Morning notes - ⚡ $boost for sats (more info at the bottom) ⚡ View quoted note → View quoted note → View quoted note → View quoted note → Be one of the first 10 boosters and you'll get 1000 sats minimum once ten boosts are reached. This is an experiment and your feedback is welcome. I know I'm not the first but I'm interested to learn how these can be used for greatest effect.

I'm wondering if a NIPs competitor process is necessary to solve the problems of ill-defined process, unwritten rules, deadlock, and over-authoritativeness. Perhaps FEP can be this venue. The key point of contention is whether Nostr could be considered part of the fediverse. Nostr's not made of federated instances though relays still wield more power to censor than most people think. Mostr joins them into one with a bridge however it's unclear if a set of bridges can turn two systems into one.

Started watching Machine Learning for Everyone by Kylie Ying. Seems to be at the right level for me and under 4 hours so already 1/3rd through it. Anything essential you think it's missing?

Has anyone figured out how ($)boosts work? It seems to me most don't understand that sats don't magically appear. The reward must come from the poster after the goal has been met. So it's kind of a trust thing. Since a feed of even the best people gets a bit noisy, I suspect boosts can help if done correctly. Maybe adding a blurb with every boost should be common as a point of education. Something like: How boosts work: The poster includes ($)boost in their post along with a promise of the boost amount for some goal. That amount can be total or per boost. Then when the goal is met, the poster promises to send sats to the boost note which was created.

GM. 🌱 ☀️ Got any favorite time-lapse videos?

My AI/ML project is floundering, probably because I attempted to do it from scratch and intentionally with as little domain knowledge as possible. Needless to say there's a lot of reinventing of the wheel in that path. Anyone got a favorite AI/ML course with pytorch examples?

Does anyone know of a voice recorder app that will use bluetooth earbuds as an input source? For some reason bluetooth earbud mics can't be selected in any android apps. Seems like an OS thing. After all there's no jack or alsa interface exposed on Android. Bonus points if it could be triggered with a long-press of an earbud.

4n running challenge ended with an n of 2. I was satisfied with meeting the 7 mile goal and clocked more time-on-feet than I would have normally. That being said I was way more tired this way. I wonder if there's some kind of biological feedback loop that gets triggered from 4h periodic exercise. Will try n of 3 sometime.

Conservation of energy leads to Bernoulli's principle which is essential for understanding aerodynamics and the flight of a bird. In the same way I feel like conservation of energy must operate in the brain at least on certain timescales. Obviously net energy comes in via the bloodstream but what if neurons were able to directly reward each other with energy, forming a kind of activity market? Further research tells me this is unlikely however I did learn that often-used neurons and connections get optimized to be faster and more efficient.

I've always wanted to find out things for myself and when I find a better way I can't forget it. This doesn't always play well socially but I accept it. Onward toward optimal everything!

What's the creepiest algorithmic thing that's happened to you? Nostr's lack of an algorithm can make it a bit boring sometimes but the alternatives from big tech are pretty sensitive and dangerous. Not satisfied with likes, or clicks, they go into dwell time and I'm sure they're working on modeling your internal attention center so it's better than your own model of the same.

Attempting a 4n mile running challenge today. Not sure if n will be 2 or 3 but certainly less than 7. Training for a half-marathon in Feb so supposed to run 7 but I figure I'll go for at least 8 on 4 hour intervals. Classic challenges like this are 24mi in 24h or 48x48. Not sure I want to go that long but we'll see how it feels after 8! #running

Working on a photography project which is going to span months if not years, and it's been really interesting how getting your camera in certain positions each day means you develop a better understanding of those places as well. No wonder Monet painted those haystacks.

Haystacks (Monet series) - Wikipedia

Nostr is a great system, and NIPs have been instrumental to bring it where it is today, but I think there's a lot of opportunity to improve. Rather than work within that system, I'm today seeking comments on a new protocol standards process. As an editor on FEP I've seen a process that works well with minimal deadlock or conflict that can be used as a model. I also realize that many other processes such as BIPs, internet RFCs, etc have features which we might want in the new process. If you have any thoughts on how FEP-a4ed (

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can be molded to better suit Nostr, please share in your reply. It would also be great to get some naming ideas. GM

A couple days of following 1000 plebs is a lot to handle. There is variety but still too nostr/bitcoin echo chambery. Perhaps the 90%+ who are lost within 30 days want to talk about other things. That or they need email reminders and push notifications to habituate them.

Feeling spicy. This mode won't last but I'll try to make the best of it.

If you want to develop a new protocol for nostr, it's probably best to avoid NIPs. Instead implement what you're thinking of and document it somewhere, anywhere so others can join in.

Becoming fascinated with changes over various timescales, for example taking pictures to create sequences about my physical environment. Since we're on Nostr let's ask: How has nostr changed for you in the last day? Last week? Last month? Last year? (copy the template at the end to start your response) Last day: 1001 user follow set has got me much better connected to the bigger "town square" Last week: Got my relays sorted out so have near 100% posting success rate. Last month: Released noswot and got some great feedback on UX that will take some time to implement. Last year/since day 1: Really impressed with Amethyst and noStrudel for performance and showing me what I need to use nostr well. Last day: Last week: Last month: Last year/since day 1: #asknostr #feedback #timescales

Can't wait for this year's Nostr recap. Who's on it?

I think the best way for me to interact with aspects of the nostr protocol is by developing ideas like noswot and the follow set it begat. It seems the best way to implement is to look at what's working now and then attempt to emulate. In this case listr.lol showed what kind of other data should go into a note.

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Looking at creating a follow set with a bit of python and I know these work decently with Amethyst. Just wondering if you have written up anywhere ...