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PANGRANDOMONIUM : ** Rhizome Function Anagram Random ...

2026-07-28T11:54:33Z

** PANGRANDOMONIUM : **

** Rhizome Function Anagram Random Generator **

preprint | https://zenodo.org/records/21551292

doi | https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5144-3278

Herein are described principles and a scheme of random number generation styled as, pangrandomonium, or ‘pangrand’. Pangrand is a anagrammatic random number generator that uses rhizome functions as chaotic indexing and shuffling instructions to reorder and sum perfect pangrams. Brief descriptions are given for the principles of pangram summing and rhizome indexing functions, Source code of the random number generator is included herewith. The source code is attached to the PDF file.

Sections:

1. Pangrams (Holoalphabetic arrays) ;
2. Rhizome Functions ;
3. Rhizome Hardness Problems ;
4. Random Generator Methods ;
5. Errata ;
6. Source Code.

#Preprints #Random #Cryptography #RNG #Pangrams #Anagrams #Pascal #Papers #RhizomeFunction #AcademicMastodon #Cryptology #Math #NumberTheory #Papers #Academia #ComputerScience #CompSci #AcademicChatter #OpenScience

THE MEDIEVAL SOCIAL GRAPH ** Why the Inquisition Built the ...

2026-06-17T05:14:19Z

** THE MEDIEVAL SOCIAL GRAPH **

** Why the Inquisition Built the Surveillance State **

https://clairesalerno.substack.com/p/why-the-inquisition-built-the-surveillance

The real motive behind web 2.0, web 3.0, the cloud, AI, and panopticon nonsense is to identify and isolate heretics.
> "They began with the network. If you can find one suspected heretic and interrogate them about their associations, who they speak to, who they share meals with, whose homes they visit and which neighbours are sympathetic, you can build a list of names."
> "Then, you visit each of those people on the list and ask them the same questions. From this you can build a map of the entire community, identifying relationships and flagging suspects."
[. . . . .]
> "They used the social fabric of communities and rewarded those who denounced others. They reduced penalties for cooperation, and built the assumption that staying silent is itself suspicious."
> "They made it so the rational choice for any individual in the community is to inform on neighbours before neighbours inform on them. This creates a self-policing community. The community does the work, with the institution as the receiving authority."
> "Think about that for a moment, because it describes the current digital surveillance apparatus exactly."
This is exactly how the bulk of social media and online platforms work to maintain thought control and censorship. It is following the Roman model of fascism, while pretending to denounce fascism, or vocally denouncing socialism, while supporting socialism for the rich. The people screaming the loudest about 'fascists' or 'socialists' or 'communists' or 'liberals' or 'nationalists' or 'racists' are in fact the imperial collaborators, the turncoats, the snitches, the sellouts, the shills, etc.

#Inquisition #Surveillance #Panopticon #Privacy

Jesus Is Not God! Repent And Be Saved! In order to enter ...

2026-06-14T23:11:11Z

** Jesus Is Not God! Repent And Be Saved! **

In order to enter the kingdom of God you must repent of worshiping the trinity. God the Father is not a trinity. Only the Father is God. The Christian doctrine of the trinity is the idol the prophets warned us about.

I recently discovered this channel. I have watched some their streams exposing the insanity of militant trinitarians. They are doing good work.

The Unitarian faith is the faith of the Apostles and the only true God. The Trinitarian faith is a false faith in a false, Greek, metaphyical construct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigWkC9L5_g

#Bible #Trinity #Christian #Church #Theology #Unitarian #Repent #Gospel

No Virgin Birth Live The Virgin Birth narrative is not in ...

2026-06-14T02:18:29Z

** No Virgin Birth Live **

The Virgin Birth narrative is not in the Bible. You only think it is. Jesus is a man, not a 'god incarnate.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEnfdnqoC64

#VirginBirth #Jesus #Gospel #Bible #Religion #Theology #LetTheBibleSpeak #Unitarian

A woodpecker greeted me this morning. Then a songbird sang right ...

2026-05-14T12:34:20Z

A woodpecker greeted me this morning.

Then a songbird sang right outside my window.

The fledglings left the nest above my window. For days I could hear them chirping as their parents came to and fro with grub.

Now birds are singing all around my yard as the sun rises.

#Bliss #Thankful #Birds #Nature #Blessed #PraiseGod

Your rulers understand the following principle which they use to ...

2026-05-08T23:23:23Z

Your rulers understand the following principle which they use to make men their useful idiots:

"When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you are giving it power. You give it as much power as you are using to fight it."

-- Anthony de Mello

TABLERO DE YINZER Game devs, drop the keyboard and play ...

2026-04-10T06:41:10Z

** TABLERO DE YINZER **

Game devs, drop the keyboard and play this drinking game. Then continue coding to experience real vibe coding.

https://ludocity.org/wiki/Tablero_de_Yinzer

[copypasta]

Tablero de Yinzer is based on Tablero da Gucci, which in turn is based, allegedly, on a gambling game called Tablero de Jesus. Tablero de Yinzer is the version Tablero da Gucci played in Pittsburgh, as adapted by members of Obscure Games Pittsburgh.

