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I'll call mine Smith.

Did Trump just stop one more war, between Greenland and US?

That's nine wars PLUS now! Wen Nobel Peace Prize?

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics The Real Reason Trump Wants Greenland.

Great discussion on Trump's policy towards Europe.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ0P...

Deaths in ICE custody reach 20-year high amid Trump enforcement push Rights groups say overcrowding and long stays are to blame.

Immigrant detention deaths reach 20-year high under Trump

Privacy matters

I don't know. And not interested any more :-(

I've decided to build something that will be "farcaster as I wanted it to be". Maybe it never gets to scale, but I don't care, I'll built it. Will shout out when there's something to test.

It's cringe when you hear Epstein's best friend call a country "the hottest" and the "sexiest".

What if the German American Bund had always been there, but like Zacharia said, it was weakened because the US *had* to be open and democratic during the Cold War? Wouldn't this explain this administration's support for nationalistic, authoritarian parties around the world?

I really, really enjoyed this.

But I want to raise an objection/thought. John, you keep saying "they", and tbf, this is the equivalent of a conspiracy theory. What if it's not "them", but it's the Americans?

This is honest to god so inspiring.

Look at this community absolutely and without hesitation say "NOPE, NOT TODAY" to these chuds

Ticket prices to the FIFA World Cup final game. ⚽

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

My mother (same age) is constantly frustrated with her Windows PC, and I'm unable to help her without spending hours of wasted time.

My father (now 79) is perfectly fine with his old Mac mini running Ubuntu, because it's the first computer he ever had. I've honestly spent less than an hour in the last 10 years to support it. (I should do an apt update, btw).

Linux is not hard. At least, it's not harder than Windows.

Most people that complain "linux is hard", have invested years years if not decades in an other platform, and expect to use linux the same way from day one.

GitHub - vrypan/ring30mix: High-performance pseudo-random number generator based on Rule 30. High-performance pseudo-random number generator based on Rule 30. - vrypan/ring30mix

@coolsweng.bsky.social Hi Diomidi!

I've built this new (?) PRNG.

It behaves extremely well (both speed and BigCrush test scores), but it needs proper study to be used in production. I was wondering if you now someone who is interested in studying it.

github.com/vrypan/ring3...

Down the RNG rabbit hole How I built my own PRNG -and it's quite good!

How I built my own PRNG -and it's quite good!

blog.vrypan.net/2025/12/30/d...

YouTube video by Panayotis Vryonis (vrypan) Turmite LLLR

Generation process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpXD...

Playing with Turmites: better than crypto/rand? Can a totally predictable pattern show more entropy than a randomly generated one?

For details/analysis: blog.vrypan.net/2025/12/28/p...

Can a totally predictable pattern show more entropy than a randomly generated one?

This algorithmically generated image seems to have more entropy than images generated with crypto/rand.

I would love to hear from people who have better and deeper understanding of the topic.

Any entropy experts here?

I have an algorithmically generated, 100% reproducible image. 250x250 pixels, with 5 colors.

The calculated Shannon entropy is 2.112490 bits, when 100% randomness would have something close to 2.321928 bits, i.e. 91% uncertainty. (Right?)

Is this something noteworthy?

People don't care about health insurance. :-)

Say you're in your 20s. You want to build a new thing, called health insurance. You ask your friends, they say it's a good idea, but none of them is willing to pay for it. They are all healthy, why pay for something they don't need vs spend their money on much more fun or interesting things?

TIL mentioning privacy preserving money on 🦋 is walking a tightrope

experimenting with a lexicon for crypto address verifications. it uses eip.tools/eip/7930 for cross-chain compatibility and supports smart contract accounts

only tested with ethereum so far

atproto-address-verifications.vercel.app

github.com/stephancill/...

vitalik.eth on X: "Encrypted messaging, like @signalapp, is critical for preserving our digital privacy. Two important next steps for the space are (i) permissionless account creation and (ii) metadata privacy. @session_app and @SimpleXChat are two messaging apps pushing these directions forward." / X Encrypted messaging, like @signalapp, is critical for preserving our digital privacy. Two important next steps for the space are (i) permissionless account creation and (ii) metadata privacy. @session_app and @SimpleXChat are two messaging apps pushing these directions forward.

@vitalik.ca donated 128 ETH to chat apps Session and Simplex to further "(i) permissionless account creation and (ii) metadata privacy"

👀
x.com/VitalikButer...

Seriously, the required 3/3, with no fallback?

CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR – Breyer warns: "The EU is playing us for fools – now they’re scanning our texts and banning teens!" Just before a decisive meeting in Brussels, digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament Dr. Patrick Breyer is sounding the alarm. Using a "deceptive sleight of hand," a mandator...

Stay vigilant Europe

www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-cont...

I could set a CNAME point to my .ts.net host, right?

Blog Pagination: The Notebook Way Rethinking blog pagination by treating blogs as notebooks with fixed pages instead of dynamic, ever-changing indexes.

What do you think?
blog.vrypan.net/2025/10/13/b...