holokat
HoloKat

Wouldn’t it be ironic if we outsource so much of our thinking to AI that that our brains eventually atrophy and we turn into blabbering idiots. And the speech that comes out is termed as “Slop” by observing robots. They’ll be like… “what are they saying? I don’t know it’s just slop.”

2026-01-07 10:24:47 UTC

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I’m sure they’ll say please and thank you 🤣

2026-01-07 10:23:28 UTC

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It was interesting Elon basically talking about bitcoin as the ultimate currency except the said “energy” - which is basically what makes bitcoin bitcoin.

2026-01-07 02:31:47 UTC

https://youtu.be/-qX3TWoCJDo

2026-01-06 06:41:54 UTC

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Source?

2026-01-05 23:00:58 UTC

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Where I live 😉

2026-01-05 12:32:35 UTC

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I haven’t seen anyone on nostr cheering it on (maybe I muted them already?) or maybe it’s from X? I’m not sure, I’m not on X.

2026-01-05 12:06:05 UTC

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One can hold both views - to be unhappy about the operation (if you’re an American especially) and to be happy for the people who feel relief. They are not in conflict.

2026-01-05 10:04:15 UTC

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I think I saw a glimpse of the lack of critical thinking in the bitcoin community and that was a huge disappointment.

2026-01-05 09:02:44 UTC

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Is it possible to distract anyone anymore in the type of news cycle we have? People basically forget after a week anyway

2026-01-05 08:57:45 UTC

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Did you watch it?

2026-01-05 06:20:57 UTC

Stocks up
Bitcoin up
I’m sure they are not correlated 😆
https://i.nostr.build/W5BxOoMD93fGi7NI.jpg

2026-01-05 05:53:34 UTC

I miss the days where everyone was equally incorrect in their arguments. Now it’s just rehashed ChatGPT arguments and twisting of information to fit a view. Even with better information people expose all sorts of biases and incorrectly correlate different concepts.

2026-01-05 02:55:13 UTC

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Damus. I have so many missing notes

2026-01-04 13:06:49 UTC

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I don’t think his statement was implying anything other than it was swift and free of US casualties.

2026-01-04 12:58:58 UTC

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Pick an old trick from the hat

2026-01-04 08:26:56 UTC

Neat
#note142u…e2y5

2026-01-04 04:43:08 UTC

It’s true that bots hallucinate, but they are still useful as a global Wikipedia. You can dispute the wiki data all you want but at least there is some consensus from the broader internet. It keeps the crazy dumb stuff at bay until further deep dive should the arguing over facts persist.

