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"Outsider trading" is the best new phrase of 2021, and we're just getting started.

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lbry.tv/@rossmanngroup:a/why-m

Great explanation of what's really going on re: GameStop.

tl;dr: a bunch of short sellers screwed up by selling more than 100% of the stock that actually exists. They're on the hook for that, and they have to buy it back.

Under this circumstance, buying GameStop stock *is* economically rational. Risky however, because the rules can change...

...and that's why there is a massive media campaign against Wall Street Bets right now. To get the rules changed.

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They are like some hardcore Bitcoiners I know. Willing to lose it all and go down with the ship.

You can't fight shit like this but you can enjoy the popcorn.

...and they're stepping in to stop people buying GameStop.

Looks like I got in just in time. 😂

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Lol, looks like the GameStop hype is overloading retail investing: I went to buy a token amount in my RRSP account because lulz, and my bank accepted my order and then crashed claiming tech problems.

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Electrum can now download the Bitcoin whitepaper from the Bitcoin blockchain.

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@pete @max_1337
new WHO update incoming
"crosses don't work"
"garlic doesn't work"
"wooden stakes don't work"

boston.cbslocal.com/2021/01/26

"Boston Allowing Gyms, Movie Theaters, Museums, Other Businesses To Reopen February 1"

Announced less than a week after inauguration. Biden's executive order telling COVID to stop worked!

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RT @Jogenfors
$ sudo make me a sandwich

> You are not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported

$ sudoedit -s '\' `perl -e 'print "A" x 65536'` make me a sandwich

> (core dumped)
> Okay

blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilitie

#sudo #baronsamedit #linux #security

Yes, this is real.

They're finally admitting to the facts on masks, and why they just don't work well enough to matter.

rationalground.com/after-nine-

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One layer: 50%
Two layers: 75%
Three layers: 90%
Plastic bag: 100%

Don't kill grandma. Make the right choice.

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How does this protect my identity?

Narrator: It doesn't . . . at all.

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Unpopular Opinion: A lot of people in the US actually want hyperinflation... Of course, they call it debt forgiveness or debt jubilee, but they amount to the same thing.

For everyone else, there's #Bitcoin

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@pete @harding Boss level backup achieved!

1. Our machines backup to local backup host L using duplicity. Mostly incremental, but full every ~2 months
2. rsync L to remote host R (R uses btrfs)
3. L sends a .snap file to R
4. cron job on R triggers on .snap file and creates read-only snapshot

Snapshot cleaning (to reclaim disk space) on R is manual at the moment, but should last at least 6 months.

Seems to work nicely. I can even restore stuff from it.

Thank you so much for all your input.

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The IETF OpenPGP working group has been reopened and we have a concrete plan to get a crypto-refresh out the door!

Is there reason to believe that we'll succeed this time? I think so. A number of new players (not only Sequoia) have joined the OpenPGP ecosystem over the past few years, and they all seem willing to work together to push the standard forward.

#sequoia #pgp

mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/

globaltimes.cn/page/202101/121

"Beijing tests for COVID-19 using anal swabs, where virus may survive longer: experts"

This covid nonsense is getting to be a pain in the...

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I left California recently after 12 years.

Moved there right out of school because I was excited about tech and building stuff. Left because of bureaucrats like Gavin Newsom taking away freedoms.

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