Re: [silk] Good puns

2021-06-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
edia.org/wiki/Abelian_group -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Good puns

2021-06-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
ng me groan > constantly, which is usually the effect of puns anyway. > Oh, I like a good maths pun! What's purple and commutes? An Abelian grape! -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Good puns

2021-06-16 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
She replied. I said, "Sorry, I thought you were a pharmacist." ... I was recently asked who my favorite vampire was. I replied "the count from Sesame Street." They told me, "he doesn't count!" I replied, "I assure you, he does." -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

2020-12-14 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
into the science of > the worlds he creates. Yeah! That book made a big impression on me as a kid. The sequels aren't as good and are very different but are still fun to read in their own way. But the sheer mystery of Rama, sustained by the limited duration the team gets to explore, was epic.

Re: [silk] Your most memorable concerts?

2020-12-11 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
when we've not been working and there's rarely been anything I've been all that excited about! But I'd like to, one day. -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

2020-12-08 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
ork! -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

2020-12-08 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 07/12/2020 04:43, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Like it says. I know there are similar threads out there on reddit etc - > this question is for silklisters. :) Books and tools! -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M0KTN neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: O

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2020-09-14 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
way that can show clear evidence of tampering and establishes chains of trust and all that! -- Alaric Snell-Pym (2E0LOJ neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2020-09-10 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
am an inventor based in Gloucester, England, who would like to write more fiction one day! > > Nisha > -- Alaric Snell-Pym (2E0LOJ neé M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Empathy

2020-05-21 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
o are undecided about this topic make of this debate?"... -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] 'herd immunity strategy'

2020-04-22 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
en carnage. (There still might be carnage down > the road.) :-( -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Coronavirus and behaviour change

2020-03-31 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
TV shows where people GO OUTDOORS and NEAR OTHER PEOPLE suddenly look... weird. On the other hand, marble sports is suddenly surging in popularity: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYJdpnjuSWVOLgGT9fIzL0g -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc

Re: [silk] Coronavirus and behaviour change

2020-03-24 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
give up again! (I work from home, have done so for ages, and prefer it - but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea) -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Coronavirus and behaviour change

2020-03-24 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
give up again! (I work from home, have done so for ages, and prefer it - but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea) -- Alaric Snell-Pym (M7KIT) http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[silk] Fwd: Will you sign our letter protesting the terrible new EU copyright proposals?

2018-06-09 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
This may be of interest to some silklisters: Forwarded Message Subject: Will you sign our letter protesting the terrible new EU copyright proposals? Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:55:05 -0700 From: Danny O'Brien Thanks so much for reaching out to your network. We're working with

Re: [silk] Kids and porn

2017-09-04 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
a view to pre-educating them before they get misinformed by their peers or the Internet... ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

[silk] Electric cars

2017-01-27 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
others will buy. Sadly, the fact it's leased means I'm not supposed to take it to bits and see how it all works inside :-( -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

2016-10-22 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
being financially dependent on the worker (creating potential for abuse), ... > > --hmm > ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

2016-10-19 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
creating an environment where people don't need to fight for ever scarcer jobs to survive starts to seem a valid use of taxpayer's money. People can choose to just live, rather than between "live to work or work to live". ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

2016-10-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
Oh, I think you underestimate humanity. You don't need an above-average IQ to be useful. There will still be sports, and there will still be jobs that focus around talking to people rather than doing "brain work". There is social utility in a person who is warm and caring. ABS --

Re: [silk] So, hi! An introduction

2015-01-15 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
) {ma'a}: We, the speakers, and you, the listener(s), and some others {mi'ai}: I (the speaker) and at least one another person (even if that person is one of the speakers too) BEAT THAT, ENGLISH! ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] So, hi! An introduction

