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mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> not require carpentry << replacing the soldered-in flash i can see, with the user's choice : 64, 128, we. but other than that, ideally nothing
nubbins`: package and market it right, you could make a tidy sum
asciilifeform: Apocalyptic: if you like 'arm', there are a thousand boards to choose from.
nubbins`: i'd front some $$ to get it going as well
mircea_popescu: <nubbins`> straight-up, there's an opportunity to make money selling plug-n-play nodes << there is. i'd advertise it.
nubbins`: walmart will be sellin em this time next year
Apocalyptic: asciilifeform, what high end alternative to beagleboard would you recommend, if there is one ?
nubbins`: asciilifeform: beaglebone black w/ custom-made btc-branded case, preloaded w/ software and ready to go. Slap it in a plastic clamshell, "babby's first bitcoin node"
asciilifeform: undata: they are all, as you would expect, rather threadbare.
asciilifeform: nubbins`: imho, the best machine would be one which is readily available off the shelf with chassis, power supply, etc. and not require carpentry
undata: asciilifeform: any you consider that merit mention?
asciilifeform: undata: i have a number of them, for various experiments
undata: asciilifeform: what tinyputer do you use?
asciilifeform: nubbins`: i have 'openbsd' on one of these. also a little sluggish, though not as dreadful as 'raspberry'
nubbins`: straight-up, there's an opportunity to make money selling plug-n-play nodes
undata: wouldn't be bad to know the least amount of computer that could reasonably be expected to keep up with the blockchain for a worthwhile amount of time
nubbins`: hm, i may try this
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undata: nubbins`: that's it
pete_dushenski: the man has services to provide!
nubbins`: or w/e they're called
pete_dushenski: jurov needs to promo better
mike_c: yeah. what a money spout that thing was. i miss it.
pete_dushenski: i was thinking that someone in the wot needs to get a dice site going and i was going to see if j-d was in need of a new owner but it looks like it's still running?
undata: if the tutorial included bootstrap.dat maybe, and even then would take a lifetime to catch up from there
nubbins`: asciilifeform even the "B+" version?
nubbins`: mp they're freely available these days
asciilifeform: nubbins`: they used a defective i/o chip, which is abominably slow
undata: the pi is teeerrible
mircea_popescu: nubbins` is the raspberry still on a queue ? or they worked itthrough yet ?
asciilifeform: nubbins`: go try set up a node (any version of bitcoind you like) on 'raspberry'.
nubbins`: two raspberry pis for the cost of a $100 router :P
kakobrekla: hook it up to anonibox!
mircea_popescu: since you did all that anyway
mircea_popescu: nope. i was trying to shoehorn into your recent research.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: do you have a favourite piece of hardware in mind? preferably one which you know to be readily available around the world.
mircea_popescu: i just want a single item containing absolutely 100% everything that is needed, with no references.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: it would be quite simple to distribute a binary image that a monkey could pipe to usb flash and insert. for man, rather than monkey, one would prefer a 'thebitcoin.foundation'-style cookbook with signed configs/patches...
nubbins`: "The battery just died in my camera, so i am taking a quick break"
pete_dushenski: ah well looking forward to it
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform so that anyone can make one, and perhaps some of the redditards actually will.
asciilifeform: (it was to concern the usg dept. of firmware-diddlers)
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: glad you enjoyed the articles. i actually have a new one in the works, but - no time presently to finish it.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform that effort definitely comes through!
asciilifeform: what did we need these for again...?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i'm not certain, however, that 'edgerouter' would be the optimal candidate for the mega-cheap node. the device itself is around 100 usd, and a decently large flash drive is yet again a quarter of that.
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: i generally don't write the kind of article that doesn't require at least a full day's concentration.
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: it's true. largely on account of being very busy with actual work.
pete_dushenski: stan can it be true that you haven't written an article in 7 months ??
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: near the end of that page there is a script for cross-compile to mips on a larger machine (e.g. x86)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: router... instructions << see this site: http://rtfm.net/FreeBSD/ERL >> the only modification is, take a larger usb flash drive, follow his gpart resize instructions.
asciilifeform: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-17069 << comments from folks who won't learn to read are annoying
mircea_popescu: http://qntra.net/2015/01/bitcoin-finance-in-2014/ << i thought this was pretty great writing from mike_c
mircea_popescu: what can i tell ye.
davout: BingoBoingo: which makes me think of -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR9KUaOlxpk
BingoBoingo: My two favorite parts of speech to use "Fuck" as are pronoun and adverb. "Stupid fuck, stop fuckly jumping around like a fuck."
