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ben_vulpes: oppressed as they were by the patriarchy/british/french/native american tribal leadership
ben_vulpes: they didn't have the /freedom/ to be transgendered.
decimation: mocking our transgendered forefathers, etc
decimation: 'bama is gonna throw you ingrates in jail
undata: excuse me, don't you mean the "differently marked"?
Vexual: dudes with face tatoos prolly need more help than dudes with silicone tits
decimation: but certainly, *everyone* is liable for maintaining the delicate sensibilities of the transgendered
ben_vulpes: all of the hotshot engineers want to work at northrup grumman! they make things so quickly, and their things are always /so good/.
decimation: ah, of course. there's no way usg is liable for the actions of someone they hired
ben_vulpes: this just goes to show that we really need to regulate the people with databases so that they don't leak things.
ben_vulpes: oh but decimation that's an incompetent /private sector/ actor.
decimation: usg simultaneously: 1) is unable to responsibly handle even minimal tasks like "keep employee details confidential" while 2.) demands others follow its crazy interpretations of its crazy laws
ben_vulpes: i can't help reading this as anything but a play to increase the "funnel" of "civil rights" cases that justify the expansion of "rights" perpetually.
ben_vulpes: raaarh except for the hideous autoplaying video
decimation: I thought the two articles were a good juxtaposition
ben_vulpes: i fail to see the import of this.
assbot: DOJ: Employers Can't Discriminate Against the Transgendered ... ( http://bit.ly/1w7ECFi )
decimation: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/19/doj-employers-cant-discriminate-against-transgendered/ << "On Thursday, US Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new interpretation of the Civil Rights Act meant to prevent employers from discriminating against people who claim the status of a transgendered person."
decimation: http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/12/opm-alerts-feds-second-background-check-breach/101622/ << "The Office of Personnel Management is alerting more than 48,000 federal employees their personal information may have been exposed following a breach at KeyPoint Government Solutions, which conducts background investigations of federal employees seeking security clearances." ☟︎
decimation: he delayed till after the election, on the assumption that it would piss off the opposition more than it did
Vexual: I thought aboma rushed the immigration stuff, not delayed it
decimation: Vexual: can you explain to Pete why Canberra is expensive and depressing?
decimation: It's good that reporters apologize for asking questions, makes the situation clear for the little people
decimation: "I had misunderstood the parameters, and I’m very sorry about that,” Mr. Allen said. A spokesman for Mr. Clinton declined to comment."
decimation: Latinos in the midterm elections. Mr. Clinton’s team appeared livid with the organizers about the unanticipated questions.
assbot: Log In - The New York Times ... ( http://bit.ly/1x6jtCp )
decimation: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/us/politics/as-2016-nears-hillary-rodham-clinton-keeps-eye-on-mistakes-of-2008-campaign.html << "a Politico reporter, Mike Allen, lobbed a couple of unexpected questions at Mr. Clinton after he delivered prepared remarks at the “Playbook Cocktails with Bill Clinton” event. Mr. Clinton made news by questioning whether Mr. Obama’s delay on an immigration overhaul affected the weak turnout of
ben_vulpes: once i untangle the thing, billing will commence again.
ben_vulpes: i'm on like day three of unbillable "get client back to known good cluster state" work.
ben_vulpes: i just cut a client over to aws from heroku and while everything went darn swimmingly, amazon's performance throttling of dbs is pretty painful.
ben_vulpes: i refer specifically to their hosted postgres databases.
decimation: is that an unsql database?
ben_vulpes: heroku databases are pretty dang performant, even if they are heavily constrained on the number of rows users are allowed.
decimation: http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-sony-investigation << there is an air of desperation here: "Sony reported this incident within hours, which is what the FBI hopes all companies will do when facing a cyber attack. Sony’s quick reporting facilitated the investigators’ ability to do their jobs, and ultimately to identify the source of these attacks." ☟︎
ben_vulpes: for the record
assbot: James Stewart devoted his life to math and music - The Globe and Mail ... ( http://bit.ly/1x6ii60 )
decimation: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/james-stewart-devoted-his-life-to-math-and-music/article22168574/ << man writes calculus textbook, government mandates sales, man builds $32 mil. house, dies.
asciilifeform: 'I've been sentenced to 2 years, to self surrender in 90 days. Considering I was facing 30 years, justice has been served.' << lol!!! >> 'i've been sentenced to the guillotine, to self-surrender in 90 days. considering that i was facing boiling in oil, justice has been served.'
kakobrekla: On a good note, Judge Rakoff called me a brilliant visionary and that he admires my brainpower. #bitcoin
cazalla: danielpbarron, wow, they have kids too
danielpbarron: no pretense to even make some token thing; just "fund our internet bill because autism"
danielpbarron: http://gogetfunding.com/project/qt-family-needs-your-help "I should be able to get together just enough money for February rent. However without phone we don't have any access to internet ... Internet/phone is also our lifeline to our friends and loved ones outside of our house. Being who we are, autistic with social anxiety"
cazalla: what would i do without you thestringpuller
thestringpuller: as in is that the real ryanxcharles?
