Are you fully fluent in Japanese now? Or are you still putting things together?
I learned French in school, and then later I spent a summer in Quebec where my fluency was cemented. It helped me pick up Spanish because they're structurally very similar, and both based on Latin. I'm not yet fluent in Spanish, but I live in an area with a very large Mexican population, so I get the opportunity to practice and use it pretty regularly. I could probably be fluent in 6mo if I focused on it, but I'm lazy so I just pick up bits and pieces as I go. I anticipate general fluency in the the next 2 years. If I hadn't learned French, I don't think I'd be anywhere near as far along as I am.
My first poem was called, "That Dirty Old Bathroom at Wendy's", and it was selected for reading at my high school's poetry recital. I read it after another kid who wrote a poem about his father who died in combat who he never got to know. The contrast was amazing. The audience was all somber and weeping after his poem, and then I got up and announced the title of my poem without flinching. It definitely lightened the mood.
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Your assumptions that Android people are basically these arrogant trolls who spend all day ridiculing Apple people and trying to get them to switch, while Apple people are cherubic saints who just sit quietly in the corner doing wondrous things with their Apple devices. I reject that perspective, and find it to be objectively wrong. Apple people can be just as arrogant and obnoxious in their tribal celebration of their devices and themselves for choosing those devices. You have no problem seeing the faults in one while being unable to see equivalent arrogance and obnoxiousness in the other. And I disagree with that.
I wouldn't know. I've never forgotten anything. Or at least I don't think I have. I wouldn't know if I had, so at all times I believe I have a phenomenal memory.
Well, I think you're wrong in your founding assumptions, but that's OK. I'm just happy to be here!
Aren't you shouting at them for their ignorance now? I think what you missing is that Apple people express their arrogant tribalism in a different way as Android people. It's a different culture, and a different way of expressing idiotic contempt. You seem to be honing in on one while giving the other a pass, which itself is an example of hypocrisy.
There's plenty of dumb tribalism from Apple users, as well. You're sorta playing in to your own stereotype by pretending that this is a uniquely Android phenomenon.
Most people think I'm a jerk. 🤣
It certainly could be. The problem with all-inclusive metrics like this is that you can't account for any particular type of transaction, or how a particular type of transaction in the aggregate could impact the whole, and thus the perception based on the whole. It means metrics like this aren't actually useful even if they act as ammunition for making a particular point.
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Is it? The term "a lot" is totally subjective and relative. I would say 43k transactions per day in the broader context, especially considering that it's the entire blockchain, is not a lot. Monero definitely has a committed user base, but I just don't see it going anywhere.
It's a competent vessel for executing transactions, but there are virtually no places you can use it. I think most Monero transactions are between leet Monero aficionados. And it's popular on the dark web marketplaces. I don't really see any value in accumulating XMR. If you're buying something with Monero, just convert some bitcoin to the amount you need. Otherwise, I don't see a lot of value in the currency.
I'm not going to justify myself to you. I'll gladly put my resume and professional experience up against yours any day of the week. I don't even understand why you've become this hostile douchebag. We were having a friendly conversation about different options, and like someone who just started reading about security last week, you turned defensive for no reason and started pretending that you know what you're talking about. I'm just not going to talk to you anymore, and I invite you to do the same. But word of advice, you might wanna lose that attitude. It gets you nowhere, and the people who actually do this shit for a living can see right through the act.
You're not the only one with knowledge about security. I've been a professional network engineer since 1996. I currently spend at least 3 days a week working in a datacenter. So, I'm not just making things up to hear myself speak.
Running your own hardware isn't inherently more secure than using a competent, redundant, production network. It's very easy to screw things up if you don't understand exactly what you're doing. For 90%+ of the population, using a hosted cloud or installing your own hardware at a datacenter to host your own vaults and related server applications is the better option. Most people want a secure environment that works, not a part time job as a sys admin. If it's a hobby thing that you're doing to educate yourself, do your own hardware. But if you've $100k+ I'm bitcoin and the protection of those funds is your primary goal, then leave the engineering and administration to those who do it for a living.