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jhvh1: asciilifeform: A plea for lean software - Computer: <https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf>; Niklaus Wirth : A Plea for Lean Software (1995) [pdf] | Hacker News: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item%3Fid%3D8301511>; Niklaus Wirth - A Plea for Lean Software .pdf - GitHub: <https://github.com/sysprv/demo-corporate-documentation-public/blob/master/Niklaus%2520Wirth%2520-%2520A%2520Plea%2520for%2520Lean%2520
a111: Logged on 2017-02-18 22:24 asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-02-18#1615371 << the nutrient alone is not enough to produce maggots. e.g., 'SWAG' archive ( see also http://btcbase.org/log/2015-08-18#1241627 ) of pascal snippets existed, was first class . 0 maggotry.
asciilifeform: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_NOPpfJ0F4 << subj )
TomServo: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-10-18#1726202 << They did actually. 1998 'Gia', with Angelina Jolie, if you count HBO movies. ☝︎
TomServo: asciilifeform: 3 of what ? << 3 reasons to not leave myself voiced while I'm clumsily reading scrollback, I suppose.
asciilifeform: 'O țară de talia României nu are cum supraviețui în afara uni bloc economic' << really ?? really?
diana_coman: "Note that endianness is irrelevant, here and elsewhere in FFA" <- FINALLY! esp given my recent keccak-induced headaches on the topic, I am delighted to read this; will dig deeper into ffa ch1 over the weekend
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> ( iirc some variant of this idiocy was in fact present in 0.3 ) << The one they use now did not exist till 0.9
asciilifeform: 'Customers with mistaken payments only receive partial refunds of the BTC they sent because of miner fee costs. One customer of a BitPay merchant recently spent 0.003853 BTC on a payment which was mistakenly underpaid by a small amount. They were only able to receive a refund of 0.002247 BTC. This is not the experience we want bitcoin users to have.' << 'use our gox or Lose It All!111' etc
asciilifeform: but meanwhile, in heathendom, https://archive.is/Oyq47 >> bitpay 'We are now beginning the work to require Payment Protocol wallet payments for all BitPay invoices.' << i had nfi this mikehearnism still lived on, even in zombieform
a111: Logged on 2017-10-13 18:55 asciilifeform: http://p.ocdn.ee/4/i/2015/11/12/tfkyk4ty.t3l.jpg << in other mega-chix
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2016/how-to-participate-in-the-affairs-of-the-most-serene-republic/ << updated. including delicious V<sup>v</sup> itam.
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> dja like ? << very nice post, indeed.
mod6: <+ben_vulpes> mod6: released << awesome thanks!
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-01#1745114 << i deleted a few folx from my links bar earlier this yr, who turned out to have... actually died ☝︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-01#1745109 << waitasec mod6 where was this ☝︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-01#1745104 << my heathen one also has'em, but by the time i found out, it was too late, there is no built-in have-it-both-ways ☝︎
asciilifeform: BALLS COCKS COCKS COCKS .. COCKS(COCKS'BALLS - BALLS) BALLS << ahahahahha
asciilifeform: COCKS : COCKS(COCKS .. COCKS) := (COCKS#COCKS#, COCKS COCKS COCKS); << win
phf: mircea_popescu: nope, it's a styling bug, which needs to be fixed, but i've been having hard time with it last time i tackled it (but i don't remember what was the issue, something related to tables and <pre>s)
mircea_popescu: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/UTB8_GvwX_zIXKJkSafVq6yWgXXaL/BSAID-1-Unids-Calidad-Extra-Largo-Calzador-18-5-pulgadas-font-b-Flexible-b-font-Easy.jpg << item.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/patches/ffa_ch1_genesis/tree/ffa/libffa/fz_arith.adb << coad loox perfectly ok, phf
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/patches/ffa_ch1_genesis << neato phf !!
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=pantsuit << phf's spiffy histogram rendering the birth of a notion.
a111: Logged on 2017-12-01 17:57 deedbot: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1913 << Loper OS - Finite Field Arithmetic. Chapter 1: Genesis.
deedbot: http://trilema.com/2017/tqtkm/ << Trilema - TQTKM
mod6: <+asciilifeform> mod6, diana_coman , trinque , ben_vulpes , et al : lemme know if you were able to follow the ffa tutorial ch1. <+asciilifeform> and got the expected result. << will take a look for sure.
a111: Logged on 2017-12-01 17:19 deedbot: http://trilema.com/2017/when-did-america-end/ << Trilema - When did America end ?
