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Vexual: cunt runs a tight ship
asciilifeform: ^ whoever wants to do this, it'd be a good thing
asciilifeform: i probably oughta add a commandline flag for this
asciilifeform: the whole 'one sync partner at a time' thing is also retarded, but trying to do anything about it without bringing back 'bastard cache' is pointless
decimation: phf: I made a patch to note from which node each block comes
decimation: the only solution I can think of is to spoon feed nodes in a 'known good' order
asciilifeform: phf: if you generated this with a custom patch for the beast itself, please share this
decimation: I did a small sample of this, but not the whole deal
asciilifeform: (at present everyone who reads it, also reads #b-a, but this is not guaranteed)
decimation: which is why it's amusing that the current generation thinks that launching smartphones into space is a great idea
asciilifeform: i bet a good share of the scrap metal floating about in space is 'functional' by this definition
decimation: asciilifeform: nope http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1031 < apparently hams still use a satellite launched in 1974
asciilifeform: important to remember that sat constellation is not a permanent animal in any sense
asciilifeform: perhaps i'm thinking of a previous iteration of this sc4m
decimation: http://www.wsj.com/articles/greg-wylers-oneweb-satellite-internet-company-secures-funding-1421278832 < "OneWeb Ltd. said it had secured funding from Richard Branson?s Virgin Group and Qualcomm Inc. for a planned Internet service powered by a constellation of 648 satellites."
asciilifeform: but this was not a sufficiently 'mass' phenomenon to make a real difference
asciilifeform: there was a brief time in '90s when 'discount' launches using repurposed ru nukes on subs were to be had
asciilifeform: decimation: the sat folks are attempting a kind of chumpatron where 'let's build tiny sats that last 6 months'
decimation: http://spacenews.com/viasats-dankberg-unfazed-by-mega-constellation-hoopla/ < ViaSat Chief Executive Mark D. Dankberg said in a conference call with investors. ?There?s a question of whether making hundreds or thousands of satellites is a feature or a bug.?
decimation: asciilifeform: there's a similar effect in the space industry now adays
asciilifeform: because literally no one can afford to take a risk
decimation: yeah, it is a real problem for society when you literally need 10's to 100's of $bil to even try to 'make new ideas'
asciilifeform: this is why i believe that the discovery of integrated circuit was a serious 'degutenbergization' from which we have not even begun to recover. ☟︎
decimation: it becomes a vanity project for those who can print money
decimation: hardware in general makes so little money it's a wonder anyone even bothers
asciilifeform: only thing it can beat it on is cost, and the folks who give a fuck re: cost can't afford ~it~ either.
asciilifeform: why would folks who print money buy a device for saving a little money ?
decimation: yeah he said that his business is very difficult because any kind of processing that he could do with his chip - can be done with a specialized asic
asciilifeform: ideally - a scam directly on the folks who print money
asciilifeform: because there is no way to effectively amortize the astronomical costs without running a scam of one kind or another. ☟︎
asciilifeform: not really sold in the usual sense. more of a lease, like the old ibm mainframes
decimation: apparently they make massive 64-way fgpa boards to simulate a full chip
asciilifeform: the other things, that $m is pure sunk cost if what you get in the post is a dud that doesn't even power
decimation: apparently his eda tools were a special 'deal' for startups, with the understanding that he pays later
decimation: and he did confirm that it costs about $1m to do a chip rev, if you go through the fab's preferred 'agents'
asciilifeform: i'd be surprised if archaeologists ever turn up a 'greenarrays' in usg gear
asciilifeform: who buys, last i saw, was a mystery
asciilifeform: wake me up when somebody bakes a turing-complete gadget with no winblows used ANYWHERE in the brain-to-silicon road
decimation: the guy was a dsp designer and became disillusioned by all the shit that was stuffed into dsp chip
asciilifeform: typically takes a dozen or more.
asciilifeform: back to the debug thing (because imho it is very educational) - it is very difficult to sell something which actually solves a problem, on account of the whole meatwot thing
decimation: I saw a real-life gold mine the other day, saw a truck carrying 300 tons of rock
decimation: yeah that's a whole episode
asciilifeform: a bit oversimplified description, but yes, we make this.
decimation: on a vaguely related note, I found an amusing show on 'the weather channel' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1gZSNdkajY
decimation: and a third button that reverts machine to known state
decimation: asciilifeform: if you had a winblows computer for malware, it would also be useful to hit another button and display a complete diff between running state and 'known good' state
asciilifeform: this did not annoy folks as much as it should have because until recently (linux ver. is new) everyone ran it on a designated turdbox with the other wincrap
asciilifeform: to really deal with this, would have to obtain a number of builds, and unravel the scheme
mats: which can be easily done by setting up a shell corp, or just lie.
asciilifeform: incidentally, 'ida' is a beast quite like 'bitcoind'
decimation: asciilifeform: once you add a few more zeros to your bank account, probably can't be bothered with a few extra $k
asciilifeform: to buy a copy
decimation: mats: i think there's a free version of ida for download
asciilifeform: mats: ida is a total monopoly on the kind of thing that it is, bar none. i don't know of any other product category anywhere in modern industry where there is ~ONE~ thing
asciilifeform: decimation: valgrind is not a debugger
mircea_popescu: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/572468782057013248/WtdCdJXG_400x400.jpeg << /me notices how this guy is always in this quad double-dating sort of situation, but apparently always with a different gal.
