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felipelalli: ok, I'll try: I'd like to use OTC as
a global "blacklist". But it is bad for that because
a scammer won't create an account on OTC, or if his reputation is bad, he'll erase it. So we could create
a "standard" like for example: br-8d255152 where "br" is the country code ISO and 8d255152 is the first 8 chars of SHA256 of user country document (in Brazil we call CPF and in Australia ID)
trinque: asciilifeform: at the very least passing something like that legitimizes surveillance as
a means to verify compliance with the escrow system
felipelalli: ahahah thanks ben_vulpes ok, but I think it could be
a "book", so I'll write on pastebin and then paste here.
felipelalli: hi! I have an idea. could you guys please tell me if this is
a bad, more or less or good idea?
assbot: Logged on 13-04-2015 22:30:33; trinque: but more importantly to spin up
a new bureaucracy that can handle taking an income tax in
mircea_popescu: pki isn't even
a thing anymore. i don't use it, for instance.
assbot: Logged on 13-04-2015 22:21:13; jurov: "Finally, some people conflate the idea of
a global transition from plain HTTP to HTTPS as
a move by CA's to make more money. They might argue that first, we need to get rid of CA's or provide an alternative path for obtaining certificates. I disagree. Switching from plain HTTP to HTTPS is step one. Step two might include adding more avenues for establishing trust and authentication."
mircea_popescu: which
a desperate govt would be doing, obviously. and so... one way or another...
assbot: Logged on 13-04-2015 18:53:12; trinque: this implies
a requirement that encryption be done on internet-connected machines
trinque: how bout
a tax on everyone with arms
trinque: "The practical effect of the tax is to tax income of certain City residents within
a certain income range and is therefore not
a poll or head tax." LOL
trinque: but more importantly to spin up
a new bureaucracy that can handle taking an income tax in
☟︎ trinque: totally not
a poll tax, because it doesn't count if you make less than 1000/yr
trinque: precursor to
a portland income tax, I guarantee it
jurov: "Finally, some people conflate the idea of
a global transition from plain HTTP to HTTPS as
a move by CA's to make more money. They might argue that first, we need to get rid of CA's or provide an alternative path for obtaining certificates. I disagree. Switching from plain HTTP to HTTPS is step one. Step two might include adding more avenues for establishing trust and authentication."
☟︎ lobbes: Of course they don't tell you this when you move into these municipalities, thus leaving many fucked
a few years down the line with interest, et al
williamdunne: ben_vulpes: If I had
a reason to change, I might. I've been meaning to look into it for
a while
ben_vulpes: <williamdunne> mircea_popescu: Do you not think it would be useful to be able to set
a reminder without leaving your text editor? This is the sort of mundane task I was thinking of (certainly not enough to spark any sort of industry)
assbot: Logged on 13-04-2015 17:43:05; TheNewDeal: anyone ever seen
a calculation for typical statistical two week step for
a difficulty change at flat hashrate?
mircea_popescu: heh. the saudis are stuck. sitting on
a pile of non renewable resources is only valuable if the resources are still relevant.
mats: "In 2005, when
a book by oil analyst Matthew Simmons predicted
a drop-off in Saudi output would signal that global supplies were beginning an irreversible decline, Naimi belittled the claims and promised higher production capacity. He won the argument. The Saudis pump more today than
a decade ago." heh.
trinque: program launcher bound to key, pick
a reminder proggie, keybinding to add reminder, type stuff, <enter>
williamdunne: trinque: guess it depends on the amount of functionality, doesn't seem like it would require to much to cover
a fairly large number of commands
williamdunne: trinque: I'll have
a look at it, I just like the idea of saying "remind me to get food out of the oven in 20" while in the middle of doing something that might actually matter
trinque: learn ya
a proper window manager like stumpwm
williamdunne: mircea_popescu: Do you not think it would be useful to be able to set
a reminder without leaving your text editor? This is the sort of mundane task I was thinking of (certainly not enough to spark any sort of industry)
mircea_popescu: williamdunne it's
a psychological thing dood. there's
a large swath of imbeciles pretending like they're using computers.
mircea_popescu: ascii_field i would hope that if you point
a gun at some idiot govt agent, you
a) it's not
a rifle indoors ; b) it's not
a 22 caliber etc.
assbot: Logged on 13-04-2015 17:17:50; pete_dushenski: i dunno why anyone would want to talk to
a computer instead of type into it
ascii_field: '"Although I cannot regret my actions last Sunday, I unequivocally wish I could have visited Mr. Dunphy at
a point in his life where another level of intervention may have been possible," the officer wrote in the email, obtained by CBC News.'
