log☇︎
125800+ entries in 0.874s
BingoBoingo: shinohai: I'd appreciate it if when you find these thing you'd make a quick qntra of it.
pete_dushenski: naturally, gawker has a "me too" piece : http://gizmodo.com/this-australian-says-he-and-his-dead-friend-invented-bi-1746958692?rev=1449615811696
BingoBoingo: I think someone's a "dry drunk"
mircea_popescu: They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. Somebody will say, 'Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. These are foolish people, we have a lot of foolish people. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it
mircea_popescu: The press has to be responsible; they're not being responsible. Ten movies streaming across that, that Internet, and what happens to your own personal Internet? We're losing a lot of people because of the Internet. I just the other day got… an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday. We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people who really understand what's happening and maybe,
mircea_popescu: this is the first time i actually read something by trump. i guess that shows about how much of a shit i give. nevertheless, it's almost as if they start with the same paste and then name it trump or stevens or whatever
mircea_popescu: Bankruptcy artist, likely payment fraudster, and aspiring fiat politician Donald Trump overshadowed a previous comment by proposing
BingoBoingo: How are you so sure he still has a whole penis
mircea_popescu: "Overshadowed by a comment he made earlier on border policy bankruptcy artist, likely payment fraudster, and aspiring fiat politician Donald Trump has proposed"
mircea_popescu: does he have a wall on his penis ?
BingoBoingo: Awe, shame sign doesn't also say "for sale" or "free to a good home"
adlai: the beauty of bitcoin is that satoshi is a scammer, too
brg444: I guess this is a better attempt at it than Newsweek :D
assbot: The case for the Salvation Army in downtown Edmonton. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1Na88WV )
pete_dushenski: "A day after setting a new 11-year low, the Canadian dollar sheds another half-cent and the TSX slides to a two-year low, as oil fails to rebound" << aaaand traveling just got a little more expensive.
pete_dushenski: now, either i'm not paying so much attention anymore (likely hypothesis) or all the i-esque bricks look the same in much the same way that a kia looks like a bmw (also likely)
pete_dushenski: http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/307321/the-10-best-symbian-phones-ever/1 << makes me nostalgic for the days when phones looked ~different~ from one another. there was no question at that time, to a connoisseur, what brand and model you were sporting.
pete_dushenski: punkman: i always thought the nokia n95 was a nifty device, until 1st gen iphone appeared
assbot: Desperately trying to put the “auto” back into automobile in a flaccid attempt to put the relevance back into motoring. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1RCPFFw )
pete_dushenski: ;;later tell ben_vulpes this comment was at least half-ways pointed in your general direction http://www.contravex.com/2015/12/07/desperately-trying-to-put-the-auto-back-into-automobile-in-a-flaccid-attempt-to-put-the-relevance-back-into-motoring/#comment-37004 ☟︎
pete_dushenski: it starts out as 'a theory', spends a while being 'debated' in the press, and then is inevitably implemented, because how not ? have to DO something, neh ?
pete_dushenski: "Canada could theoretically follow the lead of other countries that have recently gone to negative interest rates in order to stimulate the economy, central bank governor Stephen Poloz told a business audience today after yet another drop in the loonie." << PLZ TO MOAR STIMULA7333 !!!1
mircea_popescu: heh... i wonder if the person could be persuaded to do a "fatties and bitcoin" corner ?
mircea_popescu: "First of tall it doesn’t talk that much money launch a website, Notyourgoodfatty.com was launched in a day for less than what Marilyn Wann probably pays for a single meal. Since July I’ve posted nearly 30 articles but a “pro activist” can’t manage to launch a simple website?"
assbot: How many is too many teaching waivers at a public research institution? | Inside Higher Ed ... ( http://bit.ly/1OOvpQs )
assbot: A Trio of Big Fat Failed Crowdfunded Projects from Fat Acceptance - NotYourGoodFatty.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1OOv4xl )
BingoBoingo: Collision of two things http://notyourgoodfatty.com/a-trio-of-big-fat-failed-crowdfunded-projects-from-fat-acceptance/
assbot: 4 results for 'dolezal' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=dolezal
nubbins`: by this metric, a sketchbook and pencil is more powerful than any computer
mircea_popescu: Not only is Ubuntu a great operating system, it's also very flexible and powerful enough to allow you to get up and running in no time! Note: Please restart your computer after every step. This will ensure everything is working correctly."
nubbins`: post a couple pix when you get a chance, as long as it hasn't been chewed by a dog i'll give you 1.5 for it
nubbins`: more of a passive thing these days. i've been trying to get a full set of silvers with pgp docs
nubbins`: gross, daily mail did a story on twodogs.
mircea_popescu: what thing ever ceased being a thing!
nubbins`: cut me some slack, i'm essentially a luddite these days
nubbins`: tbh didn't really realize this was still a thing
mircea_popescu: so you read something in the newspaper, in a field you understand, it falls apart like shit in the sun.
