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blackwhite: ahh I see we got
a ancapper in the house :)
ThickAsThieves: they don't need
a good reason in the losing party's estimation
Diablo-D3: its
a fucking job at mcdonalds you fucks
benkay: no, that's
a good reason.
Diablo-D3: "oh, you have
a degree, we dont want you"
blackwhite: You won't find
a listing for that because no one want to take it unless they are mexicans. It's more or less the same problem around the world
ThickAsThieves: asciilifeform, then you must have never been to
a border state
Diablo-D3: asciilifeform: because you'll never find
a job listing for that.
Diablo-D3: they get to get out of that shithole homeland of theirs and get paid
a shitload of money by their standards
Diablo-D3: ThickAsThieves: I consider it
a problem. Americans are turned down for jobs because of companies acting illegally.
ThickAsThieves: <Diablo-D3> ThickAsThieves: plus we have the problem of companies illegally hiring mexicans that work at
a fraction of minimum wage/// i dont consider this
a problem
blackwhite: So I have
a question for all you experts. Imagine
a bitcoin like protocol that allow you to embed digital assets or watermark certain digital assets. You could in theory imagine everything from digital pokemon cards to creative commons licenses as unique "scarce" resources.
Diablo-D3: benkay: degrees are
a downright scam for the industry Im in
Diablo-D3: ThickAsThieves: plus we have the problem of companies illegally hiring mexicans that work at
a fraction of minimum wage
Diablo-D3: protip: it doesnt, and you will not get
a job because you went there
Diablo-D3: its just that americans have been brainwashed by the government to have
a skewed view of what work is
ThickAsThieves: feels much more like
a promotion that will get me more spam for years to come
dub: just
a supermarket and the biggest company in th eworld by
a couple of metrics
KRS1: In case you need like...
a hammer, new underwear and
a lamp at 4AM.
KRS1: When you go to leave, the checkouts make
a beeping sound. When multiplied by 20+ checkout lanes the sound is deafening. The people are low class and aren't afraid to show it.
kakobrekla: good, cause for
a second there i thought i was psychotic or something
joecool: asciilifeform: are you
a contributor to buzzfeed?
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves they paid for
a wsj piece to explain how bitcoin isn't as good as gold.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves yeah, for
a good two decades that pillar held. technical excellence in directx + marketing excellence in ms hq ensured market domination for windows
mircea_popescu: mike_c nah, wasn't part of directx back in like...
a decade ago at least
mircea_popescu: "DirectShow (sometimes abbreviated as DS or DShow), codename Quartz, is
a multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft for software developers to perform various operations with media files or streams. It is the replacement for Microsoft's earlier Video for Windows technology."
ThickAsThieves: i find it hard to believe that
a JPG exploit can exist by mistake...
mircea_popescu: remember, this is bitcoin. the powers that are can tear the powers that wannabe
a new one quite easily
ThickAsThieves: "With millenniums of history behind it as
a hedge against debasement, the key to gold’s success is the stability and predictability of its demand."
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves starting to get
a little pannicky, are they :D
ozbot: Bitcoin Isn’t
a Currency, Can’t Replace Gold: Goldman Sachs - MoneyBeat - WSJ
ozbot: Can
a dog be gay, lesbian or bisexual? New test says yes - Chicago animal welfare | Examiner.com
benkay: "gay" is
a human thing, KRS1.
