<assholeorangecat:matrix.org> the internet is dead add an ai trained on monero to the website that answers any questions user have

<ravfx:xmr.mx> My local clanker can answer all monero questions. Internet is deprecated. Now we need Monero on Lora+.. Or maybe a Monero constellation.

<eddie:oblak.be> This girl recently asked my why I am not on the internet. Because I told her I don't use instagram. 😅

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Yeah, Internet is dead

<eddie:oblak.be> I'm not that overly pessimistic, but we could use some positive vibes

<eddie:oblak.be> that feeling back when let's all shoot at VISA with our LOIC, good times 😂

<eddie:oblak.be> these days everything seems so serious

<chainlinkbot:matrix.org> For how long

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Reddit just closed for EU!

<eddie:oblak.be> Why?

<ravfx:xmr.mx> (by that, I mean... Papers please)

<eddie:oblak.be> link?

<ravfx:xmr.mx> try to find it back, my brain was not finished booting when I read that

<eddie:oblak.be> There is some new law going into effect today

<eddie:oblak.be> But nobody cares because it's world cup

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Yeah, the US is now scamming afaik. With the save the kidz act or something (while at the same time protecting the people involved in you know what)

<ravfx:xmr.mx> @eddie:oblak.be: support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/art…pean-Union-Digital-Services-Act-DSA

<ravfx:xmr.mx> reply to wrong oups, that's a link (different one from what I read but it's actually from the source)

<ravfx:xmr.mx> "Verification options: You can confirm your age via your Apple account (iOS) or through our partner, Persona (Selfie or ID). Reddit does not see or store your sensitive documents."

<eddie:oblak.be> But their partner sees it, whichever is worse

<eddie:oblak.be> Persona doesn't share your sensitive documents unless they get a court order or need to report to credit bureaus. Thanks a lot.

<ravfx:xmr.mx> It's the one that got leaked in the Pisscord Australia case right

<eddie:oblak.be> I do'nt know

<eddie:oblak.be> But they also seem to provide services to openai, twilio, coursera, linkedin, ... so basically a company like that has a gigantic target on its back

<assholeorangecat:matrix.org> > <@ravfx:xmr.mx> Yeah, the US is now scamming afaik. With the save the kidz act or something (while at the same time protecting the people involved in you know what)

<assholeorangecat:matrix.org> don't pretend like you care if you really care you DM me I give you monero you sell me a gun so I can kill my rapist but this message will get me banned because ya'll are hypocrites. Pedos can buy cp with monero but I'm not allowed to buy a gun to kill them.

<eddie:oblak.be> I sure you can buy a gun with monero, just not from me.

<ravfx:xmr.mx> They began to scam everywhere, at least we got the local clankers but we kind of need some kind of decentralized mesh network asap (and unfortunately the normies just comply and don't help)

<eddie:oblak.be> Actually today is the deadline for cryptocurrency businesses to obtain a valid CASP (crypto asset service provider) license under Mica ...

<eddie:oblak.be> Alledgedly more than 80% of businesses didn't comply (cryptonews.com/news/mica-july-1-dea…line-eu-crypto-platforms-unlicensed)

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Yeah, I did read that actually

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Euroscam going into effect

<eddie:oblak.be> I don't understand what reddit has to do with that

<ravfx:xmr.mx> I think Binance finally complied at last minute

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Non, reddit just do the normal AGE verification scam

<ravfx:xmr.mx> but do whole EU because it's comming anyway

<ravfx:xmr.mx> why limit it to UK only when you can do whole EU in one go and save tokens

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> Yeah we've been getting these emails about how they "think" you are a teen then you will be required to submit ID. What the hell is going on with this trash.

<eddie:oblak.be> you've been watching to much winnie the pood apparently

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> We are not complying with CASP or any of them.

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> @eddie:oblak.be: Yeah the arbitrary metrics they must be getting from that and the crypto news articles have made us targets somehow beyond the instant exchange stuff we're doing. How people tolerate this is mind boggling.

