Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org
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Worth a read; h/t @belcher
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-gold-staying-clean
this is an oft-discussed scenario, I tend to think it will be a less significant effect than portrayed in this article; I am probably influenced by the history of bitcoin; I haven't seen evidence that prices are ever lower outside centralized exchanges (the opposite?), seems mostly surmise, not data.
The author may be under-stating the importance of the perfect verifiability (and doesn't understand intrinsic fungibility).
Peter Todd
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Peter Todd
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The ACLU is suing to prevent a private citizen from accessing public records from the Washington State Department of Corrections.
Guys the ACLU done FUCKED UP
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit to prevent a private citizen from receiving public records from the Washington State Department of Corrections on the number of inmates in state custody who identify as transgender and the number of male inmates who are housed in women’s facilities.
Somehow the ACLU has stuck with their values enough to support even free speech for Nazis (while condemning it, of course), and yet transgender issues is the thing that makes them falter. Do you see the undue power this issue has?? Its chokehold on society?
This is truly insane. I can hardly believe it’s real.
In a twist of irony, our client actually used resources provided on the ACLU’s website to draft the public records request which they are now seeking to squash.
Lmao… this is so painfully hypocritical.
https://www.womensliberationfront.org/aclu-lawsuit-public-records
https://twitter.com/CaligulaJones2/status/1382384200435834888/
ICU/hospital utilization in Toronto is *lower* than normal right now.
Yes, lower.
"I got the feeling very early on that many health professionals were using COVID to fight a proxy war against what they see as a chronically underfunded health care system."
He's right. Unfortunately, using tactics like that is unbelievably dishonest. I think you can make a good argument it should be criminal fraud.
Peter Todd
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@alex If I were 70, I'd still take it. But at 36, I'm refusing to take any of these vaccines out of principal: forcing 100% of the population to take emergency use authorization vaccines with just a few months of testing data is absurd and dangerous even ignoring human rights and bodily autonomy. The medical community pushing for that aren't just evil, they're really stupid too.
Purely from a "don't put all your eggs in one basket" point of view 50% uptake makes much more sense.
Peter Todd
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@adam @Johncdvorak Please review the attached image. I hassled health Canada to the point they FINALLY responded.
These motherfuckers are using 40-45 cycles.
Peter Todd
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The flu chart disappeared like the flu.
Exhibit A:
https://archive.is/dVHdz#selection-9661.0-9661.62
Exhibit B:
https://archive.is/QRFIu
Exhibit A:
https://archive.is/dVHdz#selection-9661.0-9661.62
Exhibit B:
https://archive.is/QRFIu
Peter Todd
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Who said #bitcoin is not good for ornamental use?
I'm wearing the lightning network today!
Peter Todd
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"Local councillor proves to be a hungry for power, wherever they can grab it in their petty existence"
Sad really, because local council is often one of the most effective forms of government. But keeping roads maintained is kinda boring...
Peter Todd
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Nothing says you won an election like removing dislikes.
Exhibit A:
https://archive.is/wNrR0
Exhibit B:
https://archive.is/jh5AY
Exhibit A:
https://archive.is/wNrR0
Exhibit B:
https://archive.is/jh5AY
Possibly the most insane thing about is the pharmacy person on staff didn't seem to understand what the numbers are either! Her response was basically to agree with him!
Overheard a conversation at the pharmacy from an elderly man who wanted to get vaccinated. They said they just had Astra Zeneca available, which he turned down saying it was dangerous.
I suspect had the media actually talked about the risks and benefits _by age_, with actual numbers, that might have happened differently because he'd have had a better understanding of why it's not being used in younger people.
But that would require admitting that our covid response was idiotic...
https://github.com/zhuowei/nft_ptr
"C++ std::unique_ptr that represents each object as an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain."
Peter Todd
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RT @PiersRobinson1@twitter.com
Sign: #Initiative Stop the vaccination certificate in the EU! https://openpetition.eu/!kyxxw via @openPetition@twitter.com
Peter Todd
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"Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off the evils that are brewing, they are easily cured.But when, for want of such knowledge, they are allowed to grow until everyone can recognize them, there is no longer any remedy to be found."
Machiavelli on mutable state
After AstraZeneca clot findings, France opts for mRNA vaccines for second shot | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/france-opts-for-mrna-vaccines-for-second-coronavirus-shot
"Our approach is absolutely not to engage in a gigantic experimentation on the French population"
...which is why you're vaccinating the whole population with brand new vaccines that haven't gone through normal approvals? And are now proposing to mix-and-match those vaccines in ways that haven't been tested?
Sorry, there's no getting around it: this is a gigantic experiment.
Peter Todd
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"if only we could get the scoundrels out and get the right, good people into government, the world will be better off" is the equivalent of "if we only hire smart people, don't use strcpy, and are really careful then we will be able to write programs in c without memory corruption bugs and exploits!"
nice dream but how many times over how many decades must you bloody your head on that wall before you learn?
Study measuring viral particle shedding with an without surgical masks, with symptomatic people who are actually infected with influenza, rhinovirus (colds), and coronaviruses (also common colds).
Results: the masks didn't do very much for either influeza or rhinoviruses, and not enough people were infected with coronavirus to know if the results are valid.
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