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NYT et al is not mainstream, it's downstream. News breaks on X within minutes and then NYT writes an article about it, citing the upstream.
The whole premise of this article is wrong.
The whole premise of legacy corporate media is wrong. They exist to get clicks to get eyes to get advertisers to get paid. They get the facts wrong? Doesn't matter, there was never an incentive for truth.
We have better ways of telling stories now. Internet, self-publishing, etc. I think you already get it, and your point is about other people not getting it. So why do you still label NYT, "mainstream?" People want the mainstream; your language alone is reinforcing what you are protesting.
I read the README and some of the code. If the node's AI response feature is enabled, it looks like you can chat with it's LLM over the radio.
One use case I imagine is in the case that the node operator is AFK. You could get sensor data (weather, or node internal temperature) from that node by asking the bot for it. I think ollama is MCP capable, which broadens the potential use cases. Anything you can do with your AI, you can grant your team access to.
You could have a node in a tree with a MCP controlled relay that activates a distraction device.
"@bot activate party popper 3"
The zombs run in the opposite direction of your base
You could have a MCP connected database that your team uses to log incidents.
"@bot incident report: 12:30 this random guy just tried to steal our gas supply. Calls himself Kenny. We kicked his butt and set him loose."
Chats happen over DM so I assume there is a pinch of privacy. Your team could use the LLM as a therapist.
"I had to kill my brother. He was bitten :("
"I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through a tough situation, Chris. (...)"
looks pretty nice. for anyone curious, here's the source repo https://github.com/bitrequest/bitrequest.github.io
I couldn't hear the audio in the clip so I re-clipped
You're totally right though-- When Bitcoin and AI get married, the baby is going to be beautiful.
I think the Mac minis are popular for AI workloads because they have powerful processors and a bunch of RAM. With that RAM, you can run some of the larger open source AI models with many billions of parameters. BUT if you're wanting to run OpenClaw, you don't have to run the AI model on your machine. You can use a low end machine with like 8GB RAM. An old ThinkPad T14 or ThinkCentre M700 would probably be great.
I think the best models for AI agents aren't even open source, so most people just pay Anthropic to run the AI. Their API key gets entered into OpenClaw and Anthropic's Claude handles the heavy processing. Your local computer is where the agent acts, using the web browser, doing tasks, but the brain is elsewhere in Anthropic's datacenter.
I think that's how it works anyway. I haven't tried OpenClaw yet, I've only read about it.
I haven't actually shipped anything with Nostr so take my advice with a grain of salt. But I have been experimenting with Nostr webapps every now and again. I've learned some things.
Forget about NIP-26. It sounds great in the spec, but none of the industry giants actually support it, and it's deprecated by Nostr devs. Use NIP-47 or some other auth NIP instead.
Easy mode, use a library like https://github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-tools https://www.npmjs.com/package/nostr-login https://nostr-dev-kit.github.io/ndk/ https://github.com/fiatjaf/window.nostr.js
I was working on a Nostr integrated game awhile back. Looking at the dependencies, I used window.nostr.js, nostr-tools, and nostr-login. I can't remember if I'm actually using all those, or if I was experimenting with parts of them.
Anyway, the game had a nakama server, and I came up with a NIP-98 integration to create user accounts on the backend.
Final tip: don't get attached to any library. Some you really like may end up being abandoned, because open source has a funding problem so sometimes devs walk away. If you find a good one, consider donating monthly to support it's maintenance.
OpenBazaar had a feature where participants would burn coins to prove that they were serious about the sale. Reputation, or something like that. Maybe it's a similar thing here in some other still operating market.
There are not enough people in the world who can both afford and need satellite internet to justify valuations
Hold the phone. How expensive do you think Starlink is? The cost is comparable to other internet options. And especially for people like me living outside the city, I can't get cable and I can't get fiber. My options are dialup, intermittent DSL, rural point-to-point internet that routinely fails, 1 bar of spotty 4G, or Starlink. I have Starlink and it's the best home internet I've ever experienced.
Drive 10 minutes out of town in a big city and you'll be in an area with no fiber, and no plan for fiber. No 5G either. It's like that all across America. Just look at this broadband map. https://broadbandmap.com/ Every little red hexagon you see in the middle of nowhere is from someone who ran a speedtest on their phone or computer and got terrible results. Given time, expansion of the network, and economies of scale, every one of those dots can become green thanks to Starlink or any of the other mega-constellation Satellite internet providers being built. (It's not just Elon ffs)
Then there is the Starlink for people who live out of RVs, or for commuters who drive a lot while talking on the phone. They'll go to a job site somewhere in the middle of nowhere and have no signal. Their problems are solved with a Starlink mini on their truck, and wifi calling.
I'm further north but it was 50F yesterday and I was so pleased. First day in weeks when I could go outside without long underwear. Fuck winter, fuck snow! I'm so over it.
If anyone wants a chance to win an NVIDIA Spark, there's a giveaway going on right now for physical and virtual GTC attendants. (Virtual attendance is free.)
Here's how you do it.
Step 1. Create a NVIDIA GTC account. Select virtual so you get charged $0. (No credit card required.)
https://register.nvidia.com/flow/nvidia/gtc26/reg/form/vcontactinfo
Step 2. Attend a GTC virtual event. Look at the event schedule calendar to find something interesting. It must be an event marked as, "virtual." Take a selfie of you watching the livestream to prove that you were attending. Take note of the event Name and Session Number.
Step 3. Fill out the entry form. Be sure to include your attendance selfie as proof.
Step 4. Cross your fingers!
I'm hoping a Bitcoiner wins and is able to build cool shit with it.
No, they don't usually publish their mental health test results. 😆 What I'm doing is I'm using Grok to generate DSM-5 test results based on what they tweeted in the past 24 hours. Very non-clinical of course, but it's just for fun.
Same. We had a wind storm that knocked out power twice in a day. First was 30 minutes, then later it was out for 6 hours 45 minutes. I just replaced my UPS's batteries 2 days prior. Phew! I love that thing.
Thanks 😁 VTubers are people who livestream using a cartoon character as their persona. They use special software to track their IRL face movements and animate the character in realtime. It's like a combination of influencer, anime, and talk show. There are hundreds of thousands of VTubers doing this right now, and some of them find sponsorships and make a living doing VTubing. This website gives a good example of what they do https://holodex.net/
iiiinteresting. What's your business plan? How are you going to make money on this? I don't have an apple device so I can't try it.