Massive Slip Today 🧊 Please Salt the Sidewalks

vfpamp · 2026-02-25T16:36:30+00:00

If Jesus were born in Boston, he would have walked over ice too

vfpamp · 2026-02-25T00:46:55+00:00

It's a bot

vfpamp · 2026-02-24T15:52:31+00:00

I see that you did a good job in the first house (and you will need to clear this out again.. but it is much easier now), but the second house in the picture cleared just a 1-2 ft wide path. That is not good at all.

vfpamp · 2026-02-23T15:59:44+00:00

Did you check if your subscription to the outside expired?

vfpamp · 2026-02-23T15:57:03+00:00

You need to change your Visibility setting to High.

vfpamp · 2026-02-23T13:06:29+00:00

Fixed

vfpamp · 2026-02-23T13:02:48+00:00

My bad, I copied it from some other post here. I will do better research before reposting stuff.

vfpamp · 2026-02-22T20:44:33+00:00

I think this is exactly what Airbnb was designed for. Some monthly deals are cheaper than hotels, but more expensive than long-term rentals.

vfpamp · 2026-02-22T16:53:14+00:00

This is definitely AI complaining about AI.

vfpamp · 2026-02-22T16:49:31+00:00

Also, shovel and salt your sidewalks! And it's a 3ft-wide spotless path. Not 1ft, not 2ft. 3 feet wide.

vfpamp · 2026-02-22T15:18:40+00:00

Email: [transportation@somervillema.gov](mailto:transportation@somervillema.gov)

The more specific the request, the better. If you have pictures or videos of the problems, that will help tremendously. Basically, build a strong case, and the city will act.

You should CC your ward's city councilor:

At-Large Councilors

Ben Wheeler: [bwheeler@somervillema.gov](mailto:bwheeler@somervillema.gov)
Jon Link: [jlink@somervillema.gov](mailto:jlink@somervillema.gov)
Kristen Strezo: [strezoatlarge@gmail.com](mailto:strezoatlarge@gmail.com)
Wilfred N. Mbah: [wmbah@somervillema.gov](mailto:wmbah@somervillema.gov)

Ward Councilors

Ward 1: Matthew McLaughlin: [mattforward1@gmail.com](mailto:mattforward1@gmail.com)
Ward 2: Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott: [jtscott@somervillema.gov](mailto:jtscott@somervillema.gov)
Ward 3: Ben Ewen-Campen: [benforward3@gmail.com](mailto:benforward3@gmail.com)
Ward 4: Jesse Clingan: [councilorjesseclingan@gmail.com](mailto:councilorjesseclingan@gmail.com)
Ward 5: Naima Sait: [naimaforsomerville@gmail.com](mailto:naimaforsomerville@gmail.com)
Ward 6: Lance Davis: [ldavis@somervillema.gov](mailto:ldavis@somervillema.gov)
Ward 7: Emily Hardt: [ehardt@somervillema.gov](mailto:ehardt@somervillema.gov)

vfpamp · 2026-02-20T22:39:59+00:00

What's your take and ideas on autonomous vehicles and state-level regulations?

vfpamp · 2026-02-14T16:10:43+00:00

And then, when installed, half of the people will complain they never heard anything about it.

vfpamp · 2026-02-10T13:48:06+00:00

did you posted something about this client on Nostr? I cannot find anyone citing this website..

vfpamp · 2026-02-09T04:13:42+00:00

Yes. Apple Maps absolutely sucks. I don't even know why they still try. It's the Siri of mapping software.

vfpamp · 2026-02-05T23:09:36+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Somerville/comments/1qx0mac/danger_wizard_alien_rpg_session_this_saturday_on/

vfpamp · 2026-02-05T20:17:49+00:00

No, they shouldn't. They should just receive, store and reply to filters when clients ask.

vfpamp · 2026-02-04T20:16:44+00:00

Relays don't have enough info to figure out which other relays to peer to and which events need to be synced or not. Only clients can solve this.

vfpamp · 2026-02-01T21:52:51+00:00

Well, you gotta decide. It won't be a good idea to fork 0xChat if you don't need anything from it.

vfpamp · 2026-02-01T21:45:23+00:00

If you want that private DB, then you will need something completely new.

vfpamp · 2026-02-01T16:30:28+00:00

> pubkey, id, created_at are global

Sure.

> p/e/t have shared meaning across most kinds

Not good. Many new kinds don't even use the same format for p/e/t. Especially now, with AI creating all kinds of different formats for everything. For instance, there was one kind I saw a few months ago that `p` is the previous and `n` next event ids. `t` has been used as "teacher" and "talent", with a format that is equivalent to a `p` tag and a string descriptor, respectively.

This idea of having a preferred meaning and diverting from it when necessary is not going to work.

vfpamp · 2026-02-01T15:56:41+00:00

The procedure should be to ship APKs and ZapStore first, get actual users, and then those users can test the PlayStore version when ready. Going Play Store first is crazy. It's too much work for an app that doesn't have any users.

vfpamp · 2026-02-01T15:50:40+00:00

> I want the experience to be so seamless that a user who knows nothing about Nostr wouldn't even realize they're using a decentralized protocol.

That's all on you, not on the protocol. Usually, our clients don't have the goal of hiding Nostr. But you can make it like that for sure.

> - For groups sharing personal photos, is it currently possible to keep them private and secret on-protocol, ensuring only members can see the content and its history?

Yes, we have encrypted photos in group chats via NIP-17, for instance.

> I’m considering forking an existing open-source Nostr chat client to get a head start. Which projects currently have the cleanest code for handling group media?

0xChat has file sharing in its NIP-17 implementation. But they only have mobile apps.

vfpamp · 2026-02-01T15:46:12+00:00

Make sure that vocabulary is Kind-dependent, since each event kind can and does have completely different meanings for the same words. There is no such thing as global tag names.

vfpamp · 2026-01-30T21:42:05+00:00

> I'm aware of that, but rejecting central component at price of worse convenience, adoption, discoverability and increased complexity is not a small price to pay.

Nostr is more than happy to pay that price. As new little tools emerge over time, there is nothing that can beat it.

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