wild. And nutritious and flourishing, despite not following the rules for how mainstream food is grown. I have to lie down now, analogies are so draining. #foodstr #Nostr #Spain #asknostr

shout out to developers who maintain older versions of their software. As Obi pointed out the other day on TFTC, if the norm is set to accomodate those with the most disposable income, a LOT of people will fall through the net. Some of us don't have the latest greatest hardware and likely never will have the money to upgrade. But with micropayments now viable, I sure would be happy to throw sats at devs to keep old copies of their work around.

There is a great movie called Planeta Verde which really highlights the lunacy of so many socially acceptable practices. When I was a young teen, I kept chickens. My neighbour had some hens too and he was preparing one for lunch. He showed me how to wring a chicken's neck, He was a vicar, a grown up, so I did as I was told and watched. I wasn't squeamish, I just thought that it was a ridiculous way to kill a chicken. I also recall how he seemed to enjoy it a little too much. Maybe it was embarrassed laughter because the poor little bird ended up with a neck like a giraffe by the time he finished with it No doubt it tasted great after he gave grace. So I was introduced to killing birds by an adult and many of the cloth, to boot. And it really was no big deal - then. I never culled a chicken that way ever. I learnt a far more humane way, if there is such a way. The broom handle approach. Chickens do go completely limp and calm if held by their back legs, so you combine that with placing their head on the ground while they are oblivious to what's going on. With your foot you move the broom handle over the back of the birds neck. And in one move, both feet on the handle and yank. It's very effective. So when adults said it was time to eat a chicken, I would cull them. Weird how we say cull, like we are nicing up the word kill. I learnt how to pluck them. My old man used to be a butcher so he took over from there I remember the first time, him being the dad, taking charge. I also remember him turning away from as he started gagging, as he went through a process he must have done a thousand times when he was a pro butcher. I look back and wonder, why those adults felt they had to teach me what they did. But I especially remember my dad. I am sure he was having some sort of epiphany as he did what he had always done as a younger man, to earn a living or whatever the justification was I don't want to piss off the carnivores who might read this. I was one til aged 50, something changed in my head and I literally took the delicious half chewed fillet steak out my mouth and never ate meat since. And I don't want to antagonise vegans, because whilst I eat mainly a "vegan diet" I exploit chickens, eat my own eggs and need goats cheese to keep me healthy, so I am still the enemy in the eyes of the extreme view holders. But I'm a middle way kind of person. I understand perfectly well that there is a time when animals need to be put out their misery and, you know, if a chicken is suffering, I can help speed their end in relative peace. But to show my daughter how to kill and prep a chicken for Sunday lunch, as some sort of rite of passage, I don't get it. And I am sure she would not be as compliant as I was her age if I put her through the process.. I promised a friend, a person so spiritual, with the wisdom already of the aliens from the Planets Verde looking at our society practices in horror and bemusement.I promised her to take care of my chickens without resorting to the pot. As long as they are laying eggs there is absolutely no food justification for killing a bird. After they stop peak laying, 2 years, they don't lay as many eggs, but it's not zero. And even when they do stop being "productive" in year 5 maybe,, all the while they are still fabulous little shitters and scratchers, friends of the soil. It's not the easiest option, but it will be a no cull policy on my upcoming little chicken farm. The birds can live near free while technically being exploited and we can all get fat on eggs. #chickens #vegan #carnivore #foodstr

Thanks for this relay guide.

Hi @fountain app, I am a big fan but, I dunno, it's not a seamless experience these days . Doesn't want anything to do with amber or nos2-fox which between them sign me in to every other client. Had to paste in my nsec for fountain to let me in. Third time lucky on that. Doh. What ever happened to wallet feature? Settings are in different places now. Ie Looks like I'm set up on wallet page with sats in and out, at 0 presumably because I haven't participated yet. So I want to top up the wallet. Used to be all there for sending, receiving. Nothing. I'm getting annoyed now! In settings> payments it says Lightning wallet not enabled? What? It showed a random number@fountain.fm. I have changed the lightning address to my username and updated. Nothing. Still not enabled. Another doom loop. No feedback message. The wallet is pretty key to this app, no clues how to enable it now? I'm sure it's me and the pros are rolling their eyes, but I'm not a novice on Fountain. But if I were and knew nothing about it beyond the hype, I'd be long gone. Cheers

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BREAKING NEWS Inflation impacts on the use of language and precipitates further decline in the soft power reach of Imperial measurements! Apart from more regular use of the term "wtf, how much?! inflation can bring about subtle changes in language to hide quite a big deal. In Spain, a 10-pack of eggs, not a dozen, is becoming the norm in supermarkets. A "decena" de huevos as opposed to the ubiquitous "docena". What's in a vowel? Ruin, I tell you!!! And a pain for those who refuse to go metric in a warped egg market! I have a dozen backyard hens all told. 8 super layers and some retirees. When a kindly neighbour recycles their egg boxes, invariably they are tenners now. So I've usually got 2 eggs left over. It''s getting quite complicated to drop off a dozen neighbourly eggs these days, unless I work out a couple of extra shatterproof pockets for my shirt. First world problems, I know. Although the empire that uses imperial measurements, and whose government is driving inflation, might not stay as First World as it wants, unless they sort out their inflation issues. Oh yeah, they can't! #chickens #inflation #Spain #bitcoin