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After Action Report of the First Crypto War
by Ryan Carboni 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

The ISDN standard was first defined in 1988. Five years later the Clipper Chip was proposed. The result of the First Crypto War was Status Quo Ante Bellum. Everyone has celebrated the lack of encryption as a victory? To who would this serve? The ISDN standard itself is a curious thing, according to a /wikipedia/ article on caller ID spoofing, it is rumored that Paris Hilton hacked into Lindsay Lohan's voicemail. Around the same time that the NSA began warrantless wiretapping? The NSA did have input on the 2G cipher, so why would they be okay with increasing the arbitrary nature of the world? Afterall, privacy for the sake of privacy and freedom for the sake of freedom is sort of pointless. Personally I'm against tyranny, as a result of personal experiences, even thought about how Tor could be improved. But all tyranny is simply the arbitary whims of a tyrant, nothing more. The NSA seems to be achieving control for the sake of control... but seems to be doing so in a way that would blind the other government organs to crime? Why is the world structured the way that it is, and to who does it serve? The problem with writing an after action report of the First Crypto War is that apparently everyone involved are idiots or shills, and the only arguments that ever convinced me were by the academics who supported the clipper chip. And then a few academics found that there is a problem with the Clipper chip protocol, the 16-bit hash was insecure. Apparently the NSA cannot write good protocols. Should've been a bigger scandal, it'd be like a trillion dollar project to build airplanes that cannot fly. Thus no logical conclusion can be formed as of this time, unless one is willing to entertain rumors about the Deep State.

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AMD CoreBoot / LibreBoot (reddit AMA)
by grarpamp 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13781408 https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5x5xl3/amd_to_consider_corebootlibr… https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5x4hxu/we_are_amd_creators_of_athlon_…

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Cryopreservation: Thawing Out the Science, Accepts Bitcoin
by grarpamp 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-rapidly-thaw-cry… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVfTQMh-Wd0 http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/379/eaah4586 http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/21/how-the-alaska-wood-frog-su… https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&query=cryonics https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&query=cryopreservation http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/hesdeadjim.htm http://www.alcor.org/blog/hal-finney-becomes-alcors-128th-patient/

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A new meaning to "Intertubz" (sub [snigger] head, The Internet of [ahem] 'Thangs')
by Razer 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

A "smart condom" that "tracks thrust speed and velocity and lets you share the data." "It's basically a Fitbit for your man bits..." The i.Con Smart Condom, which markets itself as the "world's first smart condom," is actually a ring that fits over a boring, dumb condom and claims to track the exercise of your man bits, as well as detect chlamydia and syphilis. The ring, first announced last July, is currently available for preorder on British Condoms for £59.99 (about $74, AU$97) with an unknown release date. But you can't actually put a ring on it yet -- the company says it won't take your money until the product has a firm release. In short, the i.Con ring promises to answer every burning question you've ever had about your sex session. Don't worry, it will pair with an app for all your data visualization needs. According to the preorder page, the ring will answer questions such as: What's my thrust velocity? How fast are my thrusts? How many calories did that sesh just burn? How many times did I just have sex? What's the average skin temperature of my... eggplant? What's my girth? How many different positions did I just conquer? Plus, it aims to answer that age-old question: How do I stack up at sex to everyone else around the world? Because sure, let's gamify sex. What could go wrong? The ring, which will come with a one-year warranty, will have a Micro-USB charging port to provide six to eight hours of "live" usage (not clear if this means thrust usage or something else). It will work with a combination of "nano-chip and sensors," and pair with your device via Bluetooth. (I thought it would charge kinetically, but maybe that's just a pipe dream.) With zero pictures of the self-styled "future of wearable technology in the bedroom" on the site, it's hard to say just how all this technology will fit into a tiny ring. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. British Condoms does say the i.Con will be available in one size with a "band adjustment feature." Worried about privacy, the data kind? British Condoms says "all data will be kept anonymous, but users will have the option to share their recent data with friends, or, indeed the world." Forget dick pics. Now we have to worry about dick status updates. https://www.cnet.com/news/icon-smart-condom-ring/

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Orwell coined the phrase 'cold war'
by John Newman 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Interesting short piece written by Orwell just after the US nuked Japan (but prior to writing 1984). http://orwell.ru/library/articles/ABomb/english/e_abomb "Nevertheless, looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. We may be heading not for general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity."

