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Derek Ross
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The purple pill helps the orange pill go down. ๐Ÿชบ NostrNests.com ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ YakBak.app ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Zappix.app ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Plektos.app ๐ŸŽถ ZapTrax.app ๐Ÿ“ˆ Zaplytics.app ๐ŸŽง Podstr.org ๐Ÿ“‹ Nostrometer.com
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Derek Ross 1 hour ago
Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! I am not lying to you. If you start your day with a positive dosage of @PABLOF7z, you will be forever bullshit. ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป image
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Derek Ross 19 hours ago
Oof. University of Pennsylvania doesn't like Ditto, because it's a proxy avoidance anonymizer. Well yeah, that's the whole fucking point ๐Ÿ˜‚ image
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Derek Ross yesterday
Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! We're maturing. Not in mind ๐Ÿคฃ That won't happen. We are however maturing in use cases. Nearly four years ago, Jack Dorsey said that Nostr's social use case was the most boring part. I said he was right then and I still believe it today. ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป๐Ÿซ‚
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Derek Ross 2 days ago
Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's Monday, so that means it's the start of a new week and a chance to build something exciting. Let's get to it. ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’œ
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Derek Ross 3 days ago
Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to build. ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’œ People who hate AI misunderstand what this tool is. Humans have always moved forward by harnessing intelligence. (Okay, maybe not so much in the Dark Ages ๐Ÿ‘€) Fire, writing, the printing press, computers, the internet. Each one was us finding a better way to grow and use what we know. AI is just the next step. Use it. Build with it. Keep it open and in your own hands! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป๐Ÿซ‚
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Derek Ross 4 days ago
I've told a lot of people this story in person over the last two months when someone asks me in person at a conference, but haven't been vocal about it here on the Nostr. It seems like a good time for an update. I'll try to keep this short and drama free, ain't nobody got time for that. We have prompts to submit and the future the build. I am no longer with @Team Soapbox. I was laid off two months ago. Everyone was. I wish that wasn't the case. It is what it is though. Being unemployed for the first time in twenty some years fucking sucks. With a family to support, it's not a good time. It makes me question my mission. It makes me question whether it was a good idea to quit my previous stable job. It's also kind of fucking embarrassing. That's perhaps why I didn't talk about it? I don't know. Maybe I didn't know what to say? I don't like to fail. This feels like a failure, even though it's not any fault of my own. I'm not worried though. I'm still bullish on Nostr and freedom technology as a whole. I cannot go back to working against my passion. I feel as if it's my calling to do what I can to help build the future that I want to live in. So, what am I doing now? I recently took up a three month contract position with @Nostr4 Inc. We're pitching Nostr as infrastructure to businesses, decentralization, non-custody, etc. You can read all about it on our website nostr4.social. I applied for grants from OpenSats and HRF. My OpenSats grant has been denied, but I'm still hopeful on my HRF grant. Fingers crossed. I wanted to fully launch nostrometer.com and still hope I can do that. My future is uncertain, but as I said, I remain bullish and Nostr and freedom technology are my home and my passion. There's more grinding to be done, there's so much more work to do. Keep fucking building. I'm about to get on a plane and head home. ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’œ
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Derek Ross 4 days ago
Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! Amsterdam was fantastic. Legendary even. I love seeing everyone building the future. Thanks for coming by the Nostr booth @jack mallers and congratulations again on the engagement. It was great seeing you again brother. And great meeting your fiance ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’œ
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Derek Ross 5 days ago
Dearest @Sirius: Money printer go โ‚ฟRRRRR... NostrVPN.org is what I'll be migrating all of my devices next week. I don't need tailscale anymore.
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Derek Ross 5 days ago
Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to pitch Nostr as decentralized infrastructure. ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป image
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