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punkman: "Possible optimistic conclusion:
the new definition of “improved” is going from 34%
to 21% success rate. Long (and painfully) live improvements!" lol
mod6: i suppose i can just 'die' if one doesn't verify after each vpatch pressed. maybe
that makes better sense.
mod6: if we wait until
the end, we'll save some cycles -- and mathematically
the hashes wouldn't come out right if somehow
the files were diddled inbetween. but I can see some merit in checking after each patch is pressed.
mod6: asciilifeform et. al. V question: Should I verify
the hashes after all patches are vpressed, or after each pressed vpatch in
the
topological order?
☟︎☟︎ diana_coman: mircea_popescu>
this girl's a born optimist is she <- I even gave optimistic conclusions ! at each point!! lolz
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> anyone in
the foundation leadership familiar with
the military strategy concept ? ben_vulpes mod6 ? << not in a very formal sense.
mircea_popescu: hey, if you're going
to build yourself a proper
torture fortress you'll need all sorts of herraderia work done.
assbot: Logged on 20-12-2015 00:49:28; mircea_popescu: in other news, i'm getting used
to
the ~$30 contractor bills around here. 4 hour's labour, with
tools and consumables. reasonable.
mircea_popescu: should be interesting once
the plastic guns with plastic bullets start showing up at airports.
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mircea_popescu: i know why
they went for it, but really. fucking dumb.
mircea_popescu: in other news, i'm getting used
to
the ~$30 contractor bills around here. 4 hour's labour, with
tools and consumables. reasonable.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: if you're happy with ammo dollars (kinda dubious), pretty much every warlord in
the middle east got himself as much
this decade.
mircea_popescu: s, for example, with
teachers being able
to choose
the one
that’s best for
their needs.”
mircea_popescu: The company also wants
to help educators locate standards-aligned instructional resources from multiple providers, matching
them
to students’ individual needs. “We want
to create more choice for schools and educators,” Streichenberger says, but not in a way
that is overwhelming or makes
their lives more confusing. “But in a way
that allows startups and companies
to create different versions of learning analytic
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mircea_popescu: We stepped up
to
the occasion and supported our partners with passion, but we have realized
that
this concept is still new, and building public acceptance for
the solution will require more
time and resources
than anyone could have anticipated.
mircea_popescu: It is a shame
that
the progress of important innovation has been stalled because of generalized public concerns about data misuse.
BingoBoingo: "This is not
true, compatibility with old nodes is funny preserved." << loller from minez
mircea_popescu: its mere presence already accomplished most of
that, anyway.
mircea_popescu: wouldn't kill anything. just make
the "electoral process" a direct equivalent of
the
time man-of-the-year competition,.
mircea_popescu: "The first great step was
taken long ago," said Mr. Monk,–"taken by men who were looked upon as revolutionary demagogues, almost as
traitors, because
they
took it. But it is a great
thing
to
take any step
that leads us onwards."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you don't have
to store anything
to get
the version string out.
assbot: Logged on 30-01-2015 05:51:36; mircea_popescu: which is why i am not ever giving it up.
the freedom
to
threaten is not merely my fundamental, unassailable sovereign property, but moreover essential for
the construction of effectual instruments
to squash
the socialists and
their golums.
mircea_popescu: amusingly, it's a converse/correlate concept
to
the overton window.
mircea_popescu: anyone in
the foundation leadership familiar with
the military strategy concept ? ben_vulpes mod6 ?
mircea_popescu: costs significantly less
than what's in
the foundation coffers
to line up 10k amazon instances and let it rip.
BingoBoingo: Yeah, but in
the plus side only
takes 10 more
to make it into
the
top 30
BingoBoingo: In other news "/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/ (99999)" is
tied for 38th place by nodecount per 21.co's
thing
assbot: Logged on 19-12-2015 23:40:46; mircea_popescu: i've had it with
this age of bullshit-reason where you gotta explain
things
to idiots with a first-paragraph-of-many-wikipedia-articles education as if everything can, or indeed should, be put in
those
terms.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform>
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=19-12-2015#1348050 << you know what's great? rat poison STILL WORKS even if you don't explain
to
the rats exactly ~how~ ! <<< precisely. moreover, every new generation of rats agrees
that it doesn't work. which somehow does not have any deleterious effects on
the rat poison itself.
☝︎ BingoBoingo: So is "/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/ (99999)"
the recommended version string for 0.5 branch until diddling because so few
BingoBoingo: Yeah,
the orphanage kill was a great
thing
BingoBoingo: Mine still rejects most
tx because fee under 0.001
BingoBoingo: Oh, dulap is
the one I've been connected
to for a while nao
mod6: asciilifeform: ok, so add
the ability
to check
the hash of
the output file (post press) against 'b' in
the vpatch?
assbot: Logged on 19-12-2015 23:49:50; punkman:
the basic idea of segwit is not bad, should have been
there from
the start, without
the "softfork" complexity, no ANYONECANPAY-looking crap, without making another merkle
tree, without blocksize discounts and enlargements, without planning
to use it as a vehicle for future "painless" shitgnovation
assbot: Logged on 19-12-2015 23:40:46; mircea_popescu: i've had it with
this age of bullshit-reason where you gotta explain
things
to idiots with a first-paragraph-of-many-wikipedia-articles education as if everything can, or indeed should, be put in
those
terms.
assbot: Logged on 19-12-2015 23:26:49; mod6: <+asciilifeform> ;;later
tell mod6 does yours (or anybody else's) 'v' verify
the hashes ? << mine uses
the vpatch hashes
to build
the dep map