* death_wish pats Buddy on the head. (Good robot!)
I didn't even introduce intercal yet, though  Respect! Lulz, you want to take this up sometime at Lambda-the-Ultimate, or whatever? Sorry, I meant: PLEASE you want to take this up sometime... Amidst something, will catch the rest of your post later.Ah, no need to, really  I just remembered that, in my childhood, when the other kids where playing with their hot wheels toy cars, i was sorting punchhole cards, which i stole from the dustbin of the server room a few doors from my father's office, to the remote sound of fans cooling harddrives as big as regualr closets, and tape machines, lots of them. Irregularly spinning spools everywhere  ...and 10-inch, green, round "screens" in almost every dream of mine... Gotta go now. |
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The PHP programming language is bizarre and, if nothing else, worthy of anthropological study. Accordingly, I shall now contribute to advancing the state of the anthropological sciences: I remember i started here as a bloody noob with opinions like those of "Next-door".
You mean that you called XRP “trusted”, you bought altcoins for “passive income”, and you advocated programming in PHP?  The part you didn't include in your quoted reply was the single opinion i refered to (including implicit opinion/s). I should have wrote it a bit different = "opinion" (singular). Literally the anser to your question: No. I didn't, i didn't do that too, but i was coding in php pretty well on a daily basis, didn't use much of the php5 OOP functionality, though. Php wasn't quite the language to solve most problems, but quick and straightforward unlike perl, which requires more geekyness, and i was advocating perl pretty frequently. As a plus it was working out-of-the-box on most distributions other than windoze, escpecially because windows was quite the exception in the serverside environment(s) i was working at. Good for web based interfaces using persistent socket connections, also when you needed direct access to the OS functions. I only used compiler langs when i really needed a native binary for a specific platform, which mostly was a desire for windoze targets. Edited Java on *nix machines, didn't like it at all, don't ask me why. EDIT: Deep inside, i feel it was something about the naming scheme of the classes and methods. #nohomo Since you took my sarcastic reply too literally, I will reply literally. The problem with PHP is best summed up in the classic titled “PHP: a fractal of bad design”; I suggest that you read it all: An analogyI just blurted this out to Mel to explain my frustration and she insisted that I reproduce it here. I can’t even say what’s wrong with PHP, because— okay. Imagine you have uh, a toolbox. A set of tools. Looks okay, standard stuff in there.
You pull out a screwdriver, and you see it’s one of those weird tri-headed things. Okay, well, that’s not very useful to you, but you guess it comes in handy sometimes.
You pull out the hammer, but to your dismay, it has the claw part on both sides. Still serviceable though, I mean, you can hit nails with the middle of the head holding it sideways.
You pull out the pliers, but they don’t have those serrated surfaces; it’s flat and smooth. That’s less useful, but it still turns bolts well enough, so whatever.
And on you go. Everything in the box is kind of weird and quirky, but maybe not enough to make it completely worthless. And there’s no clear problem with the set as a whole; it still has all the tools.
Now imagine you meet millions of carpenters using this toolbox who tell you “well hey what’s the problem with these tools? They’re all I’ve ever used and they work fine!” And the carpenters show you the houses they’ve built, where every room is a pentagon and the roof is upside-down. And you knock on the front door and it just collapses inwards and they all yell at you for breaking their door.
That’s what’s wrong with PHP. There is no other language like PHP. It is undoubtedly the worst programming language that has ever achieved widespread usage. If we were discussing, say, Javascript, I would acknowledge its strong points. Sure, the language has some flaws; sure, the Node ecosystem sucks and the browser ecosystem sucks worse; sure, a large proportion of Javascript “programmers” are clueless copypaste monkeys who should be forbidden from ever touching a computer. But Javascript is not a horrible language, in itself—at least, not in recent ES editions. I even admit that I sometimes enjoy writing Javascript code. And there are some Javascript experts who can do wizardry with it. PHP is categorically horrible. PHP is an abomination. Next-door’s advocacy of PHP is like Elon Musk’s claim that Dogecoin is superior to Bitcoin; * well, it does show that Next-door is as smart and as credible as Elon Musk! Anyway—PHP is bad, bad, bad. End of story.
* Link that I dug up yesterday for other purposes not yet published... lol. (Analogy added with edits.)Hey, i didn't say php isn't a fucking mess! It just came more naturally to me for inline web scripting, compared to CGI apps, early with php3. I also liked the idea to insert server side code directly into the design of web pages. CSS wasn't as common as today (or even yesterday). I used the php OOP once in an existing project i had to maintain. It died shortly after (not my fault) but it was enough for me to abandon that lousy, incomplete model. With php5 they changed the object model, to a still incomplete one, only to advertise php6 which "will be fully OO", which seemed to take forever, still came out incomplete and seemed like a real mess to me. At this point i abandoned it. Reminds me a lot of ETH (or IOTA) started as some kind of good idea, ended up as a mess. EDIT: Finished backreading that scripting language debate. What have i started?! I didn't even introduce intercal yet, though Even Pascal, Smalltalk or PL/1 would have been enough among the more commonly known failed dialects, i guess. |
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I remember i started here as a bloody noob with opinions like those of "Next-door".
