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bitcoinpete: i had to hone my message, is all. still a lazy effort but alas
antephialtic: mircea_popescu: I assume you are aware that Romania has a MLA treaty with the US
bitcoinpete: benkay: well, in a nutshell, those were the dreams-of-smed-school days, a dream resolved by B- grades and a lot of poker. after undergrad, this being alberta, i spent a year selling trucks and started blogging. after selling truck got boring, i did an after-degree in environmental health and spent 2.5 years working as a public health inspector with the province. then…bitcoin. always had an interest in tech, investing,
benkay: in a 'wheels come off society everything headed for oblivion and everyone singing blithely' sort of way
benkay: yeah my eyes widened slightly for a second before reason kicked in
moiety: recovered a fair bit though :)
moiety: leaving me with a total shit storm to deal with
moiety: someone found an exploit and abused the fuck out of it. they actually were honest and paid back but someone else witnessed it and weren't so honest. generated a huge fake balance which they tipped out. emptying our wallet.
benkay: chetty: mcdonald's is delicious if you've never had a hamburger.
benkay: the BSc in Immunology might not be a bad place to start, bitcoinpete
benkay: ah goodness you're a lifeboat guy
LordPutin: i haven't had to enter mypassword in over a year
benkay: i'm kinda amazed that Scenes from a Multiverse doesn't have a first button
punkman: here you go http://amultiverse.com/comic/2014/03/12/a-question-of-beef/
dexX7: https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/800/1*A_V4-l0Loh6CFbHyM5Qg5A.jpeg
BingoBoingo: I wonder if there is a way to get the reaction from those exchange shareholder on welfare. If only there were a log like that of their reactions to be leaked.
mircea_popescu: maybe do a poll ?
mircea_popescu: "The worship appears mutual, and watching Wetern media worship a bunch of nobodys whose idea of public art is going into supermarkets and stuffing frozen chickens in their vaginas (“Pussy Riot,” that is) provides much-needed comic relief."
mircea_popescu: just like the people who imagine that if they spend a lot of time editing wikipedia they are now qualified to whatever, direct research spending i guess.
mircea_popescu: sort-of like the people who imagine that if they spend a lot of time adding code on github they are now decident factors in the future of the world,
ozbot: Interacting with fiat institutions [such as the SEC], a guide
gribble: Error: "synchrophasotron" is not a valid command.
Shakespeare: i guess all religion might be a spawn of this struggle
Shakespeare: somehow it seems buddhism is a spawn of all this
okcjosh: will it pay off? Right now a may GHS is around 33% the price of a live GHS. Does buying 3 times as many GHS for may have a good chance of paying out more, based on estimated Diff increase?
mircea_popescu: or w/e, was, a decade ago. maybe meanwhile went to shit.
mircea_popescu: costs ~1 dollar a day, and it's a much better environment
mircea_popescu: those 17yos are still having kids today, except "it's a problem"
mircea_popescu: she was in a room with a 17yo and a 18yo girl.
mircea_popescu: Shakespeare my mother had me at 21, which was a reasonable time to have a kid at the time, towards the end of one's secondary studies.
mircea_popescu: now they get to travel, which excusesd them from owning a house,
mircea_popescu: ie : how do poor would-be "CEO"s create a rent extractive engine ?
asciilifeform: this is a parsimonious hypothesis to explain american 'concern' for certain 'oppressed groups' worldwide
mircea_popescu: a yes.
Shakespeare: "Gardens of the Night (a 2008, also with John Malkovichiv) is yet another installment in that man’s awesome, ruefully complete, atrociously honest, blithely limpid discussion of the divine cunt. "
asciilifeform: 'no idea why they'd be anti gay' << same reason as in russia, as described by mr. o - 'As Prof. Cohen recently pointed out, prior to Americans' gay rights agitation, Russian gays used to be called “faggots”; now they are being called “American faggots,” and gay rights in Russia have taken a giant leap back.'
chetty: pass a law that the wind can not blow?
asciilifeform: people told 'female police force' picture 'ilsa, she-wolf of auschwitz' rather than the more likely office plankton girl next door stuffed into a uniform.
mircea_popescu: a society where women have a say in their reproductive history will produce a finite number of generations.
mircea_popescu: Shakespeare yes. a democracy can never produce art. give the plebs the vote, you've ended painting, and music.
Shakespeare: is your text also implying that a society which gives women fair play in the economy, ie females CEOs, equal pay, etc, is doomed the same?
mircea_popescu: the answer my friend (as you well know) is that feminism is not a theory, nor science, but a marketing ploy.
Shakespeare: merely if it's a role issue more than a gender one
mircea_popescu: well sure, that's the end of it. "could a planet exist with aqueous atmosphere and oceans of air ?"
