I asked Grok about "original meaning of the word freedom"

Answer

"The word "freedom" has its roots in Old English, Germanic, and Indo-European languages, and its original meanings have evolved over time but generally revolve around the concept of not being under the control or power of another. Here's a breakdown:

Old English: The term "freedom" comes from the Old English word "frēodōm," which is derived from "frēo" (free) and "-dōm" (state or condition of being). In this context, "frēodōm" meant the state of being free, particularly from slavery or oppression.

Proto-Germanic: Before Old English, the word can be traced back to Proto-Germanic "*frijaz," which meant "beloved" or "free," suggesting a connection between being loved or valued and being free.

Indo-European: Further back, the Proto-Indo-European root "*priyos" might have meant "dear, beloved," indicating an early association of freedom with being cherished or not enslaved.

Historically, the concept of freedom has often been tied to:

Personal Liberty: The ability to act or change without constraint.

Political Freedom: The right to participate in the political process, have a say in governance, or live in a state without oppressive rule.

Economic Freedom: The freedom to produce, trade, and consume without undue restrictions.

Freedom from Slavery or Serfdom: Not being owned or bound to serve another individual or entity.

The original essence of "freedom" thus encapsulates the idea of autonomy, self-determination, and the absence of subjugation, reflecting both personal and societal dimensions. Over centuries, this concept has expanded and deepened, influencing legal, philosophical, and political thought across cultures."

Today, for many freedom means "access to resources."

They don't care that scarce resources cost something, they just need them and feel they aren't "free" if they don't get them.

And when someone else must pay the cost, typically as taxes, then person A's "freedom" equals person B's "enslavement," rendering the word freedom completely without meaning.

Wow that sounds amazing! So it's like the hardware version of KeePass?

A yubikey can only store one password, so you can't use it to log into accounts that take passwords, enter passwords to decrypt files and so forth. It does second factor auth, FIDO2 auth and things of that nature.

#Signet does store passwords (and other secrets like seed phrases, answers to security questions, and so forth).

The current firmware doesn't have the ability to sign nostr notes, but that could be added. Plus, it's open source so you don't need my permission to patch that feature in. 🙂

#Signet is an open source project, so we don't have a well funded marketing department. We have me, posting notes on nostr, trying to spread the good word that there are non-corporate, non-centralized, hardware based solutions to password management. ✊

Just got back from running errands. All electronic payment rails were down, everywhere, all over Germany.

Nur Bares ist wahres.

OUR GRANDFATHERS FLEW PRIMITIVE PLANES INTO WAR BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BALLS TO DELETE YOUR X ACCOUNT.

Some relays are only ws://local, for instance.

What about StratumV2? Strictly speaking node operators run their nodes at a loss, but they still do it.

RaspiBlitz + StratumV2 + Bitaxe = price the big guys out of the market

#memes #funny

Demographic ponzi 😂

So... Telegrostr?

RN isn’t just an overlay network. It is a network. With encryption and route finding, plus multiple interface types like radio, Lora, and tcp,

Nostr relies on the domain name system for relays currently. A major issue potentially in hostile environments.

RN and tor perhaps are more similar, but adding access to relays over RN is intriguing.

Tell me you run your own node,

without telling me you run a node