Today is the day that Sparrow 2.4.0 was released and it supports Trezor Safe 7. Just saying. Not priced in.

Veľa z vás sa pýta, na čo je tá rezidencia dobrá. Pointa nie je jedna konkrétna vec – najväčší unlock nastane, keď to všetko dokážete kombinovať. **Príklad: DPH na digitálnych službách** Služby ako ChatGPT či iné nástroje (digitálne subscriptions) potrebujú podľa EU pravidiel 2–3 dôkazy o rezidencii, inak vám naúčtujú VAT. IP adresa paraguajského operátora + paraguajské telefónne číslo stačí. S európskym číslom, európskou IP a európskou kartou to nezafunguje – ale ak máte 2 z 3 paraguajské, ide to. Zrazu máte o 23 % lacnejšie AI služby. **Bonus: žiadne EU obmedzenia** Keď v EÚ všetci pindali, že ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode nie je v EÚ povolené, lebo to mohlo „emocionálne manipulovať ľudí" a bruselský úradník všetkých chránil, ja som ani nevedel, že existuje nejaká retardovanejšia EU verzia. Jednoducho som platil neeurópskou kartou (lebo som chcel ušetriť), použil som svoje zahraničné telefónne číslo, browsil z paraguajskej IPčky a toto bol pekný bonus. **Age verifikácia** Na niektoré (nie len porno) stránky sa z Nemecka, Španielska či Francúzska už bez age verification nedostanete. Mať španielskeho operátora znamená každú chvíľu vyťahovať občianku. Paraguajská mobilná IP je lepšia ako VPN – je to legitímna IP reálneho operátora, nie známy VPN endpoint. A nikto nevie, ako sa verifikuje vek Paraguajčanov, plus prečo by to niekto robil, keď to nikto nekáže. :) **Roaming: signál všade** Mať dáta v roamingu je super, lebo často môžete využívať siete viacerých operátorov. Napríklad hajkujete v slovenských horách – niekto má signál na T-Mobile, niekto nemá na Orange, alebo opačne. Ja mám signál vždy, lebo Personal Paraguay má roamingové zmluvy s Orange Slovensko, Slovak Telekom aj O2 Slovakia (a podobne v Česku). **Celkový obraz** Bankový účet + telefónne číslo + adresa + vodičák – to všetko spolu je unlock. Máš proof of address, môžeš sa registrovať na služby s paraguajským číslom, odstrániš DPH z elektronických služieb, zaregistruješ sa na burzu, kde ani neberú EU rezidentov... Po jednom to nevidno. Ak pozeráš len na hodnotu samotného bankového účtu alebo trochu lacnejšieho dátového paušálu, tak to nie je až také cool. Sranda to začne byť, keď to všetko dokážeš kombinovať. Toto podľa mňa mnohí z nás nechápu – nie je to (len) o tom obísť daňový úrad. Odporúčam tú rezidenciu využiť na maximum. Ak máte možnosť mať bankové účty „zadarmo", otvorte si nejaké. Minimálne pre proof of address na iné služby. Niekedy sa vám hodia. Budem rád, keď si takéto veci budeme zdieľať aj naďalej.

Devs getting fired for refusing to use AI. Other devs shipping a project a week. Wrote down what I'm seeing — and why "it's just hype" doesn't match reality anymore.

Juraj Bednar

When craft isn't enough – and AI handles the rest

I've been talking to friends about changes in the market driven by AI. Do we still need developers? Has anyone noticed real changes yet? I don...

Zmeny na trhu, ktoré vidím v súvislosti s AI, hlavne v IT sú brutálne. Všimli ste si ich aj vy?

Juraj Bednar

Keď remeslo nestačí - čo budeme robiť, keď to urobí AI

Posledné dni diskutujeme so známymi o zmenách na trhu v súvislosti s AI. Či ešte treba ITčkarov, či si na Slovensku všimli ľudia nejaké ...

Urza napísal novú knihu Anarchoagorizmus. Som zvedavý, podporte, kúpte.

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Anarchoagorismus

Zvěčněte své jméno v knize o praktické cestě ke svobodě v každodenním životě; předkupte ji a podpořte její vydání. Má první knih...

