#pest | 2023-07-13

09:01

awt_akris

!!ticker btc usd

09:01

deedbot

$30,558

~ 4 hours 21 minutes ~

13:23

awt_akris

Sadly gave up trying to figure out how to initialize the c types required to use jonsykkel's serpent, but I have been able to get pygcrypt (a python libgcrypt wrapper) working.

13:23

billymg

http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2023-07-12#1028137 << they really do seem to be trying to defend the 31k level, every time it creeps above it gets dumped back down

13:23

bitbot

Logged on 2023-07-12 10:45:03 asciilifeform[5]: ...meanwhile, in waterfall lulz.

13:24

awt_akris

Ran into segfault with jonsykkel's, couldn't find the core dumps, etc.

13:26

billymg

meanwhile, king shitcoin just broke below 100 for the first time since april '22

13:31

awt_akris

Can't tell if it's a single pump and dumper or a pumper and a dumper.

13:44

*

asciilifeform not even heard of this shitcoin

13:44

09:01	awt_akris	!!ticker btc usd
09:01	deedbot	$30,558
		~ 4 hours 21 minutes ~
13:23	awt_akris	Sadly gave up trying to figure out how to initialize the c types required to use jonsykkel's serpent, but I have been able to get pygcrypt (a python libgcrypt wrapper) working.
13:23	billymg	http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2023-07-12#1028137 << they really do seem to be trying to defend the 31k level, every time it creeps above it gets dumped back down
13:23	bitbot	Logged on 2023-07-12 10:45:03 asciilifeform[5]: ...meanwhile, in waterfall lulz.
13:24	awt_akris	Ran into segfault with jonsykkel's, couldn't find the core dumps, etc.
13:26	billymg	meanwhile, king shitcoin just broke below 100 for the first time since april '22
13:31	awt_akris	Can't tell if it's a single pump and dumper or a pumper and a dumper.
13:44	*	asciilifeform not even heard of this shitcoin
13:44	asciilifeform	of what is it 'king' ?
13:45	billymg	asciilifeform: DXY is the "dollar index", USD vs. basket of other fiat currencies
13:45	signpost	dxy is a dollar index against a bunch of dollar-colony country currencies.
13:45	asciilifeform	a
13:46	awt_akris	!!ticker btc usd
13:46	deedbot	$30,962
13:46	signpost	has gone sharply splat the last few times we hit the reset button on the US economy with a pencil.
13:46	awt_akris	lol - deedbot price is always a bit lower
13:46	signpost	it's pulling from some volume-weighted thing iirc
13:47	signpost	can't recall the exact mechanism
13:48	signpost	but I will whisper "31K" with rapture in my voice if you want, bae
13:48	awt_akris	that's ok I have it on my ipnoje
13:48	signpost	lol, same
13:49	signpost	I am not immune to the imaginary number.
13:49	signpost	might just be that coingecko's free API doesn't update that often.
13:50	*	asciilifeform not 'immune' but operates in 'how many zeros' mode when looking at exch rate
13:50	awt_akris	who knows wtf yahoo finance uses - stops working entirely for days every month
13:50	asciilifeform	#of 0's not changed in a while
13:51	awt_akris	harder to go from x billion to x trillion than from x million to x billion
13:51	*	signpost pretty convinced the "but what to buy" problem comes for us also.
13:52	asciilifeform	meanwhile, in pestronics lulz. (ru)
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13:54	awt_akris	lol - Big in Russia
13:56	asciilifeform	signpost: elaborate re 'what to buy problem' ?
13:56	signpost	e.g. chinese withholding rare earths
13:56	asciilifeform	a
14:05	billymg	neato, linking to pestnet.io -- i should update the spec (iirc it's the latest pressed version but asciilifeform's latest draft is quite a bit ahead)
14:06	billymg	asciilifeform: should i just copy what you have on your www as the latest draft?
14:06	asciilifeform	billymg: asciilifeform has been vehehery slowly updating the predraft, aiming to post new one in coming wks
14:07	asciilifeform	billymg: feel free to post the current one if you like tho