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ascii_field lived in
a flat made inside one such house long ago
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla nah, the cultivar is
a hybrid, called something like fragaria x or w/e.
kakobrekla: grain is also different from grass in terms of species, but its
a man made difference
mircea_popescu: hence in poker, you're like
a pinball machine on tilt.
mircea_popescu: ascii_field pinball. the idea there is you can get the machine in
a state where it "pays" you for free.
mircea_popescu: anyway, maybe it works this way. in my mind it's very stricrtly related to blowing
a roll tho
assbot: Logged on 16-12-2015 20:48:04; ascii_field: ' Self-funded development via block subsidy - In order to have an ongoing source of funding for development work,
a consensus rule has been added to allocate 10% of each block subsidy to
a development organization. This entity is transparent and responsible for funding development work performed by current and new developers so that the project remains sustainable without
a funding dependence on outs
jurov: well, throw in
a better number
☟︎ ascii_field: and where can i buy
a m^2 cell that yields 100W ever
ascii_field: (diesel is slightly less terrifying with respect to '
a' and 'b' but has same problems)
ascii_field: whereas
a concentrated energy carrier like, say,
a few tonnes of petrol, is
a) volatile b) flammable c) easily stolen d) requires finicky engine, with associated maintenance, ditto dynamo
ascii_field: because it locks in 'J joules over Y years' sorta like
a hedged bitbet
ascii_field: but the possibly novel thought earlier was, that photovoltaic could be
a useful thing even if ~heavily~ -ev in the thermo sense
pete_dushenski: like
a give
a shit about how cool and informal your company is. but i guess this speaks to how fungible your retarded staff are eh. "oh, matt left, but we got
a new matt, just like the old one". keep being washing machines, i'm sure you'll be mega profitable.
ascii_field: 'In the past few years, about two dozen solar farms around the state have become targets of public ire, usually over aesthetics and property values. Facing local hostility, several of these energy projects were voluntarily withdrawn by the developers, said Daniel Conrad,
a staff attorney for the N.C. Utilities Commission. The resistance often flares up in areas that have become magnets for solar farms – agricultura
kakobrekla: doormouse is
a delicacy here and you cant really get it in large quantities, also it has very poor meat to bone ratio - and because of the doormouse diet, meat has
a quite strong and specific taste - i prefer horse indeed
kakobrekla: speaking of food i just got
a fresh batch of horse meat from
a local farmer - man this shit is crazy good, sorry cows you can go home
BingoBoingo: "Heiniger’s call-to-arms, reproduced in at least one local paper, predicts that solar farms could shift land use to such an extent that “it is highly unlikely this land will ever be farmed again.” Heiniger also denounced solar energy as
a government-subsidized boondoggle that is “highly inefficient at producing energy.”"
pete_dushenski: [BitBet Bets Bets] 1.20000000 BTC on 'Yes' - Bitcoin to top $600 before Jan 2016 << waitwut! 'When the difference between
a given "Yes" bet time and the event time is less than two weeks, that bet will be refunded less BitBet's fee." means this guy is shooting for december 30 and 31 EXCLUSIVELY. that's some kinda aim lol
jurov: czechoslovak voucher privatisation ended up
a lottery
ascii_field: future. Decred therefore improves with growth in
a sustainable way and is accountable only to its users.'
ascii_field: ' Self-funded development via block subsidy - In order to have an ongoing source of funding for development work,
a consensus rule has been added to allocate 10% of each block subsidy to
a development organization. This entity is transparent and responsible for funding development work performed by current and new developers so that the project remains sustainable without
a funding dependence on outside forces in the
☟︎ ascii_field: '
A hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake technology-based consensus system that will balance consensus between miners and voters... [buncha crud snipped] ... Bottom-up non-financial decision making through the Decred Assembly by community members contributing to the project through work and effort.'
fluffypony: kakobrekla: that's
a PR overstatement, it's the Conformal / btcd guys
assbot: Bitcoin Developers Are Creating
a New Digital Currency Called Decred - CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News ... (
http://bit.ly/1IV4NfO )
mircea_popescu: "Hey man it was
a fun jab, and try not to take things so seriously. It's hyperbole and it's part of who I am and how I get
a statement across."
mircea_popescu: "The Node/JS ecosystems are experiencing
a Cambrian explosion in technology, with all that implies. If you don't like it, don't worry. It probably won't take 20 million years this time to settle in on the "best" ways of doing things."
BingoBoingo: From the tard mines: "Among the strongest creations of Team Abrams, Kylo Ren is
a kind of baby Darth Vader who throws tantrums in inky-black robes while wearing
a leather-and-metal-head appliance that looks like
a domination mask by way of the grille of
a 1952 Chevy." -NYtimes
nubbins`: to make
a drive-thru maze that would accomodate more cars
nubbins`: timmy's
a stone's throw from my house had to modify parking lot last year
pete_dushenski: without philipinos (the actual, irl kind), these tim hortons operations would grind to
a halt.
assbot: Successfully added
a rating of -1 for travispatron with note: plagiarist. dunning-krugerand.
assbot: Successfully added
a rating of -1 for coblee with note: plagiarist. shill.
