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n00b001@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private1·2 years agoWhat gets me really excited is the idea of messaging in low internet connectivity areas (aeroplanes (to someone else on the plane)) on the subway/underground
The idea of Bluetooth/WiFi direct mesh, with “internet gateway” devices (maybe those people are rewarded in some way)
In this dream of mine, people can communicate, send data, through non ideal internet conditions (maybe one person on an aeroplane has internet, and they are the gateway for others)
There may be some relay servers running on AWS or whatever, but people could also run their own relays (I guess all devices are a relay)
I’ve tried to get this working myself, using a library called “reticulum” I found in GitHub (good library, but I couldn’t get Bluetooth/WiFi mesh working)
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private1·2 years agoI’m not seeing any WiFi direct/Bluetooth mesh capability with Simplex
It looks like a p2p messenger - which is cool, but that’s not what tickles my pickle
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breachEnglish11·2 years agoTradFi has a few wealthy individuals that control banking
You say PoS is an oligarchy, but it still offers anyone to participate in markets they previously were unable to. For example, providing liquidity and getting a cut of transaction fees - this is something TradFi has a monopoly on, but now everyday people can get a cut. You’re right that people with more money will have a bigger cut - but it’s still more equal than TradFi
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private51·2 years agoI think I tired Briar, but I either couldn’t get it working on android or on iOS
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breachEnglish34·2 years agoYou’re partially correct with some of these points.
Theatge amount of energy you mention is really only relevant to proof of work. You’ve mentioned proof of stake etc - so you should know that. The energy requirements for “proof” techniques such as PoS is negligible
Reversing transactions are ‘hard’/infesable - and so in a way they do help scammers - but I think it’s a false equivalence. It helps everyone. In my mind it’s like says “encryption helps terrorists”, that may be true, but it helps us all.
Regarding on chain transaction transparency, there are some chains that are like this (bitcoin), and there are some chains that are not (monero). There’s also ways to anonymise transactions through mixers etc if you do care about that. Although, I don’t know of anyone that gets their salary into their crypto wallet.
Overall, regulation is slow! But it’s getting there. I don’t think crpyto will solve all of.humans problems, but I might just help with some. It’s going to be interesting seeing how it all plays out - people thought it was going to be here and gone in a year, but it’s been over a decade now.
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private432·2 years agoMy mouth waters at the idea of decentralised, infrastructure-less, encrypted, p2p, mesh messaging
Thanks for pointing me towards Berty!
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google Fiber is increasingly going by ‘GFiber’English31·2 years agoHe do what what a snoop do
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•The magic genie has appeared to grant you your wish. What small thing do you wish for that would have the biggest positive impact on the world?3·2 years agoWish granted! Humans are no longer born with spinal vertebrae
Yeah that’s it, they hate money
Isn’t that the nickname of your mum?
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•if you could standardise a file format for a specific task what would you pick and why5·2 years agoThere are too many of these comics, I’ll make one to be the true comic response and unite all the different competing standards
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml•It's fine until you run out of disk space4·2 years agoEven better:
Free cloud storage that doesn’t require an account and provides no limit to the volume of data stored
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml•LF cheesy oneliners for my Halloween costume2·2 years agoWarning: water turned into wine. This functionality is deprecated and may not be your intention. It will be removed in the year 50AD update .
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's an industry that would cause riots if it disappeared overnight?74·2 years agoBig tiddie goth girls
Stay at home Wear a subnet? Wear a mask? Wear a class A network?
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deathsEnglish7·2 years ago100usd off of store purchases are nothing. I am just imagining they have postponed their 100usd off black Friday deal for another 6 months to justify this ‘payment’
They don’t lose anything from this offer.
n00b001@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.ml•KDE for Gamers – Enjoy Your Games on Plasma and Linux3·2 years agoHDR and VRR (g-sync) compatible?
Yeah!
Now hopefully they can enable HDR video playback within the next few years (bug open for 5 years at this point)