Zcash has unparalleled cryptographers, security engineers, and security researchers. And the community is heavily focused on continuous improvement and hardening the network. That's why it engages world class security researchers to look for bugs. And that's why the recent potential exploit was found. It wasn't by accident and it's a vote of confidence, not a cause for alarm. When it comes to any L1, there will be bugs. What's important is that there are world class researchers focused on hardening the network and staying ahead of the bad guys. This has always been and always will be the dynamic of building software that is secure. Onward.
This has turned into an angry rant. Apologies. I admire you if you get to the end.
But @UKLabour this is all on you.
I am so utterly despairing of the mediocrity, dishonesty, lack of ideology, selfishness, cowardice, self indulgence, and complete incompetence of this government under @Keir_Starmer
400 MPs. A huge majority. But no plan. No idea. No direction. Crisis after crisis. Sleaze, followed by U- turn, followed by lies, followed by scandal. No proactive answers, just reacting day after day to messes of their own making. I'd have respect if they actually *believed* in something. But they don't. They have nothing. No strategy. Just endless platitudes which mean nothing.
Imagine having 14 years to come up with a plan and this is what we get? Imagine this being the best that Britain can do? These wasters are so obsessed with being liked, with pleasing themselves, the back benchers, their unions or other interests, they haven't the backbone or intelligence to do what's right for the country.
And the gas lighting. Starmer having the cheek to tell us yesterday he's "stabilised" the economy. The talk of inflation being "under control". They've made those things worse, under the decisions of the glorified accountant @RachelReevesMP creating utter chaos and a dire economic situation, yet not only do they not take responsibility, they tell us everything is going great.
No one feels it's great. You've raised a different tax every TEN days you've been in government. You're fleecing people until the peeps squeak. Unemployment is up. Business closures up. Borrowing costs up. Debt interest up. You've flailed around with ill- thought out decisions which belong in student politics, and are in such a bubble you don't even realise, or worse you do, and don't care.
The cabinet are a joke, the back benchers part of the lanyard class, there's barely any real world experience between them, and they prefer ideological wars with wealth instead of doing what's best for the country.
Do any of you think any of this will change if Starmer goes? I doubt it. Spending won't be reduced, the back benchers in their gilded gold plated lives will see to that. Taxes won't be reduced. Bills won't be reduced. Benefits will still cost billions. It'll be more of the same with just a different face selling it, and lying to us all.
No wonder people don't vote. No wonder those who do go elsewhere. You'd probably call them the 'far right' as that's easy fodder for you. You're so entrenched in your world view, you can't possibly talk to these disillusioned people. Just call them far- right then stay in your bubble, that's easier isn't it?
Starmer says he wants to 'get on with governing'. What does that even mean? More words. More telling us about 'change' and big ideas, when none are forthcoming. Oh, unless it's a tax rise, or more restrictions on business. Those ideas are easily thrown around. Anything that actually makes the UK economically stronger, or gives those with ambition a chance to thrive, they're nowhere to be seen.
And this is it Britain. We're stuck with them. But as far as I am concerned, and how I am feeling at the moment, @Ed_Miliband@DavidLammy@bphillipsonMP@wesstreeting@AngelaRayner@LucyMPowell@SteveReedMP@YvetteCooperMP@ShabanaMahmood@darrenpjones and all the rest of you can get in the bin.
And now, breathe.
I want to vote for a party that will:
- scrap the triple lock (move to GDP/capita lock)
- build significant infrastructure and homes (e.g. Forest City)
- spend less on healthcare (e.g. move to insurance model)
- cancel most student loans (for many, uni is a waste of time and money)
- completely stop low-quality immigration
- help businesses adjust to higher cost of labour (automation loans etc)
- spend more on defence
- means test state pensions
- commit to experimenting with alternate education models (idk what will work in the future, but not what we have)
There’s no option right now that even gets me half.
Thank you Germany 🇩🇪and Britain 🇬🇧 for sacrificing your economies to save the planet.
China appreciates you exporting your manufacturing to provide jobs for their citizens.
Half-arsed my studies at Uni and rolled out with a distinctly average 2:2. According to my CV I got a strong 2:1. No one has ever checked. Almost as if it doesn't fucking matter.
holy fuck, a hair dryer at a Paris airport broke Polymarket weather markets & made someone $34,000 richer
- polymarket was settling Paris temperature bets on a single Météo France sensor sitting near the Charles de Gaulle runway perimeter - basically unguarded
- the guy bought the long-shot outcome (like "22°C" when everyone expected 18°C) for pennies, since nobody thought it'd hit
- then he walked up to the probe and briefly heated the air around it with a portable heat source, spiking the reading just long enough to register as the daily max
- temperature snapped back to normal in minutes, the market resolved in his favor, and he cashed out - twice, on April 6 and April 15, before Météo France caught on and filed charges
hyperstitions.
The evidence from Olly Robbins is devastating to Keir Starmer.
It is clear that No10 not only made the appointment before vetting was completed, but that Mandelson was already acting as the Ambassador before the vetting - even seeing highly classified documents.
With this, and the 'constant pressure' No10 applied to the appointment and their 'dismissive attitude' to vetting Mandelson, it is now absolutely clear that 'full due process' was not followed.
Keir Starmer has misled the House.