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mircea_popescu: i always found that pretty amusing.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: Wow, there's a city actually named Moroni << iirc some prophet in john smith's braindamaged copy of yurp under his own "brand"
mircea_popescu: decimation: Google: "Q: who owns the internet? A: nobody" << fuck you << i imagine they're talking of the whole enchillada, as opposed to the parts thereof.
gribble: peterl was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 13 hours, 20 minutes, and 29 seconds ago: <PeterL> Like you said, you can own a small piece, but nobody owns the whole thing
mircea_popescu: mayhap the debian gr is wiser than us ?
assbot: The wisdom of crowds. Apparently, it mostly depends on the crowds in question. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1tl4tsf )
pete_dushenski: thestringpuller the estates of many of dead man would probably find contravex of interest
mats_cd03: o. well kako should update topic then
thestringpuller: is this the point when the estate of dr. seuss shows up in channel?
assbot: Dying With Dignity: How Life Expectancy Isn’t What You Think It Is | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1tl3icc )
assbot: What Happens When All The Fish Are Gone? | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1tl3gkH )
pete_dushenski: eg last two contravex articles. speaking of which!
thestringpuller: yea scoopbot doesn't always have the scoop
pete_dushenski: or i should say that scoopbot is
TomServo: I believe that was pankkake's - which he somewhat recently shutdown.
mats_cd03: whatever happened to blogs.b-a.com?
pete_dushenski: developer training and certification workshops << gotta prop up that profit when all the "i just wanna support the causers" are sucked dry
pete_dushenski: or less tawk more hobble like a gibble
pete_dushenski: less tawk more walk
pete_dushenski: "I aim to make the most complex game I can still balance. This doesn't sound like an easy task, and it's more difficult than it sounds."
assbot: Xenophillia - The Making of a Game. ... ( http://bit.ly/1xWKTbR )
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell davout looking into it.
BingoBoingo: And next week I will gorge on turkey and baked breadcrumbs, because Lincoln wanted a propaganda victory
kakobrekla: next week they will be back on coindesk with some new chumpatron
BingoBoingo: Eh, more shitheads than brainheads nowadays
assbot: Huobi's BitVC Takes Trader Profit to Cover $1 Million Loss ... ( http://bit.ly/1ytGPOE )
BingoBoingo: It sounds like scam, so should be qntra'd, but could probably benefit from someone more familiar with where the scam is here writing it up.
assbot: Huobi takes $1,271,000 USD from users' profits during futures settlement. : Bitcoin ... ( http://bit.ly/1ytF4B4 )
BingoBoingo: Does anyone know how leveraged trading work?
nubbins`: i, for one, welcome the opportunity for that sweet gambling revenue to be diverted away from roads, social programs, and the healthcare system, and to be randomly redistributed to the gamblers
assbot: Mega Bit-Billions (my original DAO idea) | Blockchain for the Billions ... ( http://bit.ly/14QMoOj )
nubbins`: phun phact, the neutral-color base for our plastisol inks is called "amazing base"
assbot: SMS pwnage on MEELLIONS of flawed SIM cards, popular 4G modems • The Register ... ( http://bit.ly/1xRGXIs )
davout: ;;later tell mircea_popescu i can't push assets i don't have
mircea_popescu: lol google got 1e10 tld
assbot: Logged on 03-06-2014 23:48:07; asciilifeform: however, the reason why it is customary to sit a captured wretch on an anthill, or the like, without first inquiring about his assets, is that in such a situation the definition of 'assets' expands to everything the victim could potentially beg/borrow/steal
asciilifeform cannot remember the source for this tidbit, will have to dig. probably ru.
mircea_popescu: i mean i get it, they were going for bitcoin, which gold isn't. but still... lol.
mircea_popescu: the shitty film they made included all sorts of people that defo weren't there.
asciilifeform: note (generally omitted from schoolbook histories) the cost of a seat on schindler's train
mircea_popescu: none oif them went "fuck this shit, i'm moving to galia narbo and building a castle."
mircea_popescu: the rich jews were still trying to make deals with teh reich in 139
mircea_popescu: i can find three new wives and learn a language before the month is out. your average "rich guy" is petrified of changing his colenostomy bag brand.
mircea_popescu: for the other... old people.
mircea_popescu: for one thing, they're generally old people.
asciilifeform: in some ways it is. in that the serious mega-capital is likely already walking
asciilifeform: most folks here are as likely to escape as dolphin from national aquarium.
