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Fwd: FOIL Request (Big News?)
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

With xNY.io - Bank.org's ask for, "Any and all records related to the Executive Chamber’s oversight and/or approval of the New York Department of Financial Services’ engagement of the Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc." ... Yesterday, xNY.io - Bank.org was told the Executive Chamber had no records. Today, we received: August 23, 2022 Via Email: g(a)xny.io Gunnar Larson RE: FOIL Request #4164 Dear Gunnar Larson: Please be advised that we require additional time to complete our response to your FOIL request dated May 19, 2021. We will provide you with a status update on or before September 21, 2022, if we have not completed our response by then. Thank you for your courtesy in this matter. Very truly yours, Records Access Office ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Records_Access <Records.Access(a)exec.ny.gov> Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 5:20 PM Subject: FOIL Request To: g(a)xny.io <g(a)xny.io> Dear Gunnar Larson, Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request. Regards, Records Access

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How to merge cypherpunk with horror
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Start by imagining Juan and Zeynep enjoying anal-sex together https://www.xvideos.com/video66693501/witcher_3_ciri_and_geralt_is_cheating… Marcin Kobylecki, who previously worked on video games “The Witcher” and “Cyberpunk 2077,” wants to bring a darker fantasy edge to the still nascent metaverse with a new project: DRKVRS. Sounds like a savage journey up the cyber-pass

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Satellite Quantum key distribution.
by jim bell 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-compact-qkd-paves-cost-effective-satellite-ba… Researchers experimentally demonstrated a space-to-ground QKD network using a compact QKD terminal aboard the Chinese Space Lab Tiangong-2 and four ground stations. Credit: Cheng-Zhi Peng, University of Science and Technology of China Researchers report an experimental demonstration of a space-to-ground quantum key distribution (QKD) network using a compact QKD terminal aboard the Chinese Space Lab Tiangong-2 and four ground stations. The new QKD system is less than half the weight of the system the researchers developed for the Micius satellite, which was used to perform the world's first quantum-encrypted virtual teleconference.The demonstration represents an important step toward practical QKD based on constellations of small satellites, a setup considered one of the most promising routes to creating a global quantum communication network. "QKD offers unconditional security by using single photons to encode information between two distant terminals," said research team member Cheng-Zhi Peng from the University of Science and Technology of China. "The compact system we developed can reduce the cost of implementing QKD by making it possible to use small satellites." Peng and researchers from other institutions in China describe their new system and experimental results in Optica. They also found that QKD performance can be boosted by building a network of satellites orbiting at different angles, or inclinations, in relation to the equator. "Our new work demonstrates the feasibility of a space-ground QKD network based on a compact satellite payload combined with constellations of satellites with different orbit types," said Peng. "In the near future, this type of QKD system could be used in applications that require high security such as government affairs, diplomacy and finance." The researchers created the compact payload—shown here in ground experiments— that allowed the Tiangong-2 Space Lab to act as a satellite QKD terminal. It included a tracking system, QKD transmitter and a laser communication transmitter. Credit: Cheng-Zhi Peng, University of Science and Technology of China Shrinking the QKD system QKD uses the quantum properties of light to generate secure random keys for encrypting and decrypting data. In previous work, the research group demonstrated satellite-to-ground QKD and satellite-relayed intercontinental quantum networks using the Micius satellite. However, the QKD system used aboard that satellite was bulky and expensive. About the size of a large refrigerator, the system weighed around 130 kg and required 130 W of power. As part of China's quantum constellation plan, the researchers sought to develop and demonstrate a more practical space-ground QKD network. To do this, they developed a compact payload that allowed the Tiangong-2 Space Lab to act as a satellite QKD terminal. The QKD payload—consisting of a tracking system, QKD transmitter and a laser communication transmitter—weighed around 60 kg, required 80 W of power and measured about the size of two microwave ovens."This payload was as integrated as possible to reduce volume, weight and cost while achieving the high performance necessary to support space-to-ground QKD experiments," said Peng. "It also had to be very durable to withstand harsh conditions such as the severe vibration experienced during launch and the extreme thermal vacuum environment of space." The researchers performed a total of 19 QKD experiments during which secure keys were successfully distributed between the Space Lab terminal and four ground stations on 15 different days between October 2018 and February 2019. These experiments were conducted at night to avoid the influence of daylight background noise. The researchers found that the medium (~42°) inclination orbit of the space lab allowed multiple passes over a single ground station in one night, which increased the number of keys that could be generated. They also built a model to compare the performance of satellite-based QKD networks with different orbit types. They found that combining satellites with a medium-inclination orbit like the space lab with a sun-synchronous orbit that travels over the polar regions achieved the best performance. Satellite-based QKD transmission could be used to create a highly secure global quantum communication network. Credit: Cheng-Zhi Peng, University of Science and Technology of China Next steps The researchers are now working to improve their QKD system by increasing the speed and performance of the QKD system, reducing cost, and exploring the feasibility of daytime satellite-to-ground QKD transmission. "These improvements would allow a practical quantum constellation to be created by launching multiple low-orbit satellites," said Peng. "The constellation could be combined with a medium-to-high-orbit quantum satellite and fiber-based QKD networks on the ground to create a space-ground-integrated quantum network." Although not part of this work, an even smaller quantum satellite developed by Hefei National Laboratory and University of Science and Technology of China and other research institutes in China was successfully launched into space on July 27. This satellite, known as a micro/nano satellite, weighs about a sixth the weight of the Micius satellite and contains a QKD system that is about a third of the size of that demonstrated in the Optica paper. That satellite is designed to carry out real-time satellite-to-ground QKD experiments, representing another important step toward low-cost and practical quantum satellite constellations. The world's first integrated quantum communication network More information: Yang Li et al, Space–ground QKD network based on a compact payload and medium-inclination orbit, Optica (2022). DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.458330 Journal information: Optica