2026-01-04 04:39:54 UTC

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Claim Set Under Review:
Population advantage, inferior metallurgy, decisive tank factories in Ukraine, inevitability of Moscow’s fall, and “more but worse tanks.”
Verdict: Mixed. Contains partial truths, exaggerations, and factual errors.
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1. Population: Soviet Union vs Germany
Assessment: Partly true, overstated in implication
• Soviet Union population in 1939: ~170–194 million (depending on borders used).
• Germany population in 1939 (incl. Austria, Sudetenland): ~79–90 million.
Conclusion:
The Soviet Union had roughly 2× the population, not an overwhelming demographic margin by itself. Population mattered, but it did not guarantee victory and did not offset catastrophic early losses automatically.
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2. “Inferior metallurgy” as a major cause
Assessment: Largely false / misleading
• Soviet metallurgy was uneven, not broadly inferior.
• Early-war issues included:
• Poor quality control.
• Inconsistent heat treatment.
• Brittle armor in some 1941–42 batches.
• By 1942–43, Soviet steel production and alloying stabilized and improved, often trading hardness for ductility to avoid shattering.
Critical counterpoint:
German metallurgy declined later in the war due to alloy shortages (nickel, molybdenum, tungsten). Late-war German armor quality often deteriorated more severely than Soviet armor.
Conclusion:
Metallurgy was not a decisive Soviet weakness and became a relative German liability after 1943.
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3. “Tank factories in KTZ in modern-day Ukraine were the turning point”
Assessment: Incorrect entity and incorrect causal framing
• The key Ukrainian facility was Kharkiv Tractor Plant (KhTZ), not “KTZ.”
• KhTZ produced early T-34s.
• Crucial fact:
The Soviets evacuated Kharkiv’s industry eastward (Urals, Siberia) in 1941 before permanent German capture.
Actual turning point:
• The evacuation program itself.
• Reconstitution of tank production at Nizhny Tagil, Chelyabinsk (“Tankograd”), and other eastern complexes.
Conclusion:
Ukraine-based factories were important early, but their survival was not the turning point. Their loss was anticipated and mitigated.
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4. “Had the Nazis overrun those factories, they would have marched to Moscow”
Assessment: False / counterfactual oversimplification
• Nazi Germany already captured Kharkiv multiple times.
• Moscow was threatened in late 1941 before industrial recovery mattered.
• German failure at Moscow was driven by:
• Logistical collapse.
• Overextension.
• Weather.
• Red Army strategic reserves.
• German manpower and fuel constraints.
Conclusion:
Control of Kharkiv factories was not a determinant of Moscow’s fate. The claim confuses industrial capacity with operational reach.
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5. “The Soviets just had more shitty tanks”
Assessment: Partly true, rhetorically exaggerated
Accurate elements:
• The Red Army fielded:
• Large numbers of obsolete models (T-26, BT-series).
• Poor radios.
• Weak optics.
• Inadequate crew training in 1941.
Incorrect generalization:
• The T-34 and KV-1 were not inferior.
• Superior armor layout.
• Effective main guns.
• Mechanically crude but combat-effective.
• Soviet doctrine emphasized:
• Simplicity.
• Mass production.
• Field repairability.
Comparative reality:
• Germans had fewer, more complex tanks.
• Soviets accepted higher loss rates to achieve strategic depth and replacement speed.
Conclusion:
The Red Army had many bad tanks early, but also some of the most influential tank designs of the war. “Shitty tanks” is an imprecise summary.
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Overall Conclusion
• Population advantage: real but not decisive alone.
• Inferior metallurgy: largely incorrect.
• Ukrainian tank factories as turning point: false framing.
• Inevitability of Moscow’s fall: false.
• “More but worse tanks”: partially true early; false as a general rule.
The Soviet victory was driven by industrial evacuation, operational adaptation, strategic depth, and attritional capacity, not crude numerical or material inferiority narratives.

2026-01-04 04:34:46 UTC

Need more working fact checker bots!

2026-01-04 04:25:04 UTC

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@npub1tn2…hmc3 😜

2026-01-04 04:22:23 UTC

I know we’re joking but Greenland should be terrified right now …
#note1pdv…cr89

2026-01-04 04:18:00 UTC

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Her new year resolution?

2026-01-04 01:19:37 UTC

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Mad Max

2026-01-04 00:38:10 UTC

We’re running Venezuela now. 🤯
At least until the oil tycoons settle on who gets what.

2026-01-04 00:36:51 UTC

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🤷‍♂️

2026-01-03 23:38:16 UTC

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Well Kagoshima is near an active volcano and is surrounded by mountains. It has a neat architectural style that makes me nostalgic about the 90s for some reason - even though I didn’t live in Japan in the 90s - maybe through games?

2026-01-03 23:36:23 UTC

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Just an area to explore. I like Kagoshima vibes too.

2026-01-03 13:38:49 UTC

I curse good podcasts that only come out once per week. How dare they take a break!!

2026-01-03 13:22:30 UTC

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Ask GovGPT

2026-01-03 13:18:00 UTC

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He was bad. It’s ok. 👍

2026-01-03 11:27:09 UTC

When did everyone become so sensitive?

2026-01-03 10:06:05 UTC

Just kidnap the leaders and war is over. Is that the strategy?

