asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: maybe in forest of montana.
asciilifeform: i bet pro exterminators study skulls, dissect, properly do homework.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: to round out the thread, trick was to actually rtfm -- forehead thick. gram in ear was the magic pill, worked where arrow in torso didn't.
asciilifeform: Mocky: mine emails. but i dun recall if mp-wp has this knob.
asciilifeform: and generally clever enuff not to get under trucks; even has opposable thumb, can open doors, simple locks, latches...
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they have fields tho. and it apparently knows how to level a hectare/day, like boar
asciilifeform: ( raccoon, to euro folx, can look like exotic fairy tale beast, but it's effectively a dog-sized rat , can chew hole straight through the typical north ameristani wooden house )
asciilifeform: there are nao raccoon, i recall, in germany, some idjit brought'em in
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu recall when 'venetian mouse!111'
asciilifeform: ( difficult to picture nao, but at one time the rat was unknown west of urals )
asciilifeform when reads of 'venomous snake found', inevitably thinks of conan doyle's 'speckled band'
asciilifeform: it's how we got those pestilential stink-beetles here in washingtonistan
asciilifeform: incidentally, erry so often, a critter untypical for $region turns up, having stowed away in asian shipping container
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: in orcistan where zoo snake still has glands, prolly the war museum has shells with live fuse still in, betcha
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: my recollection is that circus snakes are typically 'fixed', de-venomed. if was 'pet', then prolly belonged to hindu fella
asciilifeform: billymg: you may also take an interest in http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1762 , tho the mechanism relies on friendship with existing l1 folx , and is considered experimental ( it is a means of insuring against catastrophic crypto breaks )
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i mentioned it because he put some qty of coin in wallet.
asciilifeform: billymg: out of general principle, and esp. for usaschwitz inmates, it dun hurt to have a well-masqueraded copy sitting some place far from yours or your associates' usual business & habitation
asciilifeform: billymg: for some , ciphrogram printed on drum printer; for other folx -- burn a 1980s rom chip and put in a crate of 9000 identicals ; for yet others -- memorize ; very deeply personal preference
asciilifeform: billymg: intensely personal matter. put it where 1) you'll find it, and can decipher 2) nosy third parties, won't
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: right, but this is not to be relied on. and only even in principle could work for close meatspace associates of existing l1 folx.
asciilifeform: billymg: the only way to ever change a key is to 1) sign with old 2) ask trinque politely. there are no 'emergency resets'.
asciilifeform: billymg: prolly this is obvious, but i'ma remind for the record : whatever you do, dun lose yer pgp key. it's your only connection to the wallet, pizarro, wot . nothing can be done for folx who lose key.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: do you sake hot or cold ?
asciilifeform was offered ' go to sv! double, triple pay!111 ' many times, isn't quite ~that~ stupid
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i am also missing-the-details on, e.g., exactly what hand feels like in a bear trap. but got enuff sense not to put it in, or go to sv..
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i only have a distant idea ( sorta like my idea of the atmosphere of venus )
asciilifeform: ( hopefully you have an example of ui work that aint secret )
asciilifeform: billymg: be sure to stick around when mircea_popescu wakes up, and have portfolio of some kind for him to see
asciilifeform: as i understand that's who ~might~ be interested in ui expertise
asciilifeform: billymg: are you familiar with s.mg ?
asciilifeform: billymg: you'll definitely want to speak to mircea_popescu & diana_coman , i suspect
asciilifeform: billymg: in my experience, if yer fiat shop is looking for a reason to sack you, they'll find one whether or not you posted anyffing 'interesting' ; and if not, and you're actually doing something useful there for the pay, then not
asciilifeform: billymg: if you're ux/art expert, you will definitely want to be around when mircea_popescu wakes up
asciilifeform: billymg: for so long as you avoid obvious hand-in-bear-trap in the vein of 'hi, i'm j. smith and i work for xyz corp and their product is liquishit' , generally nobody gives a shit
asciilifeform: billymg: i suspect that this hazard is largely mythical : asciilifeform for instance has blogged under his human name for >decade nao, and never 1nce encountered this problem☟︎