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Law Firm Williams & Connelly Takes the Fed to Court on Behalf of a Peculiar Crypto Startup
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

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Blake Masters needs killing ( My 2000 sats )
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Arizona GOP senate candidate Blake Masters often cites his own business record as a model for his hardline anti-China policies, claiming that as an investor he had not raised money for “a single startup” in China, and wanting to “literally ban” Chinese nationals from working for U.S. companies out of national security concerns. One problem. It turns out, Masters has participated in multiple funding rounds for a Chinese biomedical startup—including alongside Chinese Communist Party investors. He also had business ties to a second, U.S.-based medical company when it was honored by a CCP-backed organization. Both relationships came through Thiel Capital, where Masters worked under his mentor and “best friend” Peter Thiel since 2014 THERE he goes! GET HIM!

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Pete Thiel bum-buddy's a Rice Queen
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

And Manchurian Candidate too, of course. Left-fascists gonna fascist. >>> Blake Masters Says He’s Avoided Chinese Investments. Untrue. (thedailybeast.com) <<< Reposts etc

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Lawsuit to halt Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition deal gets dismissed
by professor rat 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

What Dumbfuck has bought together let no judge tear asunder Trash to ashes - dust to Mollusk

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Harvard May Lose ’Richest US College’ Title to Oil-Rich University of Texas
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Harvard May Lose ’Richest US College’ Title to Oil-Rich University of Texas https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-harvard-university-of-texas-richest…

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Lawsuit to halt Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition deal gets dismissed
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-twitter-deal-delay-lawsuit-dismissed/ They knew there were bots at the beginning. The dealmakers were gleaned with bad intent.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Buyout Challenged by Florida Pension Fund - Bloomberg
by Gunnar Larson 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/musk-s-twitter-buyout-ch… First whistle blower on the Twitter deal. There is a new whistle blower claim that Twitter's LBO dealmakers were lied to about bots. However, whatever the case maybe, the Orlando Police Department Pension Fund says the dealmakers were bad actors given the deal was not even possible under until structure. So, it is alleged one lie (deal structure) led to another lie (bots) and the bots are being dressed 👗 up as drama queens. Long live Brody.

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