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BingoBoingo: At some point it seems inevitable, but... BTC has a lot of untested territory still to test.
benkay: diff about to fall off a cliff apparently
BingoBoingo: I have a maybe bad habit of spending more on parts than I do on computers
benkay: i have vague memories of sitting on my father's lap and hitting the space bar in a game where we were looking for gems in a starfield or some such
BingoBoingo: benkay: If you ever try hipster computing A/UX on the SE/30 is actually nice, pleasant
benkay: it may be self-sabotage under the hood, as i run a 'mobile interaction software development shop'
benkay: i'm trying to take as little a dependency on the apple os as possible
benkay: it is the rock of my outlook on computer which is meager in a vast and stormy sea of chaos
BingoBoingo: Similar, but I haven't like an apple os since a/ux or OS 7.01
BingoBoingo is really thinking MP was on to something about my needing to find a cleaner class of girl
benkay: i mostly use emacs as a crappy lispy wrapper around higher-order *nix functionality
benkay: i am a slave to os x
BingoBoingo: benkay: Do you have a favored *nix desktop environment or window manager?
BingoBoingo also wonders if I commit to crossing darien by foot if a BitBet relating to Bingo captured by militia (FARC or the others) might be in order...
BingoBoingo: Well, you can't put a Lenovo chip that refuses to target the forbidden city in a Tomohawk missile...
asciilifeform: if only a voltage regulator.
asciilifeform: pop open virtually any pc, you'll find at least a few ti parts.
decimation: it is interesting how TI has managed to stumble into 2014 as a profitable hardware manufacturer
BingoBoingo: decimation: Given the volume of production who much can a Ti-83,89, or 36 really cost per unit?
decimation: The interviewer didn't ask why you can't make a baby in 1 month with 9 women
decimation: he said people in Linear are perfectly happy to wait 6 hours for a simulation to run
decimation: there is an amusing moment when the interviewer asks "why don't you put your spice on a server for remote users" and he went on a rant about how that would not be benficial
asciilifeform: it is a plague.
decimation: the interviewer is not the best... but the guest is interesting. Apparently LTspice compiles its own custom assembly code when you run a simulation.
BingoBoingo: decimation: The problem many electronics manufacturers have is they can't pull a Texas instruments and marginally increment their cash cows twice a decade
decimation: "Motorola's intention was to offset the inherently higher cost of manufacturing in the US, compared with places like China, by being able to get handsets to customers quicker, and manage the Moto Maker customization process on home turf. But, despite churning out 100,000 Moto Xs a week at one point and progressively making the handset cheaper, the 'born in the USA' vision hasn't paid dividends."
joecool: goxlag was a pro feature
gribble: Error: "lag" is not a valid command.
gribble: Error: "goxlag" is not a valid command.
gribble: Error: "stamplag" is not a valid command.
BingoBoingo: I also like the War Games knockoff, 'Manhattan Project' with the guy who played an alien in a sitcom
BingoBoingo: I imagine it is more profitable now to hedge difficulty Bitbets with a mining farm than vice versa
cazalla: that's such a good bet that one
BingoBoingo: So apparently XFCE is supposed to have a theme called "stellar" which replicates the characteristics of CDE on Solaris. I can't seem to find it.
benkay: which is just slumming with a smile anyways
assbot: 14 Bros Charged in Fraternity Hazing That Cost a Pledge One Testicle
BingoBoingo: Pretty sure this is a cue that your frat isn't worth it http://gawker.com/14-bros-charged-in-fraternity-hazing-that-cost-a-pledge-1583983163
thestringpuller: damn wish there was a depth command
asciilifeform: ^ bad opsec. and, nitpick: 'durasell' is an actual battery. bought some at a 'dollar store' as student, they leaked immediately. (chinese)
jborkl: still very very much a work iin progress on the charts and data- I have the data bound into a bunch of charts but and working on the displays
asciilifeform: the 'votrax' voice synth that the ubiquitous unix 'speak' command was originally meant for came as a huge breadbox-sized potted turd
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: 'potting.' (term of art.) this example appears to be strictly ceremonial: in examples with booby trap, there is usually a fat brick of epoxy with conductive mesh underneath.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Around here there is a big box type store called "Rural King" has more useful materials for electronics security than Best Buy ☟︎
BingoBoingo is starting to suspect a release version Loper machine might not be a man portable Lisp machine...
asciilifeform: (why was it not confiscated and boiled in oil in a dungeon, in private? or kept as trophy by fuhrer)
BingoBoingo: kakobrekla: I'm guessing it's particular power characteristics might have a finger print that could help GHCQ in analyzing logged line noise.
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: either a moronic whim of a bureaucrat - or it has storage - or it came in a diddled, radiant version.
BingoBoingo: kakobrekla: Also for the parachute building exercise. If I have a lot of machines an intruder has less chance of finding the "secrets" machine or machines.
kakobrekla: a so thats what you are after.
BingoBoingo: kakobrekla: Apparently they are a great environment for playing with Genera
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: only the last alphas are costly rarities. the 1ghz and below variants are dirt cheap. i threw away 5 of them a few years ago.
