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$GAY_AS_OLD_PAREE: "Hi!"

$MICHAEL_DAVID_CRAWFORD: "Hi. I can't chat right now I'm talking with my girlfriend."

$GAY_AS_OLD_PAREE: "Do you sex?"

$MICHAEL_DAVID_CRAWFORD: "No."

$GIRLFRIEND wants me to move in with her. Where she lives housing is much less expensive than even Vantucky.

Either we will rent a house, or we will buy a vacant lot and I will build a house.

I actually know how to, because my father taught me how to use every kind of tool. I already have all the tools I would need; I even have a full-sized table saw.

I would need a helper, and I'd get someone else to do the foundation.

Maybe I'll build a geodesic dome. Bonita said she would refuse to live in such a Fullerian home, but quite likely $GIRLFRIEND would be into it.

The Hell is a homeless guy doing with a table saw? You quite reasonably ask. When my father died my mother asked what I wanted to inherit. "His tools," I replied. She paid for the storage.

I'm probably going to sell the auto body tools. Those were given to my grandfather by his best friend, because his best friend had no heirs.

Nighty-Night! Don't Let The Code Bugs Byte.

Not manic. Not yet anyway.

There is a woman in my life now. She is very religious, so I have the idea that I'm going to get up in six hours.

Doubtlessly AC will find some fault with her. Perhaps he will suggest she's inflatable

She lives far away. I'm going to visit when I get paid

I had a long distance relationship once before. That works a lot better now because even video calls don't cost anything

She is very shy so I won't be tell you much about her

I would prefer to stay up all night but I promised her I wouldn't do that anymore

So far she seems mentally stable: she hasn't said anything about wanting to have my baby

I really am trying to help her. Last time she was clearly trouble or by her mind

But at the same time I advised her that I am not the man she is so urgently seeking

(Note that I'm still using iOS 10.0.1. In general I am quite hesitant to update any of my software if I'm happy with the version I've got.)

I will attach a sysdiagnose log when I get home this evening.

Summary:

This only happened to me once during the most of a year that I have owned my iPhone 7. It is likely to be quite difficult for you to reproduce.

The combination lock screen and home touch sensor were unresponsive, leading me to believe that my unit was hung.

Pressing the side button once - to turn off the video - then again - to turn the video back on - restored normal operation.

Steps to Reproduce:

Log into an iPhone 7.

Configure your device to use the six-digit combination lock.

Use some apps for a little while. Mostly I use Safari and the Music app.

Press the side button to darken the display.

Press the side button again to light up the display.

Press the home touch sensor to display the combination lock screen.

Touch all the buttons. There is no response.

Touch the home touch sensor. There is no response.

Press the side button to darken the display.

Press the side button again, to light up the display.

The combination lock screen now works normally.

Expected Results:

The buttons on the combination lock screen would respond to finger touches.

Actual Results:

None of the buttons on the combination lock screen responded to touches.

Version/Build:

iPhone 7 Model MNA62LL/A

iOS 10.0.1 (14A403)

Configuration:

256 GB Flash

Just look over Apple's Cocoa and Darwin-Drivers lists.

There has been a great gnashing of teeth that commenced with iOS 2.0, which permitted third-party apps.

Some Soylentil replied to a previous diary about my aim to bootstrap a mining operation, by pointing out that leasing a warehouse would cost far less than colocating in a data center.

While a warehouse might not have enough circuit breakers, I expect most commercial landlords would be cool with me hiring an electrician to install some breakers, wiring and outlets.

For residential use, one Bitmain Antminer L3+ LiteCoin mining rig requires one circuit breaker. Possibly a warehouse could have higher-capacity breakers but really I don't know.

(I'm mining LiteCoin because the L3+ can work with 110 Volts, as God And Nature Intended, rather than that foreign 220V that is a Communist Plot to corrupt Our Precious Bodily Fluids.)

My apartment has three wall-outlet breakers. That yields the insight that the most I could profit by mining at home would be about one grand per month.

