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fluffypony: "In any event, Munger called Bitcoin “rat poison” (watch the interview here) and
I found his choice of words quite telling. After all, rat poison is used to eliminate dangerous and unsanitary pests, namely rodents. So if Bitcoin is “rat poison,” who are the rats?
I’d say the financial system itself. So if Bitcoin is the poison to eliminate the hopelessly corrupt and parasitic financial system
I have to agree with Munger. Bitcoin is inde
fluffypony: "So the 5000+ BTC we crowdfunded to make a chip - turns out it wasn't enough to make a chip. Just enough to pay a nice salary for Ken and all his family for a few years.
I'll be dumping my shares at whatever price
I can get. Time to move on."
mircea_popescu: and
i wouldn't worry too much for the entire haxxorz bullshit. we're pretty much in place by now, if it ever becomes pol;itically expedient or economically productive to do so, the entire obsolete fiat industry can be fully interdicted with little cost and little effort.
bounce: oh
I dunno. scanned it and didn't see much of anything except all the well-known things they don't like summed up. now
I read the whole thing and indeed, little substance. though
I suppose that there's still plenty people out there that haven't put the should-be-obvious things together.
mircea_popescu: GEORGE: Well, it always has to be explained to me, and then
I have to have someone explain the explanation....
mircea_popescu: bounce oh, her. that's too soon really, they're still working on having what
i said translated.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony no actually
i'd say it's exactly right for forum learning.
fluffypony: bounce:
I didn't find it overly dramatic or fud?
I think it would be better for investors to apply a bit of common sense than get caught up in hype
mircea_popescu: and with that
i bid you all a most excellent nighty night.
mircea_popescu:
i'm an elitist because
i've had the good chance to observe first hand what works and what doesn't and how and why.
mircea_popescu:
i'm not an elitist because
i got bored daydreaming one day and fixated on that.
decimation: ascii
I like the comically long red carpet and enormous table of the GRU chief
decimation:
I guess if they won't work as free employees they can always "have problems" and then work as zeks
decimation: the problem with Roth plans: "
I am altering the deal, pray
I don't alter it further..."
decimation:
I guess the gov't makes you pay one way or the other.
decimation: well,
I guess if you want to pay more tax
mircea_popescu: decimation
i'd say it exists because a wide nonoligarchy somehow got the mistaken impression it should have access to the market.
artifexd:
I've never understood why hft is a problem.
decimation:
I guess the only reason there is a front running "problem" is because only a small oligarchy has access to the market
mircea_popescu: we are discussing quite different things.
i said jitney, you proposed to replace it with painting the tape,
i pointed out that that's different.
artifexd: Ok.
I'll chalk it up to you making a typo and that the rules didn't change.
artifexd: Assbot rates bob. Bob is in assbots's l1. Bob rates George. George is in Assbot's l2. George rates Nancy. Nancy is in Assbot's l3. Or am
I fundamentally misunderstanding somethign?
artifexd: As
I understand it, to self up one must be in assbot's l2 (or higher).
moiety: would you rather see a paste first before
i plod around the wiki
moiety:
i'm roaming around the wiki
taub: yea
i suppose it's not a big deal
mircea_popescu: so today
i learned that mra is a thing. and in the process :
mircea_popescu:
i imagine on the mid term nyc will be more like paris huh
BingoBoingo: Some time in the next week someone's going to be sending me PPUSD, prolly need to start scouting people
I can unload them on.
mircea_popescu: taub what difference does it make,
i still have btc
i bought at 2.
taub:
i think it's turning soon tho
taub:
i suck at using that auth
BingoBoingo:
I kind of want to see it locked into that ratio with doge as it crashes
ryepdx: Hiro2: Not sure if this went through the first time, as
I'm having connectivity issues. The reason (AFAIK) was to raise capital to produce their next-gen miners and chips. The next round of dividends are projected to come out on May 27th, at which point they'll be moving to a monthly dividend schedule. Source:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=99497.msg6465166#msg6465166 pankkake: as far as
I know, there's not enough revenue to
Hiro2:
I won passthru from Havelock
thestringpuller:
I'm spending my downtime at work re-reading posts from when
I was a n00b
Mats_cd03:
i remember reading about a poker player consuming ridiculous doses, like close to a gram, because he abused it for so long to gain a perceived edge in training sessions and subsequently tournaments
fluffypony: Mats_cd03: oh
I meant
I napped without it
Mats_cd03: fluffypony:
i too have napped on it, but
i consume 50mg during waking periods
i use it to avoid developing a tolerance
Mats_cd03:
i dont experience much (<25%) cognitive decline after 24 hours when
i temper it with provigil across the same period
fluffypony: and
I didn't like having 2-3 cups of coffee at 2pm
fluffypony: Mats_cd03:
I found
I was having a nap in the afternoon
Mats_cd03:
i like it but it doesn't help me focus
fluffypony: but outside of that
I drop 100mg Provigil in the morning and
I'm fine
fluffypony: otherwise
I work on something for 5 minutes and then get distracted by this other thing
I need to do
fluffypony:
I use pomodoro when
I've got too much on my plate
Mats_cd03:
i live in america, its probably too expensive :( that would be quite a firmware upgrade
Mats_cd03:
i guess it would be cool if you could electrify my dong
Azelphur: BCB:
I had one for a while, but
I don't have anything high resolution enough to see detail :p
dub:
I know wat unisys are, the ultimate consultancy
mircea_popescu:
I've talked with Unisys by voice and E-mail, and the voice discussion was entirely unsatisfactory as
I posted when it happened - basically the Unisys guy said anyone who sells code for $100-$300 a pop was a total _____ for selling it that cheap.
BingoBoingo: At least
I've been able to sit down these past few days.
BingoBoingo: thestringpuller: That's a good question.
I'm kind of delaying the issue atm due to some medical stuff. Busch should be fine though.
BingoBoingo: danielpbarron: Cool,
I'm just playing it on an older x86 box atm. Was wondering if you'r tried it with newer hardware.
danielpbarron: BingoBoingo, so far
I'm testing it out on one of the many old boxes that have been taking up space in my room; the one that worked is a "Shuttle"
joecool:
i ended up on obsd for a couple years on my laptop cause they had the best reverse engineered wifi drivers
joecool:
i think
i remember looking at doing fbsd, but then
i figured gentoo would be better for desktop
danielpbarron:
i just installed openbsd with a flash-drive, onto another flash-drive; so far this is the nicest OS
i've ever had the pleasure to install
danielpbarron: 18:40:56 <+mircea_popescu> decimation you know
i just had this dispute with native speaker today ? because she said "tuna" with a plain u like in cartoon << in english: when there is only one consonant in-between two vowels, the first vowel becomes "long" (usually).
mircea_popescu:
i figured better not, seeing how you never know when it shows up on your sm profile :D
nanotube: re currency neutral trust measure: if you have anything else to suggest...
i'd be happy to hear alternatives
pigeons: no
i dont read paywalled sites ;)