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mike_c: yes. and now i have to run around to all the individuals i trusted before and change it.
decimation: I think this is common in the 'democratic' world - 'venue shopping'
mike_c: now i'm lost
decimation: as far as I know few/no american tardstream media is covering
mike_c: v2 of the bitbet analyzer is so cool i almost want to keep it to myself. i'd win all the bitcoins.
asciilifeform: melatonin at night: for what it's worth, i usually tune the gamma to be heavy on the red
undata: decimation: yep, I think it's necessary
undata: I don't see how you solve that problem without having all source packages grabbed directly from creators with signatures verified, and compiling yourself
decimation: which is nearly universal as far as I can tell
decimation: why should I trust some derp who 'volunteers' for arch over the upstream creator?
decimation: cazalla: I want more winklevoss coverage!
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: i take it turdatron functions to spec now?
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: it's every bit as evil as you think. esp. given as (i, at least) 'drink' considerably more display than wine.
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: i've only just now started appreciating good wines, i don't care to get into "good" monitors too.
kakobrekla: this will get a bit spammy, but i want to have it in the log, so lets just get it over with.
ben_vulpes: dunno how i hit enter there...
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: i've only just started to appreciate it
asciilifeform: lol, i've quite the collection of freshly minted 'paperweights' here (all the retiring non-eizo panels)
BingoBoingo: I was thinking more like a pinky finger cased in lucite, the chunk of flesh, not the monitor
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: i already own a 200 pound paperweight (lisp machine) - don't need a 30
decimation: I went to a ebay 'junk dealer' once. The owner knew his electronics, but he employed a bunch of monkeys to pack, ship, and do clerical work
asciilifeform: only reason i even bother to bring this headache up here in #b-a is that it presents an interesting case
decimation: yeah by 'repair' I mean 'replace important bits'
xinxiwang: but I guess SG is a quiet place. US has a lot of news.
xinxiwang: I study here actually.
asciilifeform: so here's a poor man's mega-lol. i buy two 'eizo' sx2462w monsters. both show up, were packed in new, m0d3rn expanding chemical foam. one - properly. other - with all the foam on one side of crate. naturally, frame cracked, 'bullet hole' of dead blue pixel on crystal.
decimation: xinxiwang: I've always wanted to ask a singaporean what he thought about politics in the us compared to politics in sg
xinxiwang: right. I am from SG.
decimation: np. I take it that you hail from singapore?
mircea_popescu: amorous answer than you were looking for but we actually are putting the finishing touches on one of our biggest data centres yet in the next couple of weeks, I actually spoke to someone a few days ago who saw it and he's never seen that many miners and flash computers in one place."
mircea_popescu: "Josh Garza – What we can talk about is everybody, so, we quite literally use every major manufacturer in the world, so, bitmain, we're actually in discussions right now with bitfury, *inaudible*, I mean, every single company. We are in the process of beginning to build our own chip, we do have hardware that is not publicly available that created economies of scale for us, kinda all over the place, probably a less gl
undata: ben_vulpes: well said; I have my doubts as to whether this particular one is stable
mircea_popescu: i will be this codgery old guy with an ellaborate cough, an old german trenchcoat, aviator eye goggles and a sorta-functioning projector
mircea_popescu: it's one of the skills i reserve for the scavenger world to come.
hanbot: in that case, i suppose she rapes a baby.
gernika: Well, first I have to learn Greek. Then Latin. ☟︎
gernika: That seems reasonable. I believe I'm looking at 5 to 10 years of work.
mircea_popescu: gernika i had a slavegirl apply this process to a few pages of shaw. took her A YEAR
gernika: mircea_popescu: I find that if I follow your hints, I can understand more of each of your posts. 1. Research all references not understood. 2. Read multiple times. 3. Get better at reading by learning what words actually mean (that is, learning the etymology of each).
mircea_popescu: now who the fuck could hav efigured that out. i gotta make more footnotes.
mircea_popescu: i specifically meant rengaine as a reference to "Quand je m'endors bercée par une rengaine j'suis soudain réveillée par des cris"
mircea_popescu: holy hell i have no idea what i'm even saying.
mircea_popescu: and so i tried to read that thing with the eyes of a stranger
undata: strange, I didn't expect to see that around here
gernika: Anyone who has travelled to Buenos Aires have some recommendations for getting pesos once there? I assume the airport kiosks are total ripoff.
mircea_popescu: i had a much better impression on dawkins
mircea_popescu: dude this playboy interview is one of the stupidest things i ever read.
mircea_popescu: ve chimpanzees none. But I think it’s a worthwhile argument."
