2018-09-21 14:44:40
there is a fire where my families lives. state of emergency has been declared today. maybe they need to be evacuated.
fydel
2018-09-21 14:45:21
there is a military test site near by and there have been rockettests but the moorland is on fire now.
fydel
2018-09-21 14:47:21
what a shitshow. sometimes i think our army is for drunk idiots only.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:01:04
that is probably everyone's army
Fireduck
2018-09-21 17:01:24
the air was like that here a bit ago
Fireduck
2018-09-21 17:01:38
no risk of fire where I am, but it was not fun to breath
Fireduck
2018-09-21 17:05:24
i certainly was both during service
Rotonen
2018-09-21 17:05:41
peat fires are nasty, hard to put out
Rotonen
2018-09-21 17:06:09
the irony is complete when they put it out by exploding
Rotonen
2018-09-21 17:32:18
we are not used to stuff like that.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:33:35
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-moorland-fire-sparks-disaster-situation-as-blaze-spreads/a-45590381 Authorities have told residents near the northern German town of Meppen to prepare to evacuate amid a raging moorland fire. The fire was started by Germany's military testing rockets in area.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:43:35
i declined military draft and instead did civil service with handicaped people in - suprise - meppen. lol.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:46:23
oh yeah, germany does the draft still. In the US all us males are supposed to register but hope that nothing will go badly enough to need to be called.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 17:46:29
I think I am aged out now anyways.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 17:49:31
the draft was abolished a couple of years ago here.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:52:41
but in 1995 i had to write up an essay why i don't want to do military, had to go to a hearing and explain the same thing and then do civil-service which lasted 1/3 longer than military.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:53:13
talking about it now feels like talking about crazy times. lol.
fydel
2018-09-21 17:56:56
sounds like you are about four years older than I am
Fireduck
2018-09-21 17:57:58
1974 :slightly_smiling_face:
fydel
2018-09-21 18:01:10
1980
Fireduck
2018-09-21 18:43:49
XRP = bullshit? discuss.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:11:07
Is ripple actually decentralized?
mjay
2018-09-21 20:11:44
that is my concern with it
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:12:06
only some nodes are in the special node lists that validates the network state
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:13:07
If its centralized its a big no-go. No advantage to regular fiat money
mjay
2018-09-21 20:15:04
agreed
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:15:20
and ex-minister baron, karl-theodor zu guttenberg from germany was part of ripple.
fydel
2018-09-21 20:16:58
i wish i was joking.
fydel
2018-09-21 20:17:00
I heard he has cheese breath
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:19:51
fun fact: he was the minister of defense that abolished the draft but was kicked out of office because his dissertation was only copy&paste.
fydel
2018-09-21 20:20:33
So ripple has this UNL (Unique Node List) that control the consensus
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:20:42
I don't understand how nodes get into the UNL
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:20:58
My initial suspicion was that it was the banking investors got nodes but I could be wrong
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:22:04
https://ripple.com/technical-faq-xrp-ledger/ Technical FAQ for Validators and Unique Node Lists, the role of XRP and security concerns.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:22:19
ah, each node operator is encourged to select their own UNL set
Fireduck
2018-09-21 20:22:24
that isn't a terrible idea
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:33:51
power clique management will keep the peasants entertained and busy?
Rotonen
2018-09-21 21:38:10
ha, maybe. Seems a bit hands on for most node operators
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:38:33
but seems like something that could be delegated
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:39:03
like this guy Fred has his head on straight and keeps track, so I'll just clone his UNL configuration repo and update via cron job
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:54:02
to clarify: i'm (probably) not actually as cynic as i tend to leave an impression of
Rotonen
2018-09-21 21:54:18
but, similarly, re: cronjobbable trustables: http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts
Rotonen
2018-09-21 21:55:59
ha
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:56:24
I think democracy should be replaced with a flexible representation model.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:56:55
Let's say I can't be bothered to follow Seattle local politics, but I know my friend Gus does so I delegate my local vote to him.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:57:04
If I ever lose faith in him, I can change it
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:57:34
If you get enough people delegating to you for any level of government you get an office and the ability to propose bills
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:57:41
and participate in various forums
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:57:47
what you actually want is an STV voting system
Rotonen
2018-09-21 21:58:16
The biggest problem is that is still has a hard time doing difficult and unpopular things
Fireduck
2018-09-21 21:58:27
but necessary things
Fireduck
2018-09-21 22:00:03
yeah, STV sounds like it
Fireduck
2018-09-21 22:00:39
the biggest issue with STV is explaining the results
Rotonen
2018-09-21 22:00:59
if you cannot explain that to the vast majority of voters, that's a problem
Rotonen
2018-09-21 22:01:28
easy, pick your smartest friend who you agree with, and delegate your votes to him. Go back to drinking.
Fireduck
2018-09-21 22:02:07
If something happens you don't like, ask him why
Fireduck
2018-09-21 22:03:37
heh, was helping a friend sweep an old bitcoin brainwallet to something sane, and accidentally typoed the seed - got someone else's brainwallet instead - sorry to whomever i accidentally swiped the 300 satoshi from... :smile:
Rotonen
2018-09-21 22:03:40
brainwallets are evil
Rotonen
2018-09-21 22:31:18
Yeah
Fireduck
2018-09-21 22:51:48
There are still brainwallets? I thought the website has gone offline years ago
mjay
2018-09-21 23:00:26
@mjay the problem is that people made brainwallets many years ago
Clueless
2018-09-21 23:01:37
so the coins are now locked?
mjay
2018-09-21 23:03:05
I see, its just hashing the seed for the private key
mjay
2018-09-21 23:04:09
Wouldn't be too bad with some pkkdf stretching
Fireduck
2018-09-21 23:04:30
or seeds with enough real entropy
mjay
2018-09-21 23:08:21
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/18YXnSUCPDVNEpPGDFRVrdVye63RpH2MA4 Transactions sent and received from bitcoin address 18YXnSUCPDVNEpPGDFRVrdVye63RpH2MA4.
mjay
2018-09-21 23:08:29
seed "12345"
mjay
2018-09-21 23:08:41
thats insane. It had BTC on it!
mjay
2018-09-21 23:27:03
Heh, I put some on "password" years ago to see how fast it would go
Fireduck
2018-09-21 23:28:04
so, what happened?
mjay
2018-09-21 23:36:26
gone within seconds I guess :wink:
mjay
2018-09-21 23:42:00
Yep
Fireduck
2018-09-21 23:42:49
`1HZwkjkeaoZfTSaJxDw6aKkxp45agDiEzN` is my favourite so far of the recently exposed seeds, `(empty)`
Rotonen