gregorynyssa: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-07-24#1017075 << this reminds me of chapter 7 of UNIX-HATERS Handbook: "Why would you ever need to point to something that you've drawn in 3D?"
snsabot: Logged on 2020-07-24 17:24:58 verisimilitude: I once had a conversation, longer back, about how burdensome current machines make it to account for all failure cases, to be told roughly ``Who wants to write a program that works correctly in all instances?'' by a proud C programmer.
asciilifeform: !w poll
watchglass: Polling 12 nodes...
watchglass: 205.134.172.6:8333 : (172-6.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.041s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.096s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 205.134.172.27:8333 : Alive: (0.145s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 108.31.170.3:8333 : (pool-108-31-170-3.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.185s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.131s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 192.151.158.26:8333 : Alive: (0.208s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.252s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 176.9.59.199:8333 : (static.199.59.9.176.clients.your-server.de) Alive: (0.317s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=235865 (Operator: jurov)
watchglass: 213.109.238.156:8333 : Alive: (0.387s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 188.121.168.69:8333 : (rev-188-121-168-69.radiolan.sk) Alive: (0.362s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 103.36.92.112:8333 : (terebe.ns01.net) Alive: (0.604s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=641046
watchglass: 205.134.172.26:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 20 sec.)
feedbot: http://thetarpit.org/2020/but-do-yall-really-still-believe-in-coincidences << The Tar Pit -- ... but do y'all really still believe in coincidences?
asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-07-27#1017428 << oblig, from same ch : 'X is just so stupid, why do people use it? Beats us. Maybe it’s because they don’t have a choice. Nobody really wants to run X: what they do want is a way to run several applications at the same time using large screen. If you want to run Unix, it’s either X or a dumb character-based terminal.'
snsabot: Logged on 2020-07-27 05:38:54 gregorynyssa: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-07-24#1017075 << this reminds me of chapter 7 of UNIX-HATERS Handbook: "Why would you ever need to point to something that you've drawn in 3D?"
asciilifeform: ^ sadly as troo today as was in '94 when written...
asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-07-27#1017444 << maybe i get a skewed impression from his posts, but... didja make tenure, spyked ? (congrats if so) ..or how else to explain that yer on the beach more often than not..?
snsabot: Logged on 2020-07-27 12:32:15 feedbot: http://thetarpit.org/2020/but-do-yall-really-still-believe-in-coincidences << The Tar Pit -- ... but do y'all really still believe in coincidences?
asciilifeform seems to recall that spyked was a maffs prof, but could be mistaken
asciilifeform: !q seen-anywhere spyked
snsabot: spyked last seen in #asciilifeform on 2020-06-18 10:08:47: asciilifeform, danke. fixed and answered: http://thetarpit.org/2020/a-cursory-look-at-the-infamous-trb-wedge-bug#comment-353
feedbot: http://fixpoint.welshcomputing.com/2020/the-fixpoint-used-car-checkup-checklist/ << Fixpoint -- The Fixpoint used car checkup checklist
asciilifeform: ACHTUNG, readerz! logotron updated (supports 'search all chans' knob) . plox to report bugs.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-07-27 16:27:54 asciilifeform: ACHTUNG, readerz! logotron updated (supports 'search all chans' knob) . plox to report bugs.
asciilifeform: thimbronion: results are sorted by time (prev. was by index, but this dunwork if >1 chan being searched )
asciilifeform got tired of 'nao, which chan was $thread in...' when digging
feedbot: http://mvdstandard.net/2020/07/argentina-claiming-control-over-locust-plague-surviving-pests-remain-20-kilometers-from-border/ << The Montevideo Standard -- Argentina Claiming "Control" Over Locust Plague, Surviving Pests Remain ~20 Kilometers From Border