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-01#1744952 << mega-piece btw ☝︎☟︎
deedbot: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1913 << Loper OS - Finite Field Arithmetic. Chapter 1: Genesis. ☟︎
deedbot: http://trilema.com/2017/when-did-america-end/ << Trilema - When did America end ? ☟︎
asciilifeform: 'Knife Fight in a Phone Booth' << prettygreat
mircea_popescu: https://www.tailhook.net/AVSLANG.htm << better list than the hacker lexicon, in purely lexical terms, and an evident source of the pencildick's envious, unreferenced cultural appropriation.
asciilifeform: 'he and his group has enough bitcoins (up to billion+)' << trololol this has gotta be a shot for comedy prize
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744885 << hey mircea_popescu , didja know!, that the proof ain't proofyenuff, 'has he signed addresses that prove he is that wealthy? how do we know for a fact?', i had nfi ! ☝︎
asciilifeform: 2 dan AGA Go << iftrue, notbad.jpg
a111: Logged on 2017-11-30 03:03 mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744530 << note that the alcohol discussion is re taste. they all get you drunk. (arguably not the same drunk, i guess, but anyway)
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744625 << this is an interesting item, and worth picking up briefly again -- there's 2 aspects : a) kinetics b) active-after-all 'inactive' ingredients ☝︎
jhvh1: mircea_popescu: 1989 air battle near Tobruk - Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_air_battle_near_Tobruk>; Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) - Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)>; Gulf of Sidra incident - Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident>
asciilifeform: 'By their accounts, Cmdr. Tom Sobiek, the commanding officer, convened instructors who had expressed concerns about the women's flying. Sobiek allegedly said that "the women are going to graduate regardless of how they performed." One officer summarized Sobiek as saying, "you guys don't understand, this is bigger than all of us, these women are going to graduate no matter what."' << prettygreat.
asciilifeform: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1927&cpage=1#comment-18326 << typical lolcat linked ftr.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform << “He’s dead, Jim” << how do you even produce the windows quotes ?
lobbes: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744657 << didja know wikitardia links to your blog too ("under further reading")? >> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Naggum ☝︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744647 << the Right Thing would be 1) also jam the usg gps freqs 2) attach to 9000 strato-balloons, release wherever. ☝︎
asciilifeform: 'secret/noforn course' << last i heard , every recruit into u.s. army gets auto-seekret. and that orc mercenaries were not inducted into 'socom' to begin with.
asciilifeform: ly fabricated event, and later verified as untrue via internal investigation. He then went behind his TAC’s back and, because he had a very good working relationship with his NG Group Commander, produced a memo directing his reclassification as an 18E. Despite all of these acts, he was not relieved, but was given a recycle into the 18E course. He would fail the SFPA and retest twice before being graduated.' << ahaha
asciilifeform: http://wotpaste.cascadianhacker.com/pastes/Eznv2/?raw=true << whole thing, ftr. 31333337 w4r3z !111 ☟︎
asciilifeform: he levied was proven inaccurate or untrue. But as a student, he was given complete top cover and left unimpeded to continue creating havoc, and was not held accountable for the numerous integrity violations he committed. He graduated with his peers.' << win.
deedbot: http://trilema.com/2017/color-revolutions-green-or-today-in-usg-corruption-careerism-cronyism-and-malfeasance-in-the-special-warfare-center/ << Trilema - Color revolutions (green), or today in USG corruption : Careerism, cronyism and malfeasance in the Special Warfare Center
a111: Logged on 2017-11-30 02:17 mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744358 <<< this is actually a remarkably effectual approach.
BingoBoingo: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744569 << Aha, yes. Also works when you have people outside your anthropology lab to bounce things off of that won't eat your bullshit ☝︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744619 << jp army found the natural and obvious application. ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2017-11-30 02:56 mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744508 << the problem with amphetamine in ww1 (which is what that was), then confirmed in ww2, is that it is actually a disadvantageous tradeoff. the fundamental problem of mammals, which includes humans, is that yes they can charge, but they are ridiculously vulnerable after having charged. this has shaped the face of war, is the principal underlying engine of war, and so on. in ~general~ t
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-30#1744615 << which army issued it in ww1 ?? ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744554 << afaik it's mostly siberian subsistence hunters, ie a sorta chucka. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744530 << note that the alcohol discussion is re taste. they all get you drunk. (arguably not the same drunk, i guess, but anyway) ☝︎☟︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744527 << the theory was as of some obscure synergy. quite possibly urban legend. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744518 << moar like a knight, i guess. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744508 << the problem with amphetamine in ww1 (which is what that was), then confirmed in ww2, is that it is actually a disadvantageous tradeoff. the fundamental problem of mammals, which includes humans, is that yes they can charge, but they are ridiculously vulnerable after having charged. this has shaped the face of war, is the principal underlying engine of war, and so on. in ~general~ t ☝︎☟︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744495 << yes, it was a sarcastic reference to "they stole the stones right out of the empress' marrying diadem the same day the marriage took place". ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744464 << sauce ? ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744460 << "aveti putintica rabdare!!!" ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744415 << why ? best cheating ever, PRETEND like you managed to quit what you never did in thefirst place. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744393 << i think i knew hundreds. widely abused in post-soviet medical system, for instance ; at some point a whole surgical section was losing it at the same time, one step away from ending up discussed in the national security council. ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 18:57 BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> but beyond that, I was applying to accelerators with this company because I don't want a real job << Sometime at a "real job" would be good for you. Work at BingoBoingo store, call it "field research" if that makes Brian in the head feel better. Show up, bust your ass, eat shit, THEN ask yourself "Why wasn't I working this hard for myself before?"
