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KRS1: CEO..now I've got to start planning for my new position as chairman
pankkake: that shit is not really bitcoin specific, i've seen many open source projects get press coverage, even get funding (Diaspora*), when no one on board was able to really do the job
nubbins`: i think the shits came from that google knol over there
mircea_popescu: i stil lcan't get over that quora byline
asciilifeform: 500W i think
asciilifeform: wonder if they're the same soviet caliber i saw!
pankkake: spots are great - I have really good lightning after proper orienting
mircea_popescu: incidentally, the idea with led lighting is to go for spots i think
pankkake: I've had a lot of incandescents burn in less than 6 months. but it might have been the container's fault, too much heat
nubbins`: generally i find CFLs to be mercilessly cold
asciilifeform: i still have yet to see an led lamp that will evenly light a room without being the size of a small tv set.
nubbins`: i'll probably start moving to LED when the current bulbs start going
nubbins`: well i tell you, i busted three CFLs in my bedroom before realizing that they're not meant for dimmers.
nubbins`: i wonder do they understand that domestically-produced incandescents shipped in corrugated cardboard makes more sense than chinese CFLs in plastic clamshells shipped across an ocean?
nubbins`: doubly so if i've got an oil furnace.
nubbins`: i should be allowed to use the most inefficient bulbs possible
nubbins`: now, if i'm running electric heat in my home 9 months out of 12
mircea_popescu: Jan 19 22:16:32 <mircea_popescu>how would i go about that ?
mircea_popescu: Jan 19 22:14:04 <mircea_popescu>soo, who has the authority to make a deal so I can cover the 20k shortfall ?
nubbins`: well, the issue i have is that my home requires heating nine months out of the goddamn year.
mircea_popescu: i use incandescents.
pankkake: openbsd = grumpy paranoid old guys so I thought it would fit in here
pankkake: oh? I forgot
mircea_popescu: i read all about it
mircea_popescu: this is almost as much lol as the first time i got actual data as to what entertainers actually earn.
asciilifeform: if i recall, he was making about 1k usd / mo.
nubbins`: "I NEEDS A PACK OF SMOKES"
mircea_popescu: i've yet not heard a case that wasn't a lie.
mircea_popescu: i wouldn't believe anything poor people say that has "need" in it.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i suspect the premise that criminals are driven by a desire to acquire wealth is flawed here. crap artists aren't REALLY running a business.
mircea_popescu: that's a reading on it, but i doubt there's depth there.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i agree, and i propose to you it's because it is a free market.
nubbins`: i think there's less of an "allure of the unknown" on these sorts of topic in french society
nubbins`: re: french vs english, i have no idea. TANJ.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the most successful ones i've 'met' so far live in your home town.
mircea_popescu: i suspect the baby is thrown with a bathwater somewhere at some point somehow tho
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: as someone who works 'with' these people, i think i have a bit of a psycho-crackpot angle on their driving philosophy
mircea_popescu: i came to it studying the warrior forum (*) years ago, when i noticed the unifying factor in all their textual emissions was a desire to "make money while you sleep". ☟︎
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i'm pretty sure i lifted that phrase straight from your essays
mircea_popescu: i like that expression.
asciilifeform: i do agree, it's far more interesting with fully-functioning devils.
asciilifeform: i think back to this every time i read about the btc mining 'industry.'
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asciilifeform: as a boy, i read about an 18th c. book, 'Triple Power over the Forces of Hell' ☟︎☟︎
pankkake: I don't think it used to be as separate as it is now
mircea_popescu: i do.
asciilifeform: most of what i see is profoundly disappointing in the intellectual sense.
asciilifeform: maybe once i leave that work behind. i promise it isn't an interesting story though.
kakobrekla: i wanna hear the different story
asciilifeform: KRS1: crap artists (whom i hunt for a living, different story) never seem to have any problem renting out space on their crapnets.
mircea_popescu: well... either because i'm naive or because i've seen happy wolf men and they don't look like it
asciilifeform: i'm not certain why you so readily conclude that they aren't happy 'wolf men'
mircea_popescu: yeah, but their problem kinda is that they should be answering to someone. i can sorta see the loneliness in their actions.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i specifically brought up crapware as a field where a modestly clever fellow could work without answering to anyone.
