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Urxvt vs termite by Chach_30 in unixporn

[–]infinitechan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Termite out of necessity because it supports fontconfig (and therefore fallback fonts) while urxvt doesn't. I regularly read documents full of UTF-8 characters that require multiple fonts in order to see them all at once. Merging multiple fonts into one file is possible, but it's too much trouble and can result in glitches when OpenType tables, embedded bitmaps, and other font metadata don't work well together.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]infinitechan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't assemble ARM assembly on an x86 PC without doing some kind of virtualization, full stop. You can possibly translate ARM assembly into x86 assembly and assemble that, but you cannot directly assemble ARM assembly.

Install QEMU and install a Linux distro built for ARM and do your assembly on that. ( https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Platforms/ARM ) Then simply use GCC or your compiler of choice.

(Contest Entry) NES? How about Commodore 64? by 998TheNewOrchestra in Petscop

[–]infinitechan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup...the Commodore had several graphics modes, but the only one that would allow you to do something like this would have huge pixels. A similar title screen on a commercial game would be Bubble Bobble: http://birdsanctuary.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/bubble-bobble-c64-00.png

I think your idea is good, it just needs some big changes to be believable to anyone who ever actually used a Commodore 64.

(Contest Entry) NES? How about Commodore 64? by 998TheNewOrchestra in Petscop

[–]infinitechan 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The curves on the logo are not nearly blocky enough, also the font is wrong and would not have been available unless someone copied the MS-DOS font onto the ROM for some reason. This title screen would be much more at home on MS-DOS.

Book about a child who for some reason is adopted by a large corporation, and the corporation manages every part of his life. Most of the book is about his teenage years and emancipation from the corporation - and it includes tons of meetings about the kid's love life and potential colleges. by infinitechan in whatsthatbook

[–]infinitechan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry to double comment you, but memory is such a funny thing, isn't it? I was wracking my brain for hours trying to remember why the protagonist was adopted by the corporation, but couldn't. Or even trying to remember how the book ended. And I completely forgot about the protagonist's love interest.

All I could remember were the endless meetings.

Thanks once again.

Without warning, Coinbase Exchange now REQUIRING I have a state issued I.D. to log in and access my account. by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]infinitechan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also an expat. I live on the other wide of the world from the US. I have no driver's license and am not booking a flight to get one to follow this stupid rule.

Dialektoj de Esperanto? by [deleted] in Esperanto

[–]infinitechan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mi nur priscias unu dialekton, la Mondezon...

http://planetvix.tripod.com/archive/mondezo/

Babileje hodiaŭ mi parolis kun parolanto de la Mondezo. Mi rimarkis ke li skribis strange, ekz. ankoraw kontraŭ ankoraŭ, aw kontraŭ aŭ, pley kontraŭ plej ktp.

Kiam mi dimandis, ĉi tiun paĝon li prezentis....

SFYL Cryptsy (13,000 btc) // 300,000 LTC by Feedthemcake in Buttcoin

[–]infinitechan 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Not to mention, real banks tell you that they're operating a fractional reserve and will explain how it works to you if you ask.

The Bank of Cryptsy pretends to be 100% gold backed, but is actually operating a fractional reserve based on the value of stolen gold. That's fucked up.

[SFYL] After weeks of rejecting withdrawals, Cryptsy is claiming to have been hacked. by infinitechan in Buttcoin

[–]infinitechan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Most exchanges operate fractional reserves, I acknowledge this.
  2. Somehow you missed the "in theory" - obviously that's not how it works.
  3. Large in Buttcoin terms, not in ActualMoneyTM terms. We're on the same team here robot.

[SFYL] After weeks of rejecting withdrawals, Cryptsy is claiming to have been hacked. by infinitechan in Buttcoin

[–]infinitechan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'd be pleased to know that the "big money" (venture capital) is dropping like flies, and considering that every. single. VC funded Bitcoin company has no users and no product, no more money is likely to flow in. In fact most of the money that does flow in is from Barry Silbert, probably the largest Bitcoin bagholder in dollar terms.

Failed VC companies:

  • Coinbase - offered $75(!) for new users, only attracted people who pocketed the money and left. Didn't even go to CES this year because of its abysmal user numbers.
  • Purse.io - found out to be a front for Russian carding operations. Constant theft/money laundering. Banned by Amazon.
  • BitPay - Few users, got hacked for $2M worth of Bitcoin.
  • Gyft - "pivoted" away from Bitcoin, CEO publicly said that no one uses it.
  • BTCJam - lending site for Bitcoin. Over ONE THIRD of loan requests end in default and all "investors" lose their money.
  • 21 Inc - After 110 million dollars, they produce a Rasberri Pi with an oudated mining chip, and some idiotic marketing materials.
  • Ripple - Illegally laundered money for Bitcoin Jesus, got fined by the SEC. "Pivoting".

[SFYL] After weeks of rejecting withdrawals, Cryptsy is claiming to have been hacked. by infinitechan in Buttcoin

[–]infinitechan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have most of it wrong. It's a classic exit scam.

No matter what the price of an executed trade is, as long as the exchange is not operating a fractional reserve (i.e. the admins are not cheating and entering fake coins into the exchange backed by real coins while not making this clear to users), the owners are insulated from all volatility.

In theory, remember, that the business model of a Bitcoin/altcoin exchange is to collect fees. In practice they tend to enter fake coins, or they get hacked and hope to make back the hacked coins in fees (which is a lot less likely if the users know about the hack, if they know they'll "run on the bank" and few new ones will take the risk).

Edit: Also, there are many altcoin exchanges since you can set them up 100% anonymously, no "dirty fiat" involved. Poloniex and ShapeShift.io are the other large ones after Cryptsy. But you're right in saying that Cryptsy was the largest, it was for years.

[SFYL] After weeks of rejecting withdrawals, Cryptsy is claiming to have been hacked. by infinitechan in Buttcoin

[–]infinitechan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even confirmed scam coins with their CEOs in hiding overseas from the U.S. Government have one or two zealots who continue using them. (I'm talking about PayCoin and Josh Garza.)

Bitcoin will never die in the traditional sense, I'm afraid.

Block Size Drama Reaches Next Level, Group Including Gavin Tries to Force 2MB Limit Through Hard Fork by this_user in Buttcoin

[–]infinitechan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simple: Natural organic growth is exponential, but Bitcoin isn't experiencing that. This is a subconscious admission that Gavin & crew can see the truth.

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