lim_nick

Would love to hear some more about your realization. Any thoughts on what it is about either governments or sensible environmental laws that makes this the case?

edit: After rereading I realized I misinterpreted your post. I read "enact" to mean "enact and enforce" but in a sense you are correct that only governments can enact legislation. I see now you made no claims about ability to design enforceable policy.

above and beyond the norms of the time?

unfortunately I share your view for the most part, but I'm working to avoid being so fatalist about the outcome here until I see more experimentation

"it means that if and when the program is reinstated"

I'm saying it was never cancelled

yeah this article pretty clearly states what I was trying to get across: "The Justice Department says it's not suspending or shutting down the program — just that it doesn't have the money to pay police departments right now."

"the Department is deferring for the time being any equitable sharing payments from the Program" seems pretty explicitly to be a temporary suspension of payouts from the program, not a closure of the entire program.

"We explored every conceivable option that would have enabled us to preserve some form of meaningful equitable sharing. ... Unfortunately, the combined effect of the two reductions totaling $1.2 billion made that impossible." Doesn't seem like they wanted it closed to me.

How is this not just positive spin on a doj money grab?

Posted by the same guy who invented facebook and mobile payments, people should listen really closely to this genius!

Here are some numbers for this approach. Here are another two QBFs

SALT: [52, 43, 58, 74, 44, 86, 86, 43, 33, 39, 46, 49, 77, 44, 52, 74, 84, 44, 51, 78, 53, 75, 52, 69, 40, 50, 47, 73, 82] BLOCKS: [40, 60, 54, 90, 67, 38, 60, 56, 60, 51, 50, 51, 42, 70, 83, 65, 83, 58, 53, 65, 61, 45, 47, 36, 78, 55, 33, 71, 57, 81, 33, 87, 64, 52, 67, 51, 72, 59, 53, 78, 62, 72, 55, 42, 78, 45, 84, 72, 79, 68, 43, 41, 62, 68, 40, 64, 84, 39, 86] [60, 57, 34, 69, 69, 89, 89, 50, 44, 73, 63, 60, 66, 46, 81, 81, 74, 71, 34, 77, 82, 89, 78, 85, 50, 63, 72, 83, 68, 52, 60, 58, 36, 52, 49, 46, 69, 49, 77, 90, 59, 68, 39, 43, 64, 84, 63, 45, 75, 56, 43, 37, 46, 73, 36, 46, 73, 74, 59] [33, 77, 36, 85, 77, 79, 66, 40, 65, 49, 41, 49, 87, 66, 52, 60, 85, 66, 71, 77, 39, 37, 60, 74, 61, 51, 47, 82, 34, 66, 35, 64, 61, 34, 54, 34, 52, 87, 46, 58, 55, 82, 65, 66, 82, 54, 89, 41, 42, 61, 57, 73, 33, 82, 45, 56, 70, 68, 55] [84, 79, 45, 55, 61, 76, 49, 62, 66, 48, 44, 82, 80, 71, 52, 65, 72, 39, 77, 57, 49, 42, 83, 64, 54, 52, 66, 66, 34, 72, 49, 59, 36, 51, 81, 70, 32, 53, 60, 71, 80, 51, 54, 36, 39, 87, 68, 77, 87, 79, 63, 90, 37, 64, 42, 86, 89, 43, 68] [49, 43, 32, 58, 33, 62, 44, 76, 59, 64, 57, 56, 33, 46, 48, 36, 48, 66, 57, 58, 52, 88, 59, 65, 90, 80, 69, 73, 54, 74, 64, 44, 40, 90, 72, 53, 87, 62, 90, 58, 46, 61, 37, 35, 46, 72, 59, 88, 42, 89, 45, 79, 51, 74, 45, 84, 45, 89, 83] [54, 39, 63, 85, 70, 35, 44, 89, 61, 48, 35, 88, 67, 63, 50, 35, 55, 47, 34, 89, 56, 35, 55, 85, 50, 71, 85, 79, 35, 70, 35, 84, 33, 62, 48, 33, 81, 55, 86, 79, 72, 49, 69, 69, 84, 46, 70, 61, 73, 66, 62, 55, 89, 85, 61, 35, 47, 86, 86]