Shakespeare: could a population thrive where the role is reversed?
asciilifeform: proper extraterritoriality needs a genuine power, that can make it stick
mircea_popescu: "you may continue to pretend you're a country just as soon as you come to terms with us being immune"
mircea_popescu: in it, the father teaches his pubescent daughter the difference between "us" and "those people" as a matter of course,
asciilifeform: the turks, if i recall, took this to a high art
mircea_popescu: you ever seen "a separation" ?
mircea_popescu: afaik the russian inteligentsia of today is developing quite a crush on persian cultural achievements.
mircea_popescu: a leader that imposes laws is doing something wrong.
asciilifeform: Shakespeare: not unlike asking 'is a leader who imposes law resulting in more steel production smart' ?
Shakespeare: i guess that's a loaded q
Shakespeare: as an aside while i read, do you consider a state leader imposing law that results in more children to be smart or dumb?
asciilifeform: i picture this hypothetical device as being a kind of topologically reverse version of the 'milking machine' japan recently became famous for.
nubbins`: $75 to get a thermometer stuck up Pinki's ass last week
asciilifeform: in the town there i live, there is, theoretically, a tax on cats
mircea_popescu: any idea what a bag of catfood costs ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform but why should it be allowed for cats ? it's a drug neh ?
mircea_popescu: nubbins` no. this was chiefly a us phenomenon. the us at the time was poor and lazy, so most of their flatware was made of lead.
asciilifeform: a plant toxin the eater can't 'deal with' is poison, or drug, depending on dose and aesthetics
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah. but also a lot of variation there.
Shakespeare: i have a cat that loves beer
mircea_popescu: cats are fine, but i've never heard of a cat like th estuff
mircea_popescu: anyway, there's a lot of metabolic diversity under this "all humans are humans" misguided perception. and it isn't limited to this species, either.
Shakespeare: a lot
asciilifeform: 'normal' phenotype doesn't really get to smell the gasoline, he goes 'aargh' from his nose dissolving a little
mircea_popescu: that's a brand name.
mircea_popescu: so there yo ugo. you're a winner.
nubbins`: "why are smart people disinclined to put their lives and plans on hold for decades and hit a generational reset button?"
Shakespeare: i watched a documentary on Romanian street kids
mircea_popescu: while by population should only be entitled to a modest 15%
mircea_popescu: which is a billion strong and incredibly vocal.
asciilifeform: afaik this is not a controversial position outside of the weird anglo nature preserve.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform more open minded, in this context, is for instance considering the point that a severe beating is liable to be at least as effective an educational tool as speech.
Shakespeare: i explained there is a scienctific process
Shakespeare: this is compounded by her being mad at neil degrasse tyson for saying evolution is a fact
mircea_popescu: benkay that blockchain thing actually soiunds like a good idea. i can't believe they're past the 24h mark.
mircea_popescu: actually "instead" sounds more like a tequilla
mircea_popescu: i never tried that one. what's it, a vodka ?
Shakespeare: is that a WU quote?
mircea_popescu: it's like... nobody ever puts in a derp order that goes unfilled by the derpgods ?
mircea_popescu: The current digital currency narrative, while certainly attractive to entrepreneurs, venture capital, and the media, is extremely "First World" in nature. And a primary question remains -- do such innovations, as we know them today, address the needs of consumers and businesses on both sides of an international transaction?
Shakespeare: kick the can, it's barely got a dent!
mircea_popescu: yeah, like if you have sex with a lot of 3 year olds your hiv will be cured.
mircea_popescu: CCC greek bank raises half a bn euros at 5.125%
Shakespeare: i'm just making excuses to do a euro toyur
mircea_popescu: that's ok, once they reach a level where they can be helped they'll make their way here.
Shakespeare: mp will you pay for my ticket from Romania to Amsterdam to go to the Bitcoin 2014 conference and call out Jon Matonis with a crowd present?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yes, but you will notice that mpex has mpoe-pr doing a lot of fun stuff
mircea_popescu: a steady stream of "putin takes stance on making kremlin toilets use recycled paper" bs would do wonders.
Shakespeare: basically seens as the cuddly mobster with a beach bod
mircea_popescu: putin should come out of the closet as a furry or something, just to troll reddit.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: fuck this life, for one night you dont suck a dick and suddenly you are not a ho anymo' ? <<< bwahaha
Shakespeare: a few days ago
mircea_popescu: this needs a repost. those perfect butts omg.
asciilifeform: as always, when using a technical pidgin like english, everybody loses something.
asciilifeform: actually there is a beautiful russian name widely in use now
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform anyway, in sum, you're saying he's just whatever, too tired to even invent a name for the idiots so he's going with neo nazi ?