KRS1: mircea_popescu: it wasn't peercover exactly I was trying to get at here, it was their trading platform
KRS1: i tossed it out to the chan to see if anyone had an opinion
mircea_popescu: whoa i cnat raed.
pankkake: I only do manly CSS. sharp corners, no shadows
KRS1: I found more information about peercover here http://ripplefederation.org/news/peercover-launches-distributed-insurance-platform-built-on-ripple
benkay`: also i ams in need of htmling and cssing does anyone in here have a recommendation?
benkay`: KRS1: where can i read more about peercover being insurance? their website has *nothing*.
benkay`: most of the time it's a scam of the innocent 'i want to derp a thing related to buttcorns so i'll poop some features and call it bitcoin 2.0' type
benkay`: "So if I own a business I can sell shares on ripple using your service? I will need to look into this..."
benkay`: the only fartup in which i'm taking equity right now is Bitcoin.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` why am i reading a french text in english ?!
nubbins`: i think that's actually the complete text
nubbins`: mircea_popescu, i downloaded the printable version and read it as hard copy
nubbins`: asciilifeform, i'm gonna bookmark this
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i guess i'll convert it
nubbins`: i first read this around the time "occupy" was floundering about. had a chuckle at one point where they decry the General Assembly as essentially the worst idea ever
nubbins`: pdf, i know
mircea_popescu: i don't think so.
mircea_popescu: i'm doing internet muppets today.
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/ron-maimon-lubos-motl-and-other-internet-things-i-hear-of-today-for-the-very-first-time/
nubbins`: i spoke to a guy who TURNED DOWN an offer of 30btc for his 10btc round.
asciilifeform: (though if i actually gave a damn about exploiting casascius, last thing i'd do is tell people about it.)
asciilifeform: well, chain of custody could help you avoid coins touched by people with dirty minds, like you and i.
nubbins`: i took him up on it and have been offering to extend the chain to buyers. only one has taken me up on it so far.
nubbins`: i still haven't seen a legit, undetectable unfunding.
nubbins`: i like how they chose an asshole rider who blows red lights to demo their product
nubbins`: i'm about 70% of the way towards just giving you a coin to play with ;p
nubbins`: i'm imagining repurposing a 3d printer
nubbins`: i've got stacks of piezos
nubbins`: i think the holo itself would shrivel long before the paper browns, but point remains the same. as long as you can keep the reverse (or is it obverse?) at room-ish temperature
nubbins`: anyway, i think the main reason nobody's tried slicing and dicing casascius coins until now is because the premiums were always so goddamn high
nubbins`: i've seen ones that will run off the temp differential between the top of the stove and the ambient air
nubbins`: well, when these unfunded coins start hitting the market, i bet there's going to be some experimenting going on
nubbins`: i was looking at peltier fans the other day, actually
nubbins`: do i? :(
asciilifeform: this, i take it, is the scheme?
nubbins`: i'm itching to try a few things, but i don't want to ruin a bunch of coins
mircea_popescu: i doubt this is in any way stronger.
mircea_popescu: well apparently the notion that if i pay someone 1mn a year i can afford to pay for better health care than if he barely pulls his weight at 10k a year is a mystery nao.
asciilifeform: if i want coldwallets in ampoules, i'll seal them myself
nubbins`: the appeal for me is that i'm into coin collecting anyway
asciilifeform: i still don't get the appeal, maybe i'm just thick
asciilifeform: i've never even seen these before, and this part was obvious
pankkake: oh, it's not an original because there is no original written on it. i get it!
nubbins`: asciilifeform: and yet the only fakes i've seen have been brutally obvious
nubbins`: "shit, i've got two bellheads now!"