On Fri, 21 May 2021 13:44 -04:00, andr...@itship.ch wrote:
> Regarding blockchain.. well the sole purpose of blockchain is to
> operate a distribute database AND operate it by different people who
> actively mistrust another. This makes it somewhat suited for crypto
> currencies like bitcoin, bu
Disclaimer: While picolisp community is a very nicely self-selected
group of people with interesting views from all paths of life, and most
of us are very interested in philosophical discussions and everything
else...please let's not go to OT here. PicoLisp is the main topic of
this list, and so it
Speaking for myself… as a busted up former US Army special ops officer with a
few good braincells…
I can guarantee that this new us (us.new) will be both complete bullshit, a
project for me to feel like an empowered black trans woman…. *and*….
wait for it…
Increasing the ability for the human r
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 8:51 PM wrote:
> So in my humble opinion, any real world application of blockchain
> technology outside of anti-governmental currency is complete bullshit and
> usually just a scheme to get money from fashionable investors and
> computer-illiterate governments. Or a pet pr
@beneroth
I just read your full email. Wow, that’s really good…
Mind if I email you directly if I have a questions?
The v1 of this project I’m leading is going to be on a more traditional design
but I really want a picoLisp/Android (iOS not necessary) called Universal
Syntax. us.new will be th
While I lurk in this mailing list ever since it appeared on
lambda-the-ultimate, I still remain a lisp-wanabee of 30 years.
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 9:35 PM A. Laszlo Ross wrote:
> This could be strong for blockchain by handing the everyman a cleaner
> looking syntax to get power users to become
I’m not a lisp guy at all, so excuse me if this an utter noob question. But…
Couldn't picoLisp (or any Lisp really) be written as YAML? I’m not a YAML
expert either but it seems like a CAR/CDR implementation at its core. No?
This could be strong for blockchain by handing the everyman a cleaner l
SJain–
A small addition to Beneroth: It is never a good idea to write your own
implementations of encryption algorithms if that can be avoided: it is safer to
use publically available code used by and checked by many others. Picolisp has
good interfaces to various libraries, which makes that str
Hi SJain
There is no meaningful difference. It doesn't matter if you have a
write-able text file or a write-able binary - yes of course text is
easier to edit than binary, but that is security by obscurity at best
(which is not security).
All meaningful cryptographic algorithms are designed to not
