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mircea_popescu: i
thought all southern dishes
that are fried are fried in groundhog fat.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform>
tried it ? << Kinda like a fattier gamier rabbit.
mircea_popescu: also hanbot has it : idempotence IS fundamental
to bitcoin. but unlike shit like sybil attack, or pgp, which were scarcely used or
thought about before we came around,
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: who needs catfish when you can eat cat! in shenzen! << I've heard rumours
that
the groundhog crop has been excellent
this year
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> catfish is shockingly not much eaten here. << If
they are
too big
to eat (i.e. Mississippi river) still ought
to be fished for
the challenge.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Also how are
the catfish in Río de la Plata? Probably ought
to check
that out before leaving hardware B-A
Adlai: buying bitcoin is much easier
than using it
Adlai has found an expert... retires
to
the UNObtainium mines
mircea_popescu: mike_c honestly i suspek your intuition is certainly correct. more money
to be made
teaching
this
than 90% of
the stuff
taught online. "be a better you" or w/e.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform and im passing on
the next 2,
they're nice but more in a "basic guide
to being a gentleman scholar in 2015"
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> asciilifeform
the reason rawls is in
there is because it gives perhaps
the best approach for average derp
to
touch his derpitude.
the reasoin no discussion of scamming is in economy is because i do not believe it is in
there. << belongs in Biology
mircea_popescu: 2. sybil.
the purpose is irrelevant. all mitm is a degenberate case of sybil.
mircea_popescu: there's been more
than one case of people who'd have been much better served
through
tutoring
than
trying
to drink from
the river here.
mircea_popescu: * Adlai assumes
the business model would be "pay us
to
troll you gentlyer" << for srs.
assbot: Logged on 25-08-2015 01:18:04; mircea_popescu: lemme see if anything occurs. ima keep it open for a little bit see if i become suddenly unhappy with b overnight,
then ima set it in stone an' give out some symbolic prizes for first completors.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the reason rawls is in
there is because it gives perhaps
the best approach for average derp
to
touch his derpitude.
the reasoin no discussion of scamming is in economy is because i do not believe it is in
there.
BingoBoingo: ;;later
tell pete_dushenski You're
the car guy. Any
thoughs on compact pickup
trucks with crazy lift kits?
mats: and it was only $246
that day
assbot: BitBet - Bitcoin
to drop under $190 before September :: 2.52 B (4%) on Yes, 62.36 B (96%) on No | closed 2 weeks 1 hour ago ... (
http://bit.ly/1JROj8k )
mike_c: of course, i'm wrong at least 50% of
the
time. anyhoo, I like
the list :)
mike_c: but I don't
think
there's a
ton of patience in here for
teaching 101 courses.
mike_c: I'm sticking by it. Once you know what a sybil attack is,
this is a good venue
to learn why what you know isn't quite right.
mike_c: Adlai: my point wasn't
that we're a bunch of geniuses, more
that
there are better venues
to learn something in depth like what is a sybil attack.
Adlai is genuinely curious who here defines
themselves an "expert", and in what field... not
that nobody can make a valid claim, just... curious
mike_c: Adlai: well
then you should
take
the course :)
mike_c: hanbot: I would
think
that would a pre-req for charging, yeah.
Adlai: mike_c: well i guess i should leave
then!
hanbot: would help getting
the cert first hm
mike_c: I don't
think so. In here is different. Experts learning from experts.
Adlai assumes
the business model would be "pay us
to
troll you gentlyer"
mike_c: anybody looking for a job in bitcoin -
take
that article,
turn it into a course.
Adlai: "all i know is
that i know all"
mircea_popescu: how "common" something is in principle does not mean it doesn't have
to be on
the supply list.
mircea_popescu: (one will note
that
the arithmetic basic is in pm economy
too -
the original way
to lose your coinz was
to not know how
to count)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the one sad result of
this exercise is
that in fact it
turns out a privileged relationship
to randomness is an ingredient.
mircea_popescu: not
that it's not interesting. but
this is already a major asspoking.
mike_c: mircea_popescu: you want comments here or in
trilema?
Adlai suspects 'deterministic' may be one side, or
the other
mike_c: i mean,
this is
the long-lost "how do I learn bitcoin"
Adlai finds himself confused; must be
that incompetence, acting up again
mircea_popescu: lemme see if anything occurs. ima keep it open for a little bit see if i become suddenly unhappy with b overnight,
then ima set it in stone an' give out some symbolic prizes for first completors.
☟︎ mike_c: not as much as a certification, cuz i don't gives a fuk, but as a reading list. like, if you can't answer
this, go research it.
Adlai: this seems like
too-abstract a wording, unless one of your implied prerequisites is internet
telepathy
mike_c: i like
this
thing, a lot
mircea_popescu: the way
this
test is designed, not only is lying a
theft against oneself, as
these
things usually are - but moreover it leaves a
trail and
there's something
to bitterly regret later.
Adlai isn't
the only one giggling now! yay
Adlai: tell it
to
that guy building
tin woman out of aluminium, after hall-heroult
mircea_popescu: Adlai
the idea being
that if
they have a decent understanding of fundamentals
Adlai still
thinks
there's more at hand
than mere
than key *generation*
Adlai: asciilifeform:
this invokes notions of 'gives up and has a giggle'
mircea_popescu: and if we ARE stuck with some sort of randomness in
there, contrary
to my original intuition,
assbot: RFC 6979 - Deterministic Usage of
the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) ... (
http://bit.ly/1hDtz7U )
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> let me put it in
these
terms asciilifeform : if you actually need
the concept of random
to have bitcoin,
this reduces
to a situationb of "whosoever has priviledged access
to random owns bitcoin". << An Vexual has most priviledged access
to most random
Adlai: let's put it
this way: either
they should pass
this (ie, my question); or
they should understand 'random'; or i give up and have a little giggle