jeffhykin

I'm asking for existing tools/systems that let me programmatically say: "here is my public key, BUT if each of these 5 other public keys all send a signed message saying that my public key has been compromised, then you should mark my public key as compromised, and use the new one they provide". (This is not for a particular task, I'm just curious if any existing auth systems are capable of this)

I call the idea "guardian keys" because it could be friends' public keys or or just more-securely-stored less-frequently-used keys that you control.

NOTE: I know this would not work for data encryption. Encrypted data is simply gone if a key is lost. But, for proving an identity, like a login, there could be a system like this but I don't know of any

I don't think I've seen any solarpunk art (much less real world construction) with transparent wood, so I wanted to share

Not only is transparent wood real but apparently it has been around in labs for a bit. Take a look! (And let me know if this is old news for you)

Article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/

Wikipedia with video: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_wood_composite

Original paper publication: https://45-79-48-20.ip.linodeusercontent.com/s/trDsHKKWwsHsQZ5

• I make websites
• If someone is banned twice (two accounts) I want it to take them more than 5min and a VPN to make a 3rd account
• I'm okay with extreme solutions, like requiring everyone to have a Yubikey-or-similar physical key
• I really hate the trend of relying on a phone number or Google capcha as a not-a-bot detection. Both have tons of problems
• but spam (automated account creation) is a real problem

What kind of auth should I use for my websites?

Often we dig our own grave making people "defend" their opinion. Instead of winning them over, we push them to become more and more entrenched in their opinion as they build larger mental defenses against the challenges we present. So I want to hear from you:

How do you avoid putting people on the defensive? (Even though those people had a strong alternative opinion)

What was a time where the opposite happened; all the facts were there, but absolutely no one was convinced by the talk?

I feel like solarpunk has a lot of obvious-once-seen ideas and powerful "ahh-ha" moments. But if we can't convince others to take a glimpse from our perspective, not much benefit will come from it.

My friends and I did this a while ago and it was quite fun.

TLDR; do you know of any general purpose languages that can also compile a function to some representation of AND/OR gates (or NAND gates, or whatever)?

Edit: actually any algebra/formal-logical system is also fine (not just boolean algebra).

Yes, a A LOT of additional info is needed, like defining how input/output is defined, and I am interested in how those would be specified. I'm not interested in printing an actual circuit, just the boolean-logic level. And I'm mostly asking because I feel like most compilers can't generate a clean/mathematical representation from their AST. There's AST to IR, there's hard-coded optimizations on the IR, and then there's hard-coded mappings from the IR to assembly, but at no point (AFAIK) is the code turned into a algebraic/logical system where something like De Morgan's Law can be applied. And that seems really sad to me.

So you could say my real question is: what compilers have a strong logical/algebraic internal representation of their own AST?

Maybe something like Haskell or Prolog do this. The Wolfram Language almost certainly does but it's closed source.

I know, this isn't a keyboard post, but lets be real, if there's any communities that would know/care about programable foot pedals it would be this one.

I'm looking for a USB foot pedal, ideally something clicky-feeling, with decent-resistance, short travel distance. I only need 1 pedal but something with more than one is fine. I don't need anything premium; I'm just browsing amazon I can't really spot the difference between mushy garabage and decent-ish build quality.

Any recommendations?

(Non-USB recommendations are fine; hopefully this post will be useful to others considering a foot pedal)

I couldn't find a post in this community about cameras so I figured I'd make one. Requirements:

• No "sign up" required to record video
• Video is stored locally
• Video is in a non-propriatary format
• Can work offline

Optional/Discussion Points:

• Can wireless connectivity be hardware disabled
• Can auto-update be disabled
• Does the device try to "phone home" if it is connected to wifi
• Disk encryption would be nice but I doubt that'll be an option for anything other than self-hosted stuff

Does anyone know about Lorex (it seems more privacy centered)?

I'm highly technical, so feel free to mention self hosted raspberry pi soltuions as well.

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I would love if someone would write a parody of modern society. Something roughly like this narrative

Setting/Context:

• energy becomes a non-issue (fusion powered cars; extra loud systems)
• cars and highways get so big that people literally start driving their house to work
• ads about "wait in line at the drive through from the comfort of your own home"
• started with rich people getting drivable houses (not RV's or motorhomes; but driveable homes that are branded in a completely different way)
• normal daily commutes of 100miles since everything is so padded out with parking
• instead of owning land, some people just park in "overnight" areas with random neighbors (nobody knows their neighbors)
• speeds are being increased because of the 100 mile daily commute, but it's causing increased accidents (nuclear) which are downplayed; people start padding their portable houses with radiation protection
• Being too poor to afford a high speed portable home means you're effectively barred from registering to vote or perform daily tasks

Then:

• someone (protag) has an idea of just staying parked permanently at his job's parking lot (he works at a grocery store)
• His parking space is 1 mile from the front door of the grocery store so he "invents" the idea of mini-transportation
• He convinces a handful of people to stay parked next to him and stars relying on them for small services (doctor advice, plumbing work, etc)

But:

• the company won't allow any goods or services to be exchanged on their parking lot; those doctor services are illegal
• cooperations band together to mandate no-overnight parkin (or some other better antagonistic thing, this is where my lack of writing skills is apparent)

Eventually:

• (fight-club style expansion) there is a small movement of people planting their houses forming small communities on top of the massive parking lots
• they repurpose their fusion generators
• etc