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mircea_popescu: to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging the resulting PRNG predictability, as exploited in the wild against Bitcoin wallet applications in August 2013."
mircea_popescu: "The engineNextBytes function in classlib/modules/security/src/main/java/common/org/apache/harmony/security/provider/crypto/SHA1PRNG_SecureRandomImpl.java in the SecureRandom implementation in Apache Harmony through 6.0M3, as used in the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) in Android before 4.4 and other products, when no seed is provided by the user, uses an incorrect offset value, which makes it easier for attackers
BingoBoingo: Was a $1000 a year discount on tuition
BingoBoingo: I chaired the Science and Technology committee.
nubbins`: apparently emptied his weapon, went back to his office to grab more bullets
nubbins`: BingoBoingo indeed the sgt at arms
mircea_popescu: ahahahaha fucked him with the mace of office ?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Looks like the Seargent at Arms
mircea_popescu: who killed the unarmed gunman ?
BingoBoingo: nubbins`: Did he kill him with the mace?
nubbins`: and yes he wears that sword every day
assbot: imgur: the simple image sharer
nubbins`: incidentally, this: http://imgur.com/a/8f0ge is the man who killed the armed gunman at the canadian parliament today
mike_c: yeah, i ran into it a couple years ago. seems to have lost steam with falling gas prices (shocking).
BingoBoingo: mike_c: Seems shady, 404 on the "how this works" page
BingoBoingo: Everyone look and see if you can spot the new design++ http://qntra.net/
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform but you were born in odessa ? then you do have ru citizenship no ?
[]bot: Bet placed: 1 BTC for No on "20% difficulty increase before 2015" http://bitbet.us/bet/1036/ Odds: 34(Y):66(N) by coin, 38(Y):62(N) by weight. Total bet: 27.73541987 BTC. Current weight: 43,652.
nubbins`: amazing the effect this has on one's attitude and outlook
nubbins`: <+mircea_popescu> <asciilifeform> my mental concept of freedom is more or less synonymous with never setting an alarm clock again. << ha! not even for say, a comet ? <<< i'm down to one alarm a week
assbot: MyGallons.com. Tomorrow’s gas. Today’s prices.
mike_c: BingoBoingo: this exists. http://www.mygallons.com/
asciilifeform: came to see a sonic << if only. brought as a boy and ended up with no other citizenship just like parents (no automagic su->ru citizenship for folks who packed up prior to '94, if i recall)
bounce didn't catch where they were levying that tax, or what they were imagining the prices currently paid to be
BingoBoingo: I'd simply hodl it and use the appreciation to get the liquor
mircea_popescu: now that's a good one
BingoBoingo wishes for gas station gift card deniminated in gallons of gas rather than dollars of gas.
asciilifeform: i'll feel sorry for herr b when he has to live in a rented hovel and wake to an alarm bell. and follow orders.
mircea_popescu: <nubbins`> asciilifeform came to see a sonic youth show and never left << lol too funnay.
mircea_popescu: well in the same sense brent is 100 bux a barrel
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> you - which you. herr buffett can sleep when he pleases, likewise, i hear. << not so. not when the dow is ding ding dinging downwards.
mircea_popescu: <bounce> that hungarian "internet tax", 150 forints / gigabyte (or part thereof). that's .49 euro / gigabyte. <<< it's al ulzfest. the gb costs about 1 cent or so atm.
asciilifeform: ok alarm clock, but only if i want. for comet. that's it.
undata: bounce: trying to balance out the socialism, ok?
asciilifeform: undata: except that in usa and its colonies, the slaves derp on about being some kind of 'free' despite not even being permitted to sleep.
asciilifeform: undata: my criticism here is not usa-specific. applies to all industrial nations.
nubbins`: asciilifeform came to see a sonic youth show and never left
nubbins`: 1992, the year punk broke
undata: asciilifeform: I share the distaste for merkuh, but... broad brush.
asciilifeform: the only 'early retirement' available to everyone is the 'last bullet retirement fund.'
undata: I suppose all 320mil of us work at McDonalds leaving only to go through the drive-through at Burger King in your fantasy.
gribble: Early Retirement Extreme: — a combination of simple living ...: <http://earlyretirementextreme.com/>; Early Retirement Extreme Forums • Index page: <http://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/>; What 30-Year-Old Retirees Can Teach The Rest Of Us - Forbes: <http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2014/03/21/what-30-year-old-retirees-can-teach-the-rest-of-us/>
undata: segue to circle-jerk
asciilifeform: it doesn't take that much wealth to self-sustain << Mega-Lol!
nubbins`: it's more a function of what you consume than what your income is
undata: it doesn't take that much wealth to self-sustain
bounce: doesn't say if that's for mobile only or fixed too.
bounce: that hungarian "internet tax", 150 forints / gigabyte (or part thereof). that's .49 euro / gigabyte.
undata: side note: I happen to be an inmate that sleeps when he pleases
undata: as long as you're somewhere where the sun will wake you up
asciilifeform: food? sex? slave can get these. sleep ad libitum - is the mark of the free man.
