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tiberiusiv: even charging
a sales tax they arent required too
mircea_popescu: and even in that context :
a little squishing up is acceptable
mircea_popescu: ie, that the spectrum available includes the zone you as
a customer need
MJR__: the point is that "security" is
a spectrum
mircea_popescu: if you demonstrate key stealing off
a laptop i'll give you
a btc in bounty
mircea_popescu: dude, it's
a laptop. you don't need to isolate the power :D
mircea_popescu: it's trivial for you to implement
a secure system if it's only got one user
mircea_popescu: in practice most everyone uses
a qr gun from what i understand.
mircea_popescu: Step 4. Your account is now set up, you can use it in full confidence. Yes, this includes the inconvenient step of transferring GPG-encoded strings from
a cold machine to
a hot machine.
robonerd: i want to buy in on
a asic-based mining op. i only have $200 to invest
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform actually there's
a lot of macos surprisingly
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla house. i got
a garden and there's also
a 2nd floor
mircea_popescu: and how it sucks to be the emperor and not be able to have
a motherfucking glass of water
mircea_popescu: thing is much like btc, the net doesn't have
a fixed purpose.
MJR__: way more important to design
a good system
mircea_popescu: coding is
a high civilisation adventure, which means quite perverted
smickles: I wan't
a scribe to follow me around and record my activities in iambic pentameter
mircea_popescu: tiberiusiv this is
a point, they're unwittingly/unintentionally short both asic and btc
mircea_popescu: i've not yet actually fired anyone at mpex. it's not quite large enough to have
a hr to do mishiring
smickles: asciilifeform: mircea_popescu does have
a 'real' business
jurov: oh mp, have you seen i coined
a new term befitting teh community? "mining scene"
mircea_popescu: this isn't
a universal np problem they're approaching but
a well defined subset
gribble: Error: "ticker," is not
a valid command.
mod6: if anyone would like to help out with the BitOTTer project, send me
a PM or join us in #BitOTTer
smickles: [\\\], must be making
a killing off that "coming soon" ™
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a rating for <nick> in the amount of <rating>. Use optional <notes> field to enter any notes you have about this user. <nick> must be the user's GPG-registered username, Your previously existing rating, if any, will be overwritten.
gribble: Error: 'thestringpuller' is not
a valid integer.
jurov: so, i've read the scrollback and some links. and all i'm remembering is that mircea tried to stabilize
a vagina by poring concrete.
Doffx: I haven't been following anything in the asset world for
a while
Doffx: Haha, I just needed
a rough estimation
Doffx: whats
a good guess?
jborkl: It was bound to happen ,
a bad month- every business has good and bad months
deadweasel: mircea_popescu: it's happening, BTC is
a huge push towards it, the algorithms that come out of this could fuel future AI
benkay: oh look.
a reason for miners to use
a stack other than the hairball.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform jesus christ that sounds as
a complete rewrite of an article i wrote in like 2010
mircea_popescu: In 2007 Sergei Mavrodi was found guilty in
a Russian court of defrauding 10,000 investors out of 110 million rubles ($4.3 million).
benkay: not necessary i have
a pi far
benkay: how would you go about using bitcoins to get fantastically wealthy while
a country prints currency like crazy?
benkay: i'm launching
a mining company
benkay: i know this isn't
a super dev-y group, but some of you might enjoy
Namworld: You don't have to tell people it's dead weasel. Just label them as reverse aging pills. Sell them for 2 BTC
a piece since it's very complex chemicals...
Namworld: I think deadweasel is the key to rejuvenation. I suggest we ground him to
a thin powder and make pills.
deadweasel: fuck me, I'm still at work...... gonna go pretend for
a bit.
deadweasel: but to be at the level of senior engineer,
a lawyer would need 10 yrs exp in
a particular part of the law
mircea_popescu: you don't need
a lawyer to fuck them up. you just need to know the law.
mod6: yeah, its
a fucking nightmare over here
mircea_popescu: everyone gets
a cell in
a cheapo concrete block like india
mircea_popescu: they shoul;d just give up the pretense and just make the country
a penitentiary.
mod6: jail is
a part of life
mod6: guys, im like
a peon
deadweasel: i'm gon go thow myself down
a flight of stairs
benkay: "
a contractor != contract coder"
mircea_popescu: imo he did
a good job, nice responsible young man so at the time i tipped him 1 btc
mircea_popescu: by the way, if anyone wants
a funny story : i hired
a freelance guy to do my persian faq.
deadweasel: find
a new job, SINGULAR, for %50 more than you are making
mod6: and basically i flipped out on these dudes
a bunch of times.
mircea_popescu: mod6 ya srsly, they have
a point. if you have three jobs make each offers for 50% what you're making now, upfront
deadweasel: until you can't get anymore work, then lower them
a tiny bit
deadweasel: you gotta nail your contract down so every phone call is
a separate charge
mod6: started it
a long time ago, but i have 3 other jobs other than btc
mod6: its like, I need 8 hour blocks at
a time min.
mod6: just to hack for
a week on bitotter to wrap it up