Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/is-rsv-another-virus-from-a-lab

It's better for everyone if you run my full-rbf branch, as that makes for a stronger, decentralized, set of interconnected full-rbf peers. But if you just want to use the new 'mempoolfullrbf=1' option in the upcoming v24.0 release, that's ok too.

If you want to run full-rbf, and don't have any full-rbf peers, you can connect to these nodes:

full-rbf1.tbtc.petertodd.net
full-rbf2.tbtc.petertodd.net
full-rbf3.tbtc.petertodd.net
full-rbf4.tbtc.petertodd.net

...and for testnet:

full-rbf1.tbtc.petertodd.net
full-rbf2.tbtc.petertodd.net
full-rbf3.tbtc.petertodd.net
full-rbf4.tbtc.petertodd.net

I've also made a branch of Bitcoin Core v24.0 with preferential peering, to auto-connect to full-rbf peers:

https://github.com/petertodd/bitcoin/tree/full-rbf-v24.0

One reason why you should set 'mempoolfullrbf=1' on your nodes, and especially, mining nodes: insane people like Craig Wright would love to find excuses to sue miners for mining double spends.

Better to set the standard now: unconfirmed means unconfirmed.

TFW when you block and report someone for spamming every repo with identical code of conduct requests. 😂

Finally got around to fixing my Mastodon node. 😂

Seems like an interesting time for mastodon!

OH: "Canary Cannery"

Geothermal's Path to Relevance: Better Heat Transfer and Heat Engines
https://austinvernon.site/blog/geothermalnextsteps.html

“The fracking revolution has driven a massive shift in the industry away from scientists like geologists and toward practitioners that are often engineers. … Partly this is because there is no need to "discover" shale formations since they have been known to the industry for 100+ years. And partly because the engineering-based learning model has thumped the scientist model recently.”

Interesting.

https://youtu.be/PvGEuJEAxeY

The hydraulic jump!

Neat! Someone put the entire "What Is A Woman" documentary on lightning.video: https://lightning.video/ee65bf6230290aa4ac03c38a0a8cb0f83dfb427b90c10c59b70c0950093d5cc1

I would actually like a legit way to pay for a download of this movie. With Lightning of course.

Texas Wind Power Is Failing Right When the State Needs It Most
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-wind-power-failing-state-162709325.html

“A scorching heat wave is pushing the Texas grid to the brink. Power demand is surging as people crank up air conditioners. But meanwhile, wind speeds have fallen to extremely low levels, and that means the state’s fleet of turbines is at just 8% of their potential output.”

Over reliance on unreliable renewables will literally kill people.

The best solution to the compiler bootstrapping problem when writing a new language is time travel.

"Surprisingly, Tail Emission Is Not Inflationary"
https://petertodd.org/2022/surprisingly-tail-emission-is-not-inflationary

tl;dr: Due to lost coins, a tail emission/fixed reward actually results in a stable money supply. Not an inflationary supply.

"Fuck beaches.

They're just mountains well past their prime."

Association between School Mask Mandates and SARS-CoV-2 Student Infections: Evidence from a Natural Experiment of Neighboring K-12 Districts in North Dakota | Research Square
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1773983/v1

“Our findings contribute to a growing body of literature which suggests school-based mask mandates have limited to no impact on the case rates of COVID-19 among K-12 students.”

"Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris"
https://youtu.be/hWTFG3J1CP8