358200+ entries in 0.146s
mircea_popescu: there's not this convenient cleavage of school from life irl.
mircea_popescu: the thing that qualifies a good lay is exactly the thing that disqualifies a rotten one
mircea_popescu: <benkay> well that second one was actually a noob trap <<< all jobs are de facto noob traps
mircea_popescu: well it's a well known joke this, "suicide, 3 shots to the head"
mircea_popescu: <benkay> << one could, perhaps, but defo not by persevering in the manner that got them the original reputation in the first place.
mircea_popescu: they don't actually have to lose anytihng per se, other than their own vanity
mircea_popescu: Duffer1 benkay it was illustrated recently by herbi. the only restraint is that people's ability to be all imperial and handwave reality be overrun
mircea_popescu: which is why you want to do that early and then lurk here
mircea_popescu: the news at 5, a string of mistakes that eventually annul each other if long enough.
mircea_popescu: but it didn't apply to him, because that was for all the OTHER kids.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk get over that. techs are monkeys. nobody cares.
mircea_popescu: and Namworld comes to the same conclusion everyone else did, but after putting more effort and time into it.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk dude srsly, nobody is using the thing of an unknown. you were here in channel when this happened, openx just lost all its business because Apocalyptic.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk so make a perpetuum mobile then, why you wasting your time with this crap.
mircea_popescu: how come every day there's some doofus who does nothing but parts and joins ;/
mircea_popescu: i think most people go into the press trying to make a job out of it.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves at the rate we're going we soon might. you know the joke with the cadet and his horse?
mircea_popescu: funny thing is, the r3wt guy will never know what exactly he missed by not being part of things.
mircea_popescu: sells specified in dollars, buys in bitcoin for the btc/usd pair ?
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk so you want to specify orders by the other part of the pair, basically ?
mircea_popescu: each transfer yields more coins i nthe recipient address than were sent
mircea_popescu: maybe there could be a coin dedicated to this concept.
mircea_popescu: the only programmer here is benkay and we only keep him around cause his gf.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk because people generally want to get what they want to get.
mircea_popescu: well yes. we can see what statements you make and compare.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk don't take it personally. i have no particular interest in the matter.
mircea_popescu: i would imagine it's a combination of youth and whatever else.
mircea_popescu: well there are many fundamental points you're unable to consider.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk you may not like to hear this, but nevertheless it's a fact : you're really not able to do this. for your own sake do it for something light, like a play crypto.
mircea_popescu: do you by any chance misrepresent "hft" to mean "a simulacra of amazon's autobid function" ?
mircea_popescu: it's not something to be started to fill an idle hour in the afternoon, like wittling.
mircea_popescu: people with millions of dollars in backing failed at what you propose.
mircea_popescu: deanclkclk perhaps you've not thought this though that much.
mircea_popescu: exchanges currently seem to have a lot of problems, but if you trust any one you are best served by asking them what they can process
mircea_popescu: epic shit this, i've already derived more value from it than doge ever was worth.
mircea_popescu: you gotta actually do it for it to be done. coulding have done it ain't military grade.
mircea_popescu: sure. and i see no problem with that, as you know, conversation.
mircea_popescu: could you have been a one man conspiracy to take it all over ? certainly. did you ? no. why not ? well...because of soft constraints.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform let me ask you this : are you gathering lots of information about the early days of bitcoin by extensively watching the altcoin chain, tracking txns etc ?
☟︎ mircea_popescu: i was going to go "oh, the blessings of romanian living, i just drained a bottle of tuica out of my barrel in the cellar now i have nicely cold tuica", but i guess i should pass.