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even the byzantine empire fell
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Byzantine 18 hours ago
we need @Kagi to index nostr. there is no good nostr search engine
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Byzantine 2 days ago
THREE DUMB ROUTERS TOPOLOGY (Y-Configuration for Network Isolation) INTERNET | | [ROOT ROUTER] 192.168.0.1 (No WiFi, No devices) | +-----------------+-----------------+ | | LAN Port 1 LAN Port 2 | | | | [WAN Port] [WAN Port] [SECURE ROUTER] [IoT ROUTER] 192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1 NAT Enabled NAT Enabled | | | | +------+------+ +-------+-------+ | | | | [PC-1] [PC-2] [Minecraft] [Smart Bulb] 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.11 KEY DETAILS: ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Root Router (The "Stem" of the Y) ├── WAN: Connected to Modem/Internet ├── LAN IP: 192.168.0.1 (or any base subnet) ├── DHCP: Can be disabled or only serve the two routers └── IMPORTANT: No devices should connect directly here (no WiFi) Secure Router (Left Branch) ├── WAN: Connected to Root Router LAN (gets IP like 192.168.0.2) ├── LAN IP: 192.168.1.1 (Different subnet!) ├── DHCP: Enabled (192.168.1.100-200) └── Devices: PCs, Laptops, Phones, NAS (Your trusted devices) IoT/Insecure Router (Right Branch) ├── WAN: Connected to Root Router LAN (gets IP like 192.168.0.3) ├── LAN IP: 192.168.2.1 (Different subnet!) ├── DHCP: Enabled (192.168.2.100-200) └── Devices: Minecraft server, Smart home devices, Untrusted IoT ISOLATION MECHANISM: ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Traffic Flow: • Secure PC → Secure Router → Root Router → Internet ✓ • IoT Device → IoT Router → Root Router → Internet ✓ • Secure PC → IoT Router → BLOCKED (Different subnet, behind NAT) • IoT Device → Secure Router → BLOCKED (ARP broadcasts don't cross routers) Why This Works: 1. Routers block Ethernet broadcasts (ARP cannot traverse) 2. Each network is its own "broadcast domain" 3. Double NAT prevents IP scanning between networks 4. Compromised IoT device cannot use traceroute to find Secure network (Only sees: IoT Router → Root Router → Internet) Configuration Checklist: □ All three routers have different LAN subnets (e.g., 0.x, 1.x, 2.x) □ Secondary routers connect via WAN ports (not LAN ports) □ No "Bridge Mode" or "Access Point Mode" on secondary routers □ Root router ideally has WiFi disabled (or use as guest network only) □ UPnP disabled on Root Router (prevents IoT from opening ports inward)
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Byzantine 2 days ago
simple way to isolate your clawbot that you host at home: 1. buy a glinet gateway 2. plug wan into local network 3. plug clawbot box into lan on glinet gateway 3. on glinet gateway, enable tailscale 4. disable local network access on glinet via tailscale menu on glinet: 5. enable alternative route to 192.168.8.1 6. on other computer connect to tailscale via tailscale app 7. navigate to ip of the clawbot box via ip (192.168.8.xxx)
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Byzantine 5 days ago
even then bots will be on paid relays and their messages on the paid relays will be judged by amount of zaps attached to those events View quoted note →
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Byzantine 5 days ago
in a year or less I predict most communication channels will be flooded by LLM generated content and the only way to get through will be a zapped message. all of the free messages will be ignored.
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Byzantine 1 week ago
everyone should take the grey pill. it feels more realistic.
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Byzantine 1 week ago
volume is nonexistent. this is a purposeful crash image
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Byzantine 1 week ago
it is better to live one day as a tiger than 1000 days as a sheep image
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Byzantine 2 weeks ago
we are living through chapter 1 of this book  image
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Byzantine 2 weeks ago
autonomous agents will not pay taxes
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Byzantine 2 weeks ago
switzerland has extremenly permissible gun laws and easy ability to buy fully automatic heavy machine guns (just can't shoot them unless the country is at war) very very few gun related deaths due to the lack of a swiss mental health crisis and an open embrace of firearm training as a cultural strength. image
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Byzantine 2 weeks ago
every day we try to climb meru. we think we are close but then the weather makes us turn back. despite all of our preparation and our study we head back down but a littler higher than where we started. 10 steps up and 7 back, we continue. With barely any food, with empty bank accounts and only the passion for greatness fueling us to do what most would give up on. image
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Byzantine 2 weeks ago
Xi Jinping: The US is going to attack our plans for a gold backed settlement layer... Lan Fo'an: Yeah, bitcoin is still letting capital leak out of the mainland Xi: you need to kill bitcoin Lan: We have tried to ban it but the people still use it Xi: We banned mining not bitcoin Lan: We can't ban it, people always try and use what we ban. Too much publicity Xi: Who owns the most bitcoin? Lan: Satoshi Xi: And we still don't know who he is? Lan: Right but we have many old chinese miners selling equipment to the west. Xi: Send our men to pay them a visit and make them sell their coins. We will dump the price. We will pump gold. We will destroy their narratives. Bitcoin will go down, gold will go up. Lan: We can't do that forever we only have so many coins. Xi: Sell futures, print money, use our cayman shells to short their ETFs, buy silver, buy copper. We will show them that their bitcoin is worthless in our new world. Lan: Yes sir. image