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mircea_popescu: might be an idea to use
a trace of the dood's face. he has an epic "wut ?" face imo.
mircea_popescu: pretty interesting device in light of how the current empire works. it's
a wonder they didn't discover "it wasn't hillary that lost, but
a different hydra of the same name"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, anyway, i ended up with
a lot of cuneiform syllabusing because check this out : the principal trick of darius was to pretend the person he deposed ~wasn't~, actually, the person they claimed to be. ie, nebuchadnezzar morphed to an impostor (Nedintu-something), bardiya (brother of legitimate persian king) was really "gaumata" etc etc.
mircea_popescu: kinda how google showed "free inbox space" on gmail for
a while.
mircea_popescu: be sure to make
a point of pointing out this is true allocated fs space, as most everyone sells
a number but delivers
a best effort
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu:
a guess at what storage
a 10 dollar/mo plan might be reasonably marketed at, informed by scrolling through
a few pages of shared hosting offers and looking at
a few in detail
mircea_popescu: well, still is. that's the part the dweebs rarely understand : trilema is 10k articles that are as interesting today as they ever were. they imagine just because nobody looks for 2015 huffington post in 2018 and no other sites have the sort of size trilema does besides "news" outlets, that such
a thing dun exist. but it does exist -- the bugs luv the blackbody radiations.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, you could of course put in ye olde mp-wp page limiter, and give all the boecks
a very sad surprise.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-18 01:50 mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, anyway, phuctor is kinda deliberately designed to not be
a "only us" item. so what can you do.
mircea_popescu: i thought he was just done explaining how he didn't like surprises. wanna go for
a round yourself ?
mircea_popescu: imo the former is
a bad move. the 2nd is nb, but meh. someone will go steal someone's popsicle and random posturing dork will go "conspiracy!!!" and i won't care but you'll have to either shoot
a "judge" or talk to him.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:36 mod6: BingoBoingo: bud, you need your own place to hang your hat, you're
a Lord of the Republic, not
a random street orc.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, anyway, phuctor is kinda deliberately designed to not be
a "only us" item. so what can you do.
☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-05-18 01:32 mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1815103 << understand though that the only reason they're surprising is because they weren't handled either properly or in time. there's
a lot of leeway in how surprising the sort of predictable surprises are, by being what's called "proactive"
mod6:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-18#1815181 << it occurs to me that my statmens re surprises are unwarrented. i had only remembered the 1BTC in feb of 19, i somehow entirely forgot the other 7500
a part. so wasn't
a surprise, just something that i somehow blocked out.
☝︎ a111: Logged on 2018-05-18 01:28 mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1815092 << you didn't even give him
a workorder yet (as you don't evne have
a sales plan yet) and you want to add incentives to it ? kinda ass-backwards!
mod6: sooo hot in there, omg. mod6 in
a three-piece and
a 40lb backpack.
mircea_popescu: ie, don't discover that
a guy who's there at your pleasure is sitting on arms all day long contemplating roaches climb the walls because ~i point it out~, don't be surprised by the attentand morale issues.
mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1815103 << understand though that the only reason they're surprising is because they weren't handled either properly or in time. there's
a lot of leeway in how surprising the sort of predictable surprises are, by being what's called "proactive"
☝︎☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:43 mod6: Yeah, maybe we could commit to some amount now, then build in
a bouns structure for sales met or something.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:39 mod6: there's
a guy we know in BSAS who can hook you up with
a cage and whipping post/cross thing too if you need 'em.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 23:33 asciilifeform: aaalso about to do
a primality walk, where (ditto from corner case)
a prime p is known where m/p is
a prime q but q was not registered.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:37 BingoBoingo: <ben_vulpes> BingoBoingo: help me enumerate these costs?