<eddie:oblak.be> It is

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> We calculate that since no one is revolting any more they are just doing what they want since the only dissent is usually in places they control and can censor, aka reddit, social media, all provided by "them".

<eddie:oblak.be> There's an example that I like to use, from covid times

<eddie:oblak.be> Back then our government installed a curfew. Which was unconstitutional.

<eddie:oblak.be> There were literally 200 signatures or so to protest this

<eddie:oblak.be> In the same week 90.000 people votes on which influencer could get his own attraction in a theme park

<eddie:oblak.be> that's the level of engagement of people

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> We created our service as a fuck you to the bitcoin analytics "companies" (more like cia/nsa fronts) to get people to monero faster and easier because the privacy anyone thought they had is completely gone. Yet they're ok with it!! 🤦

<eddie:oblak.be> the opponents can all complain and say they don't like xyz. But usually it never goes beyond tough talk in the local bar. When someone asks them to revolt suddenly they all have a job and a reputation to protect

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> Signatures, petitions, even protests have all become shows of nothing. How said is it that you can get arrested for protesting "without a permit" in the so-called land of the free.

<eddie:oblak.be> @instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org: totally agree

<eddie:oblak.be> what happened in the UK is even more extreme

<eddie:oblak.be> damaging some corporate property is now deemed "an act of terrorism"

<eddie:oblak.be> 20 years in prison

<eddie:oblak.be> that's simply stiffling dissent..

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> Yeah the so-called "tough guys" in a bar are usually only "tough" against non-threats, they never do anything "tough" against real problems.

<portbuster:matrix.org> hello everyone, as i know all of you are privacy advocates and enthusiasts, i'd like to share a project i worked on, a decentralized secure file drive, i recently got into decentralized protocol that focus on building apps on top of it, obviously monero is part of the ecosystem of true defi, so i thought y'all would like a project like this: github.com/portbuster1337/zerodrive

<portbuster:matrix.org> srry for the off-topic as well i know yall were having a discus

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> @eddie:oblak.be: Yeah we know someone actually who tried to make a banksy type art protest in London and got nicked.. still sitting in jail right now.

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> Ironically enough it was the XMR logo on the front entrance to a bank...

<eddie:oblak.be> So how can you get jail time for that

<eddie:oblak.be> insane

<eddie:oblak.be> @portbuster:matrix.org: Have you seen tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs

<instantexchangedoti2p:matrix.org> Yeah his wife/girlfriend has emailed us regularly about it. She thinks people will "rise up" to help him. We have tried to console her but, we all know how this stuff ends.

<eddie:oblak.be> brutal

<portbuster:matrix.org> @eddie:oblak.be: this? github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs

<eddie:oblak.be> yes

<eddie:oblak.be> your project reminds me of it

<portbuster:matrix.org> @eddie:oblak.be: looking, looks like a full implementation including node, my project arch is similar, the difference is that the nodes that are used are Nostr nodes for the manifests and Iroh nodes for the files, in which they are both stored encrypted using a derived key from a mnemonic seed

<portbuster:matrix.org> so it works out of the gate, no need to install a node, unless you want your own custom Nostr node, then you can specify it as a flag

<portbuster:matrix.org> Nostr is what apps like mastodon and bluesky use btw

<eddie:oblak.be> what?

<eddie:oblak.be> afaik mastodon uses activitypub and bluesky uses AT protocol or smth

<portbuster:matrix.org> fuck me you're right, i got confused

<portbuster:matrix.org> i was thinking of primal

<gan:skhron.org> Mastodon is indeed a front-end for AP (plus it de facto created pretty much a standard [MastoAPI] for C2S, since AP's C2S is shit) , and indeed, Bluesky/Blacksky use ATP

<portbuster:matrix.org> anyways this is the arch > <@portbuster:matrix.org> looking, looks like a full implementation including node, my project arch is similar, the difference is that the nodes that are used are Nostr nodes for the manifests and Iroh nodes for the files, in which they are both stored encrypted using a derived key from a mnemonic seed