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assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 14:20:46; asciilifeform: but if
they do not,
then
the ~constellation~ of machines on which
they happen, or at
the very least,
their control panels, are
to
then be called 'the workstation'.
phf: vulpes_a_hopital: edi weitz's code only recently got its own github repos when others
took over
the maintenance (mostly
to ensure
that it can be packaged into quicklisp). but a canonical place for cl-ppcre (and a handful of other lisp packages for doing "modern" programming) is
http://weitz.de/lisp.html phf: hipster programmer, hates github, goes
to github
to read package documentation
vulpes_a_hopital: davout: learning
to play
that software is a pretty long journey
davout: vulpes_a_hopital: lol nice,
the cheatsheet is like 4 pages long !1
davout: "store and play
the correct bach fugue depending on what emacs modeline is set" <<< i
thought emacs could *generate* bach fugues
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:46:02; davout: i don't really see why
there should be only one kind of computer
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:59:49; mircea_popescu: wherein
tlp sides with alf in
the alf-mp debate over assange/wikileaks etc, but wherein
tlp also SHOWS (do, don't
tell!)
the fundamental weakness of
that position. "oh
truth without context isn't
truth [and let's not mention how
this is only because our science isn't actually science - if it were
this problem wouldn't exist, but since it isn't
then NECESSARILY wikileaks can only be
true]".
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:39:46; mircea_popescu: "sure, if you're mp you can get by with
this, but..."
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:39:35; mircea_popescu: i got a perfectly fine
thinkpad, asciilifeform doesn't
think much of it as a... what's he call it, "workstation girlfriend" ?
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:30:47; davout: mircea_popescu: yeah well, basically,
the intuitive understanding i reached, is
that unless your computer is behaving like a dumb calculator, something is wrong
assbot: Logged on 25-11-2013 03:41:29; asciilifeform:
the essential, non-negotiable property of an rng suitable for crypto is
that its output must not be readily available
to
the enemy.
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:30:04; mircea_popescu: A LOT more research is needed before
the cult will be happy with
the cult's own understanding of what RNG even fucking means (ie, stands for) in a computing environment.
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 09:27:34; mircea_popescu: what are you
trying
to fix,
the atrocious gpg malleability issues ?
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 07:47:18; mircea_popescu: "0.
The diagnosis will make
the parents want
to
try and help
the child.
This is axiomatic. No parent with access
to services will be
told
their kid has a diagnosis of "PDD" or Asperger's and say, "not interested, let's wait a few years and see how
this goes." Once a diagnosis is made,
the psychiatric juggernaut is activated. " << no MOTHER.
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 04:14:23; BingoBoingo: "The first reason was
that woman's abdominal body fat decreased
their own sexual desire on a hormonal level, which would hamper libido.
The second reason could be
that men simply found slimmer women more attractive and
thus had fewer problems in
the bedroom."
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 03:35:30; mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the reason
this putative is seemingly without answer is because it is castrated. what
tlp would do if he realised what's wrong with his head depends on WHY HE REALISED. what would
the pubescent girl do if she matured ? nothing
the pubescent girl can do BECAUSE maturation is DRIVEN by
the VERY DEED! once she finds a boy she loves she will both be a woman and know what
to do ; once
tlp AC
assbot: Logged on 29-10-2015 06:35:59; mircea_popescu: "conscientiousness", really ? might as well score 19yo hussies by
their understanding of
the
theses of
the 18th congress.
mircea_popescu: wherein
tlp sides with alf in
the alf-mp debate over assange/wikileaks etc, but wherein
tlp also SHOWS (do, don't
tell!)
the fundamental weakness of
that position. "oh
truth without context isn't
truth [and let's not mention how
this is only because our science isn't actually science - if it were
this problem wouldn't exist, but since it isn't
then NECESSARILY wikileaks can only be
true]".