punkman: so doctor in meatwot got hit by ransomware, asked if I want to take a look at infected box
BingoBoingo: Cutting edge tech: "Today, there is a B-52 pilot whose father and grandfather flew the plane."
mircea_popescu: but feel free to package a selection of lulz for qntra.
nubbins`: <+mircea_popescu> yeah, they remember being dinosaurs like i remember being lucy, the fatass african woman. << mp for someone who natively speaks a romance lang, you're not very romantic ;/
gabrielradio: mircea_popescu, radu @ piticigratis.com has a good piece about that
mircea_popescu: maybe it sucks being a bird, with singing the unfortunate result of doomed attempts to scratch an overpowering itch one can't really touch
BingoBoingo: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=08-12-2015#1338863 << Ah that. College in small nowhere town near the exact middle of no where had a derpy shooting threat. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: fortunately they're not too big, else you couldn't hear a thjing on earth.
nubbins`: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=08-12-2015#1338948 << incidentally, we publish a psychedelic-dipped book of common local birds; my favourite illustration is the Black Guillemot, who is quite obviously being as loud as he fucking can, simply because he's a bird and it feels good to do so ☝︎
mircea_popescu: anyway, the geniuses have a point : it's either morloch or eloi, and the latter's the definition of crime.
mircea_popescu: da fuck is a "National Crime Agency" anyway
mircea_popescu: y a-t-il un soir, un moment ou l'on se dit c'est plus pour moi
mircea_popescu: if you think the stotting buck is stotting "to impress the she-herd" you've spent a little too much time i nschool.
mircea_popescu: anyway, greenspun in this interpretation embodies the affliction, in how he falsely if conveniently paints a will-to-live in the terms of "impressing the group"
asciilifeform: it is entirely possible for an old (to a point) man to shoot better, take more physical punishment, run faster, even - than disposable cannon fodder. to a point. but the one thing that doesn't grow back is... WANTING TO. i.e. thinking that, in greenspun's words, 'the group is worth impressing' via suicidal stupidity
asciilifeform: i suppose in 1890 white was a healthy thing, while black meant 'cowardly, dystrophic, lost in fancies'
asciilifeform: but of a stereotype, sorta like the archetypical ss aryan
mircea_popescu: and white is a state of mind.
asciilifeform: it isn't a picture of a flesh animal
assbot: Logged on 08-12-2015 15:43:29; mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah but the problem is that the fiction in question only exists as a sales ploy.
thestringpuller: will be a lucrative listing, can't wait for the IPO
mircea_popescu: translates directly to a) you're not in the wot and b) you're a redditard.
mircea_popescu: ot thinking of the nation? What unity of thought is possible between us? Unity of thought presupposes firmness of belief from two directions. If we accept that my firmness of belief is proven by my past, then your firmness of belief perished forever in your activity as a provocateur. You already can never believe yourself. What conspiracy is possible in the absence of unity of thought and firmness of belief? Really onl
mircea_popescu: "1) Why did you choose me for communicating your secret? Am I really your unconditional fellow-thinker who can be entrusted with a secret? To be your fellow-thinker, I should have known all your intimate plans against the emigration, plans you are professionally obligated to have. How and by what means will you prove to me that you are speaking with me now not as a professional provocateur from the NKVD, but as a patri
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah but the problem is that the fiction in question only exists as a sales ploy. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: "A sentence of 36 months’ imprisonment sufficiently reflects the seriousness of the offense, and at the same time takes into consideration Mr. Bridges’ prior life of accomplishment, commitment, sacrifice, and integrity, and in particular the contributions he has made to the law enforcement community. " <<< and by this novel take on the law, how many babies is it ok for obama to kill ? what if he also eats the carca
mircea_popescu: "Mr. Bridges stands before this Court as a man of exceptional professional accomplishment. Prior to his national disgrace, he was widely respected and well-liked by his professional colleagues and in the community. This proceeding marks the final chapter of a profound tragedy, for Mr. Bridges, his family, and his friends and community – and for the United States Secret Service, to which he devoted a large part of his
mircea_popescu: amount does not correspond to any benefit to the defendant, it is appropriate to consider a
mircea_popescu: would be appropriate in this case. In a case like this one, where the defendant, a first-time
mircea_popescu: forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (“§ 3553(a)”) suggest that a sentence no greater than 36 months
mircea_popescu: advisory guidelines range suggests a term of imprisonment of 57 to 71 months, the factors set
BingoBoingo: Also gotta remember I'm not necessarily thinking about something I'd want to eat. I'm imagineering a product that could be marketed to great success and high margin
BingoBoingo: Seriously look a peanutbutter nutrition facts. Lipids out number protein by 2x even though advertised as source of protein.
liquidassets: ok ok, it doesn't actually contain any bromine, I suppose that's a good thing
BingoBoingo: Because expensive and lipids are needed to produce a nut butter consistency
BingoBoingo: If you go to Walmart a kilo of powder is right about $20, but can be had for more or less.
