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mircea_popescu: then decides to scam the few legit customers he has to return
a 1/5 to 1/3 equity to his invesotrs, and story ends there.
mircea_popescu: the way this shit works is, fucktard of the ilk of that byrne fellow figures he knows shit, gets some investors together, anywhere between
a few 10s of k's to maybe
a million,
fluffypony: the scary thing is that they DID get
a shitton of media coverage
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: that was
a typo, was meant to be coinbet
mircea_popescu: from what i hear i'm by no means of
a minority oppinion (even if i no longer to that sort of thing on any sort of scale)
fluffypony: that can be arranged, like all things, for
a price :-P
fluffypony: then South Africa 2016, we can have
a Halvening Party and I'll arrange
a safari
ozbot: Ca tot… s-
a tras tot s-
a fumat tot s-
a baut tot cum e peste tot ? La fel ca peste tot. pe Trilema
fluffypony: why on earth would I borrow money to buy
a couch?
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: cool will give it
a squizzle
BingoBoingo:
A silver oxide cell would offer the worst possible discharge curve for that purpose though.
fluffypony: although
a pocket rail gun would be amazing
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Not striking, resonating. That's what the coils of copper wire do. It's
a fucking watch, not
a rail gun.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Those two sections wrapped in wire are
a tuning fork.
fluffypony: bounce: no clue, it's quite impressive that they make it look like
a regular watch face
bounce: on IIRC my watch is
a casio instead. hm. doesn't really matter.
BingoBoingo: The few I've worked on take 357 batteries though, and that is
a lot of silver for
a year and
a half of function.
mircea_popescu: judging by the excellent results electrostatic speakers show it's
a wonder they've not tried that yet actually.
BingoBoingo: Probably. It is hard to compete with
a CR 2032 at anything.
fluffypony: you wouldn't be able to tell any of those are solar panels at
a glance
BingoBoingo: Seiko also has
a mechanically recharged all electric quarts they call kinetic
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Seiko has
a mechanical powered quartz regulated movement they call "Spring Drive"
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I have yet to actually see
a quartz automatic outisde of
a few questionable seiko examples
bounce: used to have
a... citizen? automatic. need fixing though, in the end it was off by half an hour
a day. should've gotten it fixed while still in warranty. silly me.
bounce: kid in school had
a solar, very sparse design. just even matte background for the face, which also was the solar panel only you'd not notice.
BingoBoingo: I have yet to see
a Lithium 364 button cell
Diablo-D3: I put lithiums in anything that
a regchargable is inappropriate for
Diablo-D3: that'd be like buying
a li-ion battery at
a store
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 i bet you that i won't be able to buy
a graphene supercap battery at
a convenience store in 2019.
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: in the next five years, graphene supercaps will become
a commercial reality
BingoBoingo: Diablo-D3: Actually I am hoping for
a revival and enhancement of Silver-Zinc batteries
BingoBoingo: I ended up travelling just
a little bit this weekend.
BingoBoingo: ;;later tell bitcoinpete When you asked about
a line betting operation did the tweet I offered convey enough info?
Diablo-D3: I dont think I even own
a chess board anymore.
BingoBoingo: Chess is
a great game in that precise notation exists for every possible move
BingoBoingo: As white I'd play the queen's gambit. As black responding to E4, the pirc, to d4 the slav, and to anything else
a spanking.
bounce: I need
a shower and to find me
a board, but I could be up after.
BingoBoingo: Eh, I've imbibed quite
a bit of ETOH since this conversation started
BingoBoingo: Diablo-D3: Would you be up for
a game of chess?
BingoBoingo: Someone can probably be
a gentleman without reading Clausewitz much like someone can program without school.
Diablo-D3: you do not learn how to program at
a school
Diablo-D3: I dont understand how people can handle
a language that successfully resists static analysis
BingoBoingo: Diablo-D3: Python is great as
a modern alternative to BASIC
BingoBoingo: In this way PHP was at least born with
a purpose. Where as Ruby was born with "lol, suck cocks"
bounce: lovely how it attracts nothing but n00bs and how even the core devs reflect that sad fact.
a fractal of bad design, indeed.