BingoBoingo: Also on the wantlist is an IBM mainframe case for conversion to a bar cabinet.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: if you've become a connoisseur of vintage iron, get an 'alpha'
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: debian worked, but with only one cpu initialized. to be fair, this was a decade ago.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Thinking on the subject of your old HP workstation when I get a new place I am thinking about finding something similar (if not HP maybe SGI) for a combination local file server and end table.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I thought it was actually a bit smaller than that, but... books...
asciilifeform: said gizmo also comes with various connectors for splicing power into a running box pre-confiscation - for 'warm boot' variant of attack.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: The disinfo "One experienced Melbourne forensics bod told El Reg he had not heard of any Australian Government agencies or police units using the technique, dubbing it a trick limited to the academic realm."
BingoBoingo: benkay: I've heard wet nurses are still a thing...
bitcoinpete: i hear riga has a number of excellent restaurants
pankkake: I was introduced to this channel by lainz, a parisian
fluffypony: pankkake: I will probably be in Europe in September, we're going to have to come to France for a few days and do lunch with you and whoever else
benkay: asciilifeform: doesn't really prevent me from going. just turns it from a 3 week trip to a 5 day trip.
nubbins`: she was supposed to come pick up a box at 2pm today. i say "text me if you're running late"
gribble: Error: You haven't asked me a command; perhaps you want to see someone else's more. To do so, call this command with that person's nick.
punkman: that's not a quarter
jborkl: is that a year to date or month or for the last year- people need to put dates reports
nubbins`: ^ actually felt nostalgic for a moment ;0
bitcoinpete: omfg this is the bloodiest bath that ever a cat took
punkman: is there a guide for those AM "reports", looks like some funky accounting
asciilifeform: TomServo: afaik no published academic success against ddr3. does not mean impossible. likewise, not all of the volatile storage in a box equipped with ddr3 is such - sram in cpu cache, disk controller, etc.
gribble: scrat was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 28 weeks, 5 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes, and 48 seconds ago: <Scrat> im a fat cock
gribble: Error: "seens" is not a valid command.
xdotcommer: or i dont know some sort of a brain implant
xdotcommer: i wish i can just get a needle protrude from keyboard and take my blood and authenticate me
jurov: heh i treated it as malicious code that will hijack the addresses and whatnot.. only after a while read the content
TomServo: Got me for a few seconds
asciilifeform: answer to riddle: cold boot attack is in fact implemented in a commercial police gadget. comes with bottle of spray-on coolant, gizmo with sockets for various types of ram, etc.
bitcoinpete: sorta like a mix between barcelona, tel aviv, and vancouver
fluffypony: then back to BA -> Istanbul, hang around in Istanbul for a bit -> Germany for 14 days for her cousin's wedding -> Istanbul -> Cape Town
fluffypony: the wife and I had a LONG debate today about what we're going to do
bitcoinpete: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/science/a-price-tag-on-carbon-as-a-climate-rescue-plan.html?
bitcoinpete: "John T. Pagel said he was not convinced that the climatic changes happening in the United States were a result of human emissions. He suspects they might be part of a natural cycle. But with Californians dangling cash in exchange for his willingness to cut emissions, he jumped at the chance to build his digester."
bitcoinpete: "Much of the cited data on trafficking is based on shaky estimates, and many conflate all sex work with trafficking. A 2003 study funded by the Agency for International Development used actual counts to estimate that 88 percent of female sex workers in Cambodia had not experienced coercion."
bitcoinpete: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/opinion/the-price-of-a-sex-slave-rescue-fantasy.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=1
Mats_cd03: definitely looks like a canary
mircea_popescu: ah such a gem. i wish to hire that brent a guy
mircea_popescu: take a trip, hire a lawyer, start a company like sane people.
fluffypony: is there any EU bank that allows the opening of an account online or via mail, provides internet banking with SEPA transfers, and you can get a debit card for the account?
mircea_popescu: ahhh that pleasant feeling of having just written a great piece.
mircea_popescu: "for a great company, make history!!111"
mircea_popescu: i think this is a sympthom of decay, they've finally given up on trying to hire engineers and are now looking for webheads willing to work for free
mircea_popescu: a sapote is great ya
mircea_popescu: hmm, was it quince they inserted a slice into the woman pre copulation as a very early spermicide ?
fluffypony: omg I want to try all of these: http://imgur.com/a/rmzB5
jurov: well, i can think of a mug that will suspend the liquid in midair in electromagnetic trap.. no more washing, yay
mircea_popescu: shitting a table is also possible.
chetty: so a technological improvement on coffee mugs might be possible - not that I believe it but hey I dont know what I dont know
mircea_popescu: it;s almost as if there's this prion, that turns to itself anyone touching it. like a linguistic virus, even if you discuss the infected,
mircea_popescu: to anyone sane, it's quite clear that the coffee mug problem is a solved problem. but to this particular sort of touched in the head smart fellow, it's not.