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benkay: these days all i want is
a hot gas flowing by
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: that's the way forward, I tend to burn my meat
a lil' on an open flame, but in the Weber I can shove the coals to the side and let it cook at leisure
mircea_popescu: this was open gas oven. not ideal, but i found
a way to use the cast iron pan's handle to prop the door open just enough. gets it reasonably cool.
fluffypony: I had
a braai (bbq) last night, also did ribs
BingoBoingo: Sometime this summer I want to try
a standing beef rib roast on the kettle grill.
benkay: caught
a message in the middle of marinading pork over the weekend, f'r instance.
mircea_popescu: works. show up on some sort of romanian time tho, otherwise we'll be all thestringpullering this for
a week :D
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: If he's amenable to the thing I'll probably be inclined to try it as there's
a bit more details nao. I'm going to drink on this idea and let tomorrow's hangover show the way.
fluffypony: I played around with arbitrage on BitX.co.za, crappy local exchange, as it generally sits ~5% above Bitstamp, but with
a daily volume of ~10 BTC it ends up being
a lot of work for maybe $50 in profit
BingoBoingo: I don't think I've ever worked to narrow
a spread. I've tried to keep the ATC spread as wide as Hilary's ass.
mircea_popescu: it's basically just
a scaled up version of the atc thing
mircea_popescu: "here's
a debentures package in exchange, worth 5 trn. good deal for you"
BingoBoingo: Still the other medium of exchange (stamps) have
a fixed value outside the prison
mircea_popescu: "Once the tobacco is on the compound, the pouches wholesale for 50 books of stamps, or $300 each. Each pouch is then broken down into 80 to 100 tiny rollups that cost one book each, or six dollars.
A $3 pouch of Bugler ends up retailing inside for about $600—
a 20,000% markup."
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Maybe that powdered alcohol will be cheap enough to build
a rocket, because I don't anticipate it being very drinkable.
ozbot:
A complete theory of economics pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
fluffypony: ThickAsThieves: I bet they thought that was
a good idea at the time
ThickAsThieves: "o, it's not. It's
a public statement made by the director of
a TV show which implies that if
a woman being raped begins to enjoy it, it was never rape in the first place. This is worthy of discussion since it is tantamount to saying that all women enjoy being raped because deep down, they all love it, and all of their screaming and crying and desperate fighting to defend themselves
ThickAsThieves: required they no longer take
a % of the company for themselves as
a requirement to presenters
bounce: right, that's the first one I head about. there's
a few more that produce
a similar thing these days though.
ThickAsThieves: but at least i have
a somewhat digestible justfication now
ThickAsThieves: what's the current rule, if you miss closing you get
a refund, if you miss resolution yer fucked?
chetty: if you do it
a hundred times it is, takes time and effort to clean up
chetty: there is
a difference between error and attempt to cheat ...
mircea_popescu: it's nonsense to see such
a rule in poker, per se. but in the context, as they're trying to map shit to
a deck of cards, it makes sense. the change is due to the flaw.
mircea_popescu: like, "but you only get 2/3 of the pot if you win it with
a qh" or w/e.
ThickAsThieves: i also want to demonstrate to others in public so they may be motivated to do
a better job than me at prodding it
mircea_popescu: it's to be expected we'd live in
a world of gashes and slashes for
a while.
mircea_popescu: currently the entire thing is "hey guise, check out this shit i made. i call it...
a box cutter. it cuts everything"
ThickAsThieves: it is, for lack of
a better term, perfectly and dynamically balanced
mircea_popescu: in
a much softer sense than before, this'd be practical.
mircea_popescu: the fact that the points do not conserve. think of
a medium of exchange as
a family.
mircea_popescu: kinda why doge is
a dodgy scam : cause their coins don't conserve.
ThickAsThieves: it's not
a typical economy, cuz it has allocation idiosyncracies, but i'm not sure if that disqualifies it
benkay: are collusive rings in these content farms necessarily
a bad thing?
jurov: i'd extend
a punishment gazette with 3. shared protocol and then maybe public forum can be simplified away
ThickAsThieves: <+mircea_popescu> so no, that's what it is : it isn't
a wot because it can't be /// well i can accumulate points no? and at any given time,
a maximum amount can be had, and every time
a user joins anew, the system inflates to accommodate
mircea_popescu: not so hard to distinguish machines from humans if your machine has
a stable with many humans
mircea_popescu: benkay for years before and some time during bitcoin i had
a romanian language digg style thing.
