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Cointelegraph: Renowned Cryptographer Says His Patent Was an Obstacle for Hal Finney
by jim bell 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

Cointelegraph: Renowned Cryptographer Says His Patent Was an Obstacle for Hal Finney. https://cointelegraph.com/news/renowned-cryptographer-says-his-patent-was-a…

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If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it. Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free • The Register
by jim bell 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/03/open_chip_hardware/ is it 10 square millimeters, or 10 millimeters squared?

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Watch "Assange Update: NEW Court Developments & Assange's Birthday" on YouTube
by jim bell 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

https://youtu.be/t30sK2xtxLQ

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how to background mutt external viewer applications
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

A hint is here: http://www.guckes.net/Mutt/setup.html To make it work, do e.g. the following in $HOME/.mailcap as follows (the following is to be on one line): application/pdf; (mv %s %s-\; evince %s-\; rm -f %s-)& sleep 0.2s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" Couple keys: - mv mutt's temp file to a new name, so mutt cannot delete the file from under the viewer's feet - do the mv, view and rm in a subshell, so that this mini process can be backgrounded - escape the semi colons in that are part of the viewer mailcap entry (ampersand does not need escaping) - rm the temp file (using its new name) after viewing is finished - sleep for a short bit after backgrounding the viewer, in the hope that your kernel will schedule the viewer to do its thing within that time - this time is a racy heuristic, so can fail of course The ideal solution would be another mailcap part of the line, or option, which specifies that the viewer should be backgrounded, so that this little dance does not have to be copied for every entry of interest - although a handful of such entries will likely capture the bulk of daily requirements...

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Redskins Change Name to Better Represent Population Of Washington, D.C.
by Zig the N.g 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

Redskins Change Name To 'Lizard People' To Better Represent Population Of Washington, D.C. https://babylonbee.com/news/redskins-to-change-name-to-lizard-people-so-the… [truly sichening image not attached] WASHINGTON, D.C.—There has been much talk about renaming the Washington Redskins, since their offensive name has no place in our modern, enlightened society that has done away with all other immorality and sin. ...

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CBS News: NSA warns that VPNs could be vulnerable to cyberattacks
by jim bell 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

CBS News: NSA warns that VPNs could be vulnerable to cyberattacks. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-security-agency-warns-that-vpns-could…

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1 step forward and 2 steps back...
by CJ Parker 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

A US Federal Court has ruled that Julian Assange lawfully published the Hillary Clinton emails | | | | | | | | | | | A US Federal Court has ruled that Julian Assange lawfully published the ... | | | CJ Parker #05987-196 Proud To Be A Felon In AMERI A

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CNN: Hundreds arrested after police infiltrate secret criminal phone network
by jim bell 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

CNN: Hundreds arrested after police infiltrate secret criminal phone network. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/uk/encrochat-crime-messaging-cracked-intl-gb…

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Qwerty to _ ? - Colemak, Workman, Maltron and more ...
by Zenaan Harkness 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

So those who've ever (or still) experience RSI, know that a keyboard layout which reduces RSI is A Good Thing™©®. Physicaa (shape) as well as logical (char mapping) "layouts" are issues for those in need. The primary physical ergonomic layout is the concave Maltron which begat the similar Kinesis. Eventually the FLOSS ErgoDox appeared, and though a planar (flat) keyboard, it is - ortholinear - huge win - split, another huge win - custom per-hand split width and orientation - ultra customizable layouts courtesy the QMK firmware There are many ErgoDox incarnations, one of which is the ErgoDox-EZ. The Maltron logical layout, despite being one of the statistically "best" (most ergonomic, heat map, finger travel reduction etc) and around since the 70's, does not seem to exist in the ErgoDox community. Here's logic: if you're going to bother (or need to) learn a new keyboard layout, why not cut to the chase and learn the best? Why bother learning more than one beyond Qwerty? In any case, here's one hopeful Soul's journey: https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/nmR7W/latest/2 Click "Play layout tour" near the bottom left if you have JavaScript - the Oryx tour feature makes for a very nice visual experience, so recommended - use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to go forwards and backwards through the (relatively short) layout tour. There's also some non-JavaScript screenies over here: https://github.com/zenaan/quick-fixes-ftfw/blob/master/keyboard/README-ZenT…

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Is there a secret Covid tracker on your phone?
by jim bell 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8483037/Is-secret-Covid-tracker-ph…

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