danielpbarron: Michail1, i have bitcoind working on Arch; when i tried it on debian i ran into problems relating it not being
a "static" build
mircea_popescu: it's quite obvious executions will be required, and en masse. just saying it now so people don't start pestering me with concerns once we're in
a position to do it, like they did last fucking time around.
mircea_popescu: but also shoot the fact that he's
a murderer for hire shooting people.
ascii_field: Michail1: i have
a 'buildroot' config published, that yields
a minimal linux for pogov4.
trinque: as far as which distro, it's just
a matter of preference; nothing in one or the other will rule out operating on the pogo
Michail1: Thanks. As I was converting the plug, I discovered that both builds were listed/suggested, but wanted to know if there was
a reason to choose one over the other. Hell, I will just make one of each since there is no compelling reason to do one over the other.
Michail1: intended to be used only as
a full node.
ascii_field: Michail1: what is the machine used for? for instance, if as
a blunt weapon, than
a length of chain is preferably to debian -and- arch
trinque: depends mostly on whether you have
a working kernel config
Michail1: Anyone have
a suggestion on if arch or debian is better suited for pogoplug? recommendation?
ascii_field: but to my eye this is
a reason to dispense with the 'expiration' and other nebulous 'meta' entirely.
ascii_field: ^ and yes this doesn't exist because it is not physically possible to implement it as
a hard guarantee (why is an exercise for the reader)
ascii_field: but operator should select path on file system and give, e.g., destination pubkey for
a ciphergram, as operand on commandline.
ascii_field: the 'key management' is, imho,
a crudfest and Must Die (TM)
ascii_field: funkenstein_: so one could use
a bitcoin key for gpg privkey << i am still at
a loss as to why one might wish to do this..
funkenstein_: so one could use
a bitcoin key for gpg privkey
mats: flawed PRNG, borked constants, etc, would be
a hard sell
mats: not so complicated, cert. store and USG owns
a master key
williamdunne: trinque: I would imagine they either
a) want flawed PRNG or b) want all encryption to be done to the recipients key and the NSA's golden key
trinque: this implies
a requirement that encryption be done on internet-connected machines
☟︎ williamdunne: trinque: Would front door not suggest that its easier to enter than simply
a back door?
TheNewDeal: anyone ever seen
a calculation for typical statistical two week step for
a difficulty change at flat hashrate?
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 13-04-2015 13:36:52; mircea_popescu: women are slightly vulnerable to bad bathrooms, but slightly. you're
a guy, you don't have
a problem there. what are you going to catch, rabies ?
mats: prob
a 50 pound charge
pete_dushenski: i dunno why anyone would want to talk to
a computer instead of type into it
☟︎ chetty: whos coming to the conf that I can twist their arm for
a favor?
nubbins`: not like the lead researcher is gonna produce
a paper worth shitting on if they don't care what the research is about :D
pete_dushenski: or just old doods who made
a buck along the way and think that dinosaurs are neato
pete_dushenski: though i suppose it's not an unreasonable assumption to say that feathers were +ev for mating before anything else, calling it '
a fact' is
a bit loose
pete_dushenski: dat inflation i tell ya,
a major was maybe
a cool million 10 years ago
pete_dushenski: "i wish i didn't have
a kill
a dude for writing
a tweet"
Vexual: not imma start ignoring dan murphy offer, thanks
a lot
mircea_popescu: everything happens
a lot more than people who don't think think.
nubbins`: if you DO get an infection, yes, your head's
a terrible place to get one
mircea_popescu: "(c) Any person found guilty of
a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of
a class G felony for such second or subsequent offense."
nubbins`: "Tongue-splitting in the first degree is
a class
A misdemeanor." heh
mircea_popescu: i'ma assume it's rape, assault with
a deadly weapon, three counts of arson and some insurance fraud
assbot: DEL CODE § 1114A : Delaware Code - Section 1114A: TONGUE-SPLITTING; CLASS
A MISDEMEANOR; CLASS B MISDEMEANOR; CLASS G FELONY; ADDITIONAL CIVIL PENALTIES ... (
http://bit.ly/1FO5EcT )
mircea_popescu: Alright, that one is probably legitimate, although Todd claims that it’s more
a matter of confusion and not being told that it was an issue — thanks to America’s lax laws on gun purchases, no red flags showed up when he bought
a handgun for home protection and he never considered at the time it was
a problem."