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mike_c: re: hot coffee. i took a biz law class once, and this lawyer came in and convinced us all that the mcdonalds coffee woman was correct. it was impressive.
deadweasel: I'd like to think so. :)
ThickAsThieves: was that you that day? when you quit bitcoin in IRC and went like "that's it, i'm out!"
deadweasel: to say nothing of the psychological effects I was suffering.
deadweasel: mike_c, I got Lyme disease, arthritic symptoms so bad I couldn't hit the clutch on my truck, traded in and up for 4runner, sold my last bitcoins at ...... dun dun dun
mike_c: *loss? well, the most recent was a few weeks ago when i sold those C200T options :)
benkay: for the first time since late nineties i'm using this handle in public and my record is going to forever be "i bitcoins derp gpg derp wat asic derp quantum!"
mircea_popescu: i feel like i've learned.
benkay: holding off carries added bonus of maybe reaping benefits of large batch production efficiencies, although i imagine a large fraction of that'll be captured by nsa itself
benkay: yeah i generally can't english
mircea_popescu: i can see this argument.
benkay: i'm still wrapping my head around the mircea_popescu policy approach to things
benkay: i'm doublechecking that that's the only way to get it!
benkay: nor i
benkay: and i'd rather be seen as an idiot than not ask questions and get fried for it later
mircea_popescu: i don't see how a blackbox item would be useful or practical.
benkay: not in as dumb words as i need
mircea_popescu: didn't i just say that ?
mircea_popescu: i wonder if mining manufacturers are by now screening their released copy to bitbetproof it.
mircea_popescu: i feel we need a channel mascot girl, who could moon for us.
benkay_: question was "how open source is it?" and i completely dead-ended because how with a thing like the cardano is one supposed to a) get an idea of the code on the device, much less b) actually validate that code is there?
benkay_: i got stopped cold in my tracks talking about the cardano last night
deadweasel: i still recall those times.
mircea_popescu: i recall the times 1k btc didn't make one rich
bloctoc: all I could see was paywall
deadweasel: I guess I should have realized NSFW
bloctoc: I just saw the branson thing. reminds me of a pic I saw a while ago of Branson kit surfing with a young naked woman on his back.
mike_c: i'm going to start a website that "explains" all price movements and become rich. like "mpoe just dropped as people realized the owner has a fondness for poisonous psychoactive mushrooms"
mike_c: i bet there was. "you send me bitcoin, i promise I'll send back the yuan. double promise!"
ThickAsThieves: i blame Branson
mircea_popescu: http://i.imgur.com/tKNF73E.gif
deadweasel: I don't know development, but thought someone here might like this: https://github.com/cloudflare/redoctober
ThickAsThieves: oh did i leave on the Weather Machine again?
ThickAsThieves: i'd like to be played by benicio del toro plz
mircea_popescu: i don't think either are scary enough.
mircea_popescu: no cause i get too many bjs
mircea_popescu: anyway. as i said, worst wave.
mircea_popescu: I feel jipped that BitPay stole over $1000 from me.
mircea_popescu: I think it's insane that BitPay cannot repay my whole 4 BTC back, after all they are damn revolved around bitcoin.
KRS-: kickass blog dude..not sure if everoyne's ready for it all or not haha..kinda like nosuchlabs..which is maybe 10-15 yrs ahead of its time..I could be way wrong there though.. Ok..last cigarette before i retire to another episode of "Breaking Bad".
KRS-: damn i gotta get some rest some time tonight
mircea_popescu: that's too much, i'll take half.
KRS-: Nice to know I'm in the same company with folks that can not only think outside the box, the norm, but also above average intelligence and certianly not other lemmings.
KRS-: i remember when this article came out..at the time i think it was ahead of the times, especially ahead of my comprehension..reading again...for sure ahead of my understanding at the time. ahh what i wouldnt do to rewind this shit back to apr.
KRS-: i worked for a guy like him and i could see through him like i had xray vision
KRS-: i know you guys like max keiser but he sure seems like an idiot with an ego
Tulak_: and i like some naughty girl action
mircea_popescu: o. i dunno, some guy.
nubbins`: the one that calls you slimy i guess
mircea_popescu: tho i WOULD take her down 42nd street in latex and a leash.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i would refuse to marry her, yes.
mircea_popescu: i ain't married.
mircea_popescu: henceforth i shall be refered to as either mp in the direct or "the definition of elitist" in the euphemistic.
nubbins`: this time, i'll probably pay closer attention
nubbins`: well i obv didn't deliver them yet :P
nubbins`: i fucked up an entire batch of wedding invitations today, feels bad
mircea_popescu: just for fun i went through all the fiat-based deals where people wanted to ipo in bitcoin cca 2012 and i talked them out of it.
pankkake: there are some. I lent to one guy who wanted to buy something quickly (probably drugs but what do I care) and was waiting for mtgox
mircea_popescu: i'm just an asshole.
pankkake: actually I wonder what are the use cases for borrowing in btc
mircea_popescu: i looked into the gambling section report yest for the first time in about two months
Diablo-D3: honestly, I dont know why they dont now
mircea_popescu: especially those whose names i know.
pankkake: probably more informative than any economics classes I took
KRS-: i breezed through those classes for some reasonit all made sense to me
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell bingoboingo so, earlier today i spent ~5 dollars (~1 ltc ?) in exchange for about 2 pounds of prime portobello which i've just fried in corn oil.
pankkake: I probably own more than 30 hard drives already. don't know what I'm going to do with the old ones
pankkake: I'm accounting for enough RAID
pankkake: actually I already can buy myself my ultimate fantasy right now (10 TB of solid state storage)
mike_c: then i recommend the simona halep bitbet. free money.
pankkake: I don't have many needs
pankkake: I'm listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecN84dNfU-U probably the worst idea given that I should go to sleep
pankkake: so now without XBOND I don't know how to make more bitcoins out of my bitcoins
KRS-: I have a diversified portfolio...that BTC-e trollbox should be pay per view subscription its so entertaining lol
KRS-: I'm with you pankkake!
pankkake: just got a pm "I love how you literally took a shit, and wiped it all over OP's face."
kakobrekla: thats why i start to watch the movies in the middle
kakobrekla: i like confusing
pankkake: I got them disabled in the activity indicator but not in windows
kakobrekla: i gots parts and quits disabled
mircea_popescu: i wonder wtf gribble.
mircea_popescu: am i the only one seeing the article as top result there ?
mircea_popescu: omfg the fail that i am.
mircea_popescu: this is where i remind of
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform def a problem, that. but i believe in just punishment.
nubbins`: hey, speaking of london and paris! i'm visiting europe next summer
mircea_popescu: i'm just saying, it's nothing to write a bio about.
asciilifeform: the people who made off with what remained of the ussr are quite happy campers in london, paris, etc. last i checked.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i dunno. some people stole soviet nuke subs. so what of it.
dub: I still say old bourbon barrels to age scotch is is a better use case
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i suppose it'd be elk, but elk is small
nubbins`: the trick, i'm told, is to burn it in a gasoline fire in a barrel to remove the plastic coating
nubbins`: i know a couple of guys who always seem to come across loads of copper wire
BingoBoingo: I'm thinking it will probably end in a drone backed coup leading to a RoboKleptocratic government. Like the terminator, but with theft instead of all that killing.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo i saw that. curious where this ends.
mircea_popescu: i know you're not female and therefore lack the requisite apparatus, but... YOU NEVER KNOW
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla, i would like you to have my babies.
mircea_popescu: "I know that your site is not running on wordpress but you never know." this is possibly the winner.
pankkake: hopefully no, otherwise I'm asking for a refund
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