Greed has negative consequences under a fiat system, but the incentive is actually quite good in bitcoin, since your hoard of cash decreed or increases in value, respectively.
Bitcoin does (or will) heal a lot of the other motives of greed, though, since you can't print it and thus can't fractionally lend it, but I won't say it solves avarice, since that's a human heart issue.
Integer math (in seconds).
I used the solar year × years since 1970 + spring equinox offset + moon phase on Jan 1 1970, less it's modulus by the lunar period, plus a lunar period (this acts like `ceil()` for larger-than-1 intervals). This is the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. Sometimes (*in 2038, especially), this result is too early, so we add a lunar period if this is less than 81 days since the new year. Then, modulus by week and add four days. This is Easter Sunday.
I have some other offsets in there, too, since it's defined by liturgical day, not midnight.
*funny that the built-in PHP function fails on exactly that year.
I just discovered the `easter_date()` PHP function 🤦♂️
How did it not come up in my searches?
It's not all for naught, though, because mine is accurate for the rest of the century, but `easter_date()` is not defined for years after 1937 on 32-bit machines.
Notice the singular? The fact I hadn't named it is because another civilization would create theirs, but the exact rules would be different. Maybe base 12 was the convention, their calendar worked better with 15 minute blocks, and they chose the geometric taper to be gradual rather than step functions (such as the block reward is a number minus the block height with some factors). Maybe it was needed a less urgently and got invented two generations after their internet. It's not Bitcoin, because that's ours.
Maybe I should have made PoW part of the specification of that last item.
For us, the digital ledger is Bitcoin, our main telecom solution is called the internet, and the best pre-digital money was gold.
Gold might be more universal because it is likely rare even on other planets, and it is distinguished from the other metals because of a unique color. Most metals are slivery, but maybe another has a unique hue due to different light sensors in eyes and a different spectrum illuminating it from their sun
Some human inventions are not strictly necessary from a philosophical perspective, but are nonetheless virtually inevitable as civilization grows and develops nearly as a law of nature.
Among these are:
- fire
- the wheel
- levers and simple machines
- money (abstracted trade)
- written language
- ledgers
- cryptography
- telecommunication
- digital records
- cryptographic digital ledger
That last one is somewhat hard to justify for the uninitiated, but once you know, it is hard to think of it as anything other than inevitable.
That's a lot of copper! Why so much? How? The copper cables going down must be included in that.
Modern circumcision is actually a medieval invention. Before, the glans would remain mostly or potentially covered, and medieval Jewish men could pull themselves to appear gentile. The technique of premature separation of the glans from the pupice was invented to make it irreversible so those Jews less than proud of their circumcision could no longer do so. As a consequence, multiple health conditions arise, including prevalent ED. Viagra might not need be a thing if not for brit milah.
Who films this shit and doesn't stop it?
https://video.nostr.build/5006f9c096e320526983eddfe479b6f2e588b8a48b6e6531cec9b802ee9e274a.mp4
Either a third sibling or a rasist.
Man... I have had such a difficult time with calculating the date for Easter, but I finally have a model that is correct for the rest of this century. It would have been easier to just copy-paste, true, but I just couldn't let it go until I solved it.
Let me know if you're interested in the code (it's in PHP, currently).
#askNostr #Catholic #PHP #Easter
I think it depends on the implementation of the new line in the *.md. Here's the fix:
`preg_split("/[\n\r]##\s/", $markdown)`
Let me check...
One could map the bits to the parameters of a FOSS parametric human 3D model, but to render in a lightweight way would be the real trick, I think.
An SVG cartoon might be a lot easier, especially because rendering would be handled by the client device.
I don't think we need a 256-bit face generator. Too many variables with too much resolution may make false-positive matches. Three faces that add up to greater than 128-bits should be sufficient.
Generating an image could be done by creating a standard svg with all individual elements as `
Sex (1)
Face shape (3) and color (3)
Eye shape (2) and color (3)
Hair shape (4) and color (3 or 2x3 for base/highlight)
Accessory type (3) and colors (2x3) // Like a hat, scarf, etc.
Shirt shape (3, vee/collar/sleeve) and colors (2x3)
Facial hair or earrings (depends on sex bit?) shape (3) and color (3) // Some more thinking needed to balance counts, etc.
Background pattern (3) and colors (2x3)
This adds up to 55 bits. I'm sure we could squeeze out some more bits by adding another bit of option here or there, probably in color. Probably able to get to 64-bit per face.
Limiting the colors and shapes will result in more discrete images, and spotting a match should prove easier. Too many possible colors will result in some colors looking too similar, like "is this chartreuse or lime?" It also allows for more art in the creation of the faces, IMHO.
I like that idea. Deterministic seeding to facial image 🤔 encoding a face shouldn't be too difficult.
So, you're saying a small PoW? Using the human brain for image recognition?
Tag each other in an image like on IG or FB. Selfie of the two signed by both, a cooperative event. Not good for anons, but they're not the target for the feature. People can still spoof it by tagging images not containing the person, but a self-regulating feature would also encourage "playing by the rules" but penalizing those who break them use WoT by purging spoofers from the WoT list to Balkanize it will make the WoT list stronger and more pure.
True, normies might not go to meetups, but normies know each other IRL and will want that to count for something. If nostr should become popular, we'll need to keep the normies interests in mind.