asciilifeform: the notion that any kind of animal is even possible other than rat, is held to be a lunatic fringe thing
mats: much unlike a civil engineer responsible for faulty bridgeworks...
decimation: asciilifeform: a large reason why this problem exists is becuase you can't sue microsoft for damaging your shit
mats: have dreamed of a usable reversible debugger for many moons
decimation: ideally someone would make one with a button to freeze and dump all registers
asciilifeform: decimation: i actually work for a firm which builds computers solely for this purpose
decimation: it yields a few percent per year
asciilifeform: go and try getting full docs for anything larger than a full adder.
asciilifeform: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/12/local/la-me-jack-tramiel-20120412 << tramiel didn't give a rat's arse re: computing 'big picture.' he was running a manufacturing concern, in the old 19th. sense in his mind, complete with 'muntzing'
assbot: 7 results for 'damnatio memoriae' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=damnatio+memoriae
trinque: they probably have a script they go by which includes something like "third world" on it
mircea_popescu: running off with payments and then blocking emails is a perfectly legit strategy.
mircea_popescu: in other news : apparently blender has this official "marketplace" thing, which lists various assets for sale. so I go for a 16 bucks buy, on the theory that let's check it out. coinbase, of course. my payment is uncredited. they have a support email for just this case, i write to them... my email is rejected.
asciilifeform: ^ iirc we had a cbm thread here
assbot: 5 results for 'jack tramiel' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=jack+tramiel
asciilifeform: the death of cbm is a pretty well-documented subject, and revolved around their one and only unforgivable sin - royally pissing off their c64 install base by breaking compatibility
asciilifeform: again, it was a computer, sold as a computer, with 'anyone can write for this' and proper docs
BingoBoingo has never found a working Apple IIGS at an acceptable price. Played with one for a bit Phree then...
asciilifeform: (at least was, a few yrs ago, on emul.)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i dunno how documented it was, not caring for such thing at that age. i know however that the amiga guy never made anything like a game.
asciilifeform: the difference is that cbm did not sell a cult, it sold machinery
BingoBoingo: Apple II's apple's swan song the IIGS was a great machine
mircea_popescu: and while i agree with you re the distinction, i believe it's without a difference.
asciilifeform: ferphuxxsake amiga had what we'd call a gpu today
asciilifeform: compare in the flower of their youth, rather than, say, '93 when cbm was a vegetable
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> cbm shipped ~schematics~ with machines. apple sold... yes, a key, with which the 'annointed' could open the b&w mac chassis << You mean apple provided a target for the drill
asciilifeform: cbm shipped ~schematics~ with machines. apple sold... yes, a key, with which the 'annointed' could open the b&w mac chassis
assbot: Logged on 25-06-2015 02:27:05; mircea_popescu: there's in fact a heap of identical assholes that never made it, which nobody seemsd to ever know about.
asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=25-06-2015#1175101 << there was! but it is a mistake to lump in amiga. cbm was still under delusion that it sold ~computers~ rather than 'system' (that is, complete slave planet like apple, where peripheral makers pay danegeld, etc) ☝︎
trinque: BingoBoingo | It's something of a pity that Mac survived and Amiga died << heard "microkernel wank" a couple times round here, but I was a huge BeOS fan back in the day
decimation: having a large block of voting catholic irish - had to be crushed
BingoBoingo: decimation: Your problem is you assume a monolithic whitey
mircea_popescu: there's in fact a heap of identical assholes that never made it, which nobody seemsd to ever know about. ☟︎
assbot: Logged on 25-06-2015 01:48:21; mircea_popescu: this is perhaps not painfully obvious to you on account of some version of the memory hole effect, but it can not be readily put into code, the degree of braindamage. perhaps a field full of gotos with no other instructions
BingoBoingo: It's something of a pity that Mac survived and Amiga died
mircea_popescu: <waylow> I do - but it's been a while since I've run linux. no windows for me
mircea_popescu: <mircea_popescu> oh macs. yeah that's been a pain. a binary for it is still being worked on, but it's slow going. if you have an ubuntu anywhere, from what i hear it's pretty smooth. also windows binaries work.
asciilifeform: incidentally k. did 'win from not signing the papers,' in a way. after recanting his confession (given under torture, which mutilated him in ways which ultimately led to his death) his death sentence was commuted to life-at-hard-labour
mircea_popescu: after all, he wrote with a purpose.
BingoBoingo: Maybe this is the wrong epoch's fiction being contrasted. Maybe 'Uncle Tom' and 'Gus' the christmas ornament would cover a larger range of outcomes.
mircea_popescu: in any case i'll score s above a, if you don't mind ?
mircea_popescu: so we're switching "fiction as written by a respected source" to "fiction as alf feels like recounting it for the purpose of current convo" ?
asciilifeform: what if he has asked 'i want to live in manhattan as a free man' as 'terms' ?