asciilifeform: i sort of assumed that everybody here had tried their hand at such things personally
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: if you actually find this interesting, i can say more
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: tried it on recorded data stream from 'btc-e'. 'won' on some segments, lost on others. then mp gave me a demo account on mpex, where bots do no good, and i lost interest
asciilifeform: jurov: at the time i simply itched to write 'something with ai' that 'could money'
asciilifeform: jurov: e.g. if you can figure out that mr. whale runs bot with 'stop loss' at $x/btc, you can estimate resulting price move, effect on other such machines
asciilifeform: jurov: re: bots - consider some simple examples, you can probably think of
asciilifeform: elaborate on the 'forbidden necessity'
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo, ThickAsThieves, other players of baseball - is the tar considered a cheat because it gives actual advantage? or merely not part of the regulation game?
asciilifeform: (ignore the thread titles, these were strictly psychiatric ruminations, nothing to do with programming computer)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: The discussion usually centers around “politeness“, because the mimics don’t really have the intellectual ability to identify, nor the ethical fiber to enunciate the real problem << reminds me:
asciilifeform: last stanza exercise for alert reader
asciilifeform: loosely: 'they a ban for us decreed / for to keep us from this street / we shall move aside stone blocks / on this street we'll take our walks'
asciilifeform: 'Нам хотели запретить / По этой улице ходить. / Стены каменны пробьем - / По этой улице пройдем. / А вы, запретители, / хуя не хотите ли?'
asciilifeform: thought everybody knew that at this point
