Glad they are moving forward, but the image of “all currently encrypted data will become insecure, and criminals and bad actors are stockpiling it for that day” is a bit unsettling The cryptopocalypse is nigh! NIST rolls out new encryption standards to prepare - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/nist-selects-quantum-proof-algorithms-to-head-off-the-coming-cryptopocalypse/#p3
"Roe. Miranda. Gun control. Church and State. All dismantled in a single week. The single worst week for civil rights and liberties in decades."
https://twitter.com/MrGordian/status/1540340155562827777?s=20&t=aY7eubdRMMYzO5hidc_g_A
Interesting take on crypto from someone in the finance industry.
"Crypto And The Real Economy http://www.bondeconomics.com/2022/06/crypto-and-real-economy.html
QAnon plus Crypto, a match made in heaven!
“Two QAnon influencers running crypto scams steal more than $2 million from their followers https://web3isgoinggreat.com/single/two-qanon-influencers-running-crypto-scams-steal-more-than-2-million
Well this is cool.
“A Grad Student’s Side Project Proves a Prime Number Conjecture https://www.wired.com/story/a-grad-students-side-project-proves-a-prime-number-conjecture/
Well this is cool.
“A Grad Student’s Side Project Proves a Prime Number Conjecture https://www.wired.com/story/a-grad-students-side-project-proves-a-prime-number-conjecture/
Another deep dog hole broken down. Actually, I didn’t destroy it all, was too deep and it’s too hot out there. #digatunneldigdigatunnel
They left off reason 4: crypto (as it exists right now) is a speculative Ponzi scheme.
Of course, any article that refers to “crypto investors” as opposed to the more honest “crypto speculators” couldn’t admit this reason
Burn it down 🔥
“Bitcoin falls to fresh lows as crypto crashes on ‘Black Monday’: Here are 3 reasons why https://www.fastcompany.com/90760612/bitcoin-crypto-crash-black-monday-celcius?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds
Apparently these aren't as well known as I assumed they were, so here is some tech that I think would make a good #web0 . (like #web3 but more actual #decentralization and less bullshit)
#namedDataNetworking
https://named-data.net/
#Spritely (and #OCAP in general)
https://spritelyproject.org/
#Yggdrasil (could cooperate with NDN)
https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/
#Yatima
https://github.com/yatima-inc/yatima
Invest in these instead of NFTs.
Beach vacation coming to a close, just finished the second of my two beach reads.
Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang. Short story collection with a wide range of entertaining and thought provoking ideas.
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet! by John Green. A touching collection of short essays on life and the world.
Both are highly recommended.
It’s nice to travel again, finally doing our May 2020 vacation. Counting ourselves among the fortunate to be able to visit such beautiful places (Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos)
Interesting summary of a report on EVs, and the outlook for them vs gas vehicles.
https://twitter.com/natbullard/status/1532033294908506112?s=12&t=gSGzVZJdZ7jzvL_O7j9pmQ
“Dogecoin co-creator slams Musk for being a know-nothing "grifter" https://boingboing.net/2022/05/31/dogecoin-co-creator-slams-musk-for-being-a-know-nothing-grifter.html
Go Canada! US should be doing the same.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/world/canada/canada-gun-buyback.html
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