asciilifeform: mike_c: we no longer have orphan (bastard) blocks..
asciilifeform: mike_c: slab only really works when we have a small number of known sizes of object
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: sorta like the proverbial 'jet engine on a ford pinto' situation.
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: more seriously, the only kind of allocator that is a sure pill against fragging is a compacting one. which means -relocating- !! just picture this in a cpp proggy not originally designed for it
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: because the simplest way to get more space, so to speak, in one's house, is to -stop- bringing in and keeping driftwood, dead animals, neighbour's garbage
asciilifeform: ;;later tell mircea_popescu this patch sorta sits right down and has lunch right on top of your 'clean air filter' third rail discussed in c3. but this gordian knot -will- have to be cut one way or another.
asciilifeform: 2) tiny turds, stored and then reclaimed, lead to fragging☟︎
asciilifeform: 1) and thus, valgrind will not see this as a leak, because the memory is theoretically reclaimable
asciilifeform: our 0.5.3.x has MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS but the boojum is that a malicious (or 'cosmic rayed') node can transmit orphan transaction of any size, iirc
asciilifeform: if anything, far lower than, e.g., buenos aires
asciilifeform: can't say that we have 'tokyo' population density here in d.c. suburbs.
asciilifeform: i almost wanted to ask 'what are you doing here, in the kingdom of malicious robots, fellow earthling'
asciilifeform: because had a human face instead of 'robotic statue'
asciilifeform: this encounter was actually very interesting, because even from across the room and with naked eye, could tell she was not from usa --
asciilifeform: generally these folks have better sense than to come here.☟︎
asciilifeform: this is only 2nd or 3rd time i ran into anyone from ro in 22+ yrs of sitting in usa
asciilifeform spotted a gurl from transylvania today; she worked in a restaurant; queried based on accent, familiar from hanging out with mircea_popescu☟︎
asciilifeform: amusing story was, that the closure was announced in advance. and holders of the 'cheques' struggled to cash them in, somehow, somewhere
asciilifeform: which one got either by trading in dollars at airport (if you are a foreign tourist) or by having been paid in it in the first place, on account of being diplomatic staff or similar
asciilifeform: decimation: more complicated than this. you couldn't spend dollars per se in there, had to use special 'funny money'
asciilifeform: danielpbarron: because the trap isn't there
asciilifeform: ^ shitgnome key not involved; but proliferation of shitgnomiferous nodes leads to the trap
asciilifeform: when i say 'pet' i mean very specific technical term, 'creature kept around for company that isn't required to produce milk, pull cart, turn millstone'
