O sr. disse que o homem competente não tem vez. E o artista brasileiro? Não. Eu, por exemplo, sempre tive de trabalhar como jornalista. Não que eu despreze a profissão. Mas, nos Estados Unidos, um escritor lança um best-seller e já pode se aposentar. No Brasil, você tem de trabalhar até o fim da vida. Se eu tivesse escrito tudo nos Estados Unidos que eu escrevo aqui, eu hoje seria um homem milionário. Mas em vez disso, eu ainda tenho de trabalhar para comer.

𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚚

37 mins ago

I promised myself that I would never get into a twitter argument ever again, and resorted to shitposting instead. Bliss.

I promised myself that I would never get into a twitter argument ever again, and resorted to shitposting instead. Bliss.

paul keating

4 hours ago

States seek cryptographic control because encryption threatens surveillance capability

States seek cryptographic control because encryption threatens surveillance capability. The reasons connect to core state functions.

Micael

yesterday

If you are smarter than the regulator and you are not afraid of the system, you are—for all practical purposes—free.

If you are smarter than the regulator and you are not afraid of the system, you are—for all practical purposes—free.

Micael

yesterday

If you are smarter than the regulator and you are not afraid of the system, you are—for all practical purposes—free.

If you are smarter than the regulator and you are not afraid of the system, you are—for all practical purposes—free.

Micael

yesterday

GrapheneOS is the public exception. A hardened Android distribution running on Pixel hardware, it auto-reboots into a Before First Unlock state after a configurable idle period, restricts USB peripherals while locked, and supports a duress wipe.

GrapheneOS is the public exception. A hardened Android distribution running on Pixel hardware, it auto-reboots into a Before First Unlock state after a configurable idle period, restricts USB peripherals while locked, and supports a duress wipe. Leaked Cellebrite support matrices from 2024 listed GrapheneOS devices as difficult or inaccessible in configurations that defeat stock Android and iOS. Extraction remains possible under a sufficiently resourced attack, but the floor the user can set is high enough that routine extraction fails.

Sarah Connor

2 days ago

seller to need the coordinator's signature at settlement.

The coordinator proposals from SatsAndSports give instant refunds but require the coordinator to hold a Cashu signing key and the seller to need the coordinator's signature at settlement.

c03rad0r

2 days ago

seller to need the coordinator's signature at settlement.

The coordinator proposals from SatsAndSports give instant refunds but require the coordinator to hold a Cashu signing key and the seller to need the coordinator's signature at settlement.

c03rad0r

2 days ago

seller to need thecoordinator's signature at settlement.

The coordinator proposals from SatsAndSports give instant refunds but requirethe coordinator to hold a Cashu signing key and the seller to need thecoordinator's signature at settlement.

c03rad0r

2 days ago

seller to need the coordinator's signature at settlement.

The coordinator proposals from SatsAndSports give instant refunds but require the coordinator to hold a Cashu signing key and the seller to need the coordinator's signature at settlement.

c03rad0r

2 days ago

A million intercepted records fed to a model are worth everything, because the model extracts the patterns at a cost per query that approaches zero. The cost asymmetry that once favored defense has been partly offset at the aggregation layer.

The book's earlier argument was that privacy defense is cheaper than privacy offense, because encryption costs cents while breaking it costs billions. That argument holds for each unit of communication. The analytics stack does not attack individual units; it attacks aggregation. A million intercepted records are worth nothing if no analyst can read them. A million intercepted records fed to a model are worth everything, because the model extracts the patterns at a cost per query that approaches zero. The cost asymmetry that once favored defense has been partly offset at the aggregation layer.

Sarah Connor

2 days ago

Facial recognition is the mechanism by which a visual identifier that was once bounded by human memory becomes an index into a permanent database. The mathematical transformation is ordinary: a neural network maps an image to a vector in a high-dimensional space, and two images of the same face produce vectors that are close under a chosen metric.

Facial recognition is the mechanism by which a visual identifier that was once bounded by human memory becomes an index into a permanent database. The mathematical transformation is ordinary: a neural network maps an image to a vector in a high-dimensional space, and two images of the same face produce vectors that are close under a chosen metric. The transformation was well-understood long before it became a political question. What changed was cost.

Sarah Connor

2 days ago

A single agency cannot legally build and maintain a facial-recognition database containing every photograph on the open web. No single agency has the mandate or the political cover for that. A private firm can build the same database under the far weaker constraints that govern commercial speech, and then sell access to the agencies that could not have built it directly.

A single agency cannot legally build and maintain a facial-recognition database containing every photograph on the open web. No single agency has the mandate or the political cover for that. A private firm can build the same database under the far weaker constraints that govern commercial speech, and then sell access to the agencies that could not have built it directly. The agency pays a subscription. The firm pays for the engineering. Neither bears the full reputational or constitutional cost a direct program would have incurred.

