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assbot: BitBet is THE prediction market, which means it’s basically
a megaphone. | Contravex:
A blog by Pete Dushenski ... (
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funkenstein_: "Linguistic studies have shown that roughly two thirds of the words in Papiamentu's present vocabulary are of Iberian origin,
a quarter are of Dutch origin,and some of Native American origin and the rest come from other tongues."
mircea_popescu: because clearly teh irs is such
a respectable, law abiding institution.
mircea_popescu: "Wait. So someone purchased etherwallet.org (
a premium domain name worth
a not trivial amount of money most likely), put the work into creating an actual functional wallet with
a pretty decent design, spent weeks promoting it, and for what? $1400? What is this? Kindergarten?"
mircea_popescu: o noes, look at that, eth is not
a coin to trade but
a technology ever closer to 3
punkman: yeah just
a sample of what the "media" is writing about him
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 07:56:30; punkman: "Anas Aremeyaw Anas is known for, as he calls it, the “naming, shaming and jailing” of criminals all over Ghana – yet few people would be able to pick him out of
a crowd."
mircea_popescu: "1965 hey look at this, they make houses out plastic now / 1985 bleh, my house is made out of plastic / 2005 i wish i could get
a house not made of plastic"
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 07:02:45; punkman: 2005: look at this, I can get my toaster to run Linux! / 2015: bleh, my toaster runs Linux / 2025: I wish I could get
a toaster without Linux
mircea_popescu: if there weren't
a pile of these "we"s running around, people^H^H^H^H reddit wouldn't be puzzling in the land of the lost "omaigawd bitcoinxt" etc.
mircea_popescu: "we" don't need random derp on youtubue to rehash what mp says
a year-two later forgetting to mention the source. not because mp gives
a shit, but because the sort of "we" that actually end up thinking their plastics are "made in the usa" generally get raped and can't figure out why.
mircea_popescu: to get to the point : it is not
a valuable service to try and interpose oneself in front of actual power and pretend relationship. nor could it ever be. nor is it
a sane or useful "strategy", nor does it ever work worth
a shit.
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 04:36:30; brg444: cazalla, well he's wrong on
a couple of things but I think it is
a valuable service to remind everyone of why Bitcoin is there and how much money was wasted targeting broken business plans
mircea_popescu: dude the notion that someone has
a currency named "ringgit"... give 'em
a carrot already an' pat their ears back, too fucking cute.
shinohai: 'tis hilarious though,
a righteous lampoon.
punkman: "Anas Aremeyaw Anas is known for, as he calls it, the “naming, shaming and jailing” of criminals all over Ghana – yet few people would be able to pick him out of
a crowd."
☟︎ cazalla: been that way for
a while punkman, half the reason i never made money while i slept!
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 02:29:07; mircea_popescu: !rate crescendo -1 Aka Eric Martindale. Nice job trying to sell me/MPEx bitpay shares
a week before information was to come out that'd render them worthless. Say hello to Daphna for me.
punkman: you got
a point there, but perhaps the movement always exists,
a counterweight to "progress"
fluffypony: no I know, I'm just saying that the "I wish I could get
a toaster without Linux" movement has already started :-P
fluffypony: it's "retro" because it's just
a calculator
punkman: 2005: look at this, I can get my toaster to run Linux! / 2015: bleh, my toaster runs Linux / 2025: I wish I could get
a toaster without Linux
☟︎ brg444: cazalla, well he's wrong on
a couple of things but I think it is
a valuable service to remind everyone of why Bitcoin is there and how much money was wasted targeting broken business plans
☟︎ mod6: asciilifeform: ok, done this now. created 'test-release.vpatch' which has incoming edges from all current leaves; this was
a decent test for my code too.
cazalla: brg444, i listened to this podcast
a little but it seemed to be not much more than an avenue to market whatever junk he has invested ein
brg444: about that, of course "there is nothing new in this world" but I thought this part was particularly lulzy : dude was having lunch with the power rangers (adam back, gmaxwell & gavin) and asked "why do we hire Bitcoin" to which Back & Maxwell replied "monetary sovereignty" and Gavin "because I feel warm and fuzzy when I make
a payment".. smh
brg444: says there is supposedly
a BTC exchange in Switzerland moving more BTC than all exchanges combined but staying on the low because of FATCA
BingoBoingo: Perhaps if away and with urgent business use
a nick like brg444_AtBar ?
mircea_popescu:
a) shouldn't have got fat ; b) when the other sluts went to the twerking class, you should have been there already.
mircea_popescu: hey mit... it's not my fault you were left
a wallflower.
assbot: Bitcoin Is Left
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mircea_popescu: in other news, the "strategic superiority rehash" thing is like the most read trilema article. i don't think this ever happened before for
a day old item.
assbot: Successfully added
a rating of -1 for crescendo with note: Aka Eric Martindale. Nice job trying to sell me/MPEx bitpay shares
a week before information was to come out that'd render them worthless. Say hello to Daphna for me.
mircea_popescu: !rate crescendo -1 Aka Eric Martindale. Nice job trying to sell me/MPEx bitpay shares
a week before information was to come out that'd render them worthless. Say hello to Daphna for me.
☟︎ assbot: Bitcoin payments pioneer BitPay raises record $30M in Series
A led by Index Ventures | Index Ventures ... (
http://bit.ly/1KTpPdl )
mircea_popescu: anyway. all the derps that wanna say things about how
a non-bitcoin company's management reflects poorly on anything but the well known, amply documented and oft discussed ineptitude of the VC circus : feel free to suck
a cock.
mircea_popescu: sciencehatesyouSorry for your loss 2 points 58 minutes ago This is sad, and it's just
a shitpost from Mircea the Rapist's QNTRA << check it out, sciencehatesme.
mod6: appreciate the input here, im gonna ponder this for
a bit.
mod6: ok so. release vpatch would be creating
a new vertex that has edges coming from the current leafs.
Pierre_Rochard: asciilifeform: no indians,
a few argentinians (great devs fwiw)
mircea_popescu: could have had
a stable of indians doing the same job for 1.5% of the cost and 0.0x% of the liabilities.
mircea_popescu: no, just make
a special patch (for historical reasons called
a manifest) that does exactly what you describe
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 01:27:12; mod6: one possibility to publish releases in the future now that we have V is to create
a manifest of V patches and have the co-chairs sign the manifest, as well as the patches.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> why would an outfit like bitpay even have expenses on top of bandwidth ? << Their office is literally around the block from
a hooters knockoff that does pizza instead of wings. They spent on location
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 01:25:01; mod6: so asciilifeform & mircea_popescu, I added
a sync mechinism for V. but wanted to discuss it
a bit, not sure if it's whats really ideal or anything.
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 01:17:01; mircea_popescu: but on the subject : the only thing that matters is the value transferred. any other approach is
a waste of time.
assbot: Logged on 25-09-2015 01:22:51; mircea_popescu: machine can not do anything else during, if you're say making
a large tarball at the same time odds are you'll cry.
mod6: we could have
a signed list of mirrors in the same location as the manifest so that there is some redundancy
mod6: one possibility to publish releases in the future now that we have V is to create
a manifest of V patches and have the co-chairs sign the manifest, as well as the patches.
☟︎ mod6: this way when one clicks on
a node in the directed grap (from before), it takes you to the actual vpatch. anyway...