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(trilema) ben_vulpes: davout: how've you been?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: today i buy metal halides to light the office, because flourescents are the root of all evil.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ditch freenode when
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;ud garburator
(trilema) ben_vulpes: BingoBoingo: what to expect << i expect nothing, and so to be pleasantly surprised. is this a contradiction?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: can't tell if light logs or light fiatcorp workload
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> o look... i made a pun! << had to look twice
(trilema) ben_vulpes: aw c'mon nubbins` it's only what 1130?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <nubbins`> sindy lopper << sindy loper << a+++ would boot again
(trilema) ben_vulpes: maybe a spec
(trilema) ben_vulpes doesn't even know if that's possible
(trilema) ben_vulpes: btcd on templeos
(trilema) ben_vulpes: no srsly we run templeos in production
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: spec for carving kiwis, or a zealotous os?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: templeos is esoteric enough to have slipped his radar
(trilema) ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: for all his sin-sistience, mircea_popescu does miss things in the logs
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> im kinda curious what the mix of computer programming and neoprotestant fervor will yield. << have you met TempleOS yet?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: you still around, PinkPosixPXE?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: !up PinkPosixPXE
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> !up PinkPosixPXE << now this is one of the better handle's i've seen lately
(trilema) ben_vulpes: how can i dissipate max energy with other people's public keys, i ask you
(trilema) ben_vulpes: hey this is the wrong kind of dac for this channel
(trilema) ben_vulpes: it was either going to be you or mircea_popescu, asciilifeform :P
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <danielpbarron> proof of infection << now i want a coin with proof of infraction
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: WOO HOO HOO HOO WEBAPPS AND SOCIAL MEEEEDYA
(trilema) ben_vulpes: my naive schoolby wonder should be a thing of joy for you jaded internet fags
(trilema) ben_vulpes: hey i'm an insulated american't
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ^^ this is a thing?!?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: > pepperspray balls
(trilema) ben_vulpes: > paintball gun
(trilema) ben_vulpes: irssi's okay. wacky wacky architecture tho.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: plus extensible with stallisp
(trilema) ben_vulpes: works for me
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i fess up to emacs
(trilema) ben_vulpes: one of the neater rocket fuels around
(trilema) ben_vulpes: PeterL: red fuming nitric oxide
(trilema) ben_vulpes: it's even a good idea (tm)!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: it's totally possible! we should totally do it!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ninjashogun, PeterL: I know! let's build a rocket with RFNO!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: no execution around, nope.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: bitbet, mpex, qntra, war of life...
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;google sabre engine
(trilema) ben_vulpes: after all, all he needs is capital and then the magic will happen!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: if the brits can do it, why can't ninjashogun?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: hey why not an air-breathing mach-5 vehicle?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ninjashogun: a solar plane?!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: god i love qntra
(trilema) ben_vulpes: leadership, as they say, starts at 6.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: anyways, sleep beckons and i gotta be on point for the boys next week.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: watershed, dorp.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;google bull run reservoir
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ah, fy google
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;google bull run
(trilema) ben_vulpes: quite literally, decimation. our hill is so high that our water supply flows from it.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: you live in the heart of the beast. i live in the heart of cascadia. our worlds are light years apart.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i know a few tricks, that's about all.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: high praise, not deserving
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ofc i have to book the withdrawal as "profit", but...
