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decimation: granted, it's a mistake to think of that as another golden age too - there's a reason they all left Germany after all
BingoBoingo: Germany as a meaningful idea to their ancestors froze ~1830-1870
asciilifeform: germany as cultural wasteland during the wars << same
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2012/fridericus-rex-unser-konig-und-herr/ such as.
decimation: as the last pscyhiatrist might say, he might be happy if he wasn't so invested in being unhappy
asciilifeform: everyone there, as i recall, fit the overall pattern (no theorems...)
mircea_popescu: well inasmuch as we got plenty o theorems already proven..
BingoBoingo: mitochondria though are the ultimate example though of "If you can, you must" as having mitochondira is so much better than not having them
cgcardona: thank you sir. :-] authing w/ gribble as we speak
BingoBoingo: justusranvier: Well, I experience the world as homo sapiens
justusranvier: As yet, there is no proper definition of life.
BingoBoingo: Well, technically they are roughly as living as fire
RebeccaBitcoin: you say it as if viruses can think
decimation: 9. The only feasible option for your own Benefit (is "come back" and surrender Here in the U.S.A. AS WELL AS "FACE THE MUSIC," as alleged by the Interviews to you on television on or about May 2014 (TO FACE THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST YOU). Then, I will try to TONE THE MUSIC DOWN FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN DANCE EASILY WITH YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC AS WELL AS DANCE WITH (YOUR "PARTNERS") HEREIN.
ColinT: As long as you don't change the shape of the glass, the gravitational field, etc
ColinT: But using it as a "computator", or its use as a "computator" has it following logical rules...
pete_dushenski: yup, it's pretty much been 6 months since i dropped down here, so right on track as per http://contravex.com/2014/03/17/irc-yeshiva/
pete_dushenski: ColinT we have a few other app developers in here, such as ben_vulpes
mircea_popescu: "I can only imagine what a productive member of civilization i would be IF i was brought up with masculine values and was sexually sated. Instead i spent my life living out the following tale trying to figure out what my problem was and living as a manic bipolar depressive. Instead here i sit, a MGTOW, never finding enough reason or desire to become productive beyond my own means."
thickasthieves: <+mircea_popescu> what the fuck is with these social media people, srsly. they'll take the faintest hint of nothing as clear proof of their importance. //// If it's measurable, it has value!
mircea_popescu: what the fuck is with these social media people, srsly. they'll take the faintest hint of nothing as clear proof of their importance.
pete_dushenski: "I as a man, biologically driven365 days a year to ejaculate and produce sperm as often as possible, and having the drive and desire to want it every waning moment, who is villified for this natural urge and made to feel ashamed of my sexuality, control it and subdue it to conform to the feminine imperative…"
pete_dushenski: Airbnb iOS version 4.0.0: The Airbnb you know and love has a brand new look. Install the update and check it out! Featuring: 1) A new symbol designed to capture the spirit of our community and express what it means to belong anywhere. 2) Richer colours and more vibrant photography. 3) Booking trips, managing your listings, and other features continue to work the same way as before
pete_dushenski: how altman found himself as president of anything more than the local car wash is a fucking mystery
mircea_popescu: on one hand, you have the fed fuckwits pumping money so as to protect "the economy". at the other end, the economy is this fuckwit. meanwhile argentina has to beat them over the head with a club,
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: a few friends of mine hack on a software-as-performance-art piece called OlegDB
mircea_popescu: ziggamon: I mean religious in quotes. as in something that is within the realm of belief. you must trust the invisible hand that powers the consensus mechanism. << never trust a "mechanism". if you have to trust, pick someone to trust and trust them.
mircea_popescu: punkman: I thought unplugged laptop on shelf would be safe < you know you can actually calculate the induced current as a function of speed, field and the conductors in question.
mircea_popescu: no "as tat said" included huh ?
