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mats: (as long as you fill unused flash with high entropy NOPs that eventually jump to
a fault handler, and do attestation via reset to
a minimal bootloader that can use all memory)
williamdunne: Mmm the second thing
a bit. Prebuilt certainly makes mundane tasks that should be easy, easy
ascii_field: or do you consider any box where you can't suck down prebuilt packages from the net, to be '
a bitch to run'
ascii_field: williamdunne: rpi in particular was
a miserably underpowered (nic shared usb line with drives) thing
williamdunne: Admittedly it was
a while ago, but I can remember getting most things to run on an RPI-like was an absolute bitch
ascii_field: (and there is claimed x86 dynamic translation,
a la apple ppc. so it may yet turn out that most 'elbrus' will end up running winblowsxp...)
ascii_field: williamdunne: lack of support for winblows is
a feature, not bug
ascii_field: from standpoint of boobytraps, an example of 'worth writing home about' would be
a machine 1) with pedantically open spec, to transistor level 2) with provisions for tandemming with implementations of same by other, foreign makers
☟︎ ascii_field: (and do at least
a convincing simulacrum of legit business)
ascii_field: pete_dushenski: iirc you gotta have
a physical agent there.
ascii_field: though, pictured unit is
a much more modest demo, it appears
ascii_field: one of the things glaringly missing from even the costliest x86 mb is
a means for connecting them as tiles
pete_dushenski: ok, so is similarity to 'origin'
a positive step or
a mark of failure ?
ascii_field: but to go to original point, there is nothing magical about ru cpu (esp.
a sparc clone, almost certainly built from 'opensparc')
ascii_field: to the end that thread re: whether 'we' will buy something is really
a thread about whether mircea_popescu might buy something, and ought to be labeled correctly
☟︎ williamdunne: There are ways of doing similar things in
a usable and optional fashion.
williamdunne: That depends on the function you are going for. SSL doesn't serve as
a way to verify each party and obviously has some contentious things going on with cert authorities.
williamdunne: > However, I find it unlikely that an exchange with such
a high up-front fee just to participate will ever find mainstream acceptance.
danielpbarron: williamdunne, ^, ssl is
a suitable alternative for GPG !?
danielpbarron: such
a thing may be what caused the great depression
williamdunne: MPEx did pioneer many things in Bitcoin derivatives and they deserve credit for that. However, I find it unlikely that an exchange with such
a high up-front fee just to participate will ever find mainstream acceptance.
☟︎ williamdunne: thestringpuller: PGP over HTTP is not necessary when using SSL (HTTPS). Signing and encrypting with PGP is
a nice way to bypass using authorization tokens, though, but it is not usable in
a modern exchange interface. Trades on MPEx are very slow as
a result.
pete_dushenski: "The Server Elbrus 4.4 is
a four-socket affair and four of the machines fit into
a 1U chassis. Gigabit ethernet, SATA and plenty of PCI slots connect it to other kit and the rest of the worlds."
pete_dushenski: "The CPU is otherwise unremarkable: it packs four cores, but they stroll along at 800 MHz and are built using
a 65 nm process."
pete_dushenski: "The Elbrus ARM-401 PC is
a minitower packing
a version of Linux also called Elbrus and boasts four USB 2.0 ports,
a PCI-express slot, gigabit ethernet and not much more."
danielpbarron: "But what if one of these government backed exchanges start working with
a huge leverage using fiat as its backing and not bitcoins?" << start? isn't that the SOP?
bitcoinquestions: Came to post this link, but you beat me to it. OP take the time to read this. Derp. << Do you feel the comment is pointless because OP is likely
a bot etc.? Or do you feel the article is irrelevant to the matter at hand?
