RT @Kate_OKeeffe
MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research board member resigns, saying: "I’m no longer confident the institute can ethically push the boundaries of science for the good of humanity while working with institutions beholden to the regime in China."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-mit-research-helping-the-chinese-military-pla-genocide-mcgovern-institute-partnerships-repression-11639149202
everything wrong with computing comes down to Functionalists encroaching upon the domain of engineering, the stomping ground of Mechanicalism
learn about Bank Python and you might start to understand what’s wrong with crypto’s approach to banking
HINT: it has A LOT to do with “the right thing” mentality of Lisp-writing functionalists.
real banks know that “worse is better” because it works.
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RT @dystopiabreaker
tradfi banks are still using strung together toothpicks and SMS for authentication
crypto companies are funding next generation MPC for distributed custody,…
https://twitter.com/dystopiabreaker/status/1469508141003927552
If you look at stuff like SQLite you know it doesn’t have to be this way.
And if you look at stuff like Bank Python, you know the reason it is isn’t “just business”.
If you look at stuff like SQLite you know it doesn’t have to be this way.
And if you look at stuff like Bank Python, you know it isn’t “just business”.
It’s time to stop
what do you know about computing?