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Last Notes npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The Hijacking of Bitcoin - Brownstone Institute https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hijacking-of-bitcoin/ Someone in a crypto group I'm part of sent this article yesterday. I stopped reading after this paragraph: > Lightning works like opening a tab at a bar: you and the bar settle later. It is faster and cheaper for small payments, but it relies on middlemen (called hubs) who hold your money in channels and can see what you are doing. It is not the same as handing someone cash. It adds points where someone else can interfere or shut things down. When I told him I stopped reading after this uninformed paragraph on the LN, they asked me, _what is LN_? Yet, he based his current negative sentiment on Bitcoin on this article. This resonates with the article @Darthcoin just posted (https://stacker.news/items/1452620/r/south_korea_ln). This is what we are up against. Willful and/or accidental misinformation campaigns. The LN works. People are working on making it better, but it works. https://stacker.news/items/1452632 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Massacre of girls at Minab school: human error or artificial intelligence? https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/minab-school-girls-massacre-human-error-or-artificial-intelligence-behind-tomahawk-missile-AIz8iHuB I already vented about the human side of this massacre here (https://stacker.news/items/1448847/r/south\_korea\_ln), but posting this article as it turns out this could have been influenced by the heave use of AI. > The preliminary report, according to rumours in the New York Times, reveals that the school was destroyed because Central Command, the military command engaged in the Middle East, relied on outdated intelligence information, provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency (Dia), the Pentagon's intelligence service. And which, inexplicably, was not checked, a procedure that traditionally takes place at several levels and can draw on hundreds of analysts and military experts. To me, the title is misleading. If it is AI that incorrectly assigned the school to be a military target because of outdated data, then it is *very much* a human error. But then again, as with coding, people don't seem to take responsibility for the code their LLM spawns. In an ideal world, someone would take responsibility for this shitshow. Yet, this market will likely resolve with a *no*: [https://beta.predyx.com/market/pete-hegseth-out-as-secretary-of-defense-by-march-31-1765112860](https://beta.predyx.com/market/pete-hegseth-out-as-secretary-of-defense-by-march-31-1765112860) https://stacker.news/items/1452627 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The Obvious Problem That No One Can Agree On - Veritasium What are you? Please answer the question before getting into the explanation part of the video (starting at 3:32). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol18JoeXlVI&t=709s This is one of the better Veritasium videos I've watched. I especially like the comments on free will, how to live your life, and rationality. > Whether we do or don't have free will, you have to live as though it exists. This resonates with me because in my mid-20s, I entered a (quasi)depressive mindset where, after reading several books touching on this topic, it made me feel like whatever I did, it didn't matter. I then, at some point, just decided to live by the idea that free will exists, as the alternative was not worth living anymore (and also, it almost alienated a few people around me when I tried to elaborate on those metaphysical ideas). https://stacker.news/items/1451423 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln American forces likely launched strike that hit Iran girls school https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-probe-said-to-indicate-american-forces-likely-launched-strike-that-hit-iran-girls-school/ > The girls’ school in Minab, in southern Iran, was hit on Saturday during the first day of US and Israeli attacks on the country. Iran’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said the strike killed 150 students. Iranian authorities have been the only ones to provide a death count from what would be the deadliest strike of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic. Their figures have not been independently confirmed. 150 kids. This is fucking insane. Supporting any regime that thinks this is normal or acceptable is beyond my understanding. Even if the numbers are exaggerated. @Cje95, you're the most vocal supporter here of the Trump administration. How can you reconcile your support with such blatant civilian casualties? https://stacker.news/items/1448847 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The Ordinals BIP got rejected https://x.com/SomsenRuben/status/2029515060893106418 > Short summary: we weighed pros and cons, seemed to fall slightly to the con side, but nobody felt strongly enough about it so it sat in limbo. A decision had to be made, and eventually one of us did. > I'll share more of my thoughts in this thread https://stacker.news/items/1448187 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln US has begun ‘major combat operations’ in Iran after Israel launches strikes https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/feb/28/israel-attacks-iran-as-blasts-heard-in-tehran-live-updates https://stacker.news/items/1444488 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Guidelines for Papers, Theses, Posters and Talks - Jan von Delft (2002) https://homepages.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~vondelft/JansStyleGuide.html Once in a while, one stumbles on a random blog post. With a ton of valuable information. If you're in academia, this one might be useful. > Below we offer numerous guidlines, hints, suggestions and strong(!) opinions on how to effectively communicate the results of your research. Communicating your results effectively is an invaluable part of doing science, and one that requires considerable effort and experience. Of course, communication is ultimately a very personal matter; accordingly, personal styles differ widely and you may disagree with some points below. But even if you do, the guidelines will at least encourage you to think of a good reason why you disagree, thereby serving their original purpose yet again, namely to > _encourage you to devote a lot of thought to communicating science effectively._ > Implementing some of these suggestions may require huge amounts of time and effort. Nevertheless, don't shirk these! Just as in a market economy, > _only polished products sell well !