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mike_c: punkman: you should look into some of the theory about backtesting. like, you can't use the same data you develop your hypothesis on to test your strategy.
punkman: so I just put together something to test betting strategies on past bitbets and guess what, betting 0.1 on No on all resolved bets would result in a net gain of 9.7 BTC ☟︎
fluffypony: gmaxwell has a test implementation of it, but judging by his comments in #monero-dev he doesn't like its fit with BTC much
decimation: sucks :( I will take this as a reminder to test out my backup arrangements
benkay: but i'd just looooooove to plop down 600k to test the theory.
BingoBoingo: Maybe the headline is the test? Secret Service collecting references to it as data to feed the beast...
assbot: BE200 Immersion Test on Vimeo
BingoBoingo: Still, I think the matriculation test is a valuable idea.
benkay: "The hard deadline of 17 June 2014 means the Project Ðouglas Dev Team has not had time to test all of the functions we would like for Eris v 0.1. " << still not seeing code
BingoBoingo: The simplest test for having a minimal level of participation in this channel is now, when realizing you can't speak can you ask someone online to offer you voice. It's such a low barrier to entry that... If the Horowitz guy could not solve that problem...
asciilifeform noticed first 'in anger' test of stabilizer - mains went out for ~1s, ups (upstream of stab) didn't even notice. plenty of joules in the xformer's magnetic field...
BingoBoingo: http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/zero-moment/lie-lady-profoundly-weird-gender-specific-roots-turing-test
decimation: "fluffypony: when decimation said "test" they weren't voiced, or was my client just being weird" << I actually sent "gpg unauth" to gribble before sending "test"
fluffypony: when decimation said "test" they weren't voiced, or was my client just being weird
decimation: test
unbalanced: Purely routine. Just a test. No, no need to read the fine print. Just sign here.
asciilifeform: for dumb stego, easy to test.
benkay: the whole 'can you assbot' thing as test of technical ability is a neat filter to boot.
decimation: most of the west would be unable to pass the test of being willing to happily die for the wishes of a particular man or set of men
asciilifeform: i suspect they only test under winblows
fluffypony: I like to think of it as Bitcoin Testnet but for test environments
asciilifeform: learn which bits to put my hands on << i find this - in essence - to be the most handy test of who is worth dealing with as human vs meat
joesmoe: test
\\ohai: test
assbot: Computer becomes first to pass Turing Test in artificial intelligence milestone, but academics warn of dangerous future - Gadgets and Tech - Life & Style - The Independent
chetty: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/computer-becomes-first-to-pass-turing-test-in-artificial-intelligence-milestone-but-academics-warn-of-dangerous-future-9508370.html
Littlep1: /msg <kakobrekla> <test 4 did you get this pm ?>
BingoBoingo: I mean suppose the rare actually valuable idea in itself that could launch a tremendous venture... Do you really want to test the alpha on someone else's iron and risk them poaching it.
mircea_popescu: easy enough to test
Naphex: e163(G) <- this one :)password_test_inputl68a9
Naphex: e163Gpassword_test_inputl68a9
asciilifeform: a successfully 'mined' brainwallet is... a failed iq test.
fluffypony: and it could be recursive - the test of the code is that it must IPO itself
kakobrekla: johnnyguru had a nice test of this
asciilifeform: (not that anything which passes this test is automatically worth using)
asciilifeform: fails the 'would you plug this in at dr. evil's house?' test.
BingoBoingo: At some point it seems inevitable, but... BTC has a lot of untested territory still to test.
jurov: there's vampyre blood test?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i'll post a pgp turdlet as comment, soon as i'm done destroying some battery holders here (mechanical strength test)
asciilifeform: cgcardona: story behind that post. one day, mpoe-pr (first contact) writes to me, asks, 'mr. p found your piece re: btc interesting, have a free demo of his mpex system, write us a review.' so i had test drive, wrote review.
fluffypony: xmj: test received
xmj: test
asciilifeform: 'Emacs actually comes with a builting Emacs Aptitude Test. Do you remap your keyboard or the Emacs keybindings before the chords and sequences it comes with by default have wreaked havoc with your hands? If you do not do anything to make Emacs more convenient for yourself, you may not have the prerequisite aptitude to use it productive.'
