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pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu:
the days are getting waaay shorter. no more 11pm sunsets ;(
pete_dushenski: now
that qntra has brought wp and hosting
to
top of mind, and after i changed hosting platforms, i noticed something odd on my stats page...
mircea_popescu: prolly has a can
the size of dry protein economy packs.
mircea_popescu: and for
the record, i routinely use 200W incandescents etc.
mircea_popescu: i don't
think i've ever lived in a room small enough
that
the lighting fixtures made a noticeable difference.
bounce: secondary ligthing circuits with a master switch in
the basement. suddenly, all
the light switches control a different set of lamps
punkman: and who has
time
to switch
them
punkman: incandescents not
that great in
the summer
mircea_popescu: "how about
that, people are winning a war and
they're fucked up"
bounce: no, I wanted
to know which, if any, specific reason would apply for him.
mircea_popescu: did you mean
to ask "why do you
think
the alternative won't work" ?
Vexual: my phatographer says
tungsten and halogen are diddimilar
bounce: sometimes
there's specific reasons why alternatives just won't do. "old and proven" doesn't mean
the alternative won't work.
kakobrekla: mircea_popescu one day ill cut
the cable never
to return.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla
the wonderful world of computing is becoming dangerous for people able
to
think on
their own.
mircea_popescu: <bounce> just out of idle curiosity, why
the preference for
tungsten? <<< goes with
the preference for emacs. old
thing proven
to work well.
Vexual: oldest
trcik in
the book
kakobrekla: i
think i found a bug in DO billing script
mircea_popescu: <punkman> "hello I want a 60watt bulb" "here
take
this 7 watt stealth CFL, same
thing" << lol yup. commerce now meas bait and switch apparently.
mircea_popescu: <ben_vulpes>
the one,
the only,
the inimitable! << now reimplement it in gaskell.
bounce: the ones in use most here are halogen-variety
tungsten
Vexual: i bought all leds a while back nd
they're all harsh blue
Vexual: ya want a philips plasma
thing
bounce: just out of idle curiosity, why
the preference for
tungsten?
assbot: Heatbulbs -
The lightbulbs for heating & lightbulbs for decoration
ben_vulpes: "surely you mean you want
the equivalent amount of light from
this
tiny little zone in
the spectrum"
punkman: "hello I want a 60watt bulb" "here
take
this 7 watt stealth CFL, same
thing"
ben_vulpes: CFL in packaging
that FAILS
TO DISCLOSE CFL INTERNALS
ben_vulpes: CFL in housing
that doesn't look like a CFL
ben_vulpes: went
to home depot (BEZZLE CENTRAL, APPARENTLY)
ben_vulpes: went
to grow store, was sorely disappointed by potheads unable
to comprehend
the utility of grow lights in a warehouse cum office situation and unable
to make purchasing recommendations
that fell within a reasonable price/quality zone
ben_vulpes: tempered with a brief glare signifying "don't do
this
to me again."
ben_vulpes: "no no,
this is my fault because x, y, z" {x,y,z} being
things outside her control and knowledge
that she expected
to be held responsible for
ben_vulpes: how
to dodge responsiblity for our own poor decisions
ben_vulpes: hey, it's
the one
thing we're actually
taught in usschool
kakobrekla: the
thing you need
to ditch first from above is
the 'client' part
ben_vulpes looks
through requirements.txt, sees PIL, GEOS, reaches for docker
ben_vulpes: on a more serious note, i've gotten really great mileage from using docker
to santize insane client django stacks
Vexual: this drowns out
the sound of
town cars
that obviosly aren't mercs
kakobrekla: shit abstractions all
the way down
to
the metal.
ben_vulpes: you're going
to put python on an actual system?
ben_vulpes: <punkman> a
terrarium for its snakes << DOCKER, YOU FOOLS
ben_vulpes: (or leaving
the comfort of emacs, if one's so inclined...)
ben_vulpes: <danielpbarron> wah.. i searched for it in
the logs and everything :< << good example of
the persistent connection's utility.
nubbins`: suppose i should roll down
the hill
to pick up
that pantone swatchbook
ben_vulpes: <thickasthieves> not sure what u refer
to
nubbins`: ben_vulpes:
the peerless,
the incomparable...
ben_vulpes: nah, it's where
the programmers with a care for cost and quality of living reside
bounce: thought
that coast was deserted except for
the hippies
nubbins`: Vexual i used
to, but
the IV kept ripping out of my arm while i slept
ben_vulpes: he maths! he
timezones! he prints shirts!
nubbins`: somebody lives on
the west coast
mircea_popescu: thickasthieves what is it
that
they were calling it, "a war something or
the other"
nubbins`: ben_vulpes:
that's pretty much btc space in a nutshell
Vexual: ive decided
the pray away
the gay
tapes are working sine i learned you have a sister
mircea_popescu: yet something
tells me
the recent beheadings aren't excesses, but merely
the early drops of a coming avalanche.
mircea_popescu: and you know, everyone's hope is
that
they will live for long enough in a pile of goop made out of copies of
themselves big enough
that
they won't ever have
to go face
to face with
those "evil sociopaths" and "trolls"
ben_vulpes: bright folks are easily deluded outside
their areas of competence
mircea_popescu: because a bunch of asswipes are pushing out insecure code, and because a bunch of imbeciles heart
those assholes,
nubbins`: he's brilliant, except for
the fucking idiot part
ben_vulpes: they do enjoy
themselves, and
the USG keeps otherwise brilliant and hardworking people from being useful at large.
ben_vulpes: ('safe-by-construction', 'correct-by-construction' - as asciilifeform points out
time and
time again,
these are impossibilities).
ben_vulpes: "we need safe-by-construction computers in
this application. here's 10M."
ben_vulpes: poor children, unable
to comprehend
the world for
themselves without someone
there instructing
them on what
to parse from
the atoms a-knocking.
mircea_popescu: the best makework
the devil ever invented. beats
the shit out of painting rocks white
then
turning
them over
mircea_popescu: the entire "shit in your mouth and
think about how you're not"
thing definitely manages
to keep a bunch of intelligently stupid folk busy.
ben_vulpes: tellingly, none of
them will
touch btc.
ben_vulpes: this is
the "curse of
the cool problem"
that
these over-educated CS people must endure. cannot simply work in salt mines, 'cause inadequately intellectually fulfilling. instead, sell soul
to devil, lie about it
to self for
the duration of life.
mircea_popescu: CME Site use GMT-5. CME Charts use GMT-4. << lmao
the shit bitbet admin has
to put up with
ben_vulpes: "it's different somehow if we write 'pure' code
to do flight path planning", never mind
that
the flight paths are for killing
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: 'insta-zap'
this reminds me of
the poor, self-deluding fuckers who work at a defense contractor client of mine. "it's different somehow if
there's a *camera* on
the flying robot", never mind
that
the algo's
to point a gun are a quadratic estimation away from
the algos
to lock a camera
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Vexual: perhaps
thats another case of who you know
Vexual: i
thought diamonds were
the biz
there now?
ben_vulpes: <thickasthieves> bubbles come in all sizes << notrly, only 187.5, 375, 750 1.5 and
those fuck off big custom ones
nubbins`: so namibia has figured out how
to stop people from killing rhinos for
their horns
ben_vulpes: i'm
too poor for
that shit. have you seen
the books?