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assbot: Argentine Bitcoiners brush off Central Bank warning - I Have Bitcoins
asciilifeform: chetty: i was recently told that many folks over here no longer rot when dead - like saints were once said to.
chetty: well after a couple years out of us I could tell americans by smell
asciilifeform: chetty: i thought it was the 'sprechen sie englisch'
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: at least one fellow i know thought that going to timis was a daring thing
mircea_popescu: diametric: how american does he look. I'm very american looking and sounding. I'm not sure I'd survive such a trip. << on the positive side, if you do survive it, you'd be looking normal.
BingoBoingo: This Darien gap I sounding like the one part of the trip at least that I might want to try committing to crossing on foot.
BingoBoingo: I guess I'll be taking some buses
nubbins`: i've been to colombia
benkay: i'm not wearing a white t with black letters on it
fluffypony: "Check your Bitcoin privilege", I believe it was
thestringpuller: ;;later tell benkay I think John C understood trap.
nubbins`: (and i'll have you know it's a balmy 5C today)
nubbins`: i live on an island, my options for overland trips are quite limited
BingoBoingo: Now nubbins` is a person I could see having issues making the overland trip, living in the continent's cold storage as he does.
BingoBoingo: diametric: I tend to survive on the strength of my beard
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I am actually thinking I might be able to depart as late as January if I concede to taking the occasional bus.
asciilifeform: last i checked, even the poorest piss-ant city in the world is full of u.s. folks, taking pictures, and much of the time their greatest worry is pick-pocket - and mosquito.
asciilifeform: i'd bet that, paradoxically, riding motorbike is safer in the darien gap than on american streets.
asciilifeform: chetty: if i recall, there is a gap in the road, somewhere in central america, that cannot be crossed by ordinary 4-wheeled motor
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo is, if i recall, american
diametric: how american does he look. I'm very american looking and sounding. I'm not sure I'd survive such a trip.
asciilifeform: chetty: a certain mr. kevin sanders, as i recall
asciilifeform: last i recall, path from us to ar goes through at least one live fire zone
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I haven't checked paths yet. Was just planning on waking south and improving my spanish. << i think if you start now you coul dprolly hike to buenos aires
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete: i don't think crawley is popular enough that people even care << i had no idea the guy existed before you wrote.
mircea_popescu: jurov, actually i saw some pretty guys in the street
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i'll post a pgp turdlet as comment, soon as i'm done destroying some battery holders here (mechanical strength test)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: aye. unless i've gone broke & starved by then.
asciilifeform: i really can't fathom the purpose of buying a mystery meat hardware rng. if you're willing to eat mystery meat, why not use the vlsi turd found in current cpu? ☟︎
asciilifeform: jurov: how'd i guess.
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: it was on his site, last i checked. sorta works.
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic, you coming btw ? did i ask you ?
kakobrekla: yes, i see.
Apocalyptic: fluffypony, I highly suspect your post won't last long
pankkake: I refuse to post in self moderated threads
fluffypony: I feel better now
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: at one point, i wanted to build something modern based on the (recently) bsd-licensed cadr - but quickly learned that it is a fool's errand
kakobrekla: asciilifeform every played with cadr emulator? i keep crashing the thing.
pankkake: I really hate usagi's attitude of never blaming itself
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I haven't checked paths yet. Was just planning on waking south and improving my spanish.
BingoBoingo: I guess I'm going to try to get in on this waiting game of go to the conference for the BTC cheapest. Maybe I'll be able to set aside a couple months and hoof it there.
xmj: benkay: I mostly use it to make others believe a mail was sent by me.
xmj: pankkake: I replaced a broken 4K key which I couldn't use to encrypt things, yes.
benkay: but i'm biased, you've corrupted my thinger
benkay: i'd strip out rules for life
xmj: I am interested in determining if it's bullshit and nebulous enough
xmj: yeah, not what I care about
benkay: all i really want to see are code samples
xmj: i've essentially cut out all the details formerly listed and replaced it with nebulous blaaa
xmj: benkay: can I borrow your bullshit detector for a second?
