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thestringpuller: you niggas don't deserve a vote
thestringpuller: isn't that the same thing?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform they can't take walk-ins. it'd make the chinese's job too easy
asciilifeform: to nobody's particular surprise, they didn't answer
mircea_popescu: she doesn't, but if they didn't believe that they couldn't put up with their life.
asciilifeform: well yeah, 'TPTB know something we don't' implication
asciilifeform: who doesn't like surprises
pankkake: you get buzz and people don't come back because there was nothing
pankkake: tried to use !b cause I don't think web submit works
Vexual: didn't you get the memo?
mircea_popescu: i can't.
deadweasel: it's a problem.. i ate 3/4 of a casserole last night. good luck, i haven't figured that one out.
deadweasel: don't leave me hangin' bro
asciilifeform: didn't 'foundation' also say 'no more tx except from u.s. gov. approved addrs' ?
mircea_popescu: which "weren't there" when we begun taking them out
the20year: I don't know , when i talked to a guy in 2003-4 about his time in Iraq, he seemed to indicate his unit trained with them. I do believe the marines still train
mircea_popescu: the20year and don't know how to use them
the20year: Anything prior to 1899 is legal , granted some states have other rules. Sadly the maxim and potato digger aren't covered
asciilifeform: how did it come about that they aren't considered arms?
the20year: Same with guns manufactured prior to 1898 that aren't considered firearms anymore
the20year: Ammo isn't too bad if you want to set up the process ,or just make a muzzleloader
asciilifeform: cheap is a tricky concept. a plastic fork is cheap, until it isn't, and is entirely unobtainable
asciilifeform: he had a computer model which explained why certain - helmeted - men ended up with brain damage, while grunts in the same vehicle, sans helmet, didn't.
the20year: The average soldier carries about 100lbs of gear into battle, so 20lb of armor isn't a big deal. thus why the US military is testing powered armor
the20year: Most rifles won't make it through AR500 steel plate
the20year: Some armor makers do put their armor on and get shot, i wouldn't due it due to spall, but some believe that much in their product
the20year: don't you look at armor tests?
asciilifeform: no reason why this shouldn't apply to armour makers.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform wasn't he killed by a bomb ?
mircea_popescu: not that this hasn't been done.
asciilifeform: american grunts are issued 'kevlar', but tend to throw it out. and they, oddly, won't sleep in it.
asciilifeform: (for those who have no truck with 3d printing or the like, this isn't something which afaik exists.)
nubbins`: generally sex toys aren't made from hard plastic
pankkake: is it safe for sex toys? I fear it isn't, but that would be a great use
nubbins`: i don't doubt that most of the 3d printers in people's homes were used to make a couple sets of chess pieces and now sit idle
pankkake: for people who don't know how to build things
asciilifeform: i still don't get why '3d printer' is so fashionable.
asciilifeform: although i'd also be surprised if altcoin aficionados don't take to bloating their chains to 'look relevant'.
nubbins`: http://0.tqn.com/d/humor/1/0/J/T/-/-/doge.jpg
nubbins`: http://0.tqn.com/d/humor/1/0/P/T/-/-/wow-such-math-ti-doge-meme1.jpg
pankkake: I wouldn't go back to anything non IPS
sbp: kanzure: Snoop Dogg is into BTC, don't see why Francis I shouldn't be next
mircea_popescu: pankkake this ain't a penis contest, it doesn't have to be long, it has to be thick
sbp: bet they didn't do that in the Vatican Library too. set fire to all of Benedict's papers
mircea_popescu: wow it doesn't ? what a letdown.
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nubbins`: i don't think you're using the term "base" the way other people use it
nubbins`: otherwise it's just another thing i don't have space for
nubbins`: why don't we just cobble together a series of retarded nonsensical names for all the different decimal places and use that?
deadweasel: don't tase me bro?
mircea_popescu: i wasn't gonna scratch my cock
mircea_popescu: don't be a jock, the police are cracking down.
mircea_popescu: wasn't godel the guy with two wives ?
sbp: well hopefully he doesn't end up like Gödel
sbp: heh! awesome. well, awesome inasmuch as it doesn't distract him from Loper... :-)
pankkake: he probably hasn't the balls to bet on that though
KRS|Gotyawallet: btw if mpex sells cex shares, i meant their mining offering directly from them 1ghash .07 btc.. i wasn't talking about securities
mircea_popescu: i think they just don't have nude beaches in paraguay
pankkake: can't rival her insightful prose
pankkake: isn't it the first assumption when you create a btc investment?
mircea_popescu: romanian uses pizda but doesn't have a picka ;/
mircea_popescu: don't know anything that'd indicate it's profitable.
KRS|Gotyawallet: This doesn't seem like good news.
mike_c: yeah, couple weeks ago. don't hate me bingoboingo.
benkay: then some new poor soul gets hired on to the team, can't figure out why no 'work' is happening and starts writing reports.
nubbins`: gov't employees spying on 14yo kids calling each other fags and lobbing grenades
asciilifeform: in case that wasn't clear.
asciilifeform: aren't there quite enough of those?
asciilifeform: i can't help but imagine some fellow at Meta-NSA, with a pill against ECDSA hidden under a flower pot in his office, laughing his arse off at these morons. ☟︎
asciilifeform: good, i don't need to draw a picture.
jurov: or chuckles? can't decide
kanzure: the reason that apple doesn't want cryptocurrencies on ios is related to mobile payments and their own ios5 wallet system
benkay: although if apple gets their way with the jailed platforms one won't be able to actually run a bitcoin client on any OS X instance.
benkay: but i don't think end users should be managing their wallets in any event
thestringpuller: didn't usagi have an anime avatar
thestringpuller: wow i guess I shouldn't trust him
kanzure: there's also a third one that has cancer so i can't talk too much shit about him
pankkake: I can't really judge it, because it's all in broken english in my head
jurov: don't do it
pankkake: and I haven't slept for 24hours
mike_c: limited partners buy into a vc fund and don't expect to see it back for 10 years
asciilifeform: i wouldn't - you still have to get the stuff out of your lungs eventually
asciilifeform: if you're going for classical (thermoblocks, pipes) vs. immersion cooling, use water. it pretty much can't be beat re: heat capacity.
asciilifeform: don't pop the vial indoors.
pankkake: also I don't know much about Bitcoinica
pankkake: the hardest part for me is that I don't know if it sounds right
nubbins`: pre-t-t-y gangsta
nubbins`: "the fragile / she doesn't see her beauty / i won't let you fall apart"
thestringpuller: don't even go there
nubbins`: well, arguably, but assuming that's so -- it doesn't mean it can translate into music with a straight face
nubbins`: ThickAsThieves: anyway, to answer your question from earlier, i'm not sure there's a way to write a song about bitcoin that isn't funny
nubbins`: no, i can't see how investing in mining is a good idea
mircea_popescu: jesus i can't believe anal cunt has a 50 page wikipedia entry, complete with neckbeard graphs and dioramas.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` you don't understand. lag is part of our legacy.
thestringpuller: thus I can't read trilema at work
nubbins`: well he obv didn't have a belt handy, so...
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu doesn't put any nsfw tags on anything
mircea_popescu: no thety wouldn't. homeless = mobile.