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mircea_popescu: the fallacy here is that you wish to attribute action to "ownership" because this is
a fundamental pillar of your otherwise broken "action is not the measure of phenomena". if only it were possible that the mujahedeen were "
a puppet" then so many things you wish to be true would also perhaps be attainable.
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 13:06:20; mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=13-12-2015#1342262 << this very strange stupid number games thing. "they've commited
a billion they'd never pay and i'll do things i'm never actually doing". мы делаем вид что работаем а государство делает вид что платит нам зарплату for the new soviet generation.
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 13:21:57; assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 07:28:56; punkman: "She is
a retired Northampton science teacher and is concerned that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep the plants from growing."
assbot: Logged on 13-11-2014 19:06:33; asciilifeform: bip64, aside from complicating the protocol and giving relevance to the gavin shitgang, is also
a jam-tomorrow chumpatronic engineering structural element
mircea_popescu: funny thing, apropos : pharisees used to be
a nation. you know, like the ustards used to be
a nation. today they only thing they're remembered for is their manner of living, they're
a byword for hypocrisy and
a delusional magical belief in empty ritual and naming things.
mircea_popescu: and as the de-turdification process continue, expect more and more of these "highly principled" shitheads crawling out of the woodwork. because this is what ethics means to the present crop of retarded kids, it's just
a word, and it ain't got jack shit to do with what one does. just as long as the pharisee does his ablutions right all's good.
mircea_popescu: and seriously, see the part where the mp of this space says "This can not be emphasized enough : you can not be building any type of business on any sort of Gavinism, because they will not survive on the middle term. It's not just the Bitcoins, that you would have lost had I not murdered "XT". Everything - every hour you spend "developing" atop the crud USG agents try to stick in Bitcoin is
a wasted hour, because the s
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 07:28:56; punkman: "She is
a retired Northampton science teacher and is concerned that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep the plants from growing."
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:46:40; asciilifeform: one day i would like to read
a cookbook published by mircea_popescu. which will show the foods not only as they are on the table, but as they are in the stomach, small intestine, large, and onward...
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:39:45; asciilifeform: 'Sam, Greg, Elon, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research are donating to support OpenAI. In total, these funders have committed $1 billion, although we expect to only spend
a tiny fraction of this in the next few years.' << lulzy
assbot: Combination of Anabolic Steroids, Amphetamines, Benzos, and PCP. Perfect combo for bodybuilding and euphoria or asking for
a death sentence? : DarkNetMarkets ... (
http://bit.ly/1RL6Wwn )
mircea_popescu:
https://archive.is/7rXTw << typical 15yo doing the typical 15yo thing : put two-three stories together in
a new combo, passes them off as "real" to adults to see what they say.
punkman: "She is
a retired Northampton science teacher and is concerned that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep the plants from growing."
☟︎ assbot: Combination of Anabolic Steroids, Amphetamines, Benzos, and PCP. Perfect combo for bodybuilding and euphoria or asking for
a death sentence? : DarkNetMarkets ... (
http://bit.ly/1RL6Wwn )
mircea_popescu: other than "probably still
a better option than dan quayle"
mircea_popescu: what did carter regard as
a central element of his legacy, i forget
punkman: "President Obama, who regards tackling climate change as
a central element of his legacy, spoke of the deal in
a televised address from the White House. “This agreement sends
a powerful signal that the world is fully committed to
a low-carbon future,”"
ben_vulpes: tbqh every time i hear about what the wizards are up to it sounds like something from
a parallel universe
mircea_popescu: interestinglyt enough, zjdx.lljs.gov.cn/bfdx/ is
a spam link.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform:
a luxury mr. z80-wisher-into-existence perhaps didn't have.
pete_dushenski: but really,
a terahash is running ~1 btc atm (or was last month), which'd mean that 50k btc of ~just equipment~ is popping on and offline PER DAY. though the measurement problems inherent in ;;nethash may account for the majority of that...
pete_dushenski: those cf-18s might not be able to hit the side of
a barn in syria, but why not
a stationary and defenseless mining farm in iceland ?
pete_dushenski: 50 petahash here, 50 there... what's
a few hundred acres of mining farms between friends ?
mircea_popescu: so wait. the wikipedia page on the "cultural impact" of some random network anchor dude consists of 'things named after him' such as obscure sports teams and various pets ; and
a large chapter on "wikipedia references" ?
assbot: Logged on 12-12-2015 13:42:05; mircea_popescu: (i did find the answer,
a half hour of labour later, and exactly in the "basic science upon the software" sense djikstra was discussing. and i'm betting you don't know either. pos html omfg.)
mircea_popescu: never really watched the guy outside of
a few half minute snippets here and there.
mircea_popescu would almost watch
a best-of if curated by someone in the wot
trinque: giving up on the tags other than div alleviates
a lot of the pain
trinque: mircea_popescu:
a yep, that works.
assbot: "Parody" is not there for you cancerous fags to try and hide your cancer behind it. on Trilema -
A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... (
http://bit.ly/1T9xolV )
trinque: mircea_popescu │ in other news : how do you superimpose two images for the web, but exactly ? << you put them both in
a position: relative div, give the two images position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;
punkman: saw
a flash of naked girl on last article but it disappeared
mircea_popescu: (i did find the answer,
a half hour of labour later, and exactly in the "basic science upon the software" sense djikstra was discussing. and i'm betting you don't know either. pos html omfg.)
