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mircea_popescu: btw, did the derpage foundation have any comment as to ubuntu dropping bitcoin from 14.04?
xmj: Estonia isn't -as- known for SCUBA diving yet :)
penguirker: New blog post: http://trilema.com/2014/supplemental-visual-aids-as-well-as-images-pictures-photographs-and-instagrams-y-con-queso/
mircea_popescu: as the romanian expression goes, "men need to be a shade prettier than the devil gurning."
mircea_popescu: decimation: now, why do you suppose those who work in the bezzle economy are showered with special favors while those who work in the "real economy" are treated as serfs? <<< here's the thing : real estate agents are certified, and have to be bondend in many places, and have to follow best practices, and can and are put to the coals ifthey do not.
punkman: mircea_popescu: no no I need hanbot as a signal :P
mircea_popescu: cause as mike_c says, diff is a mean spirited asshol
mircea_popescu: mike_c: but even that was better tested. hypothesis was formed before the analysis, not as a result of the analysis. << not to mention independently tested etc. more's ther point, mpif wants unalligned risks, which is 90% of thy that even makes sense
mircea_popescu: uch preferable, esp as it's offered itself.
mircea_popescu: Mats_cd03: assets search engine? already exists << no, it doesn't, because google is doing a shit job of indexing each log page, which my experts establish is because bad titling shceme, but rather than fixing that (as proposed about two weeks ago, it's in the logs, SEARCH FOR IT :D) and hjoping google fills in the holes (which experts say it never does once they're in, no matter what happens), a complete solution is m
mircea_popescu: but odds are he might as well go "fuck this shit, we're dropping that vendor. standby"
mircea_popescu: ce Oracle when it's ready, so long as the database sends some decent form of XML. Once I get this data subsystem done, I can finish the business logic, which attaches to the nonfunctional demo you love so much.
mircea_popescu: benkay << i can't believe the guy actually proposed an inability to remember wtf he's doing and why as a sort of intellectual manliness.
decimation: now, why do you suppose those who work in the bezzle economy are showered with special favors while those who work in the "real economy" are treated as serfs?
decimation: Congress took away the presumption that engineers can work as independent contractors, thus reducing their ability to be self employed.
decimation: "Introduced by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Section 1706 added a subsection (d) to Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978, which removed "safe harbor" exception for independent contractor classification (which at the time avoided payroll taxes) for workers such as engineers, designers, drafters, computer professionals, and "similarly skilled" workers."
TheNewDeal: I will happily trade my constant position location as long as I don't have to have another one of those updates. Do you hear me Big Brother? You've finally won
decimation: MLAT In some regions with coverage from several FR24-receivers we also calculate positions of aircraft with the help of Multilateration (MLAT), by using a method known as Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA). ... That means that MLAT coverage can only be achieved above about 10000 feet as the probability that signal can be received by four or more receivers increases with increased altitude.
mike_c: understood. i just see you as a good potential customer for coinbr, so I was trying to dig into why you were hesitant. i think i get it.
mike_c: but even that was better tested. hypothesis was formed before the analysis, not as a result of the analysis.
mike_c: TheNewDeal: last comment from me, i'm really not trying to sell you. But that 'tiny percentage' you were talking about from hedge fund managers is usually 2%. which is the same fee as coinbr in your 10 BTC example.
TheNewDeal: yes but this would have been a different situation, as bitcoin was $1000+ at the time
TheNewDeal: http://mashable.com/2013/12/09/tesla-bitcoin/ this dude bought it for 91.4 BTC. Probably could return it for just as much right now
mthreat: haskell has a purpose ya know. at UT Austin it (was) used as a freshman weed-out class.
asciilifeform: (same as other us currency)
mthreat: ok, or i can set up an http endpoint where you can POST irc entries as they come in
assbot: How to have fun as an intelligent person pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
punkman: http://trilema.com/2014/how-to-have-fun-as-an-intelligent-person/ "Because the outcome is binary, if you bet randomly over a long enough horizon of bets you should break even (well, minus Bitbet’s 1% house edge)."
