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You can have my calculator...when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
by jim bell 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

http://www.autoblog.com/2017/04/26/oregon-fines-man-500-for-using-math-to-f… × Oregon fines man $500 for using math to challenge red-light cameras It's a free-speech issue. And math is math, Oregon! Few things in this world are as universally despised as traffic cameras. After his wife received a ticket for tripping a red-light camera, Oregon resident Mats Järlström openly criticized the Orwellian devices and the mathematical formulas these cameras use. It seems Big Brother doesn't take too kindly to dissenters, as according to the Institute for Justice Järlström was fined $500 for violating a law that prohibits mathematical criticism without a license. Free speech is a term that's often misconstrued. It's not some blanket to hide behind while spouting ridicule and hate to anyone and everyone. In the US, what free speech does protect is the right of a person to openly criticize the government, as Järlström was doing when he argued that the equation which governs the traffic light timers was out of date. After being fined, Järlström filed a lawsuit against the ban on mathematical debate. The Institute for Justice says the actual fine was for Järlström calling himself a "professional engineer." The thing is, Järlström does have a degree in electrical engineering, though he doesn't carry a state license. In Oregon's eyes, that doesn't make him a real engineer. Järlström's initial issue was that the green-yellow-red progression was too short for lights with a left or right turn. Using his engineering expertise, he began to criticize the math equation that governs this timing, hence the fine. Järlström and the Institute for Justice claim these licensing boards violate free speech by fining those who criticize both the boards and the government agencies behind things like traffic cameras. A lawyer for the Institute for Justice makes the point that you don't need to be a licensed lawyer to write an article disagreeing with a Supreme Court decision. Free speech, whether used to challenge Supreme Court decisions or traffic cameras, is a fundamental freedom granted by US Constitution. And it's also no stretch to say that using mathematics is a fundamental human right - part of what actually makes us human. No law can take away our math. [end of quote] Jim Bell

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C programming/debugging mailing list?
by Zenaan Harkness 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

The detox program doesn't work quite right, so I'm trying to learn C to fix it, and part of the code looks like a bug to me. Any recommendations for appropriate mailing list to post questions? E.g. debian-devel or perhaps something lower volume? ( This particular example: repo: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/detox.git file: src/clean_string.c line: from 545: if (new_value == -1) { continue; } This is dealing with malformed unicode chars in UTF-8, and I'm pretty sure the above should actually be: if (new_value == -1) { input_walk++; continue; } otherwise, if the method actually gets a malformed UTF-8 encoded unicode character, it looks like it will loop endlessly. The bug I'm looking for is a different bug again... ) Thanks in advance, Z

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AntBleed and ASICBOOST: Your Miners, Now With More Free Stuff
by grarpamp 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

http://www.antbleed.com/ https://www.asicboost.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/67qwqv/antbleed_exposing_the_mali… https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/67qzsn/antbleed_exposing_the_maliciou…

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iOS' hidden surveillance system
by cpunklist＠danwin1210.me 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

https://gist.github.com/iosecure/357e724811fe04167332ef54e736670d I came across this github gist about surveillance on iOS and macOS. Given certain Snowden documents and other leaks, it is quite clear agencies worldwide are interested in linking unique device identifiers to real people and their activities in real time, so I consider the point about Apple's forced UDID/UUID activation system even on non-cellular devices valid. Also the point on Apple's activation server being hosted on Akamai is definitely interesting, especially given CloudFlare's recent "CloudBleed" bug (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13718752; https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1139) Akamai is of course probably already legally backdoored by multiple agencies worldwide, but given their scale you have to wonder what issues are hiding in there, especially since you also have to factor in potential security issues caused by Akamai's third party partners (Akamai subhosts on ISP/IXP peering partner servers). I'm not affiliated with the author, but just thought I'd share.

