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mircea_popescu: and so i imagine this is what they'll do.
asciilifeform: ideally 1+2, i venture to guess, from their point of view
asciilifeform: as i understand, operating with the 'monetary system as storage battery' model (mr mold's ?) usg has two possible (non-exclusive) agendas re: btc: 1) steal charge from the battery 2) blow up the battery
decimation: I just thought of a brilliant anti-'area denial' (to usg term) weapon system. imagine a small turboprop uav ... that can drop its wings and turn into kerosene rocket
mircea_popescu: i dunno, draper gets to pretend like he's a savvy businessman ?
asciilifeform: but i can see the 'win' from afghan - lockheed, grumman, halliburton, general dynamics, etc. get to churn inventory
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i dunno, they bought isis the weapons and then they bought isis the meatsacks to practice shooting round tikrit.
funkenstein_: wish i was here earlier :)
funkenstein_: i think this is a post dollar discussion
mircea_popescu: which is why i kinda suspect it's inevitable.
Luke-Jr: what blacklist are you claiming I advocate?
decimation: luke-jr was kinda advocating the blacklist if I recall
asciilifeform: but i get the legal fiction involved, yes
mircea_popescu: i made up the term for this discussion.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i always read it as 'plebe may not possess allocatory capital tokens' thing
mircea_popescu: note that i'm not saying anything about what's useful, merely going through how the logic of that thing works.
asciilifeform: decimation: meaningless without state as far as i can see
asciilifeform: 'Under the terms of the deal, Emery is expecting return to Canada to serve his sentence, said Tousaw.' << wai wat!?!?! canada offers 'sit in jail for your crimes in usa' service? how about iran? can i do time in canada for blasphemy against the prophet ?
asciilifeform: the people I would trust to keep my money for me are...well..not likeable at all << obligatory: my original review of MPEx.
asciilifeform: 'In fact, I rather suspect that GPG will fade away as other implementations gain currency. It's old, crusty, built from barely readable source code, license terms inhibited, and maintained by people with a pathologically difficult attitude toward various important software development philosophy (e.g. API and UI design)' << mega-l0l. thing is, in a way the fool is right, it 'faded away' the same way common lisp did. which is t
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: castles and drawings by picasso are not fungible << i'd argue that picassos are more or less 'analogue bitcoin' for the ultra-bezzlerich. hence my interest in the linked turd
mircea_popescu: i dunno, whale's not all that great.
decimation: http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/eat-at-dougs/Content?oid=2260720 < related "Jim and Bub watched each other, smirking. Ultimately, Bub couldn't keep quiet anymore. "Mr. Billman, you're about to tear into a 100-percent, grade-A, free-range, Florida-raised dugong steak." "Dugong?" I asked."Manatee." "
decimation: I can see why linus was pissy about the pr given to 'security bugs'
danielpbarron: i'm also mobile atm
trinque: danielpbarron: I am mobile atm but can answer questions.
danielpbarron: mircea_popescu> danielpbarron hey, mind writing a "for total noobs" guide for deedbot in the b-a wiki ? << i can do that
nubbins`: for further reading on why i won't mail one: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/extradition-order-issued-for-pot-activist-emery-1.878376
funkenstein_: i back you up
mircea_popescu: i suppose it's when i start shooting.
mircea_popescu: funkenstein_ i fully expect it will eventually be illegal to wear leather, natural fibers, etc. everyone must plastic!
thestringpuller: ah, i was about to ask that. "The Gut"
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: which idiots then go on to "really trust the... << I was always taught never to make a business decision out of emotion. Making a business decision based on "liking someone" fits this methinks.
mircea_popescu: decimation i think his point stands tho, rothbard never said it, and what idiots trying to be "rothbardian" understood of it all isn't really relevant.
mircea_popescu: well, i readily grant gpg is pure shit.
fluffypony: and most of the people I would trust to keep my money for me are...well..not likeable at all
fluffypony: "I like this person == I trust this person"
thestringpuller: so i've gone on to realize that the redditard mentality of "I don't like this person == I don't trust this person" is completely false on all accounts.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: when I first joined this channel at the collapse of GLBSE you said, "Scammers just help the legitimate businesses' reputation that much more." My friend this past year went on to say, "In the new world, the most trusted person need not to be liked, because well he's trustworthy. He/She could be a complete asshole if as long as they do their job."
mircea_popescu: "It is possible to construct a rational argument, from broadly agreeable premises, that leads directly to the NAP." is a direct equivalent to "i can prove that blue eyes are what god intended"
decimation: well, I agree that it would make sense to do things that way
thestringpuller: http://i.imgur.com/i0jvyiv.gifv << This kid has his priorities straight.
decimation: http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1727 < I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding of the term 'real property' is that it only includes the land and immovable improvements
decimation: I think this might be a difference between common and continental law
mircea_popescu: that's why if i steal your house i am ordered to give you back ~your house~ but if i steal your bottle of beer i am ordered to pay you for a beer.
