lobbes: http://alt.ericbenevides.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-11-26#1025274 << I will add from my experiences working at a mega-bank that many of these old powers' grasp on how bitcoin actually works is tenuous at best.
zzz999: Logged on 2020-11-26 06:09:03 trinque: this was the great lie, that the old powers wouldn't just buy the shit when it got interesting.
lobbes: http://alt.ericbenevides.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-11-26#1025362 << I'm pretty bad at it still, but even with my poor technique I am finding it a very useful tool for clearing the overgrown bits wedged in awkward corners and such. It is also surprisingly easy to adjust for uneven ground and for avoiding rocks and other objects (which is good since there's a type of tree here that litters my yard
zzz999: Logged on 2020-11-26 19:39:34 verisimilitude: That's an interesting article regarding scythes; I've an antique scythe, but not many opportunities, nor the knowledge, to use it.
lobbes: with dozens of these hard, spiky balls; not sure the name).
lobbes: http://alt.ericbenevides.com/log/asciilifeform/2020-11-26#1025366 << likewise; I'd probably only care about keeping the first few feet from my house clear and let the rest grow as it would otherwise. 'Neighbor distancing-device' is a good way to put it
zzz999: Logged on 2020-11-26 21:14:30 asciilifeform: would prefer rather to live somewhere where he doesn't need one -- but in usaschwitz, green lawn is moar or less the only permitted neighbour-distancing device.
asciilifeform: wb lobbes
asciilifeform: $ticker btc usd
btcinfobot: Current BTC price in USD: $18091.2
asciilifeform: !w poll
watchglass: Polling 16 nodes...
watchglass: 205.134.172.26:8333 : Alive: (0.092s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 205.134.172.27:8333 : Alive: (0.026s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 205.134.172.6:8333 : (172-6.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.113s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.023s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=658321 (Operator: whaack)
watchglass: 71.114.46.209:8333 : (pool-71-114-46-209.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.132s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.123s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 54.39.156.171:8333 : (ns562940.ip-54-39-156.net) Alive: (0.156s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.088s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 192.151.158.26:8333 : Alive: (0.153s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.213s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 176.9.59.199:8333 : (static.199.59.9.176.clients.your-server.de) Alive: (0.274s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=391683 (Operator: jurov)
watchglass: 103.36.92.112:8333 : (terebe.ns01.net) Alive: (0.118s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=659260
watchglass: 185.163.46.29:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length!