@potato_lisper
I switched from nix to guix to nix. I really do miss scheme but flakes are nice!
This well-researched #longread reminds us that #Putin has been puppeteering right-wing extremists since the 1980ies when he was a KGB man in Dresden, GDR.
https://magazine.atavist.com/follow-the-leader-nazi-putin-sonntag-cold-war/
The authors should have mentioned that intelligence agencies in the west have done the same.
It is human nature to "look for one's keys under the street-lamp, because that is where the light is brightest."
– Henry Baker, Dubious Achievement
https://plover.com/~mjd/misc/hbaker-archive/letters/CACM-DubiousAchievement.html
“Why Open Source Matters — Guix”
https://blog.bitmex.com/why-open-source-matters-guix/
I wasn’t seduced by the title but this article is a great explanation of how #FreeSoftware, @reproducible_builds, and #bootstrapping contribute to #SupplyChainSecurity for Bitcoin Core. This includes a discussion of why they went from #Gitian to #Guix.
The rebel position at one point was to not wear a mask, now has become orthodoxy and donning the mask is now rebellion.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/11/texas-mask-mandates-covid-19-greg-abbot
23 Takeaways on #ETH 2.0: The Next Evolution of the Cryptoeconomy
#ethereum — https://dt.gl/how-to-invest-in-debt-equity-and-commodities-in-one-investment/
Is #wasm the new ncol (UNiversal Computer Oriented Language)?
NCOL was supposed to be an intermediate-level language into which all programming languages could be translated, and from which all machine languages could be generated.
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RT @CryptoLawUS@twitter.com
Jay Clayton, whose SEC declared #BTC and #ETH are not securities and removed all obstacles to trading them, now works for hedge fund that is betting on #BTC and #ETH. (Coincidentally, he also sued @Ripple@twitter.com, crashed #XRP and forced its delisting.) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-29/ex-sec-chairman-clayton-to-advise-brevan-backed-firm-on-crypto
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CryptoLawUS/status/1376588157962088458