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mircea_popescu: to make it plainer, how does a single woman distinguish a suitor from a serial killer ? they both approach her.
mircea_popescu: it beats giving old people soup by a blowout.
mircea_popescu: from an investment perspective, no. from a community perspective, however, yes.
bounce: didn't quite follow that, but one might surmise there's a fine line between stupidity and malice
mircea_popescu: in any case, pattern matching is just by-hand bayesian filtering. it sort-of works, but it isn't a solution or anything
mircea_popescu: turns out he was just a derpy noob after all.
mircea_popescu: "r3wt: alright, did you have coins on OpenEx maybe? r3wt: but anyone here who may have invested in openex or be owed some money, i got you. i got a real job now so i'm on the ascent again"
bounce: the low end scam is fairly obvious to spot with a little experience looking at the patters in -otc
mircea_popescu: all the rage a while ago.
mircea_popescu: just as long as it doesn't reduce to a "she's a woman/politician/newbie and her lips are moving so -> lying"
RagnarDanneskjol: i could put together all the citations, would take a while
mircea_popescu: more interested in the general point tbh, i have no idea what this kid's story is, but in general derpy newcomers with a drive and deceitful scammers with a plan would look quite similar, at least during the first 1k lines or w/e, i think
RagnarDanneskjol: a much greater crime than run otf the mill scamming
mats_cd03: relax a bit, gabriel_laddel. guy's new.
mircea_popescu: this is going to be a hell of a thursday/friday
mircea_popescu: you know this is perhaps a good point... and trilema has a shitton of them
kakobrekla: does it exist a collection of ips of such fucktarded bots
assbot: The Difference Between Weak Hands And Strong Hands | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski
mircea_popescu: so check back in a week or two ?
kakobrekla: what a scamderful world
kakobrekla: "o no wp here? lets try again in a few hours."
mircea_popescu: well this is a tiny thing was supposed to hold you know, low traffic blogs
Apocalyptic: mircea_popescu, looks like your servers are having a tough time
mircea_popescu: btw, cazalla bingoboingo and everyone else in the same situation : if the blob gpg spits out when you sign contains a SHA1 you are using the older, and perhaps not all that secure digest algo. you should move on to sha512 either with --digest-algo SHA512 or else edit gpg.conf to insert personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 ☟︎☟︎
mircea_popescu: wywialm it should just be a closed connection, page you see is whatever your browser feeds you
mircea_popescu: so qntra was back for a coupla hours there, but down again now lol.
mircea_popescu: now that promises a juicy log. brb :[
RagnarDanneskjol: just trying to keep things real here - you asked for feedback. your sig on the forum claims your site is the FIRST options exchange - you clearly demonstrated that you were aware of the options emporium prior to now. you also have no experience running a business (or even having a real job) and failed to demonstrate any reason why you are better suited to run this than a 15 year old sc
mats_cd03: at the least it implies a fundamental uncertainty in the game, and at worst malfeasance
mats_cd03: it is a red flag for everyone in this chan if the biggest player in the game is unwilling to MM his own options, xinxi
xinxi: yeah, I recall. you are right, I needed a market maker to provide liquidity. but that does not mean it’s a gambling site, right?
RagnarDanneskjol: so ont you recall that looooong conversation about options w/ mp where you took several hours to FINALLY come out with your actual intentions - -to enroll a 'market maker' aka bagholder for your site??
assbot: Logged on 14-10-2014 06:20:05; mircea_popescu: http://bitbet.us/bet/1056/bitcoin-to-drop-under-200-before-december/ << there, that's a binary option
xinxi: another illusion is that it can be used to identify whether it is a phishing site or not.
mats_cd03: so, web developers of #b-a: for what reasons would you use HTTPS?
assbot: Is it just a coincidence that Brock Pierce is part of the founding team for KnCMiner and Robocoin? : Bitcoin
mats_cd03: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2je9y6/is_it_just_a_coincidence_that_brock_pierce_is << lol
cazalla: " Unfortunately, our system has been unable to verify some aspects of the identity information that you provided. At your convenience, please submit a scanned copy of a government issued photo ID, such as a passport or drivers license."
cazalla: so circle email me, what a copy of my ID etc, good luck bros fuck that
RagnarDanneskjol: http://rs1img.memecdn.com/its-a-trap_o_2455731.webp
assbot: A public resignation. | Moolah
fluffypony: http://blog.moolah.io/2014/10/16/a-public-resignation/
RagnarDanneskjol: [A Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure with Identity Retention]
assbot: Logged on 16-10-2014 02:20:18; mircea_popescu: cazalla & BingoBoingo : i am having a dedicated server comissioned for this job.
assbot: Logged on 03-03-2014 22:19:37; mircea_popescu: matheny needs to be out of a job.
r3wt: eat a peach nigga, life is peachy
Apocalyptic: openex is still a thing ?
