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mircea_popescu: considering another 2 in 5 exist on paper only,
as some sort of scheme defrauding the public treasury,
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it's not a problem of technology asa much
as ideology, you realise. currently, if you ask consumer why X item exists, it's because "that's what the factory makes". "and it has to be sold^H^H^H^H marketed to me".
as opposed to, you know, because this is what I WANT.
ben_vulpes:
as the chains moved through the boxes, the boxes flipped bits on each link
mircea_popescu: the item in question,
as kako points out, is still the shit. not because it plays the ghz&poettering game.
mircea_popescu:
as in, build it from garbage up, exactly how the current stack was built.
ben_vulpes: 'tisn't
as though i ever had good taste in music beat into me.
mats: 01:41:05 asciilifeform: ... 2) proven
as concept in 'linux on hdd head controller' ~2 yrs ago ... << link? a googling wasn't helpful
danielpbarron: i've seen such sensationalist headlines
as "the only way to stop the NSA from spying on you is to smash your hard drive"
assbot: Logged on 17-02-2015 01:41:05; asciilifeform: hdd firmware << 1) snore. revealed definitively in doc. ~month ago,
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=18-01-2015#981436 2) proven
as concept in 'linux on hdd head controller' ~2 yrs ago 3) experimented with privately by numerous folks, incl. yours truly, for a few years before 4) mostly a snore, even the best hdd diddle falls down in a raid5 system
cazalla: this is one of those, i sorta know the answer to my question but im gonna ask
as if im clueless anyway
mircea_popescu: wtf was that uberridiculous site back in 2012, that people ended up signing up
as other users etc ? bitdaytrade ?
Adlai feels sorry for reference frames that classify sudden di[tz]zyness
as "pretty high"
pete_dushenski: "The Great Internet Power Grab: We’ve come a long way from Steve Jobs
as ‘phone phreak’ to Tom Wheeler
as ruler of the Internet." << should i know who tom wheeler is ? if he's someone, why isn't he here ?
mircea_popescu: ""Our idea was, if the first hash means 'unregistered' in English, would it be possible that the second hash means 'unregistered'
as well, but in Arabic?" Steube said. "So we tried to download some Arabic expansion packs for [website commment app] vBulletin, which is the forum software that was attacked here.""
mircea_popescu: dude srsly... ars presenting cracking of md5
as ahigh tech exploit ?
BingoBoingo: Brains and eggs I remember
as being good, but since this continent has deer with CJD and the UK had mad cow, have to settle for making it with pork brains.
mircea_popescu: But now things are different. Not since the 1980s, and before that never, has there been this much M&A activity, share buybacks and privatization. While this boosts share prices in the short term,
as privateers bid up the price in a takeover, there's a huge downstream cost: the company is no longer public. You don't get to profit from it unless you work for it. Each privatized company, or the private equity firm
assbot: Logged on 05-02-2015 01:42:35; decimation: that once they are not in the job any more they realize they don't have nearly
as many friends
as they thought they did. The smarter ones do know this. And that's why so many[?] hang onto power. "
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> In other words, is it possible that our enemies judge us by our actions, regardless of intent-- and if you support Ahmadenijad on TV, then that counts-- while we retreat into the narcissists' hideout of identity-
as-declared, where any actions can be disavowed
as "not who we are?"" << AKA argument by "FYIAD"
mircea_popescu: In other words, is it possible that our enemies judge us by our actions, regardless of intent-- and if you support Ahmadenijad on TV, then that counts-- while we retreat into the narcissists' hideout of identity-
as-declared, where any actions can be disavowed
as "not who we are?""
mircea_popescu: "Here's an example I fear no one will understand. The Iranians took 15 British soldiers hostage. The soldiers surrendered without a fight (ironically, so
as not to start an international incident), and then pretended to go along with the Iranians. They did the song and dance "we are bad, we are imperialists, Ahmadinejad is good, we're sorry, thanks for being so nice to us" and were eventually released. So I'm sure t
BingoBoingo offers for people stuck in USia smelt from the great lakes
as small inexpensive oilfish to play with by the pound
decimation: actually a sprat is the same thing
as a 'brisling'
mircea_popescu: quite Adlai's point. for
as long
as there's refinement available, it goes one way
Adlai: but there's an inflection point. the deskjet printer would have seemed equally wonderous to a (human) printer in 1700 and in 1850, despite the former being twice
as far away
mircea_popescu: not really. it was a big deal for
as long
as miniaturization was going strong, 1950 - 2000
Adlai: let the user assign nicknames, let wot nodes publish a signed message of which nicks they use, let wot nodes produce signed lists of which nicks they trust
as which nodes... endless possibilities can be built on top, but why make nicks part of the fundamental model? they're not first class citizens. keys are.
