asciilifeform: based on johnson noise

asciilifeform: that one.

asciilifeform: artifexd: http://www.loper-os.org/pub/rng/hob.png

asciilifeform: *rigorously

asciilifeform: though, interestingly, this has not been proven rigoriously.

asciilifeform: the one other useful fact is that entropy of (bad rng) xor (better rng) is equal to that of (better rng)

asciilifeform: no prizes for describing what this does to the output, statistically speaking

asciilifeform: (as usg wants you to, see 'fips')

asciilifeform: don't be the schmuck who builds rng which throws away batches of bits that fail some test ☟︎

asciilifeform: ;;google diehard rng tests

asciilifeform: there are many

asciilifeform: like any safety-critical system

asciilifeform: artifexd: rng must be periodically tested

asciilifeform: (does it die silently? what happens to output?)

asciilifeform: when building rng, consider what is to happen when it fails.

asciilifeform: and qualify it

asciilifeform: if you live and die by the key, it is worth your time to build your own

asciilifeform: i'd be tempted to recommend... mine. but right now i've only a handful of them, and they aren't for sale yet.

asciilifeform: keys to something reasonably valuable?

asciilifeform: artifexd: for what purpose?

asciilifeform: breaking at least 500 of these regulations

asciilifeform: in fact, taking a laptop on an airplane probably qualifies you for an iternational tribunal as war criminal

asciilifeform: ---- > your cdrom is banned.

asciilifeform: c. Optical waveguides;

asciilifeform: b. One or more than one internal light detecting element; and

asciilifeform: a. One or more than one internal "laser" diode;

asciilifeform: processing" and having all of the following:

asciilifeform: Electro-optical and "optical integrated circuits", designed for "signal

asciilifeform: let's campaign to have this enforced!

asciilifeform: (from wassenaar agreement)

asciilifeform: semiconductor and operating at a clock frequency exceeding 40 MHz;

asciilifeform: microcontroller microcircuits, manufactured from a compound

asciilifeform: "Microprocessor microcircuits", "microcomputer microcircuits" and

asciilifeform: mp spoke of this not long ago

asciilifeform: so they externalise the cost

asciilifeform: decimation: these people want servants, but won't pay for the servants' quarters

asciilifeform: ah yes

asciilifeform: which

asciilifeform: i can envision folks telling tales of adventure: '... and then i took my C off its safety...'

asciilifeform: partial countermeasure. like a rifle, it only works if fired.

asciilifeform: jborkl: a special little gift for folks who want to take your keys by force.

asciilifeform: mike_c: no need to disassemble. it comes in a clear chassis, with blueprints/sources

asciilifeform: beat it out << this is why any apparatus that doesn't include a scram zapper is sad.

asciilifeform: mike_c: you (and anyone) also have access to analogue rng. open a textbook and pick your favourite...

asciilifeform: how long does it take to move a sliding window across 'gutenberg' archive and bruteforce.

asciilifeform: jborkl: do this, and let's see how long the contents last

asciilifeform: http://trilema.com/2013/unsorted-collection-of-various-cardano-related-updates-spurious-pics/

asciilifeform: for how it was plugged,

asciilifeform: (yes mp some. not sure what he did with them)

asciilifeform: http://trilema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/popul_top.jpg

asciilifeform: this is not a heroic feat

asciilifeform: mike_c: i've an analogue rng, feeding /dev/random myself.

asciilifeform: burn it with a butane lighter when finished.

asciilifeform: thermal tape makes great one-time pads

asciilifeform: or rather, broadcom's on-chip turd

asciilifeform: likewise the 'built in rng' is... raspberry's

asciilifeform: except now anyone can read your 'cold wallet' (as it is printed, naturally) from across the street.

asciilifeform: ;;google optical tempest

asciilifeform: thermal printer.

asciilifeform: do you see where i'm going with this?

asciilifeform: and a 'piper'

asciilifeform: anyone here own a 'FLIR' scope?

asciilifeform: lol!

asciilifeform: for wallet?!

asciilifeform: (result is quite sad)

asciilifeform: anyone who wants to can try this now

asciilifeform: (i wouldn't. 'raspberry' is a terrible board)

asciilifeform: you could make it yourself

asciilifeform: cgcardona_: isn't 'piper' just a 'raspberry' with bitcoind loaded?

asciilifeform: i still don't get, why collect money unless you're ready to hand a widget over

asciilifeform: lol at folks taking pre-orders for widgets that aren't baked yet

asciilifeform: (usa)

asciilifeform: 'One in four renters now spend more than half of their income on housing, up from one in five a decade ago, according to a 2013 .... '

asciilifeform: (re: politics of housing in usa, bezzle-dollars, etc.)

asciilifeform: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-07/silicon-valley-cooks-to-housekeepers-facing-home-eviction.html

asciilifeform: lol

asciilifeform: it will re-group under another name

asciilifeform: the animal that created the phoundation still lives

asciilifeform: these aren't 'defections,' any more than the proverbial rats who jump the sinking ship are 'mutineers.'

asciilifeform: if i recall, they were made by skilled weavers.

asciilifeform: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/parts/dg-corememory/FerriteCoreMemoryDGC-Nova.jpg

asciilifeform: http://blog.savel.org/stuff/20060111b.jpg

asciilifeform: http://ljkrakauer.com/LJK/essays/corestack1s.jpg

asciilifeform: how beautiful they were!

asciilifeform: not atm - but would love to.

asciilifeform: ferrite?

asciilifeform: 'core developers' << ?

asciilifeform: ;;google chestnut tree cafe

asciilifeform: the purpose of impossibly-hard targets isn't necessarily to protect valuables, but can be simply to torment the enemy

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: wouldn't hurt to implement 'port knocking'

asciilifeform: i'll call it 'local warming.'

asciilifeform: and now there's a convenient 'desperado' who 'we know did it'

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they're actually stepped up the discussion to include the word murder << it was time to switch cover stories, the old one was getting tired

asciilifeform: that thing still exists ?!

asciilifeform: the permanent crew are pros - afaik, in all modern countries

asciilifeform: everybody, architect, welders, riveters - get to take a free trip to max depth

asciilifeform: i once read that 'hammurabi's building code' is still king, in the... submarine industry

asciilifeform: lol

asciilifeform: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-07/ceo-liechtenstein-bank-frick-murdered

asciilifeform: lol!