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skinnkavaj: Apocalyptic: Tell me
a better investment.
skinnkavaj: I think they will overtake
a lot of Litecoinglboal and BTCT trading
the20year: how difficult is it to get
a lsiting on there?
kakobrekla: That seems like
a good address. I decide to send my bitcoins there to that nice guy or gal can do something great in the world with that money.
nubbins`: i think
a lot of things should be other things
nubbins`: he obviously didn't do
a dry run of his presentation before the real thing, hey?
kakobrekla: well
a little sync practice and is good to go
nubbins`:
a lot of people who like Frank's really dislike Brian's, but i enjoyed it
mircea_popescu: so now i will get
a pretty expensive lab bill saying "power fluctuations caused bla bla bla"
bob_: so given that security is the most important thing, and we all understand the complexities involved, I think we can still agree that 2 days down for
a failed hard drive probably warrents
a blame-less post mortem with the goal of improving the system for the future?
kakobrekla: im just joking btw. i dont have
a license to drive
a bus.
mircea_popescu: so would you have
a faster & better main server, or
a shittier main so the back-up is there ?
bob_: right, but, if you had
a backup, once you decided it was just
a power problem that fried your drive, you could recover faster.
jurov: hm... so next time psu or raid controller dies, we'll be few days offline, again. cuz it could been
a hack?
nubbins`: or, put another way,
a backup box is no good if it's
a backup of
a compromised machine
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla the problem is centralisation + security as
a combo.
nubbins`: i used to work with
a girl who had
a B.Eng. with honors, and she wrote the worst code i've ever seen. variables called "resultset1" and "string3", seriously
KRS-: the importance them comes down to whether or not you can tell if someone is just
a good test taker or actually has knowledge and knows how to apply it
nubbins`: KRS-: arguably the only concrete value
a degree holds
KRS-:
a degree at the very least shows that someone can stick to something and complete it..for that, comes some value. as
a hiring manager i'd rather see
a degree.
nubbins`: being happy *and* satiated? you've got it knocked. don't change
a thing.
nubbins`: correct. persistence is
a skill like any other
nubbins`: "The Brutor takes pride in the troubles of their life because it all adds to their stature. They marvel at failure, such as bad grades in school, or getting hassled by cops who tell them only to move along. ... Any punishment for his actions becomes
a badge and holds no real consequence because jail is holding him back from nothing but killing time"
the20year: "Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost
a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
nubbins`: the20year: let me find you
a quote
bob_: i'd rather see
a degree
bob_: not everything is more important than school. i'm looking at
a resume right now that does not have
a college listed, but does have that he attended "tony robbins - power to influence"
nubbins`: but i think the problem in
a lot of cases is that people just don't want anything
KRS-: thats what makes the difference between
a ceo and someone who spends their life in their entry-level position
nubbins`: but in my defense, i was told that this shit was basically
a golden ticket
nubbins`: what the fuck are you gonna do with
a biology degree? become
a biologist?
the20year: And I asked them all "When you saw that the unemployment rate for someone with that degree is 20% or more, why did you think it was
a good idea?"
jurov: i could have had
a business, even in opensource development long ago (nerd's wet dream i guess), but was afraid how to explain to everyone around
nubbins`: and nobody's ready until they've sunk $60k into
a degree in german film, or history, or biology
nubbins`: i suggest not going to university. at least, not until you know what the fuck you want and have at least
a general idea of how to get it
the20year: I asked him "Who are you applying to after college" and he didn't think he could get employed ,even though
a logistics degree is amazing to have
the20year: My cousin went to school for history, then he realized he can't get
a job there, so now he's getting another degree in logistics
nubbins`: university is just
a 4 (or more) year extension on the autopilot that's been running these kids' lives
the20year: Hit the goals? You get
a bonus. Miss them? You make less money
the20year: Personally, i try and develop
a plan of finding people who can be motivated, either by time or money, then provide
a roadmap so they can see how they will gain good income for working with me over
a set period of time
nubbins`: can you think of
a bigger waste of money? or TIME?
