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a111: Logged on 2018-06-11 15:46 asciilifeform: one interesting observation, is that the update mechanism lets you flash in arbitrary crapola into 'rw' section ( it simply won't jump to it if it doesn't pass rsa(sha256(payload)) ) . so theoretically could put a nop sled there, ending with jump into the magic half of unlock routine. and then expose the thing to beta/gamma, and perhaps in a few months it will Do
The Right Thing a111: Logged on 2018-06-11 15:46 asciilifeform: one interesting observation, is that the update mechanism lets you flash in arbitrary crapola into 'rw' section ( it simply won't jump to it if it doesn't pass rsa(sha256(payload)) ) . so theoretically could put a nop sled there, ending with jump into the magic half of unlock routine. and then expose the thing to beta/gamma, and perhaps in a few months it will Do
The Right Thing a111: Logged on 2018-06-11 15:46 asciilifeform: one interesting observation, is that the update mechanism lets you flash in arbitrary crapola into 'rw' section ( it simply won't jump to it if it doesn't pass rsa(sha256(payload)) ) . so theoretically could put a nop sled there, ending with jump into the magic half of unlock routine. and then expose the thing to beta/gamma, and perhaps in a few months it will Do
The Right Thing a111: Logged on 2018-04-10 15:40 ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: aok; i'm baffled as to why throwing a file to the running php process for evaluation would be so slow under apache but not nginx; but mod_php looks to be
The Right Thing ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: aok; i'm baffled as to why throwing a file to the running php process for evaluation would be so slow under apache but not nginx; but mod_php looks to be
The Right Thing ☟︎ mod6: it used to be in my V 99994 i would just blindly press all of the leaves, but that's was rejected as not
the right thing. but with the good changes that 99993 brings in, could let the user choose at press time. just food for thought.
phf: these kind of flags are set by ~xml~ files inside gnat's gprbuild support files, so there can be a general patch on gnat to do
the right thing phf: mod6: right, that's
the right thing to do; for a longest time i was still pressing with the original v.py, but i suspect most people (except maybe ascii) use v.pl at this point
mod6: <+asciilifeform> to me it looks completely indefensible. <+asciilifeform> WHY should boot time be special ? << aha, to me your change there seems like
the Right Thing deedbot: asciilifeform updated rating of danielpbarron from 2 to 3 << operates heathenbux-denominated FUCKGOATS dealership; trb experimenter; history of doing
The Right Thing deedbot: asciilifeform updated rating of BingoBoingo from 3 to 4 << long history of consistently doing
The Right Thing; bisp expeditionary force; inquire within.
a111: Logged on 2018-01-20 15:53 mircea_popescu: this is not even a fair statement : if you notice such a call in your log fail, it is YOUR item that is broken. the assumption that you're pingbackable is in fact ~
The Right Thing~.
mircea_popescu: this is not even a fair statement : if you notice such a call in your log fail, it is YOUR item that is broken. the assumption that you're pingbackable is in fact ~
The Right Thing~.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: there's a natural tendency to do
the right thing that needs lengthy and elaborate stamping out before you get the full blown jwz.
a111: Logged on 2017-08-21 14:43 phf: i spent (mostly another whisperer and myself did) on getting vlm stable, and i'm unconvinced that some of the issues we encountered were purely "buggy vlm". there is, for example, a crash in floating point instruction that happens when you load document examiner on stock piratebay opengenera. i have no explanation for it still, because vlm code ~seems to do
the right thing~. there are other similar instances
trinque: I'm confused; is "
the right thing" the two bitcents?
mod6: the idea behind leaving the .gnupgtmp around after execution, is there because i wanted it to be there. not weather this is
the Right Thing or not.
ben_vulpes: mod6: it's not a personal attack, i disagree that i agreed that v.pl was doing
the Right Thing in leaving ~/.gnupgtmp hanging around
a111: Logged on 2017-12-26 23:02 mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-26#1758790 << especially in the light of 1. move/rename 2. edit double-patch method this seems more and more like
the right thing ; but then again what to do of regrinds ? regrind should ideally be "one patch out of many"
ben_vulpes: it may be that tracking hashes at the file level isn't
the right thing, because with vdiff as implemented i can trivially generate a vpatch b while working from a press of a that nevertheless still only depends on genesis if a leaves files untouched and b touches those untouched files only
mircea_popescu: solid and patient improvements towards
the right thing ; but preferably after db fix & client split as discussed.
