If you do not reuse your password and your password is not a derivative of other passwords you use on other sites, you should not need to change your password unless it becomes compromised. I would recommend using a password manager to generate and secure your passwords.

If you change your password, you are risking that you forget or otherwise lose access to your password.

Changing your password, AND using unique passwords, AND not using a password manager means that you will generally use less complex passwords, which will make your accounts more vulnerable to hacking attempts.

The defense should have objected to this answer. The same is true for any conclusions Dr. Tobin made. I expect Chauvin to mount a defense that includes their own expert witnesses.

I would not do this. My advice is to move your bitcoin to an exchange (if you intend on selling them), or a new wallet (if you plan on holding them), then to download the wallet software on a fresh device for each fork you are claiming.

I would add a situation to your list. If your channel at one point had inbound capacity, and you currently have zero, or very little inbound capacity. The cost of a peer to attempt to get an old channel state confirmed is zero. In some cases, the cost to broadcast the "penalty" transaction may be higher than the amount being stolen from your channel, if transaction fees are persistently high.

You could also set up watchtowers that are controlled by you but are separate from your LN node.

This is a very major point. The video that went viral last summer appeared to show Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck the entire time. I think it is a scandal that photos of Chauvin's knee on Floyd's shoulder and/or back are just coming out now. The defense should make a point to determine just how long Chauvin's knee was on Floyd's neck.

Chauvin is charged with three crimes, 2nd-degree unintentional murder, 3rd-degree murder, and 2nd-degree manslaughter.

The 2nd-degree murder statute says in essence that Chauvin was committing a felony, did something that killed Floyd involving force or violence, and did not intend to kill Floyd. IMO, this is a stretch, even in the most favorable light for the prosecution and the prosecution will have to prove both that Chauvin's actions caused Floyd's death, and that Chauvin committed a second felony while doing so.

The 3rd-degree murder statute says that Chauvin did something dangerous without considering Floyd's life that killed Floyd. I would say there might be probable cause for this charge. The knee on Floyd's neck is reasonably dangerous, but the legality of this would be a point of contention. Also, if Chauvin's actions actually killed Floyd is another point of contention.

The 2nd-degree manslaughter statute says that Chauvin was neglect in creating an unreasonable risk to Floyd's life and took the chance of causing Floyd's death and that Chauvin caused Floyd's death. This is a very similar standard to the 3rd-degree murder charge, and the Jury will likely return the same verdict on both counts.

If someone sells a "NFT" of say, the Monalisa, under what authority is the painting sold digitally? What would stop a random person, who has no connection to ownership of the actual Monalisa from selling this NFT? If there is already a NFT of an image in existence, what would stop someone from changing a small number of pixels of said image, and selling a NFT of said image?

There is also the issue of GANs. Someone could potentially create a GAN whose generator network creates images of art. Once the GAN is created, it would be trivial to create a near unlimited supply of NFTs.

Last summer, millions of Americans were receiving more in unemployment than they were receiving while working and didn't have to pay for expenses related to work such as gas for commuting, dry cleaning, or eating out to lunch. Americans have also received thousands of "stimulus" dollars, while many traditional forms of entertainment are closed. I think the crazy prices of NFTs are largely a result of this excess money given to Americans.

Fauci has stated that he did not change his position on topics because he had additional information. He has stated he changed positions because he had previously known his position was incorrect at the time, but publically said things contrary to his beliefs for reasons relation to social control.

I didn't watch the trial live or otherwise, and I was not able to find any article talking about the ambulance driving away for 3 blocks. The articles I read say that the initial call was a "code 2" which means the ambulance did not use lights/sirens (it wasn't an "emergency"), but was later upgraded to a "code 3" which means lights/sirens were used (it was an "emergency").

Chauvin has long ago lost in the court of public opinion, and regardless of the outcome of the trial, will never work again. The same is probably true for his (ex)wife and his (ex)wife's kids. What the public thinks does not matter in a court of law. Ultimately if Chauvin was following procedures, he should be found not guilty under the eyes of the law.

Again, this really comes down to procedures. A Lutentiant for the PD is not going to have the medical expertise to know that putting a knee on a suspect's neck is "too much" or that it "can kill", and this should not have been allowed by the judge. The fact that this was allowed into testimony is probably grounds for a successful appeal by Chauvin for either ineffective counsel, or the judge allowing prejudiced testimony from an unqualified witness.

Even if the use of force was "too much", it boils down to if the excessive use of force was a contributing factor in Floyd's death.

This is speculation. What ultimately matters is the economic supermajority.


