asciilifeform: imho it is interesting and very pete_dushenski's-porche-esque, you can buy a $2k+ chair and still plastic.☟︎
asciilifeform: but no steel wheels today, and you can't buy'em, It Would Be Wrong
asciilifeform: ( my brother still uses it, it looks and works entirely the same today as when found )
asciilifeform: because i found one in a skip in early '90s
asciilifeform: very interestingly, i happen to know that comp chairs at one time came with steel wheels
asciilifeform: prolly suffices if you avoid 'hard landings' lol
asciilifeform: treestump i suspect is even ergonomically an improvement over most chinese chair..
asciilifeform only buys chairs with 5mm+ of steel between piston and arsehole
asciilifeform: ( iirc the photo was linked here, couplea yrs ago )
asciilifeform: whenever i think of cheap 100%finestchinesium officechairs, i think of the famous 'overpressure piston impalement' chair.☟︎
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-09-14#1714258 << funkenstein was an odd d00d: shat on trb, but lifted it wholesale for use in his altwhatever; today hangs in kakolandia and misses no chance to hurrdurrmpisafraud etc☝︎
asciilifeform: trinque: didja 'libraryize' the crypto routines? or how did you end up doing it.
asciilifeform: on second reading, thing is optical, which is fucking
asciilifeform: as for the peculiar iron box and led display, it's a straight rework of old sov calc chassis, which is telltale evidence of when item was designed : '80s, the last time anything interesting happened in orcistan.
asciilifeform: item is really hightech version of ye olde glass rod.
asciilifeform: i'ma jpegize it laters if anyone gives actual shit.
asciilifeform: but is also used, incl. in konsoomer mtgox keyz etc
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: time counter is tricky because clock drift
asciilifeform: presumably these were also used in n00kz ( they were used in konsoomer items for some unknown to me reason, i have a calculator still with virginal seal on bolts )
asciilifeform: pictured toolbox also seems to contain items for use with babylonian-style seals
asciilifeform: ( and we had the babylonian seals thread. standardized seals are useless. but magic value that sram forgets if boobytrap sprung, is prolly best physicaltamper trap possible short of keeping subject under own pillow to guard )
asciilifeform: americans had ( have? ) similar concept
asciilifeform: presumably verified magickeyz that cleared if boobyswitch sprung
asciilifeform: ( exactly like the broadcom remoteroot from 6mo ago. except this one is an overflowism IN THE SPEC rather than any particular chip's implementation )
asciilifeform: oh hey did we do yesterday's nsa bluetooth remoteroot burn ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: in english i think called 'flyback'
asciilifeform: speaking of lost tech, can haz ivory micrograph yet, phf ?
asciilifeform did not grow up in moscow, and spent a total of couplea days there, as a kid, never saw this item sadly
asciilifeform: construction and assembly the young lab tech did with his own hands.'
asciilifeform: the major breakthrough in holography was made from very common materials, which shows the astonishing dedication, enthusiasm despite a total lack of support from management
asciilifeform: 'the bobbin, in all likelihood, was from some truck. in the early years denisyuk used it for igniting the mercury lamp, it served at first the function of the yet-uninvented laser. nearby is a capacitor by siemens, a transformer, definitely scavenged, found on some post-war scrapyard
asciilifeform: ержки со стороны руководства. Сборочные и монтажные работы молодой лаборант производил самостоятельно.'
asciilifeform: матор, явно трофейные, найденные на какой-нибудь свалке послевоенных лет. Крупное открытие в голографии было сотворено из самых обычных материалов, что свидетельствует об удивительной увлеченности, энтузиазме при полном отсутствии подд
asciilifeform: 'Бобина, по всей вероятности, от какого-то грузовика. В первые годы Денисюк использовал ее для поджигания ртутной лампы, она выполняла поначалу функции не изобретенного еще лазера. Рядом расположен конденсатор производства SIEMENS и трансфор