mod6: Hmm. Ok, well, there *might be* a quick fix to this on my end -- not withstanding important original design flaws pointed out by asciilifeform above ^, seems that I have a possible idiotic thing in my toposort. Once removed, *appears* to do
The Right Thing.
mircea_popescu: this'd require all file movements to be a separate patch, as you can't both move and edit in the same go. which imo is bonus
the right thing mircea_popescu: when you think "hey, ima do
the right thing, spend two years making ffa" you make some decisions. they're fine and good, inasmuch as they're yours. but to be decisions, they're the choice of something over something else.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it can't do
the right thing if i changed the explanation.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i think it is
the right thing, minus that she should prolly change that Recent Posts divbox to float right with the content rather than be fixed. but this is a one byte fix
mircea_popescu: both did
the right thing. first, teardown of the nonsense, with a lot of "unnecessary" collateral damage -- except if it weren't damaged it'd have been way the fuck necssary to damage it.
mircea_popescu:
the right thing would be for it to execute !!pay name if unambiguous and protest otherwise it needs an invoice number (or heck, just pay everything ?)
a111: Logged on 2017-08-29 02:59 asciilifeform: 'can't use bitcoin PERIOD' unless you have a proper, honest motherfucking node, with ALL the blocks' is
the Right Thing.
phf: i spent (mostly another whisperer and myself did) on getting vlm stable, and i'm unconvinced that some of the issues we encountered were purely "buggy vlm". there is, for example, a crash in floating point instruction that happens when you load document examiner on stock piratebay opengenera. i have no explanation for it still, because vlm code ~seems to do
the right thing~. there are other similar instances
☟︎☟︎ mircea_popescu: in any case, entirely incomparable items. yes, people do dumb shit all the time. but this doesn't mean people doing
the right thing should do it once and wear a vest "to make sure".
phf: well, if i were approaching this, i'd replay to 167998 or so, setup a script to ensure that every time i start trb it starts from that state. i would then see if on forward play it would wedge. i would then investigate what is the nature of wedging, and slowly instrument the code along the various paths to tell me where exactly it decides to stop doing
the right thing, etc.
mimisbrunnr: Logged on 2017-07-26 17:25 asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: imho the scheme currently in use by phf is
The Right Thing mod6: not a huge surprise, perhaps with all
the right things in place (if that's even possible) and it "works" then one could build a real one from it's source.
mircea_popescu: dumbfounding shitnonsense is this anyway. i do the things i do because they ARE!
the right things to do. present fucking tense. not because i'm hopping such and such a tomorrow as'll make them retrospectively
the right things. wtf is even this, inflatothink.
mircea_popescu: making everything depend on gossipd present and running is
the right thing anyway.
a111: Logged on 2017-07-16 06:02 mircea_popescu: pretty sure it simply drops non-ascii chars silently. which is
the right thing at that.
mircea_popescu: pretty sure it simply drops non-ascii chars silently. which is
the right thing at that.
☟︎ phf: they might be relying on gtk/kde password input boxes to do
the right thing trinque: really
the right thing to do here is sell a buncha fuckgoats, get asciilifeform rich, hire stable boy
mircea_popescu: yeah. it sounds like
the right thing but in the process of so sounding hides under a welded shut hood all the design trade-offs which'll need to be made.
mircea_popescu: "oh, we said we were a replication -- just, not of
the right thing!" , typical americana "this will hold until someone looks at it". from the legal system to everywhere else, country's chock full of that hopeful nonsense.
scriba: Logged on 2017-03-28: [23:51:43] <phf> it's not the static linking that gets you, it's the lack of stable abi. binary loads, but fails to do
the right thing on system call
phf: it's not the static linking that gets you, it's the lack of stable abi. binary loads, but fails to do
the right thing on system call
mircea_popescu: which is why corruption is
the right thing, and anyone "fighting corruption" should be raped and then gutted.
danielpbarron: it may be the case that nobody is qualified to do the execution, but execution is still
the right thing. Jesus told that whore to "sin no more"