nubbins`: can part of the system be "nobody gives
a fuck if you have
a degree"
nubbins`: ah
a hiring system. why has nobody thought of this!
nubbins`: completely avoiding the fact that they're as useless now as
a HS diploma was not long ago
nubbins`: this is why
a bachelor's degree is the new standard for employability
nubbins`: well, that's the problem. kids are throwing tens of $ away, under the impression that it will make
a difference in their lives. but unless they have the drive to take what they want and the self-awareness to know what it is, it'll never be anything more than
a costly waste of time for them
KRS-: Ok I see what you are saying and you are right. Those who are just good test takers who finished
a program stick out like
a sore thumb imo.
nubbins`: KRS-: i spent 6 years in university. i'm discounting the notion that possession of
a degree automatically confers knowledge, wisdom, or experience. :)
KRS-: nubbins: not sure if you went to college or not, I did and I learned
a lot.
A lot of what you said is true, but you can't discount
a degree someone has attained.
nubbins`: and it takes
a 3 minute job interview to separate those who went through the motions from those who took the opportunity to educate themselves
nubbins`: get
a sheet of paper that says "B.Sc. (hons)", and then working
a shit retail job until one day they realize (or not) what they should have been doing all along
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: one of the big problems with higher education is that students think "ok, i just attend these classes, get this degree, and i'm employable", which is just not true. getting
a university degree, college diploma, whatever, doesn't mean you're employable, doesn't mean you have skills, doesn't mean you know how to do anything besides graduate from
a program. the value isn't in the degre
abracadabra: put
a big yellow flag on the ketchup bottle
mircea_popescu: that particular power strip apparently puts noise in burns drives. i have no spare powers because
a lot of shit in there.
mircea_popescu: see,
a drive popped yest. so this was suspicious, was looked into extensively. nothing found. new drive was put in.
Vexual: its all
a grand tapestryu
Vexual: it sits in
a police station
Vexual: tropical varieties are still
a rarity, but i think pankkake has something called pif?
Vexual: two lists and
a delicate interface, wait and see what i do with 80 bytes
Vexual: success of
a human hive, i like it
Vexual: even nsa dont have one hundred thosadnth of
a good brain
Vexual: those cosmic rays are
a bitch
mircea_popescu: sent the pcb in the dead one to be cut apart, i'll have the results in
a coupla weeks, i don't expect to see anything.
pankkake: Are you
a rockstar Web Developer with superb programming skills in
a range of open source technologies? Would you like to work for the most famous and successful website in the world today?
pankkake: I just got
a silly job offer, feels like
a spam
Vexual: i'd like to imagine they are selling it as
a feature, and teaching the less relevant party to fail at chess in their first and only game
Vexual: the foundation had
a sit down with some irrelevant bureaucrats
Vexual: are they 80bytes
a step towards placating us regulators?
benkay: if i knew what that word meant i'd have
a mob at my door i think
benkay: not that i even know what
a 'nigger' is
benkay: drake the type of nigga to safely eject
a usb stick
pankkake: do it like openbsd: "Only two remote holes in the default install, in
a heck of
a long time!"
pankkake: armory gives
a raw signature, it seems, while brainwallet gave me something that is obviously base64
nubbins`: i consumed
a large amount of alcohol last night
gribble:
A market order to buy 10000 bitcoins right now would take 2136953.7990 USD and would take the last price up to 223.7812 USD, resulting in an average price of 213.6954 USD/BTC. | Data vintage: 0.0013 seconds
gribble: Error: "seens" is not
a valid command.
mike_c: kakobrekla: that is actually
a great idea. i bet we could make that happen on fiverr. it would be hilarious.
mircea_popescu: how much were gen2 nre costs, and wasn;'t there
a gen3 that's supposed to be where the real hash comes from ?
mike_c: hm, but i thought am went from 0.5 -> 0.8 the other day because the chinese video said he's getting
a bunch of new hardware.
mike_c: mpex sysadmins are having
a bad week.