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BingoBoingo: devthedev: Not many are, but after this thing gets feet he might be a solid audition.
asciilifeform: and these use...
decimation: my understanding is that matlab on x86 just uses doubles
devthedev: I haven't spoken to him since last year
devthedev: I'm not too fond of him BingoBoingo
asciilifeform: gave the wrong answer << dollars to doughnuts, whichever answer comes out of 'matlab.'
BingoBoingo: devthedev: What about the really obnoxious one, Whiskers? WHo I'm pretty sure is in his 40's/
decimation: answer for many numbers it was supposed to handle, including odd-ball numbers like ‘one’."
assbot: There are Only Four Billion Floats–So Test Them All! | Random ASCII
decimation: plus intel keeps coming up with 'new' sse/cisc instructions that are """correct""": http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/theres-only-four-billion-floatsso-test-them-all/ << "A few months ago I saw a blog post touting fancy new SSE3 functions for implementing vector floor, ceil, and round functions. There was the inevitable proud proclaiming of impressive performance and correctness. However the ceil function gave the wrong
BingoBoingo: So I guess he fails the consistency criteria.
BingoBoingo: Sooner than last year devthedev
asciilifeform: x86 - what nobody wants, but everybody gets. like tax, death, arse waltzes.
devthedev: I haven't spoken to him for about 2 weeks.
BingoBoingo: cazalla: I am skimming the #b-a periphery though for the hungry and not malinformed. So far I've found 1 candidate. I might find another.
BingoBoingo: cazalla: Consistent, but alone insufficient. Pretty much the curse of anyone who tries this thing solo and without structure.
asciilifeform: decimation: wait till you realize there's 2 of them.
cazalla: <+devthedev> What would be needed to make it a reality? <<< like anything, consistency
devthedev: I'm 15 and a Junior currently taking mostly AP classes.
BingoBoingo: devthedev: For the record you are roughly how old and how advanced in 'Murica school.
BingoBoingo: devthedev: My answer prolly depends on if they look pretty
devthedev: I'm not sure what I'd do if someone followed me into the stall, probably wouldn't be too pretty though.
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decimation: Not the kind of government bureaucrat that could design or even employ someone to design a quality case
decimation: government work, since two years later she found herself in a top position at the VHA."
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decimation: http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/30/top-va-official-conspired-with-her-married-boyfriend-to-thwart-investigations/ << "A 2008 performance review, according to the investigation, stated that “her accomplishments were undermined by her poor judgment and lack of accountability. … Ms. Taylor allowed a personal friend to be hired in her department as a contractor [Mr. Dobrzykowski]; ... This, of course, is all good enough for
decimation: 'costco', one of the better us 'retailers' got its start selling caskets
asciilifeform: i demand that my dismembered corpse, when time comes, be stowed in a crate no worse than this one!
decimation: wow. I thought the problem with buying usg surplus is that you have to buy a pallet
asciilifeform: 'dr. evil' appearance - thrown in for free.
asciilifeform: decimation: considerably nicer than 'pelican' - the lips are aluminum, and latches are valve-like cranks that twist tight
decimation: except better constructed with the metal lip & latches
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: then not really applicable
decimation: those rare items that fall into that category are purchased at unobtainium toilet prices
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: they're called 'apartments' and cost $maxint
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: and loudly machine things ?
decimation: I yearn for the days when usg would actually create a spec for an object and have it manufactured
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: locker with mains socket that you can sit in?
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> and this is considerably cheaper than getting a hold of a climate-controlled space where lathe, mill, won't rust in winter. << Wait how much does a climate controlled storage locker cost on your left coast?
asciilifeform: and this is considerably cheaper than getting a hold of a climate-controlled space where lathe, mill, won't rust in winter.
asciilifeform: cheapest way to get airtight crate, by a factor of 10, is usg surplus.
asciilifeform: if this one were a coffin, it'd hold a very obese 5 y.o.
asciilifeform doesn't know what the box for that looks like, but imagines slightly larger
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Brewing something or preparing under the sea anchor safe
devthedev: I don't have access to my OTC keys at the moment to auth.
gribble: WARNING: Currently not authenticated. Trust relationship from user assbot to user devthedev: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 1 via 1 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=assbot&dest=devthedev | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=devthedev | Rated since: Tue Jul 15 12:31:42 2014
decimation: re: floating-point << http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/floating-point-determinism/ "Is IEEE floating-point math deterministic? Will you always get the same results from the same inputs? The answer is an unequivocal “yes”. Unfortunately the answer is also an unequivocal “no”. I’m afraid you will need to clarify your question."
mircea_popescu: devthedev well, talk to cazalla basically.