2015-01-15 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/01/15 16:23, Esther Schindler wrote: On Jan 5, 2015, at 3:24 AM, Alaric Snell-Pym ala...@snell-pym.org.uk wrote: On 03/01/15 15:26, Esther Schindler wrote: Greetings, Esther! What kinds of compilers have you optimised, out of interest? I have studied traditional compiler optimisation

Re: [silk] So, hi! An introduction

2015-01-15 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
What happens inside the box, you can't beat assembler :-) Back when I was a kid, there were books on assembly language for children - I think the reputation it has since earned for being dark magic known only to wizards is unfair! ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] So, hi! An introduction

2015-01-05 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
? etc... ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] The Morality of Artificial Intelligence and the Three Laws of Transhumanism

2015-01-02 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
life by turning the entire solar system into a shell of computronium; the AI retorts that they fret about humans killing them all off by turning the entire solar system into chocolate... ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Switching Fields in One's Thirties

2014-10-03 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
much about changing things, because we fear disrupting all we have worked so hard to build up over the past fifteen years or so. But that just means that we risk wasting our lives away. Go for your dreams! ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] A woman's reaction to England's world cup knock-out

2014-07-01 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
TIME! ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-12-19 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
my lips, let alone the complex mechanisms of absorption into my bloodstream and circulating to my brain and actually engaging in chemical reactions with stuff - and I felt the headache abating. Thanks, placebo effect! You're a pal! ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric

Re: [silk] Any listers in Oxford?

2013-09-23 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 23/09/13 12:25, Chew Lin Kay wrote: Hello lovely people, Might there be anyone in Oxford, free for a meetup on the 5th or 6th of October? I don't know, but I live about an hour away from Oxford in Gloucester if that's any help :-) Chew Lin ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell

Re: [silk] [intro] Hello people of silklist!

2013-09-16 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ being a prominently groan-worthy mouthpiece thereof. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] [intro] Hello people of silklist!

2013-09-05 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
of statements in English too! I try to practice mindfullness, humility/kindness and progressive thinking. Good plan! -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [silk] Collateral damage

2013-08-22 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
other benefits). ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-02 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
- -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJR0rYXAAoJENVnbn/DjbpJ+XkQAKNm1Qab//NeWZByVZALesm9 +Pn6xFKniQAa3AbbTTSd+6yPThSCUFLg3TBpbB3KHw

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
over the world. That's all well and good, but more importantly, do you like cats? Do you live with any? ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [silk] we don't need no steenkin PRISM

2013-06-25 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
that strong cryptography with forward secrecy was more widespread! It should be built into everything, by default! ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [silk] The feeling of power

2013-06-03 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
yesterday, and was filled with dismay. That day may well have already come. Which bit dismays you? The rising dependence on computers for rote arithmetic, or the militarisation that led the technician to commit suicide? Bharath ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric

Re: [silk] The feeling of power

2013-06-03 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/03/2013 03:04 PM, Bharath Chari wrote: On Monday 03 June 2013 05:07 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/01/2013 10:26 AM, Bharath Chari wrote: The first time I read this story by Isaac Asimov, I

Re: [silk] Introduction

2013-04-02 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
, FBI or similar agencies worldwide, compared to financial and tax regulators. Indeed! --srs (iPad) ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [silk] low cost freshwater

2013-03-25 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
discovery into products - so I hope to start seeing them in another year or so! Flexible super-capacitor power storage as a layer inside electronic paper, with a processor and memory tucked along the edge somewhere, would be nice... ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] low cost freshwater

2013-03-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
to store solar power for use at night, which will help the developing world to join us civilised Westerners in having chronically screwed up sleep cycles and high levels of stress. Yay progress! :-) ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [silk] What is happiness?