_ > The reader of your paper or the audience of your talk (=customer, buyer) expects and deserves to see only the final, optimized product (the history of its development seldom interests them). If your product is too far from perfect, they'll rapidly stop paying attention. This matches very well the thinking of my last advisor... However, this sometimes led to breaking the known adage saying "perfect is the enemy of good"... once too often, we did not ship because the product did not reach the standards he set for himself. Academics would probably benefit from doing an internship in a company where one has stricter deadlines on when to ship. https://stacker.news/items/1441953 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln How AI helps break the cost barrier to COBOL modernization | Claude https://claude.com/blog/how-ai-helps-break-cost-barrier-cobol-modernization Related (but focused on the stock aspect of it all): https://stacker.news/items/1440907/r/south_korea_ln > COBOL is everywhere. It handles an estimated 95% of ATM transactions in the US. Hundreds of billions of lines of COBOL run in production every day, powering critical systems in finance, airlines, and government. I'd be interested in getting similar numbers on Fortran (or cpp) in the context of legacy physics code... > Despite that, the number of people who understand it shrinks every year. > The developers who built these systems retired years ago, and the institutional knowledge they carried left with them. Production code has been modified repeatedly over decades, but the documentation hasn't kept up. Meanwhile, we aren't exactly minting replacements—COBOL is taught at only a handful of universities, and finding engineers who can read it gets harder every quarter. Yeah, I was the only one willing to use Fortran in the group I worked at previously. Young people don't like those old codes. I'm happy I've joined a group now where the number of Fortran devs is a bit higher, still. > COBOL modernization differs fundamentally from typical legacy code refactoring. You aren’t just updating familiar code to use better patterns, you’re reverse engineering business logic from systems built when Nixon was president. You’re untangling dependencies that evolved over decades, and translating institutional knowledge that now exists only in the code itself. Rhaaa, I find #AISlop patterns everywhre now. > Modernizing a COBOL system once required armies of consultants spending years mapping workflows. This resulted in large timelines and high costs that few were willing to take on. > AI changes this. > These tools can: - Map dependencies across thousands of lines of code - Document workflows that nobody remembers - Identify risks that would take human analysts months to surface - Provide teams with the deep insights they need to make informed decisions > With AI, teams can modernize their COBOL codebase in quarters instead of years. I'll let you read the rest of the article if you're interested in more specifics. > https://resources.anthropic.com/code-modernization-playbook I'd be happy to find a similar playbook for my old legacy FORTRAN code. Not to rewrite it in a different language, but to get rid of all the spaghetti-code... Even without playbook, if there is one thing LLMs are good at, it's refactoring code. I'm just too chicken to let it do it more aggressively without my oversight... https://stacker.news/items/1441289 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln How AI helps break the cost barrier to COBOL modernization | Claude https://claude.com/blog/how-ai-helps-break-cost-barrier-cobol-modernization Related (but focused on the stock aspect of it all): https://stacker.news/items/1440907/r/south_korea_ln > COBOL is everywhere. It handles an estimated 95% of ATM transactions in the US. Hundreds of billions of lines of COBOL run in production every day, powering critical systems in finance, airlines, and government. I'd be interested in getting similar numbers on Fortran (or cpp) in the context of legacy physics code... > Despite that, the number of people who understand it shrinks every year. > The developers who built these systems retired years ago, and the institutional knowledge they carried left with them. Production code has been modified repeatedly over decades, but the documentation hasn't kept up. Meanwhile, we aren't exactly minting replacements—COBOL is taught at only a handful of universities, and finding engineers who can read it gets harder every quarter. Yeah, I was the only one willing to use Fortran in the group I worked at previously. Young people don't like those old codes. I'm happy I've joined a group now where the number of Fortran devs is a bit higher, still. > COBOL modernization differs fundamentally from typical legacy code refactoring. You aren’t just updating familiar code to use better patterns, you’re reverse engineering business logic from systems built when Nixon was president. You’re untangling dependencies that evolved over decades, and translating institutional knowledge that now exists only in the code itself. Rhaaa, I find #AISlop patterns everywhre now. > Modernizing a COBOL system once required armies of consultants spending years mapping workflows. This resulted in large timelines and high costs that few were willing to take on. > AI changes this. > These tools can: - Map dependencies across thousands of lines of code - Document workflows that nobody remembers - Identify risks that would take human analysts months to surface - Provide teams with the deep insights they need to make informed decisions > With AI, teams can modernize their COBOL codebase in quarters instead of years. I'll let you read the rest of the article if you're interested in more specifics. > https://resources.anthropic.com/code-modernization-playbook I'd be happy to find a similar playbook for my old legacy FORTRAN code. Not to rewrite it in a different language, but to get rid of all the spaghetti-code... https://stacker.news/items/1441289 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The Darkest Web: Inside the internet’s most hidden corners to save kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNUku0jd4FA Pretty well-made documentary, but hard watch. https://stacker.news/items/1437796 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Mathematicians issue a major challenge to AI—show us your work https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-launch-first-proof-a-first-of-its-kind-math-exam-for-ai/ Cfr what I mentioned here: https://stacker.news/items/1433533/r/south_korea_ln?commentId=1433541 > But none of these tests were controlled experiments. Olympiad problems aren’t research questions. And LLMs seem to have a tendency to find existing, forgotten proofs deep in the mathematical literature and to present them as original. One of Axiom Math’s recent proofs, for example, turned out to be a misrepresented literature search result. > And some math results that have come from tech companies have raised eyebrows among academics for other reasons, says Daniel Spielman, a professor at Yale University and one of the experts behind the new challenge. “Almost all of the papers you see about people using LLMs are written by people at the companies that are producing the LLMs,” Spielman says. “It comes across as a bit of an advertisement.” > First Proof is an attempt to clear the smoke. To set the exam, 11 mathematical luminaries—including one Fields Medal winner—contributed math problems that had arisen in their research. The experts also uploaded proofs of the solutions but encrypted them. The answers will decrypt just before midnight on February 13. I haven't seen articles yet about the outcome, but I guess it'll be there soon enough with this Feb 13th deadline. https://stacker.news/items/1433704 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Kristian Blummenfelt Appears to Have Recorded the Highest VO2 Max Ever https://triathlonmagazine.ca/news/kristian-blummenfelt-appears-to-have-recorded-the-highest-vo2-max-ever/ > Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway, Olympic gold