#asciilifeform | 2021-01-16

feedbot: http://verisimilitudes.net/2021-01-15 << A Syndication of Verisimilitudes -- A Review of John McCarthy's Original Lisp Paper

asciilifeform: $ticker btc usd

btcinfobot: Current BTC price in USD: $37212.08

asciilifeform: !w poll

watchglass: Polling 15 nodes...

watchglass: 185.85.38.54:8333 : Could not connect!

watchglass: 71.114.46.209:8333 : (pool-71-114-46-209.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.102s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338 (Operator: asciilifeform)

watchglass: 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.086s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338

watchglass: 54.39.156.171:8333 : (ns562940.ip-54-39-156.net) Alive: (0.112s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338

watchglass: 205.134.172.6:8333 : (172-6.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.142s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338

watchglass: 192.151.158.26:8333 : Alive: (0.086s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338

watchglass: 205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.145s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=666338 (Operator: whaack)

watchglass: 208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.146s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338

watchglass: 143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.322s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=666338

watchglass: 176.9.59.199:8333 : (static.199.59.9.176.clients.your-server.de) Alive: (0.332s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=391693 (Operator: jurov)

watchglass: 185.163.46.29:8333 : (185-163-46-29.mivocloud.com) Alive: (0.284s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=514575

watchglass: 84.16.46.130:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length!

watchglass: 205.134.172.26:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 100 sec.)

asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-01-15#1029215 << i strongly rec the fun b00k 'Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog' (S. Hugg, 2018) , will make it 100% clear.

snsabot: Logged on 2021-01-15 18:10:09 verisimilitude: It's probably bias, but I find it difficult to imagine how a non-von Neumann architecture would handle well interactively responding to the user.

asciilifeform: verisimilitude: if anything, it is rather the ~vn~ machine that just barely is able to interactively respond to stimuli in realtime.

asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-01-15#1029212 << the thing plugged into a symbolics lispm.

snsabot: Logged on 2021-01-15 18:08:50 verisimilitude: To switch topics, I finished reading that Connection Machine paper earlier, and it was interesting to learn how it was actually a memory, relying on a separate machine to ask it questions. It's very different from the GA144, akin to the difference between Forth and Lisp: Cells can address cells arbitrarily far away, request free cells for allocation, links are bidirectional, no cell is wasted as wire, and each cell is even simpler than

asciilifeform: hillis was interested strictly in computation, not ui (left ui to what was then -- and, sadly, even ~now~ -- the state of the art)

asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-01-15#1029207 << plox to elaborate ?

snsabot: Logged on 2021-01-15 16:47:00 trinque: our house has a strict policy on all of this

verisimilitude: I'll make certain to try to read that book at some point, asciilifeform. I appreciate it.

trinque: asciilifeform: wife makes our cleaners, soap, etc., from simple ingredients

verisimilitude: I could suggest a brand name that I use, but I'll only do so if asked.

trinque: the homemade stuff suits me just fine

verisimilitude: I meant in the more general discussion, but I shouldn't in any case.

asciilifeform: trinque: aah makes sense

asciilifeform: trinque: this reminds me -- simple household item that asciilifeform did not think held any remaining surprises : the existence of 'sealed system' vacuum cleaners. a++ rec., picture this, doesn't fill air w/ dust as it goes...

trinque: hm nb, hadn't even bothered to consider