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BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> which is to say !s anything made for $20k or so << I dare you to deliver to me a Compact pickup truck in the United States less than 3 years old. The problems are known.
mircea_popescu: in other news, do you know where your girlfriend is ? http://40.media.tumblr.com/62d6ff1af0a27d669fb1ee40459a3b37/tumblr_nox7k8dSJw1uo56n1o1_1280.jpg
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> so much so high street jewelers were taking full page ads lambasting the hoarding. << ONly happened how many times in actual BTC governance?
BingoBoingo: <funkenstein_> wait, Hearst, Mellon, and DuPont had the lesser bankroll? << Won on promisatory notes, not completely paid to this day
trinque: mircea_popescu: if one's considering rules for the masses, probably better to keep a lid on the stuff
mircea_popescu: funkenstein_ the problem you face is explaining why the guys with the lesser bankroll won.
BingoBoingo: funkenstein_: Maybe get a time machine and kill Hamilton?
mircea_popescu: funkenstein_ how did hemp not have ties ?
BingoBoingo: <funkenstein_> show me, next to the soap, industrial hemp << Soy
BingoBoingo: funkenstein_: Seriously what the fuck is Dupont compared to Monsanto
mircea_popescu: funkenstein_ and dja believe that ?
BingoBoingo: <funkenstein_> The "jack herer" street story is that dupont orchestrated worldwide ban on hemp to pursue synthetic fiber business << ANd G-13 story involves MK-Ultra
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> trinque cocaine is not addictive. << Not even as much as nicotine
mircea_popescu: <funkenstein_> was this before the dupont campaign? << specific sino-soviet relations point. 70s.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: who smoked pot when ro was 'unaligned' ? << literally nobody. cops had no fucking idea what it smelled like, even. i don't mean "some". i mean you couldn't find a beat cop that did.
trinque: mircea_popescu: doesn't seem to me that it is
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: sure. usg did not build on empty space
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: who smoked pot when ro was 'unaligned' ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: as a start
mircea_popescu: funkenstein_ fwiw, pot was A LOT more illegal in romania back when it was an "unalligned nation"
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: yes
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: 'not sell' != 'shoot people for selling'
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> <BingoBoingo> thestringpuller: He was/is a white hamplanet with an enabling family. <<< what the fuck, hamplanet robbery ? (We joked before he ran away to Chicago that he robbed the bank with a sandwich, but no. Small town bank with limited highways)
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> what was his getaway car, the arianne ? << Chrysler PT Cruiser his girlfriend owned (yes owned, evidence)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: nobody sane sells soda pop either
asciilifeform: funkenstein_: which is why i say to mircea_popescu, 'usg is dead when you can tell me what country to visit where cocaine is sold next to soap for a penny a pound'
assbot: Logged on 07-10-2015 01:38:05; mircea_popescu: and in general, two types of problems. 1. "build me a bridge" ; 2. "find me the leak". 1 is blocking, but 2 isn't - if a baby goat finds the leak the leak's just as found as if jesus had found it.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: the high schoolers usually buy per joint cause they don't know any better
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> can you even get pot in smaller chunks than 5 grams ? << In a collegiate environment last I heard people traded pot in single grams if it did not smell of dogshit.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> sixth of a fucking ounce ? << yes
mircea_popescu: mike_c prolly just set the ttl on the pic
mike_c: ;;later tell pete_dushenski the graph is likely just cached in your browser. press f5.
danielpbarron: mircea_popescu, what tower defense did you play? I know of it from starcraft
assbot: Logged on 07-10-2015 00:35:19; mircea_popescu: nah, it's a minigame see. something like, you build the case for it, place it in the world, then people use it like a sort of arcade.
assbot: Logged on 07-10-2015 00:22:14; mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=06-10-2015#1293144 << i dunno about that, guy's already king of a vast domain.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> in fact, i intend to have a td minigame added as an eulora activity eventually. << Before or after Lich's are implemented as a thing to become
asciilifeform: and this is where we learn that mircea_popescu cnc-machines his hangers from beryllium copper
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 23:59:24; cazalla: pete_dushenski, that became an ios game at the tail end of its lifetime
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 23:57:38; asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: i still think there are thinking folks hidden deep in b-a. ~somebody~ is buying that cnc machinery.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu aha. neat !
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: Indeed
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: http://imgur.com/sWn4jBs << More detail
asciilifeform: incidentally (and if ben_vulpes were awake he might explain) lead is often added to other substances, not only glass, to ease machining
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski you clink it. has a very speciffic sound.
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: imgur.com/sG5TJMb << New one is one the left, smaller dog 14 weeks of age
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: that was in egypt iirc ?
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 21:47:00; ascii_field: mod6: you may end up, like it or not, king of 'v' ! see latest s.nsa broadcast.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: with 'bluetooth' receivers even.
BingoBoingo: <pete_dushenski> asciilifeform plus extended warranty plus dock plus case plus plus plus. this is all sop. << No one I know with iPNohes paid for them, teh_ girlfriendz (or their dads did
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: then watch their faces
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: try walking into a room of gadget collectors, and say 'OK google, delete all...'
