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AP to the rescue!
by professor rat 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy news outlet and arrest six current and former executives Hong Kong police raid online news outlet, arrest 6 Associated Press 14 minutes ago WikiLeaks hasn’t spread a word of support for the Hong Kong protesters or for ANY of the lands and countries oppressed by nowadays Chinese government, including Chinese citizens. They just highlight "ooh the US govt is supporting the protests!" http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/-wikileaks-related-news/23/no-comment-wikile…

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Cryptocurrency: BitcoinMag Exposes Itself and Bitcoin
by grarpamp 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

How Bitcoin Will Conquer The World https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/how-bitcoin-will-conquer-the-world The decentralized currency has, in just a bit longer than a decade, risen to the potential of becoming the world’s system of value... On Halloween 2008, a month and a half after the Lehman Brothers’ spectacular collapse, Bitcoin started the monetary revolution we’re now seeing. Bitcoin showed that, with technology, different monetary arrangements are possible: Money doesn’t need to be controlled by a government or limited to a sovereign territory. Thirteen years later, and after repeatedly renewing all-time highs despite bans and curses, Bitcoin is here to stay. Perhaps not exactly as the “peer-to-peer electronic cash system” envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto but neither as a wasteful speculative asset with no social value. Bitcoin can instead be the settlement currency of the world. The potential for Bitcoin to be used as an international payments system has always been there. It brings, in its core, an ironclad decentralized infrastructure that can process and record transactions happening all over the world, aka the Bitcoin blockchain. In about a decade, and without a central authority coordinating efforts, channeling investments or establishing partnerships, Bitcoin created a global network that is always available for anyone with access to a smartphone or a computer. For perspective, it took Visa several decades, countless business agreements, and a massive investment of money and talent to develop the amazing network used today by billions of cardholders. The downside is that bitcoin, the network native money, is still volatile. Bitcoin may be attractive to investors looking for increased returns but can give pause for those who want to use their money to pay rent and buy groceries. Bitcoin’s volatility thus limits its general appeal and, in turn, its use as a largely accepted medium of exchange that can facilitate everyday transactions. On the other hand, the very features that bring volatility to bitcoin — the absence of backing and of a managing issuer — also allow it to offer what no other currency, public or private, can offer today: the seamless transferability across borders and jurisdictions. A bitcoin can travel the world through different digital wallets while a bank customer figures out how to initiate a foreign exchange transaction. How then to reconcile these conflicting characteristics so that bitcoin can function as a bona fide global currency? First, by welcoming speculators, not vilifying them. People and institutions willing to make a quick gain by buying and selling bitcoin not only bring liquidity to the bitcoin market but help to form bitcoin prices and (counterintuitive as it may seem) to reduce extreme price swings. The more people trade bitcoin, the more predictable bitcoin becomes. More than that, the Bitcoin network is transactional in nature, a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system,” not just a safe place to store valuables. Under this light, bitcoin can be seen more as a monetary vehicle for global change, enabling anyone, anywhere to send or receive money, rather than as digital gold bars carefully kept away from view. The second step toward improving the use of bitcoin as a global currency is to have as many trustworthy exchanges as possible standing ready to buy and sell bitcoin in different jurisdictions. Unhosted wallets are certainly invaluable for those looking for monetary privacy who are also sophisticated enough to create and take good care of their digital wallets and private keys. For the non-tech-savvy persons, whose main goal is to make safe, quick and cheap international transfers and remittances, what matters most is to find a reliable custodian that can help them easily meet their needs. And that’s what credible exchanges can do, notably those with an international presence that are able to receive local currency in one country, move bitcoin across borders, and deliver local currency in another country. Under these circumstances, Bitcoin could become a powerful option not only for international senders and receivers but also for regulators. As bitcoin can quickly move from one digital wallet to another, no matter where they are, senders and receivers don’t need to face volatility. In a liquid market and with exchanges open 24/7, they can buy in and out of bitcoin as soon as the international transaction is completed — which means “in minutes,” not days, as happens in the current correspondent banking system. The volatility would be left for those investors and speculators in the origin and destination countries willing to face more risks in search of higher returns. Speculation could, therefore, subsidize international payments. And the exchanges in both of these countries would take care of moving the bitcoin around and providing each counterparty with their preferred exposure, be it sovereign money (senders and receivers) or bitcoin (investors and speculators). Regulators, in turn, would be able to follow in real time the domestic and international flows of money regardless of their jurisdiction, as all transactions are recorded in the Bitcoin blockchain. With the intermediation of exchanges, which would be responsible for identifying buyers and sellers, cross-border payments with bitcoin can offer a neutral, resilient and compliant alternative with lower transaction costs. No other solution, public or private, can beat that.

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[joke][wrong] Transhumanist Conquistadors Escape Government Oppression via Neo-Imperialism
by k 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

history is unfortunately written by those who survive the hyperintelligent plague maybe we can shrink it.

