"imagination is the bottleneck" View quoted note →

you can't even +1 your gf for the bitcoin conference gala if you're a whale pass holder (they rejected my request). what's the point of a gala if you can't bring a date? or do they really expect you to pay an extra $10,000 for just for that one night. more like crypto bro gala. it's all so fiat. we're just gonna get drunk and go gambling instead.

once i have an implementation of silent payments i can hack on i'm gonna do a really cool nostr integration 🙂

becoming more skeptical that you can agentic/vibe code a game engine. there are just too many things that need to be cohesive architecturally. may redo my #nostrverse engine by hand.

I’ve always been fascinated by virtual worlds. runescape is the largest active shared virtual world on the internet. It has over 300 million accounts and 200-300k people playing concurrently at any given time. Currently thinking what can be learned and applied. I see social networks as a shared virtual world, just without a graphics engine or coordinates or loot (yet?) one important aspect of #osrs is that you can leave and come back without feeling like you are behind or missed anything. The game respects your time and lets you progress at your own pace. Progression is key, for people to invest time they need to feel like they could be making progress/leveling up somehow. but not feeling forced to on a schedule is the important thing. Follow counts, like counts, and zaps are variants of that… a lot of people treat networks this way, gaining followers = leveling up. Life is all a game in the same sense. Everyone wants to make more money, gain more status, gain more power. The urge to feel like you are progressing is a powerful force to tap into. Praise dopamine. Anyway, thanks for coming to another fever dream insomnia post. gn 😴

wise words from the local community center

ai is only more productive if it doesn’t kill your love of the craft

post your favourite riffs. i'll start. #riffstr also note to self: it should be easier to share short music clips 🤔

imagination is the bottleneck