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mats: am seriously considering going under
the knife in spite of
the low chance it'll even work
BingoBoingo: mats: Anything work for your carpal
tunnel yet? I've got an angry wrist nerve I am
trying
to conquer
BingoBoingo: I swear I had a solid case for OpenNTPD over ISC NTPD, but
the opinions on
timekeeping are kept in a
treacherous antipode
mats: this is
too cult-y for me
BingoBoingo: Eventually such a shitquake will happen such
that we start printing upclocked Z80 processors on a 7nm process
mats: you are on
the edge of coherence
tonight
mats: i don't understand how your link relates
to why OpenNTPD is better
than ISC NTPD
BingoBoingo: Shitgnomes
try
to ruin
the
things shit lords want
to use
BingoBoingo: Shitgnomes leave
turd
traps and prevent nice
things. Shit lords bury gnomes in
turds
to highlight
their wretch. Mike Hearnia is a cononical shitgnome.
Theo Deraadt and alf are cononical shitlords
BingoBoingo notes
that
though both are prefixed with shit Shitgnomes and Shitlords are very different
things.
BingoBoingo: danielpbarron: Block height is always going
to
to a rough measure of
time due
to entropy. Could make a great system for a calendar, poor for slicing up a day
though
danielpbarron: could be something like
the difficulty adjustment only not limited
to
the last 2 weeks
BingoBoingo: funkenstein_:
Timekeeping is a battle between astronomy and nuclear chemistry
danielpbarron: funkenstein_, you aren't limited
to just
the last block
BingoBoingo: If you want
to measure epochs and years BTC blockheight is fine. If you want a race you want something calibrated against nuclear decay.
mats: precision and accuracy are different
things
BingoBoingo: "coins" have insufficient entropy
to be useful as a precision measure of
time at all.
funkenstein_: danielpbarron,
to get better
than ~ 10 min. accuracy
decimation: funkenstein_:
the point is
that you can get
time without
trusting anything outside verified coins
BingoBoingo: funkenstein_: And
then ATC or Doge abandoment dicks your averaging effort over
BingoBoingo: And yes,
the shitgnomes fight improvement and cleanliness no matter how seemingly
trivial a part of
the stack janitors want
to devomit
BingoBoingo: They had
to fight
TimeGavin who fought
their efforts
to clean code and kill retardation
decimation: as well as how quickly you can acquire
time
decimation: funkenstein_: it would be useful if you could determine
time accuracy and variance
funkenstein_: all it does is collect what miners have said
the
time is
BingoBoingo: <funkenstein_> it grabs headers from several altcoins and estimates
the current
time <<
The proper way
to build a clock is with brass, a lathe, and a steady hand
decimation: as I recall
this was needed in
the pogo
funkenstein_: it grabs headers from several altcoins and estimates
the current
time
funkenstein_: while we're on
the subject of
time, i've been working on building a clock
decimation: ftp://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/buld/bulletind.124 < after
the leap second, DUT1 will be +0.3s
decimation: also GMT is kinda outdated,
the new
thing is french UTC
decimation: to make
things stupid
they also go on daylight savings at different calendar days
than we do
mats: oh,
that explains it.
mats: on
the subject of
timezones
decimation: unless you want
to make your own computing machine I suggest learning bedrock
decimation: C is essentially
the 'bedrock' of modern computers
ag3nt_zer0: if I were
to embark on a learning journey exploring
the rudiments of programming, would
there be good reason
to not start with C? I always like
to go
to
the root of something I am learning, which in my ignorant guesswork I like
to
think C is one of
those root languages, but I have heard whisperings here and
there
that python is
the way
to go... any
thoughts?
decimation: asciilifeform: C macros are of
the devil
mats: TIL GNU wdiff is a
thing
trinque: well, now you know how
to make curl and gpg kiss
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It wouldn't be
the first
time
assbot: Logged on 18-06-2015 23:57:28;
trinque: "to ascertain
that
their bitcoin holdings are not derived from
the proceeds of crime." << hilarious
punkman: yeah gotta remember how HSBC
turned down all
those mexicans drug dealers
trinque: as opposed
to
their fiat holdings
trinque: "to ascertain
that
their bitcoin holdings are not derived from
the proceeds of crime." << hilarious
☟︎ assbot: Bitcoin: Elliptic says its anti-money laundering
tool could get banks interested in cryptocurrency - Business Insider ... (
http://bit.ly/1HZtPbh )
ag3nt_zer0: haha was just about
to say I
think I have bothered you guys enough for one day!
trinque: ag3nt_zer0: run mats command without
the space in front
ag3nt_zer0: and now have echoing private messages with self... is
that what was supposed
to happen?
ag3nt_zer0: so I did
this: *ag3nt_zer0* !up ag3nt_zer0
trinque: ag3nt_zer0: assbot wants you
to send
the up request via pm
ag3nt_zer0: trinque: I
think I got something... first I got: -assbot- Insufficient rights, ag3nt_zer0, !up yourself on PM first.
ag3nt_zer0: well
trinque, jurov, shinohai -
thanks alot for your guys help
today!
ag3nt_zer0: so cool... even
though I a still figuring out what
the hell it all means... hehe
trinque: you are voiced, but
that's
temporary
ag3nt_zer0: oh wow I even have a +...
thought I still had
to earn
that!
assbot: Searching pgp.mit.edu for key with fingerprint: E3A490547D5E8A590A5608B0C31CB3DFF91576C7.
This may
take a few moments.
assbot: That does not seem
to be a valid fingerprint.
assbot: That does not seem
to be a valid fingerprint.
trinque: mats: ooh another single...
ty
menahem: mats, awesome idea, i'll look into it,
ty.
mats: might be worth your
time
to put it in
the -otc order book
gribble: Error: No orders found matching
these criteria.
menahem: a lil weekend job,
throw it up, post some links, make some passive cash