☟︎ BingoBoingo: * adlai is proud to report that his meatspace btcfiat signal remains peerlessly indistinguishable from monkeys at
a typewriter << Meatspace linux signal is bullish
adlai: but the tool still needs
a couple more trials before pressing blueprints
adlai has
a gist floating around that may be welcome (after some digestion) in bitbet.py, under the "betting both sides" department
adlai: monkeys that make good bitbet payouts! but suck at timing anything asymmetric larger than
a banknote or two
adlai is proud to report that his meatspace btcfiat signal remains peerlessly indistinguishable from monkeys at
a typewriter
adlai: they tend to either encourage me to keep playing around with my play-btc, or feign interest in the hope of nucleating
a tradable price signal out of my sykobabble
adlai hopes somebody has
a Plan around effigy-attributed trb vpatches, because i know enough C++ to swear myself fit to neither generate nor verify that bullshit
adlai: he's now gone parroting this on to other jooz, even in the same discussion as "so uh is it
a good time to buy bitcoin maybe because it's regulated?"
adlai: "More investors are taking it seriously and using it as
a portfolio diversifier" go on, elaborate how billionaires hedge their penny stock exposure with hard currency
adlai: nah let them riff
a little, it's their role in nature's "greedy algorithm" bullshit detector
adlai: "
A comparison to gold suggests Bitcoin could be undervalued" don't go driving any nonsmall amounts, we may have to take your bullshit seriously as well!
mircea_popescu: anyway, the diocletian edict is
a fine example. the problem isn't even economic there, it's purely political. "oh, we have
a problem we don't know how to solve, here's some red tape" "tell you what - it's not worth the risk of dealing with your red tape AT ALL. see ya". "oh noes! who could have predicted!"
BingoBoingo: Test all the children: "While the old ISAT test often saw as many as 95 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards, the highest-scoring school in St. Clair, Madison, Monroe or Clinton counties was Damiansville Elementary in Clinton County, with
a proficiency score of 69.2 percent, and the lowest-performing school was Lovejoy Elementary in Brooklyn with
a proficiency rate of zero."
adlai: seems to have stolen
a leaf from the book of ,,seen herbijudlestoids
adlai: forget the businessman, clergy don't hold
a candle to the nigerians
assbot: Logged on 12-12-2015 06:01:33; adlai: "The day is quickly approaching where even if someone were to sign
a message using Satoshi's known coin hoard addresses, we should think twice about whether this person actually is Satoshi or not"
mircea_popescu: "The idea of
a federal betting parlour on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque."' << so ?
mircea_popescu: specifically to get your two years interdiction, usg needs to control 99.999% of the network, and admitting half an exahash was legit that requires they get
a further 50 or so yotahashes. and that nobody else does anything.
mircea_popescu: to obtain similar performance to wires in this respect [delay only, not in all the others, you still get bitcoin, rather than usg-fiat moved around] you need
a 0.2%ish of the network.
assbot: Logged on 12-12-2015 04:30:25; asciilifeform: 'go ahead and transmit your tx to the free^H^H^H^Hterrorist world, but be prepared to wait two years for
a confirmation. or you can send to u.s. fed miner and get in the next block.'
adlai: so satoshi-minutes are worth somewhere between
a deedbot and
a bitcent
adlai: shut up and get in line for your trilema credits like
a good boy, satoshi. your money is as good as anybody else's.
adlai: "The day is quickly approaching where even if someone were to sign
a message using Satoshi's known coin hoard addresses, we should think twice about whether this person actually is Satoshi or not"
☟︎ adlai: some guy bought them off me once for
a pittance by today's rates >_>
adlai: 'The fictitious people in the zoo had
a big board supposedly showing stock market quotations and com-modity prices along one wall of their habitat, and
a news ticker, and
a telephone that was supposedly connected to
a brokerage on Earth. The creatures on Zircon-101 had told their captives that they had invested
a million bitcoins for them back on Earth, and that it was up to the captives to manage it
adlai: there's
a lightning network pun in here but i'm too spent to kill the joke. nite, or morning, as the custom may dictate
adlai: obviously this payment is only owed if the proof is in
a form acceptable to any and all future investors in my shinola distillery, usg ktulu or otherwise
adlai: it's worth
a couple bitcents, wait
a while and call me on this bullshit if i'm still around after we've given andreas rastapopoulous his two years
adlai: there's something amazing about getting
a whisker signal before assbot, and waiting to see which direction it guesses
adlai: bwah 'The market, known as the Policy Analysis Market, or PAM, never got off the ground. Democrat politicians in the Senate uncovered the plan in July 2003 and it was dropped amid public outcry. Ron Wyden,
a Democratic senator from Oregon, expressed the prevailing attitude when he said that "The idea of
a federal betting parlour on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque."'
BingoBoingo wonders if there is
a 12 step group for LSD adlai can explore, remembers medically induced ibogaine hallucinations likely conntributed to Bill's spiritual experience
☟︎ adlai: the brains behind it spin
a bullshit game that would make robert viragh proud