Steven Roose @stevenroose@fosstodon.org
Hacking on Bitcoin @ Blockstream.
Grew up in Belgium; currently living in Portugal.
Joined Dec 2018
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Remote Code Execution in apt/apt-get
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26 people own the same wealth as half the population of Earth. Those few people could all fit on one bus. If they were students it would be equivalent to one classroom.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/oxfam-report-wealth-inequality-poverty-tax_us_5c408586e4b027c3bbbeb91d
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/oxfam-report-wealth-inequality-poverty-tax_us_5c408586e4b027c3bbbeb91d
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Sure, why not just give the NSA access to the USB port of your phone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
#Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free
I like this a lot. I think #Belgium should strongly consider doing the same.
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Never have I felt in my life the meaning of the phrase "with great power comes the great responsibility", until I bumped into bitcoin.
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I am going to start calling Electron-based apps "elecrapps" or even "crapps".
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The Peruvian government is eroding its ability to protect the the Amazon from illegal logging by succumbing to corporate pressure, Global Witness claimed in a recent report.
#peru #logging #environment #amazon
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/9132-peru-failing-to-combat-illegal-logging-in-amazon-claims-report
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Linux on the desktop: because it's easier to accept community-driven brokenness than profit-driven misbehavior
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That's the interesting thing about #bitcoin
RT @Stadicus3000@twitter.com
Bitcoin allows me to completely nerd out. Peeling the layers of technology, math, sociology, finance and activism is like drinking from a fire hose. 🤯
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Stadicus3000/status/1086046834982879235
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A clear trend of decentralisation, and the mystery of the unknown miners of 2018:
What if #Flutter was build with #Go instead of #Dart?
Interesting analysis of Flutter's use of Dart and thought experiment of how a Go syntax for Flutter would look.
https://divan.github.io/posts/flutter_go/
RT @_nellymensah@twitter.com
How many #SFCryptoDevs engineers does it take to set up a @Blockstream@twitter.com satellite?! #cryptocurrencies #Blockchain @g_durst@twitter.com @taariqlewis@twitter.com
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Warm November in the UK
Relatively warn December
January still warm
Not complaining because nobody likes it subzero, but surely it feels like winter hasn't come yet. Windows open sometimes. #globalwarming #climatechange
Relatively warn December
January still warm
Not complaining because nobody likes it subzero, but surely it feels like winter hasn't come yet. Windows open sometimes. #globalwarming #climatechange
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Bitcoin blocks size distribution per pool in week day http://vaccaro.tech:3838/bitcoin/ #BTC #bitcoin #R #ggplot2
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Wow. Just wow. If you’re using #GoDaddy it might be time to re-think that.
@marsxyz Are students also protesting in Wallonia? (I don't live in Belgium anymore, but I saw some things pass by shared by friends..)
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Nothing to see here. Just an entire continent melting before our eyes. Yes, Global Warming is real. And yes, humans are making it much worse.
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Bank BNP Paribas is down in France and Belgium as yellow vests try to withdraw all their funds.
Hacking on Bitcoin @ Blockstream.
Grew up in Belgium; currently living in Portugal.
Joined Dec 2018
