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pete_dushenski: lol o that's right
pete_dushenski: i seem to recall one other at least...
pete_dushenski: do we have anyone other than davout from france here ?
pete_dushenski: though this rule is only in effect from 8am to 8pm daily
pete_dushenski: like some sekrit bailout that no one has to know about
pete_dushenski: peugeot, citroen, renault probably think this'll help them
pete_dushenski: i'm all for walkable cities, but taking some and not all cars off the road strikes of lunacy
pete_dushenski: all this to try to "stimulate" the economy and "encourage" people to take transit
pete_dushenski: as of july 2015, no cars built before 1997 will be permitted in the city centre
pete_dushenski: so apparently paris is going right off the deep end with its "anti-pollution" nonsense
jurov: how will they know? many shartups resell aws right and left, too
thestringpuller_: won't they fine you for giving resources to someone who is not "in the system" lol
jurov: they have pretty comprehensive access rights system to safely allow it
thestringpuller_: "ARE U TERRORIST?"
thestringpuller_: all that stuff
thestringpuller_: they prefer to use Amazon Payments for billing tho for that
thestringpuller_: I'll give that a shot when Amazon approves my fucking Amazon payments account.
mike_c: maybe the regex isn't too good
thestringpuller_: don't seem to get ddosed from freenode tho
thestringpuller_: no other explanation for internet go down, and it's more than circumstantial that internet went down shortly after cloak went down
pete_dushenski: !up thestringpuller_
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 222.15, Best ask: 222.21, Bid-ask spread: 0.06000, Last trade: 222.15, 24 hour volume: 6238.07681239, 24 hour low: 217.99, 24 hour high: 222.99, 24 hour vwap: 220.711036885
assbot: Fuckin’ diddle her twat. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1KOzsbo )
mike_c: awesome. thanks.
mike_c: i think no-stemming, but having prefix-wildcards should satisfy everyone
mthreat: ok. i can turn it off easily, (and back on later if we want).
mike_c: the argument is basically that stemming is making it harder to find things on search.b-a, not easier
mike_c: hello! have you seen the recent revival of the stemming argument.
ben_vulpes: and now thestringpuller's flapping...
mircea_popescu: is your laptop on the fccinternet ?
gribble: mthreat was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 week, 0 days, 22 hours, 40 minutes, and 6 seconds ago: <mthreat> <+mircea_popescu> ... << yeh but how are we to verify! << I actually got pics of me holding up the blockchain iPhone app transaction, in front of the Port Lockroy building with a sign visible!
assbot: Loper OS » “The Internet of the Future” ... ( http://bit.ly/1CZsTSk )
asciilifeform: FCC Commissioner: Proposed Internet Regulation 'Mimics Obamacare' << astroturf and misdirection. regardless of which branch of usg is at the helm (fcc or verizon) - the train will still end up at the same stop: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=208
scoopbot: New post on Trilema by Mircea Popescu: http://trilema.com/2015/statistics-still-the-hardest-part-of-math/
mircea_popescu: pill to bitcoin ? burn down the internet!
mircea_popescu: “nowhere does the agency identify any kind of systemic harm in the Internet economy, but nonetheless it invents one in order to regulate it, and so it’s this classic situation where we’re adopting a solution that won’t work to a problem that doesn’t exist using legal authority we don’t have.”
mircea_popescu: “adopting a solution that won’t work to a problem that doesn’t exist using legal authority we don’t have,”
scoopbot: New post on Trilema by Mircea Popescu: http://trilema.com/2015/synonymy-is-a-myth/
chetty: and this is a bloody nightmare: http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/02/11/fcc-commissioner-proposed-internet-regulation-mimics-obamacare/
mircea_popescu: does all gallium belong to mendeleev's estate now ?
mircea_popescu: was there no gold before mendeleev ? or what, did he invent "eka-aluminium" ?
mircea_popescu: but... if it didn't exist... then how was it that "the company" made it ?!
mircea_popescu: as no Prozac or Tylenol until someone invented it."
mircea_popescu: "The problem, in part, in this debate arises from scientists confusing discovery or research with invention. Looked at in terms of the production of novel material, certain distinctions can be made. Discovery and research are not creative acts. While they require creative thinking, they do not add anything materially new to the world. Alternatively, invention is the act of creating something that did not exist. There w
mircea_popescu: "Except the argument isn't grounded in reality. Saying something vague like "people need these drugs," misses the immediate point: which drugs? On what grounds is it even possible to say that people "need something" that didn't exist until a company created it?"
mircea_popescu: for the record, i've made a complete backup of tlp's site. 702 articles it has.
mircea_popescu: why am i even talking at this guy anyway.
mircea_popescu: whaack: anyways I came here to ask if you guys have btc entrepreneurial ideas that you think are good but just don't have time to get around to << jobs pop up occasionally. you have to read the log to have a chance at them. this is intentional.