A substantial guarentee upfront (3-6 months rent) and then furnishing the apartment.
mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1815082 << i was able to find (after
A LOT of expert searching, it is true) furnished apts conveniently located for all the girls ; didn't end up paying much of anything upfrtont either (they wanted
a month's rent, i was paying quarterly anyway, so it sorta went away). gotta talk to "the people" (=dueno) though, "agencies" aren't so useful. but there's
a 5% of the population that makes ends m
☝︎☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:36 mod6: BingoBoingo: bud, you need your own place to hang your hat, you're
a Lord of the Republic, not
a random street orc.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:33 mod6: Everyone wins: BB gets his raise, and 1 BTC end of feb 2019, and we get to hang on to
a bit of cash for the summer to help ouselves out.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:16 ben_vulpes: sure, but i'm talking about quality of existence here. own place to shit, own food prep area, not having to constantly piss on preferred chairs. it buys security for effects, and calm of mind that i think BingoBoingo underestimates (unless he is
a very different animal from what i imagine)
mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1815045 << the make food area incidentally is easy to misjudge. it'll make
a world of difference, both in qol and what that qol costs, once you get
a proper kitchen going. ideally with womanly help as i dunno you're that competent. have bread going every other day, have
a pot of soup always, the good old strictures of european ie civilised life.
☝︎☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 20:52 ben_vulpes: mod6: doesn't really make
a difference to the books,
a liability is
a liability. it's going to show up on the balance sheet regardless.
mircea_popescu: i know
a bunch of people tried this, some of which managed to bootstrap themselves into middle class existences (from humble orc nobodyhood) ; but plenty failing miserably.
mircea_popescu: sorta premium-shared, catering to what most "non-technical" people actually want from
a website.
mircea_popescu: their only relation to their shared server is
a box where they explain to you what they want done.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 19:21 ben_vulpes: the active filtering i'd like to put in is either
a regular set of eyeballs (BingoBoingo's, or the mentioned-tangentially sales guy to hire) on the "design" corners of these hosting forums to pm our ads for shells on the shared server to folks who are building websites directly
mircea_popescu: well since you're building lists : there's
a thing the heeathens have, which intermediates action sales. "clickbank" or somesuch.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Today is
a day of cleaning where it was settled that whiteboard is practically an L1 (and aspiring L2) essential. Happy festivus.
ben_vulpes: great, i mentioned hostingdiscussion.com , webhostingtalk.com, forums.hostsearch.com to you, also warriorforum.com from mircea_popescu's mentions once upon
a time. i'll dig up some others as well.
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: I will start that, also inquire about setting up
a corporation, and register accounts on the filter feeding forums so they can start getting some age.
BingoBoingo: <mod6> Can I get your assurances that this won't come up again for
a long time, at least
a year or ever? We're just dumping cash. And we're not going to be in business long at all. << You have my assurance. This discussion was started in Februay had been tabled without activity since then. Hence reviving it when we have
a path to get to where we need to be, but before we get another infusion of iron down here.
mod6: Can I get your assurances that this won't come up again for
a long time, at least
a year or ever? We're just dumping cash. And we're not going to be in business long at all.
mod6: So, BingoBoingo : Sounds like we have most of
a plan then.
BingoBoingo: <ben_vulpes> yeah, it's fuckin tricky, though. i'm trying to estimate what could reasonably be packed into uy1 from
a shared shell and ftp perspective, but i think 20 shell accounts and 100 lower-end ftp-only accounts is probably the max that box can carry without overbooking it, and if we can get to that point within
a year i'll be pleased as punch, as it'll cover
a significant fraction of the whole pizarro operation's << Sweet
ben_vulpes: expenses and would be willing to put down
a half btc incentive if we hit that. i'm also considering that the apartment rental is going to be maybe 20% more expensive than the combined cowork and bunk, and propose moving some of the end-of-year incentive forward in time to pay for that.
ben_vulpes: yeah, it's fuckin tricky, though. i'm trying to estimate what could reasonably be packed into uy1 from
a shared shell and ftp perspective, but i think 20 shell accounts and 100 lower-end ftp-only accounts is probably the max that box can carry without overbooking it, and if we can get to that point within
a year i'll be pleased as punch, as it'll cover
a significant fraction of the whole pizarro operation's
mod6: Yeah, maybe we could commit to some amount now, then build in
a bouns structure for sales met or something.
☟︎ mimisbrunnr: Logged on 2018-05-17 21:23 BingoBoingo: <mod6> And the per-diem money, if we can get it to "reasonable bump" per month, is
a done-deal in my opinion. << I am willing to table the future incentive so you can come up with something more favorable to Pizarro than 1 integer BTC.
mod6: can always fabricate your own too, just sayin', if your in
a pinch.
mod6: there's
a guy we know in BSAS who can hook you up with
a cage and whipping post/cross thing too if you need 'em.
☟︎ BingoBoingo: <ben_vulpes> BingoBoingo: help me enumerate these costs?
