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mircea_popescu: (and contrary
to what everyone is willing
to admit, it actually includes italy and about half of germany plus austria)
trinque: decimation: wow,
that would not have been my assumption given
the proximity of eastern europe..
decimation: jurov:
those countries don't have a problem sending emigrants
to other countries...
trinque: there are european countries
that are actually resisting being invaded?
jurov: decimation,
these countries are not welcoming
to any immigrants
trinque: muslims don't seem
to "settle"
mircea_popescu: and by east of
the danube i mean west of
the danube, of course
jurov: you mean west of
the danube?
mats: i didn't mean
to venture
that he wanted
to own more of europe
mircea_popescu: i'll bet you as a for instance
that
the way he sees it,
the muslims
taking over europe east of
the danube is perfect, inasmuch as
they'll do away with
the feminists,
transsexuals, redditards etceteras on
their own dime.
mircea_popescu: mats putin is not as against
teh muslims as you imagine.
decimation: mats: yeah I
think we are on
the same page
mats: solve
that problem rightaway
mats: decimation: if
there was anybody bright running
the show,
they'd exactly cave
to Putin and let him slaughter
the muslamics in europe
mircea_popescu: trying
to
take
these schmoes seriously is not unlike
trying
to make an army of
toddlers.
mircea_popescu: is wonderful in general. He summed up his lecture by
telling me
that, “I don’t want you
to
think
that your political views have anything
to do with why you are here
today,” and
then sentenced me
to serve
ten months in federal prison.
mircea_popescu: me
to jail for seven or eight years if I didn’t sign
the plea agreement.
The judge responded
that
that was not what he was asking about, so I replied
that I must not understand what it means
to be
threatened or coerced.
The judge
then proceeded
to lecture me extensively on politics. He carried on about why government is so important and how “taxes are
the price we pay for a civilized society” and
that government
mircea_popescu: After being
told by
the US attorney
that I would be sent
to jail for seven or eight years if I
took my case
to
trial I signed a plea agreement. At
the sentencing
the judge asked me if anyone
threatened or coerced me in any way
to sign
the plea agreement. When I said “Yes, absolutely,”
the judge’s eyes became very wide and he asked “what do you mean?” I explained
that
the US attorney
told me
that he would send
decimation: mats: actually
that's another point - it seems
to me
that we have more of an interest in giving putin a little of what he wants in exchange for helping put a lid on
the crazy muslims
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Either a British Officer/Administrator who fought America in 1812 or
the lead singer of Modest Mouse
mats: gotta fight Putin, you know,
the man's "evil" and not a
true Christian, etc...
trinque: more enemies == dear god man, look at
the stock market!!11!!!
decimation: I guess. Like, if
there were anti-us rebels in mexico, I
think usg would be seriously pissed if russia sent
troops
to support
them
trinque: rather,
there's no game and it's a runaway process of it's own
mats: maybe
they wanna put up moar missile sites near .ru
mats: i seriously doubt
there's an actual end game, but
they'll keep playing anyways
decimation: mats: what 'game'? is usg
trying
to gain a colony in eastern europe
mats: what does USG care if Putin shuts off
the gas?
mats: decimation: brinksmanship is how
this game is played, yo.
mircea_popescu: "In one story in
the ROVER, for instance, somebody has a
tame bear, and as it is a Russian bear, it is nicknamed
Trotsky–obviously an echo of
the 1917-23 period and not of recent controversies.
The clock has stopped at 1910. Britannia rules
the waves, and no one has heard of slumps, booms, unemployment, dictatorships, purges or concentration camps."
trinque: decimation:
this
time it will be different.
decimation: I would like someone in usg
to explain
to little people like me why 1) poking russia with a stick is a good idea and 2.) what possible good could come from it
jurov: i never
thought it will become channel for binaries distribution
jurov: sooo.. asciilifeform sent email with wordwrapped-after-clearsigned
text and with attachemnts bigger
than 1024k limit
BingoBoingo: xxxterm is an actual browser
though, perfect for ben_vulpes
ben_vulpes: mnah i don't
think
that's actually going
to work so well
BingoBoingo: Well, GAW bought it.
They still seem
to
take deposits. Just not so keep on
the withdrawals business
TheNewDeal: Wondering if you are interested in a meetup
today
mats: but i suppose it'd be relevant
to americans,
today being
the Superb Owl
mats: kakobrekla: whoops, i copied
that message wholesale from another window. meant
to share just
the link.
TheNewDeal: anyone see
that Conan bit with Marshawn playing Mortal Combat?
BingoBoingo: Fun Fact, if Marshawn Lynch grabs his crotch on
the field he will be fined
the same $500,000 BitPay paid for
their Bowl game
TheNewDeal: isn't
that what
the internet was invented for?
kakobrekla: cultivated-disinterest-in-professional-sports relevant <
to what ?
mats: punkman:
thanks, will peruse
mats: guess i should watch sports so i can relate
to peasants...
ben_vulpes: question being
the same as one would have for
the matchstick eiffel
tower engineer
ben_vulpes: it's not entirely out of
the question
that
the ri could even be coerced into hooking onto arbitrary altchains with well-done configuration
ben_vulpes: PeterL: yeah, it'd be nice
to get everything configified
PeterL: Rather
than having all
the magic numbers hard coded into
the RI, should
there be some sort of config file? Stuff like
the DNS seeds, number of bastard blocks
to hold onto, number of connections
to make, etc?
pete_dushenski: ^for
those english-speaking hebrewphiles interested in sabbatai zevi and eretz israel
ben_vulpes: lets not bother ourselves with 3/4 sigma shit
tho.
PeterL: kind of
the exception
though
PeterL: nah,
there are some who are adamantly
Texan
PeterL: mircea_popescu:a federation, like
the us ? << nominally US is a federation, but between
the FedGov usurping power from
the states, free movement of people between
the states, and
the mass-produced commercialized 'culture',
the US is pretty homogenous; we
think of ourselfs as USians rather
than $myState-ians.
ben_vulpes: gets blocks, barfs blocks, relays
transactions. i've not heard any serious arguments for inclusion of additional functionality beyond
that.
ben_vulpes: truth be
told, frere,
the RI's just
that. it's not supposed
to be fancy or anything.
ben_vulpes: or if it's opening
them it sure as hell isn't doing anything with
them
ben_vulpes: (if multiple peers are available, and
the implementation's coding is up
to
the concurrency)
PeterL: yes,
there would ideally be more
that one connection open at a
time
ben_vulpes: dunno about how many n's would be involved but in
terms of *should*, blocks *should* be checked against a few peers.
PeterL: small molecule synthesis is what I've been doing
the past 3 years
ben_vulpes: while we're on
the
topic, a single node should never be a single source of blocks.
PeterL: by
the way, if anybody needs a chemist, I'm looking for work now
ben_vulpes: PeterL: are you getting conned
this spring?
cazalla: none other
than United States v. Ross Ulbricht.. he's fkn sunk with derp on
the stand
ben_vulpes: lol your grip on
the fabric of reality isn't
that stiff yet boss
mircea_popescu: and does
the govt letter go "we object
to
the inclusion of
this witness as mr antonopoulos is actually... in a word... dead." ?
cazalla: mircea_popescu,
take a guess!
ben_vulpes: (i roast none better
than myself. it's a...skill.)
ben_vulpes: who said i wanted
to wade hip deep into cpp or straighten out everyones mental models