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Assange Decision
by professor rat 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Good decision for building up an international law precedent for condemning the US Gulag since the only comparable one is red-fascist China's. Also good for appealing too since the most convictable looking alleged offence looks like a repeat offence. Perp has a pattern of breaking and entering NA-based computer servers. Recall they got Al Capone for tax-evasion and even if Mange is convicted of spitting on the sidewalk, the longer he's in a cage the better for the rest of us. Remember he spat on cypherpunks when he became a self-described ' journalist '. And the moron sold all his crypto.

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Assange Decision
by jim bell 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Good decision but bad reasoning: The laws he was charged with violating didn't claim "extraterritorial jurisdiction". The limitations period (statute of limitations) for whatever crime Assange was charged with should have 'run out' 5 years later. Lawyers will respond, I suppose, that Assange is a "fugitive", as he is outside the U.S. I respond: Merely his being outside the U.S. doesn't make him a fugitive. And if it is thought that he could be charged based on what he did while he was in U.K., then that assumes that Assange was still "within U.S. jurisdiction", and so Assange cannot have been a "fugitive". Jim Bell

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Re: [Cryptography] Energy Consumption: Standards Trolls (was: disaster)
by Karl 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

I'm not in a good state of mind to post to the cryptography list, but I saw these two bogus arguments and here is my reply, below, sent to the wrong list. On 1/5/21, Alex Flanagan <alex.flanagan(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Bitcoin mining consumes energy, measured by the unit we call a Watt. A >> watt is defined in the ISU as one joule per second. The unit we call >> joule is a unit of work. >> > > For the argument "bitcoin consumes too much energy", assuming emissions are > the concern, my response has typically been: > > Energy *production* causes emissions not *consumption*. > > The emissions attributable to bitcoin mined in Iceland are zero. The energy > *consumed* to mine them was *produced* by a zero-emissions source. Bitcoin operates on incentivisation. So the current system is incentivising people to produce more energy than the earth is able to. So is everything else we're doing, of course, not just cryptography. But here's the real reason all this energy is getting burned up for bitcoin: everyone involved is arguing about it, instead of improving the algorithm. This situation has been going on ever since mtgox. There are unnumerable solutions to this problem, but none are introduced into the codebase yet. The hard part is not technically solving this problem: it is engaging the bureaucratic diplomacy of getting a solution implemented, and then paying for a security team once you are targeted during the process.

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While y'all were distracted
by professor rat 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Btc ATH approaching 38K This is Satoshi's world - we just live in it. https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-sets-new-all-time-high-roaring-above-36k

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[Cryptography] Energy Consumption: Standards Trolls (was: disaster)
by professor rat 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

it is possible in our lifetimes quantum sensors (based on same technology as quantum computers) will make magnetoencephalography machines as simple as your headband..." Little-known outside of technophile circles, uploading remains the most controversial of all possible technologies wherever it is discussed. This, in spite of the fact that seemingly no speculative technology in history — not even nanotechnology, by itself — can make greater claims to granting extraordinary powers to humanity. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/john-filiss-uploading

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[FLASH] THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS FALLEN
by professor rat 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

I gather the bastards are already back in session so ...' nobodies life, limb and property are safe ' until we stop them permanently. Why APster was invented - the killer app for all congress-critters ( and presidents ) I beg all cypherpunks to help me get Jack Dorsey and Joe Biden listed at Stiffs dotcom. Cryptoanarchy cannot tolerate such idiots a second longer than necessary. TIMOTHY " An anonymous computerized market will even make possible abhorrent markets for assassinations and extortion " C. MAY 1992 TIM " I guess now that the Pentagon is setting up a murder pool it can't be illegal for us to do it " MAY. 2003

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[FLASH] THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS FALLEN
by Se7en 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

The Congress of the United States has fallen. This is NOT A JOKE. The United States Congress has fallen. Shay's Rebellion again. MSM already trying to corrupt what happened. I accidently sent this to only one of several lists. This is truth. The United States Congress has fallen. This is Shay's Rebellion again. THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL EMAIL. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH. -- |-----/ | Se7en / The One and Only! | se7en(a)cock.email / | 0x0F83F93882CF6116 / | https://se7en-site.neocities.org

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First we kill all the journalists
by professor rat 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Its not all bad news Alleged attack on RNC reported JournalistsLike - 2h Murder the media carved into a Capital door. The corpse media remains half the problem - declare open-season on all corporate journalists. WE DON' NEED NO STEENKIN' PRESS BADGES!

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The Twatter Crackdown
by professor rat 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Twitter just announced on its @TwitterSafety account that it’s locked Donald Trump out of his account for the next twelve hours. NET to POTUS Give it up faggot - let a real man through.

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The Reichstag has fallen
by professor rat 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

The Reichstag has fallen Der Fuhrer ist todt. Long live der Fuhrer. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/georgia-run-offs-live-updates-de… So some lefties were saying these newbs can’t riot? Funny - I don’t remember any left-wing demo storming the Capitol. So some lefties were saying these newbs can’t riot? Funny - I don’t remember any left-wing demo storming the US Capitol.

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