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jordandotdev: start-up scene in HK is kind of nascent compared
to SF
jordandotdev: I'm still happy
to do start-up stuff here in
the states
jordandotdev: I just don't want
to work at a bank at
this point in my career
jordandotdev: so it was either go work for a bank in HK or come back
to
the states
jordandotdev: but
that job didn't end up working out - and I wasn't getting enough other work with Bitfinex
to support myself
there
pete_dushenski: jordandotdev: so if
they're 'distributed' why did you move
to hk ? why not stay stateside (where i presume you're from ?)
jordandotdev: yeah HQ is in HK, and
they're domiciled in HK,
Taiwan, and British Antilles?
assbot: Logged on 12-08-2014 00:57:07; mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes nah, lots of history
there. bitfinex was a coupla
twerps
that
took
the leaked bitcoinica codebase and started a new bitcoinica, back in 2012ish ? early 2013 ? (that code was in
the wild because after
the nth breach, amir
taaki of bitcoin consultancy fame "open sourced" it by releasing it without rights)
jordandotdev: and
the CEO is great, and
they're good guys, really focused on keeping people safe...but as far as 'tech initiatives' I was really in
the wrong place
pete_dushenski didn't know
that bitfinex was in hk, only
that
they're 'bitcoinica' reincarnate
jordandotdev: well I was friends with Raphael at first...he's in London and he runs
the
tech side of
thing...I was working with
the CEO
there...so
they're a distributed
team
jordandotdev: and am still interviewing for a few more projects with some contacts I made
there
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jordandotdev: but yeah I will follow up with
them ...
the video platforms
that make bitcoin a first-class citizen are pretty few and far-between
jordandotdev: I was hacking away on
this when I was unemployed
pete_dushenski: so why don't you follow up with
these esports fellas ?
jordandotdev: I met some people
that wanted
to do eSports
tournaments
jordandotdev: yeah I can't decide I wanted
to learn more about RMTP etc.
jordandotdev: but haven't decided what direction
to
take it in
jordandotdev: was working in Hong Kong last year
trying
to get into Bitcoin...
jordandotdev: notta living in San Francisco...fighting
the good fight
mircea_popescu: for
that matter - all brothers are mithocondrial
twins.
decimation: the best one can do is
try
to find 'natural experiments' like
twins, but I'm sure with enough study of
the details
there one could find plenty of subtle 'unlikenesses' between supposedly identical
twins
mircea_popescu: in short :
the complexities involved in
this matter are properly wovon
decimation: even socialist professors admit
that people generally 'have worse outcomes' in a situation where
they are surrounded by other humans unlike
themselves
mircea_popescu: (also clearly, chlorine's refusal
to miscegenate with oxigen is racism!)
mircea_popescu: (clearly, mixing all
the gases
together into multigasualism is
the solution!"
mircea_popescu: the flagon full of hydrogen is a very boring Africa of "IQ" because it never produces
the fun looking lasers other compositions produce.
mircea_popescu: 2) if
the recipient is full of identical molecules... you STILL get normal distribution of "IQ"
mircea_popescu: so... is
type or circumstance more impactful in
the iq of a given molecule ?
mircea_popescu: anyway, for
the sake of bothering you, let me propose an equivalent model.
decimation: agreed,
that's a more precise wording. "Nature seems
to have a stronger effect
than nurture in a variety of situations"
mircea_popescu: point remains, it's at best strange
to be
trying
to split percents when you've not even produced a rigurous set of factors.
decimation: absolutely. still, one would have
to explain
the
twins studies
mircea_popescu: if you do
that, what's
to impede funkenstain from excluding genetics consideration from "wordly outcomes" ?
decimation: cazalla: agreed, kids need
to figure stuff out
themselves
decimation: "divine blessing" has nothing
to do with worldly outcomes
cazalla: decimation, i'd include proper food (i prepare nearly all
the meals for my son) and some adversity,
too many kids being nurtured
to death
these days
decimation: cazalla, regarding nurture, it seems
to me
that
the 'sure
thing' is
teaching skills like reading, languages, manual skills, etc
cazalla: but if you were a pedo, it would make for a great cloak
to guise yourself in
jurov: sounds dangerously close
to pedo
cazalla: jurov, some people believe
that :\ missus has a friend
that
takes her 3 year olds
to get
their chi flowing
jurov: nah, it's all
the about celestial body constellations at birth
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decimation: cazalla: I agree,
the question is merely 'what is
the ratio'? 80% nature? 50/50?