☟︎ ascii_field: the 'lumos' link is to
a still-alive photovoltaic maker !
ascii_field: 'Brawker is
a Bitcoin buying service enabling consumer to purchase products with bitcoin. Company (Dead / Inactive)'
ascii_field: 'We wanted to make it so creating and selling hardware was as easy as writing and publishing
a blog post. You shouldn’t need to be an electrical engineer or an industrial designer to create electronic devices. Nor should you have to worry about supply chain or distribution if you wanted to sell them. We believed it was possible to eliminate all of that complexity, so the average person could easily create highl
pete_dushenski: actually the comments in there are pretty golden, mainly because
a couple of our old boys - pankkake and thickasthieves - make appearances.
nubbins`: in
a sane world that would explicitly equate to reporting lazy gov workers
ascii_field: nubbins`: actually we had 'report welfare fraud!111' ads for
a while
mircea_popescu: surprisingly, the end-of-life of
a place which everyone uses as
a mine is... being
a garbage dump
ascii_field: nubbins`: every other bus in d.c. region now has
a HUGE 'see sumthing say sumthing' on it
mircea_popescu: everyone there is either
a midwesterner or else "only here for
a few years to make enough money to run off to argentina / send back home to laos"
BingoBoingo: <pete_dushenski> ;;later tell BingoBoingo so chuck lee makes it an entire thousand words without sounding like
a complete momo, only to finish with "P.S. I’m currently in favor of scaling Bitcoin via 2–4–8, SegWit, and LN." like, wtf. << But he also took the castle analogy from
a contravex it seems
ascii_field: 'Yea,
a trooper of the forces who has run his own six horses!' -- kipling
mircea_popescu: i mean, i myself am
a pervert, use females for the role. but this notwithstanding...
ascii_field: wasn't mircea_popescu explaining that there is
a horde of usians without even own car now ?
mircea_popescu: but no valet ? what sort of
a man's one supposed to be ?
mircea_popescu: speaking of, it's
a little declase to not have one's own valet, don't we find ?
ascii_field: i suppose if mircea_popescu wants to pass out wagner & cyanide, it'll go
a little faster
mircea_popescu: there should be
a word. maybe we reuse the old ottoman gyauri
mircea_popescu: im starting to understand that part of the reason people still stick around is that they don't have
a ready reference for their inferiority as white people in the western world.
mircea_popescu: only for the... peons. hm. need
a word to brand the subhuman quality of white/english speaking/western world folk.
mircea_popescu: it was
a case of "the best thing that can happen to
a subhuman british citizen is being used for the pleasure of
a superior muslin man"
ascii_field: mircea_popescu: i can only assume it was
a straight case of 'hands off because foreign relations' thing
mircea_popescu: anyway, in this particular case they didn't manage to close the sale in
a minute or so, and so i walked out.
nubbins`: i.e. i walked into
a starbucks in seoul and ordered my usual in english and they /made it/
ascii_field: and the starbux i went to
a few days ago looked exactly like this.
mircea_popescu: i watched
a middle aged woman and two young men. they were seated at some table being the usual monkeys adolescents are today
mircea_popescu: so while the girls tried to expedite
a TWELVE PERSON QUEUE at the SINGLE OPEN COUNTER in what the argentinian fucktards fraudulently misrepresent as
a local instantiation of
a usian chain
mircea_popescu: little does me know that the thing is
a starbucks. little does me care, either. assistence is in disbelief over the wonder. mp in starbucks!
mircea_popescu: incidentally, funny scene yest : /me turns
a corner, openms door and goes in. because me is thirsty and place looks like
a diner or soemthing.
mircea_popescu: me. i should be. these fucktards who imagine the world exists like their stupid mother, just waiting for them to squeeze
a tit
a little are fine.
mircea_popescu: no you don't understand, they were going to sit themselves down in the middle of someone else's field and charge
a toll!
assbot: Logged on 16-12-2015 16:27:05; mircea_popescu: epic. "i am exactly who i wanted to be :
a failure. unfortunately, this also means i die now. so long!"
ascii_field: i'm not sure why 'it is my favourite' other than the fact that i used to live on
a street that had one such. it was quite dilapidated and possibly abandoned
mircea_popescu: the notion that "uppity ustard talking out of line" is correctly represented as "fellow human taking on too much risk" is
a core example of this problem, actually. what, we're all sitting at
a table in mutual equality deciding how much to put down on red ? gtfo, you're not even allowed in the parking lot.
mircea_popescu: So what was it? Did we just pick the wrong videographer? Did we pay too much for what was being offered? Should we have paid more for
a more experienced videographer? Or significantly less for someone of equal calibre? Maybe our product just didn’t need
a video? I mean, we’re selling women’s clothing and the items themselves are undoubtedly “out there”. Perhaps leveraging word of mouth would have proved just
mircea_popescu: "The outcome? Based on subsequent actuarial, statistical, and financial analyses, we concluded that not
a single dollar spent on videography amounted to
a single dollar in revenue generated by those investments. In other words, every dollar we spent on videography and on models was, economically speaking,
a complete and utter deadweight loss (photography actually proved to be very effective early on, and should we have
mircea_popescu: "After $4000 spent, there was NO way, in light of the supposed attention to detail and effort we put into our videography, that this could not generate some kind of
a media buzz, and in return, contribute to revenue growth…" << loller.
mircea_popescu: $50
a model, that's about what random internet ho gets for
a titshot, and they still bitch about being face shy
mircea_popescu: • $1000 on
a conceptual promotional video for our brand.
mircea_popescu: it not only made it impossible to immediately notice that people suck, but it also made it unobvious to gatekeepers that this is
a dumb idea.