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BingoBoingo: And once I care enough to fix the SE/30 it will be a thing again
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Why. The SE/30 is dead, but I still have a flock of MacClassics
mircea_popescu: i have left my mark on popular culture
asciilifeform: i think in the animated version he gets to fuck
mircea_popescu: i have no idea what that is.
asciilifeform: decimation: i had the book!
moiety: 03:38 <mircea_popescu> now how does this work ? << i think like this http://imgur.com/gallery/snoMroC
mircea_popescu: i can't begin to imagine how they figure this thing has a fucking chance.
decimation: Oh, I was hoping someone was going to make a real RoboCop
decimation: I think this has been linked before: http://pando.com/2014/01/23/the-techtopus-how-silicon-valleys-most-celebrated-ceos-conspired-to-drive-down-100000-tech-engineers-wages/
mircea_popescu: i'm like... you know, a slut. i give people space :)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform not in copumpkin's retelling. i was giving him space to see if he mentiones it.
decimation: most effective female 'leaders' I have seen are school-marm types who know how to connect the right people and step away
mircea_popescu: incidentally i suppose you've stumbled on a perfectly valid business model, the translators among WoTs will be tomorrow's lawyers.
mircea_popescu: decimation i suppose it's like with everything else, blow the website budget on css.
mircea_popescu: on a lark i'd venture a guess that <1% of irl businesses have a truely global internet listening program going.
decimation: I think they are building a good foundation before going big, unlike some out there...
decimation: yeah it seems that this netagio is a spinoff of some kind. I'm surprised that he or his staff hasn't contacted you
mircea_popescu: i kind-of wonder how long reddit will take to digest teh latest mpoe release.
decimation: I suspect this guy is involved somehow, he is associated with goldmoney http://jamesturkblog.blogspot.com/
BingoBoingo: Eh, when people too young ask me for cigarettes I usually tell them I have cancer and ask them if they really want a cigarette.
decimation: no I'm just an interested bystander
mircea_popescu: decimation pounds and euro ? i already got a euro future and what are these pounds
mircea_popescu: i suppose throw in the vulva too.
mircea_popescu: i wonder if hot chick lips and anus hot-dogs are a delicacy in china.
mircea_popescu: i dun live there, so to me it's mostly funny
KRS-One: i did both for a while..they both sucked.
KRS-One: you have to be a tough bastard to work in roofing year round..i think doing concrete work was actually easier.
KRS-One: a popular one here in Florida are concrete shingle..i did some roofing when i was younger..talk about hard work.
KRS-One: i've heard horror stories where roofers fell off and into the hot kettle of tar
BingoBoingo: Maybe I should get the next roof done in pitchblend!!!
KRS-One: i dont know what tar pitch is
KRS-One: thats what i have, wood shingle..cedar. Its one of the best you can get.
mircea_popescu: KRS-One that may be generallky true, but i come from transylvania, which invented wood shingle roofing.
BingoBoingo: No, but I've considered buying a block of $200 houses in detroit and starting a farm
moiety: I'm scared to see your homes....
moiety: i think my roof might fall off. i saw slates outside on the ground
BingoBoingo: Well, the boring olf gasoline car mechanic that fixed the mess I made trying to fix that saturn made decent money for his time.
nubbins`: i had my roof redone last summer
KRS-One: i was stupid. i went to college.
KRS-One: moiety: yep. marine and diesel mechanics make most i think
KRS-One: it nice to know a roofer..i got a new roof put on my house for real cheap, just labor and materials.
KRS-One: BingoBoingo: i know I am skeptical
KRS-One: i have to speak to an attorney to see what kind of liability it opens me up to..supposedly i can do it with no risk or liability.
mircea_popescu: gesell1 i think you grossly misrepresent the substance of the sort of clueless idiots that still; had btc on gox.
KRS-One: he is real dumb and needs me to get a roofing license (take exams and shit) said I can make $100K/yr without doing a thing just holding the license.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'm the other end of the state.
gesell1: i assumed/hoped that the class action litigation that gets the most attention from the community will wind up with the most resources to devote to getting possible results
BingoBoingo: I really don't understand the point of retaining an unconnected lawyer
KRS-One: I have a friend who is a roofer who makes as much as an attorney and then some.
mircea_popescu: gesell1 i wasn't saying you sohu;dn't, by any means
BingoBoingo: I dunno of any person in Illinois who while certified as a plummer and holding a JD would pratice law over practicing plumbing
nubbins`: gesell1, it's called bernankoin i think
gesell1: pitty, i could find no bernankecoin
kakobrekla: the only way out of here is bernankecoin the way i see it.
MisterE: oh, I doubt there will be anything of value left for creditors
kakobrekla: i would not even consider iphone using female fyi.
mircea_popescu: MisterE i'd be much surprised if the lawyer charges anything.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla i blame ever for the apple.
gesell1: is there a problem if I pursue mtgox from 3 different lawyers at once?
MisterE: last thing I want is to support her phone
MisterE: I dunno it's the GFs and I dont go there
gesell1: well so i will find out monday
copumpkin: MisterE: I hear it gets better with the latest 7.* update where you can disable effects
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: It is why I only use lawyers with Drive throughs.
BingoBoingo: gesell1: Ah, that one. I just prefer the lower parts of the state.
gesell1: mircea_popescu: i have no idea. does he need to be?
copumpkin: so I just don't do anything on it
MisterE: I look around me and everyone's face is buried in their phones I think its sad
copumpkin: I made the mistake of installing ios7
copumpkin: I have a smartphone but I hate using it
BingoBoingo: Eh, I used to have smartphones.
MisterE: I dont need one with me
MisterE: I'm in front of a computer enough
mircea_popescu: but anyway, one day when i'm rich i'll splurge and get myself a smartphone
gesell1: BingoBoingo mircea_popescu I may go knock on Jay's door on monday
mircea_popescu: i like those.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo i mostly use it because it's full of derps of the "holier than thou" school of assholery.
copumpkin: I bet you're paying someone to type these messages right now, while someone else is giving you a rusty trombone
mircea_popescu: i mostly pay people to internet for me.
kakobrekla: goes to twitter to tell the world, "i dun use social meddia situes"
mircea_popescu: except i guess twitter but i don't really gas if x is y or not there
mircea_popescu: i wouldn't personally use it because i don't actually use any social media sites.
mircea_popescu: i cant see any harm in it
copumpkin: mostly because I want more people to use gpg
copumpkin: I like the service
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: I dunno, they're pretty, and seem to provide some nice identity linkage stuff that seems handy. Otherwise, not much point :)
Azelphur: I'm 97 BTC deep in gox, bought at ~0.14 (so 15 BTC)
mircea_popescu: copumpkin so why do i want to use them ?
BingoBoingo: I know. People who care go to SIU.
mircea_popescu: i guess.
copumpkin: as far as I can tell, their goals are: 1) provide a standard mechanism to link online accounts in a crpytographically secure way that doesn't require trust of their servers 2) make gpg more user-friendly
mircea_popescu: "I graduated cum laude with a degree in philosophy from Brandeis University and received my J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School"
Azelphur: I was a plonker and bought gox debt
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: will I get some sort of confirmation when the key is accepted?
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo i finally clicked your link. DO THESE ATTORNEYS EVEN LEAFT!
copumpkin: all I get for now is "unrecognized signature" :)
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: do you have some sort of defense against replay attacks on mpex btw? what if I send a "sell X" command and someone sniffs it and sends it again?
nubbins`: i think i mentioned it at the time
nubbins`: i made refried beans for the first time last week