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assbot: Logged on 25-08-2015 17:26:07; mircea_popescu: asciilifeform if the chinese are actually fucktarded enough to allow usg to not get its wish but nevertheless move the window in not getting it, we'll probably not only de-thread it but rewrite the whole sheband, and with
a better pow algo at that.
mircea_popescu: r
a ride with some guy who doesn't know that's what you call it when you "push pedals in the car and stuff". what could possibly go wrong, other than everything (and you'll get blamed for it).
mircea_popescu: "This will quickly change if you are one of us." << heh, check it out, dude wants slaves an' doesn't even know it. because
a) slavery is not
a thing in the us, right, the idea just came to him out of nowhere, not out of watching the sv muppets and making the next teeeny tinsy incremental stop and b) it's
a really fucking great idea to go slave for
a dude that doesn't even know that's what it is. 2nd best after going fo
mircea_popescu: who the fuck thought bitcoin.com was not
a cheap scam at any point.
assbot: Sanford Wallace Pleads Guilty To Spamming Facebook Users And Disobeying
A Court Order | USAO-NDCA | Department of Justice ... (
http://bit.ly/1Jl9av8 )
BingoBoingo: Eh, I went back and read the "don't run bitcoin on
a VPS because you will get bounced for CPU usage"
BingoBoingo: They are definitely
a bug satoshi missed when he wrote up mining attached nodes.
BingoBoingo: I mean there's unknown reddit derps including
a few who shilled for mining scams before.
BingoBoingo: There's also the letter of 8 companies sharing
a bunch of VC's who wrote about supporting XT without saying XT
mircea_popescu: so i'm comissioning
a commemorative drawing of the defeat of the xt,
kakobrekla: i also know
a guy who lost bout that much on
a week old ssd - controller dead
trinque: I found out about bitcoin when
a friend of mine mentioned he'd lost 136 on an encrypted hard drive for which he lost the keys.
mats: 750k shouldn't even sting. in fact, i'd think their stock _would go up_ following the closure of the matter and such
a light settlement
mats: curiously, INTC took
a ~10% dive in the two weeks following the publication of 'Intel Subsidiary Agrees to 750k Penalty for Unauthorized Encryption Exports'
mircea_popescu: ;;google "Oh, and next time you trash and break
a Segway in Vienna that Alex paid for because some fat girl offers you
a hug...DONT RUN AWAY AND LEAVE THE SEGWAY IN THE STREET!!!!!! (true story for whoever wants to know. Roger, Erik and myself were there)"
mircea_popescu: <mats> did the animu touch you in
a bad place << bwahaha
phf: asciilifeform: it's
a cargo cult. my understanding is that japanese use manga as illustrated prose. situation with japanese culture in u.s. american u.s. culture around anime/manga is essentially "let's read furniture assembly manuals, then read some yukio mishima, then watch cellphone instructional video for 12 yr/old girls, because superior culture of japan!"
assbot: Looks like the product in question is Wind River Linux,
a product of
a subsidiar... | Hacker News ... (
http://bit.ly/1KOK483 )
BingoBoingo: Linux is
a buzzword, why wouldn't Intel try to exert control over it
mats: did the animu touch you in
a bad place
mats: 'psycho pass' is about
a japan where devices that can measure mental health are on every street corner, managed by an entity known as the 'sybil system' and enforced by public security. the focus of the story is
a public security officer
mats: the protagonist is
a supah-hackah woman who was in an accident early in life and doesn't remember what its like to have
a physical body
mats: 'ghost in the shell' is about
a world where 'cyberization', that is, replacement of virtually every organ except the brain, becomes affordable to some folks
trinque: citizens with tendencies toward anger shall be required to wear
a state-issued bracelet at all times, lest they become
a danger to themselves and others.
mats: for fans of anime, 'psycho pass' is kind of
a ghost in the shell, minority report take on the 'normality meter'
assbot: Logged on 15-11-2014 18:18:27; asciilifeform: l of this "code sharing" is an economic surplus phenomenon. It works only when none of the people involved in it are in any form of need. As soon as the need arises,
a lot of people discover that it has cost them real money to work for the community and they reap very little benefit from it, because they are sharing value-less services and getting value out of something that people take for granted
trinque: what's the cost of
a secure(-ish) operating system? nobody knows
BingoBoingo: If someone proposes and adequately funds
a bet on
a nominee I suppose there would be no reason not to open it.
mircea_popescu: not
a bad idea actually, some election bets. when is it, nov ?
trinque: PSA: I'm moving the blockchain for deedbot- to
a larger volume, during which it will reject all deeds.
mircea_popescu: speaking of, "Modi faces crucial test in India as onion prices soar. High onion prices are creating
a challenge for Indian Prime Minister Narendra."
mircea_popescu: well i can't fucking find
a piocture, and i don't recall where the fuck this was. some sort of innovative tank helmet
mats: took
a few years for DoD to figure it out, though
ascii_field: mats: went to
a lecture once, by
a fella who put forth
a model where soldier's helmet ends up playing the role of an acoustic lens
mats: nasty stuff. my unit was rendered 'combat ineffective' overseas
a buncha times because all their vehicles got fucked and half the joes were in germany getting fitted for prosthetics
mats: i was never trained on such
a device if .mil operates them
mircea_popescu: im sure if you have
a lot of time and
a well defined cube to look into it's useful.
mircea_popescu: (incidentally : usable demolition charges are so unremarkable, they had to make
a special treaty so everyone agrees to outlaw untagged charges. which is why all the brouhaha about "Sniffing explosives". properly made c4/semtex etc are not actually detectable on their own)
mircea_popescu: currently there exists 0 example of
a terrorist attack that actually justifies the government effort.
mircea_popescu: this said, it should be interesting to see what happens if there's say
a coordinated booming of all the dams on the sacramento river. 15 minute intervals, going downstream.
mircea_popescu: if he had
a plan, he'd have gone with
a vest at one of those endless "conferences", except one for law enforcement. that's where all the alread-stole-enough DEA agents & c go to prowl for young meat.
ascii_field: if he had
a plan, there'd be
a ruined bridge or demolished dam
trinque: nobody on the continent has
a plan
trinque: mats: I dunno that I'd equate not being able to muster the (what? not courage) to do it == having
a plan
trinque: everything paints
a picture of impulsive lashing out, not some plan, and certainly nothing deserving
a "manifesto"
mats: punkman: is
a flash video, mayhaps thats why?
mircea_popescu: people are wired to miss own head. but nobody's wired to miss
a fucking monkey 10 feet away.
mircea_popescu: "you don't need
a sink anyway, who doesn't eat at mcd ? terrorists, that's who!"
mircea_popescu: it's like
a "end violence - ban sinks" because
a buncha bums keep running into houses, stealing the sinks and buldgeoning the poor ladies to death with 'em
trinque: mats: guy seems like
a terrible shot.
mircea_popescu: contrariwise, the usg is
a competent prop of an otherwise inept, worthless and disabled population.
mircea_popescu: the soviet state was
a slow, inept drain on the resources of an otherwise powerful, self reliant and resourceful population.
gribble: Error: "googe" is not
a valid command.