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mircea_popescu: if block 322121says it's been mined on 2014-09-23 03:24:19,
then
that's what it is.
mircea_popescu: once a block is part of
the blockchain, its
timestamp as declared is part of
the history of
the world
mircea_popescu: these are block accepting rules. irrespective of
this, all blocks contain a
timestamp.
ben_vulpes: A
timestamp is accepted as valid if it is greater
than
the median
timestamp of previous 11 blocks, and less
than
the network-adjusted
time + 2 hours. "Network-adjusted
time" is
the median of
the
timestamps returned by all nodes connected
to you.
ben_vulpes: even "time" must bow
to
the blockchain.
mircea_popescu: <ben_vulpes> digest of
thing is related
to
time how? << by being a
tx in a block
ben_vulpes: but adequate for pinning events
to history.
ben_vulpes: not
terribly useful for measuring, say, stamina in bed
ben_vulpes: the point i'm making (poorly) is
that
the block is a nifty fundamental unit of
time.
ben_vulpes: digest of
thing is related
to
time how?
mircea_popescu: so it becomes part of
the blockchain notion of
time, and verifyably so.
mircea_popescu: no, because a digest of your
thing will be included in a block.
ben_vulpes: whose computer, what
tz, and why even bother with
time?
ben_vulpes: i
tell ya, if i and my counterparty agree on a block, what's
the point?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes supposedly something
that's going
to automate
that is getting delivered
this month
ben_vulpes: now, a specific block in
the chain -
that means something.
ben_vulpes: i want
to
timestamp a
thing, i just put
the hash of
the latest block in in it and
then sign
the fucker. counterparty ibid, presto, contract pinned
to blockchain.
mircea_popescu: fly0nth3wal1 listen fix your connection because all
this join part spam wil result in a ban sooner or later.
Vexual: i
think
the recourse for steling a palm print might in fact be a palm print
mircea_popescu: decimation
that
they'd prolly not do it
to just one human
Vexual: they'd cash in a 20c priv key on
the inside of a condom wrapper
tho
decimation: what recourse would a human have if
they stole his credentials and used
them criminally?
mats_cd03: if
they went for just govt id i may have considered it
mats_cd03: dunno, i didn't,
too orweillian for my
taste
Vexual: and you can bet more hat 10pc goes
to someones wife
Vexual: i don't have
to do any of
that if i choose
to drop my loose change in
the donation bag on a plane
mats_cd03: i
tried
to use a 2way btc atm at
the hacker dojo in silicon valley
Vexual: yeah, i was
thinking one could get all
their wives and kids and cats and shit on
the board of a non profit
mats_cd03: no,
that would probably 'enable money laundering' or something equally ludicrous
Vexual: do any of
those fuckers
take coins?
assbot: Liberty
Teller – First bitcoin ATM in
the USA
mats_cd03: self funded by... wharton MBAs. i mean
to empty
them again and see how long
the machines stick around
mats_cd03: on
the subject of MBAs, i emptied a 'bitcoin atm' with 1.1btc operated by LibertyTeller
the other day
Vexual: asciilifeform:" mircea_popescu: i can't have been
the only boy who wanted a game machine
that would physically damage you when you fuck up..." i reckons a week on lemonade stand hooked up
to a
taser should be some kinda mba equivalence
mats_cd03: ma n pa being clergy,
this is
true praise.
danielpbarron: so rare I've only ever met a few others who feel
the same
mats_cd03: a rare
thing in christians, in my experience
mats_cd03: i
take it back, you are simply living a genuine life
mircea_popescu: no, cult means "you're proceeding on software
that I have nothing
to do with and don't want anything
to do with"
danielpbarron: it's like
the word "cult;" it means "i don 't like you."
mircea_popescu: "someone i'd rather ignore" is probably
the extension of it.
Vexual: like morolity and madness,
the internet has over half
the voters
danielpbarron: what does "troll" even mean? I honestly believe
the offensive
things I say.
mats_cd03: dpb is a rl
troll. i guess
that makes sense
danielpbarron: yep and
then I get
to
tell
them about how mormonism is a false gospel
danielpbarron: i like
to use
the plural "wives" when discussing my hypothetical future
to see what kind of expression people make
danielpbarron: that's one of
the
things so many false christians get hung up on;
that most of
the big names in
the Bible had multiple wives and concubines (slave wives), and God never scolded
them for it
mircea_popescu: "morality and monogamy" ?
that's not biblical. it's not even mahomedanic.
danielpbarron: it's not
that sexual intercourse is immoral; just certain kinds..
danielpbarron: depends what is meant by chastity, but I'd say
the Bible
atcbot: >> No data returned from CoinMiner.net << [PityThePool Hashrate]: 12.22 GH/s [iSpace Pool Hashrate]: 1.22
TH/s
mircea_popescu: the logical equivalent would be
to prosecute nonvegetarians for
theft.
mircea_popescu: where
the fuck does
this idiotic conflation of chastity and morality come from.
mircea_popescu: "Francis Fukuyama, in
The Great Disruption, pretends
to seek ways
to reverse
the “Great Disruption” of
the Cultural Revolution, but
then admits
that
there’s no way
to restore
the most important single aspect of our disrupted culture—sexual morality and monogamy. Furthermore, Fukuyama makes it clear
that
this is just fine with him."
hanbot: i wonder how long before people aspire
to be whistleblowers 'stead of ceos
assbot: SEC
to pay $30 million in largest-ever whistleblower award - Chicago
Tribune
mircea_popescu: guy can't hurt anything, but he's likely
to get very pissed off and leave in a huff
mats_cd03: on
the other hand, i am also new here and perhaps i should listen more and
type less.
mircea_popescu: "because i confuse kids with iphones working for alcatel doing
tech support for 400e a month for affluent and professional"
mircea_popescu: "When I asked a group of a dozen of
the city’s affluent professional class about
the number of banks,
they smiled and said"
mircea_popescu: "because i
tend
to confuse
tiny 500 sq feet retail bnaking outlets" with "banks"
mircea_popescu: "I was in
Timisoara Romania last week.
Timisoara is a city of roughly 320k people on
the Western edge of Romania. On
the drive in
to
the city I was struck by
the huge number of different banks I kept passing."
mats_cd03: perhaps i will leave him a mail,
to put him on
the right path
mircea_popescu: "Needless
to say
these banks
tend
to be big banks – our banks. "
assbot: The Disloyal » Golem XIV -
Thoughts
mats_cd03: not sure really. he writes
things, i read
them, and sometimes im happy
Duffer1: i've never been out of
the states
assbot: A word about banks and
the laundering of drug money » Golem XIV -
Thoughts
Duffer1: it's possible, my memory is not so good, but i believe i would have remembered
that