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@Linux @gaufff Monero is not a scam. It's the closest thing to digital cash there is. It's uniquely uncensorable, unlike Bitcoin and every other non-private cryptocoin project in existence.

@Linux @gaufff lol. If it "exists in the real world" it's subject to US control. KYC/AML enforcement is everywhere.

But yes, you can use Monero anywhere in the world: https://monerica.com/

Monero works as advertised. That's why the IRS tried and failed to crack it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/z9j62d/the_irs_bounty_the_full_story/

@molly0xfff if speaking for more than an hour is something you'll need to do, a voice coach can help you. You're probably over straining parts of your throat and they can teach you to relax those parts.

@feld @DeniseGutzmer the methane comes out of the ground for free at oil drilling sites but as I already noted, most of it is burned/wasted because it's not economical to contain and transport it. https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction/gas-flaring-explained

@feld @DeniseGutzmer ammonia synthesis depends on hydrogen which mainly comes from methane. There are plenty of ways to produce methane already, and most of the methane from oil drilling is just burned (flared) onsite. https://scienceinfo.com/habers-process-history-synthesis-ammonia/

@DeniseGutzmer can't wait for Big Ag to start suing Big Oil for damages.

@hyperreal lol. You posted a poll asking for input and say fuck off when you get it. Pathetic.

@ned @SlicerDicer @feld really this approach should work for any infectious disease. And it should work to cure an active infection, not just in prevention.

@feld @ned I've wondered if there was a threshold at which a tumor would outpace the immune system. Makes sense that that's a possibility.

"Cancer vaccine" is an interesting phrase, since usually vaccines are only effective in preventing a disease, not in treating one that's already active.

What's the probability that these custom tailored vaccines accidentally target a protein that's also common to healthy cells?

@swlawrence the hydrogen fuel economy was always a scam, a cynical attempt to keep the fossil fuel industry going.

Wow. #Rust is an unserious language. Unless you bend over backwards to fight the compiler and avoid the standard library, you cannot write code that doesn't try to terminate the calling process on arbitrary error conditions. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43297487

Terminating the process is never an appropriate action in a library. The library has no way to know its caller's uptime constraints. Libraries should only return error codes to callers. Only applications can decide whether to bail out or not.

@dalias @bagder this is why the entire notion of system-wide trust stores is so ludicrous. It comes from the mindset of web browser developers only, who want their client to be able to talk to any server without hassles. But for any other client-server application, you only want a specific set of clients talking to a specific set of servers, and therefore should have app-specific trust config. Esp if using cert-based client authent, you only want to trust one specific issuing CA.

@lanodan you're not willing to take a risc? -very chancy

@kaia there've been Star Trek episodes that open like that.

@libreleah eh, it's on the order of 20ms.

@libreleah I'm using OVH, they have a London data center and unmetered 1Gbps offerings. I'm doing much like you, but I'm using wireguard, not OpenVPN.

@dalias @mhoye there are other models available. I like these DIY boxes because I can choose the quality of cells I use instead of just getting whatever noname stuff in a fully packaged product. And I can replace them in a few years when they wear out.

@mhoye cheap mini UPS. I have a couple of these on AliExpress:
US $12.56 | DC UPS 5V 9V 12V Output 6x 18650 Battery Uninterrupted Power Supply DIY Power Bank Box for House Router Cellphone Tablet Modem
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EQdTrvA

@skinnylatte 10,000 lux sun lamps are pretty cheap these days, have you tried one?

@PJFDF @bagder I just `telnet $SMTP_SERVER 25` and send my mail