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mircea_popescu: one could never have made a bitcoin without a block reward. this, of course, means that we now have a promise to renege on. but i'm not about to start reneging on promises.
mircea_popescu: mike_c like the butcher said, "i merely follow the lulzlines already present".
mircea_popescu: assbot: America’s Booty Obsession Is Another Symptom Of Social Decline << i also like ass.
asciilifeform: i kinda forgot why i even set that one up
mircea_popescu: it's possible, obviously, the chinese are nazi-private, but i dun really see it.
mircea_popescu: yeah in usd. still, this is like mpoe level, i very much doubt it.
assbot: Logged on 09-02-2015 08:48:34; cazalla: gee what an afternoon, kid makes a run for it while changing his nappy, i end up covered in shit and then piss
mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=09-02-2015#1013313 <<< i tell you, getting the girls only, and after a decade or two is the best policy. ☝︎
nubbins`: i thought that's why cops wore funny hats.
nubbins`: "i don't think people should have to hide the fact that they have blood-borne pathogens" says the guy with Hep C who can't donate blood
nubbins`: "I don't think that people should have to hide the fact that they have a mental illness," Cooper said.
nubbins`: i think the kid is unsure as to whether the armed forces is a prison or a gang bang
nubbins`: i thought he just wanted someone to pay $500 for him to change his middle name
mircea_popescu: i meant the butter zone idjit.
assbot: Change my name! "I am __ Satoshi __." ... ( http://bit.ly/1vAiSsA )
nubbins`: sadly, i don't think this will be replicated
mircea_popescu: notrly, but i can see it
nubbins`: remember the time i sold two 0.5-btc casascius coins for 27 btc? o.O
mircea_popescu: i'd expect it's exactly as full of morons as bitcoin generally, just, you have better benchmarks in that corner.
nubbins`: mircea_popescu i really just like shiny things
nubbins`: whether this is the same money i receive from the sale of this coin is, i believe, inconsequential
nubbins`: i'm going to buy another with "my money"
nubbins`: incidentally, i have a 1.125oz Canadian numismatic piece from 2013 that I priced the other day... has increased in value by 50% since last summer o.O
nubbins`: it's the dirtiest coin i have, figured i'd pawn it off and replace with a nicer specimen
Naphex: and a bitcoin exclusive. i'll keep it down low a bit until i get closer to launch date :D
mike_c: i just spit out a mouthful of coffee :D "mircea_popescu:it is ANOTHER discussion to propose that you pile all the donkeys on top of the camels and then throw the lot in the river"
cazalla: davout, i think it's a bitcoin company in name only, fiat ponzi otherwise but there is so much conflicting info out there that qntra didn't publish anything as of yet
fluffypony: http://i.imgur.com/vxoA8AN.jpg
cazalla: thestringpuller, "results in a complete loss of any pm’s I may have had open." <<< now it all makes sense!
thestringpuller: ;;later tell PeterL scoopbot is always down when I post new article :P
cazalla: thestringpuller, some days i regret it, some days not, but i could only stand and laugh at this one today
thestringpuller: cazalla: ugh young children. they scare me. i think as I get older I am developing child-phobia.
cazalla: and the missus was out so there i stood holding him with one hand to stop him grabbing it and unsure how to clean the mess up with the one remaining hand (got in the shower in the end)
cazalla: gee what an afternoon, kid makes a run for it while changing his nappy, i end up covered in shit and then piss ☟︎
ascii_modem: i would like the writers to remember this.
mircea_popescu: and i come from a time and place where they had delatiune
mircea_popescu: derp wants to rewrite X. but how to do it safely ? AH! I KNOW....
mircea_popescu: i think incidentally, that this is the fundamental impulse driving most bowdlerization.
mircea_popescu: think of it as, "i translated emacs to lisp"
mircea_popescu: i needed to translate it.
ascii_modem: i read it as is...
ben_vulpes: i too boggle somewhat
mircea_popescu: fine, i'm solkd
mircea_popescu: i need this as an acronym.
ascii_modem: i'm still at a loss re: who hoped to achieve what, exactly, by sending in the latest ninjaspamz3r
mircea_popescu: well at the very least express yourself better. i dunno anyone who'd think much of thought crime.
danielpbarron: i had a weird feeling about him leading up to this
mircea_popescu: i dun even recall.
mircea_popescu: shit i hope i have these pics somewhere.
BingoBoingo: I run a node on 0.8.6 as a charity for the SPV wallet using freeloaders
ascii_modem: BingoBoingo: i killed the alert thing with own hands
danielpbarron: i don't think the issue is limited to SNI; surely you have an opinion on the matter
napedia: I don't write for SNI. My opinion is that I'd like to see SNI sort it out with economic reasoning and good articles. Pierre's arguments are most persusasive.
napedia: I'm guessing you're talking about Daniel. The answer is that there is an internal split at SNI regarding the block size. Daniel is on the other side of Michael and Pierre.
bitcoinquestions: anyone here wanna play bitcoin bounce? It's a simple game I made up to build up trust. Person A sends person B .5 BTC then person B ends the game by either running with the money or returning .5 BTC. Person B can continue the game by sending Person A 1 BTC back. Rinse and repeat.
bitcoinquestions: It seems like something he could convince the masses to upgrade to, but I'm assuming the miners know better than to let that happen, correct?