[/copypasta]

#Yinzer #Pittsburgh #Beer #Games #BoardGames

USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE! ...

2026-04-04T01:31:54Z

** USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE! **

Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.

Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.

Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/

#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech

I owned a half dozen full encyclopedias. I gave them away. Now ...

2026-04-03T13:13:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…3xce
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I owned a half dozen full encyclopedias. I gave them away.

Now with the state of Internet resources being full of politically motivated false information and myths pawned as history, I wish I had kept those encyclopedias.

At times there have been over a half million message objects in ...

2026-04-03T06:26:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…thfs
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At times there have been over a half million message objects in my snac profile directory. Snac has always handled it like a champ.

#snac ... Snac's Not A Crappie.

Snac2 software sources: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

Marmite seems like Aussie Wasabi.

2025-12-30T22:52:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…px83
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Marmite seems like Aussie Wasabi.

@npub1h9t…wdxa Free Usenet Hosting Providers +++ Ausics ...

2025-11-18T23:30:47Z

usenet [group] (npub1h9t…wdxa)

** Free Usenet Hosting Providers **

+++ Ausics (Australia)
> [> https://newsgroups.ausics.net](https://newsgroups.ausics.net )
+++ Blue World Hosting (Missouri)
> [> https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com](https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com )
+++ Chmurka (Polish)
> [> http://news.chmurka.net](http://news.chmurka.net )
+++ CSIPH
> [> http://csiph.com](http://csiph.com )
+++ DOTSRC
> [> https://dotsrc.org/usenet](https://dotsrc.org/usenet )
+++ Eternal September
> [> https://www.eternal-september.org](https://www.eternal-september.org )
+++ Gegeweb (French)
> [> https://news.gegeweb.org](https://news.gegeweb.org )
+++ Hispagatos (Spanish)
> [> https://news.hispagatos.org](https://news.hispagatos.org )
+++ NNTP4.net (German)
> [> https://news.nntp4.net](https://news.nntp4.net )
+++ NUO (French)
> [> https://usenet.ovh](https://usenet.ovh )
+++ Open News Network (German)
> [> https://www.open-news-network.org](https://www.open-news-network.org )
+++ Paganini (Anonymous)
> [> nntp://paganini.bofh.team](nntp://paganini.bofh.team )
+++ Pasdenom (French)
> [> https://pasdenom.info/news.html](https://pasdenom.info/news.html )
+++ Solani
> [> https://solani.org](https://solani.org )
#usenet #networknews #nntp #decentralized #censorship

Is anyone else having issues with private message spam from this ...

2025-11-13T18:49:36Z

Is anyone else having issues with private message spam from this actor?

#spammers

** /// Some apps for secure and anonymous communication and ...

2025-09-11T23:11:11Z

** /// Some apps for secure and anonymous communication and file-sharing /// **

Inform your friends and family about these tools.

#Briar ... https://briarproject.org

"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."

#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc

"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."

#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net

"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."

#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org

"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat

"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."

#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org

"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."

#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download

"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."

#I2P ... https://geti2p.net

"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."

#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/

"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."

#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan

"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."

#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app

"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."

#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech

Are you still running and/or maintaining tomobbs?

2025-09-03T20:27:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…q2tu
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Are you still running and/or maintaining tomobbs?

The Rocksolid Light tradition continues in a new news server ...

2025-09-03T11:11:11Z

The Rocksolid Light tradition continues in a new news server platform: pugleaf. In honor of the late Thom Miller (Retro Guy) pugleaf has been born to carry on the mission of free and open web access to the original social network: Usenet.

https://github.com/go-while/go-pugleaf

Pugleaf sports a web portal and built-in administrative tools.

#Usenet #RocksolidLight #Retro #NNTP #NetworkNews

That is swank.

2025-08-07T18:40:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…x7ce
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That is swank.

Illuminant - A NNTP-based Fediverse Server This is cool. It is a ...

2025-02-25T21:41:00Z

Illuminant - A NNTP-based Fediverse Server

This is cool.

It is a Fediverse server you can use with a newsreader client like Thunderbird.

Demo: https://illuminant.asjo.org/
Profile: https://illuminant.asjo.org/user/asjo
Source: https://koldfront.dk/git/illuminant/

#NNTP #Illuminant #Fediverse #Software #Usenet #CoolCode

infostorm group (npub1pel…rguz) usenet group (npub1u7p…3y7x) Usenet (npub1pfz…w2wl)

Don't drink out of a toilet bowl! Brawndo. It has what plants ...

2025-02-21T19:28:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…wvdq
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Don't drink out of a toilet bowl!

Brawndo. It has what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE! Usenet ...

2025-02-11T15:38:07Z

USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE!

Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.

Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.

Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

NovaBBS
https://novabbs.org

Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://www.i2pn2.org/

#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember

infostorm group (npub1pel…rguz) AcademicChatter group (npub1vuz…esa4)

I haven't seen a #SunDog thread since ages. Does everyone use ...

