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assbot: Logged on 21-02-2015 01:19:34; mircea_popescu: "she's been going through 6-7k each month since autumn, but i get to go visit p diddy whenever i feel like it. it's
a wash"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you've reconstructed the discussion into
a strawman and are getting the results you expected from it.
mircea_popescu:
a brothel does not lower the per-capita value of the individual whores.
mircea_popescu: So it's all right and pooper that I'd be dealing in the tens of billions while her net worth is in the tens of millions, roughly enough to buy
a whole closet where she lives. Right ?
mircea_popescu: explain this to me. how is it possible that 99 out of 100 richeest households in the us aren'ty headed by
a 35 yo female, ex whore ?
assbot: Logged on 03-08-2015 17:24:58; trinque: ascii_field: I don't expect for
a moment that you could possibly fake "stupid"
mircea_popescu: so i hear it from
a trustworthy source in sweden that the local libertards have come up woith this idea to replace whatever word is used for cunt with "snipa" which apparently means sparkle
decimation: you know, people say that bitcoin is
a ponzi scheme, but really USD is the world's largest ponzi scheme - and keeps growing
mircea_popescu: "In spit of these events, we hope that CT will be able to continue pursuing its strategic of increasing it’s market share and become the one-stop news source for the crypto-community. We wish you to remain strong in spirit and for
a quick market recovery." << i suppose the tie-in is something like "small blocks made our shit blog ad revenue shrink in an imaginary market that doesn't exist but we hallucinated into bei
assbot: Logged on 04-08-2015 00:42:57; williamdunne: Wasn't insinuating that legal issues would ever be an issue for Eurola. It's more that it'd be interesting to see how
a regulatory body would handle an in-game stock exchange that trades companies that perform actual economic activity
mircea_popescu: he's just being
a passive-agressive, self-entitled, delusional western schmuck.
assbot: Logged on 03-08-2015 16:57:18; ascii_field: 'As
a final station, I'd like to describe what online freelancer markets look like for people like me. On freelancer.com and oDesk, you compete with hundreds of lowest-wage programmers from third world countries for exceedingly crappy "projects". It's an unmitigated race to the bottom. Even if I could land these jobs in an environment where the competition basically works for free, there is no way to ma
mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=03-08-2015#1223204 << this is not actually true. i have had slavegirls make
a living off those things, as
a learning exercise. disciplined work ethic earns
a very decent living, and forever will. the problem is that for most white adolescents/young adults, that work ethic has to be supported with daily beatings for the first quarter at least.
☝︎ assbot: Logged on 03-08-2015 15:18:53; punkman: "I'm also on fiverr.com now,
a site where you can offer any service for $5
a pop. I offer things like mini websites, setting up cloud servers, and many other tech jobs. The reality is my expertise is barely even worth $5 in today's market, so I frequently take on multi-hour horror projects on fiverr just to make four bucks (they take $1 commission)"
mircea_popescu: i really don't give
a shit for the other side of the coin
williamdunne: Wasn't insinuating that legal issues would ever be an issue for Eurola. It's more that it'd be interesting to see how
a regulatory body would handle an in-game stock exchange that trades companies that perform actual economic activity
☟︎ mircea_popescu: "legal reasons" stop being considered anything but
a game.
williamdunne: At what point does it stop being considered
a game for legal reasons?
mircea_popescu: "In November, thieves stole $1 billion from Moldova’s three biggest banks through
a series of fraudulent loans and transfers. Moldova, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, is the poorest country in Europe; the theft amounted to more than an eighth of GDP. It has set in train
a series of events that will leave the government unable to pay salaries by the end of the summer, according to the recently departed finance
mircea_popescu: the latter is guaranteed to take
a while. the former may take even longer depending on how familiar you are with mashing computers into shape.
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 03-08-2015 09:02:58; cazalla: anyone know what is going on here?
http://dpaste.com/2HMWH8Z.txt i get stuck at block 367896, tried copying over to another pc and same deal, hits block 367896 and shits itself and spews please update messages (which i even tried over the weekend for shits and giggles with their 0.11 bitcoin core client but it crashes with core dumps or some shit, can't even go from genesis to current block on
a fresh insta
mircea_popescu: and chew on it, happily, until such
a time the balance sheet looks right.
mircea_popescu: if the natl bank balance sheet doesn't look right, everyone can go bite
a steel girder.
shinohai: wb mircea_popescu, when you have time I need
a eulora pass
Xplosionist: Yeah, the transactions don't show up in the address transaction list. for
a recently resolved bet, it may just be that the listed value hasn't actually been paid out yet?
Xplosionist: after
a bet is resolved, is there
a place I can see the transactions for the payouts?
