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mircea_popescu: ie, approximately, "wind hurts cables, charged clouds block radio,
thick clouds block satellite, fuck it all."
mircea_popescu: <mp> pai am si ramas. adica : cind bate vint au problema cablurile, cind is nori incarcati are problema radio si cind is densi are problema satelitye uplink. intre cele
trei m-o
tot chitait doua zile de am cedat nervos si m-am dus sa ma culc ieri
mircea_popescu: eh, fuck
the works. lemme quote from minigame boardroom : <dc> aia, am crezut ca na, ai ramas si fara net de la vanturi alea
phf`: the place
to be is of course
http://www.mmts9.ru they do have 1/2 rack but i haven't
tried
them, since wasn't sure about our requirements.
they can even get you a personal cage. antenna placement on
the rooftop so we can put a microwave relay,
the works :p
phf`: mircea_popescu: right,
that would be
the correct spirit :)
mircea_popescu: anyone inclined
to go "oh i'd have done a much better job" after any particular doing is going
to find himself buried under a
thick wall of "why
the fuck didn't you DO IT
then!".
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> iirc BingoBoingo was pounding
the arabs/sw azns. << For some definitions of pounding, perhaps other definitions later
mircea_popescu: phf` well, on
the other hand we gotta start somewhere. it's an adventure!
mircea_popescu: the more of a chain is wot-illuminated,
the better link control.
phf`: mircea_popescu: right, i figured paying is not going
to be a problem, either directly with btc or in
the format
that you've described. finding a reliable colo, getting a number down. unfortunately i don't have a good feel for russian colo space yet, and people i
talked
to while happy with
their colos didn't necessarily have
tmsr demands.
ben_vulpes: more important
to me
to get
the locals into
the wot, but i hear you
mircea_popescu: so
tell gentleman
to make himself an account neh ? easier
to comm here
than via email or w/e anyway.
ben_vulpes: i wrote a "hey
tmsr, what would you use a cn embassy for" draft, which you saw, but since
then i opened a line of conversation with a meatwot gentleman on
the ground in cn who's working with me on finding dcs in chengdu and beijing in which i can lease a rack. "embassy chick" not at
the forefront of
these discussions because republican state of emergency.
mircea_popescu: phf` anyway, we're getting, imo,
the smallest lockable, stand-alone item. whichever
that is. in no case less
than 4u, except really, we much prefer
to discuss by
the kw and gb, as seen in
the convo earlier.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
that's good. also want more
than 1 of
these.
mircea_popescu: phf` so
the question is very specifically, what do
they
take, and how do we sort it out ; it's in no case a "let's filter out whoever doesn't
take bitcoins"
ben_vulpes: moving, and an afk crisis in my life are eating my
time.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
this "hire chinese chick in china"
thing's been ongoing discussion.
mircea_popescu: phf` i don't specifically care what
they
take ; but whatever it is
they
take, we'll have
to figure out a process.
phf`: there's a bitcoin craze in russia right now (i.e.
talk shows on
t.v. discussing bitcoin as investment platform. dorky former FIDO node administrators
talking about bitcoin mining on a rig in
their apartments, etc.) so i wouldn't be surprised if i can find a colo
that
takes bitcoins. i haven't noticed one yet
though
phf`: i've no idea about bitcoins or dollars, since i have facilities
to pay necessary amounts in roubles.
phf`: mircea_popescu: i'll look into it. it would be helpful
to know how many Us we'll be putting upfront, but i'll look at a rack. also i've no idea what kind of
traffic requirements something like eulora or phuctor have.
a111: Logged on 2017-10-06 18:18 mircea_popescu:
there's seemingly a lot of distance from
this
to 42u, but once
the chinese woman
tbf is hiring (is it ? mod6 ? ben_vulpes ? what's incremental from
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-07-21#1688633 discussion ?) starts hitting
the hosting forums with offers...
mircea_popescu: anyway,
this is why you get rack : so you can specify something like 14.4KW and 24 Gbit link and
then sort it inside.
phf`: not home, and i also didn't have
time
to process
the information in detail yet, but i piped in since
there was conversation. depends on what we want, baseline avg 3000 rub/mo $50
to put a 1u rack, with a 100mbit line, 300W. line is
typically not metered, but also not guaranteed.
then depends on our needs, an unmetered guaranteed 100 mbit line will cost another ~~$100 mo (to 1gbit around ~$500), plus whatever over cap on power usage.
mircea_popescu: every nonprofit has one, including nonprofits
that don't actually exist.
a111: Logged on 2017-10-06 18:10 phf:
there's curiously a lot of protests in d.c., with very well designed posters: artistic variations on
the clenched fist, nice
typefaces,
the works.
mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-10-06#1721786 <<
this, fwiw, isn't even
the giveaway it used
to be. i personally supervised
the release of piles upon piles of posters in us university campuses, for a very modicum costs. people off fiver just print what you give
them, and put it up. nothing keeps you from having
them print something decent, and with
the abundance of "kids who fucked around with adobe illustrator instead of doing
t ☝︎ a111: Logged on 2017-07-21 18:42 mircea_popescu: is
this something
the foundation may maybe consider ? open us an embassy in beijing, hire a chick
to sit
there 4 hours/day or such ?
mircea_popescu: on
the home front : we clearly need a box for phuctor, i will also want a box for eulora ;
there's also need for a
third box for general purpose bitcoining/qntra/etc.
that's
three, plus whatever anyone else wants
to add. iirc we also got 3 box servers ready
to fly out.
phf: there's curiously a lot of protests in d.c., with very well designed posters: artistic variations on
the clenched fist, nice
typefaces,
the works.
☟︎ phf: i've catching up with
the going ons in d.c. since i came back, so have a bit of low bandwidth at
the moment. should free up in a week or so
phf: i have someone who can handle
these requests on my behalf
though, for legitimacy
phf: i've not had
time
to get a corporation going
this
time around (mostly i need
to figure out what
the
tax structure is going
to be), but i'll be going back in a couple of months.
phf: i've
talked
to a handful of 1 hop from mmtsm9 collocation facilities in moscows, and
they can do 1u or rack. i also have a
trusted non-wot who can oversee or handle
the installation. if we're doing a rack, and "worse ways
to waste money" me can
try and go straight for mmtsm9 (which is rostelekom's main internet relay, i.e. local web providers, like
telcos etc put
their equipment
there)
jhvh1: asciilifeform: phf was last seen in #trilema 2 days, 21 hours, 4 minutes, and 30 seconds ago: <phf> asciilifeform:
that i figured out,
the whole contraption reminds me of
that ru anti-temper device pdf
that you posted recently
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform nevermind
that. many worse ways
to waste money ; not many better.
mircea_popescu: to quote
the celebrated mr wolf, "get out of
the sticks, boys."
mircea_popescu: you know
the above ru may well be a case of "we don't deal with weirdos
trying
to get 1u for 1mo"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i really don't see point of buying less
than 1 rack.
mircea_popescu is not even kidding. ~1.1 liters or so. with ~1 liter being
the low-average, in
the sense of "average computed after excluding
the outlying 10%"
trinque: if you pinch
the nipples, do
they go back
to normal size?
mircea_popescu: "and why did you bury
this car halfway in
the mud, mr X ?" "well, gotta produce cars for our own consumption, postmodern free
trade world. what can you do."
mircea_popescu: all
these vast empires of grandiose
technological achievements which upon examination fail
to actually exist in any meaningful sense.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you
talk
to
teh russkis in russian neh ? what foreigner ?
trinque: will
there be additional space in
the rack
to rent, or must rent a machine?
mircea_popescu: heh.
the errybody wants
to not-do anything extends
to dcs, does it.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform but specifically re
the colocation part ?
mircea_popescu: lobbes
turns out i named Framedragger
twice, but
the first instance was supposed
to be you lol/
mircea_popescu: speaking of ^ asciilifeform , how's
the isp
thing going ?
a111: Logged on 2017-10-05 18:20 mircea_popescu: ok so results of audit : Framedragger, shinohai, phf : your bot has no help implemented whatsoever, in spite of spec.
trinque Framedragger you don't follow
the json/sexpr portion, bot simply puts out
the same help.
mircea_popescu: we're supposed
to
think he's respectable because he was purportedly inactive in EXACTLY
the same manner we'd have been supposed
to
think him respectable for being active, in
the same place a century prior.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the amusing bit
to my ear was
the implicit "only good citizen is citizen who isn't doing anything"
shinohai: Those 72 virgins ain't gonna fuck
themselves.
a111: Logged on 2017-10-06 14:25 mircea_popescu: "Although ISIS have repeatedly attempted
to claim credit for
the shooting, saying Paddock had recently converted
to Islam, both his brother and authorities have dismissed
the claims. He had 'no religious affiliation, no political affiliation,' Eric said, adding: 'He just hung out.'" << good soviet!
a111: Logged on 2013-11-08 05:01 asciilifeform: "the little black rifle" which is useless
to our cause!"
mircea_popescu: this is about as long room service
takes in
the god forsaken shithole.
mircea_popescu: exact equivalent of
that "russian geologist bad hunter" joke