2025-02-09T15:19:48Z

I haven't seen a #SunDog thread since ages. Does everyone use #DogsOfMastodon now?

I like #SunDog and #SaturDog ... proving that dogs are twice as nice as cats!

Except in this video, of course. These pups are like the Lord of the Flies pack of pups.

https://youtu.be/w07-zt-pvac

Dear Congressman / Congresswoman / Senator, ABOLISH THE INCOME ...

2025-02-05T11:23:58Z

Dear Congressman / Congresswoman / Senator,

ABOLISH THE INCOME TAX NOW!

This is the most important letter I have ever penned to a public official. My message is that the income tax on worker wages is a insidious form of slavery that must be abolished. This is not a Democrat issue or a Republican issue. This is an issue of real justice for a nation of impoverished workers being taxed with a gratuitous and unnecessary income tax that has steadily lowered personal wealth and autonomy for several generations.

ABOLISH THE INCOME TAX NOW!

ABOLISH: verb; To do away with; put an end to; annul; to eradicate; to destroy completely; make void.

Notice that ABOLISH does not mean:

cut ; lessen ; lower.

It means to completely get rid of, en toto, entirely, as in ABOLISH SLAVERY.

So give no place to word games, Honorable Sir or Madame. Just. ABOLISH. INCOME. TAX. NOW.

Recently President Trump has vowed to push for the abolition of the income tax on American worker wages and replace the revenue streams with a tariff system. I require you get behind Mr. Trump, despite his warts and pimples and dimples and whatever character issues or political peeves and quibbles you might have with him--and move full steam ahead to draft, approve, legislate, and enter into law a bill abolishing the federal personal income tax on all domestic wages for all United States Citizens.

The income tax is a relic of feudal barbarism and imperialist war-making barbarism. It enriches a internationalist political class which is able to suck grants and subsidies from its piggly teat while disbursing tiny squirts and crumbs to the American people and their infrastructure. As an American, I have had enough of this thievery of my wages for funding every grimy and useless rent seeker under the sun.

Millions of Americans don't want to hear whiny excuses about how the Federal Government can't function without the Federal Income Tax. That is nonsense. America functioned for several generations during her greatest period of industrial and economic growth and power without an income tax. Then when the World Wars were ramping up we were saddled with this 'war tax' on our income to fund the war. Since then the taxes have kept us impoverished while making the war machine and grifter classes very rich. Workers' standard of living has steadily declined since the income tax was introduced and illegally retained after the World War about a hundred years ago.

I require that you push for, and vote yes on a COMPLETE AND TOTAL ABOLITION of the income tax for all employee wages, and ensure no new taxes are ever again levied on employee wages. If FedGov can print trillions of dollars to fund overseas adventures and endless wars, then FedGov doesn't need to be taxing us for anything. FedGov already taxes us through inflation anyway. Why the hell should any of us have to fill out a return? Maybe FedGov should file a return to us each year to show how much of our labor inflation has stolen from us.

If you don't work strenuously toward abolishing the federal income tax I will vote for whoever decides to run against you. If the federal income tax is abolished, I will vote for your re-election.

ABOLISH INCOME TAX NOW!

Very truly yours in freedom and liberation from tax serfdom,

John Doe American

#IncomeTax #AbolishIncomeTaxNow #Abolition #Tariffs #Economy #Taxes #GeoPolitics #Politics

geopolitics group (npub19kr…pd8t) economics group (npub13yy…7csh) infostorm group (npub1pel…rguz)

Trump is REALLY serious about eliminating Income Tax (IMPORTANT) ...

2025-02-05T10:14:24Z

Trump is REALLY serious about eliminating Income Tax (IMPORTANT)

(IMPORTANT!) I don't much care for politics but this is a positive development for everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy290h4Yn18

(Boost, Copypasta to other networks, text your mom ... this is great news!)

Trump is talking very seriously about eliminating the income tax for U.S. Citizens. This is the first time a President has had the stones to seriously approach this issue. The income tax is the bread and butter of the military-industrial complex, which enriches itself on our backs. There is no time better than now to abolish the Federal Income Tax.

I don't believe the anti-tariff fear-mongerings. America funded its operations on tariffs for several generations, with no federal income tax at all. Plus the income tax is a war tax. It was implemented specifically, and I do mean SPECIFICALLY, for funding the war machine. Gutting the income tax guts the war machine.

There will be a lot of resistance from the Federal Reserve and the war machine military industrial complex. They depend on the income tax to foment wars and socially engineer our lives and their total information awareness panopticon.

The American people are taxed and that money is used to enrich the rich and the rest of the world through subsidies, bribes, grants, etc. Instead America should tax the rest of the world and enrich the American people. Abolishing the progressive personal income tax on wages is the first step in the right direction.

Whether you are Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or whatever, now is the time to write to your representatives and demand that they support the abolition of the income tax. Fifty million letters should fill up Congressional mailboxes with ABOLISH THE INCOME TAX ON WAGES NOW! ABOLISH, NOT REDUCE! ABOLISH, NOT CUT! ABOLISH! emblazoned on the envelopes.