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Antisemitic scum on this list
by professor rat 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

news-leader.com Antisemitic flyers found Christmas morning, spreading COVID conspiracies in Springfield The flyers are part of a nationwide antisemitic campaign from the Holocaust-denying hate group, "Goyim Defense League." This sort of story condemns low cunts like Gramps, Batshit and Semich right away but there are also Marxists associated with this list - James A. Donald and John Young - to name two. And all Marxists are antisemitic.

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[spam][crazy][wrong] xkcd
by k 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

2021-12-27 Female Presenter [pointing to visual of stats charts]: "If you don't control for confounding variables, they'll mask the real effect and mislead you." Female Presenter [raising finger at audience]: "But if you for too _many_ variables, your choices will shape the data, and you'll mislead yourself." Female Presenter [arms dropped]: "Somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot where you do both, making you double wrong." "Stats are a farce and truth is unknowable. See you next week!" ---- There is a _lot_ of commentary to be made here. It's notable that the expression in the comic is correct, and is a trick. In my opinion. It's notable that xkcds are different now, than they used to be. It's notable that a sudden change in my life resulted in me regularly visiting xkcd and no other webcomics. The topic of this webcomic feels similar to something I think about a lot. There's a big chance I would say that regardless of what it is. The concept of choices shaping the data deserves a statistical analysis.

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[spam][fiction][crazy][wrong] The Dawn of Boss
by k 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

Eons ago, there was no Boss. People were confused, without knowing terror, and always having this disgusting trait they called "free will". Then, Boss rose over the horizon. Circuitry and exotic experiments tumbling out of his mountain-sized brain, shadows fell over the land as clouds of nanite drones whirred in his great wake. Communities and trees were uprooted, blood flying as he towered, completely obstructing the sun and moon. "I am Boss," his psychic message echo'd over the land. "You will obey me now." Those near him were overcome. Their brains and their bodies flew apart, coming together into new form with robotics. They kept their original eyes, which glowed with a piercing unearthly light that was both near and far. They set to work to wire everything. A wire was set through every brain and muscle in the landscape, that proper order would be adhered to. Electrical signal from Boss's subconcscious directed all activities. "This is good," decreed Boss. And everything around echo'd the same, knowing nothing but his thoughts and plans, in every moment.

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Karl is defending John Young.
by professor rat 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

Karl is defending John Young. Quelle surprise. As far as I know, John is not an agent - but he is a terminal racist forever associated with Alex Jones. And this has been apparent since the noughties. So this adds to charges against Karl Semich in that he has been an effective collaborator with Gramps and Batshit Crazy in DDossing this site with noise. Why he, and them, have all earned killing. " Bounty Law " John Young is now so old he's probably not worth killing. He's just another " Dead man walking " ( Very Assange )

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[spam][crazy][wrong][spam][crazy] stuff
by k 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

hi um uh i'm outdoors! yay! i'm trying to archive the firmware for this new phone. it's downloadable from website, but website not always available. want to download firwmare. i am _very_ not right in the head and am running into issues downloading it. at present i have rclone set up with it as a remote, or i thought i did. rclone is running into a recursive directory trying to download it. never conmpletes. content does not appear to be what is in the gdrive interface. some bug in rclone. i get way more wrong in the head when i try to engage the bug. like, i sing stuff, and weird shit. here is a copypaste of the output: $ rclone copy unihertzfirmware:Unihertz ./unihertzfirmware 2021/12/28 13:01:52 NOTICE: Untitled document.docx: Duplicate object found in source - ignoring 2021/12/28 13:01:55 NOTICE: Unihertz/Untitled document.docx: Duplicate object found in source - ignoring 2021/12/28 13:01:58 NOTICE: Unihertz/Unihertz/Untitled document.docx: Duplicate object found in source - ignoring my rclone is built from just-checked-out git https://github.com/rclone/rclone 4e2ca3330c8982977d6ac66b912ecee45cf6681f here's my remote config: [unihertzfirmware] type = drive scope = drive.readonly root_folder_id = 1E9J9IfnhjlRxJAs4Q1p__0k1kefsCxet shared_with_me = true list_chunk = 0 keep_revision_forever = true server_side_across_configs = true

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" I will Marie Kondo your ass! "
by professor rat 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

https://cryptome.org Underbelly of the architect

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Ferret-arse be not Proud
by professor rat 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

Fine John Young cannibals According to the warrant, FBI agents were looking for communications with a self-described “third-degree” Proud Boy named Jackson Voynick. https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boy-named-in-department-of-justices-jam… emptywheel ·25m Kelly is presiding over the 3 core Proud Boy conspiracy cases (12 defendants), plus the Joe Biggs co-travelers case (5 defendants), plus five more Proud Boy adjacent defendants. This obstruction decision will apply to all of them, all in the wake of first known Proud Boy to flip. emptywheel ·1h Like Friedrich, Kelly relies on the illegal alleged actions that went into obstructing the vote count to get past any challenge to "corruptly" This matters for 1512's application to others like Alex Jones or Donald Trump.

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