BingoBoingo: PHP was
a nobel but flawed attempt to make HTML
a scriptable server language
BingoBoingo: Ruby is basically
a python fork that broke the underlying interpreter
Diablo-D3: bounce: ruby is just
a mistake imo
bounce: so if you're looking for an embedded type project, that's as
a good an angle as anything
bounce: relevant for this channel is the gpg-card thingies. problem with those is that the source isn't available, though
a spec is. an open source implementation would be nice, and perhaps cheaper than sourcing the closed-source thing.
Diablo-D3: BingoBoingo: I just needed
a ti calc because it was mandatory for math classes in high school
bounce: it's
a good example since (I'm told, haven't investigated) various smart card type things have
a z80-type core on board
bounce: you were talking about z80, and I thought it was interesting enough to explore that
a bit. still have
a kaypro in an attic somewhere. should probably dust if off some time
Diablo-D3: java 8 fixed
a lot of the long standing issues java has
BingoBoingo: bounce: Did I ever offer Z80 as an only option? I would kill for
a multicore gigahertz class Coldfire dev board rated for server use
Diablo-D3: its like the guys who created it had no clue what the fuck
a language was
Diablo-D3: bounce: I had
a love affair with erlang for awhile
Diablo-D3: it takes the better part of
a decade to get there.
BingoBoingo: C is
a nice language. I am not disputing that.
Diablo-D3: if you know how to use it, its
a nice language
Diablo-D3: the gpg for dos thing is obviously
a 32 bit binary
Diablo-D3: anything written in modern C simply will not work on them without
a lot of help
Diablo-D3: claiming java isnt portable, however, is
a bad argument
Diablo-D3: (yes, theres
a gpg build out there somewhere for dos)
fluffypony: Diablo-D3: if we're going air-gapped for offline signing/decryption ethernet shouldn't be
a concern
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Why advertise it as that? Posit the thing as
a student architecture.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: If BFL taught us anything it is that it takes little to make dedicated silicon for
a dream architecture.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: neither. Pick beast from the 80's and write it to
a cheap FPGA dev board
fluffypony: so taking
a step back from that ideal, Raspberry Pi/BeagleBone Black?
Diablo-D3: it can be
a fuel but its not the most efficient
BingoBoingo: I try to keep my immune system in
a state as close to total war as possible
BingoBoingo: Eh, I mix poison ivy into salad at least once
a year.
BingoBoingo: I've never had
a problem either beyond nuts sticking to thighs, because moist. The aim though is not merely to survive, but to make the worst case impossible.
BingoBoingo: Diablo-D3: Honestly I really dun give
a shit about that anyways, detergents are just surfactants that aren't derived from fatty acids, as
a class detergent is
a meaningless designation
Diablo-D3: I have satisfied
a girl with my hands before
Diablo-D3: [03:17:34] <BingoBoingo> I like how all of these discussions ignore the proper use of
a hand which is satisfying
a girl, so that you can use the girl to satisfy yourself.
BingoBoingo: it is truly amazing how much text you can pass on
a printed page
Diablo-D3: its been awhile since Ive given
a shit about it
Diablo-D3: last time I had to authenticate on gribble I needed to sign
a message with my pgp key
BingoBoingo: Key management is and ought to be
a personal thing
BingoBoingo: I like how all of these discussions ignore the proper use of
a hand which is satisfying
a girl, so that you can use the girl to satisfy yourself.
BingoBoingo: "This drives me crazy when people don't include the costs of labor. It would be like someone getting
a car donated to them and saying "Wow cars only cost $200 for
a title and registration! Why do people pay thousands of dollars for
a car!?" Because someone gave you one for free!"
BingoBoingo: Webmail as
a substitute for Pine is another.