This is serious. It doesn't matter if your party lost or won the election. What matters is that we get this tax gorilla off the backs of all Americans. We have a President seriously talking about it repeatedly. Trump kept his promises to pardon Ross Ulbricht and other persons given draconian punishments by the courts. He has kept several other political promises. He promised to stump before Congress for the abolition of the income tax. Don't let the momentum die on this proposition. Don't let him wane on his commitment to abolition of the income tax. Get behind it and push!

Abolishing the income tax will do more good for American workers than all the political promises of the last twelve Presidential elections. This is an opportunity for real change for the average American.

#IncomeTax #AbolishIncomeTaxNow #Abolition #Tariffs #Economy #Taxes #GeoPolitics #Politics

geopolitics group (npub19kr…pd8t) economics group (npub13yy…7csh) infostorm group (npub1pel…rguz)

Tell your friend, regardless of which instance is chosen, to post ...

2025-01-18T21:18:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…mkgw
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Tell your friend, regardless of which instance is chosen, to post relevant items to these groups that are followed by hundreds and even thousands of crafters:

https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts (big group)
https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery
https://a.gup.pe/u/knitting
https://a.gup.pe/u/crochet
https://a.gup.pe/u/sewing
https://a.gup.pe/u/quilting
https://a.gup.pe/u/yarn
https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch
https://a.gup.pe/u/spinning

And yes, top-level posts should also use hashtags. Even just one relevant hashtag in a new top-level post is good enough.

A possible instances for artists and crafters:

https://mastodon.art/

However going with a larger instance like mastodon.social will make posts more visible in the local feed.

There are also some reddit subs with many thousands and even hundreds of thousands of crafters subscribed. For example, r/knitting has over half a million subscribers and 111 are online right now. The r/sewing subreddit has over 2 million members and 85 are online right now.

It might be possible to snipe some redditors and get them to create fediverse profiles for sharing their wares.

#Fabric #FiberArts #Sewing #Knitting #Quilting #Crochet #Yarn #CrossStitch #Embroidery

I am planning to eventually post in alt.rhubarb again when I ...

2025-01-12T16:12:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…rrt0
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I am planning to eventually post in alt.rhubarb again when I release my next hobby projects. I'm not too impressed with some of the busy newsgroups because of trolls and nutters.

Other groups I watch but rarely post to:

rocksolid.nodes.help
sci.crypt
comp.os.plan9 (moderated by plan9 devs)
alt.cyberpunk
alt.folklore.computers
alt.hackers
news.admin.peering
hispagatos.talk
alt.cypherpunks
alt.privacy.anon-server

I follow some others and usually I don't find myself much interested in the discussions.

Modern Usenet is different than its heyday. Messages are generally much more infrequent. It seems more of a bulletin board than a discussion forum these days.

#Usenet #NNTP #Newsgroups

Rocksolid Light is maturing well and I prefer Usenet over the ...

2025-01-12T15:47:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…rdyw
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Rocksolid Light is maturing well and I prefer Usenet over the Fediverse. The code maintainer just recently added some BBS games to the portal.

There is a #Usenet Fediverse/Lemmy group to which you can inform 272 subscribers of #NNTP related stuff:

usenet_lemmy.ml (replace the underscore with 'at' sign.).

Just put a mention address for the group and your subject as the first line then all the subscribers will see it. Your first line will show up as the subject in the group, so be sure to put the mention addresses below your toot message, not above it. Here is the link to the Lemmy Usenet group where you can get the mention address:

https://lemmy.ml/c/usenet

I didn't put the address in here because I don't want this post going to the group.

vga256 (npub1yqw…ywz8)

#Usenet #NNTP #Newsgroups

I just read your recent blog article about tomo bbs. I would like ...

2025-01-12T14:19:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…gxvu
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I just read your recent blog article about tomo bbs. I would like to pull the code and poke around. It is an interesting project. Do you have a link to a public code repository?

I have done some theming for the Rocksolid Light portal, so anything connected to that is interesting to me.

Here is my demo mini theme: https://news.octade.net (username: 'guest', password 'guest123', chars in reversed order).

#tomo #BBS #Usenet #NNTP #RocksolidLight #retro #forums #OpenSource

Zergling, Your injection of a pointless racial slur is the ...

2025-01-09T10:52:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…yp6x
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Zergling,

Your injection of a pointless racial slur is the digital equivalent of standing in front of a packed auditorium and farting into the microphone. You deserve the stinky microphone award.

Your anti-melanist joke is not edgy or cool. It is just dumb. But you obviously don't care, as long as you can broker attention from it.

There is a better way to live; common courtesy; the golden rule. Look into that.

P.S. You need Jesus.

Zergling, Now I have one more instance to add to my own ...

2025-01-09T10:42:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…3k6h
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Zergling,

Now I have one more instance to add to my own blocklist--yours. Thank you for the help.

Raccoon🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 (npub1t50…kgs5)

This is helpful. I've been looking for something like this so ...

2025-01-09T06:10:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…5u6k
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This is helpful. I've been looking for something like this so I can block all the p0rnz instead of having to find them one by one.

