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mats: 10:40:46 <+mircea_popescu> asciilifeform recall the "laboratory testing" where some woman in mass was found to have out and out lied over thousands of cases, resulting in a bazillion overturn or retried cases ? << another chick was found to be doing the same thing in 2014
nubbins`: "yeah, we have rent here for you... and there's a gallon a minute pouring through the first floor ceiling"
nubbins`: meantime, you've got a hole in the side of your house or a flooded basement or w/e
nubbins`: even if it does cover it, takes weeks/months to settle claim
asciilifeform: nubbins`: they haven't invented insurance yet in ca ?
nubbins`: but i think at this point, everything that could go wrong already has
nubbins`: my biggest worry was some sort of major catastrophe happening and not being able to cover repairs
assbot: Snapshot of reachable nodes in the Bitcoin network - Bitnodes ... ( http://bit.ly/1Sn7iGr )
nubbins`: in fact, due to accelerated payments, the house could lose 40% of its value over the next 5 years and we could still sell it for a profit
nubbins`: it would be fairly difficult to lose money on this
nubbins`: asciilifeform refinancing anything isn't in the books
nubbins`: "we don't just talk about the issues, we fabricate them"
nubbins`: i read this with wide-eyed amazement until they said 4 tbsp of sugar per 8oz water
assbot: Texas town adds sugar to water supply to encourage residents to drink more water - Home | This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring | CBC Radio ... ( http://bit.ly/1K7u3Pv )
assbot: Snapshot of reachable nodes in the Bitcoin network - Bitnodes ... ( http://bit.ly/1K7u06b )
nubbins`: decided we probably would not be in a position to repurchase a second home in the future, should we so desire
nubbins`: thought about selling the second home
mircea_popescu: http://41.media.tumblr.com/c54dae92e84d836c68e2a667f7d45dba/tumblr_n15ldcHA9o1rtx81jo1_1280.jpg << guard room to the slavecoin mining facility.
nubbins`: i think we renewed at smth like 2.5%?
mircea_popescu: so... yeah. it's probably rampant, half the labs just fgind what the da says and the rest have no clue what year it is.
asciilifeform: not like they ~want~ to find more of this.
nubbins`: they wouldn't because then there would be no labs left
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: not afaik. why would they.
mircea_popescu: DID THEY CHECK EVERY OTHER SINGLE LAB ACROSS THE US ?
nubbins`: somewhat related, the interest rates on mortgages are INSANE right now
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform recall the "laboratory testing" where some woman in mass was found to have out and out lied over thousands of cases, resulting in a bazillion overturn or retried cases ?
asciilifeform: (if strangers ~don't~ ever invade your house, but the latter has... windows - same applies)
asciilifeform: don't leave the seekrit documentz out.
nubbins`: i am two mortgages, hear me roar
nubbins`: somewhat related, we've decided to keep the second house for another 5
nubbins`: asciilifeform landlords have the right to inspect property here with 24h notice
nubbins`: just extra apartments, additions, etc that'd impact prop tax
nubbins`: council clarified they're specifically not "inspecting" or looking for code violations
asciilifeform: 100% in the contract.
asciilifeform: took photos, too. every room
nubbins`: apparently sop here too
asciilifeform: nubbins`: btw this is sop for rented dwellings in usa
nubbins`: “If you refuse them entry into the home, that’s fine. The assessor won’t go any further with that. The assessment work is then done from outside the home.”
assbot: Residents don’t have to allow assessors in, says councillor - Local - The Telegram ... ( http://bit.ly/1Sn4Pfh )
nubbins`: council decided they'd better clear the air today:
nubbins`: asciilifeform this was a city assessor demanding entry under threat of fines
asciilifeform: nubbins`: aha. this is especially lulzy re: lsd
nubbins`: asciilifeform iirc, a kg of brown substance that's 5% hashish and 95% chocolate is considered a kg of hash
scoopbot_revived: Eulora Sunday Event - July the 19th http://trilema.com/2015/eulora-sunday-event-july-the-19th/
assbot: Logged on 15-07-2015 14:29:58; assbot: Logged on 15-07-2015 12:57:37; nubbins`: "The substances purchased have been various Schedule I and II drugs, including ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, LSD, and others. As of April 2013, at least 56 samples of these purchases have been laboratory-tested, and, of these, 54 have shown high purity levels of the drug the item was advertised to be on Silk Road. "
asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=15-07-2015#1202458 << usg sop. consider, if they did not proclaim to have found 'quality dope', might have to let him go ☝︎
assbot: City invades private homes - Letter to the editor - The Telegram ... ( http://bit.ly/1K7rZqG )
assbot: Logged on 15-07-2015 12:57:37; nubbins`: "The substances purchased have been various Schedule I and II drugs, including ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, LSD, and others. As of April 2013, at least 56 samples of these purchases have been laboratory-tested, and, of these, 54 have shown high purity levels of the drug the item was advertised to be on Silk Road. " ☟︎
nubbins`: cut the breaker at the box, let the iron cool
asciilifeform: nubbins`: this is rather more like having to demolish and rebuild your kitchen when switching pots.
