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asciilifeform: francis_wolke: phun phact. my first paying job was 'activate somatic telomerase.' project croaked from utter lack of the necessary depth of understanding.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: speaking of which, are PGP tattoos still in fashion, i wonder.
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: Okay?
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: further reading. GRU report based on U.S. silver purchases in 1941-43.
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: No
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: I fail to see how this leads to a USG without Manhattan projects.
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: as for the absence of 'modern manhattan project', let's attack that one head-on
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: you want a good read: "The Art of Not Being Governed." (James C. Scott)
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke let's consider a simpler alternative. obama fdr and lincoln all broke the law, grossly. in all cases the courts duly signed off on this.
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: i doubt that i, personally, could prove this claim to your satisfaction.
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: Same goes for you.
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: which claim ?
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: Must have been cached. (Though you already knew that) my bad.
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: It's not broken for me. http://francis-.github.io/
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke http://t.co/pwAThtM4MP << you know that's broken right ?
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke you know this hardly is showing, do you ?
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke can you show this to me ?
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: Because my imagination has some bearing on reality - however tenuous.
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: the visible muppets aren't good at much of anything
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke you don't. ideally, you DONT MAKE THEM
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: Exactly. The point is that the middle and lower class keep working.
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke it would be the breaking of SOME tablets
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: If the USD went to 0 btc - it would be a 'breaking of the tablets', regardless.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the basic point that stands, supposing there is one, is that caging monkeys has a certain cost
francis_wolke: mircea_popescu: I don't.
mircea_popescu: francis_wolke you realise the entire breaking tablets thing is strictly a function of man's early monkey-like state and has no practical importance today. do you ?
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: possibly the only organized undertaking modern rulers are any good at is: presenting elaborately misleading pictures of their capabilities.
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: and so, when a government pumps out propaganda by the truckload re: how it maintains a stable of uniquely-capable cryptologic janissaries, what can you conclude?
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: if you ruled over a 'center of cryptography and mathematics,' would you wish this to be known to your enemies?
asciilifeform: francis_wolke: (author of first link in your piece speaking) you're half right. the flaw is that you are only including 'documented' ('flag, anthem, navy') powers.
jurov: for example i can't imagine our resident billionaire, mircea_popescu to rely upon government protection
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Of course.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'm ready to see what I can do by the Ides of March
Vexual: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxjdg_D5YQY
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'm just thinking if you have a target sort of gain I should shoot for.
ozbot: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3g532Ex6K1qaooc8o1_500.jpg
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: How much did you buy the ATC at?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Maybe?
Vexual: mike_c?
MisterE: moiety: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/fake-funeral-notice-scam-low-fraudsters-ftc/story?id=22498185&google_editors_picks=true
mircea_popescu: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/New_York_Times_Frontpage_1914-07-29.png
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I hope you mean the whole operation.
B007: mircea_popescu: what would you pay 1000 btc for?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Any reason to try it. Homepage only seems to have buzzwords
mircea_popescu: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgfZiDJIMAA-_yT.png
ozbot: http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee677c6897b25e3cced894c5b5ecd7fd/tumblr_mej4zorNTX1qg7sdjo1_r1_1280.jpg
asciilifeform: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jAVGHwajDek/Rug-h4p-SAI/AAAAAAAAABY/vFJNNHVb9I4/s1600-h/bus.jpeg
davout: or mebbe the leprechaun is busy http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/165/e/e/fvsm01_leprechauns1_witches0_by_faile35-d3ixz8r.jpg
ThickAsThieves: data source seems to be working fine, no? http://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/weighted_prices.json
Apocalyptic: davout, have you read http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1r4d6t/bitstamps_streaming_api_and_exploitation/ ?
Asa9: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/does-janet-yellen-believe-in-deflation-2014-02-12?link=sfmw_sm
punkman1: Jere_Jones: in this case, read the thread, and see the derps asking Havelock to 2FA HARDER
mircea_popescu: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/wikipedia-kills-page-linking-obama-slogan-to-socialist-movement/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
mircea_popescu: Jere_Jones "two whores" ?
mircea_popescu: http://www.youtube.com/embed/_sxTbfeYdO0 anyway
mircea_popescu: Jere_Jones wonderful thing technology, i'd have forgotten 80% of my good ideas without it.
