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I found IOTA and joined this subreddit around Nov 2017. Since then I have been slowly learning about IOTA. I am a student majoring in Computer Science, and although college has not been going very well so far. I spend a lot of my free-time learning about technologies that interest me. I have been teaching myself to program for the past 9 years or so, and over the past year have been studying blockchain and distributed ledgers extensively. The book Mastering Bitcoin, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos Is a good resource I used to first get a good understanding of how blockchain technology works. It goes into as much detail as a programmer might want, but also explains most concepts in a relatively simple manner first before going into more detail about them, allowing most anyone with a slightly tech oriented background to get something from the book.

IOTA is one of my personal interests because it's team is aiming to create something bigger than most others are, the scope of what IOTA could become is huge, and the technology is cutting edge new.

I personally seek to have such a detailed understanding of the technologies I am interested in because I desire to one day help change the world through the contribution of my own innovations.

I am currently trying to teach myself to program with IOTA. My current goal is to build a program that uses MAM to control smart devices in a home. Being alone however, progress in my learning can be slower than if I was collaborating with others, and motivation to put as much time as I would like to in can be difficult. I am currently considering dropping school to pursue working the the crypto-space as a developer. I understand a lot of programs for training new developers are coming and and I hope to be a part of one of those, and then work my way up from there.

I am currently trying to build connections in the crypto space with anyone I can. Working on IOTA software with other developers would currently be the dream for me. Though I imagine if I partake in a training program, it wouldn't be for IOTA specifically. I will continue to try and learn to develop for IOTA in my freetime regardless, as I really believe in this technology's potential.

>If I expend energy carrying a rock down a mountain does my labor give it value?

I would like individual losses to be socialized to encourage a culture of innovation. Money should always pay your material cost but the maslow's head decides what have value, scredules objectives and propose improvements.

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>forces of supply and demand inform the market of what goods and services are desired by the economy and how much profit there is to be made in goods and services

Free marketing gold rule I guess. "Please dont bail out banks". Aka Privatizing Profits And Socializing Losses of big ones.

"Development Strategy in Historical Perspective" say:

>(...) His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.

My IOTA themed T-shirts on amazon.com

 

I'll probably be down voted for this so apologies in advance (and I get it if you do (thumbs-up)).

 

I've made a couple of IOTA themed T-shirts which are available for purchase on Amazon. I particularly like this one IOTA - THE BACKBONE OF IOT IS HERE.

 


I'm very excited about cryptocurrency, blockchain and particularly IOTA and the Tangle tech. I wish I had the skills to get proper involved besides from just spreading the word and knowledge.

 

If this doesn't get buried and I actually make a sale from this I'll invest the proceeds in IOTA (I'm not doing this for a living).

 

If you have a wish for an IOTA themed t-shirt you'd like, I'll try to make one and get it online on Amazon. Depending on design complexity it may take a couple of days (feel free to PM me!).

 

(I did ask and get approval from mods).

Are there any subprojects that are developing a node android APK for use on android devices with suitable hardware specs?

I'm not a developer but would like to run a node on a device like this perhaps (with ram upgraded to 8GB):

https://www.amazon.com/Pendoo-X10-PRO-Quad-Core-Bluetooth/dp/B07WF7WBNP

A Google play app or sideload APK would make for an easy way for non-devs to run nodes and support the tangle expansion.

I asked about this a while back, but other than a few comments that it would cool to have there was not any suggestions.

Anyways, checking back...

All the password does with a wallet is encrypt the stored bitcoin key. If you are not using one, the key is just a text file with a long random password and nothing more. Anything that can read files on your computer can copy it and bye, bye...

Now, said this. You should never store a password in plain text on your computer or without encryption. This goes for your IOTA seed as well. You should use a proper password manager like KeePass or similar.

Saving your seed in a text file somewhere in your computer has the same effect as keeping your password for a Bitcoin wallet in your computer. Now, if your question is if you can encrypt your seed? Of course, you can. That is what a password manager basically does with logins which happen to be just strings of text that you are supposed to keep secret.

You can put the seed on an encrypted USB stick and have it offline, or print it on a piece of paper as someone people did with their Bitcoin keys in the past. You know have an offline system. You should not use an insecure system for anything related to finance ever, not credit cards, not bitcoins, not IOTA, so if malware is a concern or you suspect your PC/phone is compromised, neither Bitcoin or Ethereum can help here.

Do you need to store a lot of seeds, (splitting balance between different seeds) and want to have them offline) but want someone fancier.

Well, can buy one of this and then store all of them:
https://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Validated-256-bit-Encrypted-ASK-256-4GB/dp/B00741U31E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1503166093&sr=8-3&keywords=encrypted+usb

Do you want to be able to receive IOTA and check your balance all the time but still keep your main money offline secure?

1. Generate 2 seeds
   a) Let's call this first seed read only
   b) Let's call this second seed cold storage
   
   a) Use this seed in your computer online. Generate the receiving address with it, receive payments as you like.
   
   b) Generate an address from a secure system one time. Then store this seed offline and wipe your system if you are very concerned about security. Forget this seed for now. Store your storage secure (see the above Amazon link for one option).
   
   Now, every time you receive a payment with IOTA on A, send it directly to address generated with B. Since B is cold storage, even if someone steals your A seed, they don't have access to your money because all your money is on seed B.
   
   I never tested this, but I assume that B will receive all the payments even offline. So all you need is to log in with the seeds from B from any computer you want and the balance will be there.

David, my book: https://www.amazon.com/Super-Cluster-Method-Guitar/dp/1682735362

I'll send you a pdf copy for free once I have the second and expanded edition finished. I'd be more than happy to give you free skype lessons as well.

Just get an M2 USB 3.X case:

https://www.amazon.com/ONCHOICE-Enclosure-Aluminium-Type-C-External/dp/B06Y3TGCVL/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510569056&sr=1-6&keywords=usb+3+m2

And install and M2 SSD and enjoy nearly native speed.

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-250GB-Internal-SSD-WDS250G1B0B/dp/B01LY154MY/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510569516&sr=1-5&keywords=SSD+M2

There are cheaper / smaller M2 SSDs as well that can cut down the costs a bit.

Cheers :)

I read this audio book some time ago

IoT Inc by Bruce Sinclair

If you have a company it gives you the motivation to connect to the iot and start collecting your own data for profits and efficiency.

https://www.amazon.com/IoT-Inc-Company-Internet-Outcome/dp/1260025896

Nor sure what the whole excitement is about. Small form DMM/PCI modules with an FPGA on it is nothing new. Here, for example:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/rhs-research/nitefury

https://www.enclustra.com/en/products/fpga-modules/mars-mx2/

https://www.amazon.com/PicoEVB-Artix-7-FPGA-Development-Board/dp/B0779PC8S4

I would say you need 4GB of RAM (less is also possible if you limit IRIs RAM usage).

Something like https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M24W77N?psc=1
Should just do the trick.

I'll start with one I recently bought.

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

It discusses the hold that the social media and tech giants have over our data, and their quest to predict and control us. Just a few pages in and it is eye-opening.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1781256845/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11DYRF6NSE8SN&keywords=age+of+surveillance+capitalism&qid=1557510839&s=books&sprefix=age+of+sur%2Caps%2C184&sr=1-1

Much less expensive from www.pin64.org if you want to do the install yourself (almost half the price).

Everything but the SSD is $82.83 USD

Same SSD is $38.68 USD on Amazon... If you only need a 64GB SSD, you can pay as little as $25.