Xplosionist: no, just
a very old name w/
a very strange source. not meaningful in itself.
ben_vulpes: this is the industry standard approach to the by-now-all-too-familiar-#b-
a-bitcoin-dependency-problem
trinque: jurov: yeah, I have met the same type. he should've asked you for
a task, and done it. only way to learn.
chetty: well now you are getting down to
a matter of taste, I kinda liked truckin
trinque: I loathe most people, yet being
a competent coder without being able to communicate is impossible.
gernika: ascii_field I would probably need tribal piercings at
a minimum to get
a job at Whole Foods. Much like inmates in prison indicate their dedication to their trade with facial tattoos.
trinque: jurov: yeah that's
a good point
trinque: ascii_field: I don't expect for
a moment that you could possibly fake "stupid"
☟︎ ascii_field: to avoid this, one has to be
a first-class actor
gernika: Realized at one point I would never even be able to work for
a place such as Whole Foods - even if I wanted to.
trinque: ascii_field: what is
a php job but burger flipping?
ascii_field: chetty: once he goes to the burgers (not
a trivial feat as it may seem, you have to convincingly fake
a 'blue-collar' background) - may as well eat pistol
danielpbarron: diana_coman got paid to write
a crafter bot for eulora
jurov: i was there. if you make
a good job, after some months someone will adopt you and pay better
ascii_field: 'As
a final station, I'd like to describe what online freelancer markets look like for people like me. On freelancer.com and oDesk, you compete with hundreds of lowest-wage programmers from third world countries for exceedingly crappy "projects". It's an unmitigated race to the bottom. Even if I could land these jobs in an environment where the competition basically works for free, there is no way to make
a living off
☟︎ assbot: brianddk comments on Is Blizzard ever going to accept bitcoin as
a payment option for their games? : starcraft ... (
http://bit.ly/1KMkSkX )
jcpham: so assbot is
a full blown pita fork now
punkman: "I'm also on fiverr.com now,
a site where you can offer any service for $5
a pop. I offer things like mini websites, setting up cloud servers, and many other tech jobs. The reality is my expertise is barely even worth $5 in today's market, so I frequently take on multi-hour horror projects on fiverr just to make four bucks (they take $1 commission)"
☟︎ shinohai: I just started syncing this one. Gonna take
a minute :/
assbot: Logged on 23-07-2015 14:58:22; kakobrekla: dulap.b-
a.link, incitatus.b-
a.link, zoolag.b-
a.link is set
assbot: Logged on 23-07-2015 14:52:27; kakobrekla: ok, so theres now node1.b-
a.link node2.b-
a.link and node3.b-
a.link
kakobrekla: people can be induced to support, and
a robber soldiery to respect, an
kakobrekla: be united with religion. It is only by means of superstition that
a rude
assbot: Logged on 03-08-2015 09:02:58; cazalla: anyone know what is going on here?
http://dpaste.com/2HMWH8Z.txt i get stuck at block 367896, tried copying over to another pc and same deal, hits block 367896 and shits itself and spews please update messages (which i even tried over the weekend for shits and giggles with their 0.11 bitcoin core client but it crashes with core dumps or some shit, can't even go from genesis to current block on
a fresh insta
jurov: also, got
a stray thought, we'll certainly soon see RT airing how american drones abduct toddlers
shinohai: I'm sittin nearby with
a getaway rollback xD
chetty: hacking is really
a sort of sport isn't it?
HeySteve: apparently Windows 10 is
a real security nightmare, it logs everything
BingoBoingo: Maybe it is time for you two to roll back to
a more civilized Bitcoin.
assbot: Logged on 03-08-2015 09:05:28; cazalla: BingoBoingo, just quits with core dumps or database is corrupt and -reindex ends up shitting itself too.. blew 50gb with their latest client and it doesn't even work, makes me wonder if they've even tried to sync
a fresh install with their latest version
cazalla: BingoBoingo, just quits with core dumps or database is corrupt and -reindex ends up shitting itself too.. blew 50gb with their latest client and it doesn't even work, makes me wonder if they've even tried to sync
a fresh install with their latest version
☟︎ BingoBoingo: Though putin's
a bit old to be
a twink.
A bit saggy too.
BingoBoingo: cazalla: Record transactions crammed into
a block. On the 0.11 was there an OOM kill?
cazalla: anyone know what is going on here?
http://dpaste.com/2HMWH8Z.txt i get stuck at block 367896, tried copying over to another pc and same deal, hits block 367896 and shits itself and spews please update messages (which i even tried over the weekend for shits and giggles with their 0.11 bitcoin core client but it crashes with core dumps or some shit, can't even go from genesis to current block on
a fresh install)
☟︎☟︎ mircea_popescu: lol wikipedia thinks george sand was
a "feminist" writer
mircea_popescu: spv nodes. because sometime you will want to pretend you're wearing
a greatcoat and only have
a q-tip
mircea_popescu: anyway, he has
a story about doesn't matter what, in which the setting is that two groups have licenses to print newspapers in some small town
mircea_popescu: he's worth
a read, man had
a knack for comprehendingsocial science.
mircea_popescu: the most important point of military strategy is that
a weak position which the enemy doesn't invest is not really weak in any sense. this is the meaning of napoleon's "never interrupt"
mircea_popescu: have
a special, encrypted protocol. fix the "magic hole" issue too