I created a quick diagram to illustrate the Primal cache issue in a simplified way that may help some people understand what is going on and help with choices about which client to use. There are many ways to build clients and there are advantages and disadvantages of each. In Primal’s case, notes are served from Primal’s cache server which gets notes from the relays rather than the client getting them directly from the relays. The advantage to this is that much of the processing can be done on the server side resulting in a very smooth and consistent experience for users. The down side to this is that it becomes centralised as, without the server infrastructure operated by Primal themselves, the client completely stops working (the cache is open source but I’m not aware of any other instances of the Primal cache being run and most users wouldn’t use a different one anyway). The issues with this centralisation are that it make Primal much more prone to outages and it would be very easy for ISPs to block Primal just by DNS blocking of the Primal cache server or blocking the associated IPs. Primal could also potentially filter or censor the feed from their cache although I’m not aware of whether they actually do this currently. For me personally, I want a client that talks directly to the relays and does the processing locally but others may be comfortable with the limitations and loss of decentralisation and find that Primal provides a good experience. One of the best things about Nostr is that you can take your key and move to a different client. It is worthwhile experimenting with different clients to find the experience that best suits you. 💜🫂

GM! Coffee I’m drinking this morning. #coffeechain ☕️🫂💜

Tonight’s walk

With three days left of 2024 it doesn’t look like I’ve got any chance of winning this! 😂 View quoted note →

Verified this myself. If I add a firewall rule to drop traffic to cache1.primal.net then Primal fails to load posts. This isn’t decentralized and would make it very easy to block Primal at an ISP level either by blocking DNS lookups for cache1.primal.net or blackholing the IP(s) it resolves to. View quoted note →

Test. Ignore.

Australian Magpie #photography #birdstr

Male Superb Fairywren #photography #birdstr

If anyone zaps me 500000 sats I’ll be happy to look at your profile, I might even follow you. 😂😂😂 View quoted note →

This meme got me thinking about some of my past experiences with fiat mines which I thought I would share. It’s not easy for a lot of people to exit the fiat mines completely but getting away from this fiat mindset about work is a good start. Many years ago now, I worked for a couple of small companies both of which ended up collapsing. In both cases I had dedicated large amounts of my time working for these companies, going above and beyond, believing I was helping to build something worthwhile. Seeing everything evaporate when the company was placed into administration, and particularly seeing the impact this had on other employees who lost their jobs was very difficult. My way of thinking about work shifted after these experiences. Here are some of the things I personally learned from these experiences and have worked for me since. - Don’t get attached to a company, they could be gone the next day so be prepared that this could happen. - Employment should be mutually beneficial for you and the employer. Your skills, experience and knowledge are valuable. You are providing these in exchange for a wage so it isn’t up to the employer to dictate all the conditions. If you aren’t happy with the conditions then be prepared to take your skills elsewhere. - Try to build a skill set that is general enough to give you options but unique enough to differentiate yourself when looking for work. Experience is also much more useful than formal qualifications. - Build a financial buffer so if you do find yourself out of work then you have time to find something else without pressure to accept the first thing that comes along. (Build some savings in #bitcoin) - Making good connections when working can help a lot when looking for another job. In my case, my last two jobs were from talking to connections I had previously made. No applying for jobs, no resume. View quoted note →

Christmas is over. Time to buy your hot cross buns ready for Easter! 😂 #AUStriches

This is the sort of algorithm that I want to see. Particularly in this time zone, there are a lot of notes posted during the night that are easily missed so this could help a lot. The “trending” type algorithms implemented in other clients aren’t useful and tend to just amplify content that I have already seen reposted way too many times, and often isn’t that interesting. View quoted note →

Afternoon walk