asciilifeform: other explanation: wik. struck a deal with google to be removed from the pagerank engine
asciilifeform: (when lacking the root key, that is. the people who have the latter, however, needn't screw with tor; they diddle your packets wherever they like.)
asciilifeform: as if it escapes anyone's attention that ssl-mitm is readily detectable.
asciilifeform: to be fair, this is really 'amateur hour'
asciilifeform: and you people wonder where the beggars come from.
asciilifeform: "A random spectator at a televised sports event held up a placard with a QR code and the text “Send me Bitcoin!” He received $25,000 in Bitcoin in the first 24 hours, all from people he had never met."
asciilifeform: whole field, 'dildonics,' as i understand.
asciilifeform: (standard being ANSI INCITS 226-1994)
asciilifeform: 90% of the drama was in the form of A: 'standard is crap!' B: 'no it isn't, i love it' A: ok, how about this B: yeah, maybe this should've been different A: let's change it B: no, you'll break my satellite/aircraft carrier/jacuzzi
asciilifeform: much the same psychiatric aspects as the case of an ordinary spammer. who doesn't see the channel as a place with people, but as a receptacle
asciilifeform: the sad part is that even naggum's idiots were livelier and more interesting than modern ones (that i know of)
asciilifeform: hm. kid at racetrack: 'damn those things are loud, and they stink.' old man: 'unbeknownst to you, you're in a pit where loud, stinking things are revered.' kid: goes home, smears shit on himself, yells 'vroom! vroom!'
asciilifeform: mes sheer need as the motivation to enter the field...."
asciilifeform: "something important happens when a previously privileged position in society suddenly sees incredibly demand that needs to be filled, using enormous quantities of manpower. that happened to programming computers about a decade ago, or maybe two. first, the people will no longer be super dedicated people, and they won't be as skilled or even as smart -- what was once dedication is replaced by greed and someti☟︎
asciilifeform: and what would be wrong with a linux box?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: hard (but not impossible!) to cross-compile winblows trojans under mac os.
asciilifeform: VitalyChernikov: последний шанс - забанят
asciilifeform: couldn't help but think of casascius. and many other fine folks.
asciilifeform: nyooz you can yooze! cafe in my town. people chattering, rumour; schizo woman who frequents the place was drawing 'daisies'. said, 'they're like bitcoins! but on paper!'