Anyone else having recommendations please share.

* _ Balsa _ * is available in Debian-based distros. It is super ...

2025-01-07T16:35:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…a8mx
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* _ Balsa _ * is available in Debian-based distros. It is super lightweight. It sports a slightly retro aesthetic.

https://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/

Then there is Claws-Mail, which is under heavy active development with a community of users, patchers and bug reporters staying on top of it like white on rice. It is also very light-weight compared to Thunderbird.

I like the Thunderbird interface. I hate the Thunderbird configuration and storage backends. Claws uses good old MH and so does Balsa.

If you choose Claws it also has NNTP reading built in. Balsa has no NNTP functionality.

I use snac2 with tut command-line client and my web browser. SNAC ...

2025-01-07T16:18:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…rsnu
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I use snac2 with tut command-line client and my web browser. SNAC is currently my only gateway into the Fediverse. It seems to work very well.

I'm currently reading and interacting with a total over 1300 followers and followees, using tag filtering in tut, without any problems. This is a efficient power-user way to rip through posts and filter out what I'm not interested in, so I can find useful and relevant information from thousands of posts per day really quickly.

When I want to see an image in context I'll open the link in the web browser. I like it this way since I can limit my exposure to images, which sometimes turn out to be unsavory. Surprise, right?

I recommend you give it a spin. The backend proxy setup is about the same as if you were going to install Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc., so if you don't like it you can just put one of those other bloated beasts on the proxy port and call it a day. ;)

#snac #Fediverse #hosting #selfhosting

I have been building scripts to automate some tasks including ...

2025-01-07T14:41:18Z

I have been building scripts to automate some tasks including managing my interface with this Activity{ub server. I want to push a single button or enter one command to publish notes and files via several protocols and have each reference link to all. The protocols include:

1. ActivityPub (Mastodon, this server)
2. Preprints / TechRXIV / Zenodo / Figshare, etc.
3. NNTP / Usenet
4. Static Web Site
5. Blog
6. BlueSky
7. Archive.org
8. PHP Blog / Wordpress / Blogger
9. P2P network(s)
10 ... ??? Still working out the elsewhere(s) and how and whyfor.

The Internet is so full of disparate platforms and protocols that I am almost tempted to just manage a static website like in the good old days of web 1.0 or even web 1/2 and forget about everything else except that and the Internet Archive and Usenet.

I miss the old days where one could put up a static site and push a link and description into a chat room or forum and watch the site get hammered for fifteen minutes. Twenty years ago I ran a rant site that got hundreds of visits per day and I was quite happy with that.

Nowadays there is so much going on that even 1000 real human page views in a month is sometimes too much to expect. Why would anyone want to look at my silly essays or PDF files when every day is Caturday or Saturdog with infinite memes and endless rage outlets? Why read about my strange musings and puzzles when there are endless memes about the empire and the endless bogeymen out to eat us all?

Yet I cast my runes out upon the rivers ether anyway; just in case someone seeks to get high on a supply of digits.

#Automation #Publishing #Scripting #Notes #Musing #Microblog #OCTADE

Just like shell ... worth a try.

2025-01-07T13:40:31Z

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Just like shell ... worth a try.

I recall that friendica has the option disable_federation in the ...

2025-01-07T13:27:37Z

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I recall that friendica has the option disable_federation in the config settings.

I realized that with snac, I can run a script daemon:

1. Use inotifywatch to check incoming objects;
2. Dump the new object JSON to detect requests from foreign domains;
3. run the 'snack block' command on the found domain;
4. Delete the incoming object;
5. Sanitize any generated notifications.

This should all happen so quickly that local users should never notice it.

So any attempt to communicate in either direction can be automatically detected on first blush, then the remote domain blocked.

It's a hack, but it should work.

Another question: what about a wildcard character in the 'snac block' command?

I'm not going to try it on this public instance because I'm afraid of some kind of expansion wrecking things. Does anyone know if that would do anything weird?

It is a convenient way to have a local portal that runs like a ...

2025-01-07T13:16:43Z

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It is a convenient way to have a local portal that runs like a social media platform.

Why not?

2025-01-07T13:14:18Z

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Why not?

Yes, that is correct. I suppose 'isolated instance' is ...

2025-01-07T10:39:46Z

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Yes, that is correct. I suppose 'isolated instance' is the term I am reaching for.

If I configure my web server proxy to block snac2 from sending and receiving connections from other instances would this break snac or cause some kind of dump or race condition? I suppose I could just try it and see.

@npub1ysc…ffqw Is there any internal method for preventing a ...

2025-01-07T10:24:06Z

The Real Grunfink (npub1ysc…ffqw)

Is there any internal method for preventing a snac2 server from federating? I don't mean blocking. I mean prohibiting all federation and contact with other activitypub instances. The goal is the local users don't see anything from the fediverse and the fediverse won't see anything from the local server.

I realize there are brute ways to hack nginx and IPtables to block ports and things like that. I'm just wondering if there is an internal method that is more sensible, or if perhaps some blocks of code could be removed before compilation.

