asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-09-24#1059600 << what did you dislike in it, verisimilitude ? and in what way do you think you can improve on it ? thing has 1 job -- to carry out the algo in constant timespace, with 0 branching-or-indexing-on-seekrits. there's pretty much 1 and only 1 way to do it.
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-09-24 23:59:06 verisimilitude: Now, asciilifeform isn't actually going to use that old Ada Serpent implementation, is he; I found the code horrible, and will write a nicer implementation.
asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-09-24#1059601 << only in the way a kaleidoscope is 'similar' to a blender, lol
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-09-24 23:59:51 verisimilitude: On that note, I found stream ciphers very similar to hash checksum functions in many ways; my naive description would be the former are akin to reversible forms of the latter, or vice-versa.
bingoboingo: From the hotsheets, USG plan to greenwash their mining farm buildout in public https://www.eenews.net/articles/coal-to-cryptocurrency-an-answer-to-grid-volatility/
punkman: tidying up house, just found one of these https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4594.html
punkman: has a hole drilled, suppose grandfather was using it as keychain
punkman: speaking of keyboards, vignette from dream: some dusty bar, guy is playing half piano, but only makes clacking noises, "what song are you playing?" "It's not a song, I am writing book", notice music sheet on top of piano, words appearing as he plays
vex: wake me up when the krauts start slowing the smelters down for the tx fees
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-09-25 02:31:54 bingoboingo: From the hotsheets, USG plan to greenwash their mining farm buildout in public https://www.eenews.net/articles/coal-to-cryptocurrency-an-answer-to-grid-volatility/
vex: yassou punkman
punkman: howdy vex
vex: was that your own dream you were sharing? quite poetic
punkman: aha, rarely remember much from dreams though
vex: I've been using nicotine patches. My unconcious hours are anything but restfull
vex: sorry for your loss
vex: also not your first morgatage at all
vex: zero is not one
vex: I should get me a twitter. I suspect I'd be summarily arrested
vex: ragging on shinohai... indefinate detention
shinohai: oh hai vex ... twitter great for shitposting and trolling.
vex: I do like that kinda stuff...
vex: @swimtobermuda it'll be easy
punkman: "Could Evergrande’s Collapse TANK the Global Economy?
punkman: and "Huobi Exchange Stops Accepting Chinese Users After Crypto Crackdown"
mats: unlikely
vex: ^^
asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-09-25#1059607 << i've a coupla, they aren't mega-rarities
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-09-25 04:56:37 punkman: tidying up house, just found one of these https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4594.html
asciilifeform: ( oblig apropos. )
dulapbot: (trilema) 2014-10-24 asciilifeform: 'At the 1980 Olympics, Brezhnev begins his speech. "O!"applause. "O!"an ovation. "O!!!"the whole audience stands up and applauds. An aide comes running to the podium and whispers, "Leonid Ilyich, those are the Olympic logo rings, you don't need to read all of them!"'
asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-09-25#1059606 >> 'So far, Ameren has mined about 20 “coins” and it produces a new one about every 15 days.' << lol, that's a mine nao?!
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-09-25 02:31:54 bingoboingo: From the hotsheets, USG plan to greenwash their mining farm buildout in public https://www.eenews.net/articles/coal-to-cryptocurrency-an-answer-to-grid-volatility/
asciilifeform: let that difficulty double, and the total output of that mine wouldn't even feed e.g. an asciilifeform . ( and that's supposing the mains current costing 0 )
asciilifeform: such mine.
asciilifeform: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $42672.1
asciilifeform: !w poll
watchglass: Polling 17 nodes...
watchglass: 185.85.38.54:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 84.16.46.130:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 205.134.172.26:8333 : Alive: (0.085s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=702168
watchglass: 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.022s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168
watchglass: 185.163.46.29:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 54.39.156.171:8333 : (ns562940.ip-54-39-156.net) Alive: (0.111s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168
watchglass: 205.134.172.27:8333 : Alive: (0.084s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.022s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=702168 (Operator: whaack)
watchglass: 205.134.172.6:8333 : (172-6.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.141s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=702168
watchglass: 71.191.220.241:8333 : (pool-71-191-220-241.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.167s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.234s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168
watchglass: 208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.220s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168
watchglass: 213.109.238.156:8333 : Alive: (0.330s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168
watchglass: 103.36.92.112:8333 : (terebe.ns01.net) Alive: (0.638s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=702168
watchglass: 176.9.59.199:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length! (Operator: jurov)
watchglass: 54.38.94.63:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length!
watchglass: 192.151.158.26:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 100 sec.)
asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-09-25#1059617 << hey mats , competitor of yours ? 'Buying real estate in Sweden gives you 6.667x leverage at fixed 1.37% interest for a 5-year term (my offer). It is one of the cheapest leveraged ways to short fiat' etc
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-09-25 09:07:06 punkman: lulz https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1441378285821124612
mats: rude
mats: guy's just got a 15% down mortgage from the bank
asciilifeform: mats: unless i misread, wasn't 'just a mortgage', i.e. like an ordinary plebe who simply wants a place to live, but rather borrowing a fat sum to gamble on shitcoins with
asciilifeform: bank naturally has 0 problem ~itself~ gambling with other people's moneys, but if bank discovers, somehow, that some uppity plebe is trying to do it ~to~ it, will obv. show him the door
asciilifeform: rather like vegas casino showing card counters the door.
mats: its definitely a mortgage, probably denominated in kroner
mats: in the thread he says its underwritten by swedbank
mats: for reference, ibkr will give you 0.9% on 2mn usd, and the interest expense is tax deductible if used on an investmenf