Israel Lannister

Ok I have to visit Thailand

I think I have a simple way to make elections cheaper, faster, transparent and much harder to manipulate. And the surprising part is that we may not need much new technology. The BVAS is already at the polling unit. It already identifies and accredits voters. Why not make the BVAS itself the voting machine? The process could become: Voter arrives → BVAS verifies their biometrics → the voter selects their candidate on the BVAS → the vote is recorded securely → the vote is counted automatically. No ballot papers. No manual counting. No writing results on sheets of paper. No transporting result sheets. No central server required. No internet required. The BVAS creates a secure local election network at the polling unit. Authorized party agents connect their phones to the BVAS using their election apps. As votes are recorded, their apps independently receive and maintain a copy of the polling-unit result. When voting ends, the BVAS and the agents’ devices have independently synchronized copies of the result. The result is cryptographically signed so that it cannot simply be rewritten without detection. Then the same model continues through the collation process. Polling unit → Ward → LGA → State → Federal. Devices synchronize directly at each stage. Authorized agents carry independently verifiable copies of the results with them. You don’t need a giant central server controlling the entire election. You don’t need continuous internet connectivity. You don’t need paper. You don’t even need to trust one machine completely, because multiple authorized devices independently hold and verify the same result. The technology already exists. BVAS. Biometrics. Smartphones. WiFi. Cryptographic signatures. Local databases. What we need is a different architecture. An election system where the result is created at the point of voting, replicated immediately to independent observers, and becomes increasingly difficult to alter as it moves through the collation process. I think this deserves serious technical discussion. @PeterObi @KwankwasoRM @inecnigeria

I have not drunk water in the last 48 years — Billionaire Warren Buffett Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has reportedly gone nearly five decades without drinking water, with his preferred beverage being Cherry Coke, according to fellow billionaire Bill Ackman. Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square, shared the surprising revelation during an appearance on the Equity Mates Investing podcast. Recalling a dinner Buffett had at his home years ago, Ackman said he had stocked up on Cherry Coke, knowing it was the legendary investor’s favourite drink. While they were at the dining table, Ackman offered Buffett still or sparkling water, but the 96-year-old declined and requested his usual soda instead. Curious about his drinking habits, Ackman asked, “Don’t you drink water?” According to him, Buffett replied, “Bill, I haven’t had water in 48 years.” Buffett, who stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO last December after six decades in the position and relinquished his chairmanship in September, is famously known for consuming about five cans of Coca-Cola daily. In 2015, he jokingly described himself as “one-quarter Coca-Cola,” explaining that the beverage accounted for roughly 25 per cent of his daily calorie intake. Beyond soda, Buffett is known for his preference for fast food and sugary treats, including McDonald’s, hot dogs, fries, popcorn, cookies, sweets and ice cream.

Moment a man asks his friend to move to the back seat so his girlfriend can sit in the front passenger seat, na so wahala sup💔😭

I thought this things are being imported. So one can easily stay in his/her house and produce as many as possible? 🙆

I was traveling from Owerri to Enugu one time by road, it was a private car that I booked cus I missed my direct flight from Abuja to Enugu and the driver was like “Na this area dem dey kidnap people. They don kidnap me and one Aunty for here before” Wtf! Why tf are you telling me that at this moment?😂😂 My heart wouldn’t stop shaking throughout the journey.😂😂

I still keep wondering how this huge machine actually takes off into the sky. It blows my mind that some people can just doze off right before takeoff like it's nothing! Whenever I get to be on my very first flight journey, I definitely won't be missing a single second by closing my eyes. Tell me your first flight experience, local, international

Leo Messi’s Argentina career in numbers 🇦🇷

No troll here. Today we just appreciate Messi’s 126th and final goal for Argentina.

🚨🚨| NEW: Argentina fans brought a 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐓 to watch Lionel Messi's final match. 🐐🇦🇷

🩵🤍 Lionel Messi completed his very last training session as Argentina national team player.

🚨🇮🇱 WATCH: A member of the Israeli delegation walking around the UN hall to check which countries had left during Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech

Fisayo Soyombo is the journalist David Hundeyin thinks he is. If David had gone on that journey, the article would be marred by endless talk about how the West, the CIA and Mossad are influencing the traffickers abusing African migrants.