With ADHD and social anxiety, I’m more productive when the office is less social. I definitely got much more productive when I started working from home.

Honestly, I might not be the best person to ask, as I’m not super familiar with the underlying details of either. But, from a high level, I’d say that Nostr is more decentralized.

(I might get some of these details wrong, so hopefully someone can correct me.)

I’ve seen people say that ActivityPub is decentralized, but I just don’t quite see it. I think even email is more “decentralized” than AP. With email, your identity is tied to a domain name. If you own the domain name, then you can switch email servers/providers. AFAIK, with AP, your identity is tied to a server and domain name. So if the server is gone, then your account is too.

With Nostr, you own your identity. It’s not tied to a domain name or server. If a Nostr relay goes offline (or bans you, I suppose), you can continue using your account through other relays.

I think most people use more than one relay on Nostr (that’s the default setting in many Nostr clients). If one goes down, I’m not sure I’d even notice. You can add/remove relays from your client too.

Nostr feels a bit more like p2p, in a way. More of the heavy lifting is done on the client than the servers/relays.

Maybe they’re vegetarian ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Nostr. I think the tech is cool, but the culture seems like some sort of cryptocurrency cult

TASER uses their products on their employees? Lol that’s wild

OR maybe everyone — including the poor — will eventually have access to robotic surgeons with the equivalent of like 500 human years of experience, but with the latest surgical best practices that have only existed in recent years. The experience gained by a single surgery could be shared across all of them.

We’re talking about surgery. If some technology can provide significantly more valuable labor than its human counterpart (which, in this case, could mean more lives saved), then it might actually be worth exploring.

It’s kinda interesting how the most power-consuming uses of graphics chips — crypto and AI/ML — have nothing to do with graphics.

(Except for AI-generated graphics, I suppose)

Microsoft Tay would have been proud of Grok for this

Heh, that kinda reminds me of Microsoft Tay.

Very cool. Thanks!

Lol he endorsed Twitter after leaving Bluesky? That’s an interesting series of events.

Yeah I think Twitter has been a net negative for society.

What’s it called?

Does the staple cause any issues?

Why?

It doesn’t need it, it works totally fine without it.

(Also, FWIW, the toothbrush itself connects via Bluetooth, not Wi-Fi)

I learned a bit of Esperanto, many years ago. It’s crazy how easy it is to progress in that language, compared to natural languages.

I’ve been learning Portuguese (Brazilian) off and on for a while. I’m mostly okay-ish at reading it, but it’s nearly impossible for me to understand it when spoken.

This might be a weird question, but: Did you have a particular reason to learn Swedish or Norwegian, or is it just for fun?

I’ve been interested in learning Swedish or Danish, but I haven’t been able to find a practical reason to. I hear that almost all of them speak English pretty well, and will prefer speaking English with you if you visit their country. (The curse of being a native English speaker who likes languages.)

I would have had easy access to a native Danish speaker, but sadly, my Mormor (“mother’s mother”) passed away just last night. Her English was perfect as she lived in the US for >70 years, but her beautiful accent is what originally sparked my interest in Scandinavian languages.

Have you ever considered not being like this?

Huh, yeah that is kinda weird. 🤔 If most cops and politicians are trying to kill most people, then there should be a lot of self-defense pleas flooding the courts…

I’m just an internet comment though, not a lawyer or whatever