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Article mentioning Assassination Politics and Crypto
by professor rat 20 May '21

20 May '21

Thanks for that link, J. The concept still sounds fresh and exciting and futuristic after a quarter of a century. I'm proud to be involved with it ( big shout out to CJ if he's listening! ) Yours in APster terrorism Professor rat

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HackADay: Drone Bomber Tech, End Your Despotic Regimes In Five Minutes Or Less
by grarpamp 20 May '21

20 May '21

https://southfront.org/swarm-of-pkk-suicide-drones-attacks-targets-in-south… The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attempted to attack several targets inside and south of the capital of the southern Turkish province of Sirnak with seven small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Turkish sources revealed on November 10 #BREAKING Local sources say #PKK attacked with 4 #UAV|s in Turkey’s border city Şırnak. The attack thwarted by Turkish security forces. The UAVs were carrying bombs and nails. pic.twitter.com/9eRQY3fPLJ — Cemal Acar (@Acemal71) November 10, 2018 Experts said that the UAVs used in the attack are a modified variant of the X-UAV mini-Talon, which is a commercial drone. A small explosive payload and an enhanced GPS antenna were likely installed in the drones in order to turn them into precision-guided suicide UAVs. A day later, the PKK claimed responsibility for the attack attempt in an official statement. The Kurdish group didn’t admit that it used suicide UAVs to carry out the attack. However, the statement said that a “new tactical and technical manner” was used. According to the Turkish sources, the UAVs failed to reach their targets due to technical failures and possible jamming by the Turkish military. A map showing the UAVs crash sites indicates that they were launched from the Kurdish area in northern Iraq. Reported locations of the Pkk’s swarm attack with model aircrafts which was carrying explosives to Turkey’s Şırnak city. Pkk’nın Şırnak’da model uçaklarla yaptığı saldırılarda hedef aldığı bölgeler. Harita, basına yansıyan bilgilerden derlenmiştir hatalar olabilir. pic.twitter.com/rj9bwvg2Vn — Cemal Acar (@Acemal71) November 11, 2018 The PKK ability to modify and operate such mini suicide UAVs pose a serious challenge to Turkey, which will likely face more and more similar attacks in the near future.

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“Intercon”, decentralised social and economic systems of the future
by contact＠theintercon.org 20 May '21

20 May '21

I hereby propose “Intercon”, a decentralised consensus protocol whose unique features comprise: -BFT distributed consensus that utilises the only existing real-world resource whose value grows with its decentralisation (according to Metcalfe’s Law) as a factor governing distribution of coins and participation in consensus – Internet bandwidth. This ensures that decentralisation is self-sustaining and cannot be stopped by centralisation of e.g. ASIC manufacture and use (as in Proof-of-Work) or initial coin distribution (as in Proof-of-Stake). -Infinitely scalable network of interoperable networks, without any kind of a central chain responsible for coordinating the system (which would be a choke point limiting scalability). -Distribution of the task of reaching decentralised consensus on external (network-exogenous) values by said network of networks. -Decentralised, secure and robust method of creating algorithmic stablecoins and synthetic assets. Thanks to mentioned features, creation of almost any and all economic and social systems that allow for: -using Internet bandwidth itself as a real-world resource that governs the distribution of power amongst consensus participants, the only possible solution for true decentralisation; -infinite scalability in the truest sense of the word; -the ability to seamlessly interact with almost any real-world events/variables is made possible. It is evident that social and economic systems of the future must be scalable and resistant to centralisation in order to be as efficient as the centralised ones, yet incorruptible and serving all of us. What is less understood is that they must be able to reach (most importantly, without losing mentioned properties) consensus on any value, occurrence or event – not only on financial transactions within a particular distributed ledger. In our society, financial consensus facilitates social one and vice versa, those two being like two sides of the same coin. Decentralised society of the future must have this basic capacity as well. Detailed documentation is available here: https://www.theintercon.org/assets/intercon_documentation.pdf Alessandro Toumi

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Cryptocurrency: Chia Coin HDD Shortage
by grarpamp 20 May '21

20 May '21

On 5/20/21, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Tom's Hardware: Chia Coin Spurs HDD Shortage: Prices Up, High Capacities > Sell Out. > https://www.tomshardware.com/news/analysis-hdd-prices-skyrocket-high-capaci… Proofs dependent on finite resources are obviously subject to supply/demand... electricity, space, time, compute, etc... free market in effect. Now all those retarded "just in time" stock levels and limited production cap got wiped out just like toilet paper and gasoline. Apparently those hard laws of economics are "news". Now Govt will arrest you for fairly solving and serving efficient free market operations, calling it "illegal hoarding" of HDD. Just like they arrested you for "hoarding" serving the market with corona n95 masks. What the pro GovBankFiat anti crypto media and pols also won't tell you is that Chia consumes no space in comparison to what the global Financial and Government tracking/tax theft systems, every retailer and all other businesses, etc... all consume in storage [and power] to store all your legacy Fiat transactions in perpetuity, the AI storage to data mine your ass from them all, storage to buy and sell all your data among themselves to bend control and market you, storage spent maintaining the censorship tables to crush and confiscate your life, etc. Bankrupt all those legacy players... through continued adoption, use, and development of distributed privacy cryptocurrencies, gold, goods... After all, crypto is now the more efficient and freedom outcome, and markets are beginning to discover and follow the path to those faster.

