asciilifeform: or it could have been nsa backdoor in the machine where the keys were genned

asciilifeform: for all you know, it could have been a burglar who broke in 10 years earlier, and read the key using the device i described here.

asciilifeform: you will NOT know why.

asciilifeform: when you pop the coin, 25 years later, and it turns out to contain 0,

asciilifeform: it is quite unclear to me why ~promise~ needed to be re-introduced to where there was perfectly working ~protocol~. ☟︎

asciilifeform: (but ~by how much~ less, is unquantifiable, as the risk is.)

asciilifeform: the exchange value of the toy ought to be LESS than of naked coin, not more.

asciilifeform: in entirely, imho, unnecessary way.

asciilifeform: when you trade plastic, titanium, whatever, toys, that may-or-may-not-contain-valid-and-only-privkey-for-x-btc, you expose yourself.

asciilifeform: when you transact with btc the way it was built to be transacted with, the problem does not exist. ☟︎

asciilifeform: thestringpuller: this is a 'protocol vs promise' issue.

asciilifeform: what of it ?

asciilifeform: and as usd sinks, the temptation to ~use~ them, for whatever lost soul has them in possession, will exponentially up.

asciilifeform: dollars to doughnuts, all existing 'physical btc' have backup privkeys somewhere.

asciilifeform: i dun care if it is made of gold, shitanium, hitler's skull, etc.; my take on folks selling envelopes which may or may not contain a funded privkey, and may or may not contain the ONLY extant copy thereof, remains same. ☟︎

asciilifeform: http://store.btcc.com/products/2016-n-series-bitcoin-block-with-forever-engraving

asciilifeform: linked item is a physical toy.

asciilifeform: the 'physical btc' crapolade never gets old, does it

asciilifeform: which is right and proper.

asciilifeform: if x worked to level l, ever, in my entire experience, then if if works to < l, then 'it dun work'.

asciilifeform: i have a ratchet

asciilifeform: turns out his cutter and paster beats mine.

asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-07-06#1497925 << phf wrote working theme from scratch by cutting and pasting ?! ☝︎

asciilifeform: 'socket no message in first 60 seconds, 1 0' << this has really gone on long enough.

asciilifeform reads 'vc', automatically thinks 'viet cong'

asciilifeform: and ditto on server side.

asciilifeform: whole mass minus payload.

asciilifeform: that i could read + understand.

asciilifeform: but i'd rather just have a <64kB thing.

asciilifeform: i had no doubt that this exists.

asciilifeform: 200kB css is loathesome.

asciilifeform: simply matter of principle.

asciilifeform: i dun so much care that it 'looks like commodore64' but it really ought to fit in the address space of one.

asciilifeform: or even simply a plain text, minimal bytemass sort of thing.

asciilifeform: muchly so.

asciilifeform: they were spiffy.

asciilifeform: but i'm a bit sad that there is no place to put the submarine pics.

asciilifeform: then i will use, and say 'thank you'

asciilifeform: which phf is qualified to do, and i am not.

asciilifeform: so answer seems to be 'write theme'

asciilifeform: they all suck.

asciilifeform: i tried dozens

asciilifeform: where?!

asciilifeform: *dun work

asciilifeform: though it was written for 2.x !

asciilifeform: and it run work with mp-wp

asciilifeform: i did !

asciilifeform: was trying for clean start here.

asciilifeform: (mutilated images)

asciilifeform: it sux quite mightily, as discussed in original thread

asciilifeform: and i dun like me old theme either

asciilifeform: i specifically wanted a new site, independent of old and producing no down time when tweaked

asciilifeform: shinohai: i always despised wwwtronics and made no secret of it.

asciilifeform: without 'now re-invent this wheel i didn't feel like posting'

asciilifeform: which is to say, once somebody shares a COMPLETE package

asciilifeform: i'ma install it trb-style

asciilifeform: i don't want to akismet any moar !

asciilifeform: this was in 2007.

asciilifeform: and left it at that.

asciilifeform: and the result ~worked.

asciilifeform: back when i set up original www, i used a heathen shitpress with as much as could be removed.

asciilifeform: it is quite possible, this cobol is ~entirely foreign to me.

asciilifeform: it must.

asciilifeform: even half a debugger, that meaningfully steps through the process of shitting out the html, would be useful

asciilifeform: how the fuck do folks put up with a thing with no debugger ?

asciilifeform: i will become a php monkey shortly after i learn to run the deep fryers at mickeydee's. ☟︎

asciilifeform: i - do not. ☟︎

asciilifeform: phf apparently knows enough to replicate working setup without the missing pieces and without using the pig-ugly default theme. ☟︎

asciilifeform: it is about as much fun as reading cobol.

asciilifeform: i confess that i have not found this exercise to be either pleasant, or educational, or productive.

asciilifeform: when this thing apparently WORKS in mircea_popescu's unpublished original.

asciilifeform: or why i should be spending time emplacing 1,001 printf debuggeries

asciilifeform: trinque: i have nfi where.

asciilifeform: trinque: and this will tell me what ?

asciilifeform: so i dun see the problem ?

asciilifeform: <h3 id="respond"><?php _e('Post a Comment', 'veryplaintxt') ?></h3> becomes <h3 id="respond">Post a Comment</h3>

asciilifeform: waiwut

asciilifeform: so this isn't it.

asciilifeform: and numerous other strings similarly encrudded in the theme.

asciilifeform: or, e.g., 'Post a Comment' would likewise fail to appear.

asciilifeform: my php has it

asciilifeform: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/_e << appears to be a thing..?

asciilifeform: how the hell would i know

asciilifeform: and 0 effect.

asciilifeform: there it is.

asciilifeform: yes.

asciilifeform: <?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?><span class="unapproved"><?php _e('Your comment is awaiting moderation.', 'veryplaintxt') ?></span><?php endif; ?>

asciilifeform: yes i know

asciilifeform: my theme has it !

asciilifeform: is the template.

asciilifeform: the only place in mp tarball that has it

asciilifeform: not in the default theme !

asciilifeform: it is in wp-includes/comment-template.php

asciilifeform: apparently not

asciilifeform: default theme does no such thing

asciilifeform: so i have nfi how !

asciilifeform: but he never published his theme

asciilifeform: it does

asciilifeform: so, how ??

asciilifeform: test (Your comment is awaiting moderation)