cmdrkeen

The only thing I know for sure is that I know next to nothing

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npub174tphl6zaczjxvm6k8rrsl7282457apjqf9cm2mrvwev098vz48slylth2

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2026-10-14 00:12:05 UTC

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Asymmetric cryptography is nice, and honestly, I think there are few (if any) technical reasons why they shouldn't be the default everywhere on the Internet — but let's not pretend that they somehow guarantee freedom of speech.
Twitter or Facebook could allow you to sign in with a keypair tomorrow, and they could still block your public key by its fingerprint. Your favorite Nostr relay could simply stop accepting messages from your pubkey tomorrow.
Freedom of speech is a social contract, not a technical one. It requires that everyone be at least willing to process your thoughts, no matter how offensive they might find them, without wanting to ban you just for uttering them.

2026-10-13 23:36:10 UTC

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I don't always run scripts downloaded straight from the Internet; but when I do, I prefer to run them as root.
https://blossom.jumble.social/e881bdc49cbd435e414583534d13c9d7d26838373d7994599b27621ff45d125a.png

2026-10-09 20:16:02 UTC

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Yeah I downloaded a couple of these and they definitely still feel rather unfinished. Not a bad start, but I think it's still gonna be a while before they can replace Adobe.

2026-10-09 17:39:49 UTC

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Yup, that's the most difficult truth to accept about Nostr — that it'll likely never be anywhere near as popular as any of the centralized platforms, because most people actually WANT to live in echo chambers and go to war with the people who disagree with them.

2026-10-09 03:25:03 UTC

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Haters gonna hate.

2026-10-08 18:53:37 UTC

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This is precisely why I'm cautious whenever someone asks how we can get more people to join Nostr. You'd THINK these people are interested in censorship-free platforms because they don't like some of the terms that Discord is imposing on them. But no – they actually love censorship. They just want to be the ones in charge of it.

2026-10-08 15:15:18 UTC

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That's precisely the problem — as much as people love to complain about censorship, most of them actually like it, as long as it happens to someone they don't like.
And if it happens to them, the solution they want to see is not a platform that gets rid of it, but one that allows THEM to ban or punish the people that banned them (see Twitter).
The fact of the matter is that most people simply aren't ready for a censorship-free platform. Those people have no need for Nostr, and we wouldn't want them here anyways.

2026-10-07 23:34:20 UTC

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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

2026-10-07 20:43:39 UTC

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Okay that's pretty dope actually. Probably the biggest improvement you've made since the first UI overhaul.

2026-10-05 19:01:36 UTC

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I mean, you can also go entirely rustic and serve the whole thing on the cutting board. Or put the sides in a little bowl if they tend to "run away". But if you're gonna bother with a fancy plate, I feel like the meat deserves to be on it. It is the star of the show after all...

2026-10-05 18:47:44 UTC

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Next, we'll work on serving the food ON the plate instead of beside it... 😄

2026-10-05 12:45:23 UTC

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TFW after decades of development, your adblocker finally gained sentience
https://blossom.jumble.social/b70f638c8c63ae28d2db5a042937f734d8c853dc9f15890dcfdf615760334daf.png

2026-10-05 12:04:33 UTC

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Just don't drop the soap.

2026-10-05 10:05:03 UTC

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Is it really worth it? 😭

2026-10-05 00:33:01 UTC

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You can tell it's fake because nobody wears facemasks anymore

2026-10-04 23:23:51 UTC

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Could we get a link to download the image in this little menu here?
Seems more useful than opening it in a new tab, especially on mobile.
https://blossom.jumble.social/87d0e96f46582d11832141cd2114ac75f3f6b46c442b290d28469602f7d86c9c.png

2026-10-04 18:28:13 UTC

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Did we just time travel?
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTk2MmNjN2Q3YmtncXhndjBmeTd0dTF2NHVic3FnNGJ5ZGVqZGxtcXpsZms5bWhxbyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/RILsqUte1MME7TzQJ9/200w.gif

2026-10-04 10:54:48 UTC

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No. 3 & 5 are my favorites

2026-10-03 11:04:41 UTC

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Her: "Babe, come over, I'm a nebula of stars"
Me: "Are you spinning clockwise or anticlockwise?"
Her:

2026-10-02 07:17:09 UTC

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Nobody could have predicted this /s

2026-10-01 03:17:04 UTC

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https://npub174tphl6zaczjxvm6k8rrsl7282457apjqf9cm2mrvwev098vz48slylth2.blossom.band/541108eacdfaef3ba082d8f1399bcf29c4abe3c8fd93876fb0945b96df893aba.jpg

2026-09-29 19:55:29 UTC

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I'll think about it

2026-09-29 14:35:32 UTC

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Women are a psyop.

