tmsr - Search: duct tape

trinque: asciilifeform: will find time this weekend to do the minimal duct tape to keep the thing connected, probably amounts to simply lopping off ssl

asciilifeform: the net is ~entirely from duct tape, it's sorta surprising it even worx at all on most days.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: re 'ebuilds', as i understand trinque's angle was/is to organically replace gentoo's ebuild duct tape with vtron

a111: Logged on 2019-05-29 08:51 spyked: http://btcbase.org/log/2019-05-22#1915245 <-- in other c coad, /me spent his last 2-3 weeks looking at the tcp stack implementation in linus' kernel. it is truly a fungus, macguyvered with duct tape and rubber bands, such that changing one line almost anywhere breaks shit all over the place.

spyked: http://btcbase.org/log/2019-05-22#1915245 <-- in other c coad, /me spent his last 2-3 weeks looking at the tcp stack implementation in linus' kernel. it is truly a fungus, macguyvered with duct tape and rubber bands, such that changing one line almost anywhere breaks shit all over the place. ☝︎☟︎☟︎

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: for bonus lulz, there is also the 'duct tape' hypothesis. iirc in zimmerman's orig. 'pgp', ~straight fermat~ ( carmichaelizable! ) was used as the sole litmus.

a111: Logged on 2018-04-24 02:10 trinque: the !!subscribe lever is detached, yes, since it used to run back to a pretty sad pile of duct tape.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: it's a completely textbook case, aha, of 'we pulled on the duct tape and after 2 tonnes of pull it comes off'

asciilifeform: aha. it's the basic labour of writing sane proggy -- tossing out the duct tape & replacing with sumthing that actually worx

asciilifeform: once it ~does~ exist, and fully displaces the duct tape, then yes i'ma start regrinding other things , and i expect then mod6 -- trb, etc

asciilifeform: phf: try an' see from my pov : i get a 'goddamn stop using old v' , go an' uncrate the replacement, and turns out it ain't a plug-in replacement but a set of pieces and a roll of duct tape

asciilifeform: ( linked document is a riot, generous admixture of liberasty, dumbest possible architectural ??? , perl duct tape, junk electronics, etc )

trinque: the !!subscribe lever is detached, yes, since it used to run back to a pretty sad pile of duct tape. ☟︎

a111: Logged on 2017-02-09 18:04 asciilifeform: regex belongs in the tool chest next to 'duct tape'.

asciilifeform: 1 , the subhuman simian kind, where duct tape is added. other -- when screaming living flesh is removed, as necessary.

asciilifeform: it's the wolframalpha problem -- doing a proper job is ai-complete. so attempting the job at all results in a duct tape perlism that 'works on a good day', when the wind is just-so

mircea_popescu: i can't read it any other way than "my racing toolkit consists of duct tape, cyanoacrylate, and just-add-water wheel assemblages to be bolted down on any 2x2 inch flat surface you might wish".

mircea_popescu: all "sawing through the cage" proposals i've seen to date (and a major part of what i do is look for exactly that) consist of either idle wankery (german philosophy school etc) or else "here's how to cut a two inch hole in the wall, stick a paper bag out of there, and duct tape it to the hole from outside". ty... but... this replaces a wall with a paper bag ? "yes, but it goes FURTHER OUT!!" sure, but i still know it like my

mircea_popescu: duct tape.

mircea_popescu: asciilifeform cut up cardboard, coupla inches larger than window, duct-tape on.

mircea_popescu: at all points duct tape can keep it shut. the opening muscles are very weak indeed. the closing muscles however... 50kN, like fucking metal press.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: according to the $sources, they dun dig 'ditch', but very low-effort and laughably shallow holes, with, e.g., duct tape 'flag' sticking out; underneath park benches; etc

asciilifeform: 'all you need is a miniature black hole and some duct tape! otherwise, 100% solid physics!1111'

asciilifeform: general-purpose db, it turns out, is ALWAYS The Wrong Tool For Every Job (tm) -- like duct tape, and 'visegrip'...

