An amazing #article on #bloomberg #opinion by #mattlevine , explaining the absolute insanity of the #ftx #meltdown https://archive.ph/4LlX8 *Please read it.*
#binance is now the clear #winner of #crypto https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/binance.. As the #article suggests, I really hope they are squeeky clean, otherwise this entire thing will fold.
#drewdevault 's #article on #plan 9 is pretty cool, there is a lot I didn't know about the #research #os that seems obvious when it's said outloud: https://drewdevault.com/2022/11/12/In-pr.. Opening a #socket for example is insanely simple. I really hope that #unix can borrow more of these ideas.
Interesting, apparently the #queen of #england was involved in a #coup in #australia in 1975: https://declassifiedaus.org/2022/11/11/t.. As one #hackernews #comment suggests, her #involvement is rather overstated in the #article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=335..
Pretty cool #article on #blocking #web #scanners with #ipset and #iptables https://nbailey.ca/post/block-scanners/ Pretty good information for #securing your #server !
Turns out the #glasses #industry is overly #expensive https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus.. I hear you can get your #prescription and get them made #online for next to no #money at all. As the #article mentions, it's #expensive on purpose and the people who are supposed to care concentrate on #fashion .
#facebook / #meta is not feeling too good: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/.. As the #article points out, the time of #faang #invincibility appears to be coming to a close. There have been massive #layoffs trying to save their #rearends , but it is unlikey to be enough.
Interesting #discussion on #agent #curiosity and #exploration https://www.deepmind.com/blog/is-curiosi.. The #article is based on the same-named #paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.08603
In a seemingly yet to be #peerreviewed and #published #article , the #authors of a #biological #study conclude that #covid was very likely to have been #syntehtically created in a #lab https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/.. I would certainly like to see this #reviewed by #experts in the field, it could be interesting. There are still very open questions about how it shares so much #dna with #bats #sequenced at the #chinese #wuhan #lab ...
A great #article from #crimebodge regarding why #solicitors can be pretty crappy and not #listen to their #client 's #wishes https://crimebodge.co.uk/why-do-solicito.. There is an #arrogance about them. The #truth is, any member of the #public can look up the #law and contact a #government #agency . At the very worst, it turns out you did some #process incorrectly or #misunderstand something. No need to #pay #thousands of #pounds for terrible #advice .
#elonmusk has started #firing #twitter #employees , apparently #half like the #thanos #king he is: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/03/twitte.. The #article points out that he took on a lot of #debt to #purchase the #company , which amounts to $1 #billion #dollars a year in #interest alone. Looks like the non- #programmers can #learntocode .
Interesting, it looks like #kiwifarms are looking for a new #server #host https://lowendbox.com/blog/do-you-want-t.. They appear to be #blacklisted by pretty much *everybody* on the #internet , which I believe is somewhat unfair as long as they are law abiding. Funny #comment on the #article by somebody called "Fascist Killer", because if this person believes #kiwifarms is made of #fascists , then this is a #death #threat , something #kiwifarms are accused of...
@barray on Sun Oct 23 13:10:18 UTC 2022 said: &eBefore I had even seen this #article , I now see my #suspicion somewhat #confirmed as #china 's #ccp look to boost their #military to #speedup #taiwan " #reunification ": https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/c.. I think we can expect a possible #invasion within 6 months.This is probably the *most* #important thing you you will #watch this #weekend https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_zVtrFpzs #china 's #ccp are now actively and #publicly #expelling #internal #party #members . The only reason to do this is to #consolidate #power , and this is likely because they are about to do something that requires it. I highly suggest you #watch #taiwan . This will be bigger than #russia 's #invasion of #ukraine .
I'm not sure why, but #hackaday is getting *alot* of #lgbt #content recently: https://hackaday.com/2022/10/16/automati.. This is just a #servo on a #timer , now it is apparently a #frontpage #article because it contains the #lgbt #flag of #allegiance . Very weird. I hope it goes back to actually being about #hacks , and not about #ideology .
This #article raises a great point, the only way the #eu have to generate #money for #projects is either #tax (which is limited) or #printing #money https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/e.. As #ukraine and the #energy #crisis continue, the only method they have to try to " #fix " these things is to keep #printing #money and *hope* #inflation doesn't get out of control.
This #article does a great job of #summarizing why #bitcoin #crypto is #doomed to #fail https://cryptostackers.substack.com/p/bi.. It #leaks #value for anybody who #holds #longterm , #mining #costs will keep #inflating over time, they #refuse to #upgrade their #network , the #community is somewhat of a #cult , and much more. If #bitcoin #btc falls, so does pretty much all of the #crypto #market .