Very cool!

One thing that at some point would like to do is to create a manually curated list of principal representatives, giving special emphasis to reliable nodes with low voting weight… Currently I am swamped so it is difficult to find the time and I unfortunately can’t promise I’ll get to it, but I think it would be a nice thing to do as having this info can both help people become more mindful about their voting weight and also encourage some people to run good nodes.

Ahh, sorry I had missed this comment! But, if you do get this done send it to me for payment!

Yeah, it’s super simple!

I think that if you have the Google playstore you can use NFC Tools, which might even have the option to lock the card with a password.

My new phone runs GrapheneOS and I love it.

One recommendation that I would give people is that it does not need to be an all-or-nothing jump into the abyss. It can be a bit disheartening when you try to get rid of all the privacy-invasive things in your life and you get cut off from your family and friends.

After some failed attempts, the strategy that I have found more successful is that I have new phone that I installed GrapheneOS into, and I keep the older phone with whatsapp. The older phone is in Airplane mode connected to WiFi at my home. It is effectively a landline. I can still use it once or twice a day to check on my family through WhatsApp without having to broadcast my location all day to Meta. This way I don’t need to install any sandboxed Google Play services into my new phone. The old phone is the sandboxed Google Play. I also use the old phone for verifications, 2FA, and any other things that I don’t want to contaminate my new phone with.

Over time I am finding that my GrapheneOS is perfectly functional. The main difficulty is the chats services that are used by my family, friends, and work-related “group chats”. I have convinced some people to join my XMPP server, including my mom (wuhuu), but it is an uphill battle. That’s why the other phone is still essential for me.

Finally. Someone noticed 🥹

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Having 55% of hash doesn’t mean you’ll make profit by attempting a doublespend

But a pool could be turned into a malicious pool by an adversary that takes control of it. A clear disadvantages of centralization is that it creates a single point of failure.

Even a malicious pool could at worst mine empty blocks for a while.

Why is this the case? I still have not studied the Monero protocol yet.

Ah, do you mean “hate speech”?

Thanks! It is some consolation. 🫂

PhD thesis! 😅

Gluing my ass to the chair won’t be sufficient. I think I have some form of computer distraction addiction or undiagnosed ADHD, because when I am sitting at the computer I find it really hard to do what I need to do. I am able to find a universe of distractions by slightly moving my fingers, and I have an inordinate ability to psychologically (not rationally!!!) justify it as being somewhat useful. The only thing that saves me is that I can be very efficient when I do focus, but this has become more difficult as the complexity of the work increases, and so many different figures, tables, and concepts have to coalesce together to tell a story that I genuinely believe…

I would probably have a better chance trying to write with pencil and paper in an isolated island than with LaTeX in my computer…

Thanks! I’m at 90% now :) Things that affect the nerves are scary, but the doctor helped calm my fears as symptoms were consistent with a not-too-serious sinus infection.

Aah, ok! That at least explains what they could have been thinking.

But, of course, this is a terrible idea!!

Both sides? “Oh yeah, the front looks a lot like the ID I lost, but can you please send me the back side too so that I can confirm?”

TIL. That’s an interesting craft!

Hehehe, ok! I have shared it

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