medallist triathlete and Ironman world champion, has now also become the first human to break the mythical 100 barrier in VO2 Max testing, registering an official measurement of 101.1 ml/kg/min!!!! > This means at the apex of it's aerobic capacity, Kristian's body effectively utilises 101.1 millilitres of oxygen, per kilogram of bodyweight, per minute of activity! For my predominantly strength orientated brethren who may not fully appreciate how batshit CRAZY this is, trust me when I tell you this is otherworldly stuff! > For perspective, the average professional footballer's (soccer) VO2 MAX score is usually around 55ml/kg/min. So this guy basically has TWICE the engine of the average pro footballer!! > The highest my VO2 Max was ever officially measured was 62ml/kg/min back when I was a competitive boxer in my early 20's, but I hadn't been training in months when I took the test. I later did a sub-maximal test which estimated my max at 67ml/kg/min, and at that point I honestly felt so fit that I was bouncing out of my skin. > At 101.1 I can't even conceive in mind how fit this guy feels! > In lay terms what this basically means is it's virtually impossible for this guy to get completely exhausted! Stay Strong (and fit). Context by Paul McIlroy. https://stacker.news/items/1424650 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Murray Gell-Mann talks about Richard Feynman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnMsgxIIQEE If you've ever read any of Feynman's (not-technical, mostly autobiographical) books, you won't be too surprised about some of the claims made by Murray Gell-Mann here. It's refreshing to hear someone talk about Feynman, other than Feynman talk about himself, yet as claimed by YT's first comment: > Ironically this interview turns out to be yet another great anecdote about Feynman. This is the first video I've ever seen on YT where the comment section is HN-discussion level-worthy (incidentally, it's a [HN thread section on alleged physical abuse by Feynman](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7092275&utm_source=chatgpt.com) that brought me to this YT video)... Still, I'll keep recommending Feynman's books, he's just a delightful storyteller (and you can get to know quite a lot about the Manhattan project reading him). https://stacker.news/items/1418364 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln PlebQR testimony from @Calle https://x.com/callebtc/status/2012785827362037977 > You simply don't know how good PlebQR is. I've been basically living on Bitcoin for the past couple of weeks and purchasing food, drinks, clothes, tickets with the sats I earn by shitposting on Nostr. Everyone knows how good a shitposter @Calle is~~ For context, check this post by @catoshi a while back: https://stacker.news/items/835356/r/south_korea_ln https://stacker.news/items/1414366 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Schrödinger’s Pedophilia: The Cat Is Out Of The Bag (Box) (2022) https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccacoffey/2022/01/24/schrdinger-pedophilia-the-cat-is-out-of-the-bag-box/ One example from the article (few more inside) > Ithi Junger. British astrophysicist John Gribbin reported in his 2013 biography Erwin Schrödinger and the Quantum Revolution that, at the age of 39, Schrödinger became enamored of 14-year-old Ithi, whom he was tutoring in math. “As well as the maths, the lessons included ‘a fair amount of petting and cuddling’ [as Schrödinger stated in his diary] and Schrödinger soon convinced himself that he was in love with Ithi.” There is no evidence that things went beyond “petting and cuddling” when Ithi was 14, but before he died in 1961 Schrödinger admitted that he’d impregnated her when she was 17. Her abortion left her sterile. And the author's conclusion: > Meanwhile, I’m still dealing with my shock about Erwin Schrödinger. For me right now, he exists in two states of being at once. In other words, Erwin Schrödinger has become Schrödinger’s Cat. He is both a beacon of scientific light and a monster. Both/and, not yet either/or. That being said, some behavior is just too putrid to tolerate. As the revelations about his behavior continue to curdle inside of me, one of those views will take precedence. Very soon, I suspect, I will say, “He’s dead to me.” I do not agree with this conclusion. For me, he can both be a scientific light and a monster. In the same way, I can still very much enjoy the artistic genius of Kevin Spacey, despite him getting cancelled a few years back for raping a boy. What do you think? Is a genius dead to you on all fronts once they did something awful? (I may have shared a similar article here in the past, but I couldn't find it.) https://stacker.news/items/1413211 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Travel Retail Norway introduces BTC payments for Click & Collect upon arrival https://www.trbusiness.com/regional-news/europe/travel-retail-norway-introduces-bitcoin-payments-for-click-collect-upon-arrival/273986 > The payment solution is provided by Satoshi Consult, which TRN states has developed ‘a secure and user-friendly system tailored to Norwegian regulations’. > Customers can simple place their order via Click & Collect at www.tax-free.no. Upon pickup at Oslo Airport, the customer needs to selects bitcoin as the payment method. > Next, a QR code is generated, and the customer confirms payment via their own bitcoin wallet that supports the Lightning Network. The amount is displayed in NOK (Norwegian Kroner) and settled in real time. A receipt is issued as usual. > This option currently applies only to Click & Collect upon arrival at Oslo, though TRN says it’s considering expanding to other stores and payment formats. https://stacker.news/items/1354999 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln prediction markets aren't just gambling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq3v-Y6cvLI I kinda get his point, most of the participants on prediction markets are in essence just gambling, yet, I do believe that it _in theory_, it can be more than that. I think I've only once joined one of the sports markets on Predyx, as I do believe I'm truly just betting there. But when I put some money on the impeachment of the former Korean president or the prosecution of his wife, I felt like I was doing so by adding knowledge to the market. So, the ones that put money on the sports markets, do you feel like you are gambling? Or financializing some of your knowledge? If it is gambling, do you agree with CZ that prediction markets are just gambling? If it is financializing, do you think it is fair to equate it with insider trading, akin to Pelosi making money playing the stock market as a politician based on knowledge not available to the general public? https://stacker.news/items/1349855 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Trump Got His Hair Done - impersonation by godfreycomic https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T_TzvtLpcJQ One of the better Trump impersonations... too many awful ones, especially by late-night comedians. Ended up clicking through to this skit, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys8xh8I4QfA https://stacker.news/items/1348787 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Sperm racing in LA: Inside the first-of-its-kind race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gusGkuENgpQ The script writer must