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Being in the "circle" always reminds that comedy movie with Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Teri Polo.. In the script.. "This is our trust circle" lines make me lol..

2026-04-18 13:09:51 UTC

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In the very beginning, Facebook had one interesting feature: reconnecting with old pals. I remember finding people I hadn’t heard about for ages, probably because they built their database around academic networks. Then the corporate, money-making vibe took over, and we ended up doing social networking through advertising-driven ranking.
I wish the circles-based idea from Google+ had taken off. Social networking always reminds me of the Six Degrees of Separation from the Stanley Milgram small-world experiment, and even that UK-era “find Satoshi” argument game from around 2006 https://findsatoshi.com/

2026-03-31 17:15:53 UTC

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I have a feeling that a Google engineer will be fired, just like Timnit Gebru.

2026-03-25 09:23:19 UTC

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Bounded Free Will.. I believe free will exists on a spectrum. For instance, I can decide whether or not to raise my hand 9, 10, or 11 times, but eventually, the body faces physical limitations. Try raising your hands 1,000 times and tell me how it goes! I guess that’s also true for the amount of information our brains can process or the patterns we can find.

2026-03-23 17:10:26 UTC

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I started my NixOS journey by reading Eelco Dolstra’s paper at Association for Computing Machinery library (https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1411203.1411255). I’m still learning, and I’m currently running bitcoind-knots, which I found on search.nixos.org (maintained by Pavol Rusnak).

2026-03-19 11:08:54 UTC

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Indeed, we underestimate the economic weight of Bitcoin’s controlled supply ( https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply ). It is a direct response to the core economic dilemma.. addressing human unlimited needs with finite resources. If each of us possessed a magic lamp, such as the one described in the tales of Aladdin, from which a powerful genie could be summoned to grant our every wish, the fundamental problem of economics would instantly cease to be a concern for humanity.
My epiphany struck while I was at the London Science Museum, contemplating the Moniac. I was fascinated by what a brilliant way it was to visualize the flow of money in an economy. This led me to wonder: is the flow a closed loop, sort of “Circular Economy?” If so, the water, representing money, is finite much like Bitcoin.
I confess that I still think about going to a hackspace and trying to craft a sort of Moniac B, but my carpentry skills are terrible. Then I ended up just vibe coding a Moniac in JS…
PS. The name "MONIAC" is suggested by associating money and ENIAC, an early electronic digital computer. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Machine ) https://blossom.primal.net/b409a97f3c7fa4553f00921fa5a5f1938e2355e842b5d72beb97ba205c0b18b0.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/8cd4131b68254aff7ed4311dcf96cf72d80e4b54ddc9aea3991cd1ce0bc4ce21.png

2026-03-11 19:24:16 UTC

@nprofile…x32y I remember when GoPro’s image stabilization, known as HyperSmooth (introduced in) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3PDXmYoF5U

2026-03-04 13:05:07 UTC

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👂👀

2026-03-02 14:08:32 UTC

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Like the LLM boom in 2023, 2026 will be the year of agentic AI… What could go wrong?

2026-03-02 06:53:12 UTC

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I still think we don’t have a proper language for AI. Computers are deterministic, while LLMs are probabilistic models. Traditional programming languages are designed to avoid ambiguity, but LLMs try to mimic natural language, which adds another layer of ambiguity.
What I’ve noticed, though, is that people using vibe coding focus more on the final artifact, almost like product managers and that’s actually a good thing, especially for prototyping.
PS
Regarding progress in AI languages, I’ve been following Domingos’ Tensor Logic development (https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~pedrod/tls.pdf). It tries to unify symbolic AI with deep learning.

2026-02-25 11:11:24 UTC

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2026-02-21 23:46:05 UTC

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Miners are complaining because Luke has 11 kids. That’s the problem when you marry a honey girl.

2026-02-19 08:45:34 UTC

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2026-02-19 07:20:11 UTC

Shitcoiners’ Dictionary.
Web3 – A marketing buzzword used by scammers claiming to build a fictional web with no established standards. No RFCs no IETF

2026-02-19 07:14:33 UTC

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Does “Web3” have an RFC published by the IETF, or is it simply a marketing buzzword?

2026-02-17 19:37:50 UTC

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🎸📻 https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE #onechurch

2026-02-17 19:29:37 UTC

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Any Church of England has doors opened up to the ceremony..

2026-02-16 17:06:39 UTC

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Bitcoin hodlers in bear market 🎤🎵 https://youtube.com/shorts/Zx_Ljnq8Oio?si=OsDW5-_7kmx51FSa

2026-02-16 14:57:30 UTC

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2026-02-13 05:47:47 UTC

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Normie traders have ‘Buy/Sell’ buttons, while maximalists only have ‘Buy/Hodl’ buttons on their trading interfaces. Bitcoin is the ultimate asset.

