asciilifeform: to my shame i admit that the part with echo and narcissus reminded me of the fellow who had Eliza and Ractor talk to each other.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: his subjects will read the tales, and, having understood well, will seppuku from remorse (in a hidden place, so as to perform the act non-narcissistically.)
asciilifeform: ninjashogun: for instance, if you were to reveal what the hardware is, i might take pity and tell you how to obtain an equivalent for 17 instead of 17k usd.
asciilifeform: if you want to have a sporting chance of interesting someone
asciilifeform: ninjashogun: please consider saying what it is.
asciilifeform: if the answer is 'pay for groceries' he has the wrong address
asciilifeform: i'm genuinely curious what this fellow intends to do with the money
asciilifeform: ninjashogun: what are you building, that you need a loan? airplane? particle accelerator?
asciilifeform: it would remain derp even if the code were written to spec, by a god.
asciilifeform: 'It's significant that no one managed to notice such glaring errors, particularly since they were contained in code that anyone can review.' << ahahaha
asciilifeform: (circuit-level implementation, done correctly, would leave no room for doubt as to the fate of every input bit, and the origin of every output)
asciilifeform: (doesn't have to be verilog in particular - any circuit description system would do)
asciilifeform: unrelated: did anyone ever answer the call to implement btc reference client compatible in verilog?