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pete_dushenski: in response,
they cling
to whatever presents itself, quite undiscriminatingly
pete_dushenski: when
there are no barriers
to entry, people get really rather confused
undata: right,
the erosion of measures of value could very well fuck
thinking itself which leads
to
the abovementioned
undata: it seems alien
to me
that words mean precisely dick in
the present
undata: there's something
there but I'm not cutting
to
the root of it
pete_dushenski: that's just
the cleaving of importance from "importance"
undata: there's a reward associated with
the behavior
undata: pete_dushenski: self-reinforcing
though
pete_dushenski: undata it seems
to me
that
the popularity of sm is an effect rather
than a cause
undata: leading
to
the mind-rot of multitudes
undata: rather
than reputation
undata: this social media
thing I
think has created
the notion
that identity is a matter of self-definition
BingoBoingo: Find out about
three career opportunities in
the computer industry. Pick one and find out
the education,
training, and experience required for
this profession. Discuss
this with your counselor, and explain why
this profession might interest you. Report what you learn
to your counselor. << Doing
this one now I'd pick curmudeon as a profession, and ask why writing OS is not a requirement.
undata: the whole culture is full of fakers; why
the surprise at
this category of
them?
BingoBoingo: requirements now actually seem harder now
than when I achieved it.
undata: asciilifeform: web devs have
the idea
that making something == cobbling
together open source with
tape,
the less
tape
the better, and voila, app
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: and 'write an os', per
the barest
technical definition, is not high science; it's a standard 'boy scout badge' in school. << You have an absurdly gross overestimation of
the standards for Boyscout badges.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Sure. I'm just saying why don't
they pretend better. Instead of
throwing on fake spoilers and calling a car customer,
this is
the "I put a sticker on it" sort of effort.
undata: then
they get retweeted you see, and are
true
undata: asciilifeform: words, you can just
tweet
them
kakobrekla: speaking of bc.info
their page is showing 'cloudflare error 522' for more
than an hour
to me
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: especially when
there is no *BSD/kLinux
to counter all of
these Distro/k*BSD
pete_dushenski: if an e-mail and pwd were phishing or keylogged,
the attacker just has
to submit a form, wait
two weeks, and voila!
pete_dushenski: and it
turns out
that it created a loophole
the size of
texas
pete_dushenski: they actually just added
this e-mail auth
thing outta nowhere
pete_dushenski: yet another chapter in
the "who could've predicted" chronicle
assbot: The problem of digital identity, or how
to circumvent Blockchain.info 2FA and e-mail authorisation | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... (
http://bit.ly/1AQ4s3N )
assbot: I grew a neckbeard reading
this "Bitcoin Declaration of Sovereignity" (note: Link doesn't go
to
the actual Bitcoin Foundation) : Buttcoin ... (
http://bit.ly/1AQ4c4y )
mats: OmegaOne: read logs (see
topic) and get a cloak
gribble: Error:
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there is no command named "--last" in it.
Try "list Market"
to see
the commands in
the "Market" plugin.
mats: mircea_popescu: ensuring others have room
to save face is one of my varied sins
mats: is not.
tryna bring some life
to an old piece of shit
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Well on
the way down
they might
try
to contort
themself
to leave a particular shape of splat.
mats: re: previous SSD discussion (and many others), i don't mean
to offend if i didn't specifically respond
to you. i just had nothing good
to say, but rest assured you have not been ignored
BingoBoingo: And one rarely has much choice in
the splat
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform>
to folks unacquainted with basic physics, mechanization gives a convincing illusion of 'phree stuff 4ever' << Until you have
to get Santino ready for an open casket funeral after catching every bullet at
the
tollboth.
mircea_popescu: only
thing missing being, mickey doesn't put on
the sorcerer's hat
to go
to some conference
mircea_popescu: and cryptographic security oozes out of
the ether and miners are just
this abstraction getting in
the way of
the ooze.
mircea_popescu: people who imagine endlessness is a natural phenomena need
to spend less
time cooped up in
their rooms, dreaming up shit.
mircea_popescu: "Some day, and
that day may never come, I will call upon you
to do a service for me. But until
that day, consider
this justice a gift on my daughter's wedding day."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yes.
they made women and children dependent on a man.
mircea_popescu: wtf is
this, derpy guy going
to hansa agent in riga cca 1315, "hello
this is my very valuable small river rock, how can i send it
to london ???"
mircea_popescu: people whose budget is $50 have NO BUSINESS
trying
to maintain
trading networks
that span continents.
mircea_popescu: What are more safe alternatives in U.S.
to fix our problem? (We can't afford losing our last $50) <<
this.
mircea_popescu: that said, remittances in
the us are a
total nightmare, because a)
the us is principally insane and b)
the entrenched interests of current processors work against
the customers.
mircea_popescu: so, spare me
the reddit nonsense. bitcoin, money, and good stuff aren't for poor people.
jurov: i gather if alf received such wires,
they'd ship him straight
to azkaban
mircea_popescu: and exactly nobody would ever know, exactly how
the foregoing episode is known specifically and exclusively because i chose
to share it.
mircea_popescu: i could, if i were so inclined, finance a nuclear programme or pay for some murders in
this manner.
mircea_popescu: jurov for what it's worth, here's my experience with bitcoin remittances : i sent btc
to otc correspondents, ordered wires sent out
to
the hk account of my local agent, who has paid me dollars, in cash, in argentina.
the entire process
took less
than what it
takes
to get a letter of credit, and significantly less
than what international
trade normally settles in.
☟︎ jurov: i start grasping asciilifeform's problems with btc,
too
mircea_popescu: "<gavinandresen> My point is
the point of Bitcoin is I can make a
transaction
to anybody in
the world" << uhh.... if
this is
the point of bitcoin
then bitcoin has at all points been so far offpoint it's a wonder it's still here.
mats: anyone has warez of letters
to shareholders 65-77?
mircea_popescu: davout: i'm more of classical music and jazz guy << i knew
there was a reason i liked you!
mircea_popescu: but in
this sense, a scenario where gavin has gay sex with midgets can also be constructed. so let's put him in prison for it,
mats: jurov: ok
thanks, will look into it
mircea_popescu: davout it's really a very complex problem, "what
to do".
jurov: mats and avoid
trim mount option, run fstrim every day or so instead
mircea_popescu: anyone
that's not read buffett's post mortem on
that venture, once "block size was removed", really has no business participating in
this conversation.
mircea_popescu: in point of fact,
the industrial revolution was started by, and driven by,
the
textile industry.