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trinque: can't say that I do.
asciilifeform: trinque: ever wanted to ?
asciilifeform: trinque is my memory playin' tricks or do you in fact run a dc in texasistan ?
trinque: BingoBoingo thanks, saw, now getting ssh access set up for them.
asciilifeform: goodevening trinque
lobbesbot: trinque: Sent 3 hours and 52 minutes ago: <BingoBoingo> Backups have finished uploading to the deedbot server.
asciilifeform: lobbes you might be the youngest among us ship o'fools.
lobbes: On that note, I'm off to sew mp-wp bot before we all die of old age
lobbes: In unrelated news, I turned 32 today (yesterday?). Death clock keeps ticking.
BingoBoingo to return to surface world
BingoBoingo: wb trinque
asciilifeform: wb trinque .
asciilifeform: which i suspect is at least part of the reason mp didnt want it.
asciilifeform: and on top of it all, that rack aint doin' anyone any good when asciilifeform gassed.
BingoBoingo: Well, that's what less eager fellow who wants BTC is for
asciilifeform: or the day is fbi stoolie.
asciilifeform: except for the day he doesn't.
asciilifeform: i'ma have to liedown soon.
BingoBoingo: Aite, I'm going to stop sitting on the DC floor, put some cables in the bag and hope it isn't raining when I reach the surface world
asciilifeform: i aint about to try to convince that x == y when it != . or that i can bake an x outta toothpicks in 3days.or whichever.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: mp asked for x. upfront i told that can only produce y. he said 'no ty' and i respect.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I can't help it if no one finds the US safe and rich enough to do bicycle cash deliveries
BingoBoingo: lobbes: Part of the UY1 problem is solved. Backups are on a machine awaiting trinque making them available. Other part of UY1 problem is standing up an "anyserver" to get some blogs up and running again.
asciilifeform: you oughta know that.
asciilifeform: i've had a certain piece of shit running there for 5y, lobbes . and it stayed up 24/7/365.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Well it'd take ARIN a week or so to get your IPs which would make for a tight schedule even FedEx'ing or couriering boxes, but the lockup on fiat/BTC interfacing so early and definitively...
asciilifeform: iirc it even knows how to eat btc ( tho ftr i never once considered to try )
asciilifeform: if one dun give a damn whether to live in a public toilet, it's ~the~ public toilet.
asciilifeform: lulazon , for all that i spit on it, worx. like a well-cleaned airport toilet in munich .
asciilifeform: btw just as mp_en_viaje said 'orc dc is at least just as terrible, turns out, as usa dc' i'm quite convinced that 'lease rando box from turks' aint any 'cleaner' than 'ask asciilifeform for lulazon aws in 15min'
lobbes: right, temporary solution. I.e. didn't seem germane to 'can't teleport boxen' point re: the rack convo
asciilifeform: lobbes: that'd be (see thread) lulazon.
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 19:04:12 mp_en_viaje: asciilifeform, tomorrow if nothing yields by then, yes.
lobbes: I mean, wasn't the UY1 nao problem already solved earlier in the convo with stop-gap measures
asciilifeform: also, BingoBoingo , even if he had asked for the rack, we cannot teleport the boxen, it wouldnot satisfy the 'omfg want uy1 NAO!!' req.
BingoBoingo: wire on solving the fiat/BTC conversion problem. From there things went downhill.
BingoBoingo: Maybe they did? Anyways what I read this afternoon was MP opening up the chance to start deploying S.NSA funds to rent and give pipe to a rack, that while in hostile lands is near-ish to asciilifeform who seems married to the same lands. When faced with this offer the reflexive response was to terminally stall on the fiat/BTC conversion problem. You did not propose investigating or collaborating with other folks still stuck inside the
asciilifeform: it's squeezed out the actual-people rack-a-box biz.
asciilifeform: an' it's sold by the pound. interchangeable, predictable, exactly like 'serious biz' folx luvv so Much.
lobbes: http://logs.ericbenevides.com/log/trilema/2019-10-10#1944215 << not really, tbh. Would rather not be chained to the zone for any longterm. Medium term plans include sitting tight while I save up a sizable wad of fiatola (now that I *can* actually save) and sort through the crap I've accumulated; sending unessentials to /dev/null
lobbes: Dreamin' in the Clouds
asciilifeform: it's the logical conclusion of JustWantage.
asciilifeform: the people who 'Just Want'(tm)(r) 'a box, 24/7, dun want to swap raid disks, or keep a greasy asciilifeform around to voltage test ps' etc. are all nao in 'cloud'.
asciilifeform: lobbes: the usa hosters that deal w/ humans, are pretty starved for biz & eagertoplease. they're dying under lulazon and other 'i can't believe it ain't hosting!'
lobbes: Ended up just calling my current usg hoster I use for the logs; they said no problem and would get a second server leased and provisioned 'today' (albeit I was told this 12 hours ago) . I'll say one thing, at least this particular usg hoster is responsive.
ossabot: Logged on 2019-10-08 22:39:54 lobbes: http://logs.ericbenevides.com/log/trilema/2019-10-09#1942833 << btw, I've snagged another leased server from some singapore heathen hoster. Once they provision the thing and give login info then auctionbot will live again. However, if it is desperately needed in the meantime I can slap it up on the usg hoster as a stop-gap measure
lobbes: In related leased server news, turns out the singapore hoster was more trouble than worth; communication impossible (all emails met by automated "ticket" creation followed by 5+ scripted spam responses) and they wanted scanned driver's license + credit card. Told 'em noty
asciilifeform: it's a wonder, BingoBoingo , that anyone came to piz. did they just take pity on us rubes or wat.