thestringpuller: is this real? http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=11-12-2014#951644 ☝︎
agorecki: Hmm. My IRC client actually does support turning that on and off on a per channel basis. I guess I'll make use of that feature then :|
agorecki: I'm surprised that so many people choose to have channel joins / parts displayed. I have to leave them off because there are too many in high population channels
assbot: Bloody Hell: Argentina's Import Restrictions Cause Tampon Shortage | The Bubble | News from Argentina ... ( http://bit.ly/1sHBZd9 )
assbot: Charlie Shrem On His Two Year Prison Sentence: "Justice Has Been Served" | Qntra.net ... ( http://bit.ly/13KqY5b )
jurov: http://imgur.com/cvlRAJC << i have looked for /r/dogecoin reaction, found this
thestringpuller: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2pt4kl/reddit_announces_reddit_notes_aka_reddit_bitcoin/ << this is by far the most redditarded thing reddit has come up with by far
assbot: A swimming pool of idle tears won’t spare the affirmative action fallguy. She’s still the canary. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1zdwSJd )
assbot: When Your Kids Ask You What A Computer Is, Take Them To Melbourne. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1zdwSsw )
assbot: Stalking Black Swans In Canberra: The City Of Plans | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1zdwQkj )
pete_dushenski: alright, self-scoopage time:
pete_dushenski: how goes the wedgies and foundationing ben_vulpes ?
pete_dushenski: but the local pie shop?
pete_dushenski: you expect the pepsi, bmw, etc.
pete_dushenski: i was shocked with the number of *local* ads
cazalla: ya, last time i went, i was ready to start smashing things
pete_dushenski: but the ads...
pete_dushenski: i knew cars were 50% more expensive, food too, shouldn't be surprising that movies are as well
cazalla: tbh, i assumed it was the same elsewhere, real shame what they've done to cinema here
pete_dushenski: it's not as big of a time commitment as you'd imagine
thestringpuller: pete_dushenski is too busy being a pimp
pete_dushenski: well it's not my fault the weather has been shite and pushed me indoors
pete_dushenski: it's been too long b-a...
pete_dushenski: ;;later tell peterl please to add contravex to the blogroll :)
gribble: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lmgtfy | lmgtfy = (abbreviation) let me google that for you www.lmgtfy.com lets you google for someone else. So for example, instead of answering a question...
gribble: Error: We broke The Google!
thestringpuller: ;;google mpoe-pr so you want to start a bitcoin business
BingoBoingo: Merry titsmas mircea_popescu
asciilifeform: y'know, on the altar, on the pyramid
mircea_popescu: literally from the slavic queenless
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform this one you'll apreciate : a good insult to gift someone is "bezmetic"
mircea_popescu: (for the romanian ear, fukishima mostly sounds like "fuck you and your mother")
assbot: NOTIFICARE IMPORTANTĂ: vă rugăm să va retrageți toate fondurile din BTCXchange ... ( http://bit.ly/1r8vrsw )
Potissimus: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895413.140 the bitcointalk thread, for others interested.
ben_vulpes: evaluating odd emails threads i seem to be mistakenly cc'd on: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Zq1qJJ2w
mircea_popescu: so anyway, other that europe's other decent exchange imploding, how is everyone ?
mircea_popescu: jurov lol those are a lot like buridan's ass!
gribble: You rated user naphex on Thu May 15 21:01:35 2014, with a rating of 2, and supplied these additional notes: btcxchange.ro.
mircea_popescu: what happened there ?
mircea_popescu: because yes, the world really and desperately needs "entrepreneurs" from neanderthal.
mircea_popescu: anyway, romania is traditionally cheap, and the dude figures hey, why shouldn't programmer work butt off for 400 euro/month or w/e.
ben_vulpes: "how would you like that, sir"
mircea_popescu: it was like depeche mode came to visit.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes you should have seen the dude show up for a business meeting, white cotton wife beater & audi.
Potissimus: should've left then
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes in teh private.
ben_vulpes: in the log?
mircea_popescu: basically, the horeav dude is a redneck doofus on a power trip, and lying through his teeth.
Potissimus: very true
mircea_popescu: for that matter, naphex explained what was going on as was going on, to the usual barrage of "i told you so"
mircea_popescu: anyway, re the entire btcexchange thing : i know both the people involved, on the grounds they took a trip to timisoara.
Potissimus: but that shouldn't have happen, since the fiat side should've been 100% reserve
Potissimus: it wasn't a problem, but it was a 1 day delay with the funds from bitstamp
Potissimus: a) he started running a fractional reserve, i only noticed when i heard there werent sufficient funds to send from the fiat side. to fill the withdrawal queue
ben_vulpes: you were in a business relationship - yourself on the btc/dev/ops side, himself on the fiat banking/regulatory side, correct?
Potissimus: i just ignored him, and he did all this on his own