asciilifeform: at all other times, blox are a 'push' mechanism. and naturally ~100% of all incoming pushing is prb idiocy
asciilifeform: because why would it. iirc we had this thread, node ONLY CHECKS IF BEHIND when BOOTING !!
asciilifeform: meanwhile, in the world of sad prototypes : asciilifeform discovered ( and why did it have to be ' asciilifeform discovered ...' when other folx were nominally also testing...) that trb node with 'wires' still happily falls behind by 100s of blox, and never catches up,
asciilifeform: then why in satan's name interface with 2legged cockroaches
asciilifeform: i suppose you can have weekly-fresh-cunts XOR only-ever-talking-to-people-who-are-people☟︎
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: where do you find these ??
asciilifeform: only so-much room. and long time no worldwar.
asciilifeform: physical world 'ain't made of rubber'
asciilifeform: also what would one have to smoke, to believe that there's any btc, usd, zimbabwe dollars, dubloons, etc. left in the smoking ruin.
asciilifeform: see also 'plumbing practice', j. w. clarke, 1888
asciilifeform: the key insight, to use water as the SOLE moving part inside the shit-contacting subunit of the device, took ~200y from the first 'water closets' of modern europe...
asciilifeform: ( 1700s ! but doesn't it look quite 'steampunk'... )
asciilifeform: or in the third column, the comp, still in its maxim/luger/pancloset phase.
asciilifeform: or in the other column, the maxim gun, dozens of small parts, like sewing machine
asciilifeform: consider the -- quite malodorous -- 'pan closet', for instance. >> https://archive.is/VstFy << mechanical, moving parts, touched -- and slowly accumulated -- shit
asciilifeform finds the history of the shitter a fascinating thing, in that it followed in same pattern as, e.g., small arms -- i.e. went through a peak of RIDICULOUS complexity before finally simplified into modern form.
asciilifeform: hm i assumed it was, given the stories
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes ought complain to obummer.
asciilifeform: 'tis indeed the 'gentoo of toilet valve'.
asciilifeform: or you will get the dreaded double-gurgle
asciilifeform: be aware, you ~will~ have to calibrate the float.
asciilifeform: oh and : bring a hacksaw, often ancient flush lever has the nut rusted solid, you will not be able to turn it out, gotta slice through the 'antikythera'
asciilifeform: ( it has this flexible throat thing so as to fit every possible tank arse )
asciilifeform: be sure to lather the rubber throat with heavy plumber's grease when you put the thing in, or it'll eventually leak.
asciilifeform: 4) useful shelf life of a li-ion cell is <4y
asciilifeform: 3) cheap (couplea hundy usd) tab-welders are shite
asciilifeform: in mostly unrelated lulz, asciilifeform found that 1) most recent manufacture dates of batteries sold for classic thinkpads are all ~2013 2) mircea_popescu was unfortunately wrong, chinese LiIon cells have ~not~ improved, they have cheapened further still, expected useful life of a battery is ~year (less, with heavy use)
asciilifeform: hanbot: this is still lulzy given as i was quite certain that all foreign rat shacks used the brand 'tandy' and vanished in late '80s
asciilifeform: these are still alive, but 1) get 0 new inventory, at least not from the old mothership 2) will be asked to change their name, if/when somebody buys the old one
asciilifeform: they have a handful of 'franchise' shops in usa also
asciilifeform: halfword, rather than word, at a time, because of the idiocy of compilers, which LOSE the carry flag (see last 4 or so threads re subj)
asciilifeform: compared performance of 'kindergarten' multiplier ( halfword at a time, uses machine's MUL instr. which apparently IS constant-time on x86 (but NOT on arm! would need test routine at warmup to establish if can use MUL ) )
