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Third Point LLC on Shell PLC Restructuring
by Gunnar Larson 10 May '22

10 May '22

Check out my new article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/third-point-llc-on-shell-plc-restructu… Third Point LLC on Shell PLC Restructuring Litigation Finance Journal recently reported on Shell PLC’s board of directors <https://litigationfinancejournal.com/directors-who-manipulate-esg/> who are accused of allegedly manipulating ESG frameworks at the expense of shareholder interest. New York-based Third Point LLC recently announced a significant investment into Shell, underscoring intentions to profit from a corporate restructuring of the multinational energy conglomerate. Third Point says Shell’s relocation to the United Kingdom provides significant leverage for ROI, given the board of directors’ alleged ESG misgivings. Third Point’s Q1-22 shareholder letter <https://thirdpointlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Third-Point-Q1-202…> outlines the firm’s pragmatic approach to increasing its investment in Shell, despite the board’s ESG track record. Third Point suggests that conversations with Shell’s board echo shareholder dismay from poor ESG planning. However, Third Point plans to help guide Shell’s shareholders to a bright future under various restructuring scenarios. Third Point suggests that European energy efficiencies are a valuable long-term investment in a wartime scenario. Third Point’s Q1-22 letter discusses lessons learned by Shell, and how ESG’s future will include copper and nickel stewardship to drive the future of EV innovation.

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American cannibal
by professor rat 10 May '22

10 May '22

John " Cryptome " Young now linked to Julian Assmange BFF in 2021! John Young was thick as thieves with Alex Jones about a decade ago and Julian Asshat was chatting with Roger Stone more recently. Now these two are closely linked in a vast criminal conspiracy investigation! Young famously exposed the Wikileaks scam as early as 2007. And his Texas cannibal crony even directly called it CIA. But, since then, both these creepy criminals have been back-peddling their criticism. A Roger Stone connection goes a long way to explain this. In his gross dishonesty and loyalty to left-fascism, Young now qualifies as a latter day Claud Cockburn. Young, Tariq Ali and John Pilger form the ' Bol ' part of the Wikileaks Nazbol cohort. https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/doj-obtains-secret-january-6th-text-m…

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Hackers are actively exploiting BIG-IP vulnerability with a 9.8 severity rating
by jim bell 10 May '22

10 May '22

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/hackers-are-actively…

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[ot][spam][crazy] The Trials of Mediating Algorithms
by Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many 10 May '22

10 May '22

A very basic task when maintaining an ecosystem of software and technology is the integration of multiple codebases. This comes across plainly in the norm of composition in object oriented development. Composition is a norm for providing a locally-normative interface for some other class, the functionality of which is encapsulated within the developed class. It's an alternative to inheritence that gives the developer more control of what limits and interfaces are available to the wrapped class. It involves a lot of boilerplate, and is normally quick to create. The software ecosystem out there now, often to me looks like it was made generatively by trial and error. There's not a lot of integration between codebases.

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Fwd: Super-Power Your Productivity
by Gunnar Larson 10 May '22

10 May '22

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No Silvio
by professor rat 10 May '22

10 May '22

This loser is not a cypherpunks arsehole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Micali Would not know anarchist revolution from a hole in the gound.

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Algorand considered harmless
by professor rat 10 May '22

10 May '22

Well, the project started off as an academic project by an academic who is intimately connected with academia and government instead of consumers and users. That's the whole nature of Algorand. It is destined to be the foundation of CBDC, and not at all the champion of DeFi, consumer adoption, or commercial success. The personality of academics is rigor, all-around, low-achieving in real world, and high condescension. With that in mind, then Algo is not centralized at all, not for its call of duty - to be the technical foundation of CBDCs around the world. Algo is way more decentralized than Fiat is. But that's about it. Algo will be good for transforming the monetary system of a state from a monopoly into oligarchy, or in best case, concentrated aristocracy. The result of such destiny has been, a professional and integrated presentation, a very poor price performance history full of manipulations to artificially keep the price down, and virtually untested in traffic compared with other mass-adopted competitors such as Solana (which is the opposite of Algo for it is a huge commercial success and not so much a governmental favorite). We need to accept Algo for what it is. A decentralizing tool for the ruling few, and not at all a vehicle of independence for the ruled many. FROM https://www.reddit.com/r/AlgorandOfficial/comments/nm70r3/algorand_and_its_…

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[ot][spam][crazy] Monologues of a Builder
by Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many 10 May '22

10 May '22

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The Philadelphia Inquirer: Cryptography pioneer Silvio Micali on where crypto is headed
by jim bell 10 May '22

10 May '22

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Cryptography pioneer Silvio Micali on where crypto is headed. https://www.inquirer.com/business/technology/cyrpto-mit-pioneer-micali-bloc… "About 40 years ago, Silvio Micali and his colleague Shafi Goldwasser wanted to figure out how to play poker together on their phones. They needed a way to ensure that neither could know the other player’s hands. The two computer science graduate students at the University of California-Berkeley drew up what Micali calls "the first secure encryption scheme the world has ever seen." For their invention, which proved vital to the modern internet, they were awarded the A.M. Turing Award, considered computing's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Today, Micali, 67, is focused on another application of encryption: the blockchain, which is the foundation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. At the Milken Institute Global Conference last week , the MIT professor promoted Algorand, a blockchain he developed that he says is greener, faster and more secure than other protocols. Blockchains are typically described as public ledgers where transactions are recorded on an open network. Validating a set of transactions to add to the ledger is one of the biggest security challenges. Algorand says it uses a novel approach involving the random selection of its users to ensure blocks of transactions are more resistant to hacks, which cost cryptocurrency holders a record $14 billion last year by one tally."

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Gunner resigns, saying ‘head and heart’ no longer in job
by professor rat 10 May '22

10 May '22

Gunner, 46, will continue as the Member for Fannie Bay and move to the backbench. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-10/nt-chief-minister-michael-gunner-qui… SAD!

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