It has been happening for at least the past 5 years. I have ...

2025-01-07T01:36:12Z

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It has been happening for at least the past 5 years. I have talked to several people whose retirements were looted.

It is called, 'exhausting administrative remedies' and it ...

2025-01-07T01:33:39Z

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It is called, 'exhausting administrative remedies' and it is designed to exhaust you.

Maybe they have an employee with a plushy collection who was ...

2025-01-07T01:23:05Z

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Maybe they have an employee with a plushy collection who was shopping for more.

Ich folge ein paar fur deise; dann lese ich fur lehrnen. Gestern ...

2025-01-07T00:56:07Z

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Ich folge ein paar fur deise; dann lese ich fur lehrnen.

Gestern gelernt ich das wort, "Hilfeleistungsloschgruppenfahrzeug.". Dieses Wort ist urkomisch. Die sundet ausgeseichnett aber zum sprechen ist fast unmoglich.

Gagh ... gach ... gach ... yich ... I give up.

2025-01-06T06:09:55Z

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Gagh ... gach ... gach ... yich ... I give up.

An army of quantum evangelists is crusading in a stock market ...

2025-01-06T06:01:51Z

An army of quantum evangelists is crusading in a stock market near you.

Public school is open to the public; it must allow your child to ...

2025-01-06T03:32:13Z

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Public school is open to the public; it must allow your child to attend.

Private school can reject entry applications or charge tuition or both.

A mansion full of munch-able mention machines for the moshing ...

2025-01-06T03:29:17Z

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A mansion full of munch-able mention machines for the moshing moonshiner munchkins.

I am glad I was not sipping when I read this.

2025-01-06T03:24:52Z

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I am glad I was not sipping when I read this.

1. Listen to what they say. 2. Write down the exact opposite. ...

2025-01-06T00:17:55Z

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1. Listen to what they say.
2. Write down the exact opposite.

Correlation complete.

You're welcome.

Tjald Hash and RNG Suite A collection of hash and RNG functions ...

2025-01-05T22:42:06Z

Tjald Hash and RNG Suite

A collection of hash and RNG functions that rely on hardware AES instructions.

https://github.com/NoHatCoder/Tjald-Hash-and-RNG-Suite

(found via the cryptography mailing list)

#Crypto #Cryptography #Cryptology #Hashing #Random #RNG

crypto group (npub1a9v…jgmx) Cryptography (npub18fx…mpgv) crypto (npub1e22…ussz)

I am looking at the code repo. Very cool. #Conlang #Shorthand ...

2025-01-05T07:52:40Z

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I am looking at the code repo. Very cool.

#Conlang #Shorthand #Stenography #Plover

I know what you are saying. The poison tastes sweet a first.

2025-01-05T03:45:35Z

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I know what you are saying. The poison tastes sweet a first.

Go at it neighbor. I'm shortly out of here, too. I might not ...

2025-01-05T03:32:28Z

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Go at it neighbor. I'm shortly out of here, too. I might not be back for 3 to 4 weeks at a time.

I usually have a spate of reading and hacking, then disappear to work for money for weeks or even a couple months with no Internet access at all. I always feel better a few days after getting away from the Internet.

Sometimes I will write code on a box with no Internet connection, and work on a program for 2 or 3 days without ever getting online. I keep all the reference materials stored locally and in hard copies so I don't need to surf to get answers.

It takes a bit of advance planning but it works great for me.

I also don't announce to my friends or followers that I'm taking time off. I just do it then say hello when I return. Those who know me get it. If I am not answering the phone, it means the phone is off or I left it at home.

If I were a tech or software dev hiring manager, I would ...

2025-01-05T01:15:02Z

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If I were a tech or software dev hiring manager, I would automatically reject all applications coming from free email services like gmail, protonmail, tutanota, outlook, etc. A nerd or hacker should already have their own domain name and email server, or institutional email account.

Also, using a free email service for any personal business is a HUGE data security risk, not just for the applicant, but for the company responding to the applicant. State agencies can snarf such communications to glean inside business information, then sell that information to your competitors, which is probably happening somewhere right now as I write this.

#InfoSec #Email #FreeEmail #Jobs #Gmail

There is 'ball room' dancing music. Headbangers ball.

2025-01-05T01:05:27Z

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There is 'ball room' dancing music.

Headbangers ball.

If I were in your shoes I would unfollow and put the computer in ...

2025-01-05T01:03:16Z

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If I were in your shoes I would unfollow and put the computer in the closet for a few weeks. The timeline model is dopamine, cortisol, and adrenaline addictive, so I understand the drive to read everything in your feed.

I have given some thought to this. The problem is that the social ...

2025-01-05T01:00:45Z

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I have given some thought to this. The problem is that the social platforms automatically pull in feeds of replies to the profiles that one follows. There needs to be a default option to refrain from fetching any of that, and let the others opt in.

I am already tired of it. I can't count how many pieces of porn have showed up in my feed in the past couple of days. It is like running around to put out a brush fire just to block those accounts.