Sarah Connor

2 days ago

Here is perhaps the most difficult truth of all; no technology can save a civilization suffering from spiritual rot. Not even Bitcoin, nor AI.

A technology created to liberate individuals from collective delusion can itself become another stage for collective vanity for the virtue signaling crowd. These folks accumulate Bitcoin not as sovereign individuals, but as status performers. They seek not freedom, but identity. They wrap themselves in Bitcoin maximalism the same way others wrap themselves in political ideology, luxury brands, or social justice slogans. The human ego is indeed infinitely adaptable. Destroy one idol and it manufactures another. Here is perhaps the most difficult truth of all; no technology can save a civilization suffering from spiritual rot. Not even Bitcoin, nor AI.

Sarah Connor

2 days ago

Bitcoin is not just money. It is, in a Jungian sense, a symbolic mirror; a structure that reflects back the ethical coherence, or incoherence, of its participants.

To save in Bitcoin is to confront one’s time preference. To run a node is to participate in verification, not trust. To face its volatility is to wrestle with fear and shadow. These are not merely financial behaviours, they are disciplines, initiations into responsibility. Bitcoin is not just money. It is, in a Jungian sense, a symbolic mirror; a structure that reflects back the ethical coherence, or incoherence, of its participants.

Kontext

2 days ago

In a striking finding, Suzuki discovered that birds are even capable of deception. When dominant great tits occupied a feeding spot, smaller birds could not access the food. In some cases, a great tit would falsely issue a "snake" warning to clear the area and feed alone.

Alex Gleason

2 days ago

Coin control is a feature in some Bitcoin wallets that allows users to manually select which unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) to spend in a transaction

Coin control is a feature in some Bitcoin wallets that allows users to manually select which unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) to spend in a transaction, providing greater control over privacy and transaction fees. It helps users avoid consolidating funds from different sources, which could reveal their total balance on the blockchain.

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen hat im Mai 2026 mit Drucksache 21/5752 einen formalen Gesetzentwurf zur Abschaffung der einjährigen Krypto-Haltefrist eingebracht. Der entscheidende Stichtag im Entwurf ist der 31. Dezember 2025.

Motoko

3 days ago

Dudes casually holding like 30000 bells

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

We (ACINQ) know the final destination and amount of payments.

The current version of Phoenix offers no advantage regarding privacy over existing, hosted, custodial wallets. We (ACINQ) know the final destination and amount of payments.

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

Wise people know that there is no such thing as trustless

Phoenix is trust-minimized, but not trustless. Wise people know that there is no such thing as trustless and that it's all a matter of trade-offs.

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

Monero offers substantially stronger privacy than Bitcoin used exclusively with Silent Payments

For practical, real-world privacy today, Monero offers substantially stronger privacy than Bitcoin used exclusively with Silent Payments — even if every sender and receiver used Silent Payments correctly.

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

Ark, on the other hand, is a client-server protocol, with users coordinating their payments via a central server

However, the Ark protocol design has very little in common with Lightning’s design. Lightning is a payment channel network where participants create channels between pairs of users, forming a network through which payments are routed along paths between these channels. Ark, on the other hand, is a client-server protocol, with users coordinating their payments via a central server while retaining control over their own bitcoin.

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

you won't be able to make any payments

If ACINQ (or even the whole Lightning Network) completely disappears overnight, your funds will still be safe, but you won't be able to make any payments.

Alex Gleason

3 days ago

um dos melhores sentimentos que a idade trouxe foi a de sentir preguiça de me explicar pros outros. pode pensar o que quiser a meu respeito, não enchendo meu saco, pra mim ta ótimo

𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚚

3 days ago

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Alex Gleason

4 days ago

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Alex Gleason

4 days ago

The V3 cut was built programmatically using code (Remotion, a React-based video framework) running in a sandbox environment.

The V3 cut was built programmatically using code (Remotion, a React-based video framework) running in a sandbox environment. Here's the precise recipe:

Alex Gleason

4 days ago

time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation.

Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace. After the Roman conquest of Greece, he was conflated with the Greek Titan Cronus. Saturn's consort was his sister Ops, with whom he fathered Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Ceres and Vesta.

Alex Gleason

4 days ago

One last thing: zaps and numerology go hand-in-hand.  21  sats here,  69,420  sats there, palindrome zaps, etc. We can't do any of that if we hit the chain directly because broadcasting the exact amount would make it trivial for an attacker to identify the actual transaction.