thestringpuller: bitcoinquestions: http://i.imgur.com/38BlfVp.png
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: I did a lot more critical thinking about the blocksize limit and holy shit I feel so dumb for ever thinking Gavin's proposal was a good idea.
thestringpuller: i keep getting into arguments about non-people (the ones who would put arm in wood chipper)
BingoBoingo: mod6: Saw that. I'm building a different phoundation version for personal use.
jurov: i.e. your node would think others misbehave by sending invalid alerts
jurov: http://btc.yt/lxr/satoshi/source/src/main.cpp?v=0.8.6#3692 after short exploration i found out this
BingoBoingo: jurov: I'm fucking around on 0.8.6 two lines in alert.cpp in that version possess public keys for verifying "Upgrade Alerts". My gut is telling me that changing the public keys to garbage is going to be the quick dirty way to effectively neuter the alert system in the build. Figure each time I build change the garbage subbing for pubkeys.
jurov: and i don't see any alert.cpp on 0.5.3
jurov: yeah, i guess 75% of me codes
bitcoinquestions: by code I mean knows a little bit of python and by everyone I mean 75%+
trinque: cazalla: interesting, I expected another coin theft but this looks like typical madoff
trinque: I will say that listening to those familiar with the soviet collapse has been enlightening
trinque: no, I live in the US; can't speak for the others
bitcoinquestions: I would do anything to be able to drive the price down because I'm collecting coins, but I was wondering whether or not there's a point where you are happy with your assets in terms of BTC and then just want to increase the value of the coins
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: Another question I have for you. Are you happier when the BTC price goes up or when it goes down?
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: It isn't that simple, I have loved ones etc.
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: yeah man everyday I feel more and more that I need to get out of the US
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: alright fair enough, I was just proposing a hypothetical to make sure I understood your position.
mircea_popescu: and that if i or anyone else decides to bomb that place that's that for new hard drives for a decade or more.
mircea_popescu: exactly schmexactly. there's a difference between the idle imagination of youth and the knowledge of men. for instance : i know but you don't know that the vast majority of hard drives are produced in the same few acres of asian shore.
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: Ah I see. Interesting. That is definitely the case as of today. That being said, let's say I create a company that is able to provide hard drive space for cheaper, but I only accepted payment in BTC. If this company existed would your opinion change?
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: Ah okay I reread and understand a little better I believe. But why do you assume you need to pay for more disk space in fiat?
bitcoinquestions: Well I am inquiring what your reasons are
mircea_popescu: what has made me come to this conclusion is neither here nor there. i am not proposing anything to you. i have made my own determinations, and if you inquire i tell you the reasons. that's how far that goes.
bitcoinquestions: as I was trying to ask early - why do you not like the change to increase the block size?
bitcoinquestions: mircea_popescu: ? I need to know whether or not to call the cable company :D
mircea_popescu: "what do you mean i am stupid ?!?!?!?!"
mircea_popescu: i suspect it's just narcissistic rage.
mircea_popescu: i am not afraid.
bitcoinquestions: yo i dug through your posts on trilema about how you think Gavin is sabotaging bitcoin or whatever for wanting to increase the block size. Are you afraid of DDOS attacks because there are not enough full nodes?
mircea_popescu: yeah, that's a true old courthouse favourite, "i pay your salary"
thestringpuller: I say that to cops a lot when they pull me over for being black
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: i love your quotes on the US being broke
decimation: I guess that's what you get from fifth-generation englishmen removed from england
BingoBoingo: ^mircea_popescu: sometimes i fantasize about buying an old english castle, turning it into a computing school for nude 18 to 22 yo ladies, and putting alf in charge of it, with a flexible bamboo cane. << wrong pasta buffer
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu still vividly remembers this event when he was maybe 13 or so. this kid "got really psised off" and was going to hit me. every time he launched his fist, he also closed his eyes. every time i'd dodge and he'd mash his fist into the nearby wall. his hits got softer an softer, but he never figured out why exactly he's not making contact. << Airstrip One must first be cast into the ocean
BingoBoingo: Well, I'd been annoyed by his build up to this event for a few day, twas enough of a greivance.
mircea_popescu: i didn't beat him up, it was kinda incongruous. he had no real quarrel, posed no real threat and besides, as far as teh adults were concerned i was a silver spoony gentleman.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu still vividly remembers this event when he was maybe 13 or so. this kid "got really psised off" and was going to hit me. every time he launched his fist, he also closed his eyes. every time i'd dodge and he'd mash his fist into the nearby wall. his hits got softer an softer, but he never figured out why exactly he's not making contact. << Silimar event in middle school. Bigger kid pesters me for days about how he's
thestringpuller: At somepoint I thunk you better call saul
mircea_popescu: decimation> in particular with paragliding, I think that it attracts a certain set of folk who might not consider safety as a top priority << i think paragliding is much like hunting, a sport intended for empty land.
BingoBoingo: decimation: Well failures of the natural gas system tend to be more... catastrophic... I remember as a child the day half of my hometown was evacuated because ditch diggers broke an incoming pipe at the edge of town.
decimation: ben_vulpes: yeah I guess that's what I thought was happening when he gets close to the ground, but there's probably not enough of a 'cushion' to do the turns they are doing
ben_vulpes: (again, i am not an expert in this area)