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Fwd: [tor-relays] Law Enforcement Request
by grarpamp 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: teor <teor2345(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:58 AM Subject: [tor-relays] Law Enforcement Request To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Hi all, Last week, we were contacted by Australian law enforcement, on behalf of German law enforcement, about one of our relays. It appears that some law enforcement agency had performed a guard discovery attack on a hidden service. One of our relays was that hidden service's guard. They requested that we provide a detailed network capture of that guard's traffic. We refused. (We do not keep detailed logs.) We also shut down the guard. T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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Bitcoin / VC's vs Fiat Finance, History, Economics, Etc
by grarpamp 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/67bsnu/this_is_why_i_bitcoin/ US Treasury and Budget Office In 2007, gross Australian Government debt was $53.25 billion. But a decade on, it has soared to a staggering $484.6 billion. Race you to fiat collapse. History: All Wars are Banker's Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfEBupAeo4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debt http://kooltrillion.com/ James Rickards - The Road To Ruin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GGm0WOGms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_position_of_the_United_States http://usdebtclock.org/ http://www.freedomfight.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Debt__The_First_5_00… https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/more-unbelievable-facts-from-the-us-gov… Let me issue and control the money and I care not who makes the laws.

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Bitcoin ETF: Alive again, comment period open!
by grarpamp 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinAll/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/67hki0/winklevoss_coin_etf_decisi… https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/batsbzx.htm 34-80511 Apr. 24, 2017 Order Granting Petition for Review and Scheduling Filing of Statements It is hereby: ORDERED that the petition of BZX for review of the Division's action to disapprove the proposed rule change by delegated authority be GRANTED; and It is further: ORDERED that any party or other person may file a statement in support of or in opposition to the action made pursuant to delegated authority on or before May 15, 2017. https://www.sec.gov/rules/submitcomments.htm To: rule-comments(a)sec.gov Subject: File Number SR-BatsBZX-2016-30 https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-batsbzx-2016-30/batsbzx201630.shtml Only 68 former comments (46 positive) out of million of bitcoiners?, pathetic :-( Bring out your dead, wage war!!!

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Hotspotting tool to predict white collar crime at a city block level nationwide
by Razer 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

ROTF! (Note: 'protected' by Cloudflare) "The New Inquiry is pleased to announce the launch of White Collar Crime Risk Zones, a predictive policing application that targets white collar crime." > White Collar Crime Risk Zones uses machine learning to predict where > financial crimes will happen across the U.S. The system was trained on > incidents of financial malfeasance from 1964 to the present day, > collected from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a > non-governmental organization that regulates financial firms. > > The system uses industry-standard predictive policing methodologies, > including Risk Terrain Modeling and geospatial feature predictors, > which enables the tool to predict financial crime at the > city-block-level with an accuracy of 90.12%. > > Predictive policing apps are designed and deployed to target so-called > “street” crime, reinforcing and accelerating destructive policing > practices that disproportionately target impoverished communities of > color. > > Unlike typical predictive policing apps which criminalize poverty, > White Collar Crime Risk Zones criminalizes wealth. > > To learn more about our technical methodology, read our white paper. > > https://thenewinquiry.com/white-collar-crime-risk-zones/ >