mircea_popescu: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma6breRS0v1ru15g3o1_1280.jpg
ozbot: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m65bz28JCw1rwvn7bo1_500.jpg
Jere_Jones: mircea_popescu Feature request for bash.bitcoin-assets.com: A link to the part in the relevant part at log.bitcoin-assets.com so that context is easier to find.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: 'everything new is carefully forgotten old' - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnsanews/8726748024/in/photostream/
ThickAsThieves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ob9Ak1t09Ao#t=40
Vexual: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FucSOWdvc_M this ones for pankkake for no reason other than i remember his name
herbijudlestoids: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell
Vexual: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5phTXGN_0
herbijudlestoids: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1xu4he/it_is_clear_that_silk_road_2_funds_were_stolen_by/
herbijudlestoids: thx mircea_popescu
gribble: You are now authenticated for user mircea_popescu with key 8A736F0E2FB7B452
gribble: Request successful for user mircea_popescu, hostmask mircea_popescu!~Mircea@pdpc/supporter/silver/mircea-popescu. Get your encrypted OTP from http://bitcoin-otc.com/otps/8A736F0E2FB7B452
mircea_popescu: ;;eauth mircea_popescu
Bugpowder: mircea_popescu: sent the right pub key to office, I hope
herbijudlestoids: yea i pledge on mircea_popescus pants
Bugpowder: mircea_popescu: Do I need to resend my public key to MPEx to use my account? I keep getting unrecognized sig responses.
herbijudlestoids: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xrtb6OK8t2c/TTB3SJN1AuI/AAAAAAAABas/VoiZoColSOA/s640/Jeff-Goldblum-jeff-goldblum-13817997-357-500.jpg
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: i think bingo has been thickening it up while we argued earlier, cos i kept pinging his bids hehe
the20year1: yeah mircea_popescu that too
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu?
the20year1: mircea_popescu: sort of. All these little tech startups suck their funding dry and then move on to 'the next big thing' and screw over some other institutional investor
moiety: FUD mircea_popescu!!
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: we got a buyout offer from a large company, now we can tell them to f off or value us at 10-20 times more
Duffer1: r/Bad_cop_no_donut
ozbot: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qjw8mfAV1r1slc5o1_1280.jpg
ThickAsThieves: <mircea_popescu> ThickAsThieves no it's not <<< it is for the market command it seems
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: lelll youre like an artist and your theme is "one naked lady amongst many clothed people"
mircea_popescu: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maj7hslN4H1ru15g3o1_500.jpg << cold water. it doesn't shrink only cocks. boobs too.
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: ah right in reference to SR2. thx
herbijudlestoids: MisterE: isnt that weird that you can never seem to find information? lol .... https://www.mtgox.com/press_release_20140210.html " As you are aware, the MtGox team has been working hard to address an issue with the way that bitcoin withdrawals are processed. By "bitcoin withdrawal" we are referring to transactions from a MtGox bitcoin wallet to an external bitcoin address. Bitcoin transactions to any MtGox bitcoin
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: you thought what was 5000BTC yesterday?
ozbot: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4u69wVO941robs3no1_1280.jpg
ozbot: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5840m0b5c1r4qqc5o1_1280.jpg
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: its been a while, but i guess so
herbijudlestoids: random_cat: http://mpex.co/faq.html#25
mircea_popescu: random_cat same as always, the bitcoincharts usd basket
herbijudlestoids: usually when you type mircea_popescu i feel like there is a ray of insight and knowledge which i can catch and appreciate. not so much today.
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: i was not specifically, with the amount of capital input, trying to turn a profit. no. i figured that was clear but apparently not. the goal, specifically, was to entice an "ecosystem" as you put it, into existence, from which a profit can actually be derived.
jimjenkin: mircea_popescu: can you talk about the latest developments regarding the tx mal. bullshit, does it matter?
mircea_popescu: mike_c also why slaves are the most educable. they own nothing, are immune to nothing, have no choice but tu learn.
mircea_popescu: <mike_c> <sigh> you want to learn your lessons when they only cost $9 or when they cost more? << the problem here is, of course, that people will waive their immunity to reality when reality is still powerless. this kind of puts a low bound on everyone's education, and this is why it's so much cheaper to educate poor kids.
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: the purpose of my activity, like i explained to you (now 3 times) was to have a go at something i was skeptical would work, specifically because you seemed to think there was some potential in trying the idea out
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: what i said to you from the very beginning was that there is no profit to turn, except in the potential for MM, which i am underfunded for, but i would give a crack anyway
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: i just explained it? nature does not build systems which drift from equilibrium. obama is literally riding a complex system in escape velocity. the implication is that what i tried to do is ...incorrect...because its obama-esque and not nature-esque...im saying thats so far from what i was trying to accomplish, that i dont understand the connection