Matt Lorentz

Is there a way to browse a specific relay in Amethyst? nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug

nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm nostr:npub1cx4q5tcwzgga60zxu2zavjjprt9y7fgt6de2p6zmnrmad5pujfgscr8vf0 nostr:npub1rj2vpdz9wlklg9gf63e6jtvl0d4uqn36uplhqhnsns5envwnup6q3xag4u hey I’m working on a project at nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch where we are setting up a paid relay using LNBits. Unfortunately we’re running up against a deadline so I’m reaching out for some help. I’m having trouble doing NIP-42 auth with the relay. I think maybe there is a bug in the implementation but maybe I am just dumb. I haven’t done NIP-42 before. I wrote up the details here: https://github.com/lnbits/nostrrelay/issues/27 Would appreciate your thoughts when you have the chance!

Still 🔥 on Tuesday morning nostr:note1mtfk3z8sjq2husf0pp4fagrumlk0xxylnylt2qw79ydnauhdyeaq7vrwkg

To get over my fear of soldering I decided to order the unassembled kit for this open-source trackball mouse instead of the assembled version. https://ploopy.co/classic-trackball/ I attempted to solder the sensor last weekend and it went really poorly. I thought I had burned the board and I accidentally soldered two pins together that shouldn’t have been. A few YouTube tutorials later and I’m ready to try again. This time with some solder wick, one of these cleaner things, and solder that’s actually small enough for a circuit board (I had my dad’s plumbing solder 🤦). Wish me luck.

Is there a good NIP-46 server I can easily self-host?

I really like this "ultra-processed content" idea from Cal Newport. He compares it to "ultra-processed food". To me any social media app built around “content” is a red flag. Not that content is bad, but it’s a hyper-capitalization of entertainment. It doesn’t have much to do with building healthy social structures. The healthiest food for your social self is being in relationship with other humans and good social media should encourage this. https://calnewport.com/on-ultra-processed-content

I love this quote from nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m “There’s a lot of conversation these days about free speech, and the importance of free speech, and I think that is a complete distraction. The question, and the debate, and the conversation we should be having is around free will. Because these algorithms are being used to direct your attention, and in some cases direct your action.” I think we can talk about a lot of abstract problems in the decentralized social media space like privacy, ownership, freedom of speech, and algorithms and it can be hard to connect them to other problems in the world. But attention and behavior change are happening at scale and it’s changing elections, increasing polarization, inciting violence, driving late-stage capitalist consumerism and a other societal diseases that help keep powerful people in power, and it’s being done through you and me. From https://youtu.be/t-40158eRqo?si=6huO-k_l3_YlvRL_&t=1530

I finally got around to reading up on Bluesky’s moderation architecture. It’s nice to see that they’ve arrived at pretty much the exact solution we are working towards at Nos.social. An open labeling system that can be used by all stakeholders (relays, apps, users) in the way that makes the most sense to them. https://docs.bsky.app/blog/blueskys-moderation-architecture

Apple Intelligence is the first time I’ve actually had a physiological response to AI. Watching the keynote today felt like watching a giant wave coming towards you that can’t be stopped. If Apple Intelligence is any good it’s going to be *really* useful. It’s just a taste of the radical shift we are going through. How many months before the majority of human communication is filtered through AI? AI that we can’t inspect or opt out of that is created by a few powerful super corporations who don’t have our best interests at heart. But idk maybe things will be fine.

The dox article conveniently left out that nostr:nprofile1qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8wetnw3jhymnzw33jucm0d5hsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7uewwdhkx6tpdshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qqsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8getswvk immediately gave half the bitcoin to nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcqyqewrqnkx4zsaweutf739s0cu7et29zrntqs5elw70vlm8zudr3y2k0udpw because he didn't want to be in charge of all the money. The two of them have been giving it away since then to all kinds of people working on all kinds of Nostr projects. Whatever his political views are with respect to Brazil, when it comes to governing the Nostr protocol he has consistently taken a light and open-handed approach.

I 3D printed the vertical stand for my keyboard yesterday and used it all day today. It was surprisingly easy to use. I took a typing test on it right away and got 67 WPM which is only slightly lower than my high score of 73. It was pretty comfortable to type with my wrists vertical and it forced me to float them off the desk when typing which is what you are supposed to do anyway. I can’t see the keys at all which is mostly ok, but I struggled a little to hit certain key combos when my hands were off the keyboard, like my shortcut for mute/unmute during meetings. Numbers were also a little challenging. Overall it was a lot better than I thought it would be and I will definitely be experimenting with it some more. Here are some photos. The book is there to hold down the edges of the stand. If I make this permanent I will definitely find a better solution.

Today’s 3D print is a vertical stand for the two halves of my split keyboard. Will post the results tomorrow. Has anyone else tried a vertical keyboard?