Adlai: you can have a wot (and anything built on top, such
as gossipd) without nicks entering the equation
Adlai: mike_c: i'd rephrase that
as "is it kosher to associate a single wot node with multiple nicks" ie ratings to nicks sharing a gpg key should apply to both equally
BingoBoingo: <decimation> although the rumor I heard back then was that most of the 'smart guys' working on solaris were spending their working days trying to unravel the gordian knot of kernel locks << But
as an Oracle turd they can now break whatever they want in the name of handling one database faster.
decimation: " Market share of Bitcoin trading globally continues to mirror Bitcoin adoption stages, with China leading the way with 67%, the US capturing 27% of all Bitcoin trading, the EU following with 2.5% and the UK with a stagnating 0.25%, mostly
as a result of a lack of regulatory guidelines and UK banks withdrawing banking support from British Bitcoin businesses."
mircea_popescu: it could work
as a wiki or
as a category on qntra i ugess.
mike_c: unless it's meant
as seo fodder for qntra i guess.
cazalla: i actually like the idea, i might brainstorm some ideas and see what i come up with, start by cherring picking the easier topcis such
as exchanges
mircea_popescu: it would be good. if you have the time/energy, cazalla, it would work well
as a companion to qntra.
cazalla:
as i see it, the problems begin when parents/teachers get involved and start teaching the kids it is better to seek out an adult to deal with the bully than hit back and sort it out yourself
PeterL: well, only
as in I might have more later, and two of my siblings have more than me
PeterL: well, "train"
as in she does not do that one thing which I liked least
punkman: "Until recently, firmware updates for typical desktop and laptop computers were difficult and somewhat risky. This situation, in part, was based on a lack of friendly firmware download tools and operating system limitations. This situation has improved and Seagate now offers firmware updates
as a routine matter for the general support of your Seagate drive."
pete_dushenski: Fanny was like Stuxnet in that it exploited two of the same undisclosed software flaws, known
as "zero days," which strongly suggested collaboration by the authors,
pete_dushenski: The group used a variety of means to spread other spying programs, such
as by compromising jihadist websites, infecting USB sticks and CDs, and developing a self-spreading computer worm called Fanny, Kasperky said.
pete_dushenski: i'm sure that using someone else's platform is "just
as good"
mircea_popescu: While this discovery is familiar to readers of my blog, what might be a surprise is what this heralds for our society politically and economically. It isn't socialism, or even communism,
as I had feared. It's feudalism. It's not 2007. It's 1066."
mircea_popescu: "Taking Iraq and President Bush
as starting points, and examining the defense mechanisms we use to cope with both, yields the unsurprising conclusion that we are a society of narcissists.
thestringpuller: So I guess I visualize the IRC channel
as a bunch of people huddled in some large beautiful room. A new person enters and one of the lords is like "you have permission to speak, what have you?" Which reminds me of congregations of days of old.
mircea_popescu: ie, osama killed off the us simply by flying a bomb disguised
as a plane into the us financial nerve center disguised asa building.
nubbins`: all the whipped cream is probably using elemental hydrogen
as a propellant, then.
Adlai: now let's talk about how danielpbarron passed off diethyl ether
as moonshine
mircea_popescu: nubbins` our options are, 1) two buck a can items are made with the cheapest possible thing and 2) two buck a can items are made with expensive medicine, because there's a conspiracy to keep kids entertained while they can't legally
as much
as buy a drink.
nubbins`: "it produces whipped cream four times the volume of the liquid, whereas whipping air into cream only produces twice the volume. If air were used
as a propellant, oxygen would accelerate rancidification of the butterfat; nitrous oxide inhibits such degradation. Carbon dioxide cannot be used for whipped cream because it is acidic in water, which would curdle the cream and give it a seltzer-like "sparkling" sensation."
danielpbarron:
as a teenager i impressed some friends with that little trick: buy some starter fluid, mix with water in garbage bag, wait for it to settle, drain out the impurities
nubbins`: also FWIW
as long
as your air has, what, 15-20% oxygen, you're fine
nubbins`: the trip lasts almost precisely
as long
as you can hold your breath.
nubbins`: always sold
as LSD, because who the fuck wants to buy something called 2-5i-NBOMe?
nubbins`: <+nubbins`> it's just
as moronic for someone to move a kilo of cocaine on a dark market
as it is for someone to buy a personal amount of pot from a stranger, in person.
nubbins`: danielpbarron sure. and with smaller markets comes less risk,
as reputation becomes more important.
nubbins`: it's just
as moronic for someone to move a kilo of cocaine on a dark market
as it is for someone to buy a personal amount of pot from a stranger, in person.
nubbins`: consider: what is every dark market currently selling
as their #1 product?
nubbins`: its purpose was never, ever to do something
as ludicrous
as move a kilo of cocaine
nubbins`: BingoBoingo:DPR, literally the guy who wasn't good enough to sling dope
as a profession <<< if he'd stuck to website admin, his actual job, he'd prolly still be out there
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: My naive understanding is that older client just see it
as noise. Like the multisig stuff.
danielpbarron: "I remember a time when those barely visible bumps around August 2012 and February 2013 filled the whole screen with their rollercoaster-y appearance. I remember that time because I was there and saw it, but to anyone looking today they don't matter and could
as well have never existed. This will happen again, in the future."
danielpbarron: this was explained very well by the great MPOE-PR, or
as we know her, hanbot
BingoBoingo: DPR, literally the guy who wasn't good enough to sling dope
as a profession
mircea_popescu: read one police report of crime x, you've read half of them. read ten, you've (practically) read them all. clinical psychology is only interesting to the patently insane,
as a practice. otherwise all the notes say endlessly the same five or six things. there just aren't that many things to say.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: and in fact more funding is issued by the long suffering parents, either directly (
as is the case in romania) or through collective buying (the state ->taxes->etc in the us).
mircea_popescu: dude i dunno, if i spend my time planning how to murder obama and fail to find out he died three years prior
as a side product
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform which incidentally is the missing point in the supreme court discussion of punishment quoted
as it happens earlier
decimation: yeah, 'half a page of docs per line' is pretty much the same
as your 'what does this line do?' test
mircea_popescu: decimation i suspect you lived (
as in, with women) long enough to know exactly what antibiotics do to their bits ?