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[journal][log] was: Re: How To Blockchain a Git Repository for Public Archive
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

I am in a state of mind where I can pursue making a script a little bit to automate uploading and even find other people's repositories a little bit. The uploading will be for-pay rather than always-free to ease the number of things to implement. For the same reason, it will use centralized services. The purpose is to recover my records after severe amnesia and possession loss. > If all the .pack and object files in your bare repository are 100,000 > bytes or smaller, the upload can be made for free. Otherwise, it will > cost a small number of AR coins. You should get AR coins either way: > it opens up your options in the future. > > If you want to generate a wallet offline, wallet.json is simply a JWK > file holding a 4096-bit RSA keys. Arweave has an online process at > https://docs.arweave.org/info/wallets/generating-cold-wallet . > # install arkb with yarn or npm > yarn global add arkb > # or with npm > #npm install --global arkb > # check your wallet address and balance if needed > arkb balance --wallet ~/wallet.json > # make a dedicated folder to be the upload > mkdir deployment_dir > # place the repository in the folder > git clone --mirror --bare my/remote/repository > deployment_dir/repository.git > # generate dumb HTTP information in the repository so it can be cloned > from a gateway > git --git-dir deployment_dir/repository.git update-server-info > # might be optional: add .keepme files to any important empty folders > find deployment_dir -type d -empty | while read path; do touch > $path/.keepme; done > # add an index file to show web browsers, or even entire web content > echo 'Clone the repository.git subfolder.' > deployment_dir/index.txt > # deploy with arkb > arkb deploy deployment_dir --wallet ~/wallet.json --index index.txt > --bundle --debug > # or deploy files all <100,000 bytes using node2.bundlr.network > #arkb deploy deployment_dir --index index.txt --use-bundlr > https://node2.bundlr.network > # when arkb finishes, it will output a url on the https://arweave.net/ > gateway > > # during times of congestion, it may take multiple runs of arkb for success > # bundlr automatically retries if that happens; otherwise you may need to > > # after a couple blocks have been mined, the repo should be cloneable The plan is to try to do the bare minimum so as to have both uploading and enumeration. I'm thinking I could be much less likely to finish If I get distracted focusing on improving part of it.

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Crypto-fascism
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Nayib Bukele has, while embracing the title dictator supposedly ironically, pretty much actually gone full fascist. Indeed, he altered the constitution so he could run for president again, moved the army into the legislature to have bills that he’d proposed passed, and uses the military to target anyone he decides is an enemy of the state. https://protos.com/opinion-bitfinex-goes-full-fascist/ Reposts like candles in the wind

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Whale in the bay
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Next Silbert question https://www.axios.com/2022/12/10/how-crypto-billions-evaporate Reposts not background debriefing

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Cypherpunks design code
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Chimps can fly planes and strong AI can write code https://twitter.com/slashdot/status/1601025676517068801?cxt=HHwWgsCi0diX_rc… Reposts bad news for Hughes bores

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Give the Toadie his reward
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

The desperate dictator, his friend Putin, and the rumours of assassination with toad venom https://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/ Reposts not recipes for Argentinian antisemites

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Cryptoanarchist technology solves the " True Names " problem
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Blockchains make it possible to protect and prove our identities simultaneously. Zero-knowledge technology means we can verify information — age, for instance, or professional qualification—without revealing any corollary data. Soulbound Tokens (SBTs), Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and some forms of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) will soon enable a person to port a single, cryptographically provable identity across any digital platform, current or future. Far from moving ' beyond freedom and dignity ' ( BF Skinner ) we are moving closer toward them. And don't forget - its only four and a little bit light-years to CYPHERPUNK 2027 ( at full warp ) ENGAGE!

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The corporate internet's pivot and reset to cryptoanarchy
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Haha - just kidding. Those losers couldn't switch to save their own lives. Corporate internet fails humanity - the common good demands some mechanism to sort facts from misinformation, and honest people from scammers, in the public sphere. At the extremes not covered by reputation and common-sense, cyber-hygiene, our cypherpunk solution relies on two main cryptoanarchist distributed applications - the blacknet information markets that identify anti-social criminals and the APster deadpools that take out this trash. These are their stories.