asciilifeform: at any rate, the reason there is not a pandaemonium of attempted republikflucht from usa, and corresponding whack-a-mole game by usg, is very simple -
mircea_popescu: and much like the very real bond to participate in the fake bitcoin auction they're holding, no "shares", no "bonds" and no other bs accepted.
asciilifeform: sorta inverse of the 'prove you have enough to live on' demanded when entering certain countries
mircea_popescu: anyway, if 2015 is going to be the year to leave for its entire length, it's definitely the last one.
mircea_popescu: spain allowed the jews to leave, and well... that was the end of it.
mircea_popescu: the idea being that since the owners care about their carcasses more than about their coins, keeping them in keeps the coins in.
asciilifeform: (for n00bs - a vanity-exchanged currency is approximately as useful outside of the border of demented issuing state as vegas poker chip is outside of vegas)
asciilifeform: but not clear that the buggers actually care to detain the earthly carcasses of the owners, vs. just their holdings.
asciilifeform: now, it's abundantly clear that usd is on its way to 'zimbabwean', 'vanity' currency status like soviet ruble
asciilifeform: iirc, the version of the statute that actually passed was '50k outstanding tax is grounds for cancel passport'
mircea_popescu: but until they do, they can go on about how "it's perfectly fine
mircea_popescu: you recall, that "irs wants to check your papers" thing added coupla years ago.
mircea_popescu: i imagine they just won't extend their passports, if they try to leave again
asciilifeform: well the 'come to mama' physical lure
mircea_popescu: why put them anywhere ?
mircea_popescu: to prop up argentina, so it doesn't care what the ny courts say
asciilifeform: as in, where'll they put the fools who show up
mircea_popescu: where do the traitors' dollars go ? to prop up russia, so it laughs at the embargo, right ?
asciilifeform: it'll be interesting to see phase 2 of this gambit
mircea_popescu: the effect has been to increase its life expectancy by degrees of magnitude.
mircea_popescu: while this is nothing compared to the bulk of the rest of the boat
mircea_popescu: it's the leaks.
mircea_popescu: nah, it's not that.
asciilifeform: nah barrel scrape from their pov.
mircea_popescu: than the reverse.
mircea_popescu: well, no. i happen to think the us would be in a better shape if the whole thing sunk but those 10k were saved
mircea_popescu: monday the 3rd. they will prolly send another one, in dec. and so on.
mircea_popescu: they sent ~10k of those things in one bulk this month.
mircea_popescu: lemme know if the idea is plainly stated and can be followed from the text or i need to explain it better.
assbot: PSA : If you’re trying to escape the gravity well, you’ll meet this on your way. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/11EF9rE )
mircea_popescu: but still, the lich woman has a point. it sez there, no proxy votes.
mircea_popescu: assbot: Democratic Caucus Angry Tammy Duckworth Denied Proxy Vote << jesus perfect storm. double amputee from iraq, pregnant ?!
mircea_popescu: i know of litthe more shameful than being one of the mothers of these people.
asciilifeform: well yes, at this point even the gnomes deep in the mines of moria - can see this.
mircea_popescu: it's that the fucktarded women that are now in their 50s raised a generation of subhuman scum. and it's everywhere.
mircea_popescu: it's not like a particular tribe of idiots took over one particular aspect of society.
asciilifeform: well the thing about demolition derbies is that they are loudly, obscenely - public.
mircea_popescu: "intelligence" in intelligence agency is like "technology" in world technology awards.
mircea_popescu: you're stuck in the past, man.
asciilifeform: intelligence agency is (at least in times gone by) distinguishable from vandal.
mircea_popescu: yeah, just like the % of times a pickup line is successful depends on the pickup line.
asciilifeform: would depend on the particular magic, no ?
mircea_popescu: i was thinking about this earlier. i wonder what % of times is a "matgic packet" router attack successful.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: grunt at ft. meade had to let go of the red button to light a cig
mircea_popescu: except for that one in bangkok, which i imagine si broken
decimation: they timeout for me
mircea_popescu: decimation it could be, except they don't see to be.
decimation: mircea_popescu: could it be that your nameservers (ns7 and ns8) are also inaccessible, thus causing the 'dns outage'?
mircea_popescu: i dunno that it actually comes with money.
asciilifeform: mailed back medal, sure, anyone can. but what of the money.
mircea_popescu: o wait. there's not something to return, is there.
mircea_popescu: back when the romanian president gave the star of romania to a bunch of dubious derps, five dozen or so various prior recipients returned them
decimation: or never show up to accept it