These express intensification, but in the case of "fuck all" it's total absence / nothingness. There's something zen about it.

Yeah, I didn't know it could mean "absolutely nothing." Fascinating.

Had to look that one up. Common British slang is what it says. Something new every day.

Huh, maybe that's why I'm not finding them. I might be back in Japan for a while starting later next month, so that will put me on the inside.

I dropped by at Nostrasia 2025 in Tokyo. Unfortunately I only caught the end of the event since I was busy earlier during the day. It seemed like they have a robust community. I follow a couple of Japanese accounts, but I selected these a bit randomly. I should explore more.

The killer feature is the method of authentication.

But to want it, you have to know a bit about public key cryptography. Not very much, nothing that can't be grasped by say a 12-year old. But it requires a bit of habituation and a change of mental focus for most people.

It's a bit like getting people to take up Pilates, or skateboarding, or vegetarianism, or even personal computing, in a world where these things haven't entered the mainstream.

There is no immediate market for it, but it's the sort of thing where a market could at any time emerge very rapidly.

Huh. I was under the impression that I got it to work with various filters without special setup, but I may have to investigate more closely.

Oh, I just started learning strfry for the purpose of using negentropy. Not sure if I'm following the discussion, but are we saying that strfry doesn't correctly process the filters that are sent in neg open? Does that mean that strfry doesn't correctly implement negentropy? Confused.

Same here. There are minimum holding periods before I can move crypto I have purchased to self-custody. It's not really a problem in principle with the small amounts I'm transacting in, but there are counterparty / clearing risks that would bug me with larger amounts. Also it's annoying that I can't just buy it and use it right away. I guess I should just make sure to always keep some at hand for everyday use. Just a matter of getting organized.

Yes, I had a terrible time trying to get ETH for testing. I actually don't have any especially good way of getting BTC either. Other people seem to have better channels for acquiring cryptocurrency. When they talk about it, I always sort of wonder where they are getting it from.

Yes

Habit (Larry Fessenden)