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ascii_field: (gives away
their position, among other problems)
ascii_field: mircea_popescu: one
thought
that i can't possibly be
the first
to
think is
that miners have a
tremendous incentive
to get off
their government mains grids.
mircea_popescu: so
the fact
that giancarlo milanese can ask for a 380v line
today and have it working in may whereas joe washington can't even get it... well...
mircea_popescu: because production in future is going
to look more like your garage
than ford factory.
mircea_popescu: think : in
the coming economy,
the ability
to easily get good clean power in
the 10
to 100kw range of european
towns is going
to weigh very heavily
ascii_field: mircea_popescu:
think of
their peculiar system of weights and measures
mircea_popescu: you know...
the more i
think of
this
the more it appears a major strategic problem for
the us. larger
than fucking isis, larger
than
the chinese fmi, larger even
than
their inability
to maintain railroad infrastructure.
ascii_field: it is a marvel
that
they didn't stick with edison's direct current grid
ascii_field: early
to
the game - does not
translate
to 'better', when
the result is massive antiquated crud everywhere,
that no one contemplates replacing because $maxint
ascii_field: 120v (america) also entails 2x
the current for given wattage, on
the low
transformer end
ascii_field: the
type of habitation
traditional in american suburbs makes civilized power distribution astronomically expensive
mircea_popescu: yeah, because why make
the 100kv
transformers weigh 180
tons. make
them 24 and
then fuck up
the entire power supply.
ascii_field: to
the point
that it was a given
that a
tv set would have a 'stabilizator' underneath, buzzing steadily
mircea_popescu: yeah well, probably because
they're running on obsolete romanian
transformers
mircea_popescu: spikes used
to be reasonably frequent in
the 80s in ro. but not major spikes, just, 5-10% sort of
things. but
then
they upgraded
the infrastructure and it no longer relies on its own inductance
mircea_popescu: i saw ONE power outage in a year, which was most likely
the building bus being old.
mircea_popescu: a village's worth of african children could have gone
through prostitution school for
that dough.
mircea_popescu: <ascii_field> ben_vulpes: not only do
they happen where i live, but with sufficient frequency
that i'm stuck using very elaborate power conditioning gear << you and fucking indians, i swear.
mircea_popescu: but from what i gather, it got
the 6 pin cpu power in its 8 slot
ben_vulpes: what I *really* want,
though, is not even a desk but 2 six-axis arms
that keep my keyboard and monitors in
the appropriate ergonomic relationship.
ben_vulpes: there's a van with a setup akin
to
that first link in Snow Crash of which i was always enamore.d
BingoBoingo: Consider 4 36"s I say from my adequate
to purposes 11.6" screen.
ben_vulpes: my goal is primarily
to cram as much
text on
the screen as possible before losing structure or wordshape
☟︎ ben_vulpes: BingoBoingo: it's a bit more complex
than
that. fontsize is nearly irrelevant, as i parse visually first by
the structure of
the code and
then by wordshape. mispellings are rare, due
to backround jobs
that compile/evaluate
text buffers on save and linters
that have rules about symbol definition.
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Well
there's
two solutions
to your problem. Optometrics or Moar fontsize.
ben_vulpes: looked like an x at
this
tiny fontsize
ben_vulpes: "wheels have had a shaky beginning - several have fallen over when
their rotational inertia dropped below critical stability
thresholds or ran into other unforseen obstacles."
chetty: well as I heard
the power went out in 'useful' places,
the white house,the state department ... :D
ascii_field: (for n00bz:
the subcontractors which do most of
the practical 'usg-ing' are headquartered largely in north virginia, and have massive backup power and other every other conceivable luxury, large and small, on
the grounds.)
ascii_field: anyone interested in becoming
this kind of 'agricultural' labourer - knows where
to go.
ascii_field: afaik
that is where
the bulk of
the 'salable' vulns actually come from.
ascii_field: mats: ... similar gig as you, i imagine: working for 'the man' in compartmentalized ops, churning out weaponized exploits and such. << believe or not, i was never in
this business. not even from ethical considerations, but starting with
the fact
that it is a -terrifyingly- dreary kind of work, carried out largely with brute force 'fuzzing' by gigantic stables of fungible slaves.