2026-09-29 13:40:43 UTC

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Now that's what I'm talking about!
https://npub174tphl6zaczjxvm6k8rrsl7282457apjqf9cm2mrvwev098vz48slylth2.blossom.band/92672a7b2a2daaf11e4bb77615dbe27e7da8e41b26a39ba695ad32ef8eecb1c8.png

2026-09-29 11:47:28 UTC

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I'm just not entirely clear how to access ALL emojis just yet — all I see in the full dialog is "popular" ones. I tried searching for other ones by either typing their common aliases or the emojis themselves into the search box, but neither gave me any results.
https://npub174tphl6zaczjxvm6k8rrsl7282457apjqf9cm2mrvwev098vz48slylth2.blossom.band/c9c97fb333a1750c1077917b7efc9a4783099ad50ca7c7452f835be11b42eb99.png
https://npub174tphl6zaczjxvm6k8rrsl7282457apjqf9cm2mrvwev098vz48slylth2.blossom.band/908c2f16b88dbc9ab84ba5f0c4ec952e224caf3f5f07a6c6eef1d1bd377848c9.png

2026-09-29 11:39:16 UTC

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By extension, all apps that supports plug-ins are operating systems.

2026-09-29 09:55:50 UTC

Just noticed @npub17fe…nzuc finally has full support for custom AND emoji reacts now, including a nifty quick bar with your most frequently used ones. Nice work, guys. :peepoClap:
https://blossom.jumble.social/e719800fa012b96cd486101f42466b8d34cf236ac24ccce9936a06f987d1f9c0.png

2026-09-29 09:50:54 UTC

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@npub1q3s…d26p is this true? Do I not need the Mostr relay to access bridging if I am already using the Ditto relay, or are those two still separate?

2026-09-29 04:31:43 UTC

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I'm sorry, but this entire discussion is missing the point. "Security by obscurity" refers to the practice of keeping the implementation details hidden, not just the key.
The Enigma machine was a great example of this: despite being very good for its time (for years, the Allies only ever managed to decipher a handful of mostly useless messages without knowing its interior workings), once they came into possession of one, they managed to find the fatal flaw in its design within weeks and were able to decrypt all further communication with relative ease.
Modern algorithms like AES, RSA, ECC, etc. don't have this issue — their designs have been openly published for decades, and yet no viable attack has been found that beats random guessing.
OF COURSE they still involve the use of obscurity, if you will, because the protection offered by the algorithm is only as strong as the key is secret. But, unlike with the Enigma, the key is the only part that has to be kept a secret.

2026-09-24 22:23:09 UTC

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I really hope I’m not being annoying, because I appreciate the work that you do, but I also seem to have a talent for finding bugs.
Here’s one: on the iOS app, when you tap on a note to open it (so you can read the comments, perhaps), the on-screen keyboard immediately pops up, obscuring at least 1/3rd of the entire screen (which I’d rather use to read the note or comments).
This appears to be because Nostrich programmatically focuses the comment input box as soon as the note opens. Should be an easy fix that would improve usability tremendously.
Also, perhaps a good chance to flex those OTA updates 😉
https://blossom.jumble.social/d610be9e7e6734819a23e1120d775fef96c3857b4d63f66cb04674bd1bdc3f56.jpg

2026-09-24 14:57:09 UTC

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Thankfully that works out of the box already: you can simply tap "Use a remote signer" and if you have Clave installed, it will open automatically.
https://clave.casa

2026-09-21 16:29:05 UTC

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https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTk2MmNjN2Q3eWlnMTJpanNuMnV4eTIwbXlzYXY0eDB4cncwaWNhc3JoNDcwMnd4biZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/BYhoMtJMQsYVy/200w.gif

2026-09-21 13:32:06 UTC

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Okay, but what about standard emoji reacts?
Also, I think this feature should be easier to discover. If you hadn't told me how it works, I would have never found it.

2026-09-21 12:56:47 UTC

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Okay, but when are we gonna be able to use them in kind 7 reactions? I really hope that feature is coming soon.

2026-09-21 00:02:29 UTC

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Okay, so the problem occurs in the dialog that pops up when you click the speech bubble underneath a text note.
Attach a large-ish picture, and write a long enough comment, and the "Post" button gets pushed below the viewport, without adding a scrollable element in order to reach it.
Observe:
https://blossom.jumble.social/4dc333cb398ab9bcc0cad0992d7bdade7659114bd58c26bd8965288ecd4219f4.png
https://blossom.jumble.social/11336573c9f38229678b8219bc1287e4f6e72779119ecbc93e23b6613dfffcd8.png

2026-09-20 08:21:09 UTC

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The one that prompted @npub1sg6…f63m to implement georelays last year? I do.
I mean, as annoying as it is, he IS doing everyone a favor by demonstrating how easy it is to abuse the protocol if you have ill intent, and he is spending his own money to do so.
While I suppose it probably hasn't cost him more than a couple hundred bucks in AI credits and VPS hosting to do so, consider the implication if a state actor decided to shut it down. They could simply spam every channel with hundreds of fake discussions disseminating propaganda, fake news, and whatnot.
The only way to avoid that would be using persistent identities and filtering out anyone who's not on your contact list, or relying on Bluetooth meshing exclusively.

