Will Ethereum developers fork the bagchain to restore sweet vitriol lost in the Gatecoin hack? After all recent drama surrounding the DAO and Ethereum bagchain has inspired much talk of forking even though DAO founder Laozi (WOT:nonperson) said ~2400 years ago that "The DAO is empty." Sorry for your harmony.
1/3 Of Brits Can't See Own Penis When Standing
A third of British men have ate themselves to the point they cannot see their own penis when they are standing. Ingsoc is health!
Corn Futures Fall On Possibility Of Further Supply Glut
Today corn futures fell as the United States corn crop appears in good condition for this point in the year, though La Nina's effects are beginning to be felt with lower than normal humidity levels in much of the lower Middle West greatly reducing the amount of heat driven storms and precipitation typical of the region's summers. Further reason for United States corn growers to panic is a solid winter corn crop out of Brazil. A visual survey of farm fields in the lower Middle West also raises concerns about this year's soybean crop as many fields that aren't growing corn lay fallow with the untilled remains of the winter wheat crop still visible. The US agricultural sector's pain is likely to continue spilling over into related industries with heavy equipment manufacturers continuing to be particularly affected. A glut of stored grain and increasing foreign imports will likely allow the United States to continue its love affair with Obeastiality for some time into the future. Sorry for your loss.
Bitfinex Fucks Up
Something happened at Bitfinex, Bitfinex users are unhappy, and history continues to rhyme. Sorry for your loss.
Network Difficulty Up 6.83% As Halving Looms
The Bitcoin network mining difficulty moved up nearly seven percent from 196,061,423,939.64996338 to 209,453,158,595.38098145 crossing two hundred billion and setting yet another all time high. Since we last checked in on prices reported by fiat/Bitcoin interfaces, it now requires another 200 more dollars to acquire a single Bitcoin. The long awaited end of the cheap Bitcoin appears to be nearing. Cheap ether however remains available at your local automotive parts store, look for cans labelled "starting fluid" though Qntra recommends against huffing the sweet vitriol. Sorry for your loss.
China Solidifies Presence In Airstrip Two's Media
News is emerging that media organs associated with the Chinese government have negotiated a deal which will allow them to place stories in media outlets serving Airstrip Two1. This deal allows media outlets in Airstrip Two to continue pretending to exist in a state other than penury while organs of the Chinese state get placement and editorial control over these stories. This move is in concordance with Airstrip Two's move away from Airstrip One and into alignment with China. Peace in our time.
Formerly Known as Australia ↩
Garza, Stuart Fraser of Cantor Fitzgerald, and GAW Face Class Action Suit In US Court
A group of investors hoping to actually recover funds from dead pyramid scheme GAW Miners and its officers filed a class-action lawsuit against the group in a US court. This is the second lawsuit to be filed against Homero J. Garza (WOT:nonperson), Stuart Fraser of Cantor Fitzgerald (WOT:nonperson), and the company originally known as Great Awk Wireless. The first indictment against Homero and GAW was issued on Qntra in October of 2014 following speculation on other venues associated with The Most Serene Republic back in August of 2014 Anno Domini. Blog comment defender of GAW and Garza "DirtFighter" (WOT:nonperson) was unreachable for comment while CryptoCoinNews, NewsBTC, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist, and other operations supposing they were Bitcoin news outlets at the time while either enabling or outright supporting the GAW scam were not solicited for comment.1
Un-WoT'd nonpersons the lot of them. ↩
Hoaxtoshi Update: Journalist Swindled Into Writing A #Longread
The Hoaxtoshi Craig Steven Wright (WOT:nonperson) having broken a promise to offer cryptographic proof of Satoshi just unveiled his latest attempt to con people into believing revealed. The Hoaxtoshi collaborated with Andrew O'Hagan (WOT:nonperson), an alleged journalist, into having a #longread produced where over 35,000 words O'Hagan demonstrates the ways in which intimately spending six months with a con artist tends to lead to being conned. The Hoaxtoshi has yet to offer cryptographic proof of Satoshi. Instead it appears he will continue sweet talking isolated people into believing. This modus operandi is the same as when that younger man convinced your Grandma to trade six months of not being alone for everything. Accept no substitute.
Gotomypc.com Goes To Other Peoples PC's Too!
In the wake of the teamviewer breach another remote desktop service, gotomypc.com has reportedly been hacked. An advisory posted to their website this morning stated:
Unfortunately, the GoToMYPC service has been targeted by a very sophisticated password attack. To protect you, the security team recommended that we reset all customer passwords immediately.
No further important details were shared, such as the number of accounts affected nor the extent of the intrusion. An "Update" published by the team around Noon EDT simply stated "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and frustration this issue may be causing." This article will update if a further statement is released by gotomypc.com.
California City Burns Through 3 Police Chiefs In 8 Days
In an astounding human resources decision the city of Oakland, California has burned through three police chiefs in eight days. The first Chief Sean Whent (WOT:nonperson) resigned on June 9th. The second, Ben Fairow (WOT:nonperson), was appointed chief on an interim basis before being removed by the mayor for some alleged connection to a scandal. Fairow was succeed on Wednesday by the newly acting police chief Paul Figueroa (WOT:nonperson) who resigned Friday requesting a smaller paycheck in order to not have to be the police chief of Oakland. City Administrator Sabrina Landreth (WOT:nonperson) is now stuck with playing police chief on top of her previous responsibilities. Sorry for your loss.