Low Tech and Low Time [Preference] FTW View quoted note →

SNAGGED. Sounded irresistable. Only 2 left!! View quoted note →

Been trying to use gitworkshop.dev to host a repository with a single file -- README.md. But browsing through other repositories on there...it's 50/50 whether the repo will load or not. Half the time the repo will load, and the other half it just indefinitely hangs. Wonder why... 🧐

I've been an EV critic for a long time. They still have their issues, and you will never stop me from having at least one gas/diesel car for enjoyment (and emergency). But after a few months of living with a couple different models, I can see the appeal for some specific scenarios. But there's something else that bothers me about Tesla specifically, aside from the relentless vertical integration with parts, service, and maintainability (which is not specific to Tesla, EVs, or even the car industry since enshittification is happening everywhere these days). Why are Teslas so plain, sterile, bland, and soulless? The Cybertruck dials this up to 11 with its cold, post-apocalyptic, brutalist appearance. Why? There is no technological reason for this. It's a philosophical choice that says a lot about the company's vision of the future. Where's the beauty? Where's the sophistication? Where's the color? Where are the natural materials? Where's the real wood, quilted leather, amazing seats, buttons, dials, browns, greens, and other sophistications that make a car a gorgeous, inviting place to be? It's not that Tesla executed this badly...they didn't even try. All their cars are like this, whether you buy a base-level Model 3 for $40k or a top-spec Cyberbeast for $120k. Profit maximization is not a good enough explanation for this. It was a conscious and intentional choice the company made, and they market it as "futuristic". If this is the "future" that Tesla envisions (and designs for) then clearly it's a dystopian future where humans aren't welcome...where human senses are unimportant and irrelevant, where beautiful comfort is traded for cold utility, and where humanity is subservient to technology. It's a dark and depressing worldview. And one I will have no part in. I'm an optimist. My personal opinion is that WAGMI, and I will always be on Team Human. Anyone that isn't can swiftly GTFO.

An interactive SHA-256 visualizer -- this is what real "crypto" looks like:

Hash Explained

Hash Explained - Interactive Hash Visualizer

SHA-256 algorithm explained with an interactive, step-by-step visualizer.

via

Stacker News

🎉 Interactive SHA-256 visualizer \ stacker news

SHA-256 is everywhere: bitcoin, TLS, Git, proofs, ... Yet most explanations skip the internal mechanics and jump straight from: Input → black box...

Is there a good 3-word tagline for Nostr yet? For Bitcoin, I like "Money without Masters". For Nostr, I'm thinking "Service without Subservience". Any other ideas?

You say paranoid, I say prepared. View quoted note →

Is there some easy way to make a Nostr post but not broadcast it until later? I need to save the event hex and do some processing before the post is broadcasted. Amethyst only shows me naddr which won't work. Gossip has an option to "Show raw preview" but it's always greyed out. Do any clients do this? Would prefer to have a GUI. #asknostr

Using scrcpy to get Amethyst on desktop right now to browse and write this note...so this looks glorious. 🤩 View quoted note →

What's the difference between "All Follows" and "All User Follows" on Amethyst? #asknostr

@Bitcoin Beans generously gifted me a block of their El Clásico cacao. I just made their Columbian Breakfast recipe and it's incredible!!! Highly recommended. Proof of Work converted into Proof of Deliciousness 🫡

Bitcoin Beans - Proof of Work Cacao

Proof of Work Cacao (chocolate) -- grown with care, paid in Bitcoin. Premium chocolate crafted for Bitcoin enthusiasts.

AR folks are based 👀

This was a fun first effort. Thank you @Maria2000 for the feedback! Glad to see the basket had the impact I wanted 💜 Onward! View quoted note →