You mean that you called XRP “trusted”, you bought altcoins for “passive income”, and you advocated programming in PHP? The part you didn't include in your quoted reply was the single opinion i refered to (including implicit opinion/s). I should have wrote it a bit different = "opinion" (singular). Literally the anser to your question: No. I didn't, i didn't do that too, but i was coding in php pretty well on a daily basis, didn't use much of the php5 OOP functionality, though. Php wasn't quite the language to solve most problems, but quick and straightforward unlike perl, which requires more geekyness, and i was advocating perl pretty frequently. As a plus it was working out-of-the-box on most distributions other than windoze, escpecially because windows was quite the exception in the serverside environment(s) i was working at. Good for web based interfaces using persistent socket connections, also when you needed direct access to the OS functions. I only used compiler langs when i really needed a native binary for a specific platform, which mostly was a desire for windoze targets. Edited Java on *nix machines, didn't like it at all, don't ask me why. EDIT: Deep inside, i feel it was something about the naming scheme of the classes and methods. #nohomo Ey, BartBuddy, how's your range doing? EDIT2: To sum it up: A shitty day. Good night. |
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Ooh. Intrigue. (a little easier: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss24a6 ) PPS (For those scared of shady links... This is just a rolled up version of this fellows thread. I wonder if this is real, and really will expose lots of "crypto" people. I kind of hope so) Legend incoming? @WO-fam: I'm troubled with some serious aspects as a father atm. I really wouldn't want to be a teenager nowadays. More or less the same problems and challenges as back then in my youth, just a lot worse and more complicated by magnitudes. At this point i have to admit, Bob, that it seems you were right regarding that stupid space rock... Fuck off with any of those implied assertions that: 1) something is wrong with bitcoin, 2) bitcoin is not sufficiently being adopted (or fast enough), 3) people need to spend their bitcoin in order for bitcoin to be valuable... 4) if people do not spend their bitcoin, then bitcoin is not going to survive (or have enough utility) 5) we need to do something quickly in regards to being able to spend bitcoin, otherwise the competition is going to eat bitcoin's lunch... People can do whatever the fuck they want with their bitcoin, and surely there are some disincentives to spend bitcoin anyhow with some of the tax and accounting implications.. and even some of the possible tracking issues (KYC or whatever you want to call it), and if we might sometimes use the expression that normies are going to "get bitcoin" at the price they deserve.. we might also suggest that HODLers are going to choose to shave off some of their corns (aka precious lil) at the time and place of their own choosing... so stop trying to suggest that I have some kind of obligation to spend my corns for the mere sake of it... If you want me to spend some of my corns, then make me an offer for them. What you selling? Is it worth it to sell corn or might you be taking dollars also? Is there a price difference? Do you even know my own situation? I might not mind spending some of my corns, but if there are options to spend in various ways, then I am going to spend that other less valuable crapola first... if I have any of it... Of course, on the other hand, if I ONLY have corns, then I don't mind taking an inferior deal in order to get whatever product that you might be offering to part with some or all of my lil precious, but surely I would consider that those who might have put their lil selfies in a position of 100% corn, have put their lil selfies into a pickle in which they do not have very many options, and part of any BTC HODLing strategy should involve figuring out how to manage some of the value allocations of value (which would likely include other kinds of assets and currencies) in order that the bitcoin that is held provides more options rather than fewer options. In other words, ideally, hodling bitcoin should be putting the HODLer into a position of having more rather than fewer options. I remember i started here as a bloody noob with opinions like those of "Next-door". I also remember i got my ass beaten up on WO by you in a similar way. Look at me today Bart (squeezed a bit) upside down so quickly? Thats' unusual. What's next? Another Bart?
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We don’t need a telephone game, when it is embedded in Block 0 where you can check it: I have often thought that Satoshi may well be British or at least resided in the UK because of the clue left in the mining of the first block stating that the "Bank of england was on the brink of another bailout" since this appeared as a headline in a UK newspaper as I am sure you all know.
