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assbot: Google launches support for Security Key, a simpler kind of
two-factor authentication |
The Verge
kakobrekla: jesus nubbs so poor cant afford
tx fee
pete_dushenski: ;;rate asciilifeform 2 loper, maker,
the go-to for infosec.
pete_dushenski: ;;rate nubbins` 2 canuckistani, printer of fine
things.
gribble: Rating entry successful. Your rating for user BingoBoingo has changed from 1
to 2.
atcbot: >> No data returned from CoinMiner.net << [PityThePool Hashrate]: 857.62 GH/s [iSpace Pool Hashrate]: 1.56
TH/s [P2P Hashrate]: 1.46
TH/s
mircea_popescu: pretty much everyone leaves
the mines. part of why "big government" is so lulzy.
undata: but I've yet
to make a pile, so
that comes first
undata: as for me, I keep myself moving hoping
to strike at
the
thing myself someday
undata: mircea_popescu: I've seen it happen
to friends brighter
than I am.
decimation: this is a peculiar habit in
the us:
trying
to find a 'technical' solution for a very human problem
mircea_popescu: "we have yet another version of bitcoin without bitcoin, choose us, because
this works!!11"
undata: decimation: or
they get so depressed
they barely function
ThickAsThieves: ripple is basically grasping for, Bitcoin for Banks, All
the
tech, none of
the darkwebmunny
decimation: the us has plenty of high iq people, it's just
that in general
their efforts are misdirected into idiocy
mircea_popescu: who knows, perhaps it has enough criminals
that
they become a significant minority in
the new world, giving it some claim.
mircea_popescu: it's funny
that
the us lost
the "innovation" war back in 2013, and
then lost
the finance war. no smart kids, no rich kids,
decimation: since usg is a dim and neglectful master,
they get away with it
decimation: one can see why
they would need
to convince usg why
they are very good little slaves
mircea_popescu: ripple's problem is more like "we enabled some scammers stealing a buncha coins"
tho.
mircea_popescu: because we're making
the rules, not
the fucking other way around, what is
this.
mircea_popescu: try
to not do
that so you don't ned up like
the 62c5186b@gateway/web/freenode/ip.98.197.24.107 retard.
mircea_popescu: just in case it's not obvious already, keeping any balances on bitstamp or sending any bitcoin
to bitstamp is beyond retarded.
mircea_popescu: perfect pretext for bitstamp
to steal even more coins.
mircea_popescu: "He
then
tried
to pay with PayPal, and we unsuspended
the machines. About 6 hours later
the payments were disputed with PayPal as unauthorized and we
then suspended again." << wow, carding
too ?!
assbot: Bitcoin was written by
the retarded, part II pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
ben_vulpes: but i keep coming back
to "i only want
to know
the balances and histories of
these addresses"
ben_vulpes: i'm
trying
to
think of sensible use cases
undata: mircea_popescu:
thanks for
the write-up
assbot: MP, what do you like about Argentina ? pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
assbot: MooPay Scam Leads
to Possible Bitstamp Blacklists | Qntra.net
undata: mircea_popescu: what makes you like Argentina?
Things like wealth
taxes don't convey a sense of respect for private property,
though I can see how
that'd be irrelevant
to BTC wealth
assbot: Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz - Book Review: Empire of
the Summer Moon
decimation:
http://squid314.livejournal.com/340809.html << "All of
the white people who joined Indian
tribes loved it and refused
to go back
to white civilization. All
the Indians who joined white civilization hated it and did everything
they could
to go back
to
their previous
tribal lives."
undata: where
to move, if we're ash heap bound
mircea_popescu: "Many people spent a big chunk of
their lives investing in
this dream and it didn't pan out quite as we wish."
decimation: asciilifeform:
this is probably one reason why usg policy is generally
to crush
the poor and happy
mircea_popescu: clearly in
the last place he'd ever be : his own life.
decimation: pandering
the masses must drain
the soul
mircea_popescu: you see
this picture ? look well at it, for it's what it looks like. sad,
tired, incredibly lonely middle age white guy
decimation: well, it's certainly
the case
that someone needs
to have
the 'big picture' in mind and issue instructions, I would
think
decimation: "The Byzantines had good spies, but no intelligence bureaucracy at all. Officials involved in
the management of espionage performed
these functions along with other duties.
They never had a bureaucratic hierarchy of intelligence and never
thought
to create one. "
assbot: Articles: What
the Byzantines Can
Teach Us about Our National Security
mircea_popescu: decimation> everyone knows
the real purpose of
the intel budget is
to employ spouses of high-status usg
types <<< only in places which are bored of living.
decimation: I remember when google
took over
the old usenet archives,
thought
they would make
them useful rather
than let
them rot
assbot: Loper OS »
The Performance of Lisp, or Why Bean Counters Need Bigger Bags of Beans
gabriel_laddel: decimation: It's by far
the best I've found on UNIX. I've no LispM experiences and so can only imagine.
decimation: gabriel_laddel: yeah, emacs likes
to claim 'self-documenting' but I find
the quality of documentation
to be pretty poor
assbot: I started
to reply at length
to
the many misstatements in your message. I don - Pastebin.com
decimation: everyone knows
the real purpose of
the intel budget is
to employ spouses of high-status usg
types