BingoBoingo: I dunno how many people follow baseball, but in the last hour tonight has become a bad time to make me unhappy.
BingoBoingo: A lot over not enough?
r3wt: Vod is a footstool for Blazr and Tradefortress.
BingoBoingo: Eh, Vod is a sensitive tool.
BingoBoingo: One is a charlie and the other black
mircea_popescu: i hear it's cured if you cough on a virgin
gribble: Error: "niggers.txt" is not a valid command.
ThickAsThieves: price at a standoff today
artifexd: Remember that, sometimes, a negative rating can be a good thing. Depending on the rater.
BingoBoingo: Been nearly a year since TradeFortress Broke Broke
r3wt: wait til trade fortress finds out i have a otc profile
BingoBoingo: r3wt: Ratings are near the opposite of a tit for tat if done right
r3wt: well you seem like a nice person,
artifexd: You give ratings according to what you want. It isn't a tit-for-tat thing.
r3wt: does this mean i am supposed to give you a rating now?
gribble: Error: "rating" is not a valid command.
BingoBoingo: <r3wt> i still don't get it about Qntra.net << Cunt, raw is basically just a coindesk/Cryptocoinnews killer, No big deal
BingoBoingo: Wait you run bitcoin core, and not a saner 0.5-0.8?
danielpbarron: if you're smart enough to not use a web-wallet, you should be smart enough to GPG
BingoBoingo: r3wt: You have a GPG key?
BingoBoingo: r3wt: Qntra.net is a thing. It pissed people off. Attracts massive DOS attacks in its second week of life. Just take a minute to imagine yourself as a newsman.
r3wt: but anyone here who may have invested in openex or be owed some money, i got you. i got a real job now so i'm on the ascent again
BingoBoingo: r3wt: Have any dreams of being a newsman?
BingoBoingo: Getting a DOS out the ass because Mullenwang of Wordpress can't stop sucking that dick
xinxi: that’s actually a good idea
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: How strong of authenticaton is a bouncer typically going to demand?
ThickAsThieves: you could use a bouncer to stay on
ben_vulpes: you're a programmer, script it
BingoBoingo: cazalla: So for a favicon/Twatter avatar... Orange Q over a deep purple background?
cazalla: i guess trying to slip you up with "we need a name" didn't work
mircea_popescu: while that proceeds (and it's a hot new datacenter where everyone wants a spot so it will take a few days) we'll continue to see sporadic service interruptions and so on.
mircea_popescu: cazalla & BingoBoingo : i am having a dedicated server comissioned for this job. ☟︎
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: clean. then, 'silicone' or 'teflon' << As the online machine sounds like a bee sanctuary now a Mosin solution sounds more tempting than tender love.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> these things generally aren't built in a way where you can get to the bearing <asciilifeform> so, can't lubricate << This is why you flood the thing
asciilifeform: these things generally aren't built in a way where you can get to the bearing
BingoBoingo: Worst case I do like last summer and run naked laptop guts on a box fan
kakobrekla: wors for a temporary fix
BingoBoingo: This is the second fan in 3 years though. fan is a weak point
BingoBoingo: Sure if I want to buy a whole unit.
asciilifeform: (and lost a different set of parts)
BingoBoingo: Anyone know a way to get a laptop fan replacement from China that does not take a month?
mircea_popescu: it's like reading a comic book written by the author about himself.
asciilifeform: because at least the cathedral folks had some certainty that there will be a cathedral.
asciilifeform: except, even more of a test of will
asciilifeform: that's the film where they had a proper grignard reaction ?
BingoBoingo: * asciilifeform wonders what is his craft, that married, because it isn't programming - he actually loathes it with a passion difficult to describe << You love creating. You're an artist. Of course you despise programming. You'll prolly shit on the first loper machine you create
asciilifeform wonders what is his craft, that married, because it isn't programming - he actually loathes it with a passion difficult to describe
mircea_popescu: you're in a peculiar situation, of a man married to his craft. kids don't have that problem.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> point is - even a wildly optimistic figure for yield gives you... the salary of a very skinny engineer. << these are mostly kids trying to escape from the mines and not knowing how to ask
asciilifeform: it has a mark'n'sweeper now?!
asciilifeform: 'what those people will say once go gets a concurrent garbage collector that no longer stops the world and has real time guarantees (currently scheduled for 1.5)' << wait, srsly?
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: arc was out ages ago. it was a turd.
asciilifeform: point is - even a wildly optimistic figure for yield gives you... the salary of a very skinny engineer.