gribble: CAUTION: irc nick differs from otc registered nick. Nick 'Mats_cd03', with hostmask 'Mats_cd03!sid23029@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-egqqpqahqadiceog', is identified as user 'mats', with GPG key id B9527964891A5566, key fingerprint B37F49DC35FD838B1F8783CC59C93F63549036BD, and bitcoin address None
asciilifeform: the proposed legal defense, though, will work about as well here as it would've in ussr.
mircea_popescu: there is no such thing as bitcoin taint. attempts to solve this inexistent problem, just like all the other attempts to solve inexistent problems in the history of human engineering
mircea_popescu: since we're doing affidavits, prosecutor is welcome to an affidavit as to how he himself bought.
mircea_popescu: today as in 1814
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves: conveniently occurring just as the price topped << anything having taaki involkved and not being a scam ?
mircea_popescu: so basically, for as long as other people cook, crowdfounding can continue to make the tomato roses.
mircea_popescu: a will to power as the only qualification ?
mircea_popescu: In retrospect, the situation was laughable because here I was living on peanut butter and bread (or Ritz crackers when I could afford to splurge) for months at a time. When I got to know this poor figure and heard her story I felt worse for her plight than for my own (I, after all, I thought I had everything to in front of me). I was genuinely appalled at one point, as we exchanged stories and commiserated with each
mircea_popescu: srsly, the notion that there exists such a thing as "plain language"...
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic: having a WoT account doesn't mean everything you write is signed << why not ? inasmuch as only you could have written it...
mircea_popescu: arguably not as losers but bitterer than the other type o coders, but anyway
mircea_popescu: there's this chick that looks just about 12 (and later confirmed her weight as 43 - !!! - kgs) that takes a liking to my girl, they chat, i buy them wine,
ThickAsThieves: google hangouts are recorded in 8 hour sessions too, and able to be live broadcasted on youtube, so we've had some dialogues and such as 'entertainment'
mircea_popescu: it's like... might as well consider the problems of the amiga universe.
benkay: otc counts as offline imho
pankkake: but as always, the useful/working things could just be ported to Bitcoin
ThickAsThieves: conveniently occurring just as the price topped
assbot: Schools Are Using Starcraft 2 as Serious Education Tools | Gamification Co
pankkake: http://www.gamification.co/2012/12/04/schools-using-starcraft-2-as-education-tools/
pankkake: I never followed bitfunder, but I wonder how it ended up as such a fractional reserve
BingoBoingo: Eh, the ATF is probably going to go after them when one of their customers fills a sock with their quarters and uses the product as a weapon.
los_pantalones: as a mea culpa
Apocalyptic: as you wouldn't trust someone in finance dressed in a tshirt supposedly
BingoBoingo: It's sad to have to say this, but as bad as it is Cryptostocks seems more plausible than bitcoinbourse
BingoBoingo remembers the days assbot was ignored as spamzor #1
asciilifeform: and intel products are the very same ideas, incarnated as hardware.
asciilifeform: as if this was ever a goal.
decimation: even those xscale chips that flopped weren't x86 as I recall
decimation: sucks :( I will take this as a reminder to test out my backup arrangements
thestringpuller: wow this site wants to use 0.001 as a miners fee
bitcoinpete: as is cary's pandering
publio: since btc is being touted as a replacement for fiat, has anybody been following the btcusd:xauusd ratio?
assbot: American Apparel sacks Dov Charney as chairman and suspends him as CEO | Business | The Guardian
ThickAsThieves: <+asciilifeform> 'Avarus, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on September 20, 2010. The Company was originally organized as a “blank check” shell Company to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation.' << lol! /// The Havelock System
BingoBoingo: moiety: They said they will. I think some things attractive about the job to me (odd hours, duties from four other people's jobs) are going to come out as turnoff in the other interviews.
