As we move into an era of AI dominance online, sybil-resistant social networks will become more important and being able to prove our humanity without giving up personal data will truly matter.

I know most people here are Bitcoin maxis but I genuinely love the idea of a decentralized, blockchain based network designed to prove the uniqueness of human participants without requiring personal data. Each participant verifies that they’re a real human (not a bot) by completing synchronous Turing tests similar to solving CAPTCHAs.

I just received news. My grandmother has passed away. I'm really sad.

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I love how dogs and cats use buttons to talk to their owners. I hope they gain consciousness one day and become the dominant species on earth.

God’s Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups In The Islamic Later Middle Period 1200–1550

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God’s Unruly Friends

Ahmet Karamustafa God’s Unruly Friends Dervish Groups In The Islamic Later Middle Period 1200–1550 1994

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It’s a great article about the nature of reality and uses Object-Oriented Programming as a metaphor. https://philarchive.org/archive/FLOIR

Reality is not a source but a resource for knowledge.

What is the ultimate nature of reality? The answer is misleadingly simple: it is informational.

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