(trilema) ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: pay with cash, get discount as merchants don't report cash intake and don't pay cc processing fees.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: nah, she asks me for credit
(trilema) ben_vulpes: actually mircea_popescu this is why i don't carry cash. all of my local providers know who i am and extend me credit at my request.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: decimation: more likely to run a tab with your local providers, as I do.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: roll with cash in the states, get robbed by cops.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: and i've not carried cash routinely since i stopped doing that thing that entailed always carrying cash. so?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: bad bezzlar!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i have a healthy relationship with my cab co's and they don't lock the door on me
(trilema) ben_vulpes: actually i should say
(trilema) ben_vulpes: and we have a functioning economy, so cabbies don't lock the door
(trilema) ben_vulpes: you can even derp your card in before the trip ends to expedite egress from vehicle
(trilema) ben_vulpes: in pdx that shit starts up muted
(trilema) ben_vulpes: the NYC version is really awesome, what with rebooting into "LOUD MODE"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i'm familiar with those too, Adlai
(trilema) ben_vulpes: not you, Adlai
(trilema) ben_vulpes: 100/D in nyc?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: that's a bit strong
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i mean you pay them, they go places, it's a simple exchange
(trilema) ben_vulpes: portland already wants me to sort my compostables for them
(trilema) ben_vulpes: but the 'choclatier' next door was always the wackness
(trilema) ben_vulpes: that shoe store on 14th is p cool
(trilema) ben_vulpes: also the giant wall of black slush during snowfalls
(trilema) ben_vulpes: the great wall of garbage once per week was pretty cool
(trilema) ben_vulpes: actually no hang on
(trilema) ben_vulpes: how can one love anything about nyc
(trilema) ben_vulpes: good god how
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ahhhh-merica.
(trilema) ben_vulpes misses the good stuff
(trilema) ben_vulpes: 'cept that pyrex doesn't shatter when dropped.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: decimation: so as to not just crack when over-stressed, but to rupture catastrophically!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: decimation: and not just plate, but pre-stressed plate!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: half the time it's entirely on purpose, as the thing was never built for use outside delicate programmer hands.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: refrain is: "BEN SMASH"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: the office has dubbed me the {{oaf,hulk}}
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i'm content with being the dish-breaker and singer of things around these parts.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: sounds like fun, at a distance, and on someone else's bill.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: see also "mote in gods eye" "gripping hand"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: known for the "not a bad premise" book
(trilema) ben_vulpes: hijinks ensue.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: book features an extraordinarily clumsy girl who is also extremely lucky.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: this leads to a breeding of the populace for luck
(trilema) ben_vulpes: one of the more entertaining devices is the human "birth lotto"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: ever read ringworld?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: no no you train them to cook *for* you.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: color me unconvinced.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: refract through thigh flesh?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ain't no training going to fix that kind of stupid
(trilema) ben_vulpes: not that you get the energy back from putting them up high...
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> they can move to usa and massage machines, yes. << bashed
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> well there's always a cab in ny...
(trilema) ben_vulpes: some must learn by pissing on the fence themselves, and we call them...
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ah yes ty asciilifeform
(trilema) ben_vulpes: some people must learn by watching and we call them X; some people learn by reading and we call them Y...
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i'm trying to remember myself
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: what were your categories again? "learning by watching" "learning by reading" ...
(trilema) ben_vulpes noticed no phase change
(trilema) ben_vulpes: when do i become an adult?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "beatings, frequently", is probably the best advice i've ever gotten.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> i think a vanishingly small minority of parents actually adds value through parenting. << the "how to parent well" resources are well drowned in noise
(trilema) ben_vulpes: damn ninjashogun you can't even be arsed to use the convenient logsearch?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <xanthyos> any open source CAD apps? << pretend to be a student, download Inventor
(trilema) ben_vulpes: thickasthieves: remember mircea_popescu's 'unique url' theories?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: further research indicates there was actually onboard control.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: if i recall correctly, japan's orbital vehicle got into orbit with no onboard control, just a gravity turn.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: in the classic sense of the word, though.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: they had plenty of computers back then!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: low fidelty, but helps with bounds.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: you can do some amount of trajectory planning by hand, too.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: c'est possible
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i suspect trajectory planning had lots of sims run. fuel combinations, maybe a few.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i never got a good answer on how much monte carlo work went into the 60's space programs during the design phase and how much was back of the envelope estimating.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: the tradeoff is that the higher up the ergodic chain you go, the more little things cause your whole stack to go kaboom.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: well hang on
(trilema) ben_vulpes: that is indeed the tradeoff.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: thing never fired, 'cause derp.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: not really a well engineered solution at the end of the day.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: silver cats.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: muchly referenced throughout corante. required reading for anyone interested in rocket fuels.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: Ignition!'s a lively read.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: are you reading Ignition! or Corante?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: docker rules
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "don't keep your timesheet up to date? no paychecks."
