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BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Well, you have been seasoned as a strategic consultant.
ozbot: Twitter / Mircea_Popescu: @Falkvinge @kLee1977 I'll bet ...
mircea_popescu: https://twitter.com/Mircea_Popescu/status/436429248740728832
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan well, it's like in any socialist state : some people go along because they hope to get something from it,
BingoBoingo: greenspan_fan: To my knowledge they process applications in batches. Kind of like the Army except without the filtering to keep bona fide retards out of camp.
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan the self-perception of importance is pretty much the whole of the compensation.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: The gawker rag Valleyway (the one with hedgec0k) has been running some lulzy bitcoin stuff you should probably have one of the girls archive.
moiety: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/10/is-george-osbornes-cat-freya-chinese-spy_n_3415629.html
ozbot: Twitter / krtek_net: Mtgox is sorting orders, waiiting ...
mircea_popescu: https://twitter.com/krtek_net/status/436386804372344832
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: moves would be carried out by sending to an addr generated for the purpose
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan http://trilema.com/category/smg/
chetty: greenspan_fan, eulora, mmorpg
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan it's not strictly a matter of cost.
greenspan_fan: mircea_popescu you're right, it does seem to beg the question...
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan this seems to me a completely unwarranted generalisation that actrually breaks logic.
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan not clear, but er is the clap.
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan so did satoshi.
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan well presumably whatever suspends btc suspends all btc-likes
ozbot: http://24.media.tumblr.com/0230a601ff554ecdd6d2941552f4d89f/tumblr_msi3siUEvs1r1rxrbo1_500.jpg
benkay: greenspan_fan: you don't need credits for comments.
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan not sure if you ever read http://trilema.com/2013/bitcoin-prices-bitcoin-inflexibility/#comment-92015 ?
greenspan_fan: mircea_popescu as you say, not a problem for reasonably wealthy individuals, but it means that if you don't already have a lot of fiat currency, you can't rely on bitcoin
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan not really. bitcoin is not visa.
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan dollah i meant.
greenspan_fan: mircea_popescu worth how? I have less than 100 000 btc, for example
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan "adoption" means something strictly different from pageviews
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: example, p. 69, optical 'correlator'
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: 'optical methods of signal processing.' v. d. svet. 1971
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: for your warez pleasure: http://www.loper-os.org/pub/lightproc.djvu
Bugpowder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fluorescent_protein
Bugpowder: mircea_popescu: That was made by the former
Bugpowder: http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/langdalelab/protocols/PCR/degenerate_primer.pdf
Bugpowder: mircea_popescu: I played that game quite a bit in grad school.
benkay: mike_c: the basic gist is that you can't spend it when btc price is going up 'cause derp, but then when you don't spend it in time you get a reaming from investors.
kakobrekla: hats off mike_c
benkay: mike_c: did you see mircea_popescu's point a few days ago about the flipside of "you can raise it but you can't spend it"?
benkay: mike_c: you're still serving directly from highcharts.
moiety: i was just reading the income page - nice page mike_c
benkay: i think the assettes crashed your server, mike_c.
Apocalyptic: nice article mike_c
moiety: that's very nice mike_c :)
benkay: talking about the scoop, mike_c :0
mike_c: mircea_popescu: yup
benkay: well done mike_c
benkay: this is no secret to me, mircea_popescu
lnovy: mircea_popescu: :)
asciilifeform: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/1organic/graphics/24_19.gif
benkay: hey mircea_popescu where's the essay in which you explain why proles can't afford privacy?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: might want to describe this for the simple (i.e. mathematically)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: contest inspired by Axelrod's prisoner's dilemma tournament
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: this is old news; 2nd tournament is mostly done now, too
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: re: multi-armed bandit: http://lalandlab.st-andrews.ac.uk/tournaments/tournament1/sociallearning.html
cads: mircea_popescu: I dunno, maybe I could do a situation with agents that act under various ignorance or misinformation constraints.