Mats_cd03: Just bought both, will test drive, ty
assbot: Test-Driving NVIDIA's GRID GPU Cloud Computing Platform - Slashdot
BingoBoingo: Wait till the doger's find this http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/27/202239/test-driving-nvidias-grid-gpu-cloud-computing-platform
thestringpuller: uh. i have taste testers but the taste testers haven't been tested to see how well they test the tasting...
pankkake: I always test my websites under lynx
BingoBoingo: Well I've done test installs of OpenBSD on my machines. Only unsupported hardware is the wifi card in the laptop I'm on now.
poutine: Writing the forgery code is easy, being able to mine the block to test it out is not
mircea_popescu: lol i c. so what did htey test, the secretaries' lower piping ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the soviet tale didn't end there. i come back, trench is filled, sewer - same state. call bureaucrats, they promise to test. wake up, there's a note, claiming that 'tested, works, if still having problem, your problem.' i pick up phone, turns out the fellow testing had no idea there was pipe work at all. it was done by contractors, see, and the city 'had no idea.'
mircea_popescu: i came across a test scrap today and realized that i spelled the word "redeem" wrong on every single one <<< aaa-hahahaha. YOU NEED AN EDITOR!!1
assbot: Kenya’s BitPesa Launches Beta Test of Remittance Service - MoneyBeat - WSJ
bitcoinpete: http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/05/23/kenyas-bitpesa-launches-beta-test-of-remittance-service/
moiety: re the slug in the wheel.. i don't believe this is a viable test.
nubbins`: i came across a test scrap today and realized that i spelled the word "redeem" wrong on every single one
mike_c: link test (http://bitbet.us/bet/796/) commenced
fluffypony: I have, to test the number
pankkake: "I have, however, the visits were uneventful, unhelpful and unproductive. The last visit with a doctor at a hospital in Wisconsin consumed much of my time trying to convince me that my issue was a psychological disorder and that any other issue (e.g. bugs, bacteria, fungii, etc) is not something that the doctor or anyone at the hospital could treat and that any blood test work they would pursue would not test for anything relating to that."
mircea_popescu: i got this new battleship and going to test it out
fluffypony: I phoned to test the number
kakobrekla: and this pic only covers the voltage test, not the pwm
nubbins`: actually, that's a lie. we have a box full of misprinted shirts that we use for test prints
assbot: Website speed test
assbot: Website speed test
TheNewDeal: gunna have to test the old bet both ways theory
mircea_popescu: i wouldn't trust the uk to anything. it's basically the political equivalent of nevada. an uninhabited wasteland where you test nukes.
mircea_popescu: "Of course it wasnt hackers. Before that claim was made, there was a password protected "beta test wallet" that was released. Only they had the passwords and there was no announcement of any hacking when teh password was revealed. It was later found that the zip contained nothing but a useless exe file that did nothing. This exe was put there intentionally by teh ones who had the password. The password was revealed by
Naphex: also for a test, 500eur was place on AdWords
kakobrekla: someone post a link to some tweet for test
\0: test
x0: test ☟︎
asciilifeform: decimation: the mere thinkability of this kind of thing, re: a given system, is a sure test for braindamage
asciilifeform: TheNewDeal: it was a 'litmus test', rather than absolute measure of anything
mod6: Apocalyptic: ok, im about to test out a fix for that.
Drew: this format doesnt transfer well, that was a test, brb
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: US amateur radio licensing << there is an exam, multiple choice, concerning basic physics and law (as it pertains to radio in usa). the questions, if i recall, are... published. just like the joke that is u.s. 'citizenship test.'
ThickAsThieves: it's anecdotal, why not just test it
fluffypony: BingoBoingo:http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/2014/05/05/a-pragmatic-test-for-alcoholism/ <- too true
asciilifeform: you can't test-drive an exploit, without possessing it.
mod6: do you even unit test bro?
ozbot: A Pragmatic Test for Alcoholism | Bingo Blog
BingoBoingo: http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/2014/05/05/a-pragmatic-test-for-alcoholism/
BingoBoingo: Someone abuses it an OD's their fault because they passed the test and should have known better.
mike_c: Naphex: they look pretty good. ever had the occassion to test out the ddos mitigation?
ThickAsThieves: <+mircea_popescu> ThickAsThieves you srsly want it ? /// well, i'm down for a test drive in Amsterdam next week
kakobrekla: test
jurov: also, just to throw in another unrelated topic.. benkay, you're the third nigga i had to scream "but i dun have test mpex what do i doooooooo!!!!"
mircea_popescu: Naphex http://trilema.com/2011/test-de-cultura-sociala/#comment-64793 ("e pe investitii")
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: DIdn't test for that. Instead I was diagnosed with aladeen.
cgcardona: ok gonna test my new passwords w/ freenode/nickserv && gribble/assbot. bbias
benkay: ;;later tell jurov thing's a little tricky to test. has anyone built an mpex sandbox?
CheckDavid: Ok I will test myself if you don't want to answer
mircea_popescu: we get to test it at least.
asciilifeform: i highly recommend against (american) uni for undergrad ochem. there, it is used as a 'weedout' test for pre-med kids
asciilifeform: antibody-based test.
moiety: i think you should send me some sauce so i can test this statement mircea_popescu
ozbot: Test Payday Loans Online to the Most Effective Approach to Borrow Dollars
HeySteve: I mention bitcoin-assets in there as a good place to test ideas and such