BingoBoingo: <devthedev> Yes, I worked with Plaxant.com a few months back when they ran a Bitcoin news venue. << Wrote the only worthwhile stories on a since failed venue. Operator never showed and stayed here in spite on invites.
decimation: re: bankruptcy << usg is bankrupt (as discussed yesterday). the natural law of bankruptcy demands that the bankrupt lose control of their assets to the creditors
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Is that a helium release valve?
devthedev: Yes, I worked with Plaxant.com a few months back when they ran a Bitcoin news venue.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: He's a Florida kid. Was on TradeFartress's CoinChat and did his own thing afterwards.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: you'll appreciate today's puzzle box: http://imgur.com/a/ZcyQH
asciilifeform: (random turd from net)
asciilifeform: 'there wasn't ebola when bush was president, thanks obama'
mircea_popescu: devthedev didn't you work for something like that at some point ?
devthedev: What would be needed to make it a reality?
devthedev: The talks of a properly run Bitcoin news site is interesting.
mircea_popescu: what strange tank is this!
mircea_popescu: jee whiz, i had no idea ebola had tracks.
BingoBoingo: It would take some disease with a hashtag.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: The US has its own disease demons like Hanta.
asciilifeform: if time for 'the holiday' - they don't need excuse.
BingoBoingo: devthedev: Well I haven't found library work so...Maybe I'll work X-mas at the mall and get back to you in January.
asciilifeform: !s the holiday
devthedev: BingoBoingo: I still have that canoe if you want to borrow it.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: So... We're prolly all stuck now. Ebola diagnosed in the US. Outgoing border controls can't be far away.
asciilifeform: basement, office, bag of money the size of a Waring laboratory blender. recipe for eternal life.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Bankruptcy is a powerful tool as Mr. Trump can attest.
mircea_popescu: about the same as remains of the "comics code"
mircea_popescu: possibly dumbest company in history of ip debacles, way up there with the riaa/mpaa crowd
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yup, quite. bought all the dead birds
asciilifeform: (my brother at one time worked in a tiny game firm, their product was released with 'atari' on the box by the publisher - at the time, hasbro corp.)
asciilifeform: most of the purchases were taxidermically hollowed out (assuming they even had meat) and used as bare named
asciilifeform: they bought up virtually the entire u.s. computer game industry - and then imploded.
asciilifeform: everybody knows the story with that firm ?
mircea_popescu: it's like this dumb kid in the courtyard figured somebody gives a shit if he loses an eye.
assbot: Scrabble copyright dispute: Hasbro says it owns the Scrabble dictionary. Players beg to differ.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: people live everywhere people live << for the sake of argument, let's agree they're 'people.' but is that 'living' ?
BingoBoingo: If the news site starts tomorrow... I can be a srs contender for newbs around X-mas
BingoBoingo: cazalla: As I understand web publishing though... One of the most important parts is having content before going on srs promotion binges
BingoBoingo: Whatever the initial name is...there's sites in the #b-a interwebz hood that can get your google juice organically primed and buzzworded
cazalla: i can't think of any notable website starting with tr
cazalla: how about using one of these new tlds trollbox.report
mircea_popescu: better than the other way around eh.
BingoBoingo: <cazalla> would you suggest latest wordpress ver or reverting to an older one? i have not used it much since 2.x << Maybe MP can lend WordPress insights. I just kind of start with current and kill obnoxious defaults. For a news site though you probably want a new enough version to have decent multiuser handling.
kakobrekla: could not figure out for the hell of it wtf
kakobrekla: i was in the middle of bbet maintenance when suddenly everything stopped working
BingoBoingo: Everyone has their vices. BingoBlog's first theme was some swiss named default offered in lieu of ugly ass 20XX
kakobrekla: fuck me. one of these days im gonna have a heart attack.
cazalla: would you suggest latest wordpress ver or reverting to an older one? i have not used it much since 2.x
cazalla: i use to use thesis for my wordpress sites though
BingoBoingo: cazalla: Doesn't really get simpler. And as you get ideas about the look, you build from it.
cazalla: BingoBoingo, simpler the theme, the better
BingoBoingo: And suggestions, like Toolbox is the only useful Wordpress theme
BingoBoingo: cazalla: From the start I will be willing to contribute articles.
cazalla: i figure modelling it after coinfire without all the silliness would be a start, see if i stick at it longer than a few months and then maybe bring some more people on board
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