ericbot: Logged on 2017-02-18 22:54:14 asciilifeform: (iirc we had a thread where i described how corporate ameritards, if given a problem like phuctor, would happily soak up a few $mil and megawatt of iron)
asciilifeform: bbut, BingoBoingo ! 'who needs fucktarded angela when..'! wainot, go, pay 25k for box that asciilifeform sews for 1k.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Not one of them failed, and I can very much see why you are inclined to rehome them.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Power for dollar, you do seem to have a knack for buying machines. As I'm digesting the day's conversation the objection from mp seems to be the mindset which produces this frugality is handicapping when extended to other areas.
asciilifeform: but! asciilifeform apparently charlatan. rent, why not, some piece of even older junk in turkey, wainot.
asciilifeform: why ? cuz asciilifeform tested'em. incl. ps, with meters. an' scrubbed, etc.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: observe that in 2y of piz, not 1 'ew, he buys old irons' component failed.
asciilifeform: all them folx who think ' asciilifeform's machines expensive, why need angela when can monica ' oughta try buyin' from 'folx who do x, who do y', see how they sing.
BingoBoingo: It didn't seem to make sense to scrimp on the power supply or disk.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Newegg. SSD and a power supply in the right form factor for the case were iirc the big expenses
asciilifeform: where didja buy them parts, BingoBoingo , at airport ??
asciilifeform: even then.
asciilifeform: ( 500 seems steep for such a thing, btw, imho. )
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: that thing's prolly destined for the scrapyard, so wainot, plug in, see for own curiosity what happens to it.
asciilifeform: so they simply recocked the 'if ddos, unplug'em' pistol, eh.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I'd only plug it in to see if it draws the aggro, and no. They simply unblocked the IPs per Oscar's report. Oscar is candid when the salesorcs aren't around. But... He's in a position where he's the telecom manager by title and has not the telecom to manage
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: All in it came under 500 USD. One of the AMD mobile processors on ITX board in iirc 10-ish inch deep rackmount case
asciilifeform: well it's paidup through end of oct neh.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: They seemed very disinclined to lock out seeing as I wheeled out the last 1Us today, stated my intention to empty cabinet, etc
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: can plug it in, just be prepared to lose the box if the orcs lock you out
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It came out in duffel run. Was on tiny box I flew in that held first pizarro www and dns server along with first pizarro trb node
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: you can try plugging qntra in, if you dare.
asciilifeform: i dun expect that anyone'll request, but see no reason to refuse if specifically requested.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: With the 1Us out I am not inclined to plug anything back in unless explicitly requested by the customer
asciilifeform: oughta keep in mind that live disks could fall into hands of enemy then.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: the subscribers who are jettisoning their iron may want it plugged in until last day, let'em say.
BingoBoingo: And Imma do a test
BingoBoingo: Well last eta to restore something resembling a service was 1 month
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: we discussed this, neh. they'll 'fix' and it'll go until again breaks.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I am presently inside the rack. It appears once everything went dark they decided to unblock the IPs as reported. Or the did it when they saw I was wheeling out the last 1U servers and warned them I'd be back to check
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 23:29:00 BingoBoingo: !q asciilifeform Were you going to pick up an "anyserver" to get the blogs back online or should I do it when I get back from basement mission?
asciilifeform: http://logs.ericbenevides.com/log/trilema/2019-10-09#1944170 << he did say 'do it tomorrow if i dun find a proper' neh.
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 23:27:23 mp_en_viaje: will force germany to rearm.
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 23:14:23 mp_en_viaje: think about it, if clucker can "make website account", why exactly can't lobbesbot ? outside of "because lobbes hasn't written that part yet"
asciilifeform: http://logs.ericbenevides.com/log/trilema/2019-10-09#1944153 << this is a point -- why couldn't bot control www standups.
asciilifeform: just cuz mp dun want to inhabit it dun mean it could not be inhabited. he did not say 'i'ma excommunicate anyone who lives there' just yet.
asciilifeform: lobbes: it could be revved up in day or 2 but all i got here on desk to fill with is the listed items atm.
asciilifeform: lobbes: mp dun want that one, tho, cuz ' you can't do x, can't do y, you're anti-useful ' etc, who am i to argue
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 20:55:15 BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It may be worth working with lobbes/trinque to see if a BTC/Dubloo circuit in the zone can be established. The one thing the US has is cables everywhere. Argentina hangs off of the "Tannat" cable still further from Fortaleza than Uruguay
lobbes: http://logs.ericbenevides.com/log/trilema/2019-10-09#1944047 << if this were to be done I'd say trinque probably better fit for the role. While I am always hungry for BTC, my orcbux stash took a hit while jettisoning dependopotamus. I'm currently regrouping financially speaking, and while my monthly cashflow should be increasing by ~ $1k in the coming months, I'll still be at 'pauper' level in real terms. Consumption continues to be slashed, howe
asciilifeform: ( since was asked for inventory : there are 3 'apu1' amd machines, w/out ears. an' a set of ears. )
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: i cleaned the intel box in case end up asking for it if not turks.
mp_en_viaje: and finally, billy's thing is more scrape work, also different.
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: but ya didnt ask him to bake a phuctor.
mp_en_viaje: asciilifeform, well no, phuctor-likes are claw work, very different thing.
mp_en_viaje: it's mostly needlework, like the old 1990s computing olympiad problems, "do all these many things".
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 23:00:49 lobbes: So I agree now that 2020 delivery is, in fact, utterly insane. Fire has been lit under arse; I will kick this into higher gear
asciilifeform: i suspect they're ~empty like Bingo's people
mp_en_viaje: s'okay, i take the main thrust of the thing.
asciilifeform: nao, does anyone want such a thing racked !
ericbot: Logged on 2019-10-09 20:21:21 asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: the only rackable i have in stock here is the rktron.
mp_en_viaje: lol, as common of paupers, to mislay their absent wealth by the crateful.