asciilifeform: btw this is a glibcism!
nubbins`: like having to let the stove cool down before switching pots
mircea_popescu: ahh, the perfume of antiques.
assbot: Why S.MPOE is worth more than MtGox on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1Sn3Zix )
asciilifeform is marvelling at the sheer winblowzistic retardation of having to restart anything to change a simple knob
asciilifeform: but places like the 'bitnodes' phonebook etc are showing 'archive.today' which is mildly confusing
asciilifeform: not a titanic difference
mircea_popescu: does reverse dns make a diff to you anwyay ?
asciilifeform may have fixed, but is loathe to restart the box and lose a week+ of phuctor
mircea_popescu: dns1-5.registrar-servers.com looks like the registrar maintains your ns.
mircea_popescu: dns zone ? it's on the machine no ?
asciilifeform: it isn't on the box proper.
asciilifeform: i have no access to this
mircea_popescu: you set up that thing iirc.
asciilifeform: might like to politely ask him.
asciilifeform: i think the keeper never reset the reverse dns
asciilifeform: oh it was like this from day1
mircea_popescu: i've not touched it.
nubbins`: so little time tho
nubbins`: i gotta get on that
asciilifeform: (i will be updating it some time this week)
asciilifeform: it is running plain 'stator' without the shitter/eater at present
mircea_popescu: tell me if they're empty too.
asciilifeform: 365435 at this moment
asciilifeform: s.nsa node has been fully synced in real time since the clock thing
asciilifeform: i would dearly like to know what it thinks it has eaten.
asciilifeform has spoken before re: the need for actual debug visibility into known tx on a node
asciilifeform: anybody got a raw bitwise dump of that block handy ?
mircea_popescu: except those look empty.
assbot: Logged on 15-07-2015 11:39:46; mircea_popescu: 4574 of that crap, in a 4797 total txn block (avg is about 500-1k these days)
asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=15-07-2015#1202285 << this is the bomb. it is intended to be set off by phoundation client decoding the 'undecodable', perma-forking the net. ☝︎
asciilifeform: 'Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has charged the Texas State Guard, a traditional militia that numbers 1,900 and cannot be recruited into the federal army at times of war, with observing the actions of the special forces units.'
asciilifeform: 'Former marine Pete Lanteri has formed 'Counter Jade Helm', a volunteer group that will monitor the soldiers as they operate in Texas, with similar organizations springing up in other states involved in the war games.'
asciilifeform: ^ usg training drills for cw2
asciilifeform: this is what, 1970s state of the art among pro operatives
asciilifeform: owner really ought to stroll by with a radio gizmo, no ?
asciilifeform: the other thing i never understood is why they have to physically retrieve the cam
mircea_popescu: yes but this is a purely aesthetic option on your part
asciilifeform: but i'd rather hang for 'infernal device' than 'idiot perv'
mircea_popescu: the solution to political problems is, was always and will forever remain, the beheading of the individuals causing it.
mircea_popescu: there exist no technical solutions to political problems.
mircea_popescu: so then they can convict him for using a terrorist device in furterance of a terrorist plot.
asciilifeform: live by the shitputer, die by the shitputer
assbot: Logged on 15-07-2015 13:00:52; shinohai: yeah they charged this guy with cp distribution because his sdcard contained childreen
asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=15-07-2015#1202343 << this contemptible bit of usgism suggests that one ought to use modern crypto in the camera. that would make it quite impossible for the enemy to determine that it had taken a photo of anyone in particular - or for that matter how many; or for it to disgorge any bits whatsoever to an enemy probe. ☝︎
Naphex: and nobody does a thing lol
Naphex: my biggest problem atm is getting rid of the damn blockings. Performers will come check the site for visitors before streaaming
cazalla: those type of sites seem popular
Naphex: the count is the # of unique sessions, viewed stream
mircea_popescu: Naphex you know eulora made just about half that ? :D