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  1. A quotation from Horace

    To go on with my advice (that is, supposing
    You need advice from me): Be careful about
    The things you say and the people to whom you say them.
    Avoid the man who asks too many questions.
    No question but he’ll be a teller of tales;
    An ear that eager can’t keep a secret for long,
    And once a word slips out it won’t come back.
     
    [Protinus ut moneam (si quid monitoris eges tu)
    quid de quoque viro et cui dicas, saepe videto,
    percontatorem fugito: nam garrulus idem est,
    nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures,
    et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 18 “To Lollius,” l. 67ff (1.18.67-71) (20 BC) [tr. Ferry (2001)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/20802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #caution #circumspection #confidence #confidentiality #discretion #gossip #hearsay #informer #prattle #prudence #secrecy #secret #tattle #trustworthiness

  2. Derived new #Blossom features to #gossip / #YGGverse edition:

    1. Server aliases that skipping duplicated uploads to same server with different host / network (separated by space when upload servers are separated by row)
    2. Regex filter - skip some servers appending to message body (but keep in imeta)
    3. Auto-append extension to Blossom URLs from filename if server does not return it

    github.com/yggverse/gossip

    #Rust #nostr #egui

  3. Grapevine Communication - Rarely the best way to pass along information as informal discussion can lead to misinformation. #communication #misinformation #gossip #grapevine #informal