asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: destroying the "industrial" paradigm << expand on this. recall also the thread where we discussed how pashtun blacksmiths can make kalash, yes they can, not not one of them can make a single 7.62x39 round from brass scrap☟︎
asciilifeform: well literally 9 of 10 searches i ever did on that page returned garbage specifically because of stem
asciilifeform: and it'll return every single line ever logged, lol
asciilifeform: but eliminating stock ram is three or so notches of crackpottery above the rest of it, even.
asciilifeform: i'd love to expunge -all- existing ic
asciilifeform: but in practice, it has. i have a $$$$$ fpga board gathering dust because realized that it is impossible to implement ddr2 controller (and drive any available memory of reasonable density) without reversing the entire chip
asciilifeform: ^ one vendor sold cd-r drives (and disks for extra cost with specially-coated labels) that contained fw to translate raster to polar, and print stickers
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: that's actually reminiscent of one idea i looked into - optical logic produced photographically via laser
asciilifeform: but realize that cd-r 'cheats' by having existing guide marks
asciilifeform: and yes, it would have some resemblance to cd-r
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: hypothetical chip fab experiment does not require new computer.
asciilifeform: that would have considerably less in common with the existing one than 'cd-r burner' with pressed aluminum disks, or '3d printer' with injection mold press
asciilifeform: most egregiously in the english-speaking press: 'crank bait' sensationalism - 'every box on the planet is owned!' designed to chip away at the credibility of kaspersky
asciilifeform: to misrepresentation of what the interesting part of the payload is
asciilifeform: ranging from mere omission of the fact, certain as daylight, of it being a usg production (with no attempt whatsoever inside to disguise their characteristic turdware tradecraft, note)
asciilifeform: the sheer amount of smoke and misdirection being sprayed over the disk diddler article is epic.
asciilifeform has never yet been to a library where patrons are arse-searched, but there's always a first
asciilifeform: everybody who wants, is probably using pNohe as 'minox' already.