“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”, as I am sure you all know. Of course, that means Satoshi is British! Because it’s not as if an honorable old cypherpunk could ever intentionally sow disinfo to divert future rumours. Wait a moment, does “Satoshi Nakamoto” sound like a British name to you? He is obviously Japanese. He used a British newspaper headline as a misdirection to stop you from searching for him in Japan. Plot twist: Satoshi really is my dog! He did plant plenty of disinfo to make people believe that he was human. Woof!EDIT: Either this is some kind of irony (which i didn't get), or you missed the fact that SN could be british, pretending to be Japanese/Asian for the same reason you gave... |
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A Newly Published Book Claims to Tell the 'Real Story Behind Mysterious Bitcoin Creator
“ Finding Satoshi: The Real Story Behind Mysterious Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto” written by Ivy McLemore was released in June 2022. The book gives readers the unique opportunity to join a reporter on the search of a lifetime for the creator of the world’s best-performing investment. It looks at 40 candidates and leads to a little-known, under-the-radar suspect with stunning, previously untold secrets only Bitcoin’s creator could know.
Regardless what you believe about Satoshi’s real-life identity, Finding Satoshi gives readers 42 specific points to ponder.
https://news.bitcoin.com/a-newly-published-book-claims-to-tell-the-real-story-behind-mysterious-bitcoin-creator/It’s listed on Amazon  Allegedly, Khalid’s computer was a Fujitsu laptop that had “military-grade encryption.” Red flag #1. Satoshi would never say "Military grade encryption". I am sure that's the only red flag though... I watched this clown from day one of his appearance, and also the "interview" that was recorded shortly after. While i could not rule out a possible Satoshi (nor an imposter) by the info on the coming-out (#nohomo) website, this "Satoshi applicant" was showing many mimic tells of lying, throughout the interview. This is 99,9% NOT Satoshi Nakamoto. Also, he was advertising his "new platform", a network (a shitcoin) that should supersede Bitcoin, be super fair and give late adopters a second chance of getting in early. I didn't investigate this further. EDIT: Probably he was also behind the production of this book. You never know. If he comes out as the "most likely Satoshi", i would even more think so... EDIT2: Old McAfeee (RIP) once tweeted he identified Satoshi by mainly analyzing his writings, phoned him up, told him that he knew he is the one. His reply was like "Yeah, got me. But don't tell anyone, because you don't want to see me dead, will you?". A british man, by the way. |
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Governments want to destroy things that they don't understand or fear.
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2015 My Friends.......
The Year Of The Bull.....
2022 My friends..... The Year of The Beer 🍺 (Bear  )  |
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Slowly but surely Russia is winning the fight against America on the territory of the former Soviet republic of Ukraine. The question now is if the regime in Washington is so desperate to spill out this war outside this territory?
Would you please fuck off to the thread where you regularly jerk off to your sovjet union dreams? Thanks a ton, asshole. |
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Frens, finally got my car back. First the mechanic wanted to replace all glow plugs, i instructed him via google translate that he should only replace the one on the third cylinder, which broke off at attempted removal. Work and material was a tad over $170, which i can live well width (opposed to the projected $600 for getting all glow plugs replaced). The kids have collected some clamshells, and two crab scissors slipped into the buckets, so the car was smelling like a well used vagina in the morning after A couple of hundreds of kilometers of driving with open windows (noise canelling earplugs recommended) cleaned the smell out. I feel sorry for the mechanic that had to move the car around the service center, though. As i missed the last dip by a little over $200 in limit buy orders, i will throw the rest of monthly fiat in as i see the price go down. This is no guarantee that the price will move further down, but it tends to do so after my buys, retrospectively @death_wish: "deathwish" is a skateboard brand, but if you ever have the chance, change your forum nick to "inner_peace", and i'd also suggest to try to reach the latter, which gives the same result as being dead, but without the rotting and tears of relatives/friends, and you even can live on and enjoy everything and yourself a lot more  You don't need to be rich to be happy, yourz knowz? |
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Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day, it's a sign:  Fucking gorgeous shot! |
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Yeah.. Nullius., you dweeb. ....
Good ole Professor Nully has returned to bless us with his blah blah blah blah <big yawn> I wonder If he's still all bummed out about that cat thingy... Hmm, still didn't get that kitty story, though it's not that important to me. However, according to his (new) posting history, does he also qualify as the new mindrust? Asking for a friend...
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Update on the car:
Repair estimated at €500 for the new glow plug and cleaning the insert thread of the cylinder head.
Manufacturer says it should be around €200. No warranty, or critical lawsuit case to expect with a 50% chance of winning (not good enough at these costs).
I'm getting a list of parts and work via Email, let's see where the price difference is coming from.
So after a couple of google translated Emails, they wanted to replace all four glow plugs (for whatever reason), so i insisted to change only the one that broke on trial of its removal and finally wound itself and popped out of the cylinder head due to heat and vibrations at about 90mph. Luckily it's one of the two without included pressure sensor, which reduces the cost to $50 instead of about $130 for this part. A little added here and there and some work like 1 hour needed should set me back no more than $200. So i can add a good bottle of wine for the mechanic as well More on this on thursday, when i get there with a friend to finally pick up the car. |
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When kids misbehave, good parents punish them. And bad parents indulge in childish pranks and raise bastards with a sense of their own impunity.
