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    nikitonsky: Encrypted checkbox on Global Encryption Coalition’s website

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    Gunnerside, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England (© Derek Croucher/Alamy)

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    tdro

    Another wandering soul whispering into the void. If you are looking for my blog you are in the wrong place. The profile and header pictures are brought to you by cdd20.
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    That book is quite hilarious. The ambiguity is sneaky too. Why the 17th century? Popular scams approximate type 7 and 2. ‘Enticement to gambling’ and ‘dropping the bag’ are just short of a legalized bank robbery.

    Here are more fun picks noted in The Book of Swindles (1617) translation.

    Related (Confidence):

    1. The New Cheats of London Exposed (1792)
    2. The Confidence–Man: His Masquerade (1857)
    3. The Humbugs of the World (1866)
    4. Don Quixote (1605)
    5. The Swindler (1626)
    6. The Water Margin (1589)
    7. Plum in the Golden Vase (1610)
    8. Stories Old and New (1620)

    Unrelated (History & Philosophy):

    1. Book of Changes
    2. Book of Documents
    3. The Analects
    4. The Records of the Grand Historian
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    Deno

    The latest news from Deno Land Inc.
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    Deno 1.44 adds support for private npm registries, gRPC connections, improved Node.js compat with initial Next.js support, and significant performance improvements.

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    A stand of slash pines and sawgrass prairie, Everglades National Park, Florida (© Jonathan Gewirtz/Tandem Stills + Motion)

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    Eurasian otters, Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull, Scotland (© Neil Henderson/Alamy)

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    Roussanou Monastery, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece (© Marius Roman/Getty Images)

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    Field of flags set up for Memorial Day (© Andrew Seegmiller/Getty Images)

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    arachnoid

    A site for people who think. Intellectual resources, programming, astronomy, science, mathematics, Java/JavaScript applets, programming instruction, home of Arachnophilia.
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    A collection of brief reviews of works that impressed me.

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    Balsamroot and lupines, Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington (© Alan Majchrowicz/Getty Images)

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