cads: mircea_popescu: I'm not sure where I'd start to be honest
ozbot: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m21aqoo0k41r3drngo1_500.jpg
cads: mircea_popescu: instragram is photography for hipsters and hiphop kids
ThickAsThieves: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ydz04/i_was_just_threatened_for_exposing_a_scam_on/
pankkake: related: http://www.shadowplayers.com/main%20upload/molly2_157.jpg
ThickAsThieves: http://media.qcsupply.com/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/4/340228_1.jpg
Bugpowder: FabianB_: tru
benkay: mike_c: throwaway pun of the day ;)
benkay: mike_c: thanks
benkay: virtual memory pointer to web of trust backups updated: http://cascadianhacker.com/blog/2014/02/19_bitcoin-otc-web-of-trust-backups.html
BingoBoingo: mike_c: I've found bitbook.biz reliable, but who knows if they will continue to be reliable.
the20year2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Arms
diametric: greenspan_fan: whether or not its CF
diametric: greenspan_fan: no benefit, any FDM style printer is still going to suffer from a weakness on the layers
diametric: greenspan_fan: its junk
diametric: greenspan_fan: theres CF infused PLA already
Ito9: http://www.ubs.wallst.com/ubs/mkt_story.asp?docKey=1329-L2N0LO199-1
nubbins`: mircea_popescu, story of my life
diametric: mircea_popescu: haha
diametric: mircea_popescu: yes its probably wise
mircea_popescu: Jere_Jones can you construct an example ?
mircea_popescu: mike_c the eyes don't mind all that much just as long as you don't go all spinoza on them
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: You didn't get him in channel though.
Apocalyptic: Chris_Sabian_, I am
asciilifeform: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Dash
gribble: Custer's Revenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <;' target='_blank'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer's_Revenge>; Custer's Revenge - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY2AqKCpGkk>; Custer's Revenge - The 11 Most Racist Video Games - UGO.com: <http://www.ugo.com/games/custers-revenge>
gribble: Hard Hat Mack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hat_Mack>; Hard Hat Mack Game Review (Apple II) - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abOXbHPga30>; C64 Longplay - Hard Hat Mack - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1DLAHY8XeM>
gribble: Jumping Jack (1983)(Imagine Software) ROM < ZX Spectrum Z80 ...: <http://www.emuparadise.me/ZX_Spectrum_(Z80)_ROMs/Jumping_Jack_(1983)(Imagine_Software)/79251>; Jumping Jack • ZX Spectrum online - Torinak: <http://torinak.com/qaop#!jumpingjack>; Universal/UPL Game List: <https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=info&page=UniversalGameList.txt>
pankkake: apparently France said to Argentina that it was cool http://www.lesechos.fr/opinions/points_vue/0203314387608-prets-a-l-argentine-la-position-indigne-de-la-france-650469.php
davout: did i just teach mircea_popescu a new english word? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complexify
davout: mircea_popescu: the proof is that they manage to survive in africa
ThickAsThieves: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/birds_eye_releases_mashtags_social_spud_snacks/
lnovy: mircea_popescu: I'm reading that, but I guess I'm not that schooled in the terminology, therefore I'm asking for layman terms...
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Idaho is potatos. Ohio is shitpits.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: The Doge article where he wrote about only retweeting women. It would have been a Bit article if only it wouldn't insult Bit, hence Doge article.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I read the Doge article on the retweets before. Name was unnotable though.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: It is almost as good as the Variety Speak. We need John Taffer in this channel.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I need maybe 20 minutes to see what kind of Nobody though.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I have to see who this Dash guy is
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Give me time for a glass of OJ and some more thought on those odds.
ozbot: Twitter / Mircea_Popescu: @anildash Your self-absorbed ...
mircea_popescu: https://twitter.com/Mircea_Popescu/status/436088812041560064
davout: mircea_popescu: "what's the inernet gonna do? blog about it?" <<< made me lol and looks relevant here
r3wt: Project LUAPOD: https://twitter.com/_OpenEx_/status/436078620172226561/photo/1
greenspan_fan: mircea_popescu happens in practice, still kinda gross
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan imo that's like perfume supplanting washing.