I'm just going to shill F-Droid today. Wanted a pedometer app without tracking or ads. Easy! This is just one example. Sure, the app selection is smaller, but there's a lot of good stuff there.

Now running my own private Nostr relay, thanks to Start9 :)

The memory technique used with Border Wallet is amazing, but a moments reflection on the trade-offs makes me skeptical. Problems with Border Wallet: 1) It just substitutes having to keep track of a word list for having to store one's entropy grid. The entropy grid is unique to you. If lost, the memorized the pattern is useless. One can argue that this is a security feature, but it's still misleading to say that you have "memorized" the wallet. The 12 or 24 words would also be useless if the BIP39 word list was lost, but since that list is a public standard, individuals don't need to store it. 2) The current method requires you to create a new seed. If you already have a seed, you have to sweep your funds to the new wallet. This is problematic for those trying to keep their UTXOs private. 3) You have to trust a lot more software for generating the entropy grid. 4) The process of creating a Border Wallet, taken as whole, is unnecessarily more complicated than just memorizing words on paper. If you are struggling, it's likely because you trying to cram to many words in a single day. A few minutes of daily spaced practice will work better. Practicing in chunks of 8 and then 12 words also helps. #Bitcoin

I recently earned my PhD. Made sure to handle my certificate with gloves because of this: #video

Randomness and mistakes are not necessarily a waste of time. When learning a new skill, it's not always a good idea to immediately force the "right" technique. You should allow for random exploration and mistakes. Why? Highly supervised learning may seem more efficient on the surface, but it can end up producing fragile behavior. By fragile, I mean that the learner will struggle to adapt when something unexpected happens. Random exploration may seem like an inefficient way of learning, but it has been shown to produce more adaptive and flexible behavior.

Frontiers | The Relation Between Complexity and Resilient Motor Performance and the Effects of Differential Learning

#psychology

Contrary to woke ideology, being privileged doesn't mean that your reasoning skills are somehow compromised. If the arguments are sound, they are valid regardless of privilege.

GM (can't believe I haven't said that on Nostr yet!) Here's another except from my "Why You Should Keep a Diary" series: "Careful attention to concrete examples and context helps you identify things that can be changed. It can also end up making a mockery of any personality test you may have taken. Abstract and context-free self-descriptions are at best over-simplifications." #psychology

This is a re-post. Apologizes if you are seeing this twice. The first post only appeared in Primal and not in Amethyst or Iris, due of relay differences I assume. Made this visual in response to blanket statements such as "If the state wants to get you, there's nothing you can do". Not necessarily: Cost on the y-axis can refer to time, money, body count, etc. I think of #bitcoin as being situated very high along the y-axis while a #CBDC would be almost at the bottom. The x-axis would in this case represent adoption. Yes – this is an over-simplification, but I think it gets the point across.

I love Pop!_OS, but I miss Manjaro. #linux

Part 3 of my "Why you should keep a diary series" is now on habla.news Summary: Some self-insights can't be deduced through introspection in the armchair. They can only be discovered through observation while acting in the world. One thing you might discover through self-recording is that you are more versatile than you thought. #psychology

Trying #asknostr Posted using Primal yesterday. Still can't see it on Amethyst or Iris. They can't be on entirely separate relays, right? Should I try re-posting, or do something else?

To generate a secure bitcoin key, you need a good source of entropy. I've come across a few tutorials on this claiming that humans are bad at randomness. It's probably safer to assume this and rely on more established methods for key generation. That said, the claim that human behavior can never be a good source of entropy is inaccurate. If I ask you to alternate between two buttons randomly, you are unlikely to succeed. But, plenty of research have demonstrated that with proper training, you can get really good at it. Randomness can be taught. #Bitcoin #Psychology

I'll now be posting my long-form content on habla.news , including my "Why you should keep a diary" series. Condensed versions, summaries, and that kind of stuff will be end up here. The ease with which I could just get on habla.news and post with the same 'user' is insane. #grownostr