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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln OP 11 Jul \ parent \ on: Son's new passion - drawing flags Education
Hangeul is one of the easiest alphabets to learn.
It's ok, I don't need Cuba to show him what communism may lead to.
He stated the other day, the only country in the world he does not like is North Korea~~
I'm really at the lower end of the spectrum there, and the spectrum is quite vast.
But indeed, many wunderkinds.
One professor I had when I was still a student had this amazing ability that his 2 hands and his mouth were 3 completely different entities: he'd be wiping of the board with his left hand, writing equations down with his right hand while talking about a third equation with his mouth. Even though it was just special relativity, it was something that struck me, as I came from a different background before getting interested in actual physics.
Another time, I stumbled on some fellow students who were discussing how many games of blind chess they could play in parallel. They were arguing about the fact that a new rule had passed in the field of blind chess, limiting the number of games in parallel to something like 10 games. Otherwise, people had a tendency to overcharge their brain... I can barely play a game of normal chess.
The truly unique ones are the ones that are super smart and can communicate
But as an example of someone who satisfies this condition, one of my previous advisors definitely stands out. He's objectively on track to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in the next few years, yet he's so down-to-earth and easy to talk to. His ability to communicate the most obscure and complicated theories to the layman makes him one of a kind. Only yesterday, I was told about how his pristine and reliable reputation gives him superpowers: apparently, one time, referees were arguing months on end about whether to accept a paper for publication or not, but they were being petty and intellectually unable to grasp the genius of the content in the paper. Tired of what was happening, he picked up the phone, called the editor of the journal, and said: "this paper is a good paper, you should accept it for publication". The editor abided, right away. They knew he would not say that and tarnish his credibility if it weren't true.
Yeah that was my next best choice for my most recent post.
Maybe we're not yet at the point where we should make too many territories...
A simple fix would be to rename it to ~education_and_parenting or something like that.
Hmmm
I'm thinking of starting a ~parenting territory. Would this be of interest to anyone? I always struggle to find the right territory for parenting-related topics...
How does client-side validation work?
I vaguely remember that one critique was that true consensus is impossible because there is no global state. One asset can be sold to two other participants, and they won't know it is a double-spend unless they talk to each other.
But later, I read somewhere you said you solved this.
Do you know what I am referring to? If so, can you elaborate a bit?
Consensus in client-side validated systems (RGB belongs to them) is kind of ossified from the day one when you start using in production
Why is that? Is it a technical reason?
No, every account is in one's personal name. I can request a second card and let my wife use it, but it still in my name. And vice-versa.
Funny thing, majority of couples in Korea operate this way:
Korea is still a very patriarchal society; husbands make the money and then send all their income to their wives. The wives manage the household money and send a small allowance of a couple of hundred dollars to their husbands for personal spending.
Gotta make sure he does not have too much money to spend at the room salons~~ (this one is tongue-in-cheek, the allowance part is real)
Many, in my job. Some theoretical physicists are really out of this world. It's surreal.
I feel like an idiot more often than not, when talking to them.
I'm good at communicating, but not so smart.
The truly unique ones are the ones that are super smart and can communicate. I've only met a few, and these are truly a joy to interact with.
I'll come back to this if i remember some anecdotes later in the day.
Scihub has gone this way for scientific articles. They have a side platform where people can request papers, pay for it, and uploaders of said papers get paid for it.
Only thing is... They went the shitcoin way. You need to buy some token on Solana.
A pity after they basically survived in early years thanks to Bitcoin donations.
(I know plan B claims to have done this)
The guy from the "let me do some polynomial (?) fitting to match historical data and adjust it as it keeps getting invalidated with new data"-S2F model?
I would not trust any of his claims~~
Many OGs have shown themselves to be as much driven by fiat profits as many late-coming NGU people. The cypherpunk community is fringe and likely always will be. Even someone like Adam Back, with amazing contributions to the movement pre-Satoshi, has shown his true self.
Lots of smart people, lots of idiots, too. Not more, not less than anywhere else in society.
No, Bitcoiners are not smarter than the average person (#1015955).
And who knows, Satoshi himself might have offloaded his coins to BlackRock for a few paper IOUs if he were still around.
Slay your heroes~~
Interesting... not the kind of science I am versed in... lots of faith-based examples and anecdotes.
Years ago, when my daughter was just two, I hired a babysitter who checked all the boxes. She was attentive and responsible, and she seemed to genuinely care for my child. And yet…something felt off. I couldn’t explain it. We barely communicated beyond work-related tasks, and being around her felt uncomfortable in ways I couldn’t put into words.
So, I let her go a month later—still unsure why.
Weeks after, I began finding tiny sewing needles in unusual places: by the front door, in the corners of my bedroom. At first, I dismissed it. But then a friend from my culture pointed something out: in some traditions, placing sharp objects like needles in hidden spaces is part of magic rituals meant to harm or manipulate a household. Whether one believes in this or not, it shook me. My body knew something was wrong—before my mind could catch up.
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During my first pregnancy, for example, I was walking in the park with my ex-husband, feeling healthy and joyful. Out of nowhere, I said, “If I die, name her Aru. If it’s a boy, name him Zhan.” There was no discussion, no logic behind it. The names just arrived. From where? I can’t say. But I believe they came from a place beyond intellect—something that connects us to deeper wisdom.
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In 2017, I was told by doctors that I had a life-threatening condition. Later, it turned out to be a mistake, but in that moment, I couldn't eat or sleep and felt ungrounded.
That night, I came home, sat on the floor, and started to pray. I turned off all noise and searched for how to meditate. I began with 60 minutes a day. I didn’t know what I was doing, but something inside me said: go deeper. And then, literally—I saw a card on my desk that said exactly that: go deeper.
It does link to a published paper, but didn't read it: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.4829
I did not like the infinite scroll too much when checking out coins. PTSD from all the social media platforms. It's probably not infinite, but that's what it felt like until I closed the window.