One last thing: zaps and numerology go hand-in-hand.  21  sats here,  69,420  sats there, palindrome zaps, etc. We can't do any of that if we hit the chain directly because broadcasting the exact amount would make it trivial for an attacker to identify the actual transaction. Which means any sane proposal would

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

I feel like a broken record when I keep saying that [money and identity aren't the same thing][money-identity]. "The whole point of money is to not know your customer," to quote the [Italian comedian][italian-comedian] once more.

I feel like a broken record when I keep saying that [money and identity aren't the same thing][money-identity]. "The whole point of money is to not know your customer," to quote the [Italian comedian][italian-comedian] once more.

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

But there's a fine line between just doing things and just doing damage to things. I hate to see unsuspecting users get rekt,

things" mentality. Always have been. But there's a fine line between just doing things and just doing damage to things. I hate to see unsuspecting users get rekt, and if something insane like

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

There are scenarios that make this problematic. Let's pick a ridiculous one, just for fun. Imagine a mafia boss coming to your house, giving you money that was made via illicit means. He vanishes instantly after, but not before leaving a trail that leads directly to you. A trail that's very easy to pick up by the police as well as other mafia people.

There are scenarios that make this problematic. Let's pick a ridiculous one, just for fun. Imagine a mafia boss coming to your house, giving you money that was made via illicit means. He vanishes instantly after, but not before leaving a trail that leads directly to you. A trail that's very easy to pick up by the police as well as other mafia people. To make things worse, you had no option to

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

You decide to move the money, which is to say: move the UTXOs that are now associated with your nostr identity. Maybe you want to move them to your cold storage, or maybe you want to buy something online, or spend it at a [merchant] directly, or maybe you want to send the money to a friend who isn't on nostr yet.

Do something: You decide to move the money, which is to say: move the UTXOs that are now associated with your nostr identity. Maybe you want to move them to your cold storage, or maybe you want to buy something online, or spend it at a [merchant] directly, or maybe you want to send the money to a friend who isn't on nostr yet. Whatever you decide to do, absolutely everyone in the world

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

In short: using on-chain addresses for zaps is a terrible idea precisely because it reveals more than necessary. And to add insult to injury, it automatically makes this oversharing permanent.

In short: using on-chain addresses for zaps is a terrible idea precisely because it reveals more than necessary. And to add insult to injury, it automatically makes this oversharing permanent.

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

Somewhere, right now, in a workshop, a garage, a studio, or a mind not yet fully colonized by the machine, someone is still working patiently on something true that does not beg for attention, does not optimize for virality, does not scream for validation, but simply strives with everything it has, to be worthy. That person is the enemy of the system. That person is free

I believe there is. Somewhere, right now, in a workshop, a garage, a studio, or a mind not yet fully colonized by the machine, someone is still working patiently on something true that does not beg for attention, does not optimize for virality, does not scream for validation, but simply strives with everything it has, to be worthy. That person is the enemy of the system. That person is free because they have found a source of meaning that no central bank can inflate away, no algorithm can manipulate, no state can counterfeit, and no crowd can grant or revoke. 

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

So here is the harder truth, Bitcoiner. The one you may not retweet. Your stack is not your soul, and your node is not your salvation. When all is said and done you will be left with exactly what the virtue signaler is left with, your own naked, unperformable, non-transferable self.

So here is the harder truth, Bitcoiner. The one you may not retweet. Your stack is not your soul, and your node is not your salvation. When all is said and done you will be left with exactly what the virtue signaler is left with, your own naked, unperformable, non-transferable self. If that self is empty, then orange-pilling the world will not fill it. You will simply become a hollow missionary of a hollow god and the future, the real future, not the one you meme into existence, will bury your cold wallet under the same rubble that swallows all idols. So by all means, use the tool. Reclaim your wealth from the counterfeiters, but for the love of whatever still burns in you, do not worship the tool, as this too is vanity

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

Don’t get me wrong, Bitcoin is a magnificent tool. The excalibur for beheading the fiat leviathan,  but a tool worshiped is an idol and every idol demands the same sacrifice: your capacity for wonder outside its domain.

Don’t get me wrong, Bitcoin is a magnificent tool. The excalibur for beheading the fiat leviathan,  but a tool worshiped is an idol and every idol demands the same sacrifice: your capacity for wonder outside its domain. Whilst most may say they want financial sovereignty. That’s fine, but sovereignty is not a number on a ledger. It is the courage to take 100% responsibility for your own life, free from time theft by the counterfeiters, free to create and build without hindrance or interference from state sponsored malthusians, and free to say no to any form of tyranny. Unfortunately, the ledger cannot give you that. It can only store value and a life spent storing value, without generating meaning, is just a more disciplined version of the fiat rat race. 

