asciilifeform: decimation: still subject to the 'toilet in the kitchen' problem (browser)
asciilifeform: i forget who here gave a shit about the CVT, but to round out the story: i did learn the cause of the voltage sags. ancient wiring, too many fat electrical appliances switching on in unison (air conditioner, water heater column)
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: still surprising. i did expect annoying questions.
asciilifeform: (a bit of a cheat, uses modern sram and rom)
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: tri2.jpg << rng container at bottom left hand corner of photo.
asciilifeform: decimation: EC is a kind of 'devil's temptation' on account of compact keys.
asciilifeform: Vexual: what are you making re: 7400s << nothing at present
asciilifeform: mike_c: EC-based keys << complicated subject. the only solidly established fact is that the american curves are to be avoided.
asciilifeform: decimation: VHDL to a 7400 TTL netlist << certainly. i think brad parker (author of CADR, symbolics, and TI LM emulators) had a widget that does just this.
asciilifeform: if successful cold-call, might be forgiven, 'treason prospers for the reason that if it prospers none dare call it treason...' etc
asciilifeform: line between a marketer and a spammer << 'cold-caller' is a spammer, period.
asciilifeform: mike_c: the worst except for the alternatives << i sometimes use 'yandex.' it's encrusted with 1990s-style pestilential ad crapola, but mostly works.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: understatement. practically the only participant whose product works 'as printed on the crate'
asciilifeform: damn, i was hoping it was a cruel lie.
asciilifeform: i.e. 'paid users in virtual currency when they retweeted promotional material on Twitter.'
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo, moiety: i didn't know vorhees might've been a spammer. is the accusation true?
asciilifeform: i sort of suspect that google tries to feed people their own shit deliberately - by ip block if possible, or by relational inference of some form if not
asciilifeform: conclusion, is, inescapably, that google sucks. but this isn't a discovery.
asciilifeform: surely i'm not the only person to post a picture of dec alpha.
asciilifeform: and then had a colleague look up 'dec alpha' machine, in same search, and he got... an old post of mine.
asciilifeform: on account of it being in kako's channel log!
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: loosened the anus's of the various Apple Occultists << that might've been 'non-apple's mistake'
asciilifeform: moiety: it's rare enough that there is no ready source for it
asciilifeform: moiety: no clue. got mine on ebay a few yrs back for about 100 usd
asciilifeform: or the myriad 'tame' seekoority blogs, which studiously avoid mention of nsa, etc.
asciilifeform: think back to the purpose of the phoundation.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: the buggers' traditional defense is to pretend that the event was a non-event - or, if this is impractical, to continue living in an imaginary world where they 'scooped' the story first, and all of the 'unsanctioned' discussion never happened.☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎
asciilifeform: taking joy in having 'strong social media presence' would be rather like rejoicing in living next to a swamp, to have 'strong mosquito presence'
asciilifeform: at some point i'll get around to selling the actual microwriter
asciilifeform: moiety: the emulator is a very ragged toy. the actual gadget works considerably better.
asciilifeform: i'd assume that a 'mule' gets an (unarmed) 'helper,' who ensures that he can't cough up the payload ahead of schedule.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: in the textbook 'rectothermal cryptoanalysis' of '90s russia, the purpose of the soldering iron was typically to help the 'patient'... 'remember' not only the locations of hidden goodies, but also places where he might yet be able to borrow/steal.
asciilifeform: as described in an old book, 'how to collect illegal debts' (actual title)
asciilifeform: however, the reason why it is customary to sit a captured wretch on an anthill, or the like, without first inquiring about his assets, is that in such a situation the definition of 'assets' expands to everything the victim could potentially beg/borrow/steal☟︎
asciilifeform: my organs aren't the sort to fetch top dollar << the 'i own just the shirt on my back' defense worked pretty well historically. if the enemy finds it convincing.
asciilifeform: deterrence weapon naturally doesn't make you immortal - the best possible use of it is to cool the enthusiasm of folks who'd like to hasten the inevitable.
asciilifeform: think of how funny it'd be, setting up elaborate dead man switch, then captured by a fellow who just wants to sell your organs.
asciilifeform automatically recalls an ancient sf story about a very unlucky immortal fellow, who goes from dungeon to dungeon, ending up at torquemada's, the gestapo, on and on...
asciilifeform: the 'only winning move,' of course, is 'not to play' - reducing your chances of ending up in that position in the first place, through convincing deterrent (or quick legs!)
