Alexander von Below below

Twitter threads from @smdiehl on Crypto Skepticism

Bitcoin - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1349307219318345728
Environemtal Impact of Mining - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1350869944888664064
Ransomware & Extortion - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1353369991022784515
Cryptocurrency Exchanges - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1355227881065082888
Toxic Culture of Cryptocurrency - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1358860077168537610
Phoney Populism - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1360504285440708611
Whataboutism - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1363418896301228033
Investment Properties - https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1367409708517236736

Die schönsten #IDWallet Fehlermeldungen

Rechtzeitig vor der Bundestagswahl 2021 hat uns die Bundesregierung ein neues digitales Spielzeug bereitgestellt, ~~den Prototypen der~~ #ID Wallett App https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/e-id-1962112

Android App https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digitalenabling.idw
iOS App https://apps.apple.com/at/app/id-wallet/id1564933989
Source Code https://github.com/My-DIGI-ID/ID-Wallet
Entwickler: Digital Enabling GmbH https://digital-enabling.eu/
FragDenStaat Anfragen
1. Anfrage #228766: ID Wallet App - Nachfrage zum Stand der App Entwicklung und https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/id-wallet-app-nachfrage-zum-stand-der-app-entwicklung-und/

Anfrage #229623: ID Wallet https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/id-wallet/

No, your cryptocurrency cannot work

Whenever the topic of Bitcoin's energy usage comes up, there's always a flood of hastily-constructed comments by people claiming that their favourite cryptocurrency isn't like Bitcoin, that their favourite cryptocurrency is energy-efficient and scalable and whatnot.

They're wrong, and are quite possibly trying to scam you. Let's look at why.

What is a cryptocurrency anyway?

There are plenty of intricate and complex articles trying to convince you that cryptocurrencies are the future. They usually heavily use jargon and vague terms, make vague promises, and generally give you a sense that there must be something there, but you always come away from them more confused than you were before.

strongSwan setup for Road Warriors on macOS 10.12, iOS 10 and Windows 10

This setup is for remote users to connect into an office/home LAN using a VPN (ipsec). This is based on (but not the same as) the strongSwan documentation and this guide: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/IPSEC_vpn_with_Ubuntu_16.04.html

I used strongSwan 5.5.1.

apt-get install -y strongswan strongswan-pki

	let subsystem = "com.steipete.LoggingTest"

	func getLogEntries() throws -> [OSLogEntryLog] {
	// FB8269189: OSLogStore does not work iOS.
	let logStore = try OSLogStore(scope: .currentProcessIdentifier)
	let oneHourAgo = logStore.position(date: Date().addingTimeInterval(-3600))

	#if os(macOS)
	let allEntries = try logStore.getEntries(at: oneHourAgo)
	#else

	/*! @file OIDExternalUserAgentIOSSafariViewController.h
	@brief AppAuth iOS SDK
	@copyright
	Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
	@copydetails
	Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	You may obtain a copy of the License at

	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# This is more or less just a bash script for this tutorial: https://0xcc.re/building-xnu-kernel-macosx-sierrra-10-12-x/
	# So, huge thanks to Mikal Villa! I updated the tarballs for macOS 10.13 and added line 29.
	#

	curl -O https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/dtrace/dtrace-262.tar.gz && \
	curl -O https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/AvailabilityVersions/AvailabilityVersions-32.tar.gz && \
	curl -O https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/libdispatch/libdispatch-913.1.6.tar.gz && \
	curl -O https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/libplatform/libplatform-161.tar.gz

	/*
	File: ExceptionTest.c

	Contains: Test code for Mach exception handling.

	Written by: DTS

	Copyright: Copyright (c) 2006 by Apple Computer, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

	Disclaimer: IMPORTANT: This Apple software is supplied to you by Apple Computer, Inc.