2026-02-02 06:20:29 UTC

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The Transformer architecture is not the only way to do AI. It is still not energy-efficient, so there is a lot of room for optimization. Remember when DeepSeek was released? Nvidia’s stock price suddenly crashed because people realized that you don’t need expensive H200 GPUs with 192 GB of HBM3e memory and 8 TB/s bandwidth to achieve the same results simply by fine-tuning the software.

2026-02-02 05:41:32 UTC

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We have a 10-sigma event in silver, a gold pump-and-dump that looks like a shitcoin chart pattern, and trillions of dollars wiped out in a single stock-market session. To me, this looks more like a major reset than random market behavior. From that perspective, I even think Bitcoin is behaving pretty solidly as more people begin to understand its foundational concepts.

2026-01-24 20:21:21 UTC

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About people running their own node, and in response to “Argumentum ab Auctoritate.”
I follow Carl Sagan’s warning: “One of the great commandments of science is, ‘Mistrust arguments from authority.’ … Too many such arguments have proved too painfully wrong. Authorities must prove their contentions like everybody else.”
While expertise matters—I could not fly an aircraft, perform brain surgery, or design a skyscraper—running and fine-tuning a Bitcoin node is something anyone can learn, much like playing the guitar. Much of computer science and IT is built on practice and empirical knowledge, and only in the last four decades has software development become more formalized as engineering.
History has shown that even brilliant, highly credentialed experts can make catastrophic mistakes. For this reason, we should incentivize decentralization: it builds resilience and enables knowledge discovery through the wisdom of the crowd.

2026-01-10 12:19:46 UTC

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We should deploy it on our politicians.

2025-12-30 19:53:26 UTC

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Nice build https://youtu.be/R3W9zplEiV0?si=feu5b_BMI9mqKZCo

2025-12-23 11:23:51 UTC

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The only reason he bashes Bitcoin so irrationally is that it provides him with a platform for propaganda he wouldn't otherwise have.

2025-12-21 07:45:57 UTC

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What I appreciate about mathematics is that it offers a framework for understanding nature that has endured for millennia, such as Euclid’s Elements.

2025-12-15 17:42:25 UTC

.Three Archetypes..
https://blossom.primal.net/f64af6cb17a95925198abef7f0c60f8be8072cf531d3db54410a0d7ba26e0ce8.png

2025-12-15 15:56:56 UTC

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💤😴

2025-12-06 09:34:06 UTC

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"War is nothing but a continuation of policy with other means" --Carl von Clausewitz

2025-11-21 12:23:43 UTC

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Have you tested tools like Google Antigravity ( antigravity.google).. Jules, useful for documentation Stitch useful for UI/Figma (labs.google)

2025-11-03 10:25:38 UTC

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The EU now is like the old USSR's big government (aristocracy), trying to control every aspect of individual life. That's why Putin is so jealous, mainly because most of Eastern Europe would prefer never to come back to the USSR system. The way I interpret all that is through the lenses of "Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin" (Department System Design and Management Program - MIT - https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/153030), which suggests it's all about "Real Power, Abstract Power."

2025-11-01 17:07:30 UTC

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"Fiesta forever" can refer to several things, most notably the phrase "Karamu, fiesta, forever" from Lionel Richie's song "All Night Long (All Night)" or the EP and tracks by Raphael Schön. It can also be the title of songs by Pachanga Boys

2025-11-01 16:58:29 UTC

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poor Youtuber hit NSA after reading academic paper about BITcoin at 'bitcoin.mit.edu'

2025-11-01 16:10:25 UTC

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How do you think Luke lost his $\sim 300$ Bitcoin and started calling the FBI? trusting Linux Kernel Devs?

2025-11-01 15:53:59 UTC

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Festum Omnium Sanctorum is a good, relaxing day for reading a book. https://blossom.primal.net/73929822b115152f1f4eeeddb850e9eb6ba3dfc9b0ed8d48be33b8a6f58ef191.jpg

2025-10-31 12:08:59 UTC

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More than 44K.. citations on Google Scholar, definitely it signifies that the work is foundational and highly influential across multiple fields..