☟︎ ascii_field: (-not-
the elected muppets, for one
thing)
ascii_field: it also shows where
the -actual- usg priorities are
ascii_field: the kind of
thing
that dying empire cannot really hide for long
chetty: well with
the greenies shutting down power plants all over its only gonna get worse
ascii_field: before
that, a dynasty of ordinary ups, which
tripped so often
that
they frequently died
ascii_field: at present
time, i have a massive double-converting ups
ascii_field: ben_vulpes: not only do
they happen where i live, but with sufficient frequency
that i'm stuck using very elaborate power conditioning gear
ben_vulpes: dc really is
the center of all american rot, isn't it?
punkman: do all power outages make
the news over
there?
lobbes: 'The power went out during
the daily State Department briefing, with Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf using a phone light
to continue
taking questions from reporters.' << heh
ben_vulpes: ascii_field: 'what did you do
to it' << walked down a dark alley all unsuspecting like
ascii_field: mircea_popescu:hm, when a motherboard comes on when
the supply comes on, no buttons or anything, and
then won't atx powerdown << what did you do
to it
punkman: TNT was reasonably fast last
time I used
them
mircea_popescu: fine.
that's it. i'm gifting a friggin bitcoin and whatever,
the gods have spoken.
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assbot: Logged on 07-04-2015 02:43:33; asciilifeform: mircea_popescu:
the ubiquiti example dovetails nicely with
the
thread re: unemployed reversers. if persians happily buy
turdware,
they either haven't many, or haven't any competent ones, or
they are all occupied with something else (what ?)
nubbins`: there's
trudeau and
the strip-club-managing, girlfriend-stair-down-throwing senator... /boxing each other/
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Trudeau -- Patrick Brazeau Charity Boxing Match -- English Coverage of Complete Fight - YouTube ... (
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nubbins`: mircea_popescu incidentally,
trudeau's son (because
this is what politics in north america is now) is currently
the leader of
the national liberal party, w/ maybe a 50-50 shot at
the big seat next election
nubbins`: only
that
the senate is full of subhumans
nubbins`: "what of
the bleeding hearts?", he was asked
nubbins`: former prime minister pierre
trudeau, who famously enacted
the war measures act in 1970 when couple politicians got kidnapped and murdered
mike_c: danielpbarron: experiment is over, yes? given pace over
the last few days
the slow version is literally never going
to finish.
nubbins`: somewhat more succinctly from
the
toronto star: "In 2000, four days after Pierre’s death, Margaret went out. She was confronted by a
TV reporter,
the punchably cruel Mike Duffy, now a senator, who barked at her, “How do you feel
today, Mrs.
Trudeau? Have you remembered it’s Michel’s birthday?” She collapsed."
nubbins`:
three sons with
Trudeau, died nearly
two years ago in an avalanche and his body was never found.
nubbins`: Suddenly, somebody pushed his way
through. Margaret
turned and said "Oh, hi Mike," and smiled broadly. "This was Misha's birthday,"
the man said, referring
to
the
Trudeaus' youngest son Michel, who died
two years ago. Her face froze and she burst into
tears. She
turned around and quickly walked away. "It's Michel's birthday
today," she said in a strained voice
to
those around her. "I didn't remember." Michel,
the youngest of her
nubbins`: It was all on live
TV yesterday morning. Pierre
Trudeau's grieving ex-wife had come
to view
the Centennial Flame shortly after a ceremony marking
the departure of his coffin
to a funeral
train bound for Montreal. Margaret
Trudeau was
trying
to compose herself and nodded quietly as people offered
their condolences.
nubbins`: who, after being suspended from
the senate, got a job at a strip club and
threw his girlfriend down a set of stairs
nubbins`: unanswered is why
the Canadian senate is stuffed with washed-up former journalists
nubbins`: duffy was caught a while back charging a
ton of frivolous expenses
to his senate expense account
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i don't get what
the issue is. can you summarize ?
funkenstein_: ohio has been mentioned a few
time here recently so
mircea_popescu: mats i suppose ima import it in my harem. i can be
the master, and
the slavegirls could be executive masters.
mircea_popescu: i kinda imagine "the graduate institute"
to be like...
the film,
the graduate. except in an institution.
mats: imma add
that
to my list of
titles.
mats: this 'Executive Master' construct is new
to me
mircea_popescu: co-director & executive master of
the international word word leadership fictional entity, geneva.
mircea_popescu: "John Gault is Co-Director, Executive Master in International Oil and Gas Leadership,
The Graduate Institute, Geneva."
nubbins`: "once you ascertain you have
the alignment correct, you open
the window, alert
the banking sector, and press 'print'"
mats: who knows. i'm sure most of
the staff guys over
there are busy avoiding locals for fear of catching a bullet.