2013-03-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
again!) - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlFHIdoACgkQRgz/WHNxCGq+YwCfaCY3fqr+/9XpTq7NNOWM5uz5 XJoAn3nsW7r/yIYnEcPq7cEk8/w87oau =D5Dp

Re: [silk] A new revolution in birth control

2012-09-20 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
babies is hard to divine without proper study! ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBa+wIACgkQRgz/WHNxCGorJQCeMCIU29HGa

Re: [silk] Google's Kenyan fraud

2012-01-23 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
, as difficult, and as fatal if done wrong, as it was to any world-spanning empire of history... --Venkat ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

[silk] Google's Kenyan fraud

2012-01-13 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
owners and claiming that Google are working in partnership with the directory in order to try and sell them things :-/ Rather disappointing. ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-06-23 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
people's currency that's more than a play-thing. Bitcoin is a groundbreaking play-thing, but we need more than that. Yep! Cheers, -Jon ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-06-21 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
... ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-06-20 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
economy rather new, so there's lots of little bit players suddenly finding themselves transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars without having the expertise or capital to build the kinds of security that banks do... ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Yesterday's silk meet B'lore

2011-05-19 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
/archives/2009/12/16/personal-information-management/ ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Yesterday's silk meet B'lore

2011-05-19 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/19/11 09:47, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: A pym system, you mean :-D ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
suggested that Tor is a way around that: see http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2011/05/12/bitcoin-security/ ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
of real hardware, rather than just a load of virtual nodes. Within their capacity for sure, but still not something they'll do lightly. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] ADMIN: What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2011-05-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
:-) ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-18 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/18/11 11:25, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: On Wednesday 18 May 2011 03:34 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote: Yep. I've written about this, and many people have suggested that Tor is a way around that: see http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2011/05/12/bitcoin-security/ That's called a pipe

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-17 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/16/11 21:07, Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote: On 16-May-11, at 9:34 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote: You bet: http://bitmunchies.com/ Complete with fractional prices, I love it. Yeah, bitcoins can be divided into 10^8 little bits - and after that, there's already plans to introduce further

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-17 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
time you put in, the larger a *share* of that you get, but the global rate remains the same. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-17 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/17/11 11:09, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Alaric Snell-Pym [17/05/11 11:04 +0100]: It means the current bounty for finding a flaw in the cryptographic basis of bitcoin is about $209 million :-) you don't need to find the crypto basis of bitcoin as much as just take over a few zombied

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-17 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/17/11 11:15, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Alaric Snell-Pym [17/05/11 11:06 +0100]: Ah, the limit isn't done like that. 50 bitcoin are generated about every 10 minutes, period. The more CPU time you put in, the larger a *share* of that you get, but the global rate remains the same

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-17 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 05/17/11 12:11, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Alaric Snell-Pym [17/05/11 11:58 +0100]: If you take control of somebody's PC you can steal their bitcoins by nabbing their private keys... Sure. I was thinking more along the lines of stealing their bitcoins AND generating more and more

[silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-16 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
/lords-of-a-new-economy/ http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2011/05/13/aurum/ ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-05-16 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
proven, a currency has as much value as what anyone is willing to offer in exchange. Are there people willing to accept bitcoins as payment for real goods and services? You bet: http://bitmunchies.com/ -Taj. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?

2011-04-25 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
be polyamorous and pansexual with much less awkwardness than others ;-) ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Is sugar toxic?

2011-04-21 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
. It seemed to turn out well, my mother and I are both quite healthy and fit. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Is sugar toxic?

2011-04-21 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
Pym, and our second was Mary Kusha Snell. Despite the exotic-sounding name, my family is quite boringly British - a mix of Irish, Scottish, English, and (a few generations back) French and German. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Is sugar toxic?

2011-04-21 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 04/21/11 10:44, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 09:51:00AM +0100, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote: How come you sign ABS rather than ASP? 'coz I'm Alaric Blagrave Snell-Pym :-) ...and you're wrong about carrier-grade NAT ;p That depends what you think my opinion on it is... since

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

2011-04-10 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
are doctors in a small town, so relatively affluent. ABS -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] A crisis of confidence

2011-04-01 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

2011-04-01 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/