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mircea_popescu: kanzure so what are you actually trying to make ?
kanzure: asciilifeform: so if you know mike then how do you know me
mircea_popescu: kasa32 you must have missed the part where i told you this is a civil matter.
kanzure: nah it's good to get out of that uh.. industry.
asciilifeform: i've been out of the business for some years, unfortunately.
kanzure: ABI etc got swallowed up and cancelled their manufacturing
kanzure: do you know of any synthesizer manufacturers that still exist? i'm aware of the refurb shops
asciilifeform: granted, 'fix' sometimes involves tearing out the electronics
kanzure: and ~$2k for "probably working" and $50k for "sorta new, or exactly new, except we know that nobody is building this crap anymore so we're not going to lie to you"
asciilifeform: much easier to fix a dead merrifield or whatnot than build all of civilization from raw materials
kanzure: last i looked the synthesizers bottom out on ebay at $400-$700 "maybe working"
asciilifeform: it is interesting to see the 'market' price of various things vs. the 'we buy it with u.s. tax dollars' price
asciilifeform: for pennies on the dollar
asciilifeform: and very serviceable surplus tech can be had by anyone
asciilifeform: one of the reasons why the 'DIY' bio instrumentation stuff is obscure is that ebay exists
kanzure: there was this oligo arrayer open source project that did it for ~$20k
kanzure: but again i think this approach is probably bad; why not just build a bigger version like the traditional machines
asciilifeform: not hard if you can get the beam sweet spot
asciilifeform: cut channels, then fuse
asciilifeform: 40w tube readily cuts glass
kanzure: right.. so some friends and i were putting together an idea for using lasers to build microfluidic chips.
asciilifeform: i intend to get there. one day.
kanzure: not worth my time
asciilifeform: the only way to get good at sourcing is to pay with one's lunch money
kanzure: it's entirely possible that i suck at sourcing
asciilifeform: it's ~1k today
kasa32: <mircea_popescu> you may want to prepare yourself for that scenario
kasa32: <mircea_popescu> US has authority to arrest you and bring you to the US. They have done this before. Just check Liberty Reserve incident
kanzure: and then you need to bother with photolithography and all sorts of other issues
kanzure: well to do dna synthesis on the scale that i want it, you need hundreds or thousands of microfluidic gates
kanzure: ideally you should limit the number of stupid-hard problems you are solving simultaneously..
kanzure: i've since determined that microfluidics is not the best way for now
kanzure: well that was an old presentation
kanzure: if machine price goes down then synthesis costs can be tweaked
kanzure: there's no good reason these machines should cost so much
kanzure: asciilifeform: terrible piles of crap, aren't they?
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asciilifeform: kanzure: neato. once worked with the 'abi 394' pictured on the 8th slide.
mircea_popescu: gotta save that one for when anyone asks what's in my fridge.
asciilifeform: kanzure: you still in that business?
bounce: oh right, "solitaire (cipher)", bruce schneier vehicle for the cryptonomicon
kanzure: asciilifeform: and they didn't put me on the paper anyway
kanzure: asciilifeform: that was a long time ago
mircea_popescu: "come to -assets. only a coupla hundred people here, but you probably have friends in common"
benkay: kanzure: nope. clients don't need all that.
mircea_popescu: well iirc this guy had some sort of cancer, so you might get your wish
asciilifeform: kanzure: i think you used to work with a chum of mine from uni
kanzure: mircea_popescu: there's also this person from theverge with my name.. sigh.
kanzure: mircea_popescu: interesting. there's a few people showing up with my name. i want them gone.
kanzure: benkay: that link is a good one for explaining it
kanzure: mircea_popescu: huh? probably not. i don't know who you are referring to.
bounce: I'd have to dig
mircea_popescu: kanzure you the comedy central guy ?
kanzure: bounce: do you have a link for that?
kanzure: benkay: the box builder automation stuff
mircea_popescu: benkay if they're not dockers, they're just pants.
bounce: rsa gets impractical quickly on paper, much less mentally. might look into that crypto by pack of cards thing though.
kanzure: benkay: do you use plover to build docker stuff
benkay: jurov: a link to my post there would be neat
mircea_popescu: kasa32 these are civil proceedings.
asciilifeform: mental rsa would be the ultimate in authentication.
benkay goes back to building docker images
jurov: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/21mgmt/havelock_investments_halts_trading_for_neo_bee/ here too
bounce basically never uses autocompletion. currently maybe not even bound to a key.
ozbot: Havelock Freezes NEOBEE Trading, ThickAsThieves Steps Down as Fund Manager
kanzure: asciilifeform: yes i'm sure there's someone, somewhere, doing rsa in head
tg2: Sec can't do much out of the us
tg2: and then repeat every 2x the previous time frame
asciilifeform: 'how i need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.'
kasa32: <mircea_popescu> are you afraid about US taking legal action? can they bring you to US to testify?
tg2: Pi to 1k only takes a few days
mircea_popescu: i wonder if there actually exists an irc client w/o autocompletion
asciilifeform: a la Trachtenberg's arithmetic
asciilifeform: when i was a student, i tried to work out a way to crank reasonably-heavy rsa mentally.
asciilifeform: stage magicians do it all the time
mircea_popescu: you need a client for it tho
asciilifeform: just has to be done correctly
mircea_popescu: for instance right now to have it spit out velacreations i type out vel and hit tab
mike_c: velacreations: tab-completion.
asciilifeform: interestingly, it is quite feasible to memorize 4096 bits
velacreations: mircea_popescu thanks, is there a way to reference their name just by clicking on it, or do I have to type it out every time?
kasa32: since then
kasa32: did they issue more veiled threats?
mircea_popescu: kasa32 the whole thing's published, http://trilema.com/2014/interacting-with-fiat-institution-a-guide/
kasa32: <mircea_popescu> can you tell us more about the letter you received from US authorities?
mircea_popescu: store btc as a service, if done right (like say bc.info used to do it) has its places. you go to trade some btc in ny central park, you take a blockchain url with you.
asciilifeform: and, for things one can't remember (e.g. gold, disk of warez) one can remember a hiding place
asciilifeform: most people can remember enough key to make keeping some physical thing or other a reasonable proposition
mircea_popescu: this already means you're using SOMETHING to remember your key, yes ?
asciilifeform: but the key to the key
mike_c: well, i think the service is more for those that can't secure their keys.
asciilifeform: proposing that people who can't remember keys can function in civilization seems like an especially cruel lie
asciilifeform: and everyone seems to be eager to visit
asciilifeform: the 'store btc as service' folks make my brain hurt. it's as if there were suddenly chains of mega-restaurants where they pre-chew food
mircea_popescu: velacreations irc highlights people when you mention their name, no need for @s and stuff.
velacreations: @ThickAsThieves how long have you known about the suspicious trading issues?
mircea_popescu: o the reuters gal.
frenchie: well that would be too easy
mircea_popescu: who was it that said she had called but then nobody picked up ?
frenchie: thanks TAT, what's your best guess at what's happening ?