2026-09-20 07:56:38 UTC

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Interesting client you have there, friend 😅
https://blossom.jumble.social/15fe0832dc81d23453f7c837c2e7040ecb294798fd77e49524a2b008fc3717d5.png

2026-09-20 07:44:13 UTC

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Bitchat supports Bluetooth meshing but it's not an issue there since that needs local proximity. This only affects relay-hosted chats.

2026-09-20 07:40:00 UTC

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Yes but clients only have the npub as a unique identifier to go by, and the bot changes that constantly.

2026-09-20 07:38:25 UTC

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I'm just curious why someone with clearly plenty of technical expertise would invest so much time and effort to ruin this thing for everyone. They're not even advertising a product, so money clearly isn't the objective here.

2026-09-20 07:32:42 UTC

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I mean, you COULD turn off georelays for NYM and just use a small list of hand-picked relays that at least enforce IP rate limits, but that would obviously impact interoperability with Bitchat.

2026-09-20 07:29:41 UTC

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Bitchat uses ephemeral messages, relays do not store them in their DB. They only cache them in memory for a few minutes, long enough to potentially enforce an IP rate limit, but that's about it.

2026-09-20 07:14:52 UTC

Hey @npub17fe…nzuc, I'd like to report a bug. When using the comment editor, when you attach an image and enough text to push the "Post" button below the browser's viewport, there is no way to submit it, because the dialog doesn't scroll (the textbox will if you write enough in there, but the button itself remains unreachable).

2026-09-20 07:06:55 UTC

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Basically, it spams every channel with verbal abuse using multiple identities with constantly changing keys, to the point of having vaguely non-sequitur "discussions" with itself. Pretty sure this is all the same guy. Currently he seems to be using variations of Gustavus a lot, but that changes too.
It was even using vanity keys for a while (npubs whose hex representation ends on 4 of the same digit), suggesting that whoever is doing this knows the protocol fairly well.
https://blossom.jumble.social/ade544fe60947d264e076b74e2dae97344c4d64bb9267b8405066798b81586c7.png

2026-09-20 06:41:32 UTC

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Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Bitchat is permissionless, so there is not banning or kicking users. On top of that, the bot generates new nPubs constantly to circumvent users muting it. It even does PoW to avoid being filtered that way, and the content is clearly AI generated, so there is no distinct word pattern that could be used to detect it. And since the messages travel via relays, you can't block its IP address either (which would be trivial to circumvent using VPNs anyways).
Someone is spending quite a bit of effort and compute time to make using Bitchat as annoying as possible.

2026-09-18 20:51:39 UTC

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Unfortunately completely unverified

2026-09-18 20:45:21 UTC

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Does this mean PoW is added to posts made from within Sidecar or is it added to all posts it signs?

2026-09-18 11:08:48 UTC

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Arch BTW
https://blossom.jumble.social/d67a9b33167cb8d4a595a9f3b1d0ae385ba329426e95a9576bf934af2f7ed333.jpg

2026-09-18 03:50:21 UTC

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If you've never used Linux before, I would start with Zorin. It's basically Ubuntu made for Windows users. No terminal necessary because everything just works, including Windows apps.

2026-09-17 20:11:53 UTC

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Nostrarchy

2026-09-16 13:38:56 UTC

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While I do love the fact that there's so many different Nostr clients, each with its own unique vibe, sometimes I wish there was some sort of "de facto" reference implementation that at least gets all the core elements right.
I keep hearing good things about Amethyst, unfortunately I don't own any Android devices.

2026-09-15 06:10:09 UTC

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That's what you thought...
https://www.scattidigusto.it/migliore-pizza-wurstel-patatine

2026-09-14 07:46:05 UTC

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Grow up. There's far worse things in the world.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/bananas-and-curry-on-pizza-thats-how-the-swedish-do-it-180984961/

2026-09-14 07:33:02 UTC

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https://blossom.jumble.social/97c6d6512789900120af8816ab4578db0ccd4243d4ab3b2b5d457e848e5b6d33.jpg

2026-09-11 05:56:24 UTC

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Took me three attempts to figure out I needed to allow autoplay in order for the captcha to work. After finally solving it successfully, I got kicked from the channel but my invite never arrived. Good times.

2026-09-07 20:52:34 UTC

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https://blossom.jumble.social/a9f53ea6a5d27a81b3be725677633eed39f7bf7623354713b25d5972d8aea420.png

2026-09-07 01:53:14 UTC

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They are. https://github.com/dmnyc/sidecar/releases/tag/v1.12.0
Also you can always clone the repo and install from unpacked (there is no build step).

2025-08-27 17:36:12 UTC

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that fragment the network and break these heatmap web apps (like bitmap.lat) because they cannot track events globally anymore? Unless they connect to all 300 georelays, I guess. Which seems possible for a dedicated spammer, but if hundreds of people are doing it from their browsers, it would likely be an issue.