(trilema) ben_vulpes: csv export -> payroll company uploader
(trilema) ben_vulpes: should save 4 days per month of collating and tabulating timesheets into invoices for clients.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: realtime resource tracking across all projects
(trilema) ben_vulpes: we implemented continuous bookkeeping this week
(trilema) ben_vulpes inspects for lethal toxins
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "nothing, you're just awesome."
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "what'd i do to deserve this?!"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: today one of the contractors gave *me* a joint
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i live in a weird parallel universe
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;gettrust luke-jr theymos
(trilema) ben_vulpes: it'll percolate through the mud
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;gettrust assbot xiando
(trilema) ben_vulpes: pahahaha what the hell
(trilema) ben_vulpes: more hassle on their end, an email on BingoBoingo's.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: cazalla: considered emailing the defense for the unadulterated text?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: the only language adequate to replace c++ for btc dev
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ya i was surprised ;)
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "don't denominate the btc in usd, and vice versa"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: no, i'm just trying to not watch the markets.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i'm trying the taleb approach to noise reduction
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> so it turns out deedbot got haxed. << deets?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "9 women, 1 month"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: 'course to leverage that, you gotta use the thing everywhere. makes it hard for the polyglot shop.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: imposes this floor on hire quality, reduces need to hire as rapidly.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: marginal hires have a hard time hacking it in lisp shops.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-10-2014#866880 << never thought i'd see the day mircea_popescu suggested government intervention on anything
(trilema) ben_vulpes: "sarah lawrence: where the girls become women and the boys do too"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: quelle suprise
(trilema) ben_vulpes: people are learning
(trilema) ben_vulpes: though the causal relationship is a little murky to me
(trilema) ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: prior, iirc. the context of the remark was that the sultan (subject of the chapter) began to address the plagues that had routinely decimated the capital with european medical techniques. this was, iirc, one of the last three to rule before the sultanate was brought to an end by the young turks et al.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: it was a passing note, take it up with Barber!
(trilema) ben_vulpes: which ottomans?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ottomans survived regular decimations in constantinople, according to "The Sultans"
(trilema) ben_vulpes: you better lose yourself in the pandemic \ you own it, you better never let it go \ you only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow
(trilema) ben_vulpes: do i hafta stop licking eyeballs?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: not implying they're not shit, but curious to know your opinion.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: Naphex: have you tried btcd?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: Vexual: what do you do with yourself anyways?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: everyone writes one
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;notes benkay
(trilema) ben_vulpes: so out of your normal cycle
(trilema) ben_vulpes: what are you doing up so early?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ah that's a new one
(trilema) ben_vulpes: morning, vex, thickasthieves, mircea_popescu
(trilema) ben_vulpes: <nubbins`> !up startup_isninja << lol
(trilema) ben_vulpes: thickasthieves: how does market cap affect remittance?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: the interesting thing is what happens to modern governments that run on printing money.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: it's always a store of value, and it's always a method of transacting value.
(trilema) ben_vulpes: can you clarify the functions question?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: wrong channel, dbolser
(trilema) ben_vulpes: !down brianhoffman
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ! down brianhoffman
(trilema) ben_vulpes: looks like assbot maintains its own notion of authedness
(trilema) ben_vulpes: kakobrekla: any notion?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: stale assbot state?
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;rate danielpbarron 1
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;everify freenode:#bitcoin-otc:c2fb6d6d44d05e4e920fa7657c657023bca51dd850832f6953cf88c3
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;eauth ben_vulpes
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;rate danielpbarron 1
(trilema) ben_vulpes: i dun get it either, danielpbarron
(trilema) ben_vulpes: ;;gettrust assbot danielpbarron
(trilema) ben_vulpes: !up brianhoffman
(trilema) ben_vulpes: thickasthieves: the wot begins to bite
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