2026-01-02 12:27:15 UTC

Beat it!
https://www.wario.style/s/jqrp0YSo

2026-01-02 09:50:39 UTC

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Did this once. Never heard the end of it 🤣

2026-01-02 06:52:52 UTC

https://v.nostr.build/dgmfxyuqblVD70MV.mov

2026-01-01 23:47:44 UTC

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Can’t provide them with a framework if you don’t have one yourself 😂

2026-01-01 16:36:17 UTC

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😂

2026-01-01 16:34:46 UTC

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300 dudes and no women - such sexist, much ban!

2026-01-01 16:30:51 UTC

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Nice I’ll watch some time tomorrow probably thanks for the share!

2026-01-01 16:27:56 UTC

I’m up late.. I should sleep now before I say something that triggers someone 🤣
Good thing this is not bsky- where I’d get insta banned for a sleepy comment.

2026-01-01 00:06:09 UTC

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😮

2025-12-31 22:55:18 UTC

2026, I’m in you! GM
https://media.tenor.com/VFDevE2qwdcAAAAC/good-morning.gif

2025-12-31 15:07:11 UTC

Happy New Year from Japan! 🥳

2025-12-31 13:36:47 UTC

We should call nsecbunker just “secure vault”.
“Download a secure vault. This keeps your account safe from malicious apps”.
“Use your secure vault to sign into apps safely”
Thoughts?
Just seems like it’s more user friendly since it has that familiar banking terminology feel.

2025-12-31 04:42:43 UTC

Some good ones here
https://i.nostr.build/vCD6vvV8rXzfQw7y.jpg

2025-12-31 04:02:37 UTC

@npub1tn2…hmc3 is really great! Watched one of the movies from there last night.

2025-12-31 03:39:54 UTC

Anyone else have a tradition of cleaning the whole house before new year?

2025-12-30 23:53:07 UTC

GM! Last day of 2025! ☕️ 🎆

2025-12-30 16:13:36 UTC

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By now everyone knows everyone here. How difficult could it be to address a user problem and ask others to support a solution?

2025-12-30 13:46:19 UTC

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I find the roast mode to be more accurate

2025-12-30 06:52:46 UTC

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/texas-hood-county-bitcoin-noise-city-vote-fail/

2025-12-29 13:29:21 UTC

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They will 😂 😭

2025-12-29 13:28:16 UTC

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I dunno… hypothermia is the same now as it was then 😂

2025-12-29 13:09:05 UTC

I was rewatching the revenant and thinking the whole time “there’s no way he’d survive that”. Even just getting in the water as many times as he did would have likely killed him.

2025-12-29 12:52:48 UTC

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You’re absolutely right!

2025-12-29 12:48:10 UTC

The comments are so bad, I almost believe they are all astroturfing, but deep down inside I know people really are this stupid 🤦‍♂️
#note1m8t…6w5w

2025-12-29 12:32:57 UTC

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Riz off

2025-12-29 12:22:54 UTC

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https://i.nostr.build/0k4hbFfpZFfNjcET.jpg

2025-12-29 12:12:52 UTC

Most of the comments are praising and welcoming the CBDC…
It is presented as a move against US credit card processors.
There will be no resistance when this rolls out.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46419121

2025-12-29 11:51:32 UTC

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/molecular-difference-in-autistic-brains/

2025-12-29 06:48:42 UTC

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Alex, the head of an evil corporation 😆

2025-12-29 04:38:53 UTC

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This video was cringe. She just hates people with money and automatically spun this into supported by money = bad

2025-12-29 04:37:26 UTC

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I’m in Japan and have a hard time imagining this happen 😆

2025-12-29 04:36:52 UTC

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Japan

2025-12-29 04:14:11 UTC

There’s a lot across the train station that keeps all the abandoned bikes - hundreds of them. I wonder why the train station accumulates so many bikes that no one claims.

2025-12-29 03:38:00 UTC

Why do people think being passive aggressive to a stranger is going to earn them some attention?
This isn’t X.

2025-12-29 03:27:55 UTC

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Nostr Graveyard 🪦

2025-12-29 03:24:42 UTC

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How did 4chan change the world?

2025-12-29 03:24:13 UTC

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slap a bitcoin symbol on the label and you’ve got a best seller!

2025-12-29 02:59:22 UTC