BingoBoingo: Common "Duct tape" is too vulnerable to temperature fluctuations and decomposition to be useful on ducts

BingoBoingo: <thestringpuller> duct tape is useful for actual ducting... << NO!!! For that you need a Mastic Ducting tape!

mircea_popescu: "how do you fuck a chicken ?" "wrap it in duct tape" "and how do you fuck a cockroach ?" "wrap it in duct tape and fuck it with usg scientific penis."

asciilifeform: 'moral' of this thread is - phuctor stretches the limits of disk, fs, db, various shoddy duct tape that makes up modern kompyooooting shitsoup

asciilifeform: Framedragger: pgp is a sad, duct-tape-laden thing, as discussed on plenty of occasions in the logz. but the proliferation of psyop 'alternatives' casts it in a surprisingly good light.

mircea_popescu: basically, these concerns previously glued together in o'reilly brand duct tape just came apart, and will have to be re-negotiated socially.

ben_vulpes: can't tell how poorly without actually trying to duct-tape more open sores together, though.

a111: Logged on 2016-06-09 20:43 mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-09#1479266 << mno. it bonds well the skin, and ftr cutman (boxing item) actually had a very duct-tape-y thing before ducttape, and used cyanoacrylate early also. but no such things as "cut liver", infection is the larger problem there.

mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-09#1479266 << mno. it bonds well the skin, and ftr cutman (boxing item) actually had a very duct-tape-y thing before ducttape, and used cyanoacrylate early also. but no such things as "cut liver", infection is the larger problem there. ☝︎☟︎

mircea_popescu: thestringpuller> if already nigga rigged, might as well duct tape the whole thing << that's actually not even the worst solution.

mircea_popescu: i think it is built out of duct tape and spit, and the process is not reproducible outside of sheer luck.

BingoBoingo: <nubbins`> telling people to shut up and drink their oil << When plasticar was geared up in "Mad Max" mode with duct tape everywhere it was the mega trucks which offered it the widest berths.

shinohai: thx pete_dushenski .... might buy a few hundred, duct tape them together and melt the white house

mircea_popescu: does it move ? yes -> should it ? yes no problem / no -> duct tape | no -> should it ? yes wd40 no - >no p[roblem

mircea_popescu: just, you know, imagine my face when it shone through one layer of duct tape ff

mircea_popescu had girl make herself shocking device out of mono copper cable, duct tape and a dozen 1.5 volters. FOR PUNISHMENT

mircea_popescu: gpg as-is is at best a duct tape solution.

asciilifeform: reminiscent of what mircea_popescu suggested, but with moar duct tape and chicken wire

phf: mircea_popescu: in the duct tape programmer spolsky used jamie zawinski, jwz, as his main example, and i think it's an odd, backhanded characterization, that's mainly there to drive a point about something that spolsky imagined

asciilifeform: why engineer anything, when a bottomless supply of monkeys with 'duct tape' can be had.

ascii_modem: so far there is no structure remotely enough to take up the weight if the duct tape is ripped out

ben_vulpes: it just takes the "duct tape the jet fighter to the submarine" mindset to a revolting degree

mircea_popescu hands ascii_field a roll of duct tape and taped old tv shows

asciilifeform: out of duct tape and chewing gum, and, to add insult to injury, cannot really be rebuilt

mircea_popescu: so it's duct tape, basically.

mircea_popescu: anyway, it was good enough for the webpage + guestbook era, which is back when it shone. everything goes away eventually, and the duct tape and chewed gum contraptions holding togethere the everyman's arpanet especially so.

mircea_popescu: duct tape ?

ben_vulpes: ('here, let me duct tape a bunch of libs together so you get emails when your derps break the cpp compiled into the android code')

BingoBoingo: What does a 3D printer actually fix that a roll of Duct tape doesn't fix faster and better?

gribble: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nigga+rigged | nigga rigged. Half assed way of fixing something that is busted. Often involving duct tape or whatever your broke ass has layin around the house. That fool nigga ...

punkman: "Your editor's laptop recently started to fall apart, to the point that some sort of action was required. Duct tape was considered as a solution; it would show that LWN is making careful use of its subscription revenues"

mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo how does duct tape get a bad rap ? i used it for a sex act earlier today!

BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I know duct tape gets a bad rap around here, but... duct tape

asciilifeform is reminded of a recent trip to a hardware store, where he saw an entire rack of different kinds of 'duct tape', of nominally greater and greater strengths.