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(trilema) nubbins`: ID will give you ED. smart fella
(trilema) nubbins` has moved onto "automotive grade" urethane-based inks for fine art prints
(trilema) nubbins`: and i mean the black was still JET fucking black.
(trilema) nubbins`: still immaculately vibrant after spending an entire Canadian winter outdoors
(trilema) nubbins`: i occasionally silkscreen posters for outdoor usage; imagine my pride upon discovering, in late April, a poster I'd adhered to an outdoor pole in early november
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu +1
(trilema) nubbins`: but TBF the only things i actually digitally-print end up sandwiched between book covers
(trilema) nubbins`: gamut and color accuracy over lightfastness, even.
(trilema) nubbins` uses dye inks rather than pigments, (perhaps foolishly) choosing gamut over lightfastness
(trilema) nubbins`: ink longevity has come a long way since then too
(trilema) nubbins`: iirc epson picked up the fine-art slack when IRIS declined
(trilema) nubbins`: have seen "authentic" giclees, they're a rare bird these days
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway you're correct, turns out IRIS printers use electrostatic too
(trilema) nubbins`: now we're measuring intercourse by the speed of thrusts?
(trilema) nubbins`: micro piezo = voltage-controlled ink density
(trilema) nubbins`: (micro piezo heads instead of shit "bubble jet" heads -- the spirit of IRIS lives on in Epson printers today)
(trilema) nubbins`: which were... inkjets.
(trilema) nubbins`: but in total seriousness, giclee was originally meant to specifically refer to printouts from IRIS brand printers
(trilema) nubbins`: i don't even have the same parts
(trilema) nubbins`: really, yep
(trilema) nubbins`: full stop.
(trilema) nubbins`: yep and the actual thing was -- a fancy inkjet printer.
(trilema) nubbins`: because that's the worth of an inkjet print
(trilema) nubbins`: from the french, "to squirt jizz"
(trilema) nubbins`: adlai traditionally in the art world, people like to refer to inkjet prints as "giclee"
(trilema) nubbins`: fuck, print it on newspaper
(trilema) nubbins`: TBF there's nothing inherently wrong with digitally-printed books, if having the book stand the test of time isn't a requirement
(trilema) nubbins`: 430-page limit!
(trilema) nubbins`: digital print? zzz
(trilema) nubbins`: and 1-2k is not "quantity"
(trilema) nubbins`: TYL offset printing is expensive
(trilema) nubbins`: i'd make a thousand copies for cheaper than that, and they'd be printed by hand
(trilema) nubbins`: twenty pages
(trilema) nubbins`: "my god, it's full of stars" but w/ little poop vortices or w/e instead
(trilema) nubbins`: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=11-12-2015#1341100 <<< if i had to choose a singular event that fully kindled my nihilism, it would be studying nonlinear dynamics in depth
(trilema) nubbins`: poor bryan
(trilema) nubbins`: "OPERATORS: No precedence, executed left to right, parenthesize as desired. 2+3*10 yields 50."
(trilema) nubbins`: the company literally had to get a local college to offer a course in it, and they sent an employee over to teach it
(trilema) nubbins`: still exists
(trilema) nubbins`: ("what's that?" exactly)
(trilema) nubbins`: i worked at a company that does ~$1bn in annual revenue, all back-end is accessed via RPG IV
(trilema) nubbins`: you see some bizarre shit in industry
(trilema) nubbins`: we should try to get martin shkreli in here
(trilema) nubbins`: fuckin wanker
(trilema) nubbins`: each one yooneek!
(trilema) nubbins`: hand-printed on test print paper
(trilema) nubbins`: my card is neat
(trilema) nubbins`: this is almost as impressive as my genesis-block copy of the times
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform +1, it's even gilded.
(trilema) nubbins`: there's a guy selling one of Carl Mark Force IV's business cards
(trilema) nubbins`: i've only seen poor quality ones in the wild so far
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway, i figure counterfeits are a much more common issue going forward
(trilema) nubbins`: shadows, even!
(trilema) nubbins`: today, for the first time outside of casascius' blog, i see a photo of an un-lasered sticker in an auction on the gooftalk forum
(trilema) nubbins`: the holo stickers for the 1btc silvers were too large for the space on the coin & tended to lift at the edges, making for very easy solvent insertion -- most stickers were then burned around the rim with a laser to make a fried-on messy ring that allowed the sticker to lay flatter and ostensibly would reveal tampering more easily (they still flaked, saw it with mine own)
(trilema) nubbins`: i recall a discussion in which it was posited that a device to read private key would be easy enough to make
(trilema) nubbins`: i expect this to be the minimum going forward
(trilema) nubbins`: for those who are interested in matters of pedigree, i just sold a casascius coin and the buyer paid an additional 1btc to have the pgp chain of custody extended
(trilema) nubbins`: yfw vexual is satoshi
(trilema) nubbins` weeps with laughter
(trilema) nubbins`: says he hasn't even listened to it yet
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
(trilema) nubbins`: !seen mitch_callahan
(trilema) nubbins`: !s dolezal
(trilema) nubbins`: by this metric, a sketchbook and pencil is more powerful than any computer
(trilema) nubbins`: powerful enough!