A substantial guarentee upfront (3-6 months rent) and then furnishing the apartment.
☟︎ BingoBoingo: <mod6> And the per-diem money, if we can get it to "reasonable bump" per month, is
a done-deal in my opinion. << I am willing to table the future incentive so you can come up with something more favorable to Pizarro than 1 integer BTC.
mod6: BingoBoingo: bud, you need your own place to hang your hat, you're
a Lord of the Republic, not
a random street orc.
☟︎☟︎ mod6: And the per-diem money, if we can get it to "reasonable bump" per month, is
a done-deal in my opinion.
ben_vulpes: gotta figure
a) whether the apartment thing is crazy for some reason i don't understand b) structure for next years incentive
mod6: Everyone wins: BB gets his raise, and 1 BTC end of feb 2019, and we get to hang on to
a bit of cash for the summer to help ouselves out.
☟︎ mod6: Hmm? well, i am saying "5000" now to give you some padding, and feel better about it, and then 2500 later to help us get our feet
a bit.
mod6: Ah, you think that the september 1st payment will be
a killer cause btc will be lower, ok.
BingoBoingo: mod6: That would, From an FX risk perspective though the even monthly split is
a killer.
BingoBoingo: Well, I have been living out of suitcases for nearly half
a year
ben_vulpes: sure, but i'm talking about quality of existence here. own place to shit, own food prep area, not having to constantly piss on preferred chairs. it buys security for effects, and calm of mind that i think BingoBoingo underestimates (unless he is
a very different animal from what i imagine)
☟︎ ben_vulpes: i'd rather pay increased living costs either as
a flat fee to get into the apartment or monthly on the rental so that you can cook for yourself and get off the street food
BingoBoingo: <mod6> What I want, is
a commitment for no further renegotiations until at least this time of next year. << That is the goal. It's also why I started the push this month before any more machines are holding me hostage in the cabinet.
mod6: What I want, is
a commitment for no further renegotiations until at least this time of next year.
mod6: Yeah, #2, and #3 are not
a part of the 7500 total.
ben_vulpes: mod6: he wants, reasonably,
a counteroffer on all three axes.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-17 20:40 BingoBoingo: mod6: The core components I am looking for are 1)
A lump sum now or in the near future so that when
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1814853 comes I am not caught horribly undercapitalized. 2) an increase in the daily per diem to an amount that includes breathing room 3) Something sort of future award contingent on staying here. And apartment was not figured into that because it is unclear if Pizarro wants to get an apartment or if
BingoBoingo: My own fear of encountering
a big unavoidable expense requiring
a lumpsum is why It's part of the ask.
mod6: I would like the draw this out
a bit, instead of
a big lumpsum payment now.
ben_vulpes: mod6: doesn't really make
a difference to the books,
a liability is
a liability. it's going to show up on the balance sheet regardless.
☟︎ mod6: Here's the problem. We obviously need you / want you to stay. I'm told you've been doing
a good job there. We have limited money at this time, as obviously, we just got into business here; and we're still trying to figure out how to get to break-even. I think the 1 BTC at the end of next february is something we can do for ya.
BingoBoingo: mod6: The core components I am looking for are 1)
A lump sum now or in the near future so that when
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-17#1814853 comes I am not caught horribly undercapitalized. 2) an increase in the daily per diem to an amount that includes breathing room 3) Something sort of future award contingent on staying here. And apartment was not figured into that because it is unclear if Pizarro wants to get an apartment or if
☝︎☟︎ BingoBoingo: * asciilifeform spent week in the company of BingoBoingo , and confirms that the most serious problem currently is morale , d00d needs some light in his pillbox << That was actually
a high point for the morale. The boost carried over well into the next week. Definitely the high point of the post-bedbug era.
ben_vulpes: so seems like ftp for l2 heathens, and shell for known l2 and heathens who bathe/stick around for
a while and get friendly is
a plausible perforation
mircea_popescu: these are not fixable in software anymore than
a dirty couch can be cleanned by photographic it with the right angle lens.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes, the machine itself, hardware-wise, is incapable of multiuser. it leaks its memory via cache timings on 3 or 4 different layers ; it lacks its state via nic delays, it leaks like
a sieve.
☟︎ BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: 3M has
a branch office here, if you can pass me the name of the specific product that would be swell.
mircea_popescu: anyway, it's not completely broken. it'\s completely breakable, which is
a different thing.