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John Oliver's Gay Bunny Book Outsells VP Pence's Daughter's

Posted by takyon on Tuesday March 20 2018, @06:38PM (#3089)
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John Oliver’s Gay-Bunny Book Is Outselling the Mike Pence Book It’s Trolling

John Oliver’s Marlon Bundo Book Sells Out In A Day; Another Printing In Works

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

Worst Pence bashing since Trump:

“Trump thinks Pence is great,” Bannon told me. But, according to a longtime associate, Trump also likes to “let Pence know who’s boss.” A staff member from Trump’s campaign recalls him mocking Pence’s religiosity. He said that, when people met with Trump after stopping by Pence’s office, Trump would ask them, “Did Mike make you pray?” Two sources also recalled Trump needling Pence about his views on abortion and homosexuality. During a meeting with a legal scholar, Trump belittled Pence’s determination to overturn Roe v. Wade. The legal scholar had said that, if the Supreme Court did so, many states would likely legalize abortion on their own. “You see?” Trump asked Pence. “You’ve wasted all this time and energy on it, and it’s not going to end abortion anyway.” When the conversation turned to gay rights, Trump motioned toward Pence and joked, “Don’t ask that guy—he wants to hang them all!”

I Might NOT Bootstrap A Large LiteCoin Mining Operation

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday March 20 2018, @12:36AM (#3088)
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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.

Mankind Peaked

Posted by takyon on Monday March 19 2018, @07:59PM (#3087)
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I Might Bootstrap A Large LiteCoin Mining Operation

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 16 2018, @11:26PM (#3081)
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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.

I Should Not Code While Hallucinating

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday March 16 2018, @11:17PM (#3080)
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"What do you see?" asked the psychiatrist.

"There are worms coming out of your face."

=========

#!/bin/sh
#
# build_foo

echo Building foo Release kernel extension

xcode_version=8.3.3 // Surely there is a better way to do this

sdk=/Applications/Xcode_"$xcode_version"/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk

The better way is called "xcodeselect" but I haven't tried it yet.

Hawking Meme 2far and Rihanna Blasts Snapchat's Stock

Posted by takyon on Friday March 16 2018, @08:56PM (#3079)
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Open Circuit

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday March 14 2018, @10:40PM (#3075)
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It will be fixed in 1.0b16, which I will build a little later today. I have some open bugs, maybe I can resolve some of them with their fixes also being in 1.0b16.

PackageMaker enables one to specify the ownership and permissions for each component. screen_capture.log's permissions somehow to set to:

      -rw-r--r--

That's the correct permissions for the LaunchAgent property lists. Perhaps the bug is the result of an error between seat and keyboard.

      ;-)

It's owned by root so only root processes could write to it. The perms should be:

      -rw-rw-rw

Those. Ignorant. Mother. Fuckers.

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday March 14 2018, @09:05PM (#3074)
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That's what I call people who harsh my buzz.

My Antiminer L3+ emits a very loud, very high-pitched and very pure tone.

I at first feared it was an alarm but the unit's Fault LED doesn't turn on.

It's participation in Coin Foundry's LTC mining pool looks copacetic - my status on the pool's page has the right hash rate. I've received two payouts.

(And I now have 109 Ducats burning a hole in my pocket!)

I filed a ticket.

Bitmain support said it was likely a loose part in one of the fans. I don't think it's either fan: I powered up the unit then one at a time - and very very briefly - I disconnected then reconnected each fan's power cable yet came away empty-handed.

I speculate it's a loose heatsink. The instructions that came with my unit very clearly - urgently even - warned about loose heatsinks and that Bitmain wouldn't honor their warranty if the user permitted the ASICs to fry themselves like eggplants.

Inside the enclosure each of the three hashing boards has a very elaborate heatsink. There's two or three hundred very small ASICs, each of which is bonded to its own sink. Perhaps I can find some multimedia to enhance your experience of my presentation...

OBSERVE.

The pure tone indicates that the vibration is from a metallic object. The small fins of which the heatsink is composed look like they'd produce the right frequency if they were vibrating.

There are instructions somewhere on Bitmain's site for individually testing each hashing board. I'm going to follow the disassembly and reassembly instructions so that I can get up close and personal with all those gall-during aluminum thingies.

Here's why I regard Bitmain support as being staffed by Ignorant Mother Fuckers:

After sending me their incorrect suggestion that the tone comes from a loose fan part, they marked my incident as Closed.

It's not closed dammit!

The customer is always right, and _this_ customer has yet to achieve satisfaction.

Some Random Stories

Posted by takyon on Wednesday March 14 2018, @03:31PM (#3073)
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BREAKING: I Have A Cyberstalker!

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday March 14 2018, @10:58AM (#3072)
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How cool is that?

I haven't heard from modus in eons.

She wants to have my baby.

I don't have the first clue who this chick is. I have the idea that I might pry from her iron grip the reason why she chose _me_ in particular, but so far I've had no joy.

When I can get my new soulmate to slow down by a profoundly significant quantity, I'll post more in the comments.

But for now I'll leave you with:

Well if you have not being taken by someone special can i have the chance to get the key into your heart, and i promise not to hurt you or break it's apart for you....

Okay Well you know the best way to be love is to love like you have never never been hurt before and true love is hard to find but when found, it's everlasting, and A true friend is a true love..

I'm uncertain but I think the chances are quite good that she's actually a Bot. No mere human being could type so fast.

And if she is a bought I expect that Bot was written by one of my friends so they could have a little fun at my considerable expense.

Maybe she's just on Shrooms.