asciilifeform: now it ~is~ possible to karatsubaize the thing, but in order for it to work -- ALL subroutines -- add, shifts, etc - will have to take an extra argument, L, for how-many-iterations to go for, rather than the current 'for i in Words'Range' .
asciilifeform: because ALL ops take same time, so karatsuma, toom-cook, etc. cannot work because they fundamentally rely on breaking large x*y into a number of smaller a1*b1, a2*b2, ...☟︎
asciilifeform: it makes an efficient mult routine impossible in principle
asciilifeform: in other noose, probably will have to rewrite ffa entirely
asciilifeform: notice the riot gear and masks on the crane d00dz
asciilifeform: as i understand this was a + rather than a -
asciilifeform: 19th iirc was really peak dyshygiene -- in 16th, not so many fluffy linens, and -- key -- delivery worked by, typically, some random old woman, rather than a 'pro' doc straight from dissectionary
asciilifeform: also one could interpret the burning as 'disinfect', but this is mistake, they thought of it merely as cleaning -- nobody thought to disinfect beds, or, more famously, hands.
asciilifeform: iirc the original obstetric forceps was a 1600s item, and somewhat different purpose from current : was meant to take out ~in pieces~ ( in event of 'guess what, hole is too small', strictly as alternative to becoming one of those corpse-in-a-corpse lulz-for-archaeologists to find )
asciilifeform sat with notebook on the grass near usg capitol, good weather, and was aaalmost getting somewhere in re fixed-time karatsuba, when suddenly massive RUSSIA OUT OF UKRAINE!1111 troop of 'protesters', drums, правый сектор ( ukronazi!111 ) flagz, etc, etc , marched past.
asciilifeform: same thing with pirate et al, no ? there was a time when usg nurtured and protected btc scammers of all types
asciilifeform: idiot lamers thought 'hey, six months of anticipatory drooling', sc4mz0r: 'hey, phreee loan'
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the 'take money and ship difficultyobsolete, dusty, and thermally raped asics 6 months later' folx were not much better
asciilifeform: in other lulz, https://archive.is/Bh25t >> '...the Education Department is paying its debt collectors up to $1,710 per borrower to collect around $45...'
asciilifeform: !~later tell danielpbarron iirc someone ( pete_dushenski ? ) recently had same problem, culprit was a corrupted ( passed through a www browser that raped the line endings ) vpatch.