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

Scroll down, swipe right, swipe left, click click click, order, play, play again. Binge. Repeat. Consumption is the opiate of the masses. We don’t need bread and circuses anymore. We have content. An endless, beige, algorithmic slurry of hot takes, rebooted franchises, and true crime documentaries that turn the agony of real women into your Tuesday evening entertainment.

Scroll down, swipe right, swipe left, click click click, order, play, play again. Binge. Repeat. Consumption is the opiate of the masses. We don’t need bread and circuses anymore. We have content. An endless, beige, algorithmic slurry of hot takes, rebooted franchises, and true crime documentaries that turn the agony of real women into your Tuesday evening entertainment. You watch a series about a serial killer, then you scroll past a genocide, then you buy a candle that smells like a library. All within sixty seconds. All with the same flat, dead-eyed click. You have perfected the art of feeling without acting. It is necrophilia for emotions. You cuddle the corpse of empathy so you don’t have to breathe life into it. Thoughts and prayers. The two most cowardly words in the English language. A spell you cast to ward off the terrifying responsibility of doing something hard. 

Mr Anderson

4 days ago

The real question is whether the capacity to build still survives beneath the scar tissue of fiat thinking, short-termism, and performative hustle. Whether somewhere beneath the algorithmically managed personalities and dopamine economies, there still exists a builder. A true craftsman immune to the virtue signaling bug.

The real question is not whether humanity can engineer better money. We already have. The real question is whether the capacity to build still survives beneath the scar tissue of fiat thinking, short-termism, and performative hustle. Whether somewhere beneath the algorithmically managed personalities and dopamine economies, there still exists a builder. A true craftsman immune to the virtue signaling bug. A human being willing to dedicate himself to something bigger than themself that cannot be reduced to engagement metrics, exit valuations, or social status.

Kudzai Kutukwa

4 days ago

On the development side of the open social web there now seems to be a shift however, away from building Twitter-like platforms, towards private data and closed communities. Part of that is that the growth for alternative microblogging platforms has stalled, and the monthly active users for both Mastodon and Bluesky have declined over the last year. This in itself is part of a larger trend, where both X and Threads either struggle to grow or are even losing users.

Sebastix

4 days ago

zaps use the Lightning Network, which has certain privacy characteristics that on-chain transactions do not (and will probably never) have

Sebastix

4 days ago

that actually produce your a

Fix typos, fill in missing words, unscramble order, or convert hex / binary / indexes back into a valid BIP-39 mnemonic. Address-constrained search so you only get answers that actually produce your address.

npub1vfn2...w93r

5 days ago

Beneath this digital hallucination sits the greatest counterfeit engine of the modern world: Fiat money. Money detached from reality that is borrowed into existence. A piece of green cotton, or worse, a number on a server farm in Virginia, that the virtue signaling society has agreed to pretend is solid.

Beneath this digital hallucination sits the greatest counterfeit engine of the modern world: Fiat money. Money detached from reality that is borrowed into existence. A piece of green cotton, or worse, a number on a server farm in Virginia, that the virtue signaling society has agreed to pretend is solid. Value conjured from nothing by bureaucrats in marble buildings who speak in euphemisms while quietly stealing the lifeblood of entire generations. 

Kudzai Kutukwa

5 days ago

Tecnologiche

Tecnologiche

npub1k6tq...dhk6

5 days ago

Both ATProto and ActivityPub, two protocols designed around public-by-default architectures, are now devoting substantial development effort to retrofitting private and bounded-community functionality into their stacks. The public-by-default architectural choice that defined the current generation of open social networking protocols is now getting more recognition that, while being valuable and useful, this also not enough. Private and bounded interaction is increasingly understood as at least as important as public broadcast. This is in itself already an interesting finding: there seems to be shift within the open social web, from being focused on public broadcasting, to seeing a wide variety of work in the direction of private and bounded places pop up.

Sebastix

5 days ago

As of 2025, internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years. And yet as censorship and surveillance become increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, many of the tools that millions of people rely on to protect themselves from these harms are experiencing financial pressure and funding cuts. In the face of this crisis, the Tor Project and Funding the Commons have launched this crowdfunding campaign as an experiment in finding an alternative: a community-driven, cryptocurrency-native fundraising event designed to fund internet freedom more sustainably, transparently, and collectively when traditional methods fail.

Sebastix

5 days ago

The European Commission has decided not to extend the Digital Markets Act's interoperability rules to social media, closing off a potential pathway for adoption for open social networks.

Sebastix

5 days ago

there’s a fine line between just doing things and just doing damage to things

Gigi

5 days ago

Drupal makes hard things possible, but it also makes easy things hard..

Sebastix

6 days ago