It's one person's curated collection.

It's it being made available for the sake of it.

It's novel, unexpected. a gift.

Yeah, some of the article's points really weren't persuasive.

> “Scrap patents and copyright,” Mr. Back wrote in September 1997. In keeping with this belief, Mr. Back made his Hashcash spam-throttling software open source.

^, the belief of >90% of people that have used a mailing list.

> Mr. Back and Satoshi also both created internet mailing lists dedicated to their creations — the Hashcash list and the Bitcoin-dev list — where they posted software updates listing new features and bug fixes in a format and style that looked strikingly similar.

The links are https://www.freelists.org/post/hashcash/hashcash113-released and https://web.archive.org/web/20130401141714/http://sourceforg... .

How are they "strikingly similar"?

> I brought up one of Satoshi’s quotes, but before I had a chance to explain why I was mentioning it, Mr. Back interrupted. > > Me: There’s a quote that I mentioned earlier where Satoshi says, “I’m better with code than with words.” > > Adam Back: I did a lot of talking though for somebody, I mean … I mean, I’m not saying I’m good with words but I sure did a lot of yakking on these lists actually. > > To my ears, it sounded like he was saying that for someone who preferred code over words, he sure had written a lot of words. Implicit in that was an acknowledgment that he had been the one who wrote the quote.

That's quite a stretch.

Some other evidence was a little persuasive though.

The zodiac killer still has an active subreddit! https://old.reddit.com/r/ZodiacKiller/

> Maybe hurting him or trying to profit off of the knowledge somehow, or even just becoming famous for being the person who found Satoshi Nakamoto.

Yeah, there's likely some pride/ego involved, and sadly trying to hurt the person most responsible for cryptocurrency.

I was articulating why someone might want to know, as tavavex asked.

Some people like mysteries.

``Formally speaking, "Transpiler" is a useless word''

https://people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/transpiler-formal/

Should society help the child, by making it more difficult for them to access harmful material, in the same way we age verify alcohol?

What if the parent is responsible, but finds themselves in a situation where they don't have the time/ability to either educate or set up robust controls? Should we make their responsibilities easier?

Call we do all three?

Also, what about the irresponsible parents, or parents who don't have time/opportunity to be responsible over this issue?

Their initials were ordered "RSA" to reflect that Adleman was the "shoot it down" guy: "Rivest and Shamir, as computer scientists, proposed many potential functions, while Adleman, as a mathematician, was responsible for finding their weaknesses."

Well, so the story goes.

Who would want to hide their secrets in ARS?

Page down?

A factor in my debilitating back pain for me (was 31 and fit; now 37; getting better) was coping with back pain by moving to unergonomic positions like the couch/bed, which led to different and thus compounding compensations, and thus more complex recovery.

Now if my back is painful in a position, I take it as a signal to move my body, not find another static position that doesn't cause pain.

That can sometimes be difficult to do, with job/family requirements though.

Sorry to derail the post, but I hope this helps someone avoid my issue.

I think this falls under de-escalation, and there's lots of approaches.

Communicating boundaries, or stating if-thens, can be an escalation in some situations.

Steering the conversation/situation away works in some situations.

Non-verbal communication can work, and be more tactful: it allows an accidentally-offensive person to recognise, pull back and show support. This smoothes out conversations, and is common enough that it's expected for many.

For groups of people that use non-verbal communication less, then perhaps explicitly stating things is the only option.

But don't be surprised if non-verbal communicators interpret it as combative!

"Wow, Foo got upset quickly at me, and in front of others. [Why didn't Foo make it clearer that they were getting uncomfortable [using non-verbal methods]]".

The moral dilemma might be more significant if the amount is large enough to worry you.

Suppose a close friend needs $50k for medical treatment, but it's $50k you had saved to pay for your child's university, and they promise to pay you back gradually so it's in time for your child to start university, but meanwhile they don't pay any back, and instead spend their income on a fancy car. I think it would be challenging to remain friends with that person.

I had figured it was experience + natural skill. How much are these people actively practicing?

I'd like a private jet too, alas.

> Social approval from peers comes first, lines are moved, always because something that is approved by friends.

I hope so! It would be too much for someone to figure this out all by themselves.

Should lines have been set in 1500? 1800? 2026?

> Lines Will Move Further Away If They Aren’t Defined

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

Sometimes I think some line is important, then I move closer to it, and realise the line is less important to me, and so I'll be less cautious of it.

Some might say "slippery slope!" or "boiling a frog!", but I think of it as me updating my values as I learn more.

Some people are prone to black-and-white thinking, and so I can see why they might be drawn to hard lines.