mircea_popescu: now, who's more likely to have had a good fuck ?

mircea_popescu: i guess he doesn't wanna addres it, but let's take a stab anyway. BlueMeanie4 suppose two people wanted to fuck, and both liked to fuck. in scenario A, they fuck. in scenario B, they exchange obligations to fuck, then fuck.

mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo doth not scale outside the dunbar number w/o a wot.

mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4 no, but it's not a fair representation of what happened.

mircea_popescu: hey. it seems it'll take a while until this problem will be operationalized enough to be acceptable.

mircea_popescu: but if it does a lot of it it ends up like the us.

mircea_popescu: now, a little empoverishing itself for the sake of stroking its impatience may be okay

mircea_popescu: you don't create new wealth by creating new obligations or else a law that'd enact the obligation of pigs to fly would make us all rich.

mircea_popescu: it's so fuckng biased we have a wot to deal with the bias hierarchy

mircea_popescu: looky here : because wot users are identified, and their reputation forms a market hierarchy

mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4 no, and what's worse i don't see a way to translate your formulation of what's a problem in fiat marketplaces into ap roblem here.

mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4 how would such a party have such an ability ?

mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4 you'll have to at least build a theoretical model showing how this attack'd work. kinda how it's done.

mircea_popescu: why is this a problem ?

mircea_popescu: you'll have to sit down and confront the twinheaded fact that a) before you can improve on something you have to gain good familiariy with it and b) that the temptation to just make as a cheap substitute for understanding is sinful.

mircea_popescu: <BlueMeanie4> this is also a problem with Bitcoin, and thats why Counterparty cant be used for anything serious << this high speed thing is an unresolved problem in many ways.

mircea_popescu: now whether it's irc or a website or anywhere else should come down to a technical discussion

mircea_popescu: it's a time tested system to keep idiots out.

mircea_popescu: it looks and sees a diff guy is putting in the decrypted string and calls shenanigans.

mircea_popescu: fluffypony: "After a whirlwind of bidding activity, a 9.0-graded copy of Action Comics #1 sold on eBay yesterday for a whopping $3.2-million, the most ever paid for a comic book" << clearly no inflation propping up nasdaq. it;'s all just legit money, which is why all art and collectible prices are up 10x

mircea_popescu: a millenium+ ago.

mircea_popescu: o and also : IF you want any sort of shot at a decent lay, you're to have full nudes on the internet before you're 18 and aging starts.

mircea_popescu: ally reinforces a pervasive rape culture in our society.

mircea_popescu: Women are already expected to work hard to prevent themselves from becoming the victims of sexual assault. They’re told to avoid wearing revealing clothing, travel in groups, make sure they don’t get too drunk, and always keep a close eye on their drink. Now, remembering to put on anti-rape nail polish and discreetly slip a finger into each drink might be added to that ever-growing checklist — something that actu

mircea_popescu: dsherm sure, and the total amount is upper bound. but see, journos do a lot of sloppy thinking. the total amlunt being upper bound != non inflationary.

mircea_popescu: at first i thought this must be a scammer play.