Just now I emailed the following to the usual suspects:

Subject: I'm hesitant to commit to a big cryptocurrency mining operation

Dear Suspects,

I wont need to decide until the time comes that I would have the cash to buy a fourth LiteCoin mining rig. I only have one now, so any possible fourth rig won't come until a few months from now.

Stefan points out that it is unwise for me to rely on LiteCoin mining for my livelihood, because the exchange rate could drop at any time. That's a common occurrence among all the cryptocurrencies.

There is a second problem: were I to lease a facility where I could operate more miners, commercial leases are typically three years. Were the price of LiteCoin to go down so much that I could no longer pay the monthly rent I would be quite screwed.

Just tonight I realized that even if mining were to yield enough income that I didn't have to work, not to hold a job would be bad for my mental illness. To work with other people is good for me.

I went totally bananas during graduate school because I had so much homework that I stopped hanging out with my friends. There was no one to point out the error of my ways when I began to grow paranoid about the North Korean nuclear reactor. It was discovered by a US spy satellite during my second quarter of grad school.

I felt the need to inform the entire world that it wasn't as hard to build nuclear weapons as most people thought: the US, in its infinite wisdom, declassified all but one of the Manhattan Project secrets in 1965. The only remaining secret is the "initiator", which is a source of neutrons that gets the chain reaction started in plutonium bombs.

I know enough physics, and even then had enough computational power at my disposal that I figure I could design an initiator all by myself.

Were I to earn enough money through any means - not just mining - that I was no longer required to work among other people, without a doubt I'd be in a straightjacket within six months.

Introspectively,

Misha

• Party at the Post Office
  As the clerk stepped out to lock the door, I dropped my tax return in the slot, knowing that next year I would attend the post office party again.

I'm not clear why Party's URL is among my mental illness essays. It's dated April 16, 1992; I wasn't symptomatic then.

I expect I'll move it to a more appropriate directory but this link will still work because I'll install a redirect.

This is a follow-up to your previous request #389648 "Very Loud, Very High-Pitched Tone From L3+"

The loud, high-pitched tone was an over-current alarm from my UPS.

Its voltage/current label rated its power output at 750 Watts. The L3+'s printed instructions report the combination of L3+ and APW++ use 1000 Watts. I had some other devices plugged into it, so the total power consumption was way over the limit.

I rearranged my power cords, and am now blessed with a happy home that has no loud, high-pitched tones driving me totally bananas.

Thank you for your prompt, courteous and helpful support.

You may close this ticket.

PS. I'm going to order another L3+ soon - my second.

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I really find my UPS' behavior puzzling: I was way over the rated power 24/7 yet my Coinfoundry stats as well as my rig's embedded website both reported that my unit was working just fine.

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The electricity costs too much: $299 for each 15 Amp circuit breaker. So maybe I don't get to quit my job for crypto.

I'll keep looking around, perhaps the juice would be cheaper if I used a whole rack, or if it were in a less-convenient place than Portland.

Some of you Soylentils colocate your servers - have you any suggestions?

I expect to buy a used car when I get paid. But I'll need a colo that's close enough to Vancouver Washington that I can reasonably driver there, and not have to fly.

There are three power socket circuit breakers in my apartment. I'll buy at least one more Antminer L3+ litecoin rig.

However I have not yet decided on the value of $LARGE. That will be determined by how many LiteCoin mining rigs I can operate without having to hire any help.

Most likely "LARGE=One_Cabinet".

Opus Interactive quoted me $299 per month for 12U in their Portland data center. I think that's big enough for 12 Antminers and 12 power supplied.

However that quote was for just 15 Amps at 110 Volts. With their power supply, one Antminer L3+ mining rig with one APW++ power supply consumes 1000 Watts so I just now requested a quote for lots more power.

I do understand that means they will charge me for lots more cooling. My present living situation limits me to three rigs.

I presently estimate that I would break even with three rigs, but I haven't gotten their power quote yet.

I've been puzzling over whether I should buy a car with my next paycheck. To have a car would make my life quite a lot easier but to spend all that money would mean that I can't go as long without a client.

But were I to colocate anything in Opus' data center it would be a huge Pain In The Ass to take all my gear on the bus.

I'm also wondering whether that would work were I to use taxis.