nijotz: I'll have to look into this web of trust rating
mircea_popescu: http://40.media.tumblr.com/f0052b5e9c40283fe9a86fa64ea0b7b8/tumblr_ng3fjklqmB1s9e2ofo1_500.jpg << that obnoxious moment when not only your younger sister has better boobage... but she outruns you, too.
mircea_popescu: that would be pretty cool too
BingoBoingo: I'm telling you the better version of this scam would be an artisan laser etching booth with a placebo joystick.
davout: i can taste the absurd
mircea_popescu: davout actually the best continuation of the laser handcarving drama would be if the guy turns out to be a midget chinese woman that does it with her nails.
davout: semantically the french "labourer" is a subset of "to labour"
mircea_popescu: while in english women go into labour, in french men labour to send them there.
mircea_popescu: (it's not labour, it's to plow. false friend :D)
mircea_popescu: "you know you could have had duck a la reine for the same money ?"
mircea_popescu goes to starred restaurant, orders happy meal. they put one together by hand. me is gratified.
mircea_popescu: "I NEVER SAID THAT IT WAS FROM MY OWN MIND, I HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT I USED STOCK IMAGES ON SOME OF THE PIECES. that is not a crime, i own the rights to them. 70% of your metal coins on the forum have stock image elements on them. Better start a dozen more witch hunts."
nubbins`: my dslr will take a minimum of 20 minutes of video at a time
davout: and afaik thermos isn't that big of an irc guy
mircea_popescu: davout ah there is that.
nubbins`: "I dont have a youtube account. Well, didnt have a youtube account. With new accounts you can only upload 10 minute videos i just found out. My DSLR camcorder records 20 minutes of video at a time."
davout: mircea_popescu: how will it know theymos is around if doesn't hang out in a chan where gribble also idles?
davout: hah, w/e not much ppl there, and no gribble, so no ;;later tell
nubbins`: tell him no sweat if all the nubbins rep threads don't get restored ;D
davout: nubbins`: i'll just post that in #bitcointalk-staff
nubbins`: someone with a twatter account ask thermos to manually restore the woodcollector scamzor thread
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mircea_popescu: maybe i'm not all together, but... what the fuck does stackexchange need 40mn for ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: imho, no to x86, no to fans, and ought to keep cost minimal. << yes.
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mircea_popescu: midnightmagic: ehh.. the testimoney of a friend. what's that worth << sworn testimony is sworn testimony. unless the witness gets impeached, it's worth as much as an employee's testimony
mthreat: mircea_popescu: hadn't seen that article... but lots of ex-germans in them there parts of patagonia
mircea_popescu: davout: the one with the mcdonalds flag is totally amsterdam << shit you're right
assbot: Logged on 22-01-2015 20:46:00; asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: ... if anyone could be arsed to publish a guide on 'how to turn commercially available router into btc full node' << the gadget i mentioned earlier, plus process, only need a larger - 64G+ - usb drive, to make this go. but i did not publish instructions, because did not think anyone wanted this.
mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=22-01-2015#988309 << asciilifeform pls to put very detailed, complete instructions on your blog, plus pictures! this is really very nice and good. ☝︎
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BingoBoingo: undata: Wait until they demand the new reference bitcoin client and gossipd build on windows
assbot: Sophistication of SOTU addresses has steadily dropped over time http://t.co/FUvzoUJLSf /hashtag/democracy?src=hash HT /Outsideness http://t.co/2dQgGpo4dB
undata: http://blogs.blackberry.com/2015/01/blackberry-net-neutrality/ << bb having been beaten to a pulp, demands the state level the playing field
mircea_popescu: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1762050-violento-ataque-antisemita-en-un-hostel-de-lago-puelo-en-chubut << this one apparently actually happened
ben_vulpes: no i get the history and the technology, asshats.
danielpbarron: ben_vulpes, twitter started as an SMS service, and tweets were limited to what could be sent via text
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: It's stuck that way because SMS messages.
assbot: It’s really smart as a business owner to go around publicly harassing people /davoutplantaire http://t.co/3MvaixKHb5
ben_vulpes: <davout> [] https://twitter.com/OtaK_/status/558321238230462464 <<< this replace-pronouns twitter butthurt flow seems to be attracting a whole new level of stupid << i don't get the 140 character
mircea_popescu: one week it's the imaginary tampon shortage, the next week it's the roasted jews...
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mircea_popescu: mthreat http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2921642/Group-Jewish-backpackers-tortured-hours-Argentinian-hostel-locals-chanted-trying-Patagonia.html << you ever heard of this !?