For as "techie" a crowd as Nostr is, you all seem remarkably disconnected from silicon valley (the place)... Are there even any prominent Nostriches in "geohash 9q" ? (Who are comfortable identifying as such?)

me & the boys getting ready for Bitcoin Winter... View quoted note →

If nothing else, elections are a good check on public sentiment, and a forced reality check against the delusion of "Twitter as the global public square" that many people still labor under...

I remember being around in ~fall 2008, listening to news media basically saying "housing's a bubble, right? yep, seems like it."... For like, months before the crash actually happened. Sometimes things are pretty damn obvious, but the markets are all just rushing to not be the bag holder. Seems like we're there now with AI...?

BTC tanking to fuel the AI Stonk bubble.... Centralized social media appears entrenched as ever... The Empire continues its march across the Galaxy unchecked.... Times like this I'm reminded of Obi-Wan Kenobi, who given similar circumstances, decided that it was time for a strategic retreat. He went off to the caves in the deep desert, reflecting on the past and keeping the flame alive for the future.

Sooo it seems like the prereq to "vibe code" an actually useful software product is... 1. Pay $200/month or whatever for "latest Claude" 2. Already be a software architect, or at least have a strong functional understanding of modern software engineering process ...right?

Hey @hodlbod went back to play around with Coracle a bit and I realize that when I'm selecting either "reposts" or "reactions", looking in the Console I'm getting constantly failed WebSocket requests, even to common relays like snort.social etc. Nothing shows up in the feed, just spinning "wait" cursor. OTOH when I select for regular posts, or Media, or etc (things that display normally) I get a few connection failures, but not many.

How vulnerable are Stablecoins to the underlying L1's? ... Given that ETH (and just about everything else except BTC) is proof of stake, if price drops --> bunch of new people take over stake ---> they can fork Tether out of existence if it doesn't play ball with them?