asciilifeform: aand as such stories often end : coupla yrs later, tried to buy a 2nd, only to find that orig maker has vanished.
asciilifeform: after yrs of spitting, found item , and even verified w/ oscilloscope that it dun flicker . ( why tried at all ? ceiling fixture, bitch to change lamps in )
asciilifeform: incidentally, it is in fact possible to buy diode lamp that ain't a piece of shit. but strictly from chinese, and it costs actual dough, and physically large (flat heat sink, ~removable~ rectifier)
asciilifeform: srsly wtf, i wouldn't even have conceived of it as what someone would whine about.
asciilifeform: an' i dun recall anybody whining about spectra back in gas lamp days.
asciilifeform: sodium a+++ lamp, where in edisonic lamp filament sublimates and sputters onto the glass, in sodium lamp the sublimated tungsten ends up going ~right back~ onto filament ( if somehow could be made to go back to exactly same place as came from -- lamp would be in fact eternal. as it is, 10y or so )
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: if you think s.nsa can get some mileage out of the item, let's keep it, otherwise plox to dispose, i cannot in good conscience try an' power it with own steam , gotta save the coinz for piz work
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: i had nfi fridge dutifully preserved the contents in liquid helium and racked up bill, lol. entirely fair if mp_en_viaje invoices asciilifeform for same.
asciilifeform: ( also mp_en_viaje can pleez try an' convince fella to actually use pgp ? i tried in 3 languages, could not )
asciilifeform: i currently can't, but this does not mean there isn't one
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: can you think of a use for it ?
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: was experimental item from long time ago, prior to your expedition .
asciilifeform: hanbot, mp_en_viaje : i assumed the service expired given as i did not go to renew.
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: plox to invoice asciilifeform for expense, if reqd.
asciilifeform: hanbot: item turned out to be obsoleted by BingoBoingo's work, as i understand. but i'ma let mp tell me how to properly dispose of it (or whether to try an' bring it back to life)
asciilifeform: iirc there was a mircea_popescu piece re similar 'give'em price' from '90s, where the derps sold off their privatized flats a la ru
asciilifeform: err, whatever the term is to be, for the 'voting stock'
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: outta curiosity, only varanul + other native scum get to be earls, or can e.g. putin buy dukedom ? how about soros ?
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: no, but might re-enroll in kindergarten, lol
asciilifeform: nao, ~with what~ you get result , also matters. but if picked 'whalebone' for 'with what fg', might have problem.
asciilifeform: dunno, from asciilifeform's pov when he rolls up sleeves to build sumthing, result -- matters, it is not indifferent whether e.g. fg produces even spectrum or 1010101...
asciilifeform: then all you need is to enjoy process.
asciilifeform: if result dun matter -- then why not do $whatever -- and with hookers, blackjack.
asciilifeform: they had it since '90s... like the result ?
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: as i understand they have it already -- for what then need party.
asciilifeform: unless i misunderstand some part of this, the recipe adds up to a faster, moar streamlined version of ukraine
asciilifeform: since mp_en_viaje asked for nitpicks : how does http://btcbase.org/log/2019-05-08#1911782 work w/ the existence of 'varanul' et al ? seems like they have the 'properties' , and so automagically end up with controlling share ?☝︎
asciilifeform: entirely typical. as far back as i can remember, went exactly like so.
asciilifeform: nobody could be arsed to run against'im.
asciilifeform: apropos of thread, we just had a 'city dogcatchers' election here. mayor re-elected unopposed.
asciilifeform: the mexicans a++ achieved this in usa somehow w/out a party, tho
asciilifeform: mp_en_viaje: rite ? simple problem , on surface, 'take this grammar and throw colour tags where they belong.' but apparently even this can be fucked up, idjit tower of speshulcases doesn't detect breakage of grammar, instead pisses out unclosed html tags.
asciilifeform: will have to write new wpism or its equiv.
asciilifeform: and i gotta get motherfucking ch18c out . so not holding breath for these.
asciilifeform: nao! there ~were~ text processors designed by thinking people, where it ~was~ possible to write a readable proggy with predictable failure conditions. e.g. 'snobol'. but these, buried under 30yrs of sediment, will take serious archaeology to unearth.
asciilifeform: just like cannot write a tower of tasm macros that fails gracefully.
asciilifeform: it is ~physicallyimpossible to write any other kind in php.
asciilifeform: i.e. it's black lung equiv for the brain.
asciilifeform: hence wai i even mentioned. it's a typical php proggy, and i strongly suspect that folx who spend enuff time writing in blind macroexpander langs, eventually become incapable of producing any other kind
