HJ Rook

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Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he says he perpetrated at God's command

January 18, 2024
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=indxcoin

Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he says he perpetrated at God's command

A Colorado-based pastor for an online ministry sold INDXcoin to his followers and others in the Christian faith. However, there was no way for buyers to cash out the tokens. Meanwhile, Regalado and his wife spent the money on a Rolls Royce, jewelry, and designer handbags — and, according to Regalado, "a home renovation the Lord told us to do."Regalado posted a video to his supporters explaining that he had been sued by the Colorado state securities regulator. "So the charges are that Kaitlyn and I pocketed $1.3 million, and I just want to come out and say that those uh charges are true," said Regalado in the video, presumably causing a cold chill to run down the spine of his defense attorney in the middle of whatever he was doing.According to Regalado, God told them to first invest in a separate coin, which turned out to be a scam. Then, says Regalado, God told him to make his own currency, which Regalado called INDXcoin, "but also give them a 10x". Who knew God was a degen! Regalado had told investors that the funds would be going to "widows and orphans", but spent most of it on himself and his wife.

Web3 is Going Just Great

This Juvenile Detention Center Says Hundreds of Seclusions Were “Voluntary.”

Some #Kids Don’t See It That Way.
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#Tennessee says the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center is improving when it comes to illegally secluding kids alone in cells.

The facility says its lockups comply with the law, but new reporting suggests otherwise.

In the first 3 months of 2023, the it used this “voluntary” seclusion 1000 times — even though there were usually only ~30 kids there.

https://www.propublica.org/article/knoxville-youth-detention-center-locked-up-kids-alone-1000-times-in-three-months?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Knoxville’s Juvenile Detention Center Says Hundreds of Seclusions Were “Voluntary.” Some Kids Don’t See It That Way.

Tennessee says the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center is improving when it comes to illegally secluding kids alone in cells. The facility says its lockups comply with the law, but new reporting suggests otherwise.

ProPublica

Supply chain attack on Ledger puts much of defi at risk

December 14, 2023
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ledger-supply-chain-attack

Supply chain attack on Ledger puts much of defi at risk

A supply chain attack on the Ledger connector application has rippled throughout the world of decentralized apps, which widely use the software to enable people to connect their popular Ledger hardware wallets to perform transactions. Although hardware wallets are meant to be among the most secure ways to store crypto, they too are vulnerable to attacks when they are connected to perform transactions.A hacker was able to obtain access to Ledger's source code management tool and push out a new release that contained code that would drain wallets as users connect them. Because the library is so widely used, many crypto applications were vulnerable — including Revoke.cash, a security-focused project intended to help people guard against attacks on their wallets.CTO of the Sushi crypto project issued a broad warning: "Do not interact with ANY dApps until further notice." At least $600,000 has been drained from multiple users so far.

Web3 is Going Just Great

So #GoLang famously uses minimal version selection: https://research.swtch.com/vgo-mvs

The advantage of this is that it doesn't require a lock file like Cargo.lock, but an apparent disadvantage is the inability to update to the latest versions of transitive deps.

How has this worked out in practice? Would love to hear experiences.

research!rsc: Minimal Version Selection (Go & Versioning, Part 4)

#jigsaw #jigsawpuzzle No matter how goofie the puzzle is, when I finish, I like to enjoy the completed image for a few days, then box it up, scramble the pieces and send it on to the next jigsaw puzzle aficionado.

Say I’m talking to someone who eats at Burger King because “McDonald’s is unhealthy.” There is no reasonable response I can make. I’m not going to defend McDonald’s. I’m not going to condemn all fast food, because that would be hypocritical. There is no reason to argue with this person, and there is no way to fruitfully do so. Because of this, I will be thinking about this person at least three times a day for at least a week.

And that’s what the Internet means to me, Charlie Brown.

It is that time of year again. I need to do obligatory post 🎄
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Othello is Solved

The game of Othello is one of the world's most complex and popular games that has yet to be computationally solved. Othello has roughly ten octodecillion (10 to the 58th power) possible game records and ten octillion (10 to the 28th power) possible game positions. The challenge of solving Othello, determining the outcome of a game with no mistake made by either player, has long been a grand challenge in computer science. This paper announces a significant milestone: Othello is now solved. It is computationally proved that perfect play by both players lead to a draw. Strong Othello software has long been built using heuristically designed search techniques. Solving a game provides a solution that enables the software to play the game perfectly.

arXiv.org
He’s made it clear what he wants to do to the media should he gain reelection. Why on Earth are they helping him get there? /2