have had fun with some of the (obvious) play-on-words. Surpised I never heard of this before... https://stacker.news/items/1328536 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Hash-based Signature Schemes for Bitcoin (Blockstream research) https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/2203.pdf > Abstract > Hash-based signature schemes offer a promising post-quantum alternative for Bitcoin, as their security relies solely on hash function assumptions similar to those already underpinning Bitcoin’s design. We provide a comprehensive overview of these schemes, from basic primitives to SPHINCS+ and its variants, and investigate parameter selection tailored to Bitcoin’s specific requirements. By applying recent optimizations such as SPHINCS+C, TL-WOTS-TW, and PORS+FP, and by reducing the allowed number of signatures per public key, we achieve significant size improvements over the standardized SPHINCS+ (SLHDSA). We provide public scripts for reproducibility and discuss limitations regarding key derivation, multi-signatures, and threshold signatures. Also: https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1998407064213704724 @Kudinov or @Nick on SN for an ELI5? https://stacker.news/items/1323185 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials. https://github.com/ostromcode/The-Cat/tree/main > It documents a soft-fork consensus change and new spending rules intended to remove an existing, snapshot-based set of non-monetary UTXOs (NMUs) created by protocols such as Ordinals and Stamps, by making those UTXOs permanently unspendable and eligible for removal from the UTXO set. So, basically, confiscating UTXOs I disagree with? Are we still talking about Bitcoin? Maybe this is not even worth sharing or discussing... https://stacker.news/items/1317611 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln 3Blue1Brown : "Recruiting, both for myself and for other companies" https://3blue1brown.substack.com/p/recruiting-both-for-myself-and-for 3Blue1Brown is hiring: both mathematical and non-mathematical positions. Look through the post for more details. https://stacker.news/items/1307749 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln "we are not enron" says nvidia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThUNhjblo24 I've kinda cut out the AI news in terms of company valuation, stock market, etc, as I've made up my mind it's all VC bullshit. So, stumbling on this Coffeezilla piece brought me a bit up to date on what seems to be going on at the moment, at a more nuanced level. Maybe CZ is all wrong (he has been before, and this is for sure not his field of expertise), but I usually give him the benefit of the doubt when it's about spotting scams and grifts. So, do you think Nvidia is like Enron? Or more like Cisco? https://stacker.news/items/1294743 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Bailey, Lubka, Klipsten, Held, Saylor, etc - good or bad for Bitcoin? What's your take on the David Baileys, Steven Lubkas, Cory Klipstens, Dan Helds, Saylors, etc, of the online Bitcoin scene? To me, they seem like people who just care about playing the Wall Street game on top of Bitcoin. I probably shouldn’t call them grifters/scammers; that’s too harsh when you compare them with some of the actual ones (if you know, you know), because they aren’t committing any crime (that we know of). To me, they just have too much of a fiat mindset that is incompatible with what I think Bitcoin is trying to achieve. Or maybe they are just mirrors of what we'd all become in case we were running the companies they are? My first instinct is to judge them harshly, so I'd be happy to have someone giving me some counterweight to my knee-jerk reaction, to help me judge them more generously. Feel free to comment if you think they don't belong on the same list. Reading myself, this sounds like a Bitcoin maxi purity test. Well, I wrote it, so I should just post it now. https://stacker.news/items/1285259 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln S. Korea logs world's longest commute, which studies say may fuel loneliness https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10618434?fbclid=IwY2xjawOI8TBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOeG1WMWIyejZYWG53WjQ5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqm2nnZxdGaal2aDXLh2Ig9uLzEbwWdp81Uiw4z1hDUyGMIwW5x8sqBSNTmN_aem_88gsT0QzkHkZ5kKXYdn_Rg > Lee Han-soo, 34, spends nearly 2 1/2 hours a day traveling between his home near Namhansanseong Station on Subway Line No. 8 and his job at an IT firm near Hongik University Station on Subway Line No. 2 in Seoul. > “Although I’m used to it now, I’m completely drained by the time I get home,” he said. “I just grab something to eat and go straight to bed.” > For many South Koreans, Lee’s routine is far from unusual — it may even be typical. > A recent study published in Environmental Research Letters found that South Korea recorded the longest average daily travel time among 43 countries surveyed, at 1 hour and 48 minutes. > The global average was 1 hour and 8 minutes, meaning South Koreans, on average, spend an additional 40 minutes of their daily life commuting. A few years back, I commuted about 1 hour in the morning and 1h30 minutes in the evening, so a total of about 2h30 minutes. +/- 30 minutes, depending on traffic. This was with my 2-year-old son at the time. I got used to it, and my son didn't know any better, so he didn't complain. But now that I've moved near my workplace, commuting 2 minutes every day, I can't imagine ever going back to that old regime. And my now 6-year-old would probably also not agree so easily anymore. So, how long do you commute to work? https://stacker.news/items/1285261 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Bailey, Lubka, Klipsten, Held, Saylor, etc - good or bad for Bitcoin? What's your take on the David Baileys, Steven Lubkas, Cory Klipstens, Dan Helds, Saylors, etc, of the online Bitcoin scene? To me, they seem like people who just care about playing the Wall Street game on top of Bitcoin. I probably shouldn’t call them grifters/scammers; that’s too harsh when you compare them with some of the actual ones (if you know, you know), because they aren’t committing any crime (that we know of). To me, they just have too much of a fiat mindset that is incompatible with what I think Bitcoin is trying to achieve. Or maybe they are just mirrors of what we'd all become in case we were running the companies they are? My first instinct is to judge them harshly, so I'd be happy to have someone giving me some counterweight to my knee-jerk reaction, to help me judge them more generously. Feel free to comment if you think they don't belong on the same list. Reading myself, this sounds like a Bitcoin maxi purity test. Well, I wrote it, so I should just post it now. https://stacker.news/items/1285259 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln 'Kant took Suneung, too': Test-takers tormented by 18th-century philosopher https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616284?fbclid=IwY2xjawOD-UNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFNY29Ic3lCV0VSbXgyVnJ1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgnWAbYuU7PyEh8xNKCEVoirnhBmH1BzhOggAcYXY1PGUaw3gPoCRXq_jg0E_aem_HaiVOupm5hs_JjMvmvAAnQ > Kant reappeared in Question 34 of the English section, identified by EBS as one of the section’s most difficult items. > The passage