☟︎ cazalla: bit of
a disgrace considering bruce fenton of the bitcoin foundation has change tipped fedora'd me
a couple times
cazalla: just had
a bit more time sunk into this account
cazalla: if i was
a chick, i'd be top 5 mfc easy
cazalla: to borrow
a line.. in other news, 75% of these women on MFC are fucking useless camwhores
cazalla: davout, dunno what to make of it, he retweets
a lot of qntra stuff despite his bitcoin foundation history
cazalla: i dunno, sorta like micropenis guy claiming 4-5 of his would be just as good if not better than
a 10" eh? :P
cazalla: don't have em, not for
a while, fucked em off given the situation here
cazalla: (not that i really give
a shit these days)
mircea_popescu: i had noticed before how extremely rare it is for
a great ass to find itself on
a pretty face.
cazalla: davout, i think he is more likely to be trolling than
a canary as you said on /r/bitcoin.. the guy has had his childish tantrums on bitcointalk before in 40pt font
mircea_popescu: cazalla honestly i like the new boxxy much better. shit she's saying is of course
a lot dumber than before, but at least now it's banal too. easier to ignore.
mircea_popescu: i think he went from salesman trying to impress & get
a raise to salesman desperate to avoid the glengarry prize for third place.
cazalla: and anyway, even if he made
a good argument for an increase in the blocksize, his current proposition differs to the incremental increase he suggested only
a few months back, can't respect
a guy that secede his position so quickly regardless of merit
mircea_popescu: cazalla it'd work
a lot better if anyone gave
a shit what he says.
mircea_popescu: and speaking of ukraine weird, am i the only one to think Ю́щенко's disappearing act from ukrainian politics is weird ? the guy was strong enough to be worth poisoning
a decade ago, gets 1% in 2012 ?
decimation: yeah, 8 mm of water vaporization would zing if delivered in
a few microseconds
assbot: I think you drastically overestimate the military importance of nuclear weapons. on Trilema -
A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... (
http://bit.ly/1cGIr39 )
assbot: Why "representative democracy" doesn't work and doesn't make sense on Trilema -
A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... (
http://bit.ly/1cGCbIz )
mircea_popescu: this seemed pretty ridiculous at the time, and perhaps it is. or perhaps it's part of
a playbook, and the same strategy was later used to try and "turn public opinion" in the ukraine.
mircea_popescu: also, consider that
a comparison of new nuclear with old coal is pretty stupid. you're not advertising deployument of 1970s soviet nuclear plants. consequently, you don't get to compare to 1950s coal plants.
decimation: well, my favorite criteria are "pollution sits in
a pool" rather than "pollution is spammed over planet's surface"
mircea_popescu: there's
a very simple way to decrease interval between blocks : gavin can just go buy some miners and stfu.
mircea_popescu: and yes,
a cubic kilometer of very poisonous stuff sounds pretty unmanageable./
decimation: year,
a lifetime?s worth of high-level nuclear waste would amount to less
mircea_popescu: not really, unless it's actually fired, the stuff can be reclaimed (and has, on
a grand scale - that's what START is really all about)
decimation: every nuclear bomb made represents
a massive waste of potential energy production
decimation: mircea_popescu: incidentally, uranium fission is the only non-mass-polluting technology that can deliver first world level energy to the entire population for
a thousand years
livegnik: I prefer evangelist though. I'm way too stoked about our product to be
a regular salesguy.
livegnik: So, as
a salesman, I might sell it as supernode Rollodex, relaying information among trusted parties.
livegnik: As long as it doesn't go in-depth concerning the technicals,
a good salesman should at least be able to discuss the concept, right?
livegnik: mircea_popescu: Not sure what you're trying to point there for sure, but one of the reasons I've joined this channel is because there are probably
a few people who have thought extensively about this topic.
williamdunne: Feels
a bit awkward. I like the idea but it feels like crap
mircea_popescu: the entire thing would drastically benefit from getting the people involved here. it has fundamental problems which are apparently difficult to grasp. whatever they may think they're doing with their time that's
a better use, isn't.
williamdunne: Mmm adding them as rates seems awkward, should be separate. Also gives
a false sense of security
livegnik: I could add an identifier like that and get
a verifaction from my bank and/or social network that way.
livegnik: mircea_popescu: I agree. I'm no academic nor coder, so I'm not even gonna give it
a shot.
williamdunne: Can I have
a link to your profile, I wanna see the rating system?
livegnik: We don't have
a whitepaper yet. Working on it though. It would be much easier to grasp the concept with some details on the data format, database design, network topology, etc.