I previously discussed this possibility. If a BIP is not receiving support from the miners, the community could consider implementing a USAF, while taking into consideration the amount of support the miners gave. As I mentioned before, there is a difference between a small minority of miners supporting a BIP and a miner basically using veto power to oppose a BIP. The community should also consider alternatives to a USAF, such as lowering the activation threshold or modifying the BIP in a way that makes the miners more comfortable.

As I previously stated, the miners are the only entity that cannot fake their level of support. It is trivial to run an arbitrary number of fakes nodes, it is trivial to create an arbitrary number of online personas, and it is trivial to send many transactions to yourself to make it appear your business has a lot of economic activity, when your business does not have any customers.

Any gambler who "regularly" wins at a casino is cheating. Period.

All casino games are set up in a way, such that, over the long run, the gambler will lose. This has nothing to do with being "disciplined", it has to do with the fact that slot machines are designed to payout less than $1 for every $1 gambled over the long run.

This is good advice. Use a fire safe that has a fire rating that you are comfortable with. If for whatever reason you need to create a new seed, you can simply open your safe and store your backup in your safe, as opposed to having to procure additional whatever type of metal you are using.

More important than "discipline" in trading, is the importance of using data-driven decisions when making or exiting a trade, rather than using one's intuition. You should use a model or indicator that says to buy or sell, rather than "I believe in x coin" or "I think x coin will go up/down"

Phoenix has a well-connected node. They are basically forcing you to route your LN transactions through their nodes, so they receive the routing fees, and are also receiving the portion of the transaction fee that is a % of the transaction amount. Since all transactions must go through their channels, they control the fees that are paid both by you and by anyone who sends a payment to you.

If the procedure is to give priority to other threats, the defense argument would be that Chauvin was following procedures, and I think that is a pretty strong argument.

Also, on the day 2 video you posted, several minutes after the 6(hour):49(minute) part you mentioned, the EMT (who was off duty at the time) talked about "tunnel vision", which is something I think would favor the defense regarding why chest compressions had not started by Chauvin.


This supports the defense argument that Floyd died from a drug OD.

This is not a novel concept. This is basically what google authenticator does, except it uses the current time instead of a random message, and generates a numerical code instead of a signature.

I also believe what you are calling for was specifically implemented in one or more of the darknet market sites that eventually got taken down, at least IIRC.

I don't think this is right. Satoshi's NFTs are not listed for sale. Unless buying a random NFT will allow you to get a NFT not listed for sale?

It also doesn't look like satoshi actually has any NFTs. This is surprising considering how much coin he mined in bitcoin's early days.

When you enter your password before you click "login", the password is stored in RAM locally. The only potential security implication is someone may see the text on the screen, but users will be aware of this before clicking a button to display the typed password.

It is generally best to use some kind of password manager to avoid reusing passwords and to easily save and keep track fo each of your passwords.

In this scenario, it is very obvious that coin Z is from a mixer, and analysis can be done accordingly. It is also obvious that Alice's two deposits are going into the mixer.

The delaying of starting CJ transactions does nothing because there is a pattern of going directly from the deposit address into CJ transactions, and it would be obvious that both deposit address A and deposit address B received coin that went into the mixer on the same day.

Most mixers have known addresses and clusters to blockchain analysts, but someone studying a mixer may not know about all of the addresses belonging to a mixing service.

I am not sure if anything about the aftermath of Floyd's death will be allowed, but if so, the jurors will likely change their minds.

There might be alternates that are not part of the jury, but sit with the jury, and hears all the testimony and arguments. In the event that one of the jurors is dismissed, the alternate will take their place. If more jurors than alternates get dismissed, there will likely be a mistrial. I think if anyone were to contact any of the jurors, a mistrial would probably be declared.

You could say the same thing about an aquittial. If there is a hung jury, the prosecution would try again.

Will they leave out the part about Floyd saying he can't breathe before he was on the ground? The same plea he was making while he was on the ground? Will they leave out the part about that Floyd had lethal amounts of illegal drugs in his system when he died? Will they leave out the part about how the medical examiner said that if he had not seen the video of Floyd dying, he would have thought Floyd died from a drug OD?

This should have been objected to by the defense counsel, and not allowed to be entered into the record by the judge. If the defense counsel did not object, there may be a case for ineffective counsel if he is found guilty.

I think the jurors will feel compelled to bring a guilty verdict, even if the prosecution doesn't present any evidence. Some probably fear for their family's safety. I don't doubt that left-wing media outlets have already doxed some of the jurors, and may have contacted them/their family for comment.

I would expect nationwide riots with a not-guilty verdict.