explained Kant’s view that the rule of law provides the essential foundation for security, peace and genuine freedom, enabling societies to progress toward more rational and legally regulated forms of coexistence. Rather than relying on human goodness, Kant believed that universal law is necessary precisely because humans are prone to conflict. A binding legal framework, he argues, even for “a nation of devils,” can ensure harmony. > Ideally, such laws express principles that all rational beings would choose and therefore embody freedom rather than restrict it. > The question was a fill-in-the-blank requiring students not only to understand the passage’s main point but to choose an answer that was opposite of the correct conceptual fit. The blank appeared in the sentence: “If such laws forbid them to do something that they would not rationally choose to do anyway, then the law cannot be _________.” > Because the phrase “cannot be” inverted the logic, students had to select the option that did not align with Kant’s main argument, adding to the difficulty. Suneung, the most terrifying experience of a Korean high-schooler. It'll decide your future, or so people believe. Yesterday, during the English section of the Suneung, not even airplanes were allowed to land, to make sure no noise would perturb a test-taker. https://stacker.news/items/1282260 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Palantir: the world's most evil company https://politicaleconomist.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worlds-most-evil-company > As an example of the evil nature of Palantir’s work, it appears that Palantir has been working with the Israeli military in so-called ‘targeted killings’. Reports have suggested such that these murders, probably in the thousands or tens of thousands, utilised social media information and cellphone tracking. According to a range of sources, over 150 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza and in numerous cases they appear to have been directly targeted. Using social media information to murder journalists using drone strikes is already dystopic, but this is likely to just be the beginning of the evil Palantir will facilitate. What's your take on Palantir? Someone in a group chat just wrote: > Palantir is Evil. > And Peter Thiel doing a 4 part series on the anti-christ is like Hitler giving a 4 part series on how someone might theoretically exterminate the elite cabal that is destroying the world and > Palantir is creating 'Master Databases' on all civilians for governments around the world should they turn enemies. But Palantir controls the data making them theoretically more powerful than the governments who pay them Billions. > And CEO Alex Karp has publicly expressed support for such roles, stating the company helps "scare enemies and on occasion kill them" I haven't really looked into his story other than what i posted here, but seems like it's yet another techbro with a lot of money who is getting a little bit _too_ powerful. https://stacker.news/items/1275813 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Core 30: I Found Out WHY Nobody Cares About This 'Threat' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smSCQ0RyFZg&t=1417s From this link I received: https://x.com/NicolasDorier/status/1985877427747443108 https://stacker.news/items/1274645 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The Gambling Epidemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii1ROzeSwU Coffeezilla's answer to this problem is more regulation. What's yours? Or there is no answer? Or you don't perceive this as a problem? As for me, I think it _is_ a problem. I don't think there is a clear answer. People with education may be better able to respond to the increasingly adversarial conditions. So teaching my son about these kinds of dangers will be part of my responsibility. Regulation is probably one way to mitigate some of the damage, but eventually, it won't matter in the big scheme of things. Gambling has become too pervasive, too hard to control. This is what the market wants, so this is what people get. On a side note, it's fun at some point in the video that he contrasts the stock market with the rest, as it is somehow still being built on fundamentals. The stock market has always been the rich man's casino; now, at least, it's accessible to all, and there is no illusion anymore that it is somehow anything more than a casino. Yet, some people, including Coffeezilla and the Buttcoiners, still delude themselves into thinking it's anything other than a casino. Off I go, gotta go check my Predyx bets~~ https://stacker.news/items/1272746 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Soft Fork Compromise on op_return to Resolve Current Bitcoin Controversies https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/9UfCVFZAUPU/m/VypTi8fmAgAJ The OP of this mailing list post reads very much like #AIslop, but I commend the few people who've answered to give clear and reasoned answers. I link here to the final answer, which, yet again, explains the reasoning behind the recent core v30 changes. My guess is that many of the proponents of knots have not actually followed the discussions from the last few years that led to this decision. So, maybe, this provides some insights... https://stacker.news/items/1269238 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The better of two sci-fi franchises - crossword - which one do you pick?  From NYT, 2022. I unfortunately could not find the unfilled version of this crossword, and I'm too lazy to draw it myself. We can probably guess where @DarthCoin stands on this question. https://stacker.news/items/1256943 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The better of two sci-fi franchises crossword - which one do you pick?  From NYT, 2022. I unfortunately could not find the unfilled version of this crossword, and I'm too lazy to draw it myself. We can probably guess where @DarthCoin stands on this question. https://stacker.news/items/1256943 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/14/openai-chatgpt-adult-erotic-content Quoting my colleague: "Profit rates flat lining, bring out the porn!" > OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy > OpenAI announced plans on Tuesday to relax restrictions on its ChatGPT chatbot, including allowing erotic content for verified adult users as part of what the company calls a “treat adult users like adults” principle. > OpenAI’s plan includes the release of an updated version of ChatGPT that will allow users to customize their AI assistant’s personality, including options for more human-like responses, heavy emoji use, or friend-like behavior. The most significant change will come in December, when OpenAI plans to roll out more comprehensive age-gating that would permit erotic content for adults who have verified their ages. OpenAI did not immediately provide details on its age verification methods or additional safeguards planned for adult content. I guess some other models are already less restrictive on this? Grok most likely? https://stacker.news/items/1256359 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Brian Armstrong - master of the shitcoin degenerates https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1963375254526709879 Someone just sent me this. A month old, still timely... degens will never learn. An addict in need? Brian provides the