Max

Really good new offline text to speech app, the models have a much more natural voice than the default Graphene OS engine.

https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qqgkzurs9ekkzundv9kxzer99e68gucprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9uju7npwpehgmmjv5hxgetkqgs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgrqsqqqlst6uzxkj

what I thought worked, was broken, then I thought it was not broken, then I realized it's broken.

It's quite often that I open the Signal app and expect to find a @White Noise feature, but it's not there.
A sad realization.

When you see an update to one of @Gigi apps fly in to @Zapstore, there is a good chance that you're the very first human to ever install that apk.
Feels kinda special.

"Sorry To Break It To You, But Your Privacy Is F*cked" | Max Hillebrand & Ben Perrin

https://relay.towardsliberty.com/b17afe9ba374c49113a38b43f741164d5e5cb47c5a7677731e1ffc4c1554a868.mp4

Totally missed that @npub146z...22de tutorial on @Wasabi Wallet, nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyWNgmKHkB8

People can build parallel markets and mutual aid that let them earn, trade and live independently of anyone who claims part of their working life. A tax office withholding wages, a state drafting soldiers and a trafficker holding a passport all violate self-ownership in the same way, and each worker who prospers in the free economy makes exit more attractive and those claims costlier to enforce.

Would love some feedback on my new book recommendation website.
towardsliberty.com/library
Got any improvements to the ux and list of books?

Marmot TS v0.7.0 is published

This is for you if you want to build a secure chat app in the web.
https://github.com/marmot-protocol/marmot-ts

We have a documentation now, if you have any questions about how @White Noise works and how to use it, check it out.
https://www.whitenoise.chat/docs

@marmot is getting some friends.
8 libraries
14 clients
8 agent integrations

https://github.com/marmot-protocol/awesome-marmot

And another fantastic lecture on History by Murray Rothbard: Anarchism in the Colonies
You know It's a good one if it starts with Rothbards cackle.

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2025-02/06_Rothbard_Shaping-the-Future_19711113.mp3 http://mises.org/podcasts/individual-lectures/anarchism-colonies

Another great lecture by Rothbard:
Strategies for Achieving Liberty

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2025-02/Rothbard_Columbia_19710314.mp3 http://mises.org/podcasts/individual-lectures/strategies-achieving-liberty

We're going into maintenance and refactor mode for @White Noise, lots of cleanup and stability work right now.
The next big thing will probably be multi device / client. So you can easily sync your chats between @White Noise & @Amethyst, or the mobile & desktop apps. This will be key for interoperability and the true power of Marmot.

@White Noise Android now can work with 3 external app service providers.

A text to speech service, like the one from @GrapheneOS
A speech to text service, like @Offline Speech to Text
A translator service, like https://github.com/DavidVentura/offline-translator

All three of these work fully offline.

That's what I like about Android, we can build a network of apps that do one thing really well, and then expose those services to other apps.

@White Noise community group has over 150 members!
I'm still curious how much larger it can get with the latest release.
Send me your npubs and I'll add you.

If you're not yet in the White Noise community group, send me your npub and I'll add it.
Good way to find nostriches to talk to.
@MaxNew @White Noise release out on @Zapstore. Lots of performance improvements, and now with fully offline translation of chats.

New @White Noise release out on @Zapstore.
Lots of performance improvements, and now with fully offline translation of chats.

I'm finally bringing back my book recommendation section on https://towardsliberty.com/library
More to be added in the next couple days.

Rothbard really is an underrated historian.

Individual Lectures: Libertarian Paradigms in American History
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/rothbard_19791204.mp3
http://mises.org/podcasts/individual-lectures/libertarian-paradigms-american-history

Beware: I suspect a financial crisis will hit soon after Jeddah Tower construction surpasses the Burj Khalifa, possibly in late 2027 or early 2028.

Do not tire of saying what you know to be true.

Great lecture by Rothbard on foreign policy.
Individual Lectures: The Crisis of American Foreign Policy

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/rothbard_19800923.mp3
http://mises.org/podcasts/individual-lectures/crisis-american-foreign-policy

You can slide in my DMs on @White Noise

The Praxeology of Privacy is now available as a Slovak translation and audio book.
Thanks @Juraj🏴💛🌘
https://towardsliberty.com/pop/sk/

FIPS to Reticulum bridge
https://github.com/fr34aky/reticulum-fips-bridge

I've been exclusively running my agents through @White Noise master branch build.
It's great, I get to test all the latest features.
But occasionally we break master branch. Usually I can downgrade and keep working. But now we broke it in a database migration, so downgrades don't work either.
Thankfully I put 10+ agents on it before and some are still clankering.

Stuff like this reminds me of @Nicolas Dorier "mistakes on mainnet are memorable."

I guess it's time to touch some grass anyhow.

My friends build the coolest apps.

#6 is out!
now theres a marmot client in common lisp
@MaxThe fifth marmot implementation appeared! This one is in Odin. Not sure if anyone even knows about this language, but well, now you can send unstoppable encrypted messages with it. https://gitworkshop.dev/cyberguy.fyi/relay.ngit.dev/mdk-odin

@LightningPiggy joins the Marmot club!