mircea_popescu: whaack: It seems like something that takes a little bravery other than just holding and seeing which chain wins << what exact bravery does it take ? you get dollars for it.
mircea_popescu: wtf ban evasion is this, can be arsed to avoid a ban, can't be arsed to fix bouncer.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony a that. i imagine.
fluffypony: was starting to get on my nerves
mircea_popescu: if i keep a spare pair of panties in my briefcase in case i shit myself, i do not send a record of their purchase to the new york times, for publication in their news section, nor do i send the unfortunate reports of the occurence for the obit section.
mircea_popescu: whaack: I think multisig for that reason is retarded, I thought the main purpose is for personal use to reduce the chance I fuck something up << why do you think your personal measures against fucking something up should be world-readable ?
mircea_popescu: eh wtf is this.
Vexual: Twist of orange? Ya couldn't do that anywhere else on earth
Vexual: I suppose that the beer gets better generally. And that's about the sum yeah??
ben_vulpes: dunno but i'm off for the night
ben_vulpes: https://bitbet.us/browse/ << skinnkavaj i'd start there
Vexual: What is this fuxking night shift?
ben_vulpes: hey hey the gangs all here
skinnkavaj: Anyone know if kakobrekla's trading site offers trading with oil?
fluffypony: and knowing is half the battle
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> [] asciilifeform: but for remoras - the swiftest possible discipline. << eh, it's best to fix problems well after rather than well before they're problems. << it's a problem now.
assbot: Hervé Falciani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... ( http://bit.ly/1zO1hNB )
punkman: http://qntra.net/2015/02/hsbc-clients-victims-of-probable-social-engineering-attack/ << "Details on how the leak occurred have not been made public" it was public, this guy leaked it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Falciani
assbot: Trust relationship from user joecool to user BingoBoingo: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 4 via 4 connections. | http://w.b-a.link/trust/joecool/BingoBoingo | http://w.b-a.link/user/BingoBoingo
joecool: ah that was just messing with glooboy
joecool: thanks, you know i can do that myself too right?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: hmm, musta been diff boxer. << Twas Tyson, USG bankruptcy laws... pretty hard not to use them. It is what got Trump rich
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: the thing is, a destroyer "cost" a coupla bil, and will sell for what, 10-20k btc. << Mostly they sit in Norfolk
BingoBoingo: I mean the money shot's spent at the end of the porno flick, but this is live cams. Can't tip when the action ends
BingoBoingo: whaack: hard to say if so and on what timeline.
whaack: It seems like something that takes a little bravery other than just holding and seeing which chain wins
whaack: Is everyone in this channel dumping their coins on Gavin's big blockchain?
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BingoBoingo: Nah dawg. It's to get other motherfucker's claws into your wallet
whaack: I think multisig for that reason is retarded, I thought the main purpose is for personal use to reduce the chance I fuck something up
BingoBoingo: I'm deep in the vodka tonight. You may need a better explainador
BingoBoingo: If you don't trust someone enough to send to them, why are you letting them collaboarate with their buddy? is the simple off target explanation
BingoBoingo: The assumptions that lead people towards it are problematic
whaack: FI don't get the hate on multisgi
assbot: A summary of changes to Bitcoin since 0.3.21 ... ( http://bit.ly/1FBgHFD )
whaack: I heard people talking about like v .5
BingoBoingo: I've never been that far west
whaack: BingoBoingo: Another question - are there any SF bitcoin startups that you beileve are useful? Like do you believe CB is useful?
BingoBoingo: That's tougher to debug.
whaack: and i did the steps here http://wiki.bitcoin-assets.com/first_steps_in_bitcoin-assets
BingoBoingo: Are you not registered and/or has it been more than a few weeks since you last identified with nickserv?
whaack: BingoBoingo: Do you have any idea why I wouldn't be able to identify myself through Nickserv?
whaack: BingoBoingo: word but I know my business is the result of cheap credit so it hurts a little inside lol
BingoBoingo: <whaack> i would love to work in a completely closed btc system, but alas I don't know of any way to acquire bitcoins faster than trading in my fiat for them << Sounds like the answer for the time being
whaack: i would love to work in a completely closed btc system, but alas I don't know of any way to acquire bitcoins faster than trading in my fiat for them
whaack: anyways I came here to ask if you guys have btc entrepreneurial ideas that you think are good but just don't have time to get around to
whaack: i tried to authenticate through nickserv and says i'm not registered
assbot: The principles of Mr. Harrison's time-keeper; with plates of the same ... ( http://bit.ly/1AdSiqO )
asciilifeform promises to post when ready for playtest
mircea_popescu: looking forward to the list drop.
decimation: asciilifeform: how did you tame layers of c++/boost mempool crud?
decimation: asciilifeform: but the 'plum book wot' isn't really going to modify what the career bureaucrats think, see moldbug