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A reminder of life, to lift our hearts - [gilmay97@gmail.com: The Funeral--A Nice Story]
by Zenaan Harkness 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Gil is a good friend of mine, marriage celebrant too. He was a mentor to me when I was a teenager trying to figure out life. I hope you too enjoy this short true story received just today. Best all, Z ----- Forwarded message from Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> ----- From: Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> To: William H Richards <williamh.richards3(a)gmail.com> Bcc: zenaan(a)gmail.com Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:32:01 +1000 Subject: The Funeral--A Nice Story The Funeral--A Nice Story A young boy from a very poor family who lived out in the bush west of Grafton had to walk eight miles (13 kms) to school and back each day, on his second week in first grade as he walked past a house he saw a pretty girl wearing a blue dress waving to him as he walked past—so he waved back as all country folk do. On his way home she was there again and waved to him, so he opened their front gate and walked along the long driveway to the house to meet this pretty girl. When he got there she was sitting in a chair on the veranda on her own, so he introduced himself to her and asked where her parents were, she replied they were milking the cows. He asked if she like helping to milk the cows? She said she would love to but she could not walk as she had, had poliomyelitis and could not walk; that was why she could not go to school. He was a big lad, so he picked her up and put her on his back and said lets go down to the cow shed to meet your Mum and Dad. They were stunned to see this big lad piggybacking their daughter and burst out laughing, after talking for a time he asked if he could take her to school with him on the morning, he said he would carry her all the way and look after her. And so every day he picked up this pretty girl and carried her to school and home, during the second year as he was walking home carrying his friend, a car pulled over and the driver asked them for directions—the driver asked about the young girl he was carrying, so he told his story. A few days later the man came back to see them, he was a businessman and had told his friends the story of the boy and his friend that he had been carrying to school for nearly two years. In the back of his vehicle he had a new bicycle with a seat on the back that everyone had chipped in to buy for them, so from then on he picked her up and she sat on the back of his bicycle to and from school. Many years into the future from that date I received a phone call from a lady who told me the Undertaker had given her my phone number and asked if I would read the funeral for her mother who had passed away, she explained her parents were very practical people who spent all their life in the bush and did not want a religious funeral for her Mum—that Dad was a tough old bloke who never drank nor smoked—his entire life was devoted to his family—and his old dog. As always I spoke at length with the caller and talked about her Mum, her Dad and her family and arranged to meet her, her sisters and her Dad next day at Dad’s place a Chinderah. Her father was a huge big man, softly spoken with a depth of character rarely seen—He was a typical old ‘Bushie’ well educated in real life and practicality, a gentleman with a quality and sincerity that stirred deeply. After introductions to his three daughters, over a cuppa we talked about Mother’s passing and the life she had lived—I quietly listened as Dad told me the story of meeting his wife—she was the ‘pretty-girl’ who could not walk and he was the young man who had carried her to school each day until given the bicycle. >From that first day he carried her to school—from that day onwards he had promised to always look after her. As we sat around the Kitchen table talking, he reached out with a huge hand and placed it on mine, looked into my eyes and said “Gil, this is the first day that we have ever been apart since we married”, his eyes were so soft and meaningful, his giant hand softly holding mine as he told me of their life together and the three lovely daughters they had raised. I took my notes as memory points, for I always remember and clearly hear their spoken words as I sit quietly to write the funeral service. Two days later at the Chapel, it was full and many were standing outside; on arriving I always greet the family and inquire if there are any last minute items to include in the service; Their Dad—a very big strong muscular man of impressive presence and statue, walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder, looked into my eyes—and I looked into his—he knew I would present the final farewell to his wonderful ‘Mate’ with utmost dignity and sincerity. >From the raised lectern I look towards the people who had gathered to celebrate the memories of this wonderful lady—I could read their thoughts and feelings, then I looked across at the three daughters sitting either side of Dad, with tears in their eyes, I looked at Dad and he looked into my eyes again, with a slight smile then a tear slowly ran down his sun-browned cheek as I read these words:- *You Will Always *B*e There* The rays of light filtered through the sentinels of trees this morning, I sat in the garden and contemplated. The serenity and beauty of my feelings and surroundings, completely captivated me . . . . . . . . I thought of you. I discovered you tucked away in the shadows of the trees. Then rediscovered you on the smiles of the flowers, as the sun penetrated the petals…………. In the rhythm of the leaves falling in the garden . . . . . . . . In the freedom of the birds as they fly searching as you do. I’m very happy that I found you. And you will never leave me, For I will always see you in the beauty of life that surrounds me….. At the end of the service I conclude “As we now leave this place of memories, let us gather together to share a few moments of fellowship, before we go our respective ways.” Thus the family and friends can get together to renew old friendships and talk of times past. I am always the last to leave the Chapel, and in doing so I always shake hands with the family before leaving—as I walked outside the family were all gathered comforting each other—Dad towering above the others—a big man with a big heart, he walked over to me and put his arms around me crying, and said “Thanks mate, that was beautiful—you really understood”. I stood there and shook his hand and put my arm around his and we just stood together—two old blokes who understood. I accepted his daughter’s invitation to “Come around to the house for refreshments”. They came over and thanked me for all the help I had given with documentation requirements and for my words at the Chapel, they said "We had never seen Dad cry before". Cheers Gil ----- End forwarded message -----

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USA Determined to Fuck Publisher Journalist Activist Assange
by grarpamp 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/21/0259206/us-prepares-charges-to-seek… https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/by-going-after-assange-trump-will-aliena… https://www.democracynow.org/2017/4/21/glenn_greenwald_trumps_doj_prosecuti… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrjXnvkKGMM https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/21/wikileaks-prosecution… https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/855295641068511232 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/855218701766868994 Wednesday "WikiLeaks will show illegal actions by the CIA"; Friday "US prepares charges to arrest Assange" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK2RqXmoIf8 https://www.reddit.com/r/wikileaks https://twitter.com/IsotopeC14/status/855487786165477376

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