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a111: Logged on 2016-06-04 14:44 mircea
_popescu: asciilifeform ftr, i have nfi what you're using, but most people here are using either aes256 or twofish, i would suspect. and if they do not - they should edit ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf and add personal-cipher-preferences AES256 TWOFISH right above the line that says personal-digest-preferences SHA512
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 23:25 mircea
_popescu: leaving it as an exercise for any attendant alfs to explain difference between locklin and baruth. $indistinguishable
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a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 23:19 mircea
_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-03#1476590 << consider another point here. on the basis of v neuman's quote with the state of sin, what can be said of a purported "cryptography mechanism" which can be stored as a 32 byte value ?
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 23:09 mircea
_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-03#1476485 << ahahaah hater. listen, just because japan is better than russia doesn't mean you hafta get sore. japan's always been better than russia :D
mircea_popescu: yeah pete
_dushenski , the whole quote is "diogenes philosophus cuidam interroganti qua hora hominem cenare deceret : Si quis, inquis, dives est, tum cenare potest cum cupit. Si pauper, tum cenare debet cum potest."
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 18:54 mircea
_popescu: ah, poverty. sure. si quis, inquis, dives est, tum cenare potest cum cupit. si pauper...
mircea_popescu: leaving it as an exercise for any attendant alfs to explain difference between locklin and baruth. $indistinguishable
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☟︎ a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 22:07 pete
_dushenski: Now it’s China’s turn to attempt to prove that their centrally-managed currency can do it. They’re going to fail because nobody trusts China and nobody ever will. The business community knows that the Wall Street game is rigged but it’s rigged in a way that they trust. Nor will Bitcoin ever be more than a plaything for people on the fringes of the financial world. Pete’s very knowledgeable about
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 23:06 mircea
_popescu: you could be on a fucking rap album. wu tang ain't got nothin' to touch this.
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 22:07 pete
_dushenski: Bitcoin but just like the goldbugs and the silver hoarders he rarely looks very hard at the way that real people use money in the real world. The average sub-130 IQ person looks at Bitcoin as a technology indistinguishable from magic, assuming that it’s that kind of magic where people periodically compromise the blockchain and steal money. Believe me when I tell you that we will all go back to biting c
a111: Logged on 2016-06-01 16:42 mircea
_popescu: so electricity is like, <4 cent / kwh commercial in alberta ? who the hell knew, that's pretty good mining pricing neh ?
a111: Logged on 2016-06-01 03:46 danielpbarron: pete
_dushenski, done.
deedbot: spandrell
_ voiced for 30 minutes.
mircea_popescu: which, incidentally, i met aplenty in the arab lands. and they ~match spandrell
_ 's ideas of "arab"
mircea_popescu: spandrell
_> whites prefer arabs to chinese << this is very true. chinese womenz aren't hawt. what can i do.
deedbot: spandrell
_ voiced for 30 minutes.
mircea_popescu: spandrell
_ you think english is a better culture language than arabic ?!
mircea_popescu: spandrell
_ looky : the publishing thing works (marginally) if you get book deals. from macmillan or whoever the fuck still does it. they pay you a few thousand, kinda measly, and maybe royalties but not really.
mircea_popescu: spandrell
_ you notice how this isn't actually related to what i say ?
deedbot: spandrell
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spandrell: am i only able to read you, mircea
_popescu, or are you the only one talking right now?
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 16:04 mircea
_popescu: nor has it ever been, actually. so as a practical matter, you're guaranteed some contamination.
a111: Logged on 2016-04-10 15:54 asciilifeform: mircea
_popescu: and yes, it goes back to the 'blind loyalty' thread