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nubbins`: oh, and i sold
a couple casascius coins for
a record-high price today
mircea_popescu: ima totally fucking do this, you know, if i'm ever in
a place where hte fucking waitress is all doge-fan
nubbins`: oh yeah, did i tell you guys we won
a couple awards in the local arts rag?
nubbins`: isn't social entitlement just
a different way of saying you're cool?
mircea_popescu: i can't imagine there ever lived
a more easy to hate generation.
mircea_popescu: "I try to let my feelings about jed, facebook, and maybe, social entitlment get out of the way and see things with logic ripple vs Stellar or both in
a basket. I tried to get some of that free STR and me not having
a facebook account made that hard to impossible and kinda deactivated my unbias view of the ecosystem."
nubbins`: if i see
a ratings page full of "user x repaid his loan in full", not
a chance will i go out on
a limb for him
mircea_popescu: nubbins`: wyrdmantis: generally, asking for and receiving loans is
a poor way to earn trust << it's not that bad, is it ?
nubbins`: i was actually printing
a run of posters earlier (pix to follow) and stopped mid-poster to scribble down
a couple paragraphs of ideas
nubbins`: nooooo, imagine moving into
a rental & finding such :0
nubbins`: "my husband got in the wot and all i got was
a lousy box of shirts in which
a bunch of spiders have taken up nest"
mircea_popescu: ltiplication doodad will do it in time, up to the limiting size of the matrices that can be encoded in such
a machine. This is huge, as most matrix multiplications are for square matrices of size N. There is all manner of work done on improving matrix multiplication and other forms of matrix math via statistical methods (subject of
a coming blog post); the problem is very important, as is pretty bad on large proble
nubbins`: "you get to cum like ten times
a shift"
nubbins`:
a large badge that reads "the man" produces the same effect as
a large stick, turns out
mircea_popescu: "While quantum computing appears to be turning into
a multi-decade over-hyped boondoggle of
a field, there is no reason why optical computers might not become important."
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mike_c: k, guess i'm not following then :) seems if you switch to
a context they know little about they might sucking at comms.
xmj: as soon as you enter into
a professional mode with them
xmj: people that seem smart and seem to understand
a lot
BingoBoingo: Yeah, diff drop changed
a lot, but... Asks are still up or consumed
mike_c: i'm going to write
a blog post on the last BTC game soon. it was interesting to me that more of the free money didn't get picked up, although TheNewDeal did grab some.
bats_cd03: i might bring
a miner online after diff change...
the20year: It's really
a solid explanation of IN self defense laws and prevents immunity of anyone
the20year: Yeah, supposedly the state got sued by the FOP and they may strike it down, although the supreme court decision was
a re-affirmation of basic self defense laws, and against the police idemnity laws
nubbins`: had an epiphany regarding the design
a couple hours ago actually
punkman: "As
a final set of interesting statistics, we have calculated three Gini indices"
bats_cd03: 'Thus, the fact that the majority of purchases occurred at the end shows that ether purchasers are generally
a rather sophisticated audience – which I suppose you should be if you managed to be convinced to trade your hard-earned BTC for some cryptographic tokens backed by
a concept of “generalized consensus computing”.'
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punkman: "The farm employs three people whose job it is to monitor the machinery and make sure that all the machines are working properly. They work around the clock, in three shifts, and do
a walkabout of the floor once per hour to check everything. The guys live here mostly full time, going home for 4 or 5 days once
a month. They sleep on the premises."
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pankkake: "String of blocks will reject payments lower than 0.0001 BTC before the end of December 2014" the guy almost had it right, I'm submitting
a better bet even though I don't really see the point :p
Vexual: i guess theres
a reason to not have the real client reported
fluffypony: he basically says that you should never rely on the details of
a transaction as
a developer
assbot: JSON-RPC method idea: list transactions newer than
a given txid
nubbins`: he means
a machine that never has and never will connect to the internet :D
nubbins`: "enough" depends on how you plan to use
a given thing
nubbins`:
a small padlock is enough for my shed;
a u-lock is enough for my bike;
a deadbold and handle lock is enough for my home;
a safety deposit box is enough for my valuables
punkman: wyrdmantis: you mean you have
a short password for it?
nubbins`: opt for maximum strength, save yourself
a hassle down the road
chetty: changing pgp keys is messy, make
a good one to start with
Vexual: one can already make
a contract wit bitcoin
Vexual: how much bc for
a facebook?
Vexual: yo punkman, you got
a mercator projection in ascii?
Vexual: has it got
a sexy splash?
wyrdmantis: i feel like
a bug over the enciclopedya britannica
punkman: ;;rate wyrdmantis 1 #b-
a voice
Vexual: then give me
a fuckin loan
punkman: btcjam works for the people building reputation until they can walk out with
a bigger loan
nubbins`: suppose
a stranger approached you on the street and asked for
a loan of $20 for one week. you said sure, gave him the $20,
a week later he finds you and pays you back.
nubbins`:
a better way to gain trust is to perform actions that cause others to trust you
nubbins`: wyrdmantis: generally, asking for and receiving loans is
a poor way to earn trust
wyrdmantis: yeah, first is to improve my rating, i'm
a trader, i've got many loans on btcjam
wyrdmantis: so... here i could get...
a loan in bitcoin for example?
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Vexual: but bitcoin is
a thing, and i might need it
Vexual: and if you're pumping seawter anyway, you can pipe some thru
a membrane and get freshwater
Vexual: theres no reason they can't take their shirt off in
a nuclear plant
xmj: Vexual: it's
a very simple tempospatial arbitrage strategy. <3
mircea_popescu: <thestringpuller> how long does it take for
a key to register with van-ads ? << from what i've seen 30 seconds
thestringpuller: +pete_dushenski> ;;later tell ben_vulpes please to fix van pgp so thestringpuller can advertise his muffins << you're
a bully
cazalla: pete_dushenski, there is nothing i could write that would be of any interest to anyone here and in the past it was about quantity, quality wasn't even
a consideration (until google decided it was)
pete_dushenski: cazalla: then there's never been
a better time to get back on the horse
fluffypony: where someone beats you with
a pipe wrench till you give them your privkeys or password or whatever
thestringpuller: how long does it take for
a key to register with van-ads ?
fluffypony: yeah it's
a tough one, but he is also getting on, so it's time I suppose
fluffypony: pete_dushenski: my wife's had to go back
a few days ago, her grandfather is in hospital and it looks like it's "last legs" stage, so depends on what happens there
cazalla: mircea_popescu, i used it for
a while until payouts slowed down and then were being claimed as paid out yet were not even unconfirmed
pete_dushenski: fluffypony: so since that's never happening, our collective hopes and dreams now dashed, were you still planning to be back in europe in
a few weeks?
mircea_popescu: cazalla used to run
a decent pool maybe
a year or so ago. anything come of that ?
mircea_popescu: lol why are you in such
a hurry. it takes like an hour
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mircea_popescu: anyway, good wot visualisation tools, especially assbot centric, are
a good thing.