☟︎ mircea_popescu: the reason
there existed
ten
thousand
types of
typewriter and exactly one ibm xt is
that
typewriters suck.
mircea_popescu: globalization's a
thing. market competition is a
thing.
there will be always a dominant
type of anything.
mircea_popescu: table: yes, you're hot, but you don't look like Rachel, you look like
the other hot chick right next
to you. And, bafflingly, you did it on purpose."
mircea_popescu: "most hot chicks, in order
to be hot, copy something a celebrity wears; remember
the Rachel-do? No problem,
they look hot in it; but
their delusion is
that
they are referencing Jennifer Aniston and not
the millions of other women with
the exact same haircut, i.e.
that
they draw
their identity only from
the celebrity's identity-- "This look really says me!" Yet sit along
the wall of
the bar and
the conclusion is inevi
davout: i don't really see why
there should be only one kind of computer
☟︎ mircea_popescu: anyway, all
this aside : digging out
the whole rng story is a huge hot core of useful, important inquiry.
mircea_popescu: (also,
the RNG content of a computer is not strictly found in a box labeled such).
mircea_popescu: b) is obviously "a girlfriend
that's also god". of course.
mircea_popescu: but
the more interesting question is
twinfold : a) why would you not
think of a calculator as
the omega of computing and b) what would be
the omega of computing
then ?
davout: the RNG in
the computer?
mircea_popescu: well, acceptable or not im pretty much persuaded it's something
that must be in
there.
davout: i'm not saying
that being a calculator should be
the alpha and omega of computing, just
that for crypto purposes it's probably better
to not
think of a RNG as something acceptable
mircea_popescu: i got a perfectly fine
thinkpad, asciilifeform doesn't
think much of it as a... what's he call it, "workstation girlfriend" ?
☟︎ davout: you're
the one doing
the freudian slips
tho
mircea_popescu: and i'm not judging anyone for wanting
to fuck
their box. i understand
the impulse, and hey, it beats
trying
to fuck your station wagon. or mains socket.
mircea_popescu: the usecases for "computer" precludes
the calculator model, let's put it
this way.
mircea_popescu: you want
to fuck your computer,
that's all
there is
to it.
mircea_popescu: calling a computer "a box" is perhaps
the most
telling of all freudian seepage ever.
☟︎ davout: i want
to fuck my computer?
mircea_popescu: yeah. you know what's wrong ?
that you want
to fuck it, is what's wrong. sadly,
there's not going
to be any solution
to people wnating
to fuck
their computers.
davout: in
the sense
that, if you depend on it for 'generating' random numbers, as opposed
to simply behaving like a strictly deterministic machine, you're fuxxored
davout: mircea_popescu: yeah well, basically,
the intuitive understanding i reached, is
that unless your computer is behaving like a dumb calculator, something is wrong
☟︎ davout: punkman: i shall read it,
tyvm
mircea_popescu: A LOT more research is needed before
the cult will be happy with
the cult's own understanding of what RNG even fucking means (ie, stands for) in a computing environment.
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 08-12-2014 23:27:03; punkman: from linked paper: "The analysis is very disturbing: it appears
that
the bitcoin core client has NOT yet finalized
the process of several security upgrades which propose a solution
to
this problem (deterministic random generation) event
though a first solution was already submitted in January 2013"
assbot: Logged on 18-09-2015 20:57:58; mircea_popescu: any program which allows for
the attacker
to read in any sense
the rng is not necessarily owning
the box, but necessarily not part of
the not-owning-the-box set either
davout: nah, i was
trying
to figure out exactly, at what points should sane software accept user-generated entropy
mircea_popescu: what are you
trying
to fix,
the atrocious gpg malleability issues ?
☟︎ davout: anyway, i had a look around yesterday about deterministic signatures, and didn't find anything regarding
the official cult position
mircea_popescu: o wait you're no longer oppressing alt-language
tards/noobs over at
tardtalk ?
davout: i did get demoted by
theymos from my mod position for basically calling him a derp. i
think
that counts!11
davout: well, i do have a june something 2011 video going around where i, i essence,
tell karupuresu he has no fucking clue how
to run an exchange :D
mircea_popescu: until butthurt somethingawfulers add your name
to
the list of
the various idiots you either personally sunk or otherwise frontrun
the sinking of, you've not really made it!