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mjr_: so either, things that are recorded in
a block don't matter
mjr_: i give
a shit about
a transaction crafted
a certain way included in ablock
mjr_: i don't give
a shit about
a derp saying anything
mjr_: that description is no longer valid on
a different day
mircea_popescu: well so there you go. you wish o matter personally, but i don't give
a shit. im your employer not your lover.
mjr_: find my employee, he is the guy laying bricks wearing
a hat
mjr_: and there was
a conflict
mjr_: how could you have
a clearer example of the protocol changing
mjr_: for fucks sake, there was
a fork in the fucking blockchain because people didn't agree on which version to use
mjr_: ok...and if i add acceptable messages to
a protocol
mjr_: may be, but it is
a change
xmj:
A works on B doesn't imply B works on
A mircea_popescu: if people decide to write 2+3 as 3+2 from now on, that's just
a fashion
mircea_popescu: if math changes and 2 + 3 = 6 instead, then that's
a change.
mjr_: you couldn't do tx of
a certain size before
mjr_: how about
a simpler one
mjr_: that would be the textbook definition of
a change
mircea_popescu: suppose some kids decide they will have
a cocksucking mining contest.
mircea_popescu: mjr_ the day you can withdraw mpex funds to
a multisig address i might care.
mjr_: i don't give
a shit how you try to spin that
mjr_: that is
a difference
mjr_: there was
a point where you could not do
a multisig
xmj: you can't craft
a multisig transaction right now that will be accepted by the network valid per bitcoin rules
mjr_: tell me i can't craft
a multisig transaction right now
mjr_: tell me multisig is not
a thing, and i concede
mjr_: that is
a difference
mircea_popescu:
a gun is available to be used somewhere. it may even be used by mike hearn.
mjr_: i say if it looks like
a duck, walks like
a duck and sounds like
a duck, its
a duck
mjr_: does it have all the elements that i would look for in
a home?
mjr_: so I notice
a difference
mircea_popescu: understand, if some kid somehwere adds
a condom to his parent's the tv set, this is exactly meaningless to television.
mjr_: and you can runn
a diff on the code if you want
pete_dushenski: punkman: "This is great transparency, Vitalik. You're setting the right standards" <<
a shining beacon of derpitude
mjr_: and they have
a way of cutting through bullshit, and that was my only point
mircea_popescu: enter about 50 years of sterile "social studies" on the topic of how
a bureaucracy is much better.
mjr_: not some guy at
a foundation
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform> paging herr naggum! << change is not generally
a good idea.
xmj: most companies use py2 because it
a) works and b) you can hire developers fluent in py2 easily.
mjr_: not demon, as in
a malevolent spiritual entity?
mjr_: as in
a background process?
mjr_: so, the heteroculture of bitcoin can act as
a deterrent to any one group being able to dictate
xmj: mjr_: that assumes things get into Bitcoin on
a Meritocratic base.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah well that's not really what
a good idea is now is it.
mjr_: that is not
a good idea
mjr_: ah, P.T. Barnum said that
a sucker is born every minute
pete_dushenski: godovo: afaik it was useful, if not profitable, the former quality being
a first in the history of altcoins
mjr_: mircea_popescu: but you can short some of those...nowadays it is
a lot easier to short, and easy to borrow stock in order to do so
mjr_: asciilifeform: you will be waiting quite
a while...
mjr_: not because it is obviously
a scam, but because they didn't even try to disguise it
nubbins`: guess that means the death wasn't
a homicide
xmj: take mises with
a large tablespoon of salt please
mjr_: ooh, i seem to have missed
a lot
godovo: will be interesting to see
a cryptocoin stop having any value
mjr_: Additionally,
a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
gribble: Error: "isdown" is not
a valid command.
mircea_popescu: bubbins`> oh, and i sold
a couple casascius coins for
a record-high price today <<
BingoBoingo: godovo: 0.1 is like over 9000 credits, lasts me
a few months
nubbins`: that's
a pint of ben & jerry's
godovo: cazalla: 0.01 is
a lot
nubbins`: hmm, i have like
a hundred shirts to print today and it's quarter to nine
nubbins`: who in the fuck is gonna trade with someone who has
a ` and
a -
nubbins`: BigBitz, it was like
a dollar!
mircea_popescu: nubbins` her bf had
a sort of antique store/fleamarket smorgasbord
BigBitz: Heh mircea_popescu you have
a fan...
assbot: Visurat s-
a dat de goala. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: for instance, suppose you commute or are one of the 100mn+ people that have to keep themselves quietly occupied for 1-2 hours
a day.
nubbins`: no longer
a common thing, this
mircea_popescu: imo it's really
a sort of lifetime deal, i have nfi who has the mettle to actually read 10k articles.
mircea_popescu: on the positive side, i'm getting about one.x trilema credit orders
a day by now.
mircea_popescu: fucking idiots these people. why even put
a contact email up then.
nubbins`: that box literally only contains
a handful of macaroni and
a packet of cheese-flavored powder
mircea_popescu: omfg look at that heresy! wikipedia lists sun radiative output as
a causative factor in the first ice age (the one post oxigenation).
mircea_popescu: what in the huronic demonology is
a "hamburger helper"
nubbins`: i treated pascale to
a delightful supper of hamburger helper to celebrate
nubbins`: overall, not
a bad start to the week