At #39c3 in Hamburg I connected to the local MeshCore network called HanseMesh. I've been fascinated by what Hanseatic League created in 13th to 15th-ish century. Decentralized loose association of traders, outposts, city states, ports, etc to facilitate trade. I just realized they're recreating a form of this in the mesh network, also decentralized. And not only in topology of the network, but for the involvement. I've been interacting with Slovak MeshCore network, tried it yesterday from Austria, there's Hungary and hopefully soon Czech republic through the bridge. In Bratislava there is basically no area that is not well covered. I can use it by putting a node in my pocket, everywhere. In a tram, inside of most buildings, etc. Are we creating Austria-Hungary? At least sort of, not out of nostalgia, that sucks. We've been separated by the iron curtain for decades, but it's an area that used to be integrated. Not as decentralized as the Hanse, but still working together. Vienna is not as well covered as Bratislava yet. In Slovakia people are literally building repeaters all the time, it's a matter of challenge, a bit of prestige (who's repeater transmitted my message?). What is fascinating though is that it's a bit like building a mobile operator. I always thought that it is a bit impossible task. Cover all the places, with radio, that requires skill. Meshcore is like that but punk. There's no central plan - you can build your repeater anywhere you want. You won't get money. But you'll get advice (I turned off my repeater after realizing it's in area so well covered I'm basically spamming the band with repeats that don't add anything). Most of it is solar+ battery. And it all emerges from people in a loose association with each other. A bit like the Hanseatic League. Beautiful.

Today is the day to remember Alan Turing and what the government did to him after he helped them win WW2.

I think the grand unifying theory of everything is computation theory based. Of course I'm guilty of bias, because that's what I understand most. From Wolfram's physics project, to understanding markets (and especially impossibility of effective central planning due to Wolfram's principle of computational irreducibility), to mind and consciousness, ... I'm not saying current computational theory explains everything, rather that in order to explain everything explainable (and especially in finding limits of what is and is not explainable), it will all have strong computational theory basis. We know a lot of computation. And computation is about the dynamics of systems. It's a theory of change and what change is possible. And how fast. If you want to understand the world on a deep level, study informatics and computation. In addition to your field. But study it deeply. You're not aiming for knowing what it is about but in the details, because they matter.

I'm looking forward to see Saylor-the-priest doing the bearmarket edition of his mass. I predict we will hold to hope, maybe a short meditation and then he'll tell us to borrow 1M from our uncle and HODL.

If you are stressed about the bear market, you would benefit from the stimulation of the vagus nerve. I made an open-source desktop and Android sw to control the device, so you don't have to sign-up, get locked out when the server or your connection is off. It is easy, now with better UI and works better on background (but for Android, still keep it in the foreground, but it would not stop the stimulation now). Vagus nerve stimulation is one of the best longevity hacks, helps your body heal by reducing chronic stress. Android:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/PulseLibre: A mobile app for controlling Pulsetto devices

A mobile app for controlling Pulsetto devices. Contribute to jooray/PulseLibre development by creating an account on GitHub.

Desktop:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/pulse-libre-desktop: A Free and Open Source software to control your Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulator

A Free and Open Source software to control your Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulator - jooray/pulse-libre-desktop

Signal-summarizer got an upgrade. Better clustering algorithm(s). And it works much better with more recent models. It is not purely for Signal, if you can get the group messages in a database, it can create you a summary, with links what was discussed, etc.

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/signal-summarizer: AI summaries of Signal group content - text, images, links, voices. Runnable locally through ollama.

AI summaries of Signal group content - text, images, links, voices. Runnable locally through ollama. - jooray/signal-summarizer

Maybe it's time to listen to this again. (Yes, I know I created it, but I created it for myself mostly @The Ohm ).

LN Beats

The Ohm - The Merge

Listen on LN Beats

New AI model ranking (my methodology). KC - Kimi Code (kimi-cli) OC - Opencode CC - Claude Code Tasks: 1. reverse engineering of non open source chrome extension doing advanced zero knowledge math (PeerAuth) 2. understanding and auditing solidity smart contracts and attestations (related to PeerAuth) Kimi-cli with Kimi 2.5 surprised me, it even found something that no other model noticed. Note - this is not coding, it wrote a paper, based on how it understood and reverse engineered code.

Many of you know I am working on a novel with cypherpunk and lunarpunk themes. Still some work to do before it is finished, but what I know - it is already amazing, it gives chills even to myself when I read it back. And it will have amazing graphics design. I made a teaser with some quotes. The graphics changes every minute.

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