gribble: diana_coman was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 7 weeks, 5 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes, and 28 seconds ago: <diana_coman> I'm to blame for Sweete__ being here, since he pm-ed me about trading and I asked him why wasn't he in here if he was a trader
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I dunno much other than they seem to ship something.
rithm: idk anything about it, I'm scamfree since 2012
mircea_popescu: anyway, i need someone to go there and bring me a coupla affiliate managers.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'm closer than alf further than vulpes
asciilifeform: i almost fell down. someone showed me a new intel cpu, and it had the inscription 'vietnam.'
rithm: i have people i can stay with in vegas
cazalla: step foot on american soil? i'm good
rithm: i'm bringing weed, crown royal, lots of blow, and not one change of clothes
rithm: me me me me i like pron
mircea_popescu: i'm sure anyone who cares enough could as well have folloed the gpg sig ?
assbot: Logged on 27-11-2014 12:56:26; nubbins`: mircea_popescu:well if he did nubbins has some 'splainin' to do lol. <<< nope, in fact, i am also mildly perturbed by the fact that i mailed over $4,000 of goods to the guy and we didn't even get a couple measly pictures out of it
mircea_popescu: kinda shocking for the idiots at the time, because before i did that, everyone just schmoozied with the scamers
mircea_popescu: then i lent him some btc he couldn't repay, specifically for this purpose
rithm: i hate everyone.
adlai: the name rings a bell, I'm sure google can deliver, if it's really relevant that I know this particular scam (it was a scam, no?)
rithm: i would regret allowing myself to listen to the scammer in the first place, more than the money, it's a gut feeling thing
adlai: although I guess retiring is a form of buying your own time
adlai: this is true, it's quite distressing, this lack of fungibility... I can pay somebody else for their time, but I can't buy mine back
asciilifeform: i was actually disappointed to learn that the linked piece was not about us.
mircea_popescu: i see it of course.
mike_c: i am glad i'm not a mod. "out of business" is not so clear in btc-land..
mircea_popescu: i mean, broken website "rebranding" and wtf is this.
mircea_popescu: <adlai> oooh why was I never pointed at << no actually i think you were, like eartly on
mircea_popescu: anyway, the "no black people" thing was funny. i guess cazalla's putting something in the water.
mircea_popescu: <adlai> http://trilema.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/qntra-november-demo.jpg <- interesting that ~half the readership have kids, I'd have expected fewer << that's not what the data says.
adlai: best part is when they fucking rotate the picture, I mean... did nobody in the film crew ever hold a fucking camera in their life!?
adlai: oooh why was I never pointed at http://trilema.com/2013/mpex-tech-stuff/
kakobrekla: i didnt claim it was a problem
kakobrekla: aha but srsly i dont think that rithm thinks what he thinks he thinks
adlai: there are probably better ways to watch that clip/episode, but I definitely can't send you a url to an external HD that isn't even connected
kakobrekla: i see, two soldiers from opposing foundation forces find themselfs in a pitch dark room.
adlai: http://trilema.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/qntra-november-demo.jpg <- interesting that ~half the readership have kids, I'd have expected fewer
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: seems to me like he was of the 'brainwallet can be guessed' school of thought. i disagree. if yours can be guessed, you are either lazy or stupid
PinkPosixPXE: 17:31 #bitcoin-assets: <+ben_vulpes> PinkPosixPXE's downright neat <<< Thanks! You are awesome as well, and thank you for the rating! :) I'm really glad my contribution helped out, happy to help any time :)
adlai: I doubt people would be proud of such kickbacks, but shame doesn't stop people from peddling shit from carts in malls all over the world... this is just a few steps further, a few degrees further on the frog-boiling scale
nubbins`: ehh i'm not so sure
pete_dushenski: ha o i c
mircea_popescu: nah, i just figured out how to break it.
pete_dushenski: and i thought i was leading him along nicely
mircea_popescu: i dunno, it's a convoluted topic.
jurov: dunno if there's bip32/trezor support in any noobish standalone client.. last i checked electrum was under development
jurov: mytrezor.com under linux got broken so i filed it under "fuck that"
assbot: Logged on 30-11-2014 20:23:56; nubbins`: but FYI, i'm negotiating a price with a buyer now for my genesis block newspaper (the times jan 3 2009)
jurov: i never seriously used it yet
assbot: Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1z8TJ4Z )
adlai: that's like "i work with computers"
kakobrekla: idk i wouldnt know!
adlai: so I flutter about, dabbling in this and that, and never really going anywhere
adlai: my problem with me is that I don't know what I want to learn next
kakobrekla: i'd loive to hear your take on that ? < well my take is that i used to be one of the smart people on the chan and now im one of the stupid
mircea_popescu: adlai speaking of which, i wonder how many people who use "i have no words" in their apology realise the irony.