It turns out that people are better at most things than non-people.

Thanks, I appreciate the detailed reply!

Thanks for the heads up. This may still be the best option for me, but it is good to stay ahead of these things.

There is something in the quoted Masto thread that suggests realtime video is inherently insecure? I have to be honest that I didn’t really follow it.

The info from SimpleX reads as though they are using crypto donations rather than more traceable cash, which mostly makes sense to me. The NFT tech that they describe is not for trading purposes, but to anonymously verify payments. It would be used to connect an account to a payment through zero or minimal knowledge. I don’t really understand the tech, so please let me know if I even understand what they are suggesting.

This is just for family chat, so total black box security is not a priority.

Sure, here are a few.

Nine UNRWA staff members ‘may have been involved’ in October 7 attacks

Detailed findings on attacks carried out on and after 7 October 2023 in Israel

A U.N. inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza

‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence

UN Report: “sexual violence occurred during the 7 October attacks in multiple locations … including rape and gang rape”

I do like living in the USA. There is generally a reliability and safety that I haven’t seen in many other places. There are big problems for sure, and being married to an immigrant is worrying at times. We absolutely have backup plans but so far we have not seriously considered leaving.

There have already been several.

Yes, we are still trading on the same five acorns that were originally used as currency. /s

Yes, most of the wealth here is stolen, but the statement that wealth is zero-sum is absurdly inaccurate.

Somehow I feel like they will be fine when the bottom drops out and ordinary people will be the ones who pay.

Thanks I never heard about this one.

There are some issues with that, since someone else could access the phone number in the future. Using a number that you don’t have exclusive access to opens up a security problem when it comes to account recovery, etc.

This looks promising. I Like that it has group video as well. Thanks.

Thanks, I’m going to check this out. Seems pretty straightforward which is good for the family to use

Why are our memories so bad? There are still people alive who lost friends to polio.

I choose to believe that this was done deliberately by disgruntled FBI agents.

It was probably just incompetence, but let me believe what I want.

There’s absolutely a legal distinction between a drawing or other depiction versus a deepfake based on a person’s likeness.

[email protected] ?

That’s pretty interesting. I’ve done some genotyping before, and I’m guessing that they probably check a handful of distinctive genes, not the entire genome.

For example, if they checked 45 binary markers (e.g. positive or negative) that would get you into that ballpark (assuming that they are evenly distributed and not correlated). Of course, there are also markers that are not binary but can have many different variations other than positive and negative.

Awesome answer! Thanks.

What is that number based on and does it exclude mutations that would change the species or be biologically meaningless?