2025-10-23 16:40:06 UTC

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it has to do with ARM and https://tropicsquare.com/tropic01

2025-10-23 16:38:25 UTC

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are you come or not https://bitfest.uk/

2025-10-23 16:27:34 UTC

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true that is the point of ARM instruction set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture_family

2025-10-23 12:58:08 UTC

@nprofile…2e5q geo tag at vitorian times Lodge of Fidelity No. 289

2025-10-23 12:36:01 UTC

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I was thinking about that stuff too: Secure Elements, along with Ben Arc, and the Portuguese/German national ID government. It was actually related to ZeitControl and their open-source format (see: https://blogs.fsfe.org/jens.lechtenboerger/2013/04/19/how-to-set-up-your-fellowship-card/ and https://basiccard.com/). Do we think it's better to keep those wire switches in a 'black box' while keeping everything else open?

2025-10-23 12:05:05 UTC

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do you intend to sell "https://145324096.hs-sites-eu1.com/" "tropic01.-a-new-era-of-secure-elements" at lnbits? https://145324096.hs-sites-eu1.com/samples-order-form-2

2025-10-22 13:30:50 UTC

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Developing a Secure Element is an expensive and time-consuming process to get the Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL5+ or EAL6+) certification. This is the reason we have very few open-source projects. I wish all success SatoshiLabs the sister company Tropic Square's with Tropic01 ( https://tropicsquare.com/tropic01 ) not only for their hardware wallet, but also their ambition for commercial secure IoT—this is more than necessary for cybersecurity these days. Congratulations!👏

2025-10-13 07:59:12 UTC

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I don’t like the term “crypto.” I prefer talking about Bitcoin and life. 😁 as Bruce Schneier wrote in his book…
https://blossom.primal.net/915a9d6647a8e325503c951c0135394e38f534afdc0fd3288c8314e99d3a52c3.jpg

2025-10-10 20:31:18 UTC

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All down... 🔻but gold is up.. 🆙

2025-09-28 09:20:50 UTC

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Fortifying ourselves mentally and physically reflects the gradual cultivation of resilience. Somehow, it reminds me bitcoin and sdf.org philosophy.. Ps. SDF (Super Dimension Fortress) is a long-standing public access UNIX system that has provided users with access to a range of computing services since its creation in the late 1980s. Today, it stands as one of the most enduring examples of a "community computing" platform, offering a diverse and active user base access to both modern and vintage technologies.

2025-07-19 08:14:02 UTC

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At the hackspace foundation, some members made interesting experiments with LoRa. PS I am thinking about Ofcom regulations https://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/spectrum/fat.html

2025-07-17 08:06:51 UTC

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That reminds me of Bruce Schneier's book, Applied Cryptography 20th Anniversary. By the way, that's why I don't like the term 'crypto.'
https://blossom.primal.net/915a9d6647a8e325503c951c0135394e38f534afdc0fd3288c8314e99d3a52c3.jpg

2025-06-30 13:42:05 UTC

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Walfield, N.H. and Koch, W. (2016). TOFU for OpenPGP. Proceedings of the 9th European Workshop on System Security, pp.1–6. doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/2905760.2905761.

2025-06-30 13:38:40 UTC

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Like OpenPGP Web-of-Trust Public Keys Infrastructure… trust user public keys, not a photo/nickname profile… BTW, the TOFU concept is also an interesting one…

2025-06-21 09:28:32 UTC

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My uni research is more or less about reproducible environments. I'll have a look at it and see if I can help.

2025-05-31 14:32:38 UTC

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true ..

2025-05-26 08:14:41 UTC

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GM
https://blossom.primal.net/f2789284efaecaa076cdb5756164bf408a24ac0ae7b90ce2fd539ac51ffa4498.jpg

2025-05-25 05:34:36 UTC

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It's a burden on volunteer node operators when people leverage the network to store 'rubbish JPEGs,' effectively seeking free, perpetual storage and making node operation more expensive. This feels dishonest. If you're contributing to this, perhaps consider switching from Bitcoin Core to Knots.

2025-05-20 05:14:04 UTC

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Keep sats and make Nakamoto’s mother happy ..

2025-05-20 05:10:55 UTC

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Adding rubbish to the blockchain will lead to centralization; everyone is a witness to what happened to ETH.

2025-05-20 04:59:42 UTC

Running Knots. Bitcoin is not a .jpeg database, not a VM; it's for bookkeeping.
https://blossom.primal.net/57f239440dc2c4fff8715f2a97f3863f642f958d3b271e2c955896885c2e571b.jpg

2025-05-15 03:47:44 UTC

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I will not let rubbish in my node, running Knots… Bitcoin is for accounting, not VMs and JPEG…

2025-05-15 03:40:26 UTC

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@Luke Dashjr CS fundamentals: Truth tables define our basic logic (1s & 0s). With just AND, OR, & NOT gates Knot, Knot ;-) .. we can construct any computational logic, forming the bedrock for bitcoin.