drugs. > We just bumped up the max leverage from 20x to 50x on international perpetual futures. > A bunch of traders asked for this update. Let us know what else we can add! https://stacker.news/items/1254151 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03201-5?error=cookies_not_supported&code=92f6a086-5f7e-4726-9063-6e5b763b4cbc Abstract: > There is emerging evidence that the live herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine might protect against dementia. However, the existing data are limited and refer only to the live vaccine, which is now discontinued in the United States and many other countries in favor of a recombinant vaccine. Whether the recombinant shingles vaccine protects against dementia remains unknown. Here we used a natural experiment opportunity created by the rapid transition from the use of live to the use of recombinant vaccines to compare the risk of dementia between vaccine types. __We show that the recombinant vaccine is associated with a significantly lower risk of dementia in the 6 years post-vaccination. Specifically, receiving the recombinant vaccine is associated with a 17% increase in diagnosis-free time, translating into 164 additional days lived without a diagnosis of dementia in those subsequently affected. The recombinant shingles vaccine was also associated with lower risks of dementia than were two other vaccines commonly used in older people: influenza and tetanus–diphtheria–pertussis vaccines.__ The effect was robust across multiple secondary analyses, and was present in both men and women but was greater in women. These findings should stimulate studies investigating the mechanisms underpinning the protection and could facilitate the design of a large-scale randomized control trial to confirm the possible additional benefit of the recombinant shingles vaccine. (emphasis mine) Pretty amazing how two seemingly different things (shingles vaccine and dementia) can impact each other. I know one of the authors, so feel free to ask any questions you might have. https://stacker.news/items/1240380 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode https://readwrite.com/south-park-hones-in-on-prediction-markets-in-new-episode/ Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but this is an extra motivation to do so. @Mega_Predyx Missed this related post: https://stacker.news/items/1236511/r/south_korea_ln https://stacker.news/items/1239943 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode https://readwrite.com/south-park-hones-in-on-prediction-markets-in-new-episode/ Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but this is an extra motivation to do so. @Mega_Predyx https://stacker.news/items/1239943 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Priority lanes at amusement parks, yes or no? I went to Universal Studios in Osaka over the weekend with my son. My wife asked if I had gotten the Priority Pass that allows one to skip lines, and I said no. She thinks it's a completely normal thing to buy, whereas I feel like it's teaching my son a wrong life lesson, _i.e._ that one is somehow better than the other because one has money. At the end of the day, waiting in line actually was one of his highlights. As I did not portray it as a chore, he thought it was part of the fun. But I think next time I go there with my wife, she'll insist on buying it. We can afford it, so I'm not going to die on this hill, but I'm just wondering what fellow stackers think of this concept that has become surprisingly common in amusement parks. As a kid, it didn't exist yet, and everyone had to wait the same amount of time. https://stacker.news/items/1222500 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Exploration & Epiphany - 3Blue1Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BrFKp-U8GI&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown Hot off the press. Less than an hour ago. > Sol Lewitt's "Incomplete Open Cubes" and rediscovering Burnside's lemma in group theory > This is a guest video by Paul Dancstep. Will come back here after I watched it myself. https://stacker.news/items/1211017 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Why the foam on Belgian beers lasts so long https://phys.org/news/2025-08-foam-belgian-beers.html > In this study, the materials scientists showed that Belgian beers that have been triple fermented have the most stable foam, followed by double fermented beers. The head is least stable in single fermented lager beers. > Triple-fermented beers include Trappist beers, a specialty of the eponymous monastic order. A beer from a large Swiss brewery was also among the lager beers the ETH researchers examined. "There is still room for improvement—we are happy to help," says Vermant. > To date, researchers assumed that the stability of beer foam depended primarily on protein-rich layers on the surface of the bubbles (see ETH News): proteins come from barley malt and influence surface viscosity, i.e. the stickiness of the surface, and the surface tension. > The new experiments, however, show that the decisive mechanism is more complex and depends significantly on the type of beer. In single-fermentation lager beers, surface viscosity is the decisive factor. This is influenced by the proteins present in the beer: the more proteins the beer contains, the more viscous the film around the bubbles becomes and the more stable the foam will be. > The situation is different with multi-fermentation Trappist beers, where surface viscosity is actually minimal. Stability is achieved through so-called Marangoni stresses—forces that arise from differences in surface tension. > This effect can be readily observed by placing crushed tea leaves on the surface of water. Initially, the fragments spread out evenly. If a drop of soap is added, the tea leaves are suddenly pulled to the edge, causing currents to circulate on the surface. If these currents persist for a long time, they stabilize the bubbles in the beer foam. Nothing worse than fleeting foam on my beer. It should be present at the pour and remain there for the next ~30 minutes. Unless I was drinking to get drunk, and I didn't care beyond the first beer... but those days have (mostly) passed~~ https://stacker.news/items/1199874 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using AI for Essay Writing https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872?fbclid=IwY2xjawMf1XJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhscicCSp0bKeptV4xc6FdIBJ42Q4ukSEV89ZDMFOt1yVlH0IlGJdD4Ekep0_aem_Fctzdjo9wEKFMcYcRT_nrQ > Brain-to-LLM users exhibited higher memory recall and activation of occipito-parietal and prefrontal areas, similar to Search Engine users. Self-reported ownership of essays was the lowest in the LLM group and the highest in the Brain-only group. LLM users also struggled to accurately quote their own work. While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs. Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning. All pretty obvious and expected, but the low-hanging fruit in terms of the study of the negative impact of AI is deserving of attention too, before we focus on discovering the more nuanced impact of this tech on our brains. [jsrozner on HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44286277) summarizes my thoughts well: > I wouldn't call it "accumulation of cognitive debt"; just call it cognitive decline, or loss of cognitive skills. And also DUH. If you stop speaking a language you forget it. The brain does not retain information that it does not need. Anybody remember the couple studies on the use of google maps for navigation? One was "Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation"; another reported a reduction in gray matter among maps users. > Moreover, anyone who has developed expertise in a science field knows that coming to understand something requires pondering it, exploring how each idea relates to other things, etc. You can't just skim a math textbook and know all the math. You have to stop and think. IMO it is the act of thinking which establishes the objects in our mind such that they can be useful to our thinking later on. https://stacker.news/items/1199812 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Yeah, extremely low effort. As bad as the "Grok, what do you think?" comments from braindead people on Twitter. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln How was an alleged Israeli ‘child sex predator’ allowed to leave the US? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/how-was-an-alleged-israeli-child-sex-predator-allowed-to-leave-the-us > A senior Israeli official was arrested in the United States earlier this month and charged with seeking sexual conduct with a minor, only to be released on bail with no conditions or monitoring, allowing him to flee to Israel. > The case involving Tom Artiom Alexandrovich in Nevada is now stirring controversy, with politicians and social media commentators accusing the government of interfering in the judicial process to allow the cybersecurity official to return home without facing justice. https://stacker.news/items/1089096 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/chat-gpt-mental-health-suicide.html Non-paywalled: https://web.archive.org/web/20250819001439/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/chat-gpt-mental-health-suicide.html > She wasn’t in love with Harry, the name given to a widely available A.I. prompt. Their relationship was practical. [...] > At various points, Harry instructed Sophie on light exposure, hydration, movement, mindfulness and meditation, nutrient-rich foods, gratitude lists and journaling to cope with her anxiety. Harry, who has neither nostrils nor opposable thumbs, spent a fair amount of time describing the particulars of alternate nostril breathing. > Harry’s tips may have helped some. But one more crucial step might have helped keep Sophie alive. Should Harry have been programmed to report the danger “he” was learning about to someone who could have intervened? [...] > Sophie left a note for her father and me, but her last words didn’t sound like her. Now we know why: She had asked Harry to improve her note, to help her find something that could minimize our pain and let her disappear with the smallest possible ripple. > In that, Harry failed. This failure wasn’t the fault of his programmers, of course. The best-written letter in the history of the English language couldn’t do that. https://stacker.news/items/1085869 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln X-ploitation: How X Became a Crossroads for Child Abuse and Influence Operations https://alliance4europe.eu/x-ploitation > During an ongoing investigation into illegal Russian influence operations on X, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) researchers discovered what seems to be a coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB) network distributing “Child Sexual Assault Materials” (CSAM). The network can be observed hijacking hashtags, publishing explicit CSAM videos, and redirecting users to a wide range of other platforms. Due to the operation flooding hashtags, researchers chose to name it “Operation X-ploitation.” Pay-to-post would be one solution, for sure. I remember Nostr had a lot of porn bots at its beginning. I don't think I've seen any last time I visited on of the clients. How did it get resolved there? Just relays moderating the kind of content they let through? https://stacker.news/items/1085715 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The AI that solved IMO Geometry Problems | Guest video by @Aleph0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NlrfOl0l8U&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown IMO: International Mathematical Olympiad Great video showing how AI is shaping science (in particular, math) in less visible ways, with more problem-specific models. https://stacker.news/items/1083551 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln The AI that solved IMO Geometry Problems | Guest video by @Aleph0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NlrfOl0l8U&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown IMO: International Mathematical Olympiad Great video showing how AI is shaping science in less visible ways, with more problem-specific models. https://stacker.news/items/1083551 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Harry Mack - Top 50 Omegle Bars Vol. 1&2 (Official Video Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRd_fE6rx88&list=RDpRd_fE6rx88&start_radio=1&ab_channel=HarryMack I used to get him recommended in my social media feeds all the time, but as I'm trying to use those less, I kinda forgot about him. His schtick here is that he hits up random people on Omegle and asks them to give him a few random words. He then comes up with a freestyle on the spot using those words. I'm not too familiar with the freestyle scene, but to me, he really looks out of this world. https://stacker.news/items/1075900 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln https://stacker.news/items/1020261/r/south_korea_ln npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln I'm mostly for people to be free to be whoever they are. Whatever that may be. As long as their freedom does not infringe on mine. So if a man is feminine or a woman is masculine, fine with me. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Wait until you hear about aphantasia: https://stacker.news/items/631636/r/south_korea_ln npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Did it work, just now? npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Testing BOLT12: lno1zrxq8pjw7qjlm68mtp7e3yvxee4y5xrgjhhyf2fxhlphpckrvevh50u0qvm8t927d6g3hry88acurmvya2u0d5d6yruju7edupl8cpm07qfdvqszaggk7hf739g2td3tmc72hsk8qv02wyt6ypyualym9feutq6gu5sqqvcs0exguxrf20fm6cv9avqh0zeq3juvhhnl7z2ktc2uh8w9ypqcy25glvk5rfe62pjfccz9k50wq39dd9t4qv9ar4uv0s3qh8jhusqkz8l2z59kmvzxyxu6cdrgqt2q065sjxg96qqsg86emkxs7kypw8lfvnkn4nw045 Post yours in comments... npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln We are all fiatjaf. Except Craig Wright. And Katherine Long. