Monero FCMP++ Optimization Contest Divisors submission achieves a ~30x speed-up in blinds calculations on the proving side, potentially eliminating the need for a blinds cache. Pending further review, this could significantly boost transaction efficiency. libera.monerologs.net/monero-researc…

While it gives everyone something to gawk at, an OG moving coins from 14 years ago is none of our business. These moves incur major risk for the holder.

Twitter was always a censorship platform. Maybe it "opened" a bit when it became X, but what I'm seeing is clear. Shadowbanning is alive and well. Comments I found useful in a CS sense .. FreeBSD / nvidia related info, github comments .. were hidden as "offensive content."

Crazy that people are still willing to sacrifice others to appease the weather gods. But this time with Science!™

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"War is politics by other means." - Clausewitz "Politics is war by other other means." - Reality

Creating a tragedy of coersion isn't an acceptable response to the tragedy of the commons.

The only 4d chess that got played was against the people who voted for him. But ... being totally real? It was just 2d chess. Some of yall arent that hard to fool.

I vibed 650 lines of C code to do some Qubes-like clipboard handling (I dont f about C). Spent all day, $10, and it worked. Yesterday I tried to revamp to a seamless daemon. Should be fewer lines but I spent all day, $20, and failed. The AI giveth, and the AI taketh away. Now I

This should hit hard coming from a guy like McAfee.

"Anarchy is about acting as if you were already free." - David Graeber

I used to write lengthy analyses on xmtrader. But now, I barely post about price anymore, because I give a ~30min report every Saturday morning. Much thanks to Douglas Tuman for inviting me on years ago. I very much enjoy having a platform to share my thoughts.

When it comes to quality responses from LLMs for code - context management is the primary battle. You're fighting context rot, and the only way, is to aggressively delete/edit the interaction, combined with chunking your contexts. Examples: When you persue a rabbit trail to

I know it's hell for Roman Storm to go through, but if he wins, setting a precedent in federal court will end up being a far better outcome for everyone in crypto than if prosecution had merely dropped the charges and searched for a lower level victim without the means to defend

Come listen as I dismantle every foolish claim this guy has accumulated over the past year. Friday 2pm eastern.

This is pure gold

Stoked for having another debate with Super. 2pm Easter. We might need to be a bit flexible with the format tho. Debates are about interaction, asking questions, and exploring the edges of agreement/disagreement. Good debates are more than just trading 10min monologues. Hope to

The safest place in America today is the Epstein List.

Intellectual dishonesty seeks to invert reality by confusing language. Monero - has a few edge case issues, and minor irl degradations; but still maintains well quantified privacy properties. LN - Leaks heuristics by architectural design, with no quantified privacy, just a