Never heard of SET, game looks interesting! Think my kids would like it so will look into picking it up 😄 

I actually have a large catalog of my reading notes, I use Logseq if you are familiar with that program? 

We use it as an offline family wikki, a trusted database of information that I have compiled.

The idea is that it will become a private encyclopedia that my children and their children's children will inherit. 

I suspect a future when all the information online will be slop or propaganda so trying to future proof our resources. It also means I can sell all my books and keep the main ideas in them. 

All that to say is that I'll post some of my notes at some stage 😅

Mongoose

how did you work out they were coded messages?

Well I know a thing or two about cryptography, math, and numbers in general... so once your brain has developed enough of the right synaptic connections, you start seeing patterns in seemingly random sequences :) idk how to explain it effectively, maybe try online version of 

: IMO one of the best brain exercises outside of mathematics itself. When I binged on it I was able to do it competitively in seconds.

I'm also obsessed with the history of cryptography and unsolved puzzles like the Beale ciphers etc. I mentioned some of that 

; being medical-grade paranoid since childhood helps too :) (and ofc you can use LLMs now too lol - 

 you'll do a service to humanity ;) at least to the Monero part of humanity ;))

monero

Gaming

⬛ Using Monero transactions to send coded messages

> how did you work out they were coded messages?

Well I know a thing or two about cryptography, math, and numbers in general... so once your brain has developed enough of the right synaptic connections, you start seeing patterns in seemingly random sequences :) idk how to explain it effectively, maybe try online version of [SET game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(card_game)): IMO one of the best brain exercises outside of mathematics itself. When I binged on it I was able to do it competitively in seconds.
I'm also obsessed with the history of cryptography and unsolved puzzles like the Beale ciphers etc. I mentioned some of that [here](https://aillia.substack.com/p/the-necklace-puzzle); being medical-grade paranoid since childhood helps too :) (and ofc you can use LLMs now too lol - [they started solving old ciphers](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688695))

BTW, if you post your book rec in our [Library](https://stasher.news/~Library) you'll do a service to humanity ;) at least to the Monero part of humanity ;))