The20YearIRCloud: I hope that this test proves conservation of motion in space wrong and they can produce drives with the thrust possibilities as they believe are possible
thickasthieves: Most impressively, the NASA team specifically built two Cannae Drives, including one that was designed to fail, and instead it worked. As the scientists write in their paper abstract: "thrust was observed on both test articles, even though one of the test articles was designed with the expectation that it would not produce thrust." That suggests the drive is "producing a force that is
mircea_popescu: but the woman in question wasn't happy with the idiocy control. so as a result... the guy wouldn't impregnate her anymore. and here we are.
mircea_popescu: so now here we go : they had no bc there, and as an indirect but quite certain consequence, that cowpoke'd have given any woman as many kids as she could carry.
mircea_popescu: The law stipulates the establishment of a ‘Social Solidarity Fund’ as part of the organisational structure of the Community Development Authority (CDA) with aims to enhance cooperation among society members and provide social welfare for eligible Emirati families.
mircea_popescu: His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, has issued Law No. 7 of 2012 regarding social benefits for UAE nationals in Dubai.
ziggamon: I mean religious in quotes. as in something that is within the realm of belief. you must trust the invisible hand that powers the consensus mechanism.
thickasthieves: as a vessel for hope, I suppose it is religious
thickasthieves: it's lame that if i auth as thickasthieves while using a diff nick, assbot won't let me !up, regardless of nick or being auth'd with gribble already
BigBitz: well they can't refuse FOIA as it's .gov, right?
assbot: Six Californias: A Tim Draper Idea Just as Madcap as the Others - Businessweek
mircea_popescu: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-31/six-californias-a-tim-draper-idea-just-as-madcap-as-the-others
decimation: "Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. recently estimated that twice as many law graduates pass the bar exam as there are job openings for them. In other words, every year U.S. law schools churn out about 25,000 ?surplus? lawyers, many of whom are in debt. A large number of them go to law school with an ambition to enter politics someday. "
assbot: Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays - Bloomberg View
decimation: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-11-20/blame-rich-overeducated-elites-as-our-society-frays
mircea_popescu: decimation> I can see why default is the most attractive option here << it is quite as the local elite presents it, a matter of "fuck you or else we might as well go home."
BingoBoingo: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=711979.msg8042788#msg8042788 << Lulztalk now attracts internet famous as scammzors
BingoBoingo: nam-shub: It was attempting to MM BTC/RON currency pair. Profitable safe enough opportunities were too rare and ATC was too promising to keep resource allocation as it was.
jwSchool: think in cali it's been recognized as currency
BingoBoingo: Pushed it out as soon as the month rolled over GMT because it has some new
BingoBoingo: It's murkey aside from the NY Bitlicense thing. Some have taken the Federal line at Bitcoin isn't... Money as they regulate it like Texas.
BingoBoingo: Well, it seems... New York isn't as important as it used to be if Newer New York can flip it the bird
pete_dushenski: contravex, for those who care, is a riff off convex, as in convex payoffs, à la taleb.
pete_dushenski: might as well be HuitPouces
assbot: BitBet - Bitcoin to surpass Berkshire as an investment :: 1121.08 B (86%) on Yes, 186.28 B (14%) on No | closing in 6 months 2 weeks | weight: 59`033 (100`000 to 1)
BigBitz: Hah. It fucking does as well.
FabianB: blockchain.info is already always advertising for btcjam, i guess almost as good
mircea_popescu: i am never trusting another internet for as long as i lyf.
princessnell: now i am in the econtalk world all the time so i don't tune in as much.
pete_dushenski: not as good as pistachio
gribble: Nick 'pete_dushenski', with hostmask 'pete_dushenski!~pete_dush@unaffiliated/pete-dushenski/x-8158685', is identified as user 'pete_dushenski', with GPG key id 165749929F9A6BDD, key fingerprint E6625CC14638C4CA404694E9165749929F9A6BDD, and bitcoin address None
mircea_popescu: it's just as good :D
mircea_popescu: once it's capped might as well make it fixed. 50 btc or w/e
ThickAsThieves: and you are treated as such
mircea_popescu: as a general principle supporting any deanonimization measures is uncanonical.
mircea_popescu: well this has been the objection since day one, vessenes is just using it as a piggybank
ThickAsThieves: "Bitcoin Vietnam's 'digital gold' as faith in dong falls"
chetty: <mircea_popescu> "The cultural divide between the positive and the negative erodes, as it should." what the fuck is wrong with these idiots. why exactly SHOULD the "cultural divide" between the failed and the successful "erode" ?// so we cna get to the great sameness
mircea_popescu: "The cultural divide between the positive and the negative erodes, as it should." what the fuck is wrong with these idiots. why exactly SHOULD the "cultural divide" between the failed and the successful "erode" ?
