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mircea_popescu: benkay i never used no dumbass symbol.
mjr_: phones can currently type the bitcoin symbol...i don't even know how you would convince apple or motorola to add a keyboard
mjr_: basically i think i slam dunked the argument against symbol change
benkay: i advocate we abandon the btc symbol all together and just use a capital b
mjr_: when was that? I'm not sure if my laptop was even open...
mjr_: am I safe in assuming that everyone here thinks trying to change the bitcoin symbol is stupid and a waste of time?
mjr_: i was supposed to go hang out with him while i was in nyc
benkay: 2 things i'm bummed about missing this year
mjr_: i know :(
fluffypony: every time it's tanked I've bought on the downswing
mircea_popescu: dignork i dunno, imo all of irc and a lot more is otc in this sense.
fluffypony: hah hah - this was posted re: the < $400 slump: http://i.imgur.com/2bVRHRX.jpg
mircea_popescu: bitcoin-otc was last i checked run mostly by dorks, and so consequently populated mostly by dorks
dignork: mircea_popescu, sure, but so far bitcoin-otc based on WOT is the closest to OTC that I've seen so far
fluffypony: unfortunately the majority of them are kinda-nerdy-oh-look-here-I-can-get-rich
taub: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z73tt8mgr6tndzy/FooledByRandomness.pdf cool book i'm reading right now
fluffypony: even though I keep telling them to
fluffypony: I have a lot of people I know that prefer to buy from me instead of buying on the local exchange
mircea_popescu: so i guess the scammers get a whole new market now.
asciilifeform: (or this happened ages ago, and i'm just the last one to notice)
benkay`: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/28/article-1315776-0B612CFF000005DC-268_468x519.jpg
gribble: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=C.O.F. | cof. Cum On Face - Sexual act often used when describing services offered by an escort. The escort I saw last night provided cof in addition to bbbj and fs.
mike_c: i didn't realize what a honeypot mediawiki is.
daybyter: but I want to use a strategy that is a lot more simple.
mircea_popescu: dignork i know i know, jus' being an hardass spuriously.
daybyter: http://i.imgur.com/xpqoqnk.png
daybyter: http://i.imgur.com/MqHfF.jpg
keonne: i'm incredibly anal when it comes to design, and more engineers go crazy working with me
daybyter: I already got most of the stuff running on desktop.
daybyter: maybe manual trading, but I wanted to start as simple as possible.
keonne: daybyter: sorry man, i really dont have the time
daybyter: I thought about a collab.
nubbins`: i was briefly excited when i saw the "recent changes" page until i took a closer look :D
mike_c: nubbins, i copied over your password hash so you should be able to login
daybyter: I write java trading code.
keonne: current i am redoing the blockchain android wallet, which is why i as asking earlier if anyone used it
daybyter: I want to create an android app and look for help with the UI.
nubbins`: it'll be 14 months on sunday since i gave up programming
keonne: im a designer in general, focusing on UI, and I do a lot of android apps
keonne: The only coding I do is a very hobbyist hack job at python
keonne: i know
keonne: http://trilema.com/2014/filantropica/ god damn, this is a good article. I really want to see this movie even more now.
keonne: gents i am off
nubbins`: i should try this on my wife when she gets home
nubbins`: i want to enter your bloody tunnel
nubbins`: if we were fencing, i'd say touche
daybyter: maybe I'm just the first one who had this idea? :-)
nubbins`: i googled everything back in the days of writing code ;D
daybyter: I used antenna back in the days of j2me projects.
daybyter: no I wonder how to compile it best.
daybyter: I have a lib that should run on desktop and android.
daybyter: I mean android and desktop-java.
fluffypony: keonne: I was about to say the same thing
keonne: daybyter: not being snarky but dont all android devs have to know java? i thought that was part of the deal.
keonne: and i can buyt as many sim cards as I want for£1 each
keonne: in UK i go to the corner shop
keonne: i remmeber not even being able to get a sim card in canada
nubbins`: i pay, i think, $50/mo
TomServo: nubbins`: I'm just saying, that is what makes it a "better deal" to some people.
keonne: and i have unlimited 4g data in both the US and Europe
keonne: i mean i havent had a contract in 3 years
TomServo: nubbins`: I think it depends on how much you value being able to switch carriers on a whim.
nubbins`: shoulda bought an iphone i guess
keonne: sorry i keep going in and out of cell signal
nubbins`: how about the one i asked :D
fluffypony: http://i.imgur.com/Gv2WlWv.jpg
truffles: im pretty rough i need a case
keonne: but i also did make up a life story for you
nubbins`: fluffypony, i don't use cases, but tyvm
nubbins`: shrug. i keep my phone in my pocket, not my mailbox
truffles: im surprised cuz i read they dont withstand cold temps
nubbins`: i mean, iphone
nubbins`: i just googled "android is for poor people"
nubbins`: i don't
fluffypony: gizmodo is popular? I stopped reading there a long time ago
truffles: dam i missed that memo
dignork: mircea_popescu, it's just a sensible default, which can be changed via weechat.look.paste_max_lines, same idea is implemented in some unixes by aliasing 'rm' to 'rm -i', just a default
keonne: dont ruin the image, i want to be you
keonne: honestly my job doesnt feel like a job, so i guess im lucky there
keonne: keonne: #bitcoin-assets is like a second job << first job for most people here. i see that, at least im honest, maybe one day i will be able to afford the trading platform fee and have my mind warped enough to warrant a spot in the full time club
pLambert: until the end of the month, I think
kanzure: danielpbarron: this is the sort of hyper-fanatacism that i am seeking
kanzure: oh i see, i should have asked what's wrong with the senate =)
danielpbarron: haha i've probably been on that train, looks like MTA
kanzure: personally i think all bitcointalk.org posts should start with "Yo,"
fluffypony: almost buttcoins http://i.imgur.com/6GhqT4q.jpg
danielpbarron: "If I was Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the most powerful central bank in the world, I would be buying bitcoin like mad."
kanzure: like this one: http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/bitcoin/fanaticism/if-i-was-chairman-of-the-fed.yaml
kanzure: i want the stuff that will still found funny even if bitcoin does eat up the world
kanzure: i'm open to suggestions for what content to include
kanzure: i'm making a collection of overly-enthusiastic claims about bitcoin
fluffypony: benkay: I thought it was a ponzi scheme?
danielpbarron: i guess those peeps who were bugging me to buy the other day are happy now
fluffypony: danielpbarron: yeah that's what I figured
fluffypony: when I said that on Reddit ages ago I got attacked by apologists
danielpbarron: fluffypony: i know what you meant; don't do it
danielpbarron: well i've seen plenty of individuals storing data in other ways, like using the last 4 or 5 decimal places of a balance to encode data
kanzure: uh i wonder if -txindex is the right parameter. hrm. it's the one about indexing.
danielpbarron: well, I'm not 100% behind the DEX; I understand the arguments against it, and it's not the end of my world if the devs figure out a way to stop it
benkay: i lose track of all the colored coin implementations