> Fundamentally the article ignores the base rate and the correlations... as in yes this or that thing is true about adam and satoshi, but it's also true of a large number of odd people who have the other prerequisites.
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.
> I brought up one of Satoshi’s quotes, but before I had a chance to explain why I was mentioning it, Mr. Back interrupted.
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> Me: There’s a quote that I mentioned earlier where Satoshi says, “I’m better with code than with words.”
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> 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.
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> 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.
What I'm saying is that the overall amount of effort being spent on this isn't very proportional to sheer curiosity. Curious people may go out of their way to do something difficult, but years-long research campaigns with a single person in the crosshair feel like a step too far. Not even the perpetrators of famous unsolved crimes receive this much scrutiny. I don't doubt there's many people in the mix who are just curious about this, like you are, but I feel like people who spend months of their lives on this could be trying to get at something bigger. 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.
So am I. I presume I can read if after he passes away, if I am still around. Otherwise I am content to respect people's wishes for anonymity and privacy, as there are plenty of other interesting things to learn about.
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?
Instead of controlling the children, we should control the source. Perhaps we should ban harmful content from the internet. Not the government. But we, as users, need content to be reviewed by moderators. People should decide what is harmful. I’m sure we all know what is harmful, not just for children. Psychology shows us what goes on in an adult’s brain, it is exactly the same as what goes on in a child’s brain.
The RSA algorithm was named after its creators: Adleman, Rivest, Shamir.
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."
> One day I was doing work on my laptop on a couch because hitting 30 apparently means that sleeping slightly incorrectly results in debilitating back pain.
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 had the same kind of issues and moving a bit and doing little not so complex exercises helped a lot. I strongly recommend everyone. Health shall always be the first prio
> you must communicate them in contexts where there's a real chance of them being crossed
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]]".
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.
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