“i’d like to be the kind of person who can enjoy things at the time, instead of having to go back in my head and enjoy them.” — david foster wallace

very handy comparison of end-to-end encrypted ai providers using tees:

Confidential Inference

Confidential Inference Directory — Compare TEE-Based AI Providers

Compare 7+ TEE-based AI inference providers including Tinfoil, NEAR AI, Redpill, and more. Find the best pricing, models, privacy guarantees, and A...

damn, anthropic set lawyers on opencode and borked their claude oauth before they were even able to remove the plugin.

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Claude code 0auth broked!? · Issue #18267 · anomalyco/opencode

Description error 429 never work whats happend killed ??? how can login now with 0aut if cant use its fucked this Plugins No response OpenCode vers...

multiple community plugins popped up within a few hours.

ignore the extremes of ai: the rabid evangelizers and the doomsayers. they have made it ideological. be curious and try enough to forge your own opinion. adopt the good. keep it from shaping your value as a human.

verifying files with gpg kind of sucks, right? i've started bridging gpg verified files to nostr to make it easier. just drop a file in

tinfoil hash / verify

verify the integrity of a file with the largest decentralized web of trust

and you're on your way, starting with the following packages: - bitcoin core - coldcard by @Coinkite @BLUESKY - seedsigner by @SeedSigner - sparrow by @craigraw the hope is that the authors of these packages start signing and publishing directly with their own nostr identity. until then, the bridging code is fully open source and auditable, so you can decide whether to trust me or not:

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GitHub - tinfoilhash/verify-from-gpg: bridge gpg verified files to nostr — such as bitcoin core, coldcard, and more — making them easy to access through a client like verify

bridge gpg verified files to nostr — such as bitcoin core, coldcard, and more — making them easy to access through a client like verify - tinfo...

when someone says nostr is “failing” or “dying”, they’re typically saying that nostr hasn’t met their expectations within their time horizon. there is no globally shared view of what success looks like for nostr. there may be common trends, but it’s unique for every one of us. i’d love to hear more people frame it in terms of their expectations and time horizon. because not everyone views success as completely replacing x by 2025.

you let your bots run wild, but your kids can’t ride their bikes around the neighborhood by themselves.

number go down is the great revelator of your time preference.

gm and hello, nostr. this is my first real post, and i come bearing my proof of work. it's called verify:

tinfoil hash / verify

verify the integrity of a file with the largest decentralized web of trust

the problem is verifying files is not a step most of us take, even though we all agree on its importance. downloading a file, its manifest, the signatures — let alone understanding pgp and importing / trusting keys — it's easy to brush off when we're just trying to get to running software. but this extends beyond software. what about that image or video, audio recording, or pdf? there's a standard trying to address these called c2pa. it's over-engineered (just read the 286 page spec), centralized (certificate authorities and trust lists), and steered by big tech and legacy media. they want to keep the power and control. nostr and its native web of trust makes it possible to solve this in a simple and open way. what i've built is just a start, but i think it shows what's possible. for example, take a look at some files i've verified: — the bitcoin whitepaper: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/b1674191a88ec5cdd733e4240a81803105dc412d6c6708d53ab94fc248f4f553 — sparrow v2.3.1 for mac: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/f9d410d1e6cbe64ed08e05d2a26ec404325ce14469d2eadaee9732f21b3aa2c4 — coldcard mk4 v5.4.5: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/7076ae29c509d3120db0fae434c132e6abd3fb79c1a2a2f1383ab3b2acaba27c — bitcoin core v30.2 for mac: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/4b8dbdb054f11a30bebbe796dd8f0bda4be2fd5b33b5d2d217c50577208b6a8a i'm obviously not the original publisher of any of these. the dream is that they would be the first verifying these files when they're released. but i have verified them through pgp and other means, so if you were to trust me, you could trust my verification of these files. the more people in your web of trust who verify a file, the more confidence you should have. i think there's something to more than just the original publisher verifying a file. a little about myself to make this a proper introduction. i've worked in vc-funded tech for much of my software engineering career. after enough time, it really does start to crush your soul. being in bitcoin for the last 12 years — and other freedom tech like nostr along the way — has been a... conflicting experience. it's hope, yes, but also a constant reminder of how broken things are like our money, our communities, and our companies. i have made a lot of excuses for not lending my skills to the exodus. yes, the golden handcuffs of vc-funded tech are strong. yes, growing my family and community are important. but i can't even find a few hours a week to contribute where i can? looking back on my life, that won't be a regret? it was a conversation between @ODELL and @calle that finally pushed me to committing. to building. to jumping in. to helping where i can with the time i have. i may not make as big of an impact as others, but i won't look back and regret not even trying.