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mircea_popescu: i understand your concern and honestly believe that it's being misplaced.
mircea_popescu: the sea per se is about as interesting to you as that much sand.
mircea_popescu: understand : going fishing is a process directed AT THE FISH. you don;t care about the sea.
mircea_popescu: the government can then make 50000 sockpuppets, scam itself and kill btc this wya ?
mircea_popescu: suppose this reputational thing is actually a bitcoin weakness as you propose.
mircea_popescu: it's just there so you have a reference for your thoughts. it doesn't put thoughts in your head.
mircea_popescu: a trust system is a notation, like paper. it won't do your work for you in any circumstance.
mircea_popescu: wait wut. what;'s been proven broken you mean, the wot ?
mircea_popescu: there's like... one douche that inhabits 9.95 bn of them
mircea_popescu: but they're different physical vessels of the same one idiot.
mircea_popescu: idiot person comes in. mpoe-pr tells him he's an idiot gives him a reading list.
mircea_popescu: people gotta have their choices. there's no education w/o choice.
mircea_popescu: i am paying people to educate noobs. let them be scammed. both work : either follow the light or go into the shitfest
mircea_popescu: i have been paying top dollar for one person to try and educate legions of idiots.
mircea_popescu: the world is welcome to run into as many poles as it needs to
mircea_popescu: if you can't stop them all, then isn't an infinity the best solution ?
mircea_popescu: isn't it ideal for noobs to be deluged in fake trust nuggets ?
mircea_popescu: who ? who is this person who takes btctalk seriously ?
mircea_popescu: the -dev people have it aliased as trolltalk. i don't give a shit about what they sasy there, any more than reddit or w/e
mircea_popescu: now, granted that some random achmed fresh off the boat may think southpark is the official us dept of state pr.
mircea_popescu: bitcointalk has as much to do with bitcoin as comedy central has to do with the us govt./
mircea_popescu: yea, what you should explain is why you rthink this is important.
mircea_popescu: people are so retarded they're MORE likely to trust it if it's broken
mircea_popescu: dude get out, it's like, my girl. some sa goons, a coupla bitcoin jezuzez, five noobs and about 56895468059860983 nigerians
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves well badly implemented "trust" features do create criminals.
mircea_popescu: dub simmer down and explain what you mean, what. we're slow.
mircea_popescu: dub how the fuck is bitcointalk "the official" anuything ?
mircea_popescu: consequently... who cares. another web thing that doesn't work.
mircea_popescu: dub i don't have a problem with it specifically because they don't call it wot anything
mircea_popescu: ok, that's kakobrekla's magic. i think he wrote some script
mircea_popescu: Consistently enforced limits, in the French view, make children feel safe and secure. Clear limits, they believe, actually make a child feel happier and safer—something that is congruent with my own experience as both a therapist and a parent. Finally, French parents believe that hearing the word "no" rescues children from the "tyranny of their own desires." And spanking, when used judiciously, is not considered chil
mircea_popescu: fiat500 it's an article in a trade magazine. do not expect sources or anything
mircea_popescu: In the United States, at least 9% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5%.
mircea_popescu: "we sell shoes. rain is not acceptable. we will not refund your purchase if you wear your shoes in the rain"