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As for nostr layer privacy, the giftwrap is written by an anonymous key, but sent to a person's public key. So you know they received something, but you don't know who from. IP lay…

Right. And that is why Stella Assange and Matt Taibbi are on there... because they are bitcoin maxis. /s

I half agree, and half disagree. I agree that users need some kind of management tools to deal with public key crypto, shouldn't be copying private keys into apps, and there needs …

But that doesn't reflect on the platform. It's just the next random thing uploaded. In case you think nostr is saturated with "outlandish Christian conspiracies about the end of th…

I hard disagree. And you cannot stop us. #resist

It is true anybody (or bot) can spin up new identites so the count of pubkeys doesn't say much. It is also true that there is spam. But it is avoidable. Spam lives in the general f…

1. I concur. But it's no big deal. 2. Nothing prevents this, but it would be specified as a sister protocol. I haven't seen it specified, but I know that relays are doing it. 3. We…

The odds of correct operation are higher with Rust, and for some people that matters a lot to them. There are plenty of good reasons not to use rust. If your use case doesn't care …

I was a security researcher since 1992. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but why continue to use languages that lead to security holes when we now have a language that it strongly r…

Yes I need to seriously try low-carb. BTW, I have (controlled) hypertension, (controlled) high cholesterol, high triglycerides, low HDLs, and a large beer belly gut (just like my d…

I never have a craving for something sweet. Not since I was like 5 years old. I will eat sweets from time to time, but usually only when pressured socially to do so. Sweets seem re…

I suspect something like that is going on. It is pretty clear to me that there is a strong genetic component. We know the hunger system is very complicated. It's the reason we stil…

I have done fasting, I have done alternate day fasting. I have done fast-5. Yes, I can get there if I want to. My point is that "there" is a miserable place, and so I don't stay "t…

I'll try it.

I don't think this willpower explanation quite fits the facts. I can delay gratification. I can quit coffee cold turkey no problem. I skip breakfast to increase my fasting period. …

This. It is the annoying, aggravating, all consuming hunger that is the cause, not a misunderstanding about how many calories are in what foods. I would have thought by now science…

While correct and useful advice for some people, this advice is useless for many (I suspect most) overweight and obese people. I'm on the border of overweight/obese. I can lose wei…

I concur that the term "shaping public opinion" is more accurate in many cases, but not in others. There are enough stories where the author clearly understood something about the …

I've always felt voting was a bad idea. It drives candidates to waste inordinate amounts of time and money on campaigning. For many posts, the ancient Athenians selected people at …

Knobs to turn on and off the water spouts. Spouts were of varying diameter, so you had to try different holes to find one that fit. The little balls grab the spout so you can turn …

Poetic justice.