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fluffypony: Gavin is very busy dressing up like
a mad scientist to accept awards on behalf of Satoshi Nakamoto
fluffypony: and all because of Mike having
a Hearn-ia
mircea_popescu: Since Conformal doesn't act this way, either they have
a like-minded funder who enjoys watching strife, or their funder doesn't know how badly they're behaving."
mircea_popescu: "Investment banks don't like people acting in ways that make them look bad. Image is everything when your customers are rich elites. The antagonism going on with the Conformal team is not maximizing the dollar value they are being paid to do work.
A cooperative effort where teams share ideas and cross-pollinate with less ego gets more done.
pete_dushenski: ya i'm just getting into it but it's
a big thing to lug to latvia and estonia so i'll have to put it down for
a few weeks
pete_dushenski: but maybe there's
a flexible and subtle enough label out there for our little world eater
pete_dushenski: just found
a bottle NV Taittinger Brut Reserve: 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier by my place for $55
pete_dushenski:
a champagne brand that lives to this day and was, get this, the "official champagne of the 2014 fifa world cup"
pete_dushenski: in addition to his youth group, french pete also ran
a little champagne bizniz
mircea_popescu: the bitcoin rift guild had
a mumble, nobody really used it.
mircea_popescu: Beyond_Bitcoin it pretty much is
a bitcoin classic yeah.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu he seems
a bit on the religious and bloody side
pete_dushenski: "De Maistre condemned the 18th-century Enlightenment for having subverted the dominance of traditional religion and traditional elites and paid homage to the public executioner as the protector of
a divinely sanctioned social hierarchy."
Beyond_Bitcoin: sure there are
a few coins that have
a few interesting ways of paying for stuff, but all altcoins are relatively "ghost towns"
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu:
a i do not. i only ask because de maistre came up in britannica's articles on fascism.
Beyond_Bitcoin: we have
a Mumble server setup so anyone can set up their own dev hangouts, meetups and other events...invite crypto-enthusiasts and journalists to attend the events, record in real time without paying entry fees or having to travel long distances
pete_dushenski: #b-
a now employs the +v model whereby you have to have
a gpg registered identity and
a rating from someone already in the club
Beyond_Bitcoin: essentially it is
a platform for low barrier to setting up/attending virtual event
mircea_popescu: the better explanation is that continental bureaucracy went from inept to able, and so the charles that once was content to just fuck the best whores in venice as
a prize for his winnings
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> or, the traditional explanation for how italy went from an interesting place to pesthold (unification. warring states - think. unified empire - stagnates) << this is not
a very good explanation.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: inasmuch as bitcoin is
a lot more fascist than stalin ever got... i guess prepare for
a helluva lot o' love. << cuddles and hugs for everyone!
pete_dushenski: decimation:
a more interesting question is: how does 'black music' go from louis armstrong to thug rap in 50 years? << dad, is that you in there?
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: negrated him for pimping pirate << meh. i got the same shit from usagi. it's
a badge of honour nao
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: <BingoBoingo> Also ""WARNING: Do not attempt to take any firearm into Mexico << i carried
a .45 all through the us customs, into mexico and back into europe. nobody gave
a shit. << dayum. did they even check the chamber?
pete_dushenski: it's like i'm becoming
a man or something. feels good.
decimation: like haarp, the ussr provided
a ready excuse for all kinds of usg spending
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> BingoBoingo doubt that'll work. << If anything seems like it has greater capitol requirements and
a lesser return than slinging carnitas
decimation: they were the least likely to find
a 'job' in industry
decimation: mircea_popescu: your point
a few days ago: how much would you have to pay your enemy to help you in
a time of need is apropos
decimation: working for the democratic police, democratic gov't, etc is always going to be
a raw deal
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Alternate idea is rent some space and run
a "business center" where the presence of
a Gringo can radiate Norte Americano sitcoinness upon their internet browsing
assbot: Logged on 05-03-2014 02:05:11; asciilifeform: 'american does not believe the man in the uniform to be
a bandit, with whom one can come to an understanding. he believes him to be
a robot, who must be feared. american law enforcers are able to, by pressing on the keyboard of
a multitude of laws and regulations, 'transmute' the most insignificant peccadillo into
a monstrous deed. FBI did not need to beat up Monica or toss into her purse heroin or am
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: It's this sort of thing I've wondered about. The proverbial "hotdog stand" where
a person serves good tacos al pastor or canitas in urbanity.