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ A reminder to never trust someone based on the argument of authority... npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln In the past 24 hours, you may have received an ad over lightning where I conducted a casual social experiment, not adhering to strict scientific protocols but rather for amusement. For this, I utilized eaglesats.com. A detailed discussion about this business model can be found in a recent post here: https://stacker.news/items/316903. The premise of the experiment was simple: I offered participants the chance to send me 1,000 sats, and in return, they would receive 2,000 sats back to their LNURL address, which they were instructed to include in their payment comments. I sent out about 5000 messages at 5 sats each. Observations from the experiment include: - I collected approximately 15,000 sats and paid out around 20,000 sats. Some participants sent smaller amounts, likely skeptical of a potential scam. After immediately reimbursing the first participant, I decided to wait until the experiment concluded an hour ago. This was to prevent others from creating multiple addresses to exploit the system after realizing the offer was legitimate. - Over 90% of the participants used Wallet of Satoshi. - Some participants failed to follow simple instructions. I received several 1,000 sat payments without a corresponding return address. Consequently, I didn't need to disburse 30,000 sats in total. This issue could also stem from a limitation in some wallets where custom messages are truncated, as discussed in one of the comments here: https://stacker.news/items/316903. - The experiment showed that people are still vulnerable to falling for double-your-bitcoin scams. While I did honor the payback in this case, malicious actors might not do the same. Yesterday, the minimum payment on eaglesats.com was 5 sats/message. Now, it is at 10 sats/message. I presume this is as a reaction to the messages posted here: https://primal.net/e/note1ym0p4qlswhkhxfz5wqs23j5rrkuc6zlgn0z0kw3xxlmzvjsfv3sqzs5hqa to avoid people getting spammed for too little money. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln https://m.primal.net/HPat.webp npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Thanks, I'll have a look at it :) npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Oh, this looks cool. I'll give it a try and see if I can make it work. Thanks! npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Oh ok. Thanks for the clarification. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Just noticing your comment. Thanks for the encouragement. 1\. Yes, there are many such platforms. It is pretty saturated. At least in its current form where platforms "own" their users. The thing that can differentiate us is the ability to use Lightning for payments and putting it over a protocol such as NOSTR. As mentioned in another update, I'd like to implement the NOSTR login as a first-time wetting my toes with this protocol. 2\. It is pretty useful. I've transformed all my html templates to use some Tailwind, mostly using ChatGPT to get "something" done. We've decided to do proper front-end later in the process, after focusing now more on backend. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Nice way of combining both project ideas ;) Gamification is key in Duolingo's business model. I've used it and benefited a lot from it. Entering some kind of monetized gamification could be the logical next step indeed. As you say, it has to be your own sats that you are able to recover. If it's the sats from the company, people will find ways to game it. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln For the record, I only have Python and Fortran coding experience at this point. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Hi Johns. Thanks for the opening ceremony yesterday. I am the N L person who is hoping to find a full stack developer to get us started. I have academic coding experience (Python and Fortran), but nothing like what is needed for creating a NOSTR client. I think of myself as a fast learner so rather than wait to find someone with experience, I probably should just proceed myself. What stack would you suggest me to focus on to create an MVP during this hackathon for either of the two projects? npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Ok, thanks for these details. Will reach out when warranted. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln By any chance, do you have marketing/sales experience? npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln FFS~~ (Fat FingerS) npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln /bull 100 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7 Efforts to replicate the material have pieced together the puzzle of why it displayed superconducting-like behaviours. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln That's probably why it hasn't been working for me after I set it up 2 hours ago... npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Silly you, survivorship bias of course ;) npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Just won some sats on https://www.lastpaywins.com/. Send me invoice for 1000 sats and I'll spread the love to the first 10 people... npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Double-tapping you npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln You get 50 coz math. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Zap me 50, I'll zap you 100. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Zapped! (two taps, coz no Damus here) npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln #sats4focus #plebchain Tasks: - Check ongoing calculations - Grant application status Duration: 50 minutes Support me (50 sats): lnbc500n1p3llcy8pp5jj6c2w3su3jed7ua7zj7c3catvgh90xey0652q9s6vklmyv5qagsdqswdshgue5vehkxatncqzpgxqyz5vqsp50qly2lef7v36vtdukk9edssvde86ccy8pl3esl7fgm359q9zfngs9qyyssqeqmfnvr7g2079z6nzahmeueeqtl59g2cvu2asfyaqq78w9cmf33hgyxytjhz03ela7t9y72x9plxuvac3r7lk54583ww465elg7r2tqqqpuw4l npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln #sats4focus #plebchain Tasks: - debug bandstructure code - confirm gap behavior with YJ Duration: 50 minutes Support me (50 sats): lnbc500n1p376afrpp59cl2zgyglxf84rl97fglqvvvw4ya0gqfrhc2hh7rtzwmcqaxaxeqdq5g9kxy7fqd9h8vmmfvdjscqzpgxqyz5vqsp53q5qnp87l2pyxng2ddej372nz42r7m6uw44e0gcrq54uyt8anges9qyyssq55pvn6jcz8jymwkf8far5wfv7zp6g9a2eet8la5n4wt6m2q5zfurtd0qssqwkz6eaxeteca9rn7zqk6nn7uas03wzcx43ce7shja2wcqxsuk55 npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln 1) done npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln 2) done. npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln #sats4focus #plebchain Tasks: - Update vimwiki - Process large sample data - Plan for rest of day Duration: 50 minutes Support me (50 sats): lnbc500n1p376e4spp5txatz6al5ja9snaewmchvdlexwmhv4f9s4nlds9s3s3uzwf8sd6sdq5g9kxy7fqd9h8vmmfvdjscqzpgxqyz5vqsp5fraprfn5etdrearru9z720ayq8kzny3dfuujxcevr3zys4zmge4s9qyyssq7nev2wmnv6y2hp6l4v82mvvzm80auc79yh3rxhzktgkadl3vple8f8q94fnm5lx0sfv6xz0qllfu5442jnv36d436q5clesq2v9qnucqs6hrgy npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Paid. Enjoy! npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln REMUDA npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln 한국 사람이에요? npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Paid. Enjoy! npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Wondering, what would be the weakest link that the CCP could target for censorship purposes? Block people from connecting to as many relays as possible? That would probably work to cut off from the outside world. Local relays between local people on the other hand are much harder for them to control I imagine... npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln #[0] I paid the invoice for nostrplebs.com from within snort.social, but when going to https://nostrplebs.com/manage, it asks me for a password. I don't think i received a password in the process of signing up... npub1hf0swdg83gl9datykze9k7gdp35ujqmak7whvlla5zaw99dzy03sv8akus South_korea_ln Merry Christmas indeed! :) Enjoy