asciilifeform: it is ~precisely~ the 'rent out the space inside your nose!' contemplated in one of mircea_popescu's articles.
asciilifeform has been contemplating this very subj for many, many years.
asciilifeform: the only reason it does not happen more often with garden-variety botnets is that competent folk are few and far between and no one in particular is a sufficiently-appealing target.
asciilifeform: and there cannot even in principle be an answer to this.
asciilifeform: is that a reasonably competent griefer can rent the chumpnet and ~clean it~☟︎
asciilifeform: the other thing about renting out pwned boxes,
asciilifeform: it is certainly impossible to reliably distinguish node from pseudonode, for instance.
asciilifeform: it is in principle quite impossible to verify that the thing you wanted computed, was computed, unless it is very tangible input/output pair like mersenne primes or whatnot.
asciilifeform: as for ddosing, usg infrastructure is ddosproof because they multi-head their dns or whatever the term was for the thing you can ONLY do with crapflare
asciilifeform: there is ~no tech, only duct tape and chewing gum.
asciilifeform: this is sorta like our 'revelation' re crypto a few months back.
asciilifeform: and that's with 2+ DECENT unixlike boxen, with DECENT bandwidth and ~reasonably reliable hardware, that you CONTROL...
asciilifeform: but more importantly, the software stack that gives you anything like smooth migration between rapidly born and dying machines, is NOT THERE
asciilifeform: one of them things that costs more to parcel out than it is worth.
asciilifeform: ;;later tell mircea_popescu http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-09#1479673 << i distinctly recall mircea_popescu outlining this wish list a while back. but must confess that i suspect cpu cycle rental - even PINCHED cycles from OTHER PEOPLE, in botnet - to be a -ev proposition. strange, but there it is.☝︎☟︎
asciilifeform: maybe borrow phf's formatting code he used in his patch viewer?
asciilifeform: ioned work session which you took part in leading. The very statement that the inception of a working relationship was in any way influenced by sexual conduct or even innuendo is offensive...'
asciilifeform: choice lulz, '...The other incident raises more serious concerns regarding Tor Project’s obligation to ensure a safe and comfortable work environment, especially as regards an environment that is unwelcoming or hostile to protected classes of community members. In this case, you made statements that implied that new community members were recruited in a sexually charged manner. This was made during the course of a Tor Project-sanct
asciilifeform: or rather, part of the disinfo re same.
asciilifeform: also typical 'suv' is 'fetish of power, not power'
asciilifeform: 'there is a first time for everything'
asciilifeform: what is interesting is that - as far as i can tell - no one has ever published example of finite field system from such.
asciilifeform: anyway pre-allocated-buffers-for-motherfucking-everything is sop in 'this must work' (e.g., avionics) world.
asciilifeform: which - notably - integers used in crypto ARE NOT.
asciilifeform: for items whose size you ~do not know~ in advance.
asciilifeform: i discovered that mainstream finite field libs are as complicated as they are largely because they insist on growable - and, ergo, heap-allocated - nums.☟︎
asciilifeform: sooooooo in other nyooz here's a small preview of things to come:☟︎
asciilifeform: 'Why would a Bitcoin payment processor fail to fix an error that prevents them from processing Bitcoin payments for nearly a month?' << l0l!
asciilifeform: (probably is in all civilized countries)
asciilifeform: where i'm from, the dope used to make intolerable - tolerable - is vodka
asciilifeform: you could make argument that the dope makes the intolerable - tolerable. as the spanish eventually permitted the inca silver miners their coca again.
asciilifeform: but point being that folks aren't doing stupid thing ~because~ of the dope.
asciilifeform: sure. or scrubbing toilet as in that film. or whatever stupid thing, if you're doing a stupid thing.
asciilifeform: the fella who needs to reach the shelf
