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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform:
a historical annoyance, for all forms of state, is that folks can, in general, grow food without asking it permission first. <<< this brings to mind the ridiculous "permit to assemble" device.
mircea_popescu: no, srsly. controlling masturbation in little girls was much more
a priority in victorian england that in teh case of boys
mircea_popescu: see,
a teacher like that'd have never survived in mp's school.
mircea_popescu: meanwhile at lulzranch : carnivores having well developed teeth is in no way
a predictor of their preference in eating meat over say photosynthesis.
mircea_popescu: something being asserted by
a state sponsored "ed" program of any kind is more
a predictor of the something being wrong than right.
mircea_popescu: i've yet to see
a psa "ed" effort that was accurate in details.
mircea_popescu: i couldn't begin to give less of
a shit about what sex "ed" programs say there, wherever that is.
kuzetsa: mircea_popescu: I've seen quite
a lot, but even if that wasn't the case, the sex ed programs here don't promote fallacious negative images about people's sexuality because of genital shape
mircea_popescu: so composed out of thermal electro plant, battery recharge stations and
a fleet of subs...
mircea_popescu: and im not sure who can afford to piss off
a nation of submarineers, but it wouldn't be the us.
mircea_popescu: tell you what :
a current car spends 90% of time in the garage. fu that.
mircea_popescu: well, lettuce see. the submarine is submerged. it does not care about "weather" in either fluid sense. with the new fleshlights and tumblr pr0nz... i defy you to find
a bunch of 20somethings whose current life would be differen if they were subbed.
mircea_popescu: it's not that familiar to me, i'm
a sf noob/ignoramus :D
mircea_popescu: making orlof
a sort of low tech early pioneer in the right direction.
mircea_popescu: think about that solipsist heaven.
a one man diesel attack sub.
mircea_popescu: speaking of which : the diesel sub is making
a major comeback
mircea_popescu: inasmuch as you accept bitcoin as
a desktop garden under
a lcd backed monitor, one can, does.
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TheNewDeal: so what are you saying about buying 10k? you only have
a few chances to do it before the price skyrockets up or what?
TheNewDeal: mircea_popescu:
http://stats.bitcoin-assets.com/ << wouldja look at that, weekly active user count over avg last week for the first time in like half
a year. <<< usagi has been firing up all his old names?
mircea_popescu: or mebbe some knew but the group as
a whole got desperate enough.
mircea_popescu: the problem being that going the other way is
a) unduly expensive and b) shockingly ineffectual.
gribble: Error: "ticker." is not
a valid command.
TheNewDeal: I've been locked up in that damn apple bet for almost
a month yet
thestringpuller: we'll try you out for
a set of shirts see if we can move it
nubbins`: TheNewDeal: call
a local screenprint shop, ask for one shirt, see what they say
nubbins`: much more sensible to quote for
a reasonably-sized order
nubbins`: extra colors are
a flat $15 screen burning fee plus $0.85 per shirt
nubbins`: eh, not exactly. setup involves
a few different things
nubbins`: but, now that i think of it, there's also
a hefty surcharge if you've ever hit my wife
gribble: Error: Username already registered. Try
a different username.
gribble: What do you think I am,
a shell?
gribble: (eregister <nick> <keyid>) -- Register your GPG identity, associating GPG key <keyid> with <nick>. <keyid> is
a 16 digit key id, with or without the '0x' prefix. We look on servers listed in 'plugins.GPG.keyservers' config. You will be given
a link to
a page which contains
a one time password encrypted with your key. Decrypt, and use the 'everify' command with it. Your passphrase (1 more message)
gribble: Error: "gpg" is not
a valid command.
gribble: Error: "keyinfo" is not
a valid command.
gribble: Error: "gpginfo" is not
a valid command.
thestringpuller: "I wish I had
a bitcoin for every one of these bitcoins is dead articles I've read over the past year and
a half."
nubbins`: type of shirt, total quantity, number of colors, whether i think you'll be
a repeat customer, whether you've ever hit on my wife, whether the artwork is ready, etc
nubbins`: depends on
a few factors, anywhere from 6-12-ish
nubbins`: thestringpuller it's around $60-65 before i'll even pick up
a squeegee
mircea_popescu: dude i leave for
a day and where is the two digit bitcoin!
nubbins`: i see charlie shrem is selling
a lot of casascius coins on the forums these days
Vexual: can't keep
a good man down
Duffer1: it was quite painful, and i refused pain meds until the ct scan results came back and the dr said "your appendix is all messed up, we're transfering you to
a different hospital, ambulance is en route, take pain meds now"
Vexual: i assume thats
a good thing
Duffer1: my stomach isn't
a basketball anymore
RagnarDanneskjol: afraid I cant be too interactive tonight - I'm kinda in the middle of
a few things and terribly behind schedule
RagnarDanneskjol: its relatively comprehensible cf. to
a lot of academic financial dissertations I come across. I learn more about bitcoin from these sources than i would any "analyst" in the btc space
Vexual: care to offer
a quick dissertation Ragnar?
Vexual: personally, i prefer
a popescuist view; he who can send owns
Vexual: and that is
a whole other level
Vexual: just
a little bit shitter than their mixing service
Vexual: and monsanto has prolly fed
a lot of people
Vexual: its prolly hard to usefully gm an o where the o has been selectively bred for so many generations, unless you include
a new selection criteria
Vexual: perhaps they will change their modus operendi and make
a version that grows in africa easily without pesticides
Vexual: its
a girl going to or from mt sinai or whatevr is called
Vexual: although, my tote had em at
a pretty fucking longshot
gribble: Error: "goxlag" is not
a valid command.
TheNewDeal: for instance, someone with 100 btc could reap
a 3.8 % return
TheNewDeal: still very profitable for
a high btc individual to bet as well
usagi: But it would have had to have
a much larger payout, this might be the sweet spot for the $10k bet
usagi: Actually I'll go take
a look at the site now
usagi: Yeah I made
a little on bitbet, I should probably take
a look at that site again soon
usagi: Do you run
a business in the community, TND?
usagi: But
a lot of the contracts had NDA's at the customer's request so I don't usually talk about particulars
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