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744358 <<< this is actually a remarkably effectual approach. ☝︎☟︎
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744279 << cali stuff. ☝︎
deedbot: http://www.contravex.com/2017/11/29/unpopular-ideas-about-blockchains-by-sunny-aggarwal-and-nate-rush-adnotated/ << Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski - Unpopular Ideas about Blockchains by Sunny Aggarwal and Nate Rush, adnotated.
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 18:08 BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> this is a ssd box, on very reasonable fiber, no less. << I am very glad/sad that asciilifeform's sync from wild experiments are concordant with my own
TomServo: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744216 << ditto ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2015-05-05 22:39 mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=05-05-2015#1121502 << you have to understand something essential about drugs : they aren't products. this in the sense that their flux isn't pull, it's push (which is why the sellers are called pushers). so no, the mexican economy does not rely on others buying drugs anymore than britain's economy relied on chinese buying opium.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2015-02-22#1028014 << e.g ☝︎
gabriel_laddel: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744138 <> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi#Biography ☝︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744464 << readily available during ~all of ww2. consider reading about how this went, gabriel_laddel ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2014-08-25 03:08 asciilifeform: busy as a bee << funny that they show an idiot sow scrubbing, and not, e.g, paul erdos crapping out theorems
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2014-08-25#808005 << see also thread ☝︎
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform: https://www.quora.com/profile/Jeff-SKT < check out the bottomost answer he gave, also
asciilifeform: http://trilema.com/2014/the-all-american-asshole-in-his-own-words-with-my-own-notes/#selection-2959.0-2975.867 << see also
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> dun think it's very active orally ? << Could make a chewing gum or sublingual tablet
jhvh1: asciilifeform: Quote by Bertrand Russell: “William James describes a man who got ...: <https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/301370-william-james-describes-a-man-who-got-the-experience-from>; Secret of the Universe: A Strong Smell of Turpentine Prevails ...: <https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/31/turpentine-prevails/>; to spread over an area - synonyms and related words | Macmillan ...: (1 more message)
gabriel_laddel: http://www.robssuperhappyfunstore.com/toyfireworksheartsx50-002483.html < love-glasses
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> do i need to do some time in a dope den , to learn this ? << I have been suggested you visit an AA/NA meeting for some time to meet people
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> BingoBoingo meth has no withdraw << It has a withdrawl syndrome. Not at all like opiates or alcohol. More subtle, treacherous thing.
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> but beyond that, I was applying to accelerators with this company because I don't want a real job << Sometime at a "real job" would be good for you. Work at BingoBoingo store, call it "field research" if that makes Brian in the head feel better. Show up, bust your ass, eat shit, THEN ask yourself "Why wasn't I working this hard for myself before?" ☟︎
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> trinque have not used in ~week << AHA, the extended phase of withdrawal!
gabriel_laddel: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744264 < ty for pointer, did not grok this from logs ☝︎
asciilifeform: 'Antecedent companies are iRobot (ie roomba. founded 1990, IPO $100MN in 2005 at 24/share), Neato (raised 45MN, 2005, acquired by 'Vorwork', a German household appliances firm this Sept. Fiscal details unavailable). Both ventures attempted an 'AI' ...' << what means 'antecedent ventures' ?
gabriel_laddel: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-28#1743639 << Huzzah! ☝︎
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> this is a ssd box, on very reasonable fiber, no less. << I am very glad/sad that asciilifeform's sync from wild experiments are concordant with my own ☟︎
mod6: <+asciilifeform> 461874 currently. << 492622 :: I'm gettin' closer!
asciilifeform: ( granted i could've filled it up with eatblock in <2days. but it's been some years since i synced 'from wild' and thought 'why not test..' )
a111: Logged on 2017-08-11 20:25 asciilifeform: https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_55_0 << holy SHIT that's a lengthy buglist for a proggy that... loads http and puts to stdout
a111: Logged on 2017-08-11 20:20 asciilifeform: and not wholly unrelatedly, https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170809C.html << libcurl 0d
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-02-16#1406884 << the prev ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2016/liberals-what-liberals/#footnote_1_70002 << in which i discover idiocy even has a name. apparently it was CEDR, back in 2016!
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744076 << curious - why ? ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 06:00 mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1743984 << what failed ? teh very detailed discussion of each of these 3, MEGA blog fodder.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744066 << ~all the detail in yesterday's log. gnat inserts dependencies on the rts even when not only not used but pragma-restricted against e.g. secondarystack, elaboration, stringism, taskism ☝︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744060 << lol mats why would i want it in a usg-transparent bank ? ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 07:15 mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744011 << in fairness, it was only even said we might want to do this http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-18#1740281 ie two weeks ago.