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any tips for a data scientist wanting to learn #rust?

i’m already pretty competent in R, Python and SQL - but, mostly in the context of wrangling data (have never really dabbled in a low level programming language)

#rustlang #programming #learn

haha - the full balaclava or ski mask won’t work for the australian winter i don’t think 🔥

i’d love to work to earn some xmr or sats - but, unsure what i have to offer as a data scientist 🥴 need to learn something that’s more freelance friendly probably 😅

what could a data scientist sell? 🤨

would love to earn!

love all these options - thanks for putting in the time 🙏🏼 lots of different things on this list that i didn’t know about

i’ve always been a bit sketch on atms for the same reason as listed in original post around p2p trades - feel like they’re a bit of a honeypot setup where the cam on the atm is 110% taking a photo of your face and storing it somewhere

i like the idea of selling something or earning something tho - supporting that circular economy

yep, feels like this will probably be my go-to method tbh - might just buy btc kyc 🥴 but, then swap out to xmr straight away - seems like a pretty well balanced option tbh

ahahah yes - this has been my exact thoughts every time i open robosats or bisq (etc) and look at the AUD offers - smells fishy

gift cards seemed like the only real decent option tbh - but, as much as it pains me, i’m leaning towards kyc and then just switching out to xmr instantly

yeah, i remember when local monero was a thing there were a lot more cash in mail options - which seemed reasonable

but, every p2p option with liquidity in australia seems to be “payid” or some sort of bank transfer which i’m pretty sure potentially has your first / last name - and, definitely the details of your bank account 🤨

as you mentioned, gift cards seem lower in liquidity - mining seems to really be the only foolproof option 😢

otherwise, as dumb as it sounds, if you assume that it’s always a fed that’s on the other side of the p2p trade; then you’re probably putting a bigger target going p2p than just going through an exchange (again, as terrible as that sounds)

as you say, p2p at bitcoin meetups could be good - but, even that carries the extra risk of wrench attack

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#austriches how do you purchase non-kyc btc or xmr using fiat without exposing your name and / or bank account?

in p2p trades you can never guarantee that your counterparty isn’t listing down your bank account details (and everything that they get sent) - and, i’d even make the argument that if that’s occurring, you’re probably getting labelled as “higher risk” by those doing the tracking - because you’re going through the effort to make a p2p non-kyc trade

what’s the best option(s) here?

#bitcoin #btc #bisq #monero #xmr #haveno-reto #no-kyc

when buying non-KYC sats the most prevalent payment methods seem to be direct fiat bank transfers … these are almost always associated with your identity … so, what’s to stop the person on the other side of the transaction just noting down the bank details upon receiving the fiat? i’d imagine some bank transfers would even show your actual name in the transfer details too 🤨

what’s the best FOSS note-taking software?

joplin seems like the best choice for me atm

the intention is to write-up tutorials that will include text, code and images (so normal markdown would probably work fine) - it would also be cool to be able to create like a coloured div that wraps around particularly important text (or summary text at the top, etc, to differentiate it from other normal, less important, text)

anyone have any good resources for learning Rust?

particularly for someone that comes from a more “procedural” or “notebook” programming background

i.e. R / tidyverse, SQL and Python, working from “top to bottom”, usually with a focus on manipulating data

i have some ideas already, but keen to get some other thoughts in the mix

what are the alternatives to whirlpool?

i’ve heard joinmarket seems to be the only real alternative - is this process trusted? how does it differ to whirlpool? what are the trade-offs that have been made?

huh?

anyone experimented that much with phoenix wallet’s “phoenixd” ?

could using that as a “backend” (web based) be a potential “workaround” for those impacting by app delisting ?

🤨

genuine question - why don’t / didn’t we have a decentralised whirlpool mixing service?

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/whirlpool-dencetralization-stage-1/

i thought there were numerous coordinators that existed 🤨 but, sounds like i was misinformed

genuine question - what’s wrong with storing an encrypted seed phrase in the cloud?

assuming that the key used to encrypt the file is strong (like 20+ characters, mix of character types, and never stored anywhere else)

is it just the risk of creating a weak key for encryption? or is it the fact that a Cloud provider has a wider attack surface (so you are more likely to be a target, even if it’s very difficult to crack your key)? or is it the chance that some encryption method could be compromised some time in the future? 🤔

i still haven’t opened any lightning channels on my own node because i don’t really feel like i have a good enough handle on the whole process

all i would really use my node for is buying non-kyc sats over lightning (and then maybe the occasional spend here and there as i find things worth spending some sats on)

i know i’ll need mostly inbound liquidity (because as i buy non-kyc sats they’ll need to be sent to me)

and then i’m pretty sure that as i draw down on that inbound liquidity, it’ll become outbound liquidity, and once it gets to a large enough amount (enough to justify the on-chain transaction) i can use a “loop-out” to get those lightning sats back on-chain (and then also “replenish” my inbound liquidity at the same time)

but, this is a whole lot of effort, and it feels like there’s a huge amount that could go wrong in the process 🤔

i haven’t even mentioned all the other factors like force closures, keeping proper backups, watchtowers, privacy, etc, etc

any suggestions?

a lot of people will be googling the word “libertarian” today

good news if some decide to give it more than a glance, but if not, then i expect a lot of “mah roads!!!” type of reactions