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Muslim, husband, father, developer, freedom tech enthusiast
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alp 11 months ago
Told you so. Most of these "Bitcoiners" are in for fiat profits. To them, BTC is just a better NVIDIA stock. Fiat-Bitcoiners. F U all, you're the reason we can't have nice things like a circular economy and financial freedom. View quoted note →
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alp 11 months ago
Nostr conferences are probably the most un-Nostr thing out there. Nostr users meet up in one *central* location, usually in the US. How about doing a virtual conference instead, spread across all nodes and connected through relays? That would be in the spirit of Nostr, decentralized.
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alp 11 months ago
Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey ... doesn't matter. The Mediterranean region is just fantastic. image
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alp 11 months ago
Some of you are like, “Nostr is sooo cool… Nostr is the future of the internet,” and so on. Step out of your bubble for a second. The internet is huge. Seems like you forgot. If you actually spend some time looking at what’s out there, you’ll realize just how much of a bubble this is here. Or social media in general. It all starts sounding like illusioned wannabe-influencer talk. And Nostr suddenly feels so small. Also, how about finally making sure everything in this ecosystem is actually available more consistently and the usability is at least halfway decent? Other bubbles out there are way ahead in that regard. When’s CRUD finally gonna be implemented? Maybe focus on the basics for once. And what do you think, maybe in like 50 years we’ll finally be able to start talking about accessibility? You know, “the internet is for everyone” and all that? Or is it still gonna be the same old “hmm yeah ... decentralized ... tricky” excuses and a 🖕, to the 10% of people with disabilities? Or hey, have fun staying your bubble. I don’t care. I just laugh at excuses these days. Ever-Betas.
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alp 11 months ago
Has anyone here heard of Atomic Mail? They claim to still be in beta, say they’re more user-friendly and secure than ProtonMail, have been developing their email service since 2024, and offer unlimited space. LLM tools haven’t found any investors, and according to the team, they plan to fund themselves through premium services. But they've been around for a year already and keep developing. Closed-source. How’s that even possible? How do they keep the lights on? Intelligence agencies? Honeypot?
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alp 11 months ago
I read from someone who heard from AI engineers that you can get ChatGPT to talk less bullshit. You know how it sometimes gets too chatty or throws in these fluffy phrases to keep you engaged or make you ask more questions? To fix that, you just need to customize its style. Go to "Settings" (click your profile pic in the top right), then choose "Personalization" and go to "Custom Instructions". In the field that says "What traits should ChatGPT have?" you type in: "Pragmatic, straightforward, no bullshit. Adjust to my tone. Clear and direct. No pseudo-phrases. Complete sentences. No hallucination. I want a realistic assessment, both understandable and direct, as if you were actually helping and not just coddling." image
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alp 11 months ago
It's official now! The meat on the döner skewer is worth more than the cash in the shop’s register.
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alp 11 months ago
Your data is so valuable that they don’t hesitate to build big, complex software to collect it. View quoted note →
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alp 11 months ago
My new thesis is that LLMs ("AI") is the latest marketing scam to collect data.
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alp 0 years ago
'Id al-Adha is just around the corner. Muslims who want to donate directly to @OrphansOfUgandaChildrenCenter , without any middleman and in Bitcoin, can do so at this address. You can use either the Lightning address or the last button below for the On-Chain address. I've received the preliminary prices (they will obviously go up as 'Id al-Adha approaches): - A cow: 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 Sats - 1 sheep or goat: 150,000 to 200,000 Sats I've been doing this for years, and they always provide nice "proof videos" showing that the animals were slaughtered in your name.
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alp 0 years ago
I just canceled Kinsta, my web host, for three reasons: - They don't accept Bitcoin. - They made 2FA mandatory for everyone instead of allowing nsec logins through an extension. - Everything is based on Google Cloud. Not interested in that. ... and told them so. Yeah, everyone needs to keep up with the times, or it's goodbye.
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alp 0 years ago
To become compatible with the (fiat) financial markets, a lot of people are willing to give up backward compatibility with existing books, online articles, courses, and written software.
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alp 0 years ago
Looks like I finally found the best web host after decades. It's - anonymous (they don't know who you are, if you don't tell them), - fast automation and support - doesn't use Big Tech (like Cloudflare, AWS, or Google Cloud), - affordable, and you can pay with Bitcoin (via BTCPay Server).
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alp 0 years ago
Author of the Book "The Bitcoin Standard", that got translated into 10,000 languages: image Ordinary Bitcoin pleb on Nostr: "nOt YoUr kEyS, nOt yOuR cOiNz. yEaH pRice gO uP!" 🤪 🤡
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alp 1 year ago
Exactly, a first-world problem completely disconnected from reality, for some spoiled rich brats. Ever stopped to think that for a lot of people around the world, Bitcoin just means finally having access to money in the first place? They’re nowhere near saving, growing wealth, or dreaming of a better life. They’re still stuck trying to survive. But most of you just keep hOdLiNg and never spend or donate. And then go ahead and convince yourself you're a real Bitcoiner entitled to join the discussion. View quoted note →