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Diablo-D3: [07:56:36] <usagi> $r = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/i', '', $s);
usagi: I've been meaning to learn Python actually, because of armory
usagi: Why should I learn Erlang?
usagi: I am intrigued by their programming specificatoins
Diablo-D3: no, this is what I said near the top.
usagi: I guess that means we can't use unix
usagi: I say, find the flaw, and you can't.. but instead of just asking, you bullshit about how the entire language is insecure
Diablo-D3: as much as I hate java, java is.
Diablo-D3: its the only language I can truly express myself in
Diablo-D3: I always end up back at C
Diablo-D3: back to C I went,
Diablo-D3: if I ran an insurance company and I had to audit code, anything written in php automatically fails.
Diablo-D3: by default thats the one and only security flaw I need to know.
BTC-Mining: Well off I go
Diablo-D3: usagi: I just did. thats php.
BTC-Mining: Weird how I can't just stay 24/7 watching the bitcoin markets.
BTC-Mining: I'm getting hungry...
usagi: If you can point out the security flaw I will hire you as my pen tester :p
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: I can make secure unicode apps
copumpkin: why do you need /i?
Diablo-D3: its bad enough I can do that kind of shit in perl
usagi: $r = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/i', '', $s);
usagi: $r = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/i', '', $r);
Diablo-D3: maybe in 20 years I can replace it with hardware stm
copumpkin: I'd need to build concurrency models first
copumpkin: and I'm not going to try
Diablo-D3: its ugly bastard code that I am not entirely pleased with
copumpkin: I was tempted to, and started working on it :)
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 i was referencing a speciffic discussion, i think you weren't here.
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: ooh! ooh! I know what intergrals are! THEY ARE NIGHTMARE CONSTRUCTS SPAWNED BY EVIL MATH TEACHERS
copumpkin: I have thousands of lines of code of agda
copumpkin: Diablo-D3: I do this shit in my free time
copumpkin: Diablo-D3: and I do
copumpkin: I prove code all the time
Diablo-D3: I just know that every attempt Ive made to smash it has failed or lead to bugs that were fixed
Diablo-D3: and I still cant prove if its 100% correct
Diablo-D3: I mean fuck
Diablo-D3: you didnt read what I wrote
smickles: well, if i insured an exchange, i wouldn't allow it to be on a managed vps
mircea_popescu: so i want an answer to this q : do i need to pursue anyone or is it bona fide loss ?
smickles: what would i do for what?
mircea_popescu: smickles option contracts are insurance, in a way. i don't even know currently if i got taken for 4.5k or not.
smickles: and i bet the insurance would cost a pretty penny
smickles: i would imagine it to work out something like: in order to qualify for insurance, the agent would require you system to meet with some sort of inspection
mircea_popescu: i don't care. what i do is, i pick things and blacklist them.
mircea_popescu: dub i would never use them now.
mircea_popescu: i never used them
mircea_popescu: i tell you, thiis is better than tv.
mircea_popescu: ahahahaha ok this is the best i ever ehard.
mircea_popescu: ya i am, im trying to not run out of fingers here.
mircea_popescu: nevertheless, the truth may be "this guy i know with money who put up the deficit 4 months ago and now just took his own money back
dub: "some guy I know and did business with, who also uses my old email address sometimes, took the money. BUT he is willing to give it back if I ask him nicely"
mircea_popescu: dub i have no ideea, i was just saying why i have my doubts.
mircea_popescu: this is why i was saying im not so sure the zhoutong friend story is true.
mircea_popescu: a flatline the next. I covered most of the deficit from the hack on the
mircea_popescu: Speaking of that, Zhou I wanted your thoughts on the financial situation.
mircea_popescu: "I read and dismissed Ayn Rand in the late 1970's. She codified and packaged selfishness and boorishness in such a nice way that it resonated with selfish boors."
dub: sadly I suspect there will just be a show
dub: I honestly hope he succeeds
dub: I'm half expecting some high drama suicide attempt or somethign once he loses this bet
mircea_popescu: i take it it's long dead.
mircea_popescu: http://titleofmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/i-therefore-pronounce-him-a-coward-scoundrel-william-tradewell-general-read.jpg
usagi: yeah i sold all bdt from nyan.b 3 weeks ago
mircea_popescu: but tbh i kinda liked the place so.
mircea_popescu: i lived there for about a week
JWU_42: I lived there for 4 years - allows me certain liberties to disparage it =)
usagi: Well it's hardly a secret, I mean it isn't like they don't have a website.
copumpkin: I feel bad
copumpkin: I appreciate people trying to learn and people trying to teach
copumpkin: you know what I love?
copumpkin: I never watched it in english or japanese
copumpkin: I quite like that quant stack exchange though
mircea_popescu: and when i do it's usually 0.
mircea_popescu: i dun think i'm cool enough yet copumpkin. i rarely know what things are worth
copumpkin: (I'm not kidding, it's like the dude in south park)
mircea_popescu: i kinda like copumpkin cause he tries to be constructive.
smickles: damn, i was just going to route him to the assbot wiki page
mircea_popescu: i like that one.
Lyspooner: i was told this was a channel concerning bitcoin assets?
smickles: coursera, i've heard talk about that site
usagi: Ok yeah back to work I guess...
usagi: I'll bet you $1000
EskimoBob: naaah... I do not care
copumpkin: I wish I could list porn on my resume
usagi: Actually it is interesting that you mention quants, I wonder if any of the bots around here have any good math inside them
usagi: Well I can't say I'm suprised
mircea_popescu: they picked me, but i couldn't go, cause i was 17.
usagi: Yeah well see this is what I am talking about.
dub: here is usagi's finance background http://i.imgur.com/bpKwU.gif
mircea_popescu: dude, i'm not a quant.
mircea_popescu: i dunno who trusts their "financial privacy" anymore anyway
BTC-Mining: Eh, I guess
mircea_popescu: BTC-Mining i think they're right in the middle of the german ring
mircea_popescu: i kinda like singlehop too
rg: definitely a good move, on my part, cause i rule
rg: i havent put any new clients on chicago in months
BTC-Mining: I like SingleHop =/
rg: i do
rg: and i have a bunchof shit to do
rg: i bet they'll all work