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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform aha. quite. different path
to same problem.
mircea_popescu: anyway - i wonder at what point of
turning
the vice around its ballsac, usg finally relents, admits
that it is way
the fuck cheaper and
therefore better
to be friends with
the smart people,
throws idiots
to
the dogs. so we get license
to capture humanities majors from horseback on campus, and
they get
the default immunity
they like
to pretend
they currently have.
mircea_popescu: "how much would you pay me for information
that prevents destruction of $1mn worth of materiel ?" us army : "3% of
total damage as evaluated by us" ru army, in general "150% of maximal damage" and on
the day before invasion, up
to 1mn% of same.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform his observation is well grounded
though.
the maximum
that can be extracted from victim is necessarily below
the
total damage
the bug inflicts. which is why it's always better
to sell
to enemy of victim. which is why market is complex.
a111: Logged on 2016-07-15 19:28
trinque: I criticize "USG" as a category; it barely defines anything
a111: Logged on 2016-07-07 18:09 mircea_popescu: here's something for
the historian in alf!
there's ancient statement of
the principle, recorded in 1970 milwaukee journal : "You make yourself ridiculous by
thinking you can do anything.
The word is divided in
two.
The Russians and
the Americans, no one else. What are we? Americans. Behind me
there is
the government, behind
the government is NATO, behind NATO is
the US. You can't fight us, we are Americans."
mats: its really for folks looking
to pad
their resume
a111: Logged on 2016-07-15 21:21 pete_dushenski:
https://bugcrowd.com/fca << megal0lotron. if anyone
thought apocalyptic's work offers were insulting low,
they haven't seen fiat chrysler's yet.
mircea_popescu: i
tell you, when i wanted specific effect i wrote it out, works fine
to
this day.
mircea_popescu: so yes, sits on
top of pile ; much like a dog on pile of bricks.
a111: Logged on 2016-07-15 19:09 asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: recall
that usg sits on
top of egyptian pyramid - sized heap of fpga. why not,
then, hijack an old, familiar scrypt-based altcoin, and proclaim 'see, YES WE CAN!111' etc
a111: Logged on 2016-07-15 19:02 asciilifeform: even 'deluxe paint II' for amiga (!) beats
the shit out of gimp.
mircea_popescu: anyway. /me vaguely considers leaving
the derp a "stop posturing ; read
the required material", but whatevs.
mircea_popescu: back when
the circle of derps
thought
they not only have some power in bitcoin, but outright control it ? 2011ish or so ?
mircea_popescu: bitco.in › ... › Bitcoin Protocol › Bitcoin Unlimited 11 ian. 2016 - BUIP011: Andrew Clifford for President Submitted 12/01/2016 I
think
that a lot of people will know my posts from bitcointalk, reddit, and now
the
shinohai: Obviously he is someone
that
thinks "open letters"
to
the "komoooonuity" will work.
phf: trinque: where's
that from?
shinohai: Erogdan "I'm still in charge folks, I can
tweet!"
☟︎ shinohai: Well army has declared coup, so let's see how well
this little drama plays out.
pete_dushenski: (helmuth von moltke 'westernised'
the ottoman army in
the 1830s)
pete_dushenski: long gone are
the days of von moltke and
the close
ties between prussia and
the ottomans eh
☟︎ shinohai: The lolz, "Germany has denied Erdogan permission
to land his plane."
pete_dushenski: a whole host of mercs ~are~ made in us of a, however, and yes, are little more
than very expensive and equally disposable smartph0nes
pete_dushenski: lol
toyota camry is 'made in america' and isn't fit for
the poubelle. NICE
TRY.
phf: hehe,
that
teardown is amusing
trinque: asciilifeform: I've seen
them wired up
to controller boards
that speak vga/hdmi around
the net
trinque: that
Tripuso bought Pixel Qi's
tech
trinque: I just called
them actually, asking pricing and so on.
phf: or just crank up
the backlight burning
through battery until next recharge
pete_dushenski expects pokemon go
to revolutionise sun limitations of screens
trinque: I researched
those
this week; pixel qi sold
to an outfit
that seems
to be sitting on
the patents
☟︎ phf: yeah, i have a dx
too, i also have
two or
three small keyboard ones, but
they break easily (i broke like 4 or 5) with
they way i use
them anyway, and since
the kindle direction is clearly dodgy i just don't feel like doing anything with
them
phf: i was really happy with
the old keyboard kindle, it had free internet, and was just generally a very promising oldfag device. hardware keyboard, promising screen, ~lighter
than any versions since~, had a bunch of linux hacks including a
terminal. i ported a zork interpreter
to it. and of course amazon doesn't care about oldfag market, so kindles went downhill fast since
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: ya, just saw
that 'digital paper' isn't backlit
pete_dushenski: holy cromoly
that's some lightning outside.
this must be
the rainiest summer in memory. every afternoon with
the wet stuff!
phf: pete_dushenski: we've had
this in logs :> it runs some form of windows ce
phf: i use a psion as an organizer, and i still can't get used
to
the fact
that it looks ~good~ in direct sunlight. like it's some amazing novel
technology
☟︎ pete_dushenski: it was a bit
too geek chic for artsy school but i enjoyed it.
phf: i couldn't afford pro level palm, had
to use "visor"