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mircea_popescu: i have no clue about mining, but i've managed projects before and i'm inclined to suspect that probably there are.
Korbman: that's what I presumed, but I wasn't sure the exact amount of data consumed per, say, 1GH/s
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla> i got rid of all my gear except for single moded ztex runing 260mhash, ill just put it on solo and check in 10 years << tbh, if i mined i'd solo too.
kakobrekla: like playin a lottery i guess
kakobrekla: i got rid of all my gear except for single moded ztex runing 260mhash, ill just put it on solo and check in 10 years
mircea_popescu: i dunno, you actually have to somehow get the data you're hashing
topace_: with 2.5TH, each block i submit will be worth like, 64 shares
topace_: right now each block i submit to the pool is worth 16 shares
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: i stole some code from work to help with the endeavor
jcpham: now i forget everything i learned
jcpham: i wikipedia stalked your country i think
Diablo-D3: well, all I want is netflix in hd
Korbman: now I'm on 25mbps and I think it's too slow sometimes :P
Korbman: and then I went straight from that to 1mbps cable and shit my pants
Korbman: when I was a kid I was happy to have 28.8 ..then we moved up to 56 and damn it was "fast"
Diablo-D3: and then I had 768k dsl and now 3mbps
Diablo-D3: I started with 2400, then had 14.4, then had 33.6, then 56k for awhile
Diablo-D3: I wanted a T1
Diablo-D3: you know, when I was a kid
Diablo-D3: heh, I should add stratum to diablominer
topace_: i have 25GH running and it uses less than a 28.8 modem
mircea_popescu: that's a good comparison i thought. bw is an important limiting factor for miners.
Schadenfreude: GBH? I only know GHB, it's an easy entry synthesis, kinda babby's first home-made drug
mircea_popescu: "Unless I misunderstand something, having 1gb blocks would pose significant problems for pretty much all miners, and would not be necessarily trivial to handle on asics designed with 1mb/block assumptions in mind."
Korbman: I imagine the other two will pop back soon as well
pigeons: yeah, i was demoing for Korbman how most will rejoin when the server sees the other servers, but terry was different
Korbman: I'm not familiar with that one
Korbman: I'd love to. Anybody want to give me money?
mircea_popescu: i guess she'd have been taken out and shot if she worked for anyone else
pigeons: or i'll kick you in the GoMaD_s
Diablo-D3: I mean, at least Amazon fixed it and put it place that it cant happen again
Diablo-D3: [09:54:49] <pigeons> i think the funny thing is one of the first books amazon literally took back after publisher isses even after folks had paid for it was "1984"
mircea_popescu: i never heard of a company that size which managed to avoid getting political.
pigeons: funnier that that is i've literally often encountered people who actually think apple is like a humanitarian organization
pigeons: i think the funny thing is one of the first books amazon literally took back after publisher isses even after folks had paid for it was "1984"
Diablo-D3: I dont think they want to
Diablo-D3: and continue reading where I left off
Diablo-D3: I can pick up a kindle
mircea_popescu: i don't.
mircea_popescu: i don't want some idiots counting my page turns.
kakobrekla: accually i know the person who made it :)
pizzaman1337: I'll be back to bit4x in a month or two probably, busy at the moment with other stuff
kakobrekla: i fix.
kakobrekla: i have some interesting stuff that im testing now
kakobrekla: pizzaman1337 i code and i code and i code
mircea_popescu: so i can more effectually keep track
mircea_popescu: and i also plan to trampstamp my hos with qr codes
mircea_popescu: i know there's people who use them to pass mpex stuff from cold to hot machine
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2013/case-i-wences-vs-mpex-breach-of-fiduciary-duty/
pigeons: ok i don't know is going on with the demand for this dice
pigeons: i don't know what's going on with this dice price
mircea_popescu: i wonder if i have a pricing issue
Bugpowder: I dunno how the spread effects that
mircea_popescu: i have my doubts about that.
mircea_popescu: http://i.imgur.com/V1gyt.jpg
mircea_popescu: jcpham smickles check it out : i'm getting sued! 1st rota case http://trilema.com/2013/case-i-wences-vs-mpex-breach-of-fiduciary-duty/
assbot: I don't give a shit who saw what and who did what or who did who.
Bugpowder: still doing ok i guess
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 i dunno either way. i still don't really comprehend what they did.
mircea_popescu: Bugpowder to this day i didn't understand what microstrategy was making.
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: like I said, I had lots of community help on that one
Diablo-D3: I think my selection criteria of safe bets is too conservative
Diablo-D3: I have trouble picking companies that will fail
mircea_popescu: possibly because i'm an asshole.
Diablo-D3: I know people who made money during the bubble, and then lost it when it popped; made it and kept it; and then made it DURING the pop
mircea_popescu: i kinda liked it in the 90s.
Diablo-D3: before I was born
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: Ive been laughing at wall street since I was a kid
Bugpowder: I just need data collected
Bugpowder: yeah I could pay less but this is a bit tricky job
Bugpowder: I can hire an awesome pakistani programmer
Bugpowder: the interface I deserve
mircea_popescu: if i did, i'd have an excuse. unlike them.
mircea_popescu: i don't pick girls by the criterion "largest tit most exposed"
mircea_popescu: i don't think he's the big bad either.
Diablo-D3: although I wish people would quit worshipping him
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: before I click, is that pro pg or anti pg?
Diablo-D3: nyRednek: I tried getting a company to take off
mircea_popescu: i think "the milk was spilleD" is more apt a comparison but anyway :p
mircea_popescu: meanwhile i've been asking questions, i know of a case where they did 54 prototypes
mircea_popescu: i don't think anyone actually has the resources to do asics. people like to dream, and then they sometimes get confused.
Diablo-D3: its the outright scams I think we need to deal with
mircea_popescu: i don't think it was started as a scam. just, no skills.
mircea_popescu: i'm not surprised
mircea_popescu: i think it fairly likely.
error4733: well i have a bet wit ha friend, BTC double this year
mircea_popescu: i think 2013 will prolly do that.
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: well, I'd like to see us at $100 perm
Diablo-D3: I dont want to see another $30 spike and crash
error4733: if SD up to 0.006 and btc hit 15$ i almost double my invest in 2 weeks
mircea_popescu: i guess it's like producers and consumers in a strange market
mircea_popescu: i mean the wider the supply, the lower the demand
mircea_popescu: error4733 supply and demand i imagine.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller there have been like... i think a dozen since the ipo
mircea_popescu: i guess, if anyone is ready to close aud-usd circuit
mircea_popescu: look at me ma, i'm on an obscure start-up site! it won't go anywhere!
mircea_popescu: i'm sorry, but on the balance of this assesment balancedpayments is worth ~0, inflation adjusted.
mircea_popescu: i wasn't even ;/
thestringpuller: 20:47 < ajsharp> i can't tell if you're trolling or not
thestringpuller: i thought that was the cool thing these days