DreadKnight: CAs tend to me more iconic and profitable, meaning more marketing done as well to brainwash people
DreadKnight: always profitable to establish yourself as "the shit" and make others strive and pay for your recognition
HeySteve: as long as that shit doesn't spread to south africa
HeySteve: BingoBoingo, I like that idea. want to use the blockchain myself as a kind of public dice roll
BingoBoingo: HeySteve: WoL actions happen as a result of blockchain events
DreadKnight: ben_vulpes, you nickname? not fond of MMORPGs as well, even got a bit insulted you thought I was making one, lol
BingoBoingo: Well, from joins and parts doesn't look near as bad as before
BingoBoingo: OMG sick and not sick ===== If you are on Truvada, you're medicating yourself (hopefully) every day, like someone with HIV. You're being closely monitored by your doctor with tests every three months to make sure you're negative and that your body is functioning properly, like someone with HIV. The cultural divide between the positive and the negative erodes, as it should.
decimation: http://falkenblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/pikettys-terrifying-dystopia_27.html "Piketty is a modern progressive, best defined as someone who thinks intellectuals should run everything as the vanguard of the people, which is why academics, journalists, and writers are predominantly progressive."
mircea_popescu: yeah, it sucks because you're in with noobs and not as likely to be able to bring massive support to bear.
FoOdies5: as you're locked up 24/7
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Maybe see if a neighbor girl can offer an explanation as a test?
asciilifeform: but when you do your winning math << misread as 'but when you do your winning meth'
BingoBoingo: As linked a while back Mega factory MGD makes terrific rye whiskey so pick the cheapest label slapped on it
mircea_popescu: neuroMode white is a very old political identification, as opposed to 1700s red.
mircea_popescu: so as to be polished fine.
BingoBoingo: I can send the females. No putting your penis inside them tho as form of payment. :P << I assume this is a part of the process
thestringpuller: I can send the females. No putting your penis inside them tho as form of payment. :P
asciilifeform: (as advanced by 'any day now we shall print hardened steel' folks)
duduqa: as of today, 1 USD = 2,25 BRL
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: For same reason as Blue Balls
mircea_popescu: there';s a funny thing about that. around here the dogwalking service is very popular as a thing
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: b) to actually work as marketmaker << This is actually ATC's great innovation.
ben_vulpes: <FoOdies5> maybe keep the coin from going up << and in the process acquire btc to drive it up. this is central banking 101, except one needs a) to not be a scammer and b) to actually work as marketmaker
BingoBoingo: neuroMode: Maybe? Maybe the searching is part of the point? Searching gets you the failure of its comtemporaries as well if you dig right
BingoBoingo: FoOdies5: The short story of CoiledCoin is you need to find and read the long story to understand the things making lowercase altcoins fail have been happening for a long time as the Coiled Coin story makes an interesting contrast to other altcoins which were its contemporaries and still died albeit in other ways
ben_vulpes: mediocre engineers as far as the eyes can see
BingoBoingo: FoOdies5: There's also the chance that the big miner that picks up a coin for Merged mining won't be friendly to it, see CoiledCoin as an early example
FoOdies5: they need to offer as much as they're willing to get dumped
fluffypony: but they break their social contract when they launch as one thing and then suddenly change to another
BingoBoingo: <fluffypony> I don't fundamentally have an issue with PoS as an experiment (albeit one doomed for failure at present) << Proof of Stake essentially lets big bagholders delude themselves longer by becoming still bigger bagholders
fluffypony: I don't fundamentally have an issue with PoS as an experiment (albeit one doomed for failure at present)