bitcoinpete: "The company known for computer chips on Thursday plans to announce the availability of an app that lets people leave offbeat animated messages using smartphones. It exploits the device’s camera and microphone to capture a user’s facial movements and voice, which are used to control cartoon-like figures known as avatars in recorded sequences."
assbot: /bitcoinpete Im guessing u havent been involved in crypto long as anyone who needs to research adv of litecoin clearly isnt crypto clued up
bitcoinpete: "Im guessing u havent been involved in crypto long as anyone who needs to research adv of litecoin clearly isnt crypto clued up"
kakobrekla: which i guess is as good as infinite
danielpbarron: i've never been either; it's gonna be teeming with what MP refers to as "libertards"
danielpbarron: i don't think i'll go to any future porcfests; i kinda regret buying the ticket for this one but i might as well use it at this point
mircea_popescu: or in otherwords, if you're willing to kill as many subhumans as it takes
decimation: still, to me it seems like you need to get a few of these to "fail" so you can build up a war chest as a credible counterparty
decimation: what happens if bitpay dissolves as an entity before a b or c happen?
mircea_popescu: that's basically how it's gonna look. welcoming questions as to the contract etc.
decimation: when visiting, I discovered that Sun Yat Sen went to the same school as... Obama
asciilifeform: not sure how long singapore will last as other than chinese colony after u.s. navy is unplugged
asciilifeform: decimation: it's only strategic value is as 'unsinkable ship'
asciilifeform: industrial civilization doesn't get birthed from coffee shop (as discussed in one of mp's essays?)
mircea_popescu: no but i mean, gimme something actionable as per the plan you laid out above.
mircea_popescu: at any rate, the notion that sensuality and the puritan caging thereof as displayed by the us (and uk before that) are in any way related...
asciilifeform: sorta like the kind of fellow everyone must know, that got back from afghan and sleeps hugging his rifle, does nothing as hobby but clean and oil it, cycles the bolt at the slightest noise in the house
mircea_popescu: dude as if russian industry = nukes in any sense.
asciilifeform: was crap << complicated. if you want sovereignty - gotta crank out the hardware, best as you can.
BingoBoingo: In a firesale I wonder if Iowa has more value as agriculture or uranium
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform the russian industry, such as it was, was crap. it was going to get sold for scrap anyway.
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: noooo way ?<< yes way. these are the fuckwits that want to be involved as adults
decimation: yeah, you could say that we are ruled by non-men, as opposed to men, because laws cannot rule anyone by themselves
mircea_popescu: us citizens, as subjects of the usg.
decimation: yeah it's a civil case, as opposed to criminal
asciilifeform: decimation: kanzure is a friend of a good chum of mine. as i understand, he made 'fuck you money' in one of the last 'dotcom' bubbles and wanders around the world.
decimation: Everyone at our school knows who Dylan is. He comes and goes to lessons as he pleases, habitually swears at teachers, and is an accomplished playground bully. ... I was surprised to hear Dylan?s name announced. He had collected one of the largest amounts of ?reward stickers? in year seven, and was due to collect a prize. Many teachers, it turned out, had taken to bribing him with these stickers in a desperate attempt to appease his
asciilifeform: decimation: these are a dime a dozen. not very useful for fpga work, as the latter have proprietary pieces that, if you do not use, leave you with a monstrously bloated design that fits nowhere.
BingoBoingo: Well, the right combinations of lights and sounds can be as dirorienting as the drugs
BingoBoingo: TheNewDeal: Sure I offered a discount, and I tried offering you the same as well. A discount and a synthetic weight though are very different animals.
BingoBoingo: Maybe if I MM'd MPOE options I'd feel comfortable offering a synthetic, but as a person who MM's ATC...
TheNewDeal: reading about it as we speak
asciilifeform: (brief career as antidepressant in ussr)
asciilifeform: analogue scope has its virtues. as i understand, most tech types own both kinds.
jurov: you should have painted it as doomsday device
asciilifeform: benkay: i hear they'll let your machine through if you bring it as... carry-on baggage