July 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Block Inc. Sues Visa, Mastercard Over Interchange Fees
by Gunnar Larson 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

Block Inc. Sues Visa, Mastercard Over Interchange Fees By Katryna Perera Visa and Mastercard have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of charging the maker of the popular Square card reader with artificially high interchange fees as a result of their concerted anti-competitive practices. Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1700545?nl_pk=bd316618-088c-4274-ab…

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Victory has a thousand Vaders
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

CypherPunk 2023 - who could have producted! https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/binary-news-network/flux-s-groundbre… Failure is an Organa file Cypherpunk ethics is captured by the normative cypherpunk slogan “privacy for the weak, transparency for the powerful.” Cypherpunk epistemology is a form of data activism that calls for a hands-on response to the datafication of surveillance and relies upon both pro-active (transparency) and re-active (privacy) strategies. While the cypherpunks are famously concerned about privacy, because cypherpunk philosophy also calls for “transparency for the powerful,” cypherpunks have practiced a distinctive form of cypherpunk sousveillance. By understanding that cypherpunk theory and practice . . . " cypherpunks were a highly educated, mostly libertarian community permeated by aspects of anarchism which arose from a societal disaffiliation inherited from the counterculture. This article further argues that the cypherpunks were also influenced by the hacker ethic and dystopian science fiction. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24701475.2021.1935547

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[ot][spam][crazy][spam][confused code] asdf!
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

i'm a little [read: severely] confused and have a few hours of downtime. i'm thinking of working on a bug in code i wrote that relates to summing integer sequences taken with unpredictable offset from a linear graph, without letting their sum pass a certain threshold which the slope of the graph is calculated to enforce

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[ot][spam][crazy][spam] laughing about was Re: [ot][spam][crazy][spam][confused code] asdf!
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

oh, if mcboss were here, he would so laugh about this thread [wouldn't he now]! [might go in non-canon spinoffs not sure]

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BRAC’s the way
by Gunnar Larson 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

BRAC’s the way The backstory to BRAC, a humanitarian NGO touching the lives of 120 million worldwide, is a fascinating journey borne from the rubble of Bangladesh’s liberation war more than 50 years ago. My colleague Omar Mohammed writes how it transformed from a cash-strapped, one-nation charity into a sprawling multinational that could serve as a blueprint for development organizations the world over. Fazle Abed, a British-educated naval architect and accountant, was so horrified by the war that turned millions of his countrymen into refugees that he left the private sector, sold his apartment in London, and returned home to build BRAC — then known as the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee. Omar spoke to Shameran Abed, BRAC International’s executive director, about the founder’s legacy and how it’s continued to grow after his death in 2019. Afghanistan was a big turning point, Abed said. Near the end of 2001, once American troops had toppled the Taliban-led government, BRAC’s leadership heard stories that mirrored what had happened in Bangladesh — with Afghanistan’s infrastructure destroyed, the education system in tatters, a collapsed economy, and millions of refugees clamoring to return home. BRAC could help. Its work in Bangladesh meant it could provide the expertise to rebuild education systems and health structures and provide financial services for people in postwar Afghanistan. This also suggests that BRAC’s model could be tested elsewhere. BRAC now operates in 10 countries across Africa and Asia and plans to push into as many as 20, Abed said. “Our theory of change is a relentless pursuit of scale,” he told Omar. “We don’t want to do things small. We don’t want to do things on the edges, and we don’t want to do things that look good, that are impactful, but only in very small doses and can’t be scaled.” Read: Does BRAC offer a different model for development organizations?

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BlockFi Knew FTX Was No Good, Creditors Allege
by Gunnar Larson 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

BlockFi Knew FTX Was No Good, Creditors Allege By Jessica Corso A detailed investigation released by a group of BlockFi Inc. creditors on Friday lays out allegations that the crypto firm nurtured a close relationship with FTX and its sister company Alameda Research, despite knowing that FTX's financials were not up to par more than a year before the firm's alleged fraud came to light. 2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/1700007?nl_pk=8da16ff7-f140-…

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Man Convicted In Border Wall Fraud Suit Won't Get New Trial
by Gunnar Larson 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

Man Convicted In Border Wall Fraud Suit Won't Get New Trial By Rae Ann Varona Sentencing for a Colorado man's role in a scheme that siphoned online donations meant to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border will go on after a New York federal judge rejected Friday the man's bid for a new trial. Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1700031?nl_pk=fa7fa7d8-…

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Ex-HSBC Rep Says Whistleblower Retaliation Suit Must Go On
by Gunnar Larson 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

Ex-HSBC Rep Says Whistleblower Retaliation Suit Must Go On By Sydney Price A former HSBC Securities employee who claimed he was fired for blowing the whistle on "rampant front-running" by HSBC traders asked a federal judge Friday not to grant the bank's bid to toss his suit, saying its actions can be reasonably interpreted as retaliation. Memorandum attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1700028?nl_pk=99a2a594-20ad-4b2f-a2…

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Attys Want $16.8M For Societe Generale Rate-Rigging Deal
by Gunnar Larson 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

Attys Want $16.8M For Societe Generale Rate-Rigging Deal By Elliot Weld Attorneys who worked to secure a $105 million deal from Société Générale for a class of investors that sued over alleged rigging of the Euro Interbank Offered Rate asked a New York federal judge to approve $16.8 million in fees, citing the complicated nature of the long-running case. Memorandum attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1699732?nl_pk=2063be2d-1a29-43b…

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McKesson Investor Attys Get $35M For $141M Price Fix Dea
by Gunnar Larson 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

McKesson Investor Attys Get $35M For $141M Price Fix Deal By Henrik Nilsson Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP attorneys who represent a class of McKesson investors will receive $35 million in fees from a $141 million settlement for their work on litigation alleging the company made false assertions concerning a drug price-fixing scheme, according to an order issued in California federal court on Friday. 2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1700069?nl_pk=2063be2d-1a29-43b…

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