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phf: ow, perhaps i could pretend like it's related
to
the
thread about monks
transcribing
the log
assbot: Logged on 04-01-2016 23:18:07; phf: with some effort and
towards certain purpose you could host aspects of b-a on
top of say a private facebook group (see recent stenography
thread), but
the illusion
that something like b-a already exists
there is what gives facebook pretense
to relevance.
assbot: Logged on 04-01-2016 21:22:32;
thestringpuller: and roberto (debian wheezy pointing at jessie packages) blows up still when using bitcoind
phf: with some effort and
towards certain purpose you could host aspects of b-a on
top of say a private facebook group (see recent stenography
thread), but
the illusion
that something like b-a already exists
there is what gives facebook pretense
to relevance.
☟︎ phf: b-a on
the other hand relies on
the fact
that we control
the subtrate, and can defend it sufficiently.
the log, blogs and services are hosted on own machines, developed
to own requirements
to reflect an evolving set of ideas of how
this place is supposed
to run.
phf: in "social media"
the mechanism of mediation is entirely controlled by platform owners. nothing even remotely similar could be produced on
top of facebook, because it would get snuffed in its infancy, with undesirable behaviors eliminated
through
technical or policy changes.
☟︎ davout: trinque: how plain IRC works
too
tho
trinque: Tomiii:
the fundamental difference was pointed out
to you already
Tomiii: davout: yes, like
trinque said: IRC isn't invented for "the sole purpose of feeding advertising"
davout: Tomiii: IRC, an alternative
to facebook?
shinohai: I
though it was a
terrorist recruitment centre.
That's why I came here :/
phf: i
thought
this place is an elaborate mpex ad?
trinque: Tomiii: social media is a matter of contriving a reason for people
to "interact" on a given site for
the sole purpose of feeding
them advertising.
BingoBoingo: You may atone for your sins by pledging allegiance
to #VanillaISIS
Tomiii: sorry, i didn't mean
to offend anyone-- I'm just more of an optimist. E.g. i
try
to
teach friends about Linux, bitcoin, encryption, etc
Tomiii: Cool, so adding
those 3
things
to a chatroom,
transforms it "not social media. Not IRC."? :)
Tomiii: so what are
the main
technical differences between
this room, and an invite-ony group-chat on FB,
Telegram, etc?
☟︎ Tomiii: mircea_popescu: i was given voice by
the members here
Tomiii: thestringpuller: Huh? isn't IRC
technically "social media" ?
thestringpuller: Tomiii: I'm just
thoroughly convinced social media cannot foster intellectualism.
Tomiii: thestringpuller:
that sounds pessimistic :P
thestringpuller: Tomiii: Nothing good every came from an FB post. It capitalizes on
the demand for stupidity, which apparently
the masses love.
pete_dushenski: "Self absorbed by a culture
that no longer exist in
the civilised
pete_dushenski: "Your old school
thinking and ways of life are redundant." << bahahah. "we already have
that donchaknow!"
assbot: Logged on 04-01-2016 21:28:08;
thestringpuller: Social media is
the killer app for bitcoin. << uh huh.
thestringpuller: Which is ironic since all of Facebook's investor meetings are focused on some weird vision
that Facebook will become
the "center of
the internet". A vision where you log into Facebook and you consume all internet content from
there.
thestringpuller: Except now older people use it reverting everyone
to a
teenage angstified mentality.
thestringpuller: As far as I can
tell social media is just Xanga on steroids.
shinohai: Strange I was running it on wheezy for weeks but
that was after I first came here. Been using 8.0 for ~3 months
thestringpuller: pete_dushenski: i really wanted
to get it working at
this LAN party I went
to but just bleeeh.
thestringpuller: Also didn't get
to go
to microcenter
to get a new hard drive for big 'ol blockchain,
these
tards want
to make even bigger.
thestringpuller: sinus season. also not used
to being at a desk for 8 hours again.
pete_dushenski: thestringpuller:
that's why instagram is ~successful~, as least in
terms of userbase, which'd be
the only metric sv can conceive of
BingoBoingo: For some reason
they started generating a lot of noise
this weekend. Bunch of derps yelling BUY and such.
thestringpuller: i
thought instagram was invented so rappers could holla at basic white girls who hang out at da club.
BingoBoingo: Speaking of... Anybody know what's going on with Junk Bonds right now and how it means
the fiat order is doomed?
thestringpuller: I find it hard
to find something
to Qntra cause news i find is just derps derpin' around
assbot: BitBet - Washington Redskins will win more 2015 season games
than
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assbot: Logged on 04-01-2016 07:46:16; punkman: "Confidential data from maritime industry insiders based on engine size and
the quality of fuel
typically used by ships and cars shows
that just 15 of
the world's biggest ships may now emit as much pollution as all
the world's 760m cars." << and
the warmingtards are worried about VW
copypaste: and further - i've read your essays about dead books, you can simply put
the merchant onto
the
trash heap. although i'd rather it not be placed
there
mircea_popescu: at any rate, history dun even enter into it.
the
thing's broken for no good reason.
copypaste: mircea_popescu: no one ever said
that rewriting history would be easy, mind
mircea_popescu: ""People want
to hear about how bitcoin can help fight poverty.
Talking about how some guy is getting rich?
The audience in
the West is not really interested in
that." heh,
the audience of
Taylillevi5's might not wish
to know about it. but
they are fucking irrelevant
to any discussion of anything whatsoever.
mircea_popescu realises with unmitigated horror
that now he's going
to have
to rewrite
the fucking merchant of venice
copypaste: neither have i - but i read a news report where
they killed a muslim because he ate beef
copypaste: a cow
to lick his dick and another cow
to marry
copypaste: in india
the cow is sacred after all -
that's every indian nobleman's dream
mircea_popescu: yes, or perhaps i wanted a cow mounted on my kitchen wall
to give me milk.
copypaste: sure, but perhaps you wanted a screen
to give it input
mircea_popescu: copypaste small computers may have
their uses, but 70% of
the iphone is
the
touch sensitive screen, if you'rer going
to spend
the money might as well put more % of it
towards buying
thew actual small computer you wanted.
copypaste: and "nobody" does do it because apple both makes it difficult and it makes no economic sense, an iphone is essentially a rasberry pi with a screen and so on - small computers have
their uses
copypaste: you could run linux on
the Nintendo DS
mircea_popescu: ascii_butugychag for my curiosity, what's
the desktop equivalent of
the shits, do you happen
to know ?
ascii_butugychag: at any rate i can't see how
this relates, nobody compiles on motherfucking phone
copypaste: note how i qualified
that based on
the country you are in determines
the legality
copypaste: mircea_popescu:
to use an iphone as a GPC, you first have
to jailbreak it; which requires reverse engineering, which requires breaking
the USG DMCA anti-circumvention law
mircea_popescu: so how is it illegal
to use your iphone as a fucking doorstop if
that's what you want.