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 21:01:44; ascii_field: ^ in case anyone did not understand that 'voice command' is asinine
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: A bit longer http://qntra.net/2015/10/malleability-issues-continue-testing-zero-conf-faithful/
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: current quote is ~1k usd for the fattest one from apple
assbot: Logged on 05-10-2015 05:59:13; assbot: Logged on 04-10-2015 17:49:14; mircea_popescu: check out bizarro tx rewriting. i issued fca843c0b40a1755eee073a719c856baa7fbf5ac28db84804a44a91f52638632 which worked as expected, but apparently there's a 5269a0e862876040db21706a7849ffd1b7d63e72d6dd61b1d2431a51698bb007 restatement of it
mircea_popescu: also http://40.media.tumblr.com/16986e3f1aecae232080886cabe25214/tumblr_ni8rodg7Ww1u4e2kko1_1280.jpg
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: wai wut?!
BingoBoingo: <pete_dushenski> fluffy corgi ? got a pic ? << Challenge because of few good options to move pics from turdopnoHe to Interwebs since Imgur app went retarded
BingoBoingo: <pete_dushenski> no one buys, many coo and gawk and maybe even walk in to buy some perfume << TrueFax, brother and his wife got their newest corgi AT A DISCOUNT because it had the "fluffy" mutation
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: presumably the shop keeper pays rent
BingoBoingo: http://38.media.tumblr.com/35e1b1e12513589ed42d9ffafcef809e/tumblr_inline_mssdnoHyyg1qz4rgp.gif
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes was standing right next to me when i saw this.
asciilifeform: http://imgur.com/a/dUMl6 << just for pete_dushenski
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: i do not know who is buying. but someone is selling...
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 19:36:34; mircea_popescu: <Naphex> https://xotika.tv/static/report06102015.html << speaking of which, plox to give the guy's numbers a good shakedown, because im considering listing xotika this month.
cazalla: pete_dushenski, that became an ios game at the tail end of its lifetime ☟︎
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 20:27:24; mircea_popescu: somehow. dunno how. but gamers and strippers is the winner combo.
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: i still think there are thinking folks hidden deep in b-a. ~somebody~ is buying that cnc machinery. ☟︎
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 19:52:02; mircea_popescu: anyway. the advantage of anon & disappeared as opposed to "going to every conference that serves pasta" is that you don't have to face the "i fucking expected better of you" reproach.
assbot: Logged on 06-10-2015 00:23:19; mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=05-10-2015#1292365 << lol. i have yet to meet an argentinian that would be qualified to finish highschool. fortunately, online's a thing.
pete_dushenski: ;;later tell mike_c the discrepancy is that of the +/- sign. Strangely, just since last night, the sign indicated in the 'direct' row changed from (-) to () (aka (+)), but the graph line is still red instead of green, as seen here : http://www.contravex.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/btcalpha-sign-silliness.png.
pete_dushenski: ;;later tell mike_c the discrepancy is that of the +/- sign. Strangely, just since last night, the sign indicated in the 'direct' row changed from (-) to () [aka (+)], but the graph line is still red instead of green, as seen here : http://www.contravex.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/btcalpha-sign-silliness.png.
BingoBoingo: https://dogsofsf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMG_23711.jpg
punkman: ascii_field: my only real quibble with the preview of this (or was it punkman's ??) 'v' shown a while back, is that it used interactive questions to user << yeah it can export the patch sequence and you can then press without interaction
mod6: ascii_field: so yah, now that the code is pretty much complete, I'll see if I can get rid of getopt::long and elegantly implement the options handling on my own.
BingoBoingo: !up ascii_field
trinque: !up ascii_field
ascii_field: mircea_popescu et al: http://habrahabr.ru/company/mosigra/blog/268211 << user interfaces in china. interesting enough to be worth the work (googletranslate if you must)
ascii_field: https://www.hackinparis.com/sites/hackinparis.com/files/lopes_esteves_kasmi_you_dont_hear_me.pdf << lulzy. >> http://dpaste.com/1DV84YN.txt (missing, of course, illustrations)
asciilifeform: !up ascii_field
mircea_popescu: http://40.media.tumblr.com/ac190b527e8e20d91509f94f9223a734/tumblr_nj0jkzJ4a41u4e2kko1_1280.jpg << transparent is for virgin!
mircea_popescu: <mircea_popescu> say Naphex, wouldn't you want to run a server for s.nsa too ? << ?
Naphex: mircea_popescu: percentage is right about perfect at the moment; performers adjust the price and tipping is completly voluntary
mircea_popescu: mike_c anyway, willprobably have to yield some of the % which is maybe high atm. but still, i think it has nice perspectives.
asciilifeform: !up ascii_field
mircea_popescu: i'll pay the upfront for colo, you just have to do the minimal sysadmining ascii_field might require
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: is it domain/avatar.png or /avatar.jpg on your blog for avatars?
Naphex: after some feedback i have cleaned the xotika.tv report some. A revised version is available here: https://xotika.tv/static/report_06102015_v2.html
livegnik: Thnx mircea_popescu.
mircea_popescu: http://40.media.tumblr.com/a024c31891a9a2b521cc0371f84a9fa7/tumblr_niwz0aLZHB1skwz29o1_1280.jpg << not bad idea huh.
asciilifeform: !up ascii_field
ascii_field: faced wrath of mircea_popescu ?
BingoBoingo: !up ascii_field
assbot: Logged on 07-01-2015 05:29:32; mircea_popescu: this harms because : it gives unknowns a weight they should not have ; it removes the incentive for users to police at their local level ; it allows third parties to construct undeniable chatlogs that they had no business in.
ascii_field: mircea_popescu: the thing is practically begging to be c++11-ized
asciilifeform: !up ascii_field
ascii_field: mircea_popescu actually got to see an example of my l337 p4ck1ng
mircea_popescu: ascii_field not like he didn't give me a receipt.
ascii_field: how's the wine mircea_popescu
mircea_popescu: !up ascii_field