asciilifeform: see mircea_popescu's dragonfly article based on my talk at conf-II.
asciilifeform: 'He’s used the D-Wave to train image-recognizing algorithms for mobile phones that are more efficient than any before. He produced a car-recognition algorithm .... ' << even supposing any of this,
asciilifeform: or did we do this vivisection here already ?
asciilifeform: sorta lulzy, he pawned a 1950s-style analogue calculator off as a 'quantum comp'
asciilifeform: 'he wasn’t going to make it in academia. “I never was able to find a place in science,” he says. But he felt he had the bullheaded tenacity, honed by years of wrestling, to be an entrepreneur. “I was good at putting together things that were really ambitious, without thinking they were impossible.” At a time when lots of smart people argued that quantum computers could never work, he fell in love with the idea of not
asciilifeform: as for the astonishingly fat folks BingoBoingo is so fond of, i hardly ever see'em on trains - they, i surmise, haven't 'places to be', by and large
asciilifeform: perfectly intentional, and i've never seen anyone ticketed or even reprimanded by the train cops
asciilifeform: re: the whole 'sit like a man' thing - damn near everyone takes up at least 1.5 seats on trains here - bag, briefcase, motherfucking newspaper
asciilifeform: 'A man and a woman suspected of taking part in a shooting attack that killed 14 people and wounded 17 at a California social services agency on Wednesday died in a shootout with police...' << woah, woman ?!
asciilifeform: Racul, broasca şi o ştiucă ... Nu ştiu cine-i vinovat ... << mega-l0l!
asciilifeform: he had a spiffy article, whose name escapes me presently
asciilifeform: ask mircea_popescu about 'tracking taint' some time, for bonus l0l
asciilifeform: dirty how, they went into somebody's arse ?
asciilifeform: one is left to wonder where these brilliant minds get coin in the first place☟︎
asciilifeform: such as 'People are going to use Windows or Apple operating systems when it comes to mainstream computing. And even if they didn't and we all went linux, there would still be targeting and hacks of this sort.'
asciilifeform: from the commentz, 'Then keep your coins with Coinbase or Circle. They aren't fly-by-night orgs and unless you're %100 confident in your knowledge of how bitcoins move and are secured there is no reason to even try.'