The answer isn't obvious, but
the evidence seems
to
tilt
toward 'mostly genetic, some nurture'
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cazalla: fwiw, i
think it's a combination of
the
two but
then again, some kids will do well regardless of which family
they find
themselves born into so who knows, i'm
trying
the nurture
thing with my son so we'll see
cazalla: i wouldn't have a clue nor do i care, i just want
to garden ok
decimation: are you with funkenstein -
there's no genetic basis for IQ?
decimation: yeah, he probably posts more noise
than signal from a brief overview
cazalla: decimation, i use
to read his stuff but i
think he has an over-inflated sense of his own intelligence (some IQ video of his rubbed me
the wrong way.. coulda been
this, coulda been
that, coulda been a dr
type shit)
decimation: turns out 2% growth is
the 'new normal' and a good chunk of
that is simply due
to inviting
the
third world
to move here and spend usd
assbot: Logged on 09-05-2015 18:08:33; davout: what am i?
the fucking ms office paperclip?
williamdunne: I was just moving it over
to wordpress yesterday
williamdunne: mircea_popescu: mmm probably ought
to reduce
that number
bitstein: Right?
That blog post of yours made my afternoon.
pete_dushenski: eek, i
thought 1/10th of
that on my previous header image was bad.
mircea_popescu: "Obama is neither smart nor a noteworthy peace maker. But
that doesn't matter.
The left has won over
the key voting boards
to give him
these now-plastic
trophies." <<
that part is exact.
pete_dushenski: in any event, please
to !up "captaincapitalism" if he makes his way here.
pete_dushenski: "Unfortunately,
this facade is not going
to last. And
the reason is very simple.
The internet.The internet is breaking
the left's grip on
the scams
these awards have become. "
pete_dushenski: "President Obama (both a graduate from
the Ivy League and Nobel prize winner) is neither smart, nor a noteworthy peace maker. But
that doesn't matter.
The left has won over
the key voting boards
to give him
these now-plastic
trophies which dupes enough Americans into voting him (and other
talentless leftists) into office." << notbad.
pete_dushenski: lol "i have 50 books on
the english language if you need
to borrow one"
Naphex: pete_dushenski: doez yoo
think
the media have changed?:)
pete_dushenski: "Popular British-Bangladeshi politician Lutfur Rahman was kicked out of office after being found guilty of corruption and illegal practices. Mr. Rahman has publically denied
the charges and his supporters have accused
the ex-mayor’s critics of racism and Islamophobia." <<
those racialists !
pete_dushenski: "any Muslim political candidate who sought
to represent
the issues most keenly felt by his fellow co-religionists – for example, solidarity with
the Palestinian cause – risked being demonized and labelled an extremist."
pete_dushenski: "“Don’t vote! None have
the right
to legislate except Allah,” read one of dozens of bills splayed on car windshields outside
the St. Saviour’s polling station in
the east London constituency of Poplar and Limehouse. " <<
that's one angle from which
to poke holes in popular democracy, i guess
pete_dushenski: also, it wasn't at all clear where googley eyes borrowed "More
transactions means more memory for
the UTXO database" from, but i agree, mircea_popescu, log quotes should be in
there.
trinque: I'm workin on my gentoo bootstrap script
today
ben_vulpes: <davout> [18:12] with every day
that passes
the "get actual computer, fuck with gentoo" item climbs higher and higher on my
todo list << davout if you can figure out what an "actual computer" is, let me know
mircea_popescu: dude
the world is awash in fat, lazy, drab female "stand-up comedians" with delusions of political ideas.
trinque: ... is
this how it begins?
trinque: some bum's shouting about revolution on
the corner
mircea_popescu: it's usually for cars, cosmetics, dumb shit like
that.
trinque: look at
the happy skank
to his immediate left
trinque: because
that's what a chief scientist looks like