Re: Shutting down Bitcoin out of an abundance of caution

> On Nov 18, 2021, at 8:33 AM, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > > Which would place their owner/controller at no 51 on the world's richest list. I’m with Hallam-Baker on this one. Since bitcoin was an experiment that escaped the lab into the wild, my bet is that they’re all in the bit-bucket at

The Mystery of AS8003 | Kentik

> https://www.kentik.com/blog/the-mystery-of-as8003/ > "On January 20, 2021, a great mystery appeared in the internet’s global routing table. An entity that hadn’t been heard from in over a decade began announcing large swaths of formerly

Fwd: [Cryptography] Bitcoin is a disaster.

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Ray Dillinger > Subject: [Cryptography] Bitcoin is a disaster. > Date: December 28, 2020 at 9:07:03 PM AST > To: cryptography > > > Okay, this may be just my depressive side talking, or it may be the > stress of the last year just boiling over. But I'm

Axial Age, 2.0: Sell the State

Geodesic Culture Robert Hettinga Axial Age, 2.0: Sell the State Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2020 Anguilla, British West Indies Grover Norquist used to joke that a nation-state should be small enough to drown in a bathtub. Certainly the modern nation-state needs a bath, if not the whole

Make it rain, baby girl.

Make it rain, baby girl. Geodesic Culture Robert Hettinga Seafeathers Bay, Anguilla, BWI November 22, 2020 A long-time friend and I have lunch every Saturday. We go sit in a beach bar here -- these days the beaches empty, the views as preternatural as ever -- drink fizzy water, no, really

I have one thing to say about...

...the President. He’s gotten outta weirder shit than this. *munches popcorn…* Cheers, RAH

Re: Bitcoin and the End of History - YouTube

> On Oct 28, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Bob Hettinga wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKQulqVCQg I can die now. I’m in a Reason video.

Part 2: Cryptography vs. Big Brother: How Math Became a Weapon Against Tyranny - YouTube

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Re: J. Random Universe

> On Sep 5, 2020, at 3:36 PM, coderman wrote: > > the mormon religion always struck me as the most "American" belief system: > you! can become a god! and procreate with untold spirit wives! populating > worlds without number! Yup. That’s what Harold Bloom said about them. The mormon god is

J. Random Universe

J. Random Universe Geodesic Culture Robert A. Hettinga (r...@rah.ai) Seafeathers Bay, Anguilla September 5, 2020, 2:37PM AST I suppose the following may read like a bunch of gobbledegook to most people, but I suppose I can’t really care. It makes sense to me at the moment. Though I need a nap,

Re: NSA phone spying didn't stop terrorist

> On Sep 4, 2020, at 11:54 AM, John Young wrote: > > Notably, Jon Callas has recently joined EFF, I thought it was the ACLU...

Re: what is "Herd Immunity"?

Let’s try this with a proper cc, now, shall we? > On Jul 31, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > >> And the survival rate of Covid-19 is somewhere north of 99 percent. > > Er, no. It's actually about 97-98% overall *yawns from pedant-boredom…*

Re: what is "Herd Immunity"?

> On Jul 31, 2020, at 2:44 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > I: Well, we're the survivors - we are that part of the herd that did not die. And the survival rate of Covid-19 is somewhere north of 99 percent. I’ll take those odds. Also, the ‘precautionary principle’ is bunk. Also, see also,

Re: Cybersecurity is a Ponzi racket

> On Jul 19, 2020, at 9:29 AM, John Young wrote: > > Wonder how long it will take to reveal cybersecurity is a Ponzi racket. “Every cause becomes a business. Then it becomes a racket.” — Eric Hoffer

Abolish CIA & FISA

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Re: zerodark: Vinnie’s gotta barn…

> On Feb 9, 2020, at 5:33 PM, rooty wrote: > > Hey RAH how ya doing. Long time no talk Greets.

zerodark: Vinnie’s gotta barn…

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Re: Cryptocurrency: Money As Debt by Paul Grignon

Fiat currency is a zero coupon perpetuity. Cheers, RAH

Re: Tim May (fwd)

Well, shit. Give ’em hell, Tim, wherever you are. Cheers, RAH > On Dec 15, 2018, at 9:56 AM, Greg Newby wrote: > > Forwarding without attribution from another list I'm on: > >> Date: 14 Dec 2018 22:27:00 >> Subject: Tim May >> >> I am sorry to report that Tim May has passed away,