Today is the day to remember Alan Turing and what the government did to him after he helped them win WW2.

I think the grand unifying theory of everything is computation theory based. Of course I'm guilty of bias, because that's what I understand most. From Wolfram's physics project, to understanding markets (and especially impossibility of effective central planning due to Wolfram's principle of computational irreducibility), to mind and consciousness, ... I'm not saying current computational theory explains everything, rather that in order to explain everything explainable (and especially in finding limits of what is and is not explainable), it will all have strong computational theory basis. We know a lot of computation. And computation is about the dynamics of systems. It's a theory of change and what change is possible. And how fast. If you want to understand the world on a deep level, study informatics and computation. In addition to your field. But study it deeply. You're not aiming for knowing what it is about but in the details, because they matter.

I'm looking forward to see Saylor-the-priest doing the bearmarket edition of his mass. I predict we will hold to hope, maybe a short meditation and then he'll tell us to borrow 1M from our uncle and HODL.

If you are stressed about the bear market, you would benefit from the stimulation of the vagus nerve. I made an open-source desktop and Android sw to control the device, so you don't have to sign-up, get locked out when the server or your connection is off. It is easy, now with better UI and works better on background (but for Android, still keep it in the foreground, but it would not stop the stimulation now). Vagus nerve stimulation is one of the best longevity hacks, helps your body heal by reducing chronic stress. Android:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/PulseLibre: A mobile app for controlling Pulsetto devices

A mobile app for controlling Pulsetto devices. Contribute to jooray/PulseLibre development by creating an account on GitHub.

Desktop:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/pulse-libre-desktop: A Free and Open Source software to control your Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulator

A Free and Open Source software to control your Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulator - jooray/pulse-libre-desktop

Signal-summarizer got an upgrade. Better clustering algorithm(s). And it works much better with more recent models. It is not purely for Signal, if you can get the group messages in a database, it can create you a summary, with links what was discussed, etc.

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/signal-summarizer: AI summaries of Signal group content - text, images, links, voices. Runnable locally through ollama.

AI summaries of Signal group content - text, images, links, voices. Runnable locally through ollama. - jooray/signal-summarizer

Maybe it's time to listen to this again. (Yes, I know I created it, but I created it for myself mostly @The Ohm ).

LN Beats

The Ohm - The Merge

Listen on LN Beats

New AI model ranking (my methodology). KC - Kimi Code (kimi-cli) OC - Opencode CC - Claude Code Tasks: 1. reverse engineering of non open source chrome extension doing advanced zero knowledge math (PeerAuth) 2. understanding and auditing solidity smart contracts and attestations (related to PeerAuth) Kimi-cli with Kimi 2.5 surprised me, it even found something that no other model noticed. Note - this is not coding, it wrote a paper, based on how it understood and reverse engineered code.

Many of you know I am working on a novel with cypherpunk and lunarpunk themes. Still some work to do before it is finished, but what I know - it is already amazing, it gives chills even to myself when I read it back. And it will have amazing graphics design. I made a teaser with some quotes. The graphics changes every minute.

TAMERS OF ENTROPY

New project! Are the e-shops you are trying to pay suddenly trying to KYC you for buying alpaca socks with Bitcoin? Yes, that's the new regulation. They should of course go self-custodial, run @npub155m2...dcvg and none of this applies (it only applies to to payment gateways who are providing gateway services for third parties). But running BtcpayServer is not always easy, especially if you are just starting to accept Bitcoin. VPS, docker, running your nodes (although it's possible without). And maybe you don't have people who would run it for you. But since we have @Cashu now, we can do something magical - use Cashu mints' lightning capability to accept Bitcoin, anonymously. And run the payment gateway the same way we run the e-shop - on a $3/month PHP hosting. Enter CashuPayServer - a simplified Lightning gateway, compatible with BTCPayServer Greenfield API (so yes, your WooCommerce, etc. is supported out of the box), by basically unpacking a .zip in your webhost and going through a simple wizard. And if you run Wordpress, it's even easier, because CashuPayServer installs as a plug-in (and if you have BTCPay plug-in as well, it autoconfigures it for you). You can withdraw your Cashu tokens to a lightning address, BOLT-11 invoice, as cashu tokens. You can enable autowithdrawal. Free and open-source. Self-custody possible, if you run your own mint. Autowithdraw lowers the custody risk. Warning, version 0.1-alpha that is out is very alpha, no one besides me in localhost has tested it. I will present it tomorrow at Cashu dev call. Pull requests welcome. And if you want to see the checkout flow for yourself, go to donate section. Links:

CashuPayServer — Accept Bitcoin on Any PHP Hosting

A BTCPay-compatible payment gateway that runs on shared hosting. No Docker, no VPS, no command line. Just upload and go.

Repo:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/cashupayserver: An open-source Lightning payment gateway API-compatible with BTCPayServer, using Cashu for Lightning invoices and running on most PHP hostings

An open-source Lightning payment gateway API-compatible with BTCPayServer, using Cashu for Lightning invoices and running on most PHP hostings - jo...

I have also released a few supplemental repos, such as

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/cashu-wallet-php: A PHP implementation of Cashu wallet

A PHP implementation of Cashu wallet. Contribute to jooray/cashu-wallet-php development by creating an account on GitHub.

Yes, I know many people think that PHP sucks. But it's literally unzip and run on the hosting you already have. For anything more sophisticated, run BTCPayServer, it is much better and battle-tested (I run it myself). I created this as a fun project to help small businesses accept Bitcoin without the complexity of running infrastructure. There are a few things this can do out of the box though (even less tested). Some mints can mint you euro and usd tokens. If you are not ready for Bitcoin volatility, and you want certainty of value evaporation of fiat, it is possible. You get the customers that want to pay with Lightning, but get euros or usd. I don't recommend doing that, but it's an option. Again - ⚠️ #reckless. Not battle-tested. Feedback and pull requests wanted. I will probably not add many more features. For features, go to btcpay. Introductory video:

Wow

HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]

Linux Inside a PDF

Linux running inside a 6MB PDF file using a RISC-V emulator. No installation needed, just open it in Chrome.

ChatGPT has lost this round hard. Gemini and Claude are much better. Gemini for voice and images and general research, Claude as an "AGI" - great at coding but pretty much anything. How are the open models doing? What is the best?