Good old days of stoneage, right? |
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Look at the sell pressure around $31k in the orderbooks.
Somebody gets a good buying price for a lot of corn. I hope the market is seeing these opportunities.
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Update on the car:
Repair estimated at €500 for the new glow plug and cleaning the insert thread of the cylinder head.
Manufacturer says it should be around €200. No warranty, or critical lawsuit case to expect with a 50% chance of winning (not good enough at these costs).
I'm getting a list of parts and work via Email, let's see where the price difference is coming from.
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"dangerous spot to be in as foreigners" Where on earth are you? I didn't know such spots even existed in Europe today.
Yeah, that's what he said. On the side of the speedway in Italy. I didn't ask him for details, but trusted him as he was a local guy. Why would he exaggerate, though? To tow you a little longer? Wouldn't make sense. He risked a 5 figure fine by letting us sit in the car while towing it (in fact the whole car was pulled onto the towing car, those looking like transporters for single cars). The fee for towing a car to the nearest repair workshop is always the same (€180 in Italy). No win for the driver. EDIT: The co-driver was an older lady (60+), she didn't look like a scammer and poker approved me didn't sense any signs of lying. I also understand italian quite well, but barely speaking it. The driver called up his boss and i didn't hear anything suspicious. Mainly it was about how to get us away there as fast as possible, that the boss would call a taxi to pick us up at the service area and that the driver should leave us the towing company's card for later communication. |
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"dangerous spot to be in as foreigners" Where on earth are you? I didn't know such spots even existed in Europe today.
Yeah, that's what he said. On the side of the speedway in Italy. I didn't ask him for details, but trusted him as he was a local guy. Why would he exaggerate, though? |
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And good news again: EU repair warranty is 6 months (after that another 18 months, but i have to prove that it was the mechanic's fault). The glow plug "repair" was a little more than five months ago. To be continued... |
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Hi, diplovers Just returned from the most expensive short vacation ever. No, it wasn't Japan. Just a quick four hour drive over the border to the sea. On the way back, the motherfucking car broke down on the highway!!!  First i thought a heavy chopper was flying in low altitude over us, which isn't uncommon near a NATO base, but then i missed the Doppler effect, so i slowed down, and the chopper noise did too  Fuck! I immediately stopped and then i could hear one of the cylinders blowing off air, and we could smell exhaust gas through the AC air outlets. Got the car tied away, with us six passengers inside, because the driver of the tow truck said it's a pretty dangerous spot to be in as foreigners, so he took us to the next service area station. We called a cab to bring us to the border, where we were picked up by a friend, so we paid only half of what we would if the cabby would have taken us home. I suggest a broken glow plug, which the car mechanic couldn't remove at the last repair, finally fell into the cylinder. That would make a nice four figures repair bill. My only hope is that the damn thing was loosened and blown out by the compressed air (it's a diesel engine), or it broke into tiny pieces when hitting the piston, which were blown outside, finally before damaging the cylinder wall. More info on monday, when the engine will be inspected. Shit happens. Life goes on. The good news: I sitll didn't sell a satoshi. Insurance extended my sickness benefit for another year.
You can sell then! Yeah, i could. But 1. i love this car. Seven seat minivan, still feeling like a racecar. good drivetrain and more than sufficient horsepower 2. I don't want to ever sell. My kids should have the sats when they grew up. 3. No good car in sight on the market. New ones take forever to be delivered (thanks, supply chain issues), used ones are kept because new ones are taking forever to deliver... EDIT: The small part of my coins i would sell would need a pump above $200k for me to let them go for filthy fiat  |
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Hi, diplovers Just returned from the most expensive short vacation ever. No, it wasn't Japan. Just a quick four hour drive over the border to the sea. On the way back, the motherfucking car broke down on the highway!!! First i thought a heavy chopper was flying in low altitude over us, which isn't uncommon near a NATO base, but then i missed the Doppler effect, so i slowed down, and the chopper noise did too Fuck! I immediately stopped and then i could hear one of the cylinders blowing off air, and we could smell exhaust gas through the AC air outlets. Got the car tied away, with us six passengers inside, because the driver of the tow truck said it's a pretty dangerous spot to be in as foreigners, so he took us to the next service area station. We called a cab to bring us to the border, where we were picked up by a friend, so we paid only half of what we would if the cabby would have taken us home. I suggest a broken glow plug, which the car mechanic couldn't remove at the last repair, finally fell into the cylinder. That would make a nice four figures repair bill. My only hope is that the damn thing was loosened and blown out by the compressed air (it's a diesel engine), or it broke into tiny pieces when hitting the piston, which were blown outside, finally before damaging the cylinder wall. More info on monday, when the engine will be inspected. Shit happens. Life goes on. The good news: I sitll didn't sell a satoshi. Insurance extended my sickness benefit for another year. |
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