(trilema) nubbins`: EVERY STEP
(trilema) nubbins`: post a couple pix when you get a chance, as long as it hasn't been chewed by a dog i'll give you 1.5 for it
(trilema) nubbins`: haha well check it out
(trilema) nubbins`: spelling error in holo?
(trilema) nubbins`: would prob buy it off you
(trilema) nubbins`: year? brass/silver?
(trilema) nubbins`: just goes to show most old-timers are lucky goofs
(trilema) nubbins`: honestly baffled as to why nobody thought pedigree was important for something that's so easy to counterfeit
(trilema) nubbins` checks spreadsheet
(trilema) nubbins`: right now i've got 4, missing 1, prob will never get it.
(trilema) nubbins`: more of a passive thing these days. i've been trying to get a full set of silvers with pgp docs
(trilema) nubbins` told doofuses to get em while they could, few listened
(trilema) nubbins`: so it would appear that casascius has stopped responding to requests for PGP chains of custody
(trilema) nubbins`: i hope this doesn't mean their readership is gonna end up here
(trilema) nubbins`: gross, daily mail did a story on twodogs.
(trilema) nubbins`: wait, rhetoric. sry.
(trilema) nubbins`: honest pay for honest work
(trilema) nubbins`: cut me some slack, i'm essentially a luddite these days
(trilema) nubbins`: tbh didn't really realize this was still a thing
(trilema) nubbins`: (naturopath?!)
(trilema) nubbins`: GP or specialist?
(trilema) nubbins`: doesn't care about medical records o.O
(trilema) nubbins`: i was under the impression that kaspersky et al had snagged most of the decrypt keys?
(trilema) nubbins`: these meeting minutes are fucking pathetic
(trilema) nubbins`: Bruce also feels like there maybe some Foundation Bitcoin lost and floating around. Brock says there are some blockchain analytics companies, it may be worthwhile to have them look at the foundation wallets in case there is bitcoin missin
(trilema) nubbins`: <+mircea_popescu> yeah, they remember being dinosaurs like i remember being lucy, the fatass african woman. << mp for someone who natively speaks a romance lang, you're not very romantic ;/
(trilema) nubbins`: so weird, biology
(trilema) nubbins`: dude, i remember that too!
(trilema) nubbins`: tbh i think they remember being dinosaurs, and they miss it.
(trilema) nubbins`: i like his attitude
(trilema) nubbins`: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=08-12-2015#1338948 << incidentally, we publish a psychedelic-dipped book of common local birds; my favourite illustration is the Black Guillemot, who is quite obviously being as loud as he fucking can, simply because he's a bird and it feels good to do so
(trilema) nubbins`: and i don't think there were many flukes or windfalls this far east
(trilema) nubbins`: lotta keefes in the ground out west
(trilema) nubbins`: before scrounging enough to build a more permanent home
(trilema) nubbins`: my great-grandparents floated over on the Empress of Ireland and lived in a canvas tent in Banff for 5 years
(trilema) nubbins`: dude i'm 33, the parents are still living
(trilema) nubbins`: halifax sux
(trilema) nubbins`: or their tenants
(trilema) nubbins`: and they DGAF about their rentals
(trilema) nubbins`: most landlords around here are more properly called slumlords
(trilema) nubbins`: the rest goes to the waltons, or the irvings, or whomever
(trilema) nubbins`: where maybe 5-10 cents of every dollar they spend stays in the community
(trilema) nubbins`: most landlords spend all their money at big box stores
(trilema) nubbins`: i buy local not because i'm a landlord but because i'm not an idiot
(trilema) nubbins`: on the whole, i disagree
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm spending it on my greedy self
(trilema) nubbins`: but i'm not building community spaces out of my profit either
(trilema) nubbins`: log says i do, yep
(trilema) nubbins`: besides, how's the landlord buying a new snowblower at Wal-Mart helping the local anything?
(trilema) nubbins`: in general
(trilema) nubbins`: landlords don't give a red fuck about their towns
(trilema) nubbins`: probably not, no.
(trilema) nubbins`: put another way, let's say you rent for a year. at the end of the year, what do you have to show for it?
(trilema) nubbins`: if you'd rather work less as time goes on, well, maybe buy?
(trilema) nubbins`: renting is fine if you wanna work forever
(trilema) nubbins`: i feel there's more value in one than the other, ymmv
(trilema) nubbins`: whether that's paying off a too-high mortgage or paying off someone ELSE'S too-high mortgage is his choice
(trilema) nubbins`: pete_dushenski maybe, maybe not. either way, he's gonna spend $12k/year on living space
(trilema) nubbins`: i actually received a new property assessment in the mail last week
(trilema) nubbins`: yam what i yam
(trilema) nubbins`: pete_dushenski now you've got empathy?!
