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mircea_popescu: decimation: such a law is obviously intended to protect criminals (politicians, bureaucrats) <<< or young women having casual sex.
mircea_popescu: there is no such thing as "plagiarism" anymore than there's burning bushes or actual sides of christmeat.
mircea_popescu: ascii_modem: 'plagiarism' may be a 'sin of the flesh', but plagiarists exist just the same as 'wankers' exist. << not what i meant. what i meant was the construct's nonsense.
mircea_popescu: wow check out mike_c dominate the qntra wordcounts in dec.
mircea_popescu: the thing where i put it in a pastedbin dun work, im sick of looking up the url for the deedbot one.
mircea_popescu: ima do it once done with reports, announcements and other first of month stuff
mircea_popescu: yeah. i guess this calls for a whole new category on trilema.
mircea_popescu: but anyway, since we're on it : anyone wish to write a proper ircd ?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: it may be unfair to tar all work done since satoshi with the power rangers brush. <<< term only came of age last year.
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski: but parents who found out that their kids had been disciplined at school often disciplined the kid again at home << pretty much yes.
mircea_popescu: decimation: re: costco & amex << I suspect amex gives costco a deal (pays them) to force a large percentage of the upper-crust customer-base to have an amex card in their wallet << pretty much how that racket goes yes.
☟︎☟︎ mircea_popescu: thestringpuller: it's funny how Gavin is all "I want bitcoin to compete with Visa/Mastercard", when anyone in Payment Processing knows those systems are seriously nigga rigged as is. << nobody expects gavin to say something sensible anymore than they'd expect ronald mcdonald to.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller: cazalla: "I helped run plenty of conferences." << no, he has a point. that's exactly how that racket works.
mircea_popescu: what are bitcoin people supposed to be, a sort of ferguson negroes, "hey, nothing will happen because reasons, but here, have this tupperware container to scream in."
mircea_popescu: "We think that a Q&A period, moderated by someone you choose, will provide the proper forum for people to make their voices heard. We think that this layout, instead of a speech, is the appropriate forum."
mircea_popescu: cazalla : maybe ask the man where he did his 6 months' study ?
mircea_popescu: go there hang out with like... all the scammers, all the have-beens and all teh posers ?
mircea_popescu: lol ook, buterin, ver and ... wtf is wrong with gallippi ?
mircea_popescu: decimation: I would like to put in a good word for KnC miner. << so it actually works out to them booking a nominal loss because of spot movement ?
mircea_popescu: generally that point should be made by the man's name, not by idle adulation by (other) anon entities.
mircea_popescu: anyway, who is this "integrity unquesitonable" guy we forget to mention ?
mircea_popescu: "I know the the responsible for the conference, and his integrity is unquestionable."
mircea_popescu: "rights = just like freedom, except when you might need them or wish to use them. then they're like a cock up your ass."
mircea_popescu: it's actually a very good idea, and i'd still like to see it done.
mircea_popescu: yeah, that's an idea we were going to develop but didn't actually get started on.
mircea_popescu: xanthyos: thestringpuller: what if we created a #bitcoin-assets pokerstars home game club and had a way that every account generated was tied to a gribble-authed account, and use it as both a gaming platform as well as a record-keeping ledger for off-blockchain track of wins and losses <<< check it out kakobrekla
mircea_popescu: "we have a billion bitcoins, can't afford advertising, here's a link you have to c/p"
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: cazalla: Gordhan is a smart man, but they're doing exactly as expected - they're just going to copy what everyone else is doing << your definition of smartness is very tolerant.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: so due to this thing called new year there is 57 bets waiting resolution. good luck to the mods. << i'd say they did pretty okay!
☟︎ mircea_popescu: kakobrekla he probably even struggles in opposition of bathing as much as the usual dog.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: gossip from the glider club: guys in construction (yachts etc) are talking about 5% cogs increases every month for the past 3 << translate the significance of this for the aerodynamically innocent ?
mircea_popescu: why not ? maybe he's a gimp slaveboi. he certainly looks it. heck, maybe i put it all on weekly powerpoints.
mircea_popescu: i especially loved the "it might have". yeah, and i might have fucked obama in the ass.
mircea_popescu: just... has to cover his bets, because he might be old but he suspects he'll outlive teh muppet show.
mircea_popescu: sonable to assume that its analysts are in pretty deep. The agency might have intelligence on the planning process for the hack. It might, say, have phone calls discussing the project, weekly PowerPoint status reports, or even Kim Jong Un's sign-off on the plan."
mircea_popescu: TomServo: I'm surprised ol' Brucey Bruce isn't parroting the "OMG NK!!1" line. << "Tellingly, the FBI's press release says that the bureau's conclusion is only based "in part" on these clues. This leaves open the possibility that the government has classified evidence that North Korea is behind the attack. The NSA has been trying to eavesdrop on North Korea's government communications since the Korean War, and it's rea
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: kakobrekla: b/c man living as man was meant to << seriously, man was meant to live like that ?! i dunno...
mircea_popescu: such as, the womenz. maybe he ran into a few adolescent bosniac sluts on his recon visit
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: Why does my brother pretend he has not the slightest bit of racism in him yet when he moves to the city chooses a Bosnian neighborhood over a black neighborhood? <<< i can see a few reasons right off.
mircea_popescu: "I learned a valuable lesson here though. Don’t trust .gitignores and gems like Firago for keeping your data safe,"
mircea_popescu: o look at that, the exchanges quoting under 300 ? lol. k.