decimation: the thing is, Admiral McCain probably didn't have to issue any special instructions to 'finesse' the investigation, the investigators probably all thought it would be
a brilliant plan
☟︎ mircea_popescu: *BingoBoingo wonders as
a lifelong USian what professions might exist in actual economies <<< here's one. while sitting idly after
a dinner of delicious empanadas, i did the math with the girls. the profit selling them in the street (like people do)'d have been 5 to 10 pesos
a pop. any one of them could have easily cleared 2-3-5k pesos
a day, more than enough to live by.
decimation: asciilifeform: it's
a good theory, but it pretty much goes along the lines of "you go to harvard so you can be roommates with the billionaires' son"
decimation: "Perlmutter is not featured on Disney's website (conversely, the heads of its Pixar and Lucasfilm divisions are), but he has shown no sign of relaxing on fiscal control simply because Marvel has become part of
a big conglomerate. "
decimation: "Then came one of the most spectacular eight-film runs in history, with
a combined gross of $6.1 billion for Marvel Studios movies. But the 71-year-old Perlmutter hasn't mellowed. Under his tightfisted management, Marvel has become one of the most admired, envied and, in some quarters, resented entertainment companies. The 300-employee outfit has thrived despite insistence on ever-stricter creative controls and
a reputation for
decimation: heh that was
a terrible movie, vague remember that part.
decimation: there is something deeply weird about the average usian's compunction to get in
a car to go 1/2 mile
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform:
a transition in the lifecycle
mircea_popescu: (and for
a needed counterbalance in all the "onoes pesos" derpage : argentinian hipster chick - mostly can)
decimation: or take
a well-paid sinecure in 'industry'
decimation: the ionosphere is
a worthy research target, I'm just not sure
a giant HF transmitter will help much in unraveling its secrets
decimation: perhaps said Congressmen could find
a few hundred welfare recipients of various kinds to give up their benefits for ionospheric research
decimation: "HAARP put the world on notice two years ago that it would be shutting down and did not submit
a budget request for FY 15, Keeney said, “but no one paid any attention.” Now, he says, they’re complaining. “People came unglued,” Keeney said, noting that he’s already had inquiries from Congress. Universities that depended upon HAARP research grants also are upset, he said."
decimation: asciilifeform: Taleb would say that some bit redundancy is probably
a good idea
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo the idea that there's more than one peoples reading romanian encourages me. im writing
a large piece now and ima link
a ton of good romanian material, all quite relevant and i imagine
a lot moire instructive to teh english native than the romanian.
decimation: asciilifeform: as in machining
a plate carrying said bits, or the bits required to control the machine?
assbot: Eastern Illinois-Minnesota Featured
A Three-Yard Punt And Dick Punch
ben_vulpes: i can't even imagine
a world in which bits are expensive
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> BingoBoingo inasmuch as you know that there's
a phase 4, you also know your addressing didn't work. << You know sometimes this works
a la Dallas. Sometimes this doesn't like Dennis Rodman.
ben_vulpes: there were 4 lines of lcd (or maybe only 2, i was
a wee one at the time) and then transmitted them to the poo-snaper via fax iirc
ben_vulpes: my mother once wrote her articles on
a 4 line typewriter-cum-puter thing
decimation: traditionally one uses frequency-shift keying over radio to send these characters, using
a restricted character set
decimation: terminal being in this case
a kind of typewriter that can be remotely controlled