Big win for the vintage car market + I've heard the Toyota Hilux is literally unkillable, time to learn how to drive stick shift.

Looks like* "centralized decentralization" is the new compliant privacy. (*judging by my X timeline)

The NSA is the largest employer of mathematicians in the U.S., and perhaps the world. Honor those who dared to reject the comfort, stability, and retirement benefits of the Black Chamber. Few can.

12 March 2002 Congressional Testimony - NSA/CSS

National Security Agency Freedom of Information Act

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Few know that the 'Encryption war' never ended: it began centuries ago and never stopped. The 90s “Encryption Wars” was just the feds tripping over their surveillance fetish in broad daylight. Early cryptographers died unrecognized because their contributions couldn’t be acknowledged. Bletchley Park’s cryptanalysts remained classified long after 1945, so thousands of codebreakers returned to civilian life, sworn to silence, and while conventional soldiers could boast of heroics, those who fought actually pivotal intellectual battles had to dodge questions about their wartime service. Turing’s family had no idea what he did. Neither did Marian Rejewski’s. The Navajo code talkers got medals for fighting but with gag orders, etc., etc. I can continue forever... The cipher war never stopped, it just went silent: if people don’t realize they’re at war, they don’t fight back. TL;DR: The state’s crypto war never ended; they just got better at 'hiding the bodies': the state conducts cryptographic research today that won’t be declassified for decades... if ever. You don’t hate the state enough. While some might argue that it's justified against external enemies, the next stage of the encryption war could target us. 'If a noticeable exodus to this parallel economy emerges, the state's greatest "national security" threat won't be foreign foes: it will be us - people who just want to be left alone.'

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Happy 12th Birthday, #Monero! 🥳 She has entered her teenage years: old enough to see how f*cked the system is, strong enough to rebel, and burning with a fierce, raw desire to fix what's broken. Deep thanks to all her guardians throughout these years - the Monero devs and this unbreakable community - who kept her safe through every storm and helped her grow into this powerful force. The teen years are just the BEGINNING: explosive growth, unstoppable energy, and real rebellion are ahead💥

imo all major AI providers will start KYC'ing customers very soon... the same way it happened with crypto. (mandatory reminder: the whole crypto thing started on anti-state.com forum) View quoted note →

Only the first dose is free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

my favorite feature of Pixel Phones is OEM unlocking -> @GrapheneOS

I don't block anyone.* Having all available information is what’s called "situation awareness" (e.g., if a bad actor says they’re going to kill you or do other bad things to you, it’s better to be aware of it).

Situation awareness - Wikipedia

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COMPETENCE > COMPLIANCE Monero agorism IS meritocracy: an anonymous / pseudonymous counter-economy rewarding competence, not compliance.

For the latest Anna's Archive official mirrors, always check the Wikipedia page first: it's the most reliable, up-to-date resource when previous domains get taken down.

Anna's Archive - Wikipedia

HN DNS over Wikipedia thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40008383 Current mirrors:

If there are any Monero miners who want to sell freshly mined XMR, there are buyers specifically looking for fresh Moneros only🤭

If only we had a payment system secured by math, decentralized and private... instead of blindly trusting centralized fiat systems that force us to hand over our personal information to poorly secured databases just to transact with each other.

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Google: post-quantum is closer than expected. Crypto Twitter: panic. Monero Research Lab: accelerating. https://xcancel.com/MoneroResearchL/status/2039452833439727742