benkay: <mircea_popescu> pity we're not more advanced, i'd like to buy them // two years? three?
benkay: i'm game for a chartered plane from istanbul.
benkay: i was out for dinner with a DoD guy last night and marvelling at what darpa flushes down the drain
artifexd: I'm 3 days behind and feel the exact same thing.
benkay: man i pay no attention to irc for a day and MOUNTAINS of text emerge
moiety: also, that's an amazing cat fluffypony!! :o I'll have to train marvin to play poker or monopoly to compete
moiety: i broke my irc client! i don't even remember how this one works properly
fluffypony: bitcoinpete: I'll chief weapon is surprise...
fluffypony: this is not a very fun cult, I'm already bored with its self-appointed leadership
bitcoinpete: http://i.imgur.com/7zg1g9E.jpg
chetty: asciilifeform, I think thats conf #4
thestringpuller: i really want a mechanical watch, something about not needing electricity to power a clock...
asciilifeform: fluffypony: re: smart watches comic: believe or not, i use a (circa 1970s) mechanical watch.
chetty: cool about the crab pot, I was trying to describe that a couple days ago and people didn't believe me about the crabs :)
bitcoinpete: i dug into him pretty well, i thought
bitcoinpete: i coulda threatened him to till the cows came home
bitcoinpete: i don't think crawley is popular enough that people even care
mircea_popescu: i have half a mind to print my collection of babes frolicking nude in snow as building sized posters and hang them up one night
mircea_popescu: what this bullshit they do in english is supposed to be i have no idea.
jurov: i'd understand retail as people don't like to go shopping when it's cold and dark outside, but housing?
mircea_popescu: at least, that's the press i grew up with.
assbot: Back when I was a girl I was stupid. I imagined anything that glitters is gold. - Pastebin.com
fluffypony: "[15:09:15] kamaradski: i will have a read on how to open a company account there"
fluffypony: I know people who run mining operations here, I would never invest in them in a million years
ThickAsThieves: yknow, i told Ukyo Kenilworth was a scam before it even listed...
ThickAsThieves: i got a good feelin!"
ThickAsThieves: "i'm still like this;
mircea_popescu: "I cant afford to call Australia as I'm in Canada."
fluffypony: "I cant afford to call Australia as I'm in Canada."
ThickAsThieves: i dont recall
ThickAsThieves: i think she said back to the US?
Apocalyptic: so I get she didn't left with MP ?
Apocalyptic: ThickAsThieves, I see
mircea_popescu: then i can ipo a reddit bounty
mircea_popescu: i suppose i should put 100 btc on andreas' head nao, for greater lulz.
mircea_popescu: i guess wired needs more experienced editors.
mircea_popescu: “Sir, I am sincerely sorry. I am just a middleman. I was being told what to tell you,” the hacker told Ver soon after the bounty was posted, before later asking: “Are you going to order a hitman to kill me now?”
mircea_popescu: at least i guess now we know the guy has no idea what cold wallets are, and so if anyone ever feels like taking his half bitcoin...
fluffypony: "[14:16:42] kamaradski: hmm as another possibility, could i for example check the IP of the wallet and crosscheck it with the computer that is makeing the sale ?"
mircea_popescu: pity we're not more advanced, i'd like to buy them
mircea_popescu: ahaha reading BingoBoingo's blog i find the us is actually planning to retire the a-10 ?!
pankkake: I hope I can make it, this is going to heavily depend on my personal situation, so I'm waiting
ThickAsThieves: i'm from a seafood town
fluffypony: I'm with TAT, I'll hold till the July-ish spike before paying
mircea_popescu: easily best steaks i ever had, and im a ny old guard sort of guy
mircea_popescu: yeah i guess that's also a contest, who gets in the btc-cheapest.
ThickAsThieves: i wanna try the wine
mircea_popescu: hm i guess not
fluffypony: one of my friends is the CEO of Air-Tec, I'll ping him when I get a chance and find out if they have any jets available