ThickAsThieves: <+mircea_popescu> <ThickAsThieves> i have
a feeling though, this theory will end up distilling into one that already exists << kinda cxurious about this myself. /// one thing it reminds me of is your basic escrow deal
mircea_popescu: so no, that's what it is : it isn't
a wot because it can't be
mircea_popescu: <ThickAsThieves> i have
a feeling though, this theory will end up distilling into one that already exists << kinda cxurious about this myself.
mircea_popescu: <ThickAsThieves> bitcoins being the medium, blockchain the gazette, mining the forum? << it's
a very limited economy at that, but i guess so.
ThickAsThieves: jurov that's also not
a requirement of the theory as stated
ThickAsThieves: and we do have
a source for extra-info, the bitcoin software
ThickAsThieves: [16:26] <+jurov> we need extra-blockchain information to assess them /// do we? each address may function as
a user/reputation
ThickAsThieves: i'm merely trying to see whether Bitcoin would qualify as another echo to apply it to, not whether it fits
a perfect example
ThickAsThieves: could you say that an orhpaned block or unconfirmed tx is
a punishment?
ThickAsThieves: i have
a feeling though, this theory will end up distilling into one that already exists
chetty: lmao Mirceanomics,
a new school is born
ThickAsThieves: <+Oleanie> ;;rate davout 2 /// haha davout only gets
a 2 from his better half
dexX7: ah, only saw your query
a few seconds ago and didn't really notice
only: unless there is
a free alternative
only: "bounce: there's also the revenue model. who'll benefit? thence, who'll build the thing?" - can't one hard code an escrow commission into
a p2p app?
mircea_popescu: dexX7 i think it'd look
a lot more like bitcoin-assets.
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: that article really tears the coin apart...gets
a little weird in places, but makes REALLY good points
mircea_popescu: fluffypony it's actually
a measure of their thing failing. in the sense they can't pass off the scamcoin fast enough for their dump-and-dillute engine to actually extract enough value out of the environment to keep the ball rolling.
Naphex: the game actually set up
a community tribunal
jborkl: Now, the company's critics have fresh ammunition because of this same executive.
A federal judge in Kansas has ruled that the man in question, Sonny Vleisides, violated the terms of his probation in the lottery scam case. As
a result, Vleisides’ probation—previously slated to end in September 2013—will now continue for another two years.
ThickAsThieves: as in, if one person is selling weed in
a jurisdiction he is not allowed, and you are host to that, you are now
a target
ThickAsThieves: we hadnt discussed the overall decentralizing of
a marketplace as
a bad thing
Naphex:
a normal market with escrow/mediations and marketable ads is enough imho
benkay: jurov this thing'd be
a radiative collector then?
dexX7: bitrated relies on
a third party as mediator
bounce: to some people "decentralised" is
a buzzword. "it must be decentralised!" -- yeah, sure. leaving aside the "how" for
a moment (you did think that one through, didn't you?), there's the "then what?" as in how'd you use that in practice? did you just go from
a single point of failure to N of those? how does that make the situation better? what if something goes wrong, someone rips you off, et cetera?
only: so decentralizing
a marketplace is another shitty pipe dream?
ozbot:
A complete theory of economics pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
ThickAsThieves: well according to the Popescu Theory of Economics, DarkMarket is missing at least
a public forum
jborkl: Darkmeet <- now that is
a good pun
ThickAsThieves: DarkMarket is
a decentralised P2P marketplace which cannot be shut down. It can be joined by anyone and in many respects it looks rather mature, with identity and reputation rankings, seller pages, multisig escrow, private messaging and privacy features.
ThickAsThieves: i could provide
a tip address after the fact or such, but no payment would be required
ThickAsThieves: to all, would you be interested in free Altcoin stickers? note that this would involve providing
a mailing address to me or an intermediary