asciilifeform: $180.

asciilifeform: http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=167&No=830

asciilifeform: speaking of which,

asciilifeform: tell us again about 10GH/sec SHA256.

asciilifeform: http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyclone-v/cv_51001.pdf

asciilifeform: max clock: 550MHz

asciilifeform: max ALUs - 113,560

asciilifeform: altera cyclone V GX

asciilifeform: Dimsler_: the sooner the phoundation 'shoots itself' in the head, rather than in the foot as usual, the better.

asciilifeform: https://github.com/kaniini/slabbed-or-not sucks, easily defeated.

asciilifeform: detecting VM is very, very easy.

asciilifeform: no room in 'garconierre' for argon tanks.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: you can machine pyrophorics in your kitchen, i'll pass.

asciilifeform: if doing something, might as well do it right

asciilifeform: if i ever do make a keyboard, i'll probably machine the mechanicals from aluminum.

asciilifeform: re: secretary: why would you do that to your springs.

asciilifeform: the black is the inner plastic.

asciilifeform: injection-molded. 1982, still going strong.

asciilifeform: sure ya do. when one's in the wash.

asciilifeform: and yes, who doesn't own a fat sack full of 'model M' key caps

asciilifeform: if you scavenge, you're stuck with the original key labels

asciilifeform: (tolerance ~0.1mm, like a rifle chamber)

asciilifeform: likewise the shafts in which they move

asciilifeform: but key caps, afaik, must be injection-molded to be of any usable quality.

asciilifeform: other components (buckling springs, controller, chassis) can be sourced or laser cut

asciilifeform: i would have built my own keyboard long ago, if i had any way to produce the key caps.

asciilifeform: perhaps true masters ought to make their own i/o devices.

asciilifeform: kakobrekla: if i recall, he machined those

asciilifeform: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=861

asciilifeform: full turd here:

asciilifeform: http://www.loper-os.org/wp-content/mw/motd_ui.jpg

asciilifeform: and a kbd in the middle, for times when it couldn't be avoided.

asciilifeform: right hand held his (original!) mouse

asciilifeform: or rather, symmetrical, but intended for left hand.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: doug engelbart's original chorder was left-hand.

asciilifeform: you can try it right there

asciilifeform: 6 keys.

asciilifeform: http://www.loper-os.org/mwemu/mwemu.html

asciilifeform: pankkake: you can carry the happyhacking thing to its logical conclusion:

asciilifeform: pankkake: no pg-up/down keys either. do you also wear a barrel instead of clothing?

asciilifeform: why anyone voluntarily uses those is beyond me

asciilifeform: has no arrows or f keys either

asciilifeform: pankkake: 'happy hacking kbd' ?

asciilifeform: a laptop remains 'satanic' regardless of what one might do to it

asciilifeform: i know of no decent keyboard with a winblows key

asciilifeform: e.g. logo on mice, keyboards

asciilifeform: what's your answer to silkscreened print? 'dremel' ? or belt sander

asciilifeform: assuming you meant those

asciilifeform: 'intel inside' and 'designed for winblows' stickers look great on toilet tanks

asciilifeform: why would they be labeled?

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i'm curious about the hardware

asciilifeform: it takes two to 'scamgo.'

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: nope, this one's new.

asciilifeform: (or perhaps not. seems to rely on bit-errors.)

asciilifeform: RIP McEliece.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: http://cryptome.org/2014/01/polynominal-time-pkc-attack.pdf

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: IANAL, but this tidbit seems to signal the final, complete death of the 19th century u.s. law known as 'posse comitatus act'

asciilifeform: http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2014/01/27/predator-drone-sends-north-dakota-man-to-jail/

asciilifeform: anybody catch this:

asciilifeform: then present head to buyer.

asciilifeform: two leap upon the victim, hold him down, while a third operates the snipper.

asciilifeform: sack, attached to a spring-loaded gadget reminiscent of a camera aperture.

asciilifeform: a 'field guillotine'

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: reminds me of an ancient chinese weapon i once read of

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: complicated. people would plunder every graveyard they can find before selling their own parts.

asciilifeform: (a SlaveCoin would, hypothetically, do to human labour what bitcoin did to computing power)

asciilifeform: gonna be tricky to hire these folks for speech transcription once they start mining SlaveCoin.

asciilifeform: what are the chances of something other than a scriptable muppet being invited ?

asciilifeform: best propaganda, as always, is 'propaganda by the deed.'

asciilifeform: the most educational possible outcome of the circus is: use of bitcoin is banned under penalty of cranked impalement - and continues enthusiastically regardless.

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: like any good story, this one must be 'shown, not told'

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: curious - why do you care what goes on in that circus?

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: not to nitpick, but people who actually suffer GI obstruction, when they succumb, it is of starvation (digestive tract then only works in 'reverse gear')

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: everyone is invited to draw his own conclusion. note that physical reality doesn't care about intentions.

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: cascascius is a plot to further holography (and microscopy, and possibly metallurgy) research. with gigantic bounty. you read it here first.

asciilifeform: alpha-androstenol ?

asciilifeform: silly, everyone knows that 'alternative' pig is: 'long.'

asciilifeform: interesting how a closed-source browser is still so beloved

asciilifeform: i'd dearly love to hear of a current www browser that hasn't gone to shit.

asciilifeform: author's name, and a little snippet of code

asciilifeform: nope. the usual crap

asciilifeform: highlight, copy, paste.

asciilifeform: all the 'censor blobs' are transparent.

asciilifeform: http://cryptome.org/2014/01/nsa-smartphones-analysis.pdf

asciilifeform: nah, we'll see all the same idiot scams, with the decimal point moved a few places.

asciilifeform: http://edp.org/monkey.htm

asciilifeform: 'always mount a scratch monkey'

asciilifeform: S.MNKY

asciilifeform: when do we get the mega-fund run by circus acrobats? sumo wrestlers?

asciilifeform: and a new keyboard, where 'capslock' isn't glued down

asciilifeform: they need new talent

asciilifeform: could somebody spare a circus monkey to work at langley?

asciilifeform: http://cryptome.org/2014/01/parastoo-sti.htm

asciilifeform: it also helps to not be seen as the unwelcome guest by the locals, yes.

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: if you know of a country where you can afford the privilege of perforating unwelcome guests, by all means consider moving. otherwise it's an exercise in wishful thinking

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: in a civilized city at least you have a sporting chance of raising a stink involving lawyers / media / etc.

asciilifeform: now if you can afford to maintain a private army there, that's another matter.

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: nepal or any other 3rd world pesthole won't even notice when the 'extraordinary rendition' folks pick you up - much less object.

asciilifeform: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/better-data-security-nail-polish/

asciilifeform: paging mircea_popescu!