I believe that the original poster of a thread should be the moderator of that thread network-wide. That is one step in the right direction. If you start a thread, you can moderate it, either by default, or by delete, whichever flag you choose.

Coupling that with only pulling the posts of your follows would eliminate the lion's share of the noise.

Another way is to follow the RSS feeds of profiles you like, as you will only see their posts in the RSS reader. Then you don't even log in to the social site unless you want to comment. Usually RSS readers will have a link to the post you are reading so you can click the link and then comment, and return to the RSS feed list. QuiteRSS works well for me.

If the negativity and information overload is getting you down it is time for a break!

In a few decades we went from that (above) to this (below): ...

2025-01-05T00:20:42Z

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In a few decades we went from that (above) to this (below):

Was ist denn so komischer? Hast du gelest mein Gedicht? Wusst du ...

2025-01-05T00:10:25Z

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Was ist denn so komischer? Hast du gelest mein Gedicht?
Wusst du nicht, dass dieser Mann ein Dichter ist?
Mein Account ist nicht zu schrecklich.
Diese Worte fliessen beredt und sprechlich.
Mein Hirsch Logo ist nicht haesslich.
Mein Regenbogen ist bunt gemischtlich!
Der Hirsch ist ein Gesicht der Menschengeschlecht.

Entschuldigen ... ich gelernt nur eine kleine Deutsch vor ungefar dreissig Jahren. Hoffentlich Der Punkt zeigt sich.

I am curious to know the story behind this badge: ...

2025-01-04T13:17:10Z

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I am curious to know the story behind this badge: https://alifeinbadges.wordpress.com/2019/03/30/ncipher/

Is this the logo for the Nexus Group company?

@npub19z2…khrt The badges page is neat. It showcases the ...

2025-01-04T13:11:23Z

Catherine (npub19z2…khrt)

The badges page is neat. It showcases the artwork of many artists and tells a story about a very curious person getting around!

By Gosh, this is a zinger. The trinity of Gosh, Gee, and Golly ...

2025-01-04T11:56:10Z

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By Gosh, this is a zinger.

The trinity of Gosh, Gee, and Golly has entered the chat.

I miss #Usenet. It is still relevant to me: https://novabbs.org

2025-01-04T11:51:02Z

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I miss #Usenet.

It is still relevant to me: https://novabbs.org

Are the prices in Korunas?

2025-01-04T09:19:38Z

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Are the prices in Korunas?

Awesome! I'll test it when it goes out to main. Will you be ...

2025-01-04T09:17:04Z

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Awesome! I'll test it when it goes out to main. Will you be able to decouple the rss entry number from max_timeline_entries? That is not critical but it would be helpful for pulling bigger feeds over the number of web interface entries.

Eggs rose from about $1.50 per dozen to $6+ per dozen in some ...

2025-01-04T07:31:47Z

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Eggs rose from about $1.50 per dozen to $6+ per dozen in some places in USA. It is insane.

Pure rubbing alcohol. Windex will also do. Use a lens rag. It ...

2025-01-04T07:22:48Z

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Pure rubbing alcohol.

Windex will also do.

Use a lens rag. It makes no scratches.

If that all fails, use a drill and hammer.

Here in America the government routinely orders the mass ...

2025-01-04T07:20:21Z

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Here in America the government routinely orders the mass slaughter of chickens to 'prevent spread of bird flu.' I think the reality is that they are doing it to keep the price of meat and eggs elevated so that the poor can't save any money and so that select producers can pad profits from the elevated prices.

The government 'detects' flu virus in birds then the birds are exterminated. Then the price of eggs doubles or triples. How convenient.

Get their dogs lollipops, strap muzzles and masks to their snoots ...

2025-01-04T07:02:32Z

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Get their dogs lollipops, strap muzzles and masks to their snoots and tape on big doggy diapers too. Then everyone can feel safe and healthy!

And that would make about as much sense as what's been going on.

"We're all in this together!" Even Fido.

Now, if the Health Department had said that dogs must wear masks, a million would have screamed cruelty to animals.

Their dogs should wear masks, too.

2025-01-04T06:40:47Z

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Their dogs should wear masks, too.

I set the rss limit to 100 and recompiled with post limit set at ...

2025-01-04T05:19:57Z

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I set the rss limit to 100 and recompiled with post limit set at 50. Sure enough, the rss is served up to the post limit number.

Then I set both to 100 and it pulled 79 entries. I don't know why it didn't pull 100. There might have been a caching issue in my reader or in the proxy. Rather than troubleshoot that I nuked the reader cache for a new compilation and rss test.

Then I recompiled with the rss limit set to 300 and I set the timeline page limit to 300, and it pulled the full history of 193 local posts into the rss feed.

I suppose this would make a useful feature request. The obvious ...

2025-01-04T04:18:43Z

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I suppose this would make a useful feature request. The obvious trick is likely patching to include a parameter check from server.json and replacing the hard-coded with a variable containing that. I think 100 is a good upper bound for parameter checking, although some few might want it to be higher if they are following the most loquacious of fedi tooters.

I'm going to look at the source now. Thanks for the heads up.

