Râu Cao

Developer, hacker, nomad, caveman, cosmopolite, cinephile, cyclist, pirate. Full-time traveler since 2010. I'm [email protected] on the Fediverse and Nostr.

[Hacker Beach @hackerbeach]

A new year, a new beach. See you on Koh Lanta in January:

https://t.co/yFnQIcDubm

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@stephanlivera @CunyRenaud Also, many people just wait a week or so for any unforeseen bugs to have been found and fixed before upgrading all of their nodes. At least I do.

And yes, I did upgrade earlier this time, because a vocal minority on this website is annoying me with their attack on bitcoin.

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@francispouliot_ “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program”

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@_pretyflaco About 11 years ago, multiple startups had working MPESA/bitcoin bridges (Kipochi and Bitpesa come to mind). They were all shut down pretty quickly by Safaricom, which is the largest local corporation and taxpayer in the country.

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@thefrankbraun @hagaetc Worth mentioning that the exit taxes only apply if you have been eligible for taxes in Germany for at least 7 years out of 12 before your move. Doesn't make it less absurd, but might help some people who haven't reached the threshold yet.

[WikiLeaks @wikileaks]

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE

Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.

This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible.

After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars.

WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people's right to know.

As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom.

Julian's freedom is our freedom.

[More details to follow]

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@BitcoinBRS https://t.co/6y0sho67cX

[Is Julian Assange free yet? @AssangeFreeYet]

Julian Assange is still not free after 5 years, 2 months and 6 days of political imprisonment in HMP Belmarsh, following 6 years, 9 months and 23 days of arbitrary detention in the Ecuadorian embassy (see @UN WGAD Opinion No. 54/2015).

[Râu Cao @skddc]

Verifying my account on nostr

My Public Key: npub1raustrrh5gjwt03zdj8syn9vmt2dwsv9t467m8c3gua636uxu89svgdees

Find others at https://t.co/5lSDlL5Mpv @nostrdirectory #nostr

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@EdHolden42 @UnPassant_ @m_postic @RnaudBertrand The 12 reserve banks of the system are entirely owned by private banks, who own 100% of the stock, elect the boards of directors, and receive a guaranteed, tax-free 6%+ pa dividend on their shares.

They also hate communicating this clearly to the public.

https://t.co/ZWpdm6FAdg

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@jamesob @notgrubles (Not even mentioning that all your traffic to communication services is E2EE anyway in 2024.)

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@jamesob @notgrubles How is that not plausible deniability then?

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@Bitwala Why would you make them use a fully surveilled payment network that charges them 3%+ in fees, when they accept sats directly via Lightning? This is good for VISA, not bitcoin.

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@_pretyflaco ... like this: https://t.co/yPTucfRixd

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@nicolasburtey Yes, thermal printers in bitcoin PoS devices are a great add-on! Here's one from c-base in Berlin this week:

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@_pretyflaco Yeah, but I would rather show sats if it were my PoS.

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@BrewsBitcoin @nicolasburtey @alpacarmspos Validation for the cashier is a great point! Requires them to be educated about the meaning of it, of course.

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@_pretyflaco @nicolasburtey ... essentially turning it into even better memorabilia, because people already keep them for that.

[Râu Cao @skddc]

@_pretyflaco @nicolasburtey I guess that's a thing it could be good for. But really, they told me they're still experimenting with the thing (only added the printed receipts recently), and the payment hash QR code will be replaced with something else soon. I think they want to print fun images instead.