The listing of #Bitcoin as an exchange-tradeable "security", which @lauren argued was such a horrific idea (he is correct) is having exactly the effect the #cryptocurrency #grifters wanted, making it much more well-known to the general public while also #implying it is actually an #investment (it isn't).

I got my first real-world example of this during a visit to a doctor last week. He knows I'm a software engineer, and asked me to explain Bitcoin. Someone's trying to sell him some.

In the #context of #computer #programming, #magic is an #informal #term for #abstraction; it is used to #describe #code that #handles #complex #tasks while #hiding that #complexity to #present a #simple #interface. The term is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, and often #carries #bad #connotations, #implying that the #true #behavior of the code is not #immediately #apparent. For #example, #Perl's #polymorphic #typing and #closure #mechanisms are often #called "magic".

#letsroll #muggles #d20

12-14-17 → #implying
8-14-6 → #passages
13-9-16 → #unicorn
11-19-2 → #pius
7-18-8 → #bravest
20-3-15 → #fire

implying-passages-unicorn-pius-bravest-fire

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#letsroll #muggles #d20

12-14-17 → #implying
17-15-17 → #poor
16-3-20 → #cheat
12-7-8 → #carry
3-14-8 → #burnt
14-18-11 → #problematic

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@lanodan @death @matrix @tuxcrafting

#implying spam was ever made out of animals

Pleroma

#letsroll #muggles #d20

14-6-1 → #reality
7-7-16 → #seconds
12-14-17 → #implying
16-11-11 → #smeltings
14-15-13 → #supporting
17-18-1 → #forget

reality-seconds-implying-smeltings-supporting-forget

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

#letsroll #muggles #d20

12-19-20 → #injuries
10-9-8 → #distracting
11-17-13 → #wine
18-18-17 → #mistreatment
10-9-2 → #examinations
12-14-17 → #implying

injuries-distracting-wine-mistreatment-examinations-implying

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Here’s the not-so-secret recipe for strong passphrases: a random element like dice, a long list of words, and math. And as long as you have the first two, the third takes care of itself. All together, this adds up to diceware, a simple but powerful method to create a passphrase that even the most...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

#letsroll #muggles #d20

16-13-13 → #boat
10-1-19 → #volunteered
20-18-2 → #few
11-6-18 → #conjure
12-14-17 → #implying
14-5-11 → #looked

boat-volunteered-few-conjure-implying-looked

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

#letsroll #muggles #d20

12-14-17 → #implying
4-12-11 → #dark-haired
7-12-6 → #judged
9-16-3 → #cease
4-9-18 → #ice
18-12-10 → #tried

implying-dark-haired-judged-cease-ice-tried

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

#letsroll #muggles #d20

7-17-8 → #investigated
9-14-10 → #blank
7-10-10 → #your
3-17-14 → #trunk
3-6-2 → #worked
2-14-17 → #implying

investigated-blank-your-trunk-worked-implying

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How to Roll a Strong Password with 20-Sided Dice and Fandom-Inspired Wordlists

Here’s the not-so-secret recipe for strong passphrases: a random element like dice, a long list of words, and math. And as long as you have the first two, the third takes care of itself. All together, this adds up to diceware, a simple but powerful method to create a passphrase that even the most...

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