@npub1ysc…ffqw Does anyone know if there is a way to increase ...

2025-01-04T03:37:17Z

The Real Grunfink (npub1ysc…ffqw)

Does anyone know if there is a way to increase the number of recent entries in the public RSS feeds for a snac2 profile?

I would like to increase it to 100 instead of the default.

That dog is a PNUT eater.

2025-01-04T01:26:30Z

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That dog is a PNUT eater.

The last time the Democrats seceded from the Union was in 1861, ...

2025-01-04T00:03:08Z

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The last time the Democrats seceded from the Union was in 1861, with the civil war ensuing at Fort Sumter. The Southern Democrats formed the Confederate States of America partly to preserve the institution of slavery.

Republican President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery and forced the Union back together through a bloody war against the Democrat-run South.

When I see talk of succession, I am reminded of this history, and how it shows the dangerous conflict generated by partisan politics, especially when one party is afraid of losing power and control over its chattel slaves or entitlement supporters.

Or possibly ... only operators with huge computational ...

2025-01-03T23:47:51Z

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Or possibly ... only operators with huge computational infrastructure will be able to service the demand, cutting out all the smaller fish?

There is likely some kind of angle or grift or rent-seeking when corpos suggest or do crazy stuff.

6-day TLS expiration? Am I assuming rightly? If so, that's ...

2025-01-03T23:22:16Z

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6-day TLS expiration? Am I assuming rightly? If so, that's nuts. It is already occasionally problematic renewing in time with the longer period.

Is someone trying to sow up the market so they can put a meter on it?

Shoe leather express is very secure unless you are being tailed. ...

2025-01-03T23:20:05Z

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Shoe leather express is very secure unless you are being tailed. Wife has the right idea.

It does seem to be slim pickin's.

2025-01-03T23:09:22Z

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It does seem to be slim pickin's.

Stock up on Cheetos!

2025-01-03T21:37:11Z

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Stock up on Cheetos!

Thank you, Jane. I do like this kind of stuff. Great find!

2025-01-03T12:51:40Z

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Thank you, Jane. I do like this kind of stuff. Great find!

Hey Opal: Take your meds, rapescallion. It'll all be over ...

2025-01-03T12:17:43Z

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Hey Opal: Take your meds, rapescallion. It'll all be over soon enough.

GIDDERDUNN

2025-01-03T10:15:42Z

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GIDDERDUNN

どういたしまして。 (ur welcome)

2025-01-03T10:03:13Z

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どういたしまして。

(ur welcome)

Your feed is on a small instance. I'm fishing around for ...

2025-01-03T09:48:19Z

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Your feed is on a small instance. I'm fishing around for small instance feeds that are laid back and non-toxic. I've been mostly lucky so far. Mostly, knock on wood.

BTW, the Unabomber metamorphosis T-shirt is hilarious. If Ted had known he would be the butt of public jokes he might have become a monk instead.

I have this sinking feeling that I have no idea what I am doing ...

2025-01-03T09:30:29Z

I have this sinking feeling that I have no idea what I am doing or why I am doing it but somehow I am getting it done.

Your instance says it has only 58 users, meaning chill. And I see ...

2025-01-03T09:20:18Z

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Your instance says it has only 58 users, meaning chill. And I see wordles in your feed. Either you like puzzles or you are using them to punish yourself, and both uses are the same sometimes. So you might be. You might want to look at Hexlish:

https://soc.octade.net/octade/p/1734806646.167698

@npub17he…cwex Guten tag. Ich bin Amerikaner. Ich schreibe und ...

2025-01-03T08:26:56Z

Jools (npub17he…cwex)

Guten tag. Ich bin Amerikaner. Ich schreibe und lese ein bischen Deutsch. Nett dich zu kenegelernen. Mag deine Tag sein so glucklich wie als dieses Lied:

https://youtu.be/q3o-l1LVNgw

Warum fragst?

2025-01-03T08:07:59Z

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Warum fragst?

I've seen eggs almost $6 a dozen. I used to buy 1-1/2 dozen ...

2025-01-03T05:40:41Z

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I've seen eggs almost $6 a dozen. I used to buy 1-1/2 dozen for $1.50.

They are planning to take more through more inflation. The powers that be are all in cahoots and doing this on purpose. It is not just 'market effects' but a well-coordinated carpet bagging of everyone's savings and retirement funds.

I am looking for profiles to follow. Currently I am interested in ...

2025-01-02T23:40:40Z

I am looking for profiles to follow. Currently I am interested in following users who have an interest in or work in:

#Cryptography #Cryptology #Ciphers #Codes #Puzzles #TrapDoorMaths #Algorithms #MixNets #Encryption #HandCiphers #FieldCiphers

... and arcane math problems or trying to find a way to use them for securing information or messages. Any recommendations will be appreciated.

I'm looking for interesting new ideas and models from people who like to tinker rather than more rehashed, industry standard cryptography.

crypto group (npub1a9v…jgmx)

No. Privacy is best achieved in a sound-proof basement.

2025-01-01T03:10:08Z

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No. Privacy is best achieved in a sound-proof basement.