(trilema) nubbins`: so the mortgage goes up $50/mo. big whoop.
(trilema) nubbins`: for someone like me, market value affects property tax, little else
(trilema) nubbins`: "don't borrow a lot of money unless you don't need to" is ok advice
(trilema) nubbins`: hope you saved yr oil money
(trilema) nubbins`: house worth 100k and you owe 200k? just keep living in it :P
(trilema) nubbins`: tbf it's not a lesson unless they wanna sell
(trilema) nubbins`: but telling them to rent after the fact is gibberish
(trilema) nubbins`: well, this, yes.
(trilema) nubbins`: yes, or rent in the first place
(trilema) nubbins`: "my house is worth 100k and i owe 200k" "so just rent"
(trilema) nubbins`: nl politics is weird
(trilema) nubbins`: voters can't handle much
(trilema) nubbins`: i dunno, maybe budget more?
(trilema) nubbins`: "it's weird, we blow our snowclearing budget by january 5th every year"
(trilema) nubbins`: tbf, if it happens every time, maybe just bump up the numbers from the start
(trilema) nubbins`: and then to american markets and beyond
(trilema) nubbins`: down thru NL and over the water to NS
(trilema) nubbins`: across the fucking long-range fucking mountains
(trilema) nubbins`: power lines running from labrador across the strait to the island
(trilema) nubbins`: eventually, anyway.
(trilema) nubbins`: massive boondoggle megaproject already billions over budget
(trilema) nubbins`: instead, we have muskrat falls
(trilema) nubbins`: pete_dushenski prudence woulda been putting the grease money into something else before it was too late
(trilema) nubbins`: and it costs $800/mo to rent a hammock in an unheated shed?
(trilema) nubbins`: because fort mac is full of fuckin shitty rednecks?
(trilema) nubbins`: we sorta put all our eggs in the oil basket
(trilema) nubbins`: 15 if we're lucky, 2 if not
(trilema) nubbins`: i may have to start out with basic things like "how to do anything besides walking around"
(trilema) nubbins`: !up Cristina
(trilema) nubbins`: !up btcdrak
(trilema) nubbins`: you quite literally would prob have to walk me through it
(trilema) nubbins`: ooop there comes the sky!
(trilema) nubbins`: i am in / why is everyone black
(trilema) nubbins`: the glow burns me ;/
(trilema) nubbins`: clicking things seems not to change avatar
(trilema) nubbins`: before i commit to this character, am i supposed to be able to change physical features?
(trilema) nubbins`: no trouble at all
(trilema) nubbins`: (they still fail but at least know why)
(trilema) nubbins`: until they come across my posts
(trilema) nubbins`: tons of noobs out there failing at screenprinting
(trilema) nubbins`: a different angle: what better way to encourage indebtedness to me?
(trilema) nubbins`: what fb indeed.
(trilema) nubbins`: there is no gigposters forum outside of the knowledgeable who post there
(trilema) nubbins`: why not pledge fealty to mp instead of TMSRO~
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu it's a schelling point, couldn't have found the actual people were it not for the venue
(trilema) nubbins`: in fact, i feel deeply indebted to the place, as i essentially learned my trade there
(trilema) nubbins` gives back to the commyoonity
(trilema) nubbins`: oddly... it works.
(trilema) nubbins`: gigposters has "premium membership" ($20/yr) and people get turbo shit-on if they ask too many questions w/o coughing up some funds
(trilema) nubbins`: odd thing to say about a forum
(trilema) nubbins`: gigposters forums are a wealth of info
(trilema) nubbins`: the mirror is for checking.
(trilema) nubbins`: ignore the watermark & url, these are my actual tools
(trilema) nubbins`: mix our own inks from scratch too
(trilema) nubbins`: it requires a couple years of abject failure to truly appreciate, but tyvm
(trilema) nubbins`: post #19 if you don't feel like waiting for the jump
(trilema) nubbins`: lemme find some close-up photos that will mean absolutely nothing to you
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm a technician more than anything
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm an exceptionally competent printer
(trilema) nubbins`: one crazy fucker bought 5 copies
(trilema) nubbins`: content is mostly irrelevant
(trilema) nubbins`: it's mostly a vehicle for advertising our skills at silkscreen printing
(trilema) nubbins`: not rly, i don't value yr opinion on art
(trilema) nubbins`: hand-printed, hand-bound!
(trilema) nubbins`: and published an art book
(trilema) nubbins`: i've been making homebrew
(trilema) nubbins`: ascii_field i left for 7 weeks and nobody but you wondered about me ;(
(trilema) nubbins`: really i retired from tech to stave off suicide later in life, but this is splitting hairs
(trilema) nubbins`: mp-but-no-mp is generous
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