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mircea_popescu:
a good approach is to search everywhere for another string in the history file, then wipe your password from everywhere you found keeps
a copy.
tg2: Auth logs often will keep
a history of commands
mike_c: true or false: if i type
a password into my shell, and then call 'history -c', i am ok?
mircea_popescu: but seriously now, i fail to see what it offers. i mean i suppose one could loot their github for code, and the site could be just
a demo.
mircea_popescu: "i got hiv from sharing the hiv tester with
a hiv sufferer"
the20year2: Although you could also blame it on lynshenkoism (sp) which kind of is
a statistical thing there too
bounce: well, it's
a bit of
a problem if that son first shoots half
a magazine worth of neighbours
the20year2: And you're more likely to be in
a car accident 100 times over than an accidental firearm discharge
mike_c: the20year2: probably not
a percentage basis?
Mats_cd03: youre more likely to die to
a negligent discharge than to
a home invasion
Mats_cd03: if it takes you
a minute to remove two locks and assemble the weapon you deserve to die to
a home invasion
the20year2: which prevents access in time of emergency or delays
a theif by
a whole minute or two
the20year2: The technological prerequisite to production of
a firearm is quite low
bounce: well, there's more to it than that. in the USoA there's also
a strong cultural current that requires guns. and, relatedly, something to fight, so they'll keep on looking for exactly that. in that sense two wars at the same time is them 'merkins having
a cultural field day.
the20year2: I feel that the ability to adequately defend yourself and your family isn't just
a right, it's required
Mats_cd03: i believe owning
a weapon is
a privilege rather than
a right
mircea_popescu: there's
a lot more to that man angle than anyone readily admits. take that recent treysomething or the other case.
bounce: china has lots of cannon fodder. add some cheap mass-produced tat, and any opponent still has
a bit of
a problem.
Mats_cd03: they certainly do have
a habit of burying them and then digging them up for use against invaders every few hundred years
rithm: in my juvenile state i always assumed
a lawsuit was
a negative event
rithm:
a lawsuit can be
a further laundry
punkman: "It should take an Act of God to start up in anything but the best possible security you can manage.
A Presidential Order doesn't cut it. "
rithm: i see
a lot of channels but only some of them light up
rithm: that's
a highlevel observation type question
mircea_popescu: bounce it's
a moot point. banks aren't able to buy it anyway, unless the govt says do it.
punkman: bounce: need
a proper backend first
bounce: somebody needs to write
a banking front-end that actually makes sense. features like ability to feed it your gpg key. I'd write it except I have no contacts with banks so they'll never buy such off of me. (what give software away? to *banks*?)
punkman: Mats_cd03: it was
a doge wallet, not sure I care
punkman: well shit, disk just had the CLICK OF DEATH, I think I lost
a wallet
CheckDavid: mircea_popescu: fundamental analysis revealed that pair is in
a downward trend
mircea_popescu: the problem with learnin accounting is that it's not an art, it's
a craft. you can perhaps learn philosophy in your own time, of \your own volition. accounting however requires
a reshaping of your mental process, which people never undertake willingly.
Mats_cd03: CheckDavid: i dunno, khan academy does alright, but i took accounting when i was in university - up to you to find
a good resource
mircea_popescu: Kolin Burgess,
a British bitcoin investor who spent much of Tuesday protesting outside of Mt. Gox’s abandoned office, in Tokyo, told
a reporter for Reuters that he thought he had accumulated Bitcoins that were worth three hundred thousand dollars at the market’s peak. “I’m very angry,” he said. “It looks like that’s disappeared.”
Dimsler_: the kosack was
a fucking nomad
mircea_popescu: Mats_cd03 on
a long enough timeline everyone's getting slapped down properly.
mircea_popescu: Mats_cd03 wasn't it
a khanate originally ? that's EXACTLY what they did.
kakobrekla: >@teddy @Xapo we've entrusted them with
a shit-ton of BTC...so have other big institutional funds...its
a good sign.
Mats_cd03: crimea was an autonomous republic, not
a sovereign territory with its own government
Dimsler_: making
a big deal about ukraine
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete anyway, if you know the chap, perhaps drop him
a link. as usual, the clearing of bs starts with teh self.
Dimsler_: go pick up
a fuckign history book
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu i sequenced those poorly, first was
a document by taleb & co., second was
a random quote
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete talking about "bunch of amateur hour buyllshit in the bitcoin """ecosystem"""" in
a pdf file ?
Mats_cd03: do you know what
a warm water port is?
Dimsler_: is that its not
a real country
bitcoinpete: Chamath is spot on here: "We’ve got to flush out all the has-beens and also-rans. There’s
a bunch of amateur hour bullshit in the bitcoin ecosystem.”
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu benkay and artifexd were generous enough to lend me
a few satoshis
a week ago, which i duly repaid with interest today so as to learn that variety speak :D
CheckDavid: mircea_popescu: can u give me
a car pliz? And
a 3d printer tnx
CheckDavid: You are
a very traditional business guy.
mircea_popescu: no.
a loan has no relation to the business performance,
a loan is predicated on the credibility of the underwriter.
CheckDavid: Or would it have to be
a personal loan in some way as well?
mircea_popescu: you can either take investment, which is
a distribution of equity no matter how you disgusie it, from bfl-style to any other style,
chetty: Crossword puzzles in
a local Venezuelan newspaper are calling readers to violent protests with conspiratorial messages, the country’s information minister said today.
Duffer1: do you have
a product capable of attracting that kind of funding?
Duffer1: you don't necessarily need
a platform for that, unless you wanted your investors to be able to exchange quickly
CheckDavid: I see. But also
a model on what to give in return for funding
CheckDavid: mircea_popescu: yes correct. But then one also needs
a framework/platform to market my trust
Duffer1: haven't seen
a scam like that before
mircea_popescu: bocobit i read
a study that 80% of studies are pure bullshit.
MisterE: but kakobrekla does come down on em like
a ton of bricks lol
chetty: that argument has been going on forever,
a good example of the failure of personal responsibility
VanCleef: what if u bet on
a bet you made but it doesn't get approved
chetty: bocobit, got
a link to that study?
bocobit: i read
a study that says only 20% of people are capable of independent thought