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the_scourge: asciilifeform: if you're implying it's not lightweight, only systemd and the kernel are installed off the bat. and some guys have done work on
a systemdless setup
mircea_popescu: in any case purge that systemd atrocity , as
a matter of principle if not necessarily practicality.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> danielpbarron: eventual goal, i dare say, is
a fully-automated reflasher that drops in something sane. << quite
the_scourge: danielpbarron: nixos has
a pretty good balance of minimal and predictable (even for noobs), have you considered that?
the_scourge: is perl
a pretty good example of what you mean?
the_scourge: although
a few things came up when i started looking into it that turned me off haskell
the_scourge wonders if
a 'pattern matching' language could even be
a functional language
the_scourge: did you do
a writeup? i've grepped for such to no avail :(
the_scourge: the team working for me has maybe
a dozen and then
a massive team in manila that another contractor manages. it's ... depressing
the_scourge has been desperately trying to avoid learning scheme/Qi for years, fearing never being able to hold
a 'productive' contract again
the_scourge: um if we had no way to secure comms on the wild internet, where layers 1-4 can be listened to by demotists (i wouldn't mind if it was
a monarch),
the_scourge: uh that's
a wireless chip? i thought we're talking about cpu. i.e. mips
mircea_popescu: exactly that.
a pointed disdain of any rule and regulation not gpg signed as so much crud.
mircea_popescu: writing
a proper wifi thing for the new world is not on this year's plate.
BingoBoingo: * asciilifeform not thrilled with the wireless thing, but it seems to be inescapable in small embedded crapatrons << There's probably
a role somewhere for
a kind of node with it. Plugged in at "Free Wifi" coffee shop or library. connects to open network, changes MAC address when booted from network. Has script to handled shrink wrap license pages when encountered.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform what happens if you short the antenna of
a wifi device ?
cazalla: mircea_popescu, it's old as in there was
a photo of the psu dump out last year and it was filmed last year but new as in full clip released today
mircea_popescu: i once saw
a flashlight based on this principle.
a real bitch to charge << I once took
a design class where this was
a case study of "innovation" and "green" << as it should be. if i recall correctly the russian name is "labour & light"
cazalla: asciilifeform, prob the real owner and it's
a staff member being interviewed instead
assbot: Logged on 15-10-2014 17:38:27; assbot: Logged on 30-08-2014 16:11:44; asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: re: 'coinbase insurance' post - little story. recently i had occasion to rent
a box at
a bank (storage of various paperwork for firm.) the contract was
a hilarious read. bank only insures
a box for up to 25k usd. and specifically excludes damage from robbery, fire, water... virtually anything.
assbot: » Economist: New Bill Turns TSA Into Tax Police Alex Jones' Infowars: There's
a war on for your mind! ... (
http://bit.ly/1DOlrGA )
danielpbarron: ok and now it's getting more than 500 at
a time connected directly to eachother.. wtf
danielpbarron: except it's
a dirty hack, and the pogo crashes anyway
danielpbarron: how can
a mom get arrested for kidnapping her own son? was the dad not in on it or something?
punkman: it's
a "secure" messaging app
trinque: even seven figure processing accounts I've seen take days to hit
a bank account, or at least the next day
trinque: +asciilifeform | the folks who count (tm) get it immediately << dunno that this is so, isn't "settlement"
a thing to allow for reversals, etc?
trinque: asciilifeform: even that's more
a temporary loan right?
punkman: i once saw
a flashlight based on this principle.
a real bitch to charge << I once took
a design class where this was
a case study of "innovation" and "green"
mircea_popescu: "[Note: It is interesting to notice that Mr Kennedy, USA Ambassador in London, remarked on his return to New York in October 1940 that as
a result of the war "democracy is finished". By "democracy", of course, he meant private capitalism. (Author's footnote.)]"
mircea_popescu: either way, the only thing
a functioning market can expect is attack, either by government agencies masquerading as companies, or else by government agencies actually admitting their government affiliation.
mircea_popescu: net result ?
a frail, broken, centralized item to take place of the vibrant original and slowly decay. it's "just as good',
mircea_popescu: that's right, i come from
a country where you USED to have to be cool to be able to fuck most of the starlets on tv (prhaps with the show playing in the background, if so inclined). nowadays any schmuck with
a coupla bitcoin can do it.
mircea_popescu: obviously nothing's wrong with the people, but plenty's wrong wit hthe "present values" equation, seeing how in 1985 ie 30 years ago it made perfect sense to spend
a week and cut out pipes and whatnot to save "the equivalent of 40 euros".
mircea_popescu: expensive enough to get people to where they'd root for copies of teh hacker bible, and then build
a modem out of repurposed materials by hand.
mircea_popescu: so this article discusses the famous ccc modem. at the time, germans being insane as today, it was illegal to own
a modem, and you had to rent the state company ones, which were incredibly expensive.
mircea_popescu: it's as if there's
a race of humans that is really, REALLY bad at anything they do.
mircea_popescu: twisty's is
a fine example : how to make atrociously bad porn out of ingredients found commonly in any porn studio.
mircea_popescu: ever since the flaming idiots of get
a freelancer bought it, it's seriously improved
mircea_popescu: he is now somehow
a "software engineer" - heck, if randi could do it ?
mircea_popescu: Now this is some serious investigative journalism. I even learned
a few things!
mod6: this is what i need every morning.
a good dose of solid lulz.
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell phillipsjk: Is html allowed in comments on your blog? << some limited html. blockquote,
a and i dun recall what else.
fluffypony: "Mr. McCaleb also happened to be one of the world’s foremost cryptographers, arguably in
a class with Alan Turing, the father of artificial intelligence and modern computing."
punkman: geniuses are $60k
a year, can't give him billion bezzlars
punkman: "There’s an increasing number of farmers placing greater value on acquiring older simpler machines that don’t require
a computer to fix."
cazalla: phillipsjk, how about.. you must pick
a password between 4-8 characters, may not contain symbols or capitalisation
phillipsjk: I see
a newbie got
a "page topper" in Deathandtaxes's thread. (I was totally going to post
a link) :)
phillipsjk: 6:35: "..For example..Mt.Gox.. I have
a bad feeling about them"
phillipsjk: "Tom Williams" paid people half their Bitcoin and disappeared. Mybitocin.com had
a private registration is some tropical island country.
mircea_popescu: i wish i could remember the idiot's name, he was
a reddit star for
a season or two.
mircea_popescu: the last episode of that thing figures prominently some hot shot kid that made
a totally innovative super-great exchange
phillipsjk: "Consider the alternative of mybitcoin.com. It is
a client portable to any web browser. You could keep the account/password in your head instead of on
a stick. If you want to transact with another mybitcoin account the transaction is immediate too."
phillipsjk: I mentioned in PM that I assume the year 2010 refers to "mybitcoin" (found mention of it in
a forum post Aug 17, 2010)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform anyway, i think one could scarcely have better political education than
a tour of the warsaw pact in the late 80s.
phillipsjk: good point. Gavin's proposal is just that:
a proposal.
mircea_popescu: phillipsjk i am not seriously lowering the discourse to gavin's insanities.
a matter of principle is being discussed there, not the irrelevant gargle of whatever derp.