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Cryptocurrency: US Prints Counterfeit Dollars at a Loss (to You)
by grarpamp 20 May '21

20 May '21

While China sells its printing of them for profit on the darknets. Regardless of who prints it, you're still Fucked by Fiat, with intent. https://www.theepochtimes.com/border-officials-seize-685000-in-counterfeit-… Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Chicago recently stopped several shipments containing counterfeit currencies totaling $685,000 from China, the agency announced on Tuesday. The shipments arrived at Chicago’s International Mail Facility (IMF) between May 15 and 17, destined for cities in several states including Illinois, Indiana, New York, and Kentucky. The fake currencies came in the form of $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills. One shipment was destined for the Bronx, New York containing 976 $100 bills. Another shipment was headed to Louisville, Kentucky containing 101 $20 bills and 103 $50 bills. All of these shipments were manifested as prop money. “Our CBP officers are always on the alert watching for any type of prohibited shipments that come through the IMF,” said Shane Campbell, area port director-Chicago, according to a statement. He added, “By stopping these shipments we are protecting our financial institutions, businesses, and the public.” China remains the top source of fake goods entering the U.S. market. According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, CBP made 27,599 seizures in the fiscal year 2019. These goods would have had an estimated retail price of over $1.5 billion if they were genuine. Among these seizures in 2019, 13,293, or 48 percent, originated from China, followed by Hong Kong with 9,778 seizures, or 35 percent. The top category of seized products was counterfeit watches and jewelry, at 15 percent, followed by apparel and accessories at 14 percent. The fake money seized by CBP officers in Chicago was hardly an isolated incident. On April 23, CPB officers in the city announced a recent seizure of 281 shipments containing counterfeit bills and coins at Chicago’s IMF. Ninety-five percent of these shipments originated from China. 281, that is how many parcels CBP officers in Chicago seized that contained counterfeit currency. Some of the bogus money was $100 bills, but the majority was coin currency with a lot of it heading to various cities across the U.S. https://t.co/0vY5uoee8e pic.twitter.com/cKKe2Uo9ct — CBP Chicago (@CBPChicago) April 23, 2021 In total, the 281 shipments consisted of 39 fake 50-cent coins, 6,345 fake $1 coins, 283 fake $2.5 coins, and 1,589 fake $100 bills. “Counterfeiting is a lucrative business which is often used to finance illegal activities such as trafficking in human beings, drugs, and even terrorism,” stated Mike Pfeiffer, assistant area port director-Chicago, in a statement following the seizure of the fake bills and coins. Just weeks earlier, on April 6, CBP officers in Chicago also announced that they seized more than 100 shipments—nearly all coming from China—containing counterfeit currency totaling more than $1.64 million. The shipments arrived in the United States between Jan. 1 and March 31. The fake currency included U.S. bills, U.S. coins, and euros. Counterfeit currency has been plentiful during the past 3 months at the International Mail Facility at O’Hare. CBP officers seized 109 packages containing different denominations of paper currency, collectible coins & foreign currency; $1.64M seized.https://t.co/XLoemCXIzH pic.twitter.com/HcNQ5yweJ6 — CBP Chicago (@CBPChicago) April 6, 2021 For the fiscal year 2020, which spanned from Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020, CPB officers in Chicago stated that they seized more than $10.6 million in fake money. Chicago was not the only area where counterfeit money was being stopped. In June 2020, CPB officers in Milwaukee stopped a shipment from Shanghai to a residence in Milwaukee. Inside the shipment were 3,515 fake $100 bills. In May 2020, CPB officers at an Express Consignment Operations hub in Cincinnati announced the seizure of a shipment containing 2,523 fake $100 bills. The shipment originated from Shenzhen, a city in southern China, and was headed to Guthrie, Oklahoma.

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Tom's Hardware: Chia Coin Spurs HDD Shortage: Prices Up, High Capacities Sell Out
by jim bell 20 May '21

20 May '21

Tom's Hardware: Chia Coin Spurs HDD Shortage: Prices Up, High Capacities Sell Out. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/analysis-hdd-prices-skyrocket-high-capaci…

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*SPAM* Re: *SPAM* RE: DAN KAMINSKY DIES FROM VACCINE
by Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 20 May '21

