asciilifeform: almost certainly will rest on meatgangs, just as the old world did. (i.e. sets of folks who actually interact daily, not necessarily in meatspace)
asciilifeform: the most worrying sign is that the fella intends to somehow make a living from this
asciilifeform: assumed centralized derpatron, because this is almost inevitably in the mix when folks reinvent in the dark
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: it was not initially clear what was meant by 'whitelist'
asciilifeform: because came up with it in the dark, used chewing gum, knife, remains of his parachute straps, and bones of travelling companion to build it.
asciilifeform: (not really problem, as such, unless one made catastrophic mistake in empetting)
asciilifeform: but distinct problem from chatting with wild creatures, yes
asciilifeform: whitelist composed by whom? kim jong un ?
asciilifeform: or, for that matter, people? (how do you decide what constitutes a person?)
asciilifeform: livegnik: what is involved in a 'sybil-proof' wot for machines ?
asciilifeform: livegnik: consider telling us what you perceive is the advantage of your product over what you now know is the state of the art.
asciilifeform: livegnik: are you familiar with the 'wot' we use here ?
asciilifeform: (naturally, usg will pocket the bulk of this difference, but such is the nature of muppet war)
asciilifeform: there will be myriad parasitic waterfalls like 'uber', i expect, which feed upon the difference between what it -actually- costs to do something like driving cab - at butugychag subsistence levels with zero regard for the meatbag's future - and what usgtronic tentacles which masquerade as american firms presently charge.
asciilifeform: and probably has a day job, so he doesn't need anything like a 'living wage' either
asciilifeform: in the sese that random schmuck driving 'uber' has no paperwork, no pensions, no unemployment insurances, cannot sue for anything, etc.
asciilifeform: <trinque> end-cap on the thread is that this trend of Ubering seems to be about trying to dissolve responsibility << this is part of it, but the major profit comes from de-institutializing - de-usgizing - the cabbies and hotels
asciilifeform: <trinque> poor hotel cleaning ladies dealt with actual human shit far more often than I'd have expected << one of the major brainmelters for me, when i went to c3, was that the gurlz who serviced the hotel rooms, were pretty
asciilifeform actually used 'uber' for the first - and so far, only time - getting back from airport after c3
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu> sort-of like impromptu dentistry << big business in the turd world (of which usa is properly considered - a part)
asciilifeform: <mircea_popescu> airbnb is even funnier, the fine for being part of it is what, 4-5k in ny ? << 'airbnb', 'uber', etc. fill a direly urgent market niche in usa - 'orcish' favour-style services for folks with no friends. it would take a very strong chance of being busted, for folks to quit using these. (consider what is the penalty for, e.g., smoking weed - does it deter?)
asciilifeform: <danielpbarron> there's yer answer: it's sha1 << why do we have sha1 anywhere☟︎
asciilifeform: <mod6> meanwhile in gentoo land, kernel panic'd again << that's not a real kernel panic, again. that is a box that can't read its rootfs
asciilifeform: ' President Perón envisioned that a benefit of setting up an aviation factory in Argentina would be to introduce production standards comparable to world-class manufacturing facilities. However, Tank realized that production tools and jigs were not feasible at this stage and relied instead on essentially hand-built examples.' (pediwikian l0l)
