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The interesting thing I'm seeing from Twitter is how RU artists are now nuking their locations from their profiles and putting generic shit to avoid being attacked by mentally ill Twitter addicts/etc.
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"World News 24
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Kremlin: Ukraine has rejected negotiations. The military campaign will now resume in "full force."

"Zelensky's aide Alexéi Arestóvich confirmed that Ukraine refused to negotiate with Russia since their demands are "too brazen" and are an attempt to force capitulation. Alexéi"

If true. This could indicate the Ukraine-Russia military conflict is a planned depopulation program. They are arming huge numbers of civilians who would otherwise not be in the line of fire.
"brazen" or not, negotiations give things time to cool down, and can have heart to heart
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If someone advertises their software's cryptography as being "quantum-proof", it should be a slight red flag.

We don't know if it's even possible to build and operate a quantum computer capable of implementing Grover's/Shor's/etc algorithms with quantum runtimes. Once we have reason to see that it might be viable, such a computer will then have to be constructed. Right now, we've only managed to build quantum computers that can flip a few qubits correctly (obviously I'm oversimplifying).

Choosing cryptographic standards in the present based on quantum computing capabilities in the future is like deciding not to have kids because you'll have fully intelligent simulated kids in the Metaverse. Be realistic. There are great reasons to pick algorithms that happen to be "quantum-proof", and great reasons to have/not-have kids. There are also bad reasons. Something being theoretically possible isn't the same as something being viable in a given timeframe.

Some orgs like IBM feel confident that they can build a 127-qubit computer in the near future. That's orders of magnitude lower than what's required to correctly implement Shor's Algorithm. And no, there's no "Moore's Law for Qubits"; Qubits aren't transistors.

I included the off-by-default option to account for Grover's Algorithm in https://sr.ht/~seirdy/MOAC because MOAC is honest about being a theoretical approach to conceptualize how much entropy is overkill when considering a naive brute-force attempt of literal cosmic proportions. Don't use quantum computing capabilities to rule out good options.

Saying it's "too early to worry about X" implies we have reason to believe that we'll eventually have to worry about X. For quantum computing, *we don't even know if we'll ever have to worry about it*. Research will reveal if quantum algorithms are viable, *then* it'll be "early". *IF* the algos turn out to be viable, we'll have to wait a while before they're implemented, and even longer before they can scale.

An extreme example that illustrates the same principle: would you choose a life insurance provider because it promises not to adjust your claims if reanimation from the dead becomes possible? Sure, researchers may have re-animated an amoeba. But let's be realistic. Make decisions based on *sufficient* evidence.
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@neko Better than going out in public in an undershirt like I did once.

@CryptoBlok This is why the P2P economy is superior. A market dominated by self-employed individuals means that everyone is responsible for themselves and they know it.

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A few days ago I was listening to some podcast where commies were complaining about the rise of contract work without employee benefits and it gave me a new appreciation for how spoiled and entitled these people are. They are literally being handed the means of production and whining about losing their slave privileges. They want to get out of the wage cage, but also still want to be surrounded by steel bars and sit in a chair while working, so to speak.

tl:dr Communists want to enjoy all the benefits of owning the means of production without shouldering the responsibility of ownership.
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"Don't let the bed bugs bite" wasn't a fucking joke. I know first hand. Luckily, they don't carry infectious diseases.

Bed bugs are literally the products of Satan. It's like if ants fucked mosquitos and made these abominations. They are resistant to chemicals and a clean room does jack shit.

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The current year is 2022 and global super-powers are expecting me to accept their 20 second 240p video clip of some humanoid figure standing in a foggy marshland as genuine footage.

I expect a fucking 4K GoPro strapped to every soldiers helmet with today's newspapers on hand. I'm not believing anyone's lazy fucking propaganda.

@matana I took off my sheets and the mattress cover and I saw a whole colony of them. I'm going to try to vacuum and wash everything. Seems like they are a problem even if your bedroom is completely clean.

Also noticed that my bedframe has punctured a small hole in the wall. They might also be hiding there.

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RT @DocumentingBTC
The first city in the world to be heated by #bitcoin mining.

North Vancouver's local energy utility company announced it was partnering with MintGreen to create heat for the city using renewable energy and #bitcoin mining. ♻️

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Our lives shouldn't be affected one bit by Russia reinforcing its borders and its buffer. But the scum in the EU, NATO and Democrat Party make our lives worse every chance they get.

And if you think the gas prices are bad now, just wait until the globalists hit us with a false flag cyber attack just to justify sending troops to Ukraine.

Then the "Climate Change" lockdowns will begin.

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