punkman: /me is also working on a food shop
BingoBoingo: Anyways it would prolly be possible to sub a dietary fat with an indigestible silicone grease for a lower calorie variant, also to really emphasize the partial in partial foods.
liquidassets: I've been doing some PR, linking to #b-a or writers in here on a near daily basis
liquidassets: a piece on qntra is definitely one of my goals
BingoBoingo: If you wanna work put together some pieces for qntra. Otherwise you can play in your kitchen with whey protein and beef tallow to find a palatable but less hippie vegetarian alternative to peanut butter.
liquidassets: Anything BingoBoingo put me to work....I've been doing summaries of the logs for a few days but wasn't really ready to disclose that, had a few other questions for the core group here about what those summaries should look like
adlai: arguably... building better versions of bezzlecave's wallshadows is a mitzvah
liquidassets: IMO there's got to be better uses of your time than re-creating what we already have in bezzlelandia. Creating bots that trade DERIVATIVES of bitcoin this early introduces a layer of complexity prematurely IMO. But maybe someone more knowledgeable on the subject can correct me.
liquidassets: I've never done algo trading, it seems like a lot of work especiallyl because 'don't know how to build or fly'
adlai: well it began by trying to 'trade', but i realized very quickly that i have no clue what i'm doing, and it's much easier to evolve a fleet of drones that do
liquidassets: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=03-12-2015#1335860 <<never really understood why Pete or anybody would 'trade' s.mpoe, but that's coming from a stodgy buy and holder. ☝︎
assbot: Logged on 03-12-2015 07:21:45; BingoBoingo: ;;later tell mircea_popescu toominimium threw a loller in your direction http://qntra.net/2015/08/concerns-for-the-toomim-brothers-mining/#comment-79924
BingoBoingo: ^ Facts of that case are a loller
assbot: Desperately trying to put the “auto” back into automobile in a flaccid attempt to put the relevance back into motoring. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/21Ljto3 )
ben_vulpes: http://www.contravex.com/2015/12/07/desperately-trying-to-put-the-auto-back-into-automobile-in-a-flaccid-attempt-to-put-the-relevance-back-into-motoring/ but don't mention lidar or radar to the guy, he won't get it, nor the timescale differences between extremely slow automobiles and extremely fast bugs http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=06-12-2015#1337389 ☝︎
assbot: Logged on 07-12-2015 23:17:44; mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=07-12-2015#1338086 << it's a good proxy for poverty. which is criminal, fundamentally and essentially criminal. there is no crime that doesn't both spawn from and reduces to "being poor".
assbot: Logged on 07-12-2015 22:07:52; ascii_field: pete_dushenski: ya could be sitting on a $100k mac anal hole
mircea_popescu: altenratively, if i were a fucktarded bitcoin owner i could have sold no less than 500 btc to pay for it. and in 30 years i'd have a great story about how i sold enough btc to buy nevada to get an apartment in a third world city.
mircea_popescu: so at the end of each month i got a coupla grand to show for not having been an idiot ; the owner's got some bills.
mircea_popescu: on the other hand, if i were a fucktarded argentine borrowing for this, i'd owe ~2.5mn peso principal + 300k or so a year interest + whatever you figure the devaluation risk costs me. over a 30 year period (heh, you gonna work for 30 years ? srsly ?) this comes to at the very least 40k a month. that's just about 2750 dollars.
mircea_popescu: and if you want actual numbers, i just got a coupla girlies an apt. the sale value would have been i guess 160-170k or so. the monthly rent is 750. the first month, the washing machine went, and the owner replaced it. the next month, ac went (brother was that an incredible pos job wow), owner replaced it. so far owner's been making 0 from his property. ☟︎☟︎☟︎
assbot: Logged on 07-12-2015 19:52:37; nubbins`: put another way, let's say you rent for a year. at the end of the year, what do you have to show for it?
mircea_popescu: that may be the hit of the century, guys bought the shit at 1.5 cents to the dollar, may well see full repayment a decade later.
mircea_popescu: but no, they want them here, living in bidonvilles "en la capital", so they keep voting peronistas in exchange for a little flour, so the peronistas can go to europe and borrow "to develop argentina" and then spend to... fuck up argentina.
mircea_popescu: this country is roughly in the situation of the us cca 1815, with one major difference : buenos aires is their new york, yes, the port. but in argentina, 20 of 40 mn live in the port. that's half. in the us, less than 5% lived in the port. the rest went the fuck to ohio and built a farm.
mircea_popescu: figure it out, old whore de kirschner and her dumbass puddel scioli figured they'd stay in power on the votes of the poor. the very same fducking poor they prevented from having a life. and it blew up. if only they had meth and heroin on their side!
mircea_popescu: what's the cost of a blowjob to the miner with a sackful of gold dust ?