20 May '21

Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.pglaf.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 05:14:32 -0400 Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's nice that with coronavirus, entire nations actually took real action > on a real, pervasive situation which severely threatens only a minority of > people. Content analysis details: (4.4 points, 4.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.3 RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL RBL: Relay in Validity RPBL, https://senderscore.org/blocklistlookup/ [37.120.193.122 listed in bl.score.senderscore.com] 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: tfwno.gf] 3.3 RCVD_IN_PBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus PBL [37.120.193.122 listed in zen.spamhaus.org] 0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED RBL: ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to DNSWL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [37.120.193.122 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record 0.5 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.8 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS 0.5 MISSING_MID Missing Message-Id: header

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Ars Technica: Congressmen ask Biden admin to keep chip design software away from China
by jim bell 19 May '21

19 May '21

Ars Technica: Congressmen ask Biden admin to keep chip design software away from China. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/china-shouldnt-get-us-semicondu…

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Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - Seed for Success (Karl)
by Eren Batuhan Eş 19 May '21

19 May '21

On Tue, May 18, 2021, 14:04 <cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org> wrote: > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cypherpunks-request(a)lists.cpunks.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cypherpunks-owner(a)lists.cpunks.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. alient isotope tech (coderman) > 2. Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - Seed > for Success (Karl) > 3. Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - Seed > for Success (Karl) > 4. *SPAM* Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - > Seed for Success (Karl) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 05:44:34 +0000 > From: coderman <coderman(a)protonmail.com> > To: "cy\"Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org>, jim bell > <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: alient isotope tech > Message-ID: > > <pTO6LkNYdXFxnwYmp6jnjwbcIcM3NTP78vFB7BGxh3anlun6TLv5asKhRXXLyyUt8gjwz0HXy-MRppv21FkAbnqAmpZtUtk0sWSAmqDK1Bo=@ > protonmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > > hey Jim, > > ref: The Phenomenon (2020) > > magnet:?xt=urn:btih:DF0C71C96E016D81EC9AA23363D06953FDAC66F8&dn=The+Phenomenon+%282020%29+1080p+WEB+x264+EAC3+Dr3adLoX&tr=http%3A%2F% > 2Fp2p.arenabg.ch > %3A2710%2F2fe5d3a4213ef551d6a111e0aae91871%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F% > 2Fp2p.arenabg.com > %3A2710%2F2fe5d3a4213ef551d6a111e0aae91871%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F% > 2Fp4p.arenabg.ch%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fp4p.arenabg.com > %3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org > %3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.piratepublic.com > %3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.zer0day.to > %3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org > %3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fcoppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce > > in this documentary, it was observed that some analyzed alien > materials utilize over 200 different isotopes in their > construction. clearly this demonstrates the macro advantages > of isotope specific compositions... > > it would be quite useful to have isotope selection at will, > however they are able to achieve it. > > best regards, > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iNUEAREKAH0WIQRBwSuMMH1+IZiqV4FlqEfnwrk4DAUCYKNT5F8UgAAAAAAuAChp > c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0NDFD > MTJCOEMzMDdEN0UyMTk4QUE1NzgxNjVBODQ3RTdDMkI5MzgwQwAKCRBlqEfnwrk4 > DPv7AP4nbElvth0xCdHyRsIWnIkPWdLQfBUczVcxKp1+MamO6AD+OK72CFwlK1I1 > iEg5WC0wAAcu2hVHjakqHAdB9kx4tUI= > =FD/n > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 06:33:32 -0400 > From: Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> > To: grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> > Cc: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - Seed > for Success > Message-ID: > <CALL-= > e4SXBYjR1HR9UxooHYXk8KiPkFMKxxBYmMStUECu+iYPA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > - it would be great if somebody reputable could sign the infohashes > > - all torrent files can all be downloaded at once with: wget > ---input-file=http://libgen.rs/scimag/repository_torrent > > - it should be reasonable to make a small python or shell script to > sort these by (-seeds * peers), so that each local user can seed the > least-popular one. libtorrent and deluge are python. > transmission-cli displays a peer count in its default output. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 06:36:38 -0400 > From: Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> > Cc: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - Seed > for Success > Message-ID: > <CALL-=e7zKPVOvH8q1q9eEPnupCG+4E3sRz6xy= > orzyz1TUw68w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > - it should be reasonable to make a small python or shell script to > > sort these by (-seeds * peers), so that each local user can seed the > > least-popular one. libtorrent and deluge are python. > > transmission-cli displays a peer count in its default output. > > already in op: https://pastebin.com/j6ZaZe9z > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 07:00:03 -0400 > From: Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> > Cc: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: *SPAM* Re: LibGen SciHub: Replication of Science Experiment - > Seed for Success > Message-ID: > <CALL-=e4pgkAwQAWmkAOR2hnPgwgxioB= > 8YFH7cpiW+wB4FdD-Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.pglaf.org", > has identified this incoming email as possible spam. 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Hackaday: Spy Tech: CIA Masks In Five Minutes Or Less
by jim bell 19 May '21

19 May '21

Hackaday: Spy Tech: CIA Masks In Five Minutes Or Less. https://hackaday.com/2021/05/18/spy-tech-cia-masks-in-five-minutes-or-less/

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