asciilifeform considers idea of proclaiming a 1 btc prize for a working break of cr50 . any l1 folk interested in contributing to the prize chest , and/or overseeing the refereeing ?☟︎
asciilifeform: ( imho would be interesting to try hard xray, but currently i dun have with what. )
asciilifeform: possibly chip package includes shielding of some form.
asciilifeform: in other negative results, small ra-226 isotope capsule had no measurable effect on cr50 .
asciilifeform: but in this particular case had to go in pay-per-kg launcher
asciilifeform: right, and most of the time asciilifeform goes in cars and pack animals also
asciilifeform: ( which , i get, dun matter worth a shit for mircea_popescu's applications. )
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: display can be sourced, i actually have several 'naked' display here for experiments. the bulk of the headache is the kbd , chassis, power. any way you cut it, chassis becomes a multi-kg monster 'luggable'
asciilifeform: the old ratty boeing 757s lacked mains plugs too
asciilifeform: pretty much whole trip asciilifeform was thinking 'mmm, if only had c101pa...'
asciilifeform: and if i had lost it, would be a bitch to replace
asciilifeform had some headaches in BingoBoingostan with x60 lappy (had to bring ~something~ to use for setup) , had to connect from a few places that had no mains, and battery was limiting factor. and x60 is heavy, occupied valuable launch capsule mass )
asciilifeform: and the board has a linear reg, wastes current.
asciilifeform: expense is not the issue, but rather the 'how much battery do i have' indicator.
asciilifeform: it is theoretically possible to turn rk3328-roc-cc ( as in pizarro pilot plant ) into a portable of a kind. one can get miniature hdmi lcd, etc. but there is no convenient way to handle power; it expects 5v, and has no provisions for interrogating battery level, one would have to build something , rather gnarly.
asciilifeform: the only reason it did not spread even farther outside of microshit (yes, the epicenter, despite not being originator) is that cpp projects tend to collapse under own weight too quickly to hit market
asciilifeform: cpp specifically attracts the worst of the worst, in re complexity cancer, this was obvious long enuff ago that naggum noted it
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: loox like some sort of nonsense with 'smart pointers' ?
asciilifeform: revisiting upstack -- currently asciilifeform has 0 useful leads whatsoever on cr50 ( finished archaeological dig through the published src, found no obvious hole , yet )
