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Things in the newsmedia are often very motivating, especially where privacy technologies are concerned.

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Authoritarian control of borders isn't the libertarian position.

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The economy is a coupled chaotic non-linear system. Therefore, central planners cannot make meaningful long term forecasts. They know that the economy has these features, they know their forecasts are nonsense. You should know it, too.

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Recently, the Digital Cash Alliance's founder Kevin Wilkerson wrote, "Begging tyrants for freedom is not only a dead end, but also an exercise in moral cowardice and demonstrated practical futility. If you lack monetary freedom, the responsibility is yours, not the government's." We were immediately reminded of E. C. Riegel's statement in A New Approach to Freedom: "To desire freedom is an instinct. To secure it requires intelligence. It must be comprehended and self-asserted. To petition for it is to stultify oneself, for a petitioner is a confessed subject and lacks the spirit of a freeman. To rail and rant...

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Who should issue money? FA Hayek wrote that issuers should compete, and not be nation-states. Digital Cash Alliance agrees.

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People are misinformed about the Federal Reserve and would be better served by digital cash.

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"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." ~ Benjamin Franklin The above quote from Franklin is often translated into French as "Qui ne risque rien n'a rien." It is generally translated as "Who risks nothing gains nothing," but the more literal meaning is, "Who risks nothing has nothing." It is one of those situations where nuance matters. And in all things, risk exists. It is real, and it is evident. Although you can choose in whom you place trust, you cannot function without ever trusting anyone. Recently, these facts and thoughts came up in connection with the work I do for SilentVault. The...

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“Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages." ~ Samuel Johnson, The Idler, No. 30, 11 November 1758 I've spent a good bit of the last few days thinking about Google's recent attack against Antiwar.com. My first thought was: If they've determined that images accurately portraying war in a news context that have been on the Antiwar site for years are a violation of their terms, why now, for what benefit? Obviously, some research was in order. It turns out that Google has...

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Why Ferguson matters, to me.

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The dangers of leaving default settings on your wireless router.

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Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate. (Plurality must never be posited without necessity.) ~ William of Ockham, Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, 1323 Every few weeks, I encounter a site or server security “warning.” You've probably come across one or more of these in your work with secure web sites, secure mail servers, and other security apps. What you may not know is that the entire concept of security certificates is very badly implemented. Security certificates are supposedly issued by trusted “security authorities.” But, what do you actually know about these authorities? If your web browser...

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War authorisation without geographic limits is not a good thing. You should stop contributing to the system that oppresses everyone.

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“Karma is a word meaning actions have consequences.” Joseph Ray Sundarsson, 2006

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The system is working as designed, so reform efforts are not going to succeed.

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Things in regulated industries cost more and are worth less. Government is the enemy of innovation, change, improvement, growth, harmony, and joy.

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by Justin Turrell and Tyrone Johnson The team at Blockstream.com recently released a paper, "Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains, which is found here: http://www.blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf Blockstream describes itself as "a group of people who share a vision of how to transform global systems of value exchange that, by design, put you first." The authors of the paper are Adam Back, Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr, Mark Friedenbach, Gregory Maxwell, Andrew Miller, Andrew Poelstra, Jorge Timón, and Pieter Wuille. Blockstream is a company developed by several of the authors. The idea of sidechains existed prior to the creation of the company, and...

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In evaluating Claire Wolfe's book, The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do 'til the Revolution, I started by focusing on the very large number of web pages she cites through-out the book. Although typing web pages from her trade paperback book into my web browser was certainly tedious, it seemed important given the date of the book. It also seems important in discussing my review of these pages to point out a few things about my browsing preferences. The book I am able to review is my own copy of Claire's book from 2004. It shows a cover price...

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The future of mankind in space.

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Alternatives to revolution are useful.

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Making the Ferguson police department match the ethnicity of the community is politically impossible, but otherwise very easy.

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Be Motivated Dec 3, 2015

Government Is an Assault on Private Property Nov 11, 2015

Chaos and Central Planning Nov 2, 2015

Finding Monetary Freedom Oct 9, 2015

Who Should Issue Money? Aug 27, 2015

There Are Risks Mar 27, 2015

Why Ferguson Matters Mar 12, 2015

Your Wireless Router Mar 2, 2015

Central Security Feb 19, 2015

War Everywhere Feb 12, 2015

Consequences Dec 23, 2014

Doing a Bad Job Dec 9, 2014

History Lessons Nov 21, 2014

Pegged Sidechains: A Critique Nov 12, 2014

Review of Freedom Outlaws Handbook Oct 31, 2014

On and In the Moon Oct 14, 2014

Alternatives to Revolution Oct 2, 2014

Not Difficult Sep 15, 2014