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mircea_popescu: phf pascal was huge letdown for me, either didn't have or i didn't know how
to get
to
the direct memory diddle.
phf: mircea_popescu: actually
that's probably more correct, i have vague memory of doing xor in pascal maybe
to do leet vga graphixxx
phf: maybe
they
taught it, but seeing a boolean map really
translate into understanding of how you apply dat shit
to bit
twiddling etc.
phf: well, i was placed straight into 300 levels, but i recall 311 being fast and loose with actual
teaching.
mircea_popescu discovered xor while
trying
to make z80 gfx as a 7-8-9yo.
mircea_popescu: "it is better for your jet fighter
to resemble a stove
than a wafer".
ben_vulpes: also known as "enough matlab
to make completely convincing fabrications"
mircea_popescu: very much a case of "are you
trying
to learn how
to fly
the f-14 on
the basis of having been a f-4 pilot, or are you
trying
to learn how
to fly
the f-14 because you loved f-14 flight sim on crapple as a
teen ?"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i
think it's because computing class is postodctoral, whereas language class is highschool. so
they learn
the x:=a a:=b b:=x "trick" way before anyone even explains xor.
TomServo: mircea_popescu:
That's about what I figured, but in case you were unaware.
mircea_popescu: TomServo i count
that like i count microsoft windows offering. it's
the anti-item. gia is all about fucking, not all about being a dork.
phf: but
that's in
the "i just want
to"
territory, so
tough.
phf: well, scratch
that, i'm just ranting. once you have
the setup, it's a pretty smooth operation i suppose. i just don't want
to bother with
the whole backing up
the internet
thing
☟︎ phf: i believe
the only correct solution at
this point are
terabyte backup drives with everything you ever
touch, i suppose
that's what asciilifeform's been doing for a while now
phf: because for example his lispworks extension hacks are nowhere but archive.org at
this point
phf: note
that
the redirect says "~most~ of
the common lisp stuff is now on shithub"
ben_vulpes: why would an ancient lisp hacker give
two shits re what
the kids are doing?
phf: edi weitz nuked all his lisp stuff, with a redirect
to shithub. naturally if you want
to look for documentation you have
to go
to ???
a111: Logged on 2017-10-18 17:12 mircea_popescu: and speaking of aids-en : isn't it a pity nobody's yet made a film out of gia carangi's life ?
that chick was ACTUALLY a model, in
the most proper of senses.
TomServo: asciilifeform: 3 of what ? << 3 reasons
to not leave myself voiced while I'm clumsily reading scrollback, I suppose.
diana_coman: asciilifeform, I sorted out some ada implementation and will post it; atm
the struggle is more
to figure out
the "test vectors" for full sponge because of all
this madness
diana_coman: as I said: my recent headaches on
the
topic made
this absolutely pop out
to me
diana_coman: ofc; but idiotic keccac "reference" implementation goes about reading *bytes* although spec clearly
talks of bits and at most of z-dimension long array of bytes and as a consequence madness necessarily ensues
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform he has a point
though. you need someone as doggedly determined as ceausescu
to keep
the
thing afloat. economic blocs are a reality for what, 50 years now ? euro "common market" was not particularily DESIRED.
diana_coman: "Note
that endianness is irrelevant, here and elsewhere in FFA" <- FINALLY! esp given my recent keccak-induced headaches on
the
topic, I am delighted
to read
this; will dig deeper into ffa ch1 over
the weekend
mircea_popescu: guy was a major... well, like bill gates, or khodorovsky, however you call
the faux business men produced by governments. except in ro, so he's
talking 1e7 rather
than 1e10
☟︎ mircea_popescu: asciilifeform from
the perspective of "we're
trying
to survive mp" it is perfectly understandable. miner fees per
tx are rapidly growing
to a size comparable
to
the "walmart one item cost", which is what bitpay & all are willy-nilly married
to.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> ( iirc some variant of
this idiocy was in fact present in 0.3 ) <<
The one
they use now did not exist
till 0.9
mircea_popescu: and in other lulz, new car
theft method : drink a bottle of coca-cola, screw
the
tap back on, stick it in between wheel and chassis on parked car, wait for owner
to get in and
try
to leave.
the bottle will sound,
the muppet will get out of
the car
to see, at which point you can just leave with it.
mircea_popescu: ah so
the idea basically is
to
tell
the inexistent miner cartel not
to mine
txns
they don't want ?
mircea_popescu: i suppose it's better
to "sacrifice" self on
the noble altar of high socialist ideals
than
to simply admit
that can't make money and can't continue supporting losses.
mircea_popescu: um. so literally,
they say pay x
to y, you do,
they go "lalala" ?
mircea_popescu: so what,
they'll pretend
they didn't get paid with
tx in
the blockchgain ?
trinque: mega congrats
to asciilifeform on his first ffa post, will read soon.
trinque: pls
to send all withdrawal requests in now or wait
til sun
trinque: heads up
to all, I'll be
traveling from about 2.5hrs from now until sunday night.