SALT: [51, 56, 44, 77, 43, 83, 68, 71, 56, 36, 41, 86, 55, 43, 48, 54, 37, 49, 46, 69, 32, 90, 43, 73, 66, 53, 84, 75, 54] BLOCKS: [49, 86, 77, 59, 56, 60, 37, 32, 76, 88, 51, 80, 44, 51, 74, 56, 61, 38, 71, 67, 54, 58, 45, 74, 43, 65, 85, 80, 63, 54, 55, 87, 88, 53, 75, 81, 89, 69, 75, 80, 90, 50, 90, 37, 79, 64, 41, 41, 70, 50, 74, 75, 49, 75, 67, 44, 72, 50, 66] [76, 75, 60, 86, 32, 71, 49, 73, 53, 40, 52, 85, 59, 39, 89, 57, 34, 85, 39, 56, 54, 47, 34, 65, 66, 71, 37, 76, 70, 73, 46, 83, 54, 60, 79, 46, 86, 67, 39, 54, 71, 44, 34, 74, 64, 60, 77, 71, 44, 48, 60, 58, 71, 43, 73, 86, 67, 77, 45] [60, 67, 37, 68, 61, 70, 83, 77, 52, 76, 78, 32, 34, 47, 78, 40, 72, 72, 53, 62, 62, 85, 72, 51, 48, 73, 33, 52, 49, 36, 32, 85, 33, 35, 54, 45, 64, 63, 82, 75, 69, 53, 39, 89, 47, 63, 50, 38, 55, 90, 75, 89, 81, 53, 37, 61, 72, 32, 34] [39, 32, 85, 83, 82, 48, 70, 37, 62, 83, 82, 67, 52, 38, 90, 35, 47, 60, 54, 82, 88, 35, 75, 63, 64, 76, 58, 60, 54, 35, 59, 70, 80, 46, 63, 76, 48, 35, 41, 49, 43, 40, 81, 40, 38, 47, 71, 84, 40, 73, 47, 49, 45, 69, 81, 78, 57, 72, 59] [69, 39, 54, 44, 72, 39, 86, 75, 35, 75, 86, 32, 39, 50, 68, 34, 49, 79, 83, 66, 80, 57, 40, 84, 43, 70, 63, 58, 35, 82, 40, 70, 81, 47, 83, 50, 64, 63, 42, 78, 63, 68, 47, 73, 86, 72, 56, 89, 72, 36, 64, 59, 35, 62, 88, 76, 68, 49, 60] [86, 37, 40, 74, 74, 67, 72, 46, 41, 69, 79, 85, 44, 58, 56, 44, 69, 38, 55, 59, 76, 59, 87, 55, 60, 76, 43, 51, 90, 36, 77, 45, 70, 39, 84, 44, 71, 70, 43, 82, 48, 65, 32, 90, 42, 50, 46, 64, 90, 71, 83, 60, 80, 78, 52, 52, 71, 39, 69]

Erik, is there some kind of offset within the ciphertext?

Here are some integer values for the characters of two of the QBFs

[72, 55, 81, 36, 86, 49, 49, 37, 38, 61, 62, 86, 40, 63, 57, 43, 57, 62, 50, 47, 36, 43, 68, 38, 36, 54, 54, 86, 67, 46, 69, 52, 78, 37, 61, 33, 46, 77, 55, 41, 49, 70, 70, 53, 46, 74, 32, 50, 63, 40, 81, 82, 51, 90, 58, 82, 69, 77, 54, 42, 73, 67, 74, 80, 84, 85, 48, 86, 75, 71, 77, 61, 32, 58, 74, 44, 54, 53, 33, 78, 73, 41, 54, 69, 51, 44, 39, 32, 38, 60, 85, 68, 78, 80, 47, 33, 33, 32, 65, 35, 51, 34, 44, 35, 65, 39, 45, 73, 63, 34, 63, 79, 86, 63, 71, 80, 34, 45, 52, 52, 89, 61, 41, 60, 83, 35, 46, 39, 75, 87, 77, 50, 72, 58, 77, 53, 48, 48, 38, 70, 73, 71, 35, 77, 49, 85, 79, 73, 89, 46, 44, 47, 70, 35, 38, 50, 44, 49, 77, 74, 54, 67, 54, 45, 40, 35, 46, 80, 59, 33, 55, 58, 33, 75, 35, 53, 34, 42, 87, 67, 51, 77, 84, 67, 41, 83, 75, 72, 85, 45, 39, 55, 56, 81, 67, 39, 36, 80, 33, 52, 81, 88, 79, 57, 58, 88, 45, 87, 51, 59, 50, 54, 70, 40, 73, 86, 43, 71, 71, 79, 65, 67, 61, 40, 39, 76, 85, 33, 82, 59, 87, 72, 54, 74, 67, 87, 35, 82, 54, 50, 60, 85, 59, 57, 86, 79, 44, 70, 47, 62, 72, 53, 76, 68, 87, 35, 49, 41, 65, 58, 75, 48, 84, 80, 37, 63, 82, 50, 51, 65, 88, 78, 52, 55, 85, 33, 44, 33, 35, 89, 42, 32, 71, 61, 67, 48, 35, 55, 88, 41, 64, 58, 67, 74, 80, 62, 80, 63, 41, 38, 48, 43, 64, 33, 67, 71, 35, 55, 87, 44, 41, 61, 36, 37, 88, 39, 75, 70, 84, 88, 49, 73, 44, 70, 43, 33, 43, 37, 37, 71, 78, 82, 85, 85, 68, 49, 57, 66, 89, 44, 57, 37, 40, 62, 50, 44, 40, 72, 48, 39, 53, 35, 68, 55, 73, 70, 33, 49, 55, 61, 58, 39, 50, 40, 68, 82, 52, 83, 78, 78, 34, 41, 71, 61, 58, 81, 39, 68, 53, 69, 85, 68, 33]

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