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Wikileaks used to pose as paragons of human rights and international law.
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Once upon a time in the West "... Mr Assange agreed that some level of privacy was necessary for the successful operation of the military ..." http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/assange-i-can-rule-from-… JULIAN " ‘[The military] protects the sovereignty of Australia. It protects the independence of Australia.' ASSANGE July, 2013 Julian Assange · LRB 6 March 2014 Mar 6, 2014 - I wouldn't say this publicly, but Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison..." Jul 20, 2015 - Julian Assange: To be honest, I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent..." JULIAN " “People with strong principles don’t survive for long ” ASSANGE quoted in " Risk" released in 2017. 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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Anastasiades: failed to solve Cyprus problem despite ‘superhuman’ efforts
by Gunnar Larson 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/12/10/anastasiades-failure-to-solve-cyprus-pro… President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday he is leaving the post carrying the weight of not having solved the Cyprus issue, which he said had been his goal. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Ta Nea, the president said: “I carry a weight, because I am completing my term as president, without having achieved the most important goal I had set, the solution of the Cyprus problem.” However, he added that his conscience is clear when it comes to how he governed. “We received a bankrupt country, and we are turning over an economically prosperous country with a growth rate of 6 per cent this year,” he said. He added that unemployment is under 7 per cent, and important reforms have been made in a variety of sectors. “Therefore, whoever is elected, I hope that he will continue with the same strict fiscal policy and have sensitivities to social policy,” he said. Regarding the Cyprus problem, Anastasiades said that he made “superhuman efforts” and managed to record significant progress with the then leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mustafa Akinci, and added that Ankara’s interventions and its insistence on continuing the guarantees, the permanent presence of the Turkish army, were positions which unfortunately led to the failure of the last attempt made at Crans-Montana. Responding to a question about the criticism he receives from the opposition over his handling of the Cyprus issue, Anastasiades said that this is due to a narrative adopted by some as it was put forward by Espen Barth Eide, the UN secretary general’s envoy at the time. He said that the later revelation of the minutes of the final meeting, showed that he was not the one to leave the negotiation table. He added: “For the sake of history, just so you know, the secretary general had devoted very few hours to such a critical problem. The day after the dinner, i.e. 7/6/2017 he was meant to be in Hamburg at the G20 Summit, and therefore as one would expect, he should instead of interrupting and postponing, asked for a continuation of the dialogue, we had come so close.” Commenting further, he said that Turkey systematically tried to avoid any new dialogue, and that after Crans-Montana he made innumerable efforts to restart the dialogue. “Unfortunately, however, in order to achieve Turkey’s strategic goal, as it has been drawn up since 1956, i.e. that it should at least control a part of Cyprus, or to control the new state of affairs, it did not allow us to achieve the desired reunification of our homeland on the basis of bizonal, bicommunal federation,” he said. The president said that he is concerned about the facts that are taking shape today and especially about what is happening in Varosha. He added that Turkey’s efforts are currently focused on the recognition of the north as it wishes to have dependent recognised states, but gradually the occupied areas will be integrated under the full control exercised by Ankara, either through Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, who oversees projects and policies, or through the ambassador of Turkey, who has the first say on any decision by the Turkish Cypriot leadership. Commenting on the upcoming elections, Anastasiades said that Averof Neophytou and Andreas Mavoryiannis do not have such different opinions on certain policies, or the Cyprus problem. He said that he is concerned about Nikos Christodoulides’ candidacy, as the parties that are supporting him have such widely different views, leading him to wonder how they will be able to not dissolve the government when it is time to make decisions on the Cyprus problem. Regarding the elections for archbishop, Anastasiades said that the government is monitoring the developments from a distance. “I think there should be a separation between state and church. In the sense that the opinions of the ‘national church’ are respected – I am speaking historically – but we are now talking about times where opinions are both permissible and desirable, but the influence and interventions are completely unacceptable,” he said.

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Cryotome was the OG in the space before Assange (well, before Wikileaks)
by professor rat 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

Cryotome was the OG in the space before Assange (well, before Wikileaks) and doesn’t get nearly the traction it deserves Julian Assange recognised that the language of what amounted to the WikiLeaks Manifesto might appear a little “overblown”. He recognised that it had about it too much the flavour of “anarchy”. But in general when it was written he was pleased. John Young was not. In early January 2007 he decided that WikiLeaks was a CIA-backed fraud. “Fuck your cute hustle and disinformation campaign. Same old shit, working for the enemy … Fuck 'em all.” Then, Alex Jones accused Wikileaks of being CIA - then John Young made some appearances with Alex Jones. Julian Assange: WikiLeaks has the same mission as The Post and the Times... https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../julian-assange-wikileaks.../23f03dd8-1d4…... Apr 11, 2017 [ State intelligence agencies ] "... when they fail they need to be punished and when they succeed they need to be praised..." Assange 2016

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