asciilifeform: at some point we'll learn the secret of adjusting the thermostat, so to speak, of the body - and then people will blast themselves to hell with free radicals instead of dying of fat. choose ice vs. fire death, yes.
mircea_popescu: "why am i so hot ? a wait, that was a third desert wasn't it. plus alcohol."
mircea_popescu: anyway, there is some merit to this entire "sucks to be me" approach to obesity. while i have been catching on a little weight as an adult male, it's still mostly a case of, if i overeat my body just turns it to heat, usually on the spot.
mircea_popescu: i dunno, i slept pretty well there. nice idea the boxspring
mircea_popescu: one of the things in family folklore re my childhood is this one time when they got a large jar of homemade jam from up in the pantry where it was kept (why ?) and while discussing if to make it crepes or what
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: was 6 << easy then
mircea_popescu: i was when i was 6, too.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: that only works if you're caesar - or at least, a free man.
mircea_popescu: and then eat when hungry and so on. caesar's method.
mircea_popescu: yeah bitch, they do. nevertheless, ever since i can recall my process was to stay up until i was sleepy and then sleep until i woke up.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: it wasn't an intellectual breakthrough of any kind whatsoever - but is apparently 'canonical' among the community of the Officially Sad.
bounce: stopped reading the thing. too wordy, going nowhere.
mircea_popescu is not impressed by this spoon theory.
jurov: git clone http://therealbitcoin.org/test/bitcoin.git just trying out the setup... works, but with mysterious 403 thrown for good measure
nubbins`: with the bulk of that being for the VID
bounce: what's the cost of getting a driver signed and added to the store by redmond?
asciilifeform: ok looks like author pointed it out: 'What's the economic reason of making software fake of well-known chip instead of making new one under your own name? This way they don't need to buy USB VID, sign drivers in Microsoft, no expenses on advertisement. This fake chip will be used right away in numerous mass-manufactured products.'
assbot: Image tagged in lawgs - Imgflip
TheNewDeal: mkay, I'll tell them it's in the logs https://imgflip.com/i/9iu9z
bounce: this is twittar now?
BingoBoingo: reggiesells: Well it happens on a 30 minute timers. assbot rules over us all unequally
nubbins`: TheNewDeal and i'd say "yeah, guy sent me btc, i sent him a poster" and they would not have any new information upon which to judge your character
mircea_popescu: http://i.imgur.com/6464LM2.png <<< check out this land where thermodynamics never happened.
kakobrekla: !up to heaven
nubbins`: reggiesells, gribble manages our web of trust for us
TheNewDeal: too much wasted time
TheNewDeal: I'm distancing myself from the forum
reggiesells: noob here, what the heck did you guys just do with those irc commands?
TheNewDeal: I don't see how it'd be worthless. In fact, if someone wanted to do business with me, they could literally ask you how it went
BingoBoingo is really liking this switch to just ETOH+mixer
nubbins`: you want everyone to know you're a connoisseur, post some pics of your poster to the thread ;D
nubbins`: i give out ratings like candy, they'll be worthless
BingoBoingo: Oh mircea_popescu was slow this time, probably becaus more age
asciilifeform: gitian << first of all, want bsd - floppy disk image is what i'm playing with now - plus gcc, other deps - pre-baked. minimal size. second, what is this nonsense, it needs an internet connection?!?!
TheNewDeal: but I did purchase 2 posters from you. Want everyone to know I'm a bitcoin art connoisseur
nubbins`: TheNewDeal you know those are better ratings than i had for a long time :P
TheNewDeal: is that an invitation to write an article?
BingoBoingo: TheNewDeal: Care to do a tour in the newsmines?
gribble: Currently authenticated from hostmask TheNewDeal!ce2d690b@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.206.45.105.11 . User TheNewDeal, rated since Sun Apr 13 12:56:09 2014. Cumulative rating 4, from 3 total ratings. Received ratings: 3 positive, 0 negative. Sent ratings: 10 positive, 0 negative. Details: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=TheNewDeal
nubbins`: ;;ratingsystem getrating TheNewDeal
gribble: Error: The "RatingSystem" plugin is loaded, but there is no command named "getratings" in it. Try "list RatingSystem" to see the commands in the "RatingSystem" plugin.
nubbins`: ;;ratingsystem getratings TheNewDeal
gribble: Currently authenticated from hostmask TheNewDeal!ce2d690b@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.206.45.105.11. Trust relationship from user assbot to user TheNewDeal: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 1 via 1 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=assbot&dest=TheNewDeal | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=TheNewDeal | Rated since: Sun Apr 13 12:56:09 2014
mircea_popescu: ;;gettrust assbot TheNewDeal
gribble: You have not yet rated user TheNewDeal
BingoBoingo: ;;rated TheNewDeal
asciilifeform: (how did i make this inference? simply from the fact of the actual die not being a copy. which would have been the obvious explanation.
asciilifeform: http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal << entirely different silicon. from this we learn!! that a) they copied it because usb id is charged for by rent-seeking scumz0rs b) winblows includes ftdi driver already. relationship with microshit. so chinese were forced into this. ☟︎
TheNewDeal: hey nubbins` , good sir, can I get a rating for purchasing them posters :D?