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cazalla: ;;later
tell devthedev i changed a few
things so
that article is not overly promotional for altcoins or snapcard/wix
mircea_popescu: and laziness in monkeys is perhaps
the most complex self-writing piece of software ever
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform: re, what
they could get out of your posts. You've rather clearly articulated
the problem with
the current computing stack. I'm unaware of any other person documenting
the incumbent's desire
to cater
to
the stupid. As
thinking men,
they must find it irritating
to interface with
today's machines.
xanthyos: it's not difficult for an actor
to get lost in
that part
mircea_popescu: is
the guy actually nuts or just being an internet person ?
gabriel_laddel: mircea_popescu: I sent it
to
Terry A Davis, perhaps he can be convinced
to write Lisp...
hanbot: good
timeperiod
thestringpuller! :)
gabriel_laddel: mircea_popescu:
The list of
targets, irc is Nick Szabo, Nicholas
Taleb.
assbot: Logged on 16-07-2014 20:32:30; mike_c: ok - compile a list of 20 blog posts from blogs.b-a
that are appropriate
to
target.
tweet one a day @
target.
mircea_popescu: and you bitch about
the pile of
turd
that's c++/python software built on
top of a c os ?
mircea_popescu: if you search for a generic
term in
their package manager and keep scrolling... eventually iot crashes
mircea_popescu: decimation a well
that's a diff story. but
the problem are
the generous options
then.
mircea_popescu: the
traditional route is
to pursue "sexy" mergers and go bankrupt a decade later.
this is better for everyone.
decimation: mircea_popescu: normally it wouldn't, unless it is supiciously coupled with said management excercising
their generous options
The20YearIRCloud: "It puts less money in
the hands of
the people
that know what
they're doing -
the menial laborers'
mircea_popescu: they're overcapitalized and downsizing. what's wrong with
that ?
mircea_popescu: i don't get how cash distribution can be held against
the management.
The20YearIRCloud: kind of
throw
the entire premise out when
they start
talking about wealth inequality
decimation: large holders of bezzlars have no idea how
to profitably invest
them, so
they just publically embezzle
them
decimation: pete's link about companies on
the 'buyback
treadmill' is hilarious
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The20YearIRCloud: It's fantastic, i'm
told it has one of
the worst learning curves even surpassing star control. But once you understand it, it's immensely fun
decimation: lol I
tried
to play dwarf fortress once, it seemed like a colassal waste of
time, but amusing
The20YearIRCloud: I wish it was easier
to do,
that way I could run dwarf fortress in all its glory
decimation: The20YearIRCloud: it's safe
to say
that writing software
that makes efficient use of 'modern' multicore chip designs is not a simple undertaking
decimation: mircea_popescu: good point.
The ongoing drama with
the fed & its german gold holdings is quite amusing
The20YearIRCloud: Isn't it
the same way with large paralell programming (High multi-core stuff) as
they've lagged behind on development so much
that some consider it aobsolete?
The20YearIRCloud: Germany is
trying
to get
their gold back as it was all held in Paris, london and NYC. Out of all
the countries I
think
they have a pretty
transparent gold program, and it's showing how dishonest
the US is
decimation: The20YearIRCloud:
they can be, but
the problem is
that
they are 'difficult'
to design because
the soccer-ball-chasing-6-year-olds of academia & industry have declared
the
tech 'dead'
mircea_popescu: decimation well, no. reversedly. for instance, germany claims
to hold some gold it doesn't, and doesn't claim
to hold any bitcoin,
tho i
think
they do hold some.
decimation: The20YearIRCloud:
they are about as honest with gold as
they are with
their btc holdings
The20YearIRCloud: I didn't realize
that it was possible
to do
that, are
the speeds
typically much higher
than what
their clocked counterparts are?
The20YearIRCloud: I'm debating whether I want
to get more BTC, PMs, or guns, or if I should balance what I have now a different way
decimation: The20YearIRCloud: clockless - ie no clock - a cpu which executes instructions at whatever speed its logic circuits can cycle
their state
mircea_popescu: it's improbable
they'll move significantly either direction.
The20YearIRCloud: You
think govts are honest about
their gold and metal reserves? decimation
decimation: The20YearIRCloud: my opinion - silver is an industrial metal, gold is going
to be replaced by bitcoin in
the long run but is still a reasonable altcoin - but note
that it is not independent of gov'ts with big vaults of
the stuff
assbot: The Advanced Processor
Technologies Group
decimation: 'we don't do it because no chips and
tools' 'no chips and
tools because no demand'
decimation: asciilifeform:
the related
topic of asynchronous design seems
to be in
the same state
mircea_popescu: but since losethos has been mentioned : i do suspect ninjashogun is of a similar brand, without of course
the
technical ability.
decimation: it's not like
there's a mystery about how
to design an fpga
decimation: yeah
that's a good point, why doesn't samsung or some chinese vendor bust
this stuff up?
decimation: I can't imagine
that
this business model of making enemies of your customers will survive
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> you'd have
to buy 'xilinx' or 'altera' -
the company -
to go with
the chip. and publicly gut it. << it will happen.
assbot: debit- xilinx bitstream decompiler project has been vanished? or does someone know
the URL | Comp.Arch.FPGA | FPGARelated.com
assbot: debit - reverse-engineering
tools for FPGA bitstreams - Google Project Hosting
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform: do you have a link handy for
the fellow who got pretty far?
decimation: it's more
the issue ascii points out, if you want
the latest shit you are out of luck
gabriel_laddel: am I correct in assuming
that documenting efforts in reverse engineering a particular xlinx model is illegal / will land one in
trouble with usg?
decimation: yeah ask any fpga design who have attempted
to write 'ddr' interface if you want
to hear sadness &
tears
decimation: depressingly,
this results in large-scale projects being soft-cpu sequential
turds, rather
than asynchronous combinatorial nets where possible
decimation: the problem is
that one must compile a secret 'talmud' of RTL
that can be written which will actually work, as opposed
to being valid