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Fwd: On XML - was Fwd: [Yaml-core] Next YAML: drop equality definition
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

I only forward the last part of this email, since the rest is domain specific (YAML de/serialization minutiae). Z ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> Subject: Re: [Yaml-core] Next YAML: drop equality definition On 3/10/16, Osamu TAKEUCHI <osamu(a)big.jp> wrote: ... >> One of the reason we explicitly listed the goals, >>_in order_,was to break ties when different goals >>pushed us in different directions. Order the goals >>differently, and you'll get a different spec. I think >>you would end up with JSON if you ordered them in a >>different way. Or even, god help us, XML ;-) ... > If we give up YAML, the next choice will indeed be XML. Nope. The next choice will be YAML 2. Then the next choice will be JSON 1. Then the next choice will be JSON 2. Then the next choice will be native serialization in your language of choice. Then custom binary serialization. Then a continually permutating algorithmic mixing stream, just for laughs. There are infinite alternatives to XML and if worse comes to worst, I suggest hard transcoding your data into COBOL statements and serializing those in Base63. Nowhere would one willingly choose XML. Hell, I'd choose HTML if I was ordered to use XML on a project, just to make sure the next guy who touches that code knows that the serialization format has to be changed. Manager: "Z, did you finish that, what's it called again? Yeah, the XML serialization?" Me: "Sure did! And it's Netscape 3.1 compatible too." <snigger>HTML<snigger> Manager: <used to work at Best Buy, does not understand>"Oh, cool! That's just great! I knew I'd finish on time, and I'll tell marketing our new name too, 'NewScope compatible' - has a great ring to it. Great ring! Good job Z, you'll go places you know. Go places in this world!" > Actually, my library is build to replace XML serializer > that is provided by C#. Since we want YAML to be able > to serialize both kinds of documents, we have to think > the best balance. Should be easy. Anything's more enjoyable than XML... whoops, there I go again... :)

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Apple Attorneys Move to Join CA and NY Cases
by John Young 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

USG-Apple EDNY - Apple Attorneys Move to Join CA and NY Cases <https://t.co/dxmWKmVGBW>https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-apple-edny-0 31-034.pdf

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Searching Places Unknown: Law Enforcement Jurisdiction on the Dark Web
by Cari Machet 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Searching Places Unknown: Law Enforcement Jurisdiction on the Dark Web Ahmed Ghappour <http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1…> UC Hastings College of the Law March 5, 2016 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2742706 -- Cari Machet NYC 646-436-7795 carimachet(a)gmail.com AIM carismachet Syria +963-099 277 3243 Amman +962 077 636 9407 Berlin +49 152 11779219 Reykjavik +354 894 8650 Twitter: @carimachet <https://twitter.com/carimachet> 7035 690E 5E47 41D4 B0E5 B3D1 AF90 49D6 BE09 2187 Ruh-roh, this is now necessary: This email is intended only for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this information, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email without permission is strictly prohibited.

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Snowden sasys FBI can unlock iPhone
by Chris Magistrado 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/one-fbis-major-claims-iphone-case-fra… Is the technical part true? I don't feel like it is... Can anyone confirm this?

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Distributed protocols that combat economy of scale
by rysiek 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Hi, as "A Miner Problem" shows, even a distributed, p2p solution like BitCoin suffers from a secondary centralisation flaw. Simply put, economy of scale lets the biggest player or a cartel of thoise basically undermine the "decentralized" part and take control over the network. A similar thing has happened with e-mail and GMail. GMail basically dictates the rules in the e-mail world, simply because they're the largest and have the most users. Again, economy of scale is to blame. So let me pose a question here: is it possible to design a protocol that does not succumb to economy of scale-based secondary centralisation? Is it possible to design a protocol that does not lend itself to economy of scale? -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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USG Support of Motion to Compel Apple Decrypt, iPhone Forensics
by John Young 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

USG v. Apple - USG Support of Motion to Compel Apple Decrypt <https://t.co/Ffe1t74552>https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-apple-149.pdf (484 pp, 11MB) FBI agent details Farook's iPhone forensics, Apple discussions <https://t.co/JkcuCEY1JX>https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-apple-149-02.pdf

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WIRED: The Future of Wi-Fi Is 10,000 Times More Energy Efficient
by Cari Machet 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Engineering students have discovered a way to reflect Wi-Fi packets instead of broadcasting them. http://www.wired.com/2016/03/future-wi-fi-10000-times-energy-efficient/

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Warrant for hacks
by Cari Machet 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

PDF for the FBI warrant used to hack computers in Greece, Chile, and probably the UK: https://t.co/dLvOf1h5cQ Around 1300 devices in all

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Beginning of the USD end? - Re: Petrodollar further analysis - Putin buying gold with “little fanfare, but on a large scale”
by Zenaan Harkness 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Beginning of the end of the USD? "The Inflation Genie is Out of the Bottle" http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-08/inflation-genie-out-bottle (Short article, but a few graphs, so just a key quote, and --beware-- the pyramid(?) futures marketing scheme at the end, so perhaps not such a reputable site, unfortunately - but the inflation figures seem genuine enough:) "Put simply, the inflation genie is out of the bottle. Core inflation is already moving higher at a time when prices of most basic goods are at 19-year lows. Any move higher in Oil and other commodities will only PUSH core inflation higher. The Fed is cornered. Inflation is back." See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation In related news: http://www.pravdareport.com/russia/economics/01-03-2016/133690-russia_gold-… Russia becomes world's largest buyer of gold 01.03.2016 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-02/global-central-banks-continue-long… Global Central Banks Continue Longest Gold-Buying-Spree Since Vietnam War (with graphs of central bank gold holdings) https://www.rt.com/business/334498-canada-gold-reserves-economy/ Canada’s golden age is over Published time: 4 Mar, 2016 09:29 "Canada has used up all of its gold reserves. For the first time since 1935 the country is out of gold. ..." (Not much foresight in Canada it seems, or perhaps we can say "insider gold sales to my buddies" by some other name.)

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Unix more / better UTF-8
by grarpamp 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

http://www.dragonflybsd.org/release44/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11248847 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8/it philes... not just high ASCII anymore...

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