May 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

[ot][notes] Marketing and Reinforcement Learning
by Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many 08 May '22

08 May '22

Marketing -> Reinforcement Learning -> Consumer Behavior / Human Brain -> Human Decision-Making Process The human decision making process -- the end of the chain above -- is the most powerful thing in the world. It's just a bunch of neurons in everyone's skull. Theory: Any successful reinforcement learning algorithm, if trained in feedback with human behavior for long enough, will eventually discover mind control. -- Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a type of machine learning (transformer model based data algorithms) where the models are placed in feedback with real or simulated environments, in order to direct agents to meet rewards within those environments. It is quite successful when done properly. HuggingFace has an ongoing public training course right now, in deep reinforcement learning.

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Distro wars in the Blockchain arena
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

Yakovenko, who is the engineering brains of Solana, firstly noted Rust’s popularity. “It’s not like we picked Haskell or something,” he joked (a dig at Solana’s rival blockchain, Cardano, currently ranked 6th on CoinMarketCap, which did choose Haskell). He went on to explain why they didn’t choose to build with Solidity https://thenewstack.io/solana-rust-developers/

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A dark episode in the history of Trento
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

A dark episode in the history of Trento was the Trento blood libel. When a 3-year-old Christian boy, Simonino, later known as Simon of Trent, disappeared in 1475 on the eve of Good Friday, the city's small Jewish community was accused of killing him and draining his blood for Jewish ritual purposes. Eight Jews were tortured and burned at the stake, and their families forced to convert to Christianity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trento

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Two cheers for biometrics
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

Biometric hashes stored in a blockchain certainly make life easier for UBI ( via the Orb ) and for ease-of-use - ( if the latest trusted module system from a Silicon Valley consortium works as advertised ) Advances like this that are utilitarian and wildly popular help advance c-punk goals in broad brushstroke terms. They make everyday use of the anarchic web deserving of essential human-and-civil right status. ( Except for Nazi-Punks ) But we're still a ways short of full cryptoanarchy and the long-time, hot-button " True Names ' issue remains non-trivial and NP hard. Unlike the blockchain we can't get enough ( strong AI and ubiquitous quantum ) tech off-the-shelf, economically, overnight. We're getting there. I'm insanely confident we'll even get there by CYPHERPUNK 2027. But this won't be brute-forced - and we really need the strong AI now like we needed decentralized digital-cash 20 years ago. " Help us strong AI - you're our last, best hope "

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Replace the term "Trusted computing" with "Treacherous computing"
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

In 2015, Richard Stallman suggested to replace the term "Trusted computing" with the term "Treacherous computing" due to the danger that the computer can be made to systematically disobey its owner if the cryptographical keys are kept secret from him. He also considers that TPMs available for PCs are not currently dangerous and that there is no reason not to include one in a computer or support it in software due to failed attempts from the industry to use that technology for DRM. ( Wikipedia )

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Cut-And-Paste Error Destroys $36M in Crypto, Eroding Trust in Blockchain
by jim bell 08 May '22

08 May '22

Cut-And-Paste Error Destroys $36M in Crypto, Eroding Trust in Blockchain https://share.newsbreak.com/114t3sc4

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Krebs in the doghouse
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

Down FIDO https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/your-phone-may-soon-replace-many-of-you… Reposts etc

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Argentina pays IMF Danegeld
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

But the not-so-great Danes appear to looking over their shoulder . . . https://finance.yahoo.com/news/argentina-imf-bailout-deal-includes-19074878… el33th4xor This is how we know that the powers that be are afraid. Argentina’s IMF bailout deal includes a wild clause that rips cryptocurrencies . . . "

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Cryptome :CIA
by zeynepaydogan 08 May '22

08 May '22

I'm literally about to throw up.John, if you were going to make CIA propaganda, why did you deny being a spy for years?You're making anti-Russian propaganda like a typical CIA agent. LOL Congratulations, by the way, you're very good at Russian.I've been trying to learn for years, I don't know as well as you do. https://twitter.com/cryptome_org/status/1521601710715715584?s=21&t=s53zd-it… What I'm most surprised at is that you don't have the courage to stand by what you write.Sorry forget this : typical cia agent’s behavior

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Google's right to be forgotten
by professor rat 08 May '22

08 May '22

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. FROM https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1520190194716188672 If you can't not-be-evil then at least don't get caught.

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