Robert Dowling

Associate Engineer @FilFoundation | former co-Founder @alphagora_io @repurposeglobal | @Penn Engineering • The @Wharton School | PHL • KL • NYC • DC • UAE

[Robert Dowling @robertalphagora]

I am almost certain there is a Trump executive order, or at least a @Linda_McMahon @EDSecMcMahon demand letter sent to Columbia or Harvard, addressing the KANGAROO COURTS held at universities where accused students get no due process or representation and their fates are decided by a panel of unelected, deranged academics.

This is something I am certain @christopherrufo would be interested in looking at. @elonmusk , this kid is DOGEing the universities and they are inappropriately retaliating against him for it.

These hearings cause extreme stress for the student --this case reminds me of Aaron Swartz at MIT. We need safe harbor provisions for engineering students to be free to pursue their genius without fear of retaliation from an unelected university bureaucracy.

I can guarantee @alexkshieh can produce more in one hour than any of the fake humanities academics Brown will put on this hearing panel have produced in an entire career. They are unfit to be deciding the fate of this genius.

[Alex Shieh @alexkshieh]

My disciplinary hearing at @BrownUniversity has been scheduled for Friday. For emailing >3000 administrators asking about their job duties, I was charged with misrepresentation and violating the IT policy. Does this sound fair?

Misrepresentation
For identifying myself as a reporter for the Brown Spectator, which I am. Because the Spectator is an independent non-profit registered in Rhode Island, not a university-recognized student club, the university claims this constitutes misrepresentation. (The Brown Daily Herald, Brown's other (more liberal) student paper, is also a private non-profit and not a student club, and nobody seems to care.)

Violation of Operation Rules
I am accused of violating the university's IT policy (they don't specify which provision) by publishing a database of names and titles, which they claim is confidential, even though it is not. I did not gain unauthorized access to any systems nor use any systems beyond the extent I was authorized to do so.

[Robert Dowling @robertalphagora]

Pomp is correct as always. This controlled supply is the mechanism that protects the purchasing power of Bitcoin owners.

Miners get paid newly minted Bitcoin when they add a block (containing transactions). That miner’s reward per block cuts in half every 210,000 blocks / ~four years. Thus there’s a diminishing number of new bitcoin entering circulation = eventual scarcity, solving the purchasing power problem.

In order to add a block, miners must spend electricity (proof of work), meaning it’s more expensive to spend electricity for many previous blocks than it is to just spend electricity to add one new one, ensuring Bitcoin is append only and transactions are immutable. This is necessary for a system where thousands of competitors are maintaining a ledger / earning rewards, and no single third party (like a bank) is relied on.

A consensus of miners is required to mine the next block of the longest chain. This solved the Byzantine general’s problem in computing, as thousands of computers in different locations agree to the most up-to-date version of the Bitcoin “file.”

Miners must also check all transactions are not already spent before adding it to their own block. This solves banking’s double spend problem. Bitcoin’s transparent but pseudonymous wallets help enable this.

In fact, according to Satoshi, a bitcoin is “a chain of digital signatures,” all of the private keys that have signed for that bitcoin previously. This private key signing is history is what miners check to prevent double spend.

One elegant solution to four problems across monetary theory, computing, banking, and digital identity.

[Robert Dowling @robertalphagora]

@TimJDillon Hey @TimJDillon, my friends and I just applied to be in the audience but it doesn’t say where this is being taped. We’re guessing in Riyadh or on the 162nd floor of the Burj Khalifa?

[Robert Dowling @robertalphagora]

@Twitter why is there a sensitive content warning on this? @TwitterSupport

[Robert Dowling @robertalphagora]

Thank you @SpiritAirlines pilot Mark Collins for sharing this unbelievable footage of the @SpaceX Falcon launch, as seen from the cockpit of his flight.

@elonmusk is an American hero.
CC: @astro_g_dogg @Gwynne_Shotwell

[Austen Allred @Austen]

We’re building Twitter in public now.

Wild.

[Robert Dowling @robertalphagora]

@Austen Happy to talk about university blockchain clubs / academics and what we are doing @FilFoundation with our Orbit Ambassador program (80+ ambassadors, 30+ countries).

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Take Materials Science 101. You won’t regret it.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Mars may be a fixer upper of a planet, but it has great potential!

[Pranay Pathole @PPathole]

Elon & his ventures are the reason I wake up every morning filled with hope, optimism, joy, & excitement that humanity has a better future with Elon around. I'm sure I'm not the only one to wake up with that optimism. Take care, Elon. Stay safe. The world needs you. @elonmusk

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I strongly believe that all managers in a technical area must be technically excellent.

Managers in software must write great software or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride a horse!

[Pranay Pathole @PPathole]

Elon acquiring Twitter is the best thing that could've happened for freedom of speech. There a lot of exciting & positive changes that Elon has planned to make this platform a better place. Other billionaires spend their wealth for personal benefits, @elonmusk helps humanity.

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

The Biden Administration’s creation of a “disinformation” bureau within DHS is effectively a Ministry of Truth that is alien to our constitutional tradition.

Florida rejects Biden’s attempt to enforce regime-approved narratives and to stifle dissent.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@esaagar Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@AOC Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy ☺️

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Truth Social (terrible name) exists because Twitter censored free speech

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Let’s make Twitter maximum fun!

[Eric Weinstein @ericweinstein]

I’m excited to see what happens next. Here’s to the future!

But one request for @elonmusk: can you use Twitter Logs to show us how our communications were manipulated? Who was shaddowbanned or targeted by bots? How algorithms limited our reach? Why we were throttled? Etc. 🙏