asciilifeform: they also had nfi re gene expression, regulation mechanism, etc.
asciilifeform: but the lie by omission, in this analysis, is : so did vavilov & co.
asciilifeform: and it is not difficult to paint like this, because d00d operated with pre-modern conceptions of genetic mechanism ( his was lamarck-style. )
asciilifeform: in 1990s-era 'expose' crapolade, the former is painted as 'devil', 'evil genius pseudoscientist', etc.
asciilifeform: let's briefly visit another time, place : the showdown between lysenko and vavilov.☟︎
asciilifeform: ( has about as much to do with the original psychology as modern chinese 'communism', with lenin . )
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: psychology, such as described here, unfortunately found a second life -- propping up american pharma 'industry'.
asciilifeform: psychology was simply fashionable in '50s. today -- same role filled by other stillborn disciplines.
asciilifeform: the same folx switched later to faux-mathematics, faux-softwaredevelopment, etc.
asciilifeform: ( v. pelevin had a hilarious b00k where , in future, 'alexey maresyev' (ww2 ace with 0 legs) 'school of flight', cosmonauts MUST lose legs, it was hilarious )
asciilifeform: Framedragger: other point is that involvement in a 'movement' characterized by organized intellectual dishonesty -- is not compartmentalizable. it makes me question the 'activist''s entire career.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu can probably also tell how many years a wine aged by naked eye.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: can only tell if the dye is poor, or runs, etc. was the idea.
asciilifeform: but as it is, they have 'movement' which consistently and insistently lies about various aspects. for not especially inscrutable political reasons.
asciilifeform: Framedragger: there'd be no even theoretical 'suppressed', think.
asciilifeform: it'd be like dyed hair, you have nfi whose hair is dyed.
asciilifeform: Framedragger: think about it. if it worked --- there's be no 'they'.
asciilifeform: Framedragger: the more general observation is that if 'trans'-creation worked worth a tinker's damn, there would be no 'activist category' for it, there'd be just a set of, e.g., chix, with peculiar biographies that nobody but their mothers even have to know about, theoretically
asciilifeform: quite analogous to what the familiar compiler does .
asciilifeform: Framedragger: vlsi today simply refers to the practice of auto-generating (rather than drawing by hand) an ic layout, using 'basic blocks'
asciilifeform: 'The group is asking Buytaert to reexamine Garfield's case and, if he was not found to be violating Drupal's code of conduct, issue a public apology. They also want Buytaert to update Drupal's code to ban discrimination based on "peaceful, consensual, law-abiding beliefs" and craft clear rules on code of conduct that will be applied openly.' << this, apparently.
asciilifeform: 'we are vehemently opposed to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying, doxxing, secret trials, and digging up information on members' personal lives."' << really nao, appelbaum?
asciilifeform: ( what 'red blooded man' and where, uses 'drupal', and for what ?? )
asciilifeform: the lulzy bit, is that the entire 'project' would not exist then.
asciilifeform: some thing has NO business ever being 'convenient'.
asciilifeform: if folx start 'conveniencing' and auto-sending pgpgrams, it will become necessary to require outer signatures (i.e. over ciphertext) and i, for example, will simply not read messages from anyone i suspect of auto-sending.
asciilifeform: nor is it purely a matter of 'oh, i'll automate sending, asciilifeform can choose whether to automate decoding'
asciilifeform: how? and have you thought about how possibly other people do not ~want~ this 'convenience' ? i for instance have no intention of ever automating any part of my pgp process. whatsoever.
asciilifeform: (unless you want to dispute whether it is correct to say 'hashpower' if someone somewhere is mining using a non-bruteforce algo, 'cheating', or with whatever witchcraft that doesn't require walking the hash)
asciilifeform: 'clients stop using federated checkpoints when if RSK hashing power is over 66% of the maximum BTC hashing difficulty observed in the best chain and the fees paid in a block are higher or equal to the average reward of a Bitcoin block.' << first, afaik, instance of altshitcoin audacious enough to have hardcoded embrace&extinguish automated detector.
asciilifeform: 'RSK WILL NEVER PROPOSE A FORK TO INTERVENE IN A SITUATION BETWEEN PARTIES OR USERS SUCH AS THE DAO SITUATION' << allcaps, mustbetrue!
asciilifeform: 'RSK miners cannot double-spend, as the Federation provides the checkpointing service, and every Federation member node is highly connected to the RSK network to prevent Sybil attacks. The Federation will use the checkpointing power to prevent reorganizations of high depth which are not related to a protocol fault. The Federation cannot double-spend, as a Federation member is not allowed to checkpoint two blocks having conflicting t
asciilifeform: sooooooo apparently mutilation of bitcoin is part of the plan.
asciilifeform: 'At least 51% percent of the Federation members signatures are required to transfer bitcoins out of the peg wallet. However, once Bitcoin soft-forks to support the drivechain BIP RSK proposed, unlocking funds from the peg will require 51% percent acknowledgement by the merge-mining hashing power as well. '
asciilifeform: 'Bitcoin cannot verify the authenticity of balances on another blockchain. When a user intends to convert BTC to SBTC, some BTC are locked in Bitcoin and the same amount of SBTC is unlocked in RSK. '