asciilifeform: is it to persuade him to turn you loose? to transfer your coin to your fellow partizans asap, because you are certain to perish anyway? some other goal?
asciilifeform: i'll point out that it helps to have a clear picture of what your objective will be once you're hanging upside-down in torquemada's workshop.
asciilifeform: [insert standard discussion of the game theory of nuclear war by schelling & friends here.]
asciilifeform: (if you actually want to do this: have multiple allies, shamir-split a key, then set 'dead man switch' that broadcasts the magic tx if you fail to reset it for x days, etc)
asciilifeform: actually, one possible technological countermeasure is: to carry around some gizmo that will transmit a transaction moving your coin to a trusted confederate, when the pin is pulled.
asciilifeform: if herr torquemada is working on you, your wallet is lost, regardless of what kind (only real countermeasure is cyanide tooth or the like.)
asciilifeform: a successfully 'mined' brainwallet is... a failed iq test.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: seems to me like the physical hiding place approach suffers from the same problems as 'brainwallet.'
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: the typical rectothermal session involves separation from one's worldly goods
asciilifeform: (which, if read literally, amount to a 'what not to do')
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: this is not unlike the psychology of the folks who buy books on 'how to hide things'
asciilifeform: it inescapably reminds me of the 1890s autos with reins
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: i don't really get the fixation with 'physical bitcoins.' care to try explaining ?
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: that sounds too much like work
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo, jurov: stone megalith wallet << if you buy a laser cutter, you can make actual stone wallet.
asciilifeform: if they actually fit a python in 2kb, that's pretty neat.
asciilifeform: (anyone who read the entire manual, please correct me if i am mistaken)
asciilifeform: the python linked earlier (diametric?) isn't a proper python, where the interpreter is available at run time, but, as i understand, a simple batch-mode compiler.
asciilifeform: lisp on a microcontroller that isn't optimized for high-level languages (a la the greenarrays forth chip) isn't much fun. it's like going back to the mid-80s, when microcomputer owners justifiably scoffed at 'slow' languages
asciilifeform: jurov: clisp builds on arm. but sbcl doesn't (the latter has no interpreter mode, it has a high quality optimizing - real time - compiler on x86 and a few other archs.)
asciilifeform: (a 'traditional' micro has a few kb of ram)
asciilifeform: 'real' microcontrollers are far more interesting. the proliferation of the cheap arm boards is really because today's hobbyists piss their pants at the thought of learning asm
asciilifeform: still quite useless - they all have ridiculously slow bus
asciilifeform: jurov: i've a small collection of various cheapo 'arm' boards, just like everyone. the 'pi' collects dust. did recently get openbsd running on another one (beagle?) recently.
asciilifeform: jurov: the 'pi' would be neat if it actually... worked. (entirely aside from the evil closed blob running at all times.) try, for instance, using ethernet and usb at full throttle on your unit, see what happens.
asciilifeform: is 'lean startup' a new euphemism for 'starving artist' ?
asciilifeform: incidentally: cvt is a good pill against nosy buggers who'd like to 'read' bits off your mains wiring.
asciilifeform: decimation: they're typically guaranteed for 25 years or so. get a used box with clear conscience.
asciilifeform: if your computer costs serious dough, a $1k power filter is small change.
asciilifeform: quite a few of the units you'll find on 'ebay' are labeled 'minicomputer transformer.' so, i imagine they were shipped with pdp and vax.
asciilifeform: (we were getting transients from a newly installed gigantic air conditioner)
asciilifeform: CVTs are still used in places where equipment costs $maxint. i personally ordered one installed in a lab where i once worked.
asciilifeform: decimation: your mains step-down transformer would also be quite audible if you were to take it off the pole and bring it in your living room.
asciilifeform: decimation: the pill against the buzz is to lock the thing in a closet
asciilifeform: decimation: it is very, very well known among computer users. behind the 'iron curtain.'☟︎
asciilifeform: author started by pissing all over every single advance in the history of the language - starting with lexical scope, moving on to compiler, etc
asciilifeform: 'newlisp' is the 'feathercoin' of lisps
asciilifeform: decimation: How does the circuit maintain its nolinear resonance with variable load << naturally, this is possible only within rated limit of a particular machine.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the usual reply of audience is 'why ought we give $bignum to you and not the 9,999 other wankers'