decimation: certainly some signed document that says "I bequeath X to Y" would be helpful in any reasonable court
thestringpuller: is it just me or does this tank look ghetto: http://i.imgur.com/KTwWOdk.jpg
assbot: Logged on 22-03-2015 16:17:10; asciilifeform: re: picasso article: i can easily imagine a 'Dark Future of Hello Kitty' (TM) where a plebe found with ten fifty is prosecuted because 'he could only have obtained them by stealing from j.p.morgan, stop telling lies, there's no other way'
assbot: Logged on 22-03-2015 09:18:50; trinque: I think we just solved it, representative democracy is a trauma I can no longer acknowledge exists
mircea_popescu: i intend to use it for the eulora new accounts process, and well...
mircea_popescu: i knew i had it somewhere, but forgot where.
punkman: http://i.imgur.com/t86Heg7.jpg this happens often around here, but most people don't have the money to build around it
asciilifeform: re: picasso article: i can easily imagine a 'Dark Future of Hello Kitty' (TM) where a plebe found with ten fifty is prosecuted because 'he could only have obtained them by stealing from j.p.morgan, stop telling lies, there's no other way' ☟︎
jurov: "It seems I must have liars and villains for opponents. I am not worthy in the sight of God that a godly and honorable person should discuss these matters with me in a Christian way. This is my greatest lament."
asciilifeform: nubbins`: though i also recall from his logs that a great many ran off cliffs also
asciilifeform: nubbins`: i thought the arawaks were picked off for target practice by columb's crew
nubbins`: punkman:I'd put The Wire in the top ten though, I quite enjoyed it <<< +1
nubbins`: i dunno, man. this whole article gets a C-
fluffypony: ;;later tell BingoBoingo what http://i.imgur.com/pFgteaX.jpg
punkman: I don't particularly care since I don't live in Tuvalu or wherever
trinque: as for the glaciers, I am not informed enough to know whether they'd be dumping into the ocean with or without us
trinque: I think we just solved it, representative democracy is a trauma I can no longer acknowledge exists ☟︎
trinque: we being this insane social aggregate I'm forced to participate in
punkman: maybe I should grab that remastered version
punkman: I'd put The Wire in the top ten though, I quite enjoyed it
cazalla: punkman, agreed, i only watched a season or two of that before giving up.. same shit every episode
punkman: cazalla: I'd say most overrated has to be Walking Dead these days
cazalla: sheeeeeeit fluffypony, i wouldn't bother unless you're down for some gay whistling nignogs with shotguns
fluffypony: I keep meaning to give it a watch
cazalla: i got part way through season 2 and didn't bother going any further.. the wire is the most overrated series evar
mircea_popescu: I downloaded all five seasons of The Wire from The Pirate Bay
felipelalli: mircea_popescu: that's why I regret to send, now I remember!! ahahhah I knew you would say that.
mircea_popescu: i've been saying plenty about it, here and on the blog
felipelalli: If I am not wrong, I sent an email to mircea_popescu asking his political position, or I regret to send.
decimation: nevertheless, I'd have a beer with the guy :)
felipelalli: trinque: gov control I guess
decimation: I think there were a few trilema posts on this point
felipelalli: decimation: I know. That sign of Mises was not mine.
felipelalli: trinque: not a real problem, I guess.
felipelalli: guess who I am: https://plus.google.com/+FelipeMicaroniLalliFML/posts/1LJVP7mk6wH
mircea_popescu: i dun think dept of state's too happy about it.
trinque: felipelalli: I'll have the rest of the lever-pulling automated before long
trinque: mircea_popescu: haha, fuck the valley; I'd rather be here.
mircea_popescu: i think undata's going for that whole "manic customer support" angle.
felipelalli: trinque: thank you! I thought you are kidding when you said YOU would send me! :)
mircea_popescu: i was like o.O woman's getting beheaded.
trinque: I too... love ass channel.
mircea_popescu: and this is incidentally why i said earlier that they are not a business in the first place. it doesn't fucking matter what "others think". others don'tthink, others bray. thinking is above. and the thinking is, it takes two days for them to lose half the userbase that matters.
felipelalli: mircea_popescu: no, may I know why?
mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=22-03-2015#1063240 << actually, yes, i do. do you understand why they did that ? ☝︎
trinque: felipelalli: there was a previous iteration which I will soon dump the history into the present incarnation
decimation: aye, I linked a movie of a replica running earlier, will dig it up. I saw it in person actually, was quite impressive
decimation: as I recall, colossus was the first fully electric computer, built by Flowers at the proto-gchq
mircea_popescu: right, referenced above, exactly. i lost a thread.
trinque: felipelalli: I'll have you know I am of middling height!
asciilifeform: decimation: i'm not certain they were wrong
trinque: felipelalli: heh no, I will.
mircea_popescu: could i get trilema.com/deed.txt accepted ?
asciilifeform: i say 0. but mircea_popescu, i think, says p is a positive integer
felipelalli: trinque: I forgot to use -u ED5CDE14