2025-05-14 02:21:27 UTC

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Luke talking about chemical stuff reminds Luca of the Last Universal Common Ancestor: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Universal_Common_Ancestor

2025-05-12 12:17:41 UTC

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Stay focused 😁

2025-05-05 09:41:29 UTC

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That's nice; it would be nice to have apps like Abintegro {
{ https://www.abintegro.com/welcome/Abintegro }
- used in many UK universities
}, but focused on the niche Bitcoin ecosystem.

2025-05-05 08:38:27 UTC

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Some software is very resilient to changes; for instance, the Airbus A320’s primary fly-by-wire computers still use Motorola 68000 CPUs. Re-certifying new silicon costs millions for safety-critical systems. Regarding AI, many of the "hacks" documented in HAKMEM (AI Memo 239) have become fundamental techniques in areas such as bit manipulation, mathematical functions and algorithms, and algorithmic design. Now, back to the present time: making AI-generated code more accurate in any language is interesting research at MIT Press. https://news.mit.edu/2025/making-ai-generated-code-more-accurate-0418

2025-02-03 07:39:11 UTC

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To the US: good luck balancing that massive spreadsheet. Balancing it with gold—or gold on steroids, aka Bitcoin—would be easier.

2024-12-31 06:31:08 UTC

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AI workloads are demanding significantly more energy. This likely means that many existing ESG targets are already gone. Regarding the semiconductor industry, Bitcoin ASIC miners are relatively simple machines compared to more complex semiconductor chips. However, they can still serve as a useful testbed for evaluating new chip designs and manufacturing workflows. For example, TSMC's new fabrication facility in Arizona will likely need to undergo a series of fine-tuning and optimization steps to its factory processes before reaching full production capacity. That’s where Bitcoin can be very helpful for this industry. ps> TSMC Arizona Fab -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHat_LYrpQE

2024-12-10 06:52:03 UTC

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I am an anarchist, almost a solipsist. I can’t even trust myself sometimes 😁, but you’re 100% right—those organizations follow almost the same corporate playbook: preach one thing while practicing another.

2024-12-05 16:55:55 UTC

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What a journey since 2009! Let's celebrate 🍾 and focus on the next price milestone. Onwards!
https://m.primal.net/MoUn.jpg
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2024-12-05 07:38:24 UTC

GM 100K 🍾
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2024-12-05 05:41:37 UTC

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@npub1paz…56r9 we definitely deserve a comic strip about that.

2024-11-30 09:55:50 UTC

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Shitcoin business

2024-11-17 10:53:57 UTC

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My approach to introducing Nostr to people begins with discussing Public Key Infrastructure, self-signed certificates, and the web of trust networks

2024-10-29 01:17:08 UTC

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lições aprendidas de ex-funcionarios da Microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrayP-Y71Q (Funcionário responsável pelo gerenciador de tarefas do Windows)

2024-10-28 21:49:57 UTC

@npub1tdc…8r0y Pantera Albino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S20BeYSYa8

2024-10-28 19:58:05 UTC

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HOPE 100K

2024-10-23 08:16:54 UTC

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Ethirum is a scam blockchain platform made by scammers for scammers 😉

2024-09-26 06:13:12 UTC

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O futuro é ₿-commerce… já até atualizei minha planilha no Excel…
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2024-09-10 04:25:16 UTC

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The WebKit engine has a remarkable history.

2024-09-09 20:34:39 UTC

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Next Step: qBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Quantum Cash System Ikeda, K. (2019). qBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Quantum Cash System. In: Arai, K., Kapoor, S., Bhatia, R. (eds) Intelligent Computing. SAI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 858. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01174-1_58

2024-09-05 16:52:38 UTC

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Chart bros... On decade timeframe..
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2024-08-26 10:43:21 UTC

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I want it as Ukrainian Terrorism

2024-08-24 20:57:59 UTC

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Leeds p2p https://www.facebook.com/monopolyleeds

2024-08-20 11:56:01 UTC

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From a computer networking point of view, I think it’s worth drawing an analogy between the Nostr Protocols and Content-Centric Networking. These topics, like Bitcoin, used to be hot at the P2P Foundation... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3YX3Csxyfo

2024-08-05 05:44:26 UTC

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Their excessive desire, for profit reached a point where it made their online search tool ineffective due, to mishandling advertisements.

2024-07-28 06:15:20 UTC

Too much Politics this year..
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2024-07-25 10:38:48 UTC

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Tulips don’t have absolute scarcity.

2024-07-03 01:50:25 UTC

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Hopefully not

2024-06-17 05:05:31 UTC