More young people are showing up on podcasts. It's great to see, but so many of them speak with what I describe as a dragging growl (there may be an actual name for it). It drives me nuts. 🫠

Oh, shit. Well. Not an idiot then (kind of). Nice work.

That could be a good thing in a way. Maybe the protocol will be so prolific that people like me won't go searching for applications that use it. We will just find things like we do now and have it integrate well with other stuff. But as an early adopter and tester, I'd like to find cool projects easier. I should have specified that. I have to dig quite a lot to find things. But I could also do more to solve the problem by documenting them as I go. Writing is something I'm considering for after graduation this year, among other things.

Finding #Nostr apps is a pain.

It's especially demoralizing when you know how easy Lightning is.

It's amazing how much bullshit is in US food now. I'm just making a lot of stuff like that these days. I'm sure it's better in Japan. Can't be worse

I make a simple sauce that I really like. Roasted tomatoes, butter, salt, and half an onion (uncut). I slow cook it. Really easy and good.

UX is seemingly a lost art. Desktop textbook e-readers are a great example. They try to imitate the experience of a physical book to the point that they completely neglect the features that would make the digital experience better. For example, loading a new page using left and right icons. I have to click an arrow to change pages. WHY ARE THERE PAGES? Turning a book page isn't a desirable feature. It's just a limitation of the physical book. I have to turn the page, so I do. I shouldn't have to turn a page on a desktop computer. I have a mouse. It scrolls. You're already forcing me to use it to click arrows, so why not just keep scrolling the page like we've already been conditioned to do on digital devices? Some of the readers are so insane that they even add animations to simulate a page turn, so I have to wait for that to finish to continue reading. What the fuck is going on in the software world?

Maybe. Doesn't mean it's good though.

I think the bulk of the concern is around regulation that affects those who want to self-custody and use it as money, not those who buy into a Blackrock ETF. Blackrock may not necessarily care about the individual users, even if that is a large part of the value. Companies sometimes do dumb shit.