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CNN ratings skyrocket
by Zenaan Harkness 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

No really, they don't. Poll: CNN Brand Continues to Plummet http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/01/poll-cnn-brand-continues… Russia's Zakharova gets in on the Fake News action :) ‘Stop spreading lies & fake news,’ Russian FM spokeswoman tells CNN reporter https://www.rt.com/news/379256-russia-cnn-spying-zakharova/ And, CNN continues to remind us why, of course... CNNLeaks: CNN Editors Claim 'No Debate' On Climate Change ... http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/23/cnnleaks-cnn-editor-says… http://www.snopes.com/cnn-and-msnbc-ratings/ CNN Ratings Drop Like A Rock, Even HGTV Beat CNN in 2016 http://theamericanfirst.com/cnn-ratings-drop-like-a-rock-even-hgtv-beat-cnn…

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Ann Coulter - libertarian? - "There shall be a free market in health insurance."
by Zenaan Harkness 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Removing protectionist monopolies? Naaah, couldn't possibly work... Ann Coulter: How to Provide Universal Health Care Using This One Easy Trick http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/01/ann-coulter-provide-univ…

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I Was A Professional Anarchist Paid By Super-Rich Liberal George Soros To Bring Trump Down
by Razer 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

> Weeks into the presidency of a buffoonish but vicious tyrant, I feel > compelled to take off my black bandana, hooded sweatshirt, and kick > off my steel-toed boots to reveal myself to the people. This is > especially for those who believe the United States is faced with an > uprising led by professional anarchists and paid protesters. > > They are right. > > In this communique, I will unmask myself, and thus, in doing so, there > will be truth. > > I can say they are correct because I was hired by New York Hedge Fund > manager and elite liberal sugar daddy George Soros to personally chair > an anarcho-commission of agitators. We were asked to treat our work > like that of a corporation. The more franchises we could start in > cities across America, the more likely we would be able to tear down > Donald Trump. > > But the only problem is Soros is a bitch-ass dickstain. > > That motherfucker promised to pay me $2,000/week and give me health > insurance. He promised to set up a retirement account. He even > promised to give me a sizable bonus at the end of the year. But after > the inauguration, when it was time to be paid, no check came in the mail. > > It is almost the end of February, and still, no check has come. I have > receipts from traveling to Washington, D.C. that I need reimbursed! I > have student loans from my Left-Wing Revolutionary Studies Major to > pay off, asshole! > > So, I am violating the non-disclosure agreement I signed to expose > Soros’ professional anarchist dealings, which are aimed at undermining > the most vicious and most brutal capitalist empire in the world. > Confession follows > https://shadowproof.com/2017/02/25/professional-anarchist-soros-trump/

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Our experiments taught us why people troll + ‘Alternative facts’: A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth
by Cecilia Tanaka 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

# Our experiments taught us why people troll. http://theconversation.com/our-experiments-taught-us-why-people-troll-72798 # ‘Alternative facts’: A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth. http://theconversation.com/alternative-facts-a-psychiatrists-guide-to-twist… ====== Troll bonus du jour, woohoo!!! ;D # Trump isn’t lying, he’s bullshitting – and it’s far more dangerous. http://theconversation.com/trump-isnt-lying-hes-bullshitting-and-its-far-mo…

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CONFESS! Programmers Are Confessing Their Coding Sins!
by Razer 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

> A number of programmers have taken it Twitter to bring it to > everyone's, but particularly recruiter's, attention about the grueling > interview process in their field that relies heavily on technical > questions. > > David Heinemeier Hansson, a well-known programmer and the creator of > the popular Ruby on Rails coding framework, started it when he > tweeted, "Hello, my name is David. I would fail to write bubble sort > on a whiteboard. I look code up on the internet all the time. I don't > do riddles." Another coder added, "Hello, my name is Tim. I'm a lead > at Google with over 30 years coding experience and I need to look up > how to get length of a python string." Another coder chimed in, "Hello > my name is Mike, I'm a GDE and lead at NY Times, I don't know what np > complete means. Should I?" > > A feature story on The Outline adds: > >> This interview style, widely used by major tech companies including >> Google and Amazon, typically pits candidates against a whiteboard >> without access to reference material -- a scenario working >> programmers say is demoralizing and an unrealistic test of actual >> ability. People spend weeks preparing for this process, afraid that >> the interviewer will quiz them on the one obscure algorithm they >> haven't studied. " >> > A cottage industry has emerged that reminds us uncomfortably of SAT > prep," Karla Monterroso, VP of programs for Code2040, an organization > for black and Latino techies, wrote in a critique of the whiteboard > interview. [...] This means companies tend to favor recent computer > science grads from top-tier schools who have had time to cram; in > other words, it doesn't help diversify the field with women, older > people, and people of color. > With links: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/17/03/01/1643251/programmers-are-conf…

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