KRS1: who knew there were gay dogs..i kind of wondered since I once saw
a boy dog trying to hump another boy dog.
artifexd: Also, for the record, I think that increasing the block size right now is
a dumb idea, not necessary and counter-productive to the desired result.
artifexd: I have
a prior engagement that I have to attend to. I will think on this.
mircea_popescu: (and for the record, i'm not arguing that this would be
a particular venue of attack, i am merely showing how my thread length/surface metaphore is much better than your lock/lockbox metaphor)
artifexd: Because you still have to find the birthday collision. Why would an attacker try to create
a block 1 gigabyte long (which still has to be valid) in order to clash with
a block 1 megabyte long?
artifexd: However, your point that limiting the maximum length in order to limit the possible collisions is irrelevant as well because there is already
a specific place for you to twiddle that will have the exact result you would want. The nonce/timestamp.
artifexd: If the hash was one letter, sure. 256 bits? "
A lot" is being conservative.
mircea_popescu: but an attacker with
a lot of hash power could create two such blocks and then swap them in and out to create dead txn
artifexd: Because when the hash of
a block is "discovered" the contents of that block are spread around the world. An attacker would have to not only find
a collection of valid transactions and
a sundry other pieces of data that collide with the exact same hash but also convince someone else that the replacement was the actual block.
mircea_popescu: in other words : the larger the block is, the easier for
a collision to be found
artifexd: If we assume that md5 is
a "good" hash function, then how much data you put into it doesn't have any bearing on what you get out of it. Thus the first character remains, essentially, random regardless of whether the input is 200 bytes or 200 megabytes.
artifexd: Solidifying
a group of tx into
a block doesn't provide security in the same sense that 100 twigs in
a bundle are stronger than 100 twigs seperately. It provide security in providing
a stable time reference for when tx happened. Completely different domains.
artifexd: This will take
a bit to type. Patience.
artifexd: I'm fairly well versed in block/transaction/hash/etc mechanics and I am trying to wrap your metaphore around that structure. It doesn't make sense. I normally have
a high amount of respect for what you say. In this case though, I think you're wrong. Or, I don't understand the variety and thus need more lurking.
mircea_popescu: artifexd your lock metaphore is broken. the block size is the length of
a square strip of material
artifexd: mircea_popescu how does doubling the block size quadruple the work needed to get equal security? If
a certain lock on
a certain box provides XX amount of security, how does increasing the size of the box make the lock worth less?
mircea_popescu: the idea is for this system to be self sufficient, and in this sense there must always be
a rarity of txn slots in blocks with regard to txns
mircea_popescu: if there are 10k slots made just as soon as there's 10k txns looking for
a slot, you'll not see any fees.
mircea_popescu: if there are 1k slots and 10k txns vieing for
a slot, you may see high fees
Neil: These things should be chosen by the market, just like fees. I doubt we'll get blocks much bigger than 1MB for
a long time to come, even if there weren't
a limit now.
mircea_popescu:
a doubling of the block size roughly quadruples the hash needed for equal security.
mircea_popescu: currently blocks are secured through the process of mining. the hash count per block is
a rough proxy for its cryptographical security.
gribble: Error: "reward" is not
a valid command.
Neil: When do you think we'll have
a full difficulty period where sum(fees)>sum(new coins)? 6.25 BTC or 3.125 BTC or later?
Neil: mircea_popescu: More than I thought... I keep
a record of it all
ThickAsThieves: "An implant plug-in named CAPTIVATEDAUDIENCE, for example, is used to take over
a targeted computer’s microphone and record conversations taking place near the device. Another, GUMFISH, can covertly take over
a computer’s webcam and snap photographs. FOGGYBOTTOM records logs of Internet browsing histories and collects login details and passwords used to access websites and email
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell Chris_Sabian i wouldn't be too worried about it. 2013 made bitcoin, it's
a cut deal.
mircea_popescu: the20year you can end up with
a tv show on top of everything, maybe put
a little effort into it, curate
a youtube channel, do some blogwork/outreach
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell mike_c he has good points on the topic. then people wonder why he wasn't ever
a topic of study by acaemia. which academia, the one that subsits on ex hedge fund manager alumni bequests ?
C01DA51CE: what
a bunch of whores these girls are now
KRS1:
a friend of mine is selling 2 x BFL 60 ghash miners and 2 jalapenos if anyone is interested
KRS1: ill have to remember that..but they also have hair on them as if the hairs are whiskers from
a 3 day shaven sailor.