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BingoBoingo: Instead of
the stadium gates you arrived at
the parking garage.
BingoBoingo: If speed were
the greatest virtue public
transportation would not be a bus network, but coin operated people howitzers on every street corner
BlueMeanie4: first person
to bid or
to execute a contract
BlueMeanie4: sure, and
this isnt a problem unless youre doing something where people are competing
to be
the first
BlueMeanie4: because
the miners can exclude some
transactoins and fatally bias
the market
nubbins`: thought i hit a roadblock with
the poster color separations, wife suggested a solution
that's even better
than what i'd originally planned
BlueMeanie4: this is also a problem with Bitcoin, and
thats why Counterparty cant be used for anything serious
BlueMeanie4: theres
the problem of competing
to execute contracts
BlueMeanie4: the problem with using IRC is
that you cant have high speed contract resolutoin
BingoBoingo: BlueMeanie4: A disctinct advantage of IRC is its robustness, DDOS'ing even aggressively at best interupts parts or
the network rather
than killing it.
mircea_popescu: now whether it's irc or a website or anywhere else should come down
to a
technical discussion
BlueMeanie4: you apparently
think
the whole world has all day
to fuck around on IRC
mircea_popescu: the only -
the ONLY - reason any website is online right now, google including, whitehouse.org included, is
that nobody can be bothered
to knock
them off.
mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4
then i don't like you and ddos your system. what now ?
mircea_popescu: hanbot "demonstrating
that perambulatory sculpture of
the conspicuously unfucked might as well also possess meterological dominion over
those parts of
the world otherwise dangerous
to honest hard-working folk predisposed
to believe in peram
well, you know." ahahaha epic.
mircea_popescu: irc is an incredibly great system, give yourself some
time
to discover
that first.
BlueMeanie4: i may make a contract system
that doesnt use irc
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> BlueMeanie4 well we all use automation so it's not
that fresh in head :) << I do it by hand
mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4 well we all use automation so it's not
that fresh in head :)
mircea_popescu: then you decrypt
the otp and go ;;everify freenode-blabla
mircea_popescu: try it again now, it's not
the big deal it looks like.
mircea_popescu: the hassle at
the beginning will repay in spades later,
gribble: (everify <otp>) -- Verify
the latest encrypt-authentication request by providing your decrypted one-time password. If verified, you'll be authenticated for
the duration of
the bot's or your IRC session on channel (whichever is shorter).
mircea_popescu: it looks and sees a diff guy is putting in
the decrypted string and calls shenanigans.
gribble: (everify <otp>) -- Verify
the latest encrypt-authentication request by providing your decrypted one-time password. If verified, you'll be authenticated for
the duration of
the bot's or your IRC session on channel (whichever is shorter).
mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4 you gotta do
the ;;eauth party ourself
too!
gribble: (everify <otp>) -- Verify
the latest encrypt-authentication request by providing your decrypted one-time password. If verified, you'll be authenticated for
the duration of
the bot's or your IRC session on channel (whichever is shorter).
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah but you didn't pick
them in
the street.
mircea_popescu: so as i was saying earlier : ident with gribble, let's walk you
through
this self upping
thing
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i
thought russians had martini as
the vermouth, like romanians.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: "After a whirlwind of bidding activity, a 9.0-graded copy of Action Comics #1 sold on eBay yesterday for a whopping $3.2-million,
the most ever paid for a comic book" << clearly no inflation propping up nasdaq. it;'s all just legit money, which is why all art and collectible prices are up 10x
mircea_popescu: BlueMeanie4: also Mircea - you dont like Preston Bryne? << if i can be arsed
to
try and
teach someone
to read it can scarcely be argued i don't like
them.
mircea_popescu: also, lol : "While it is occasionally used recreationally for its hallucinogenic properties,
the experiences are often mentally and physically extremely unpleasant, and frequently physically dangerous, so repeated use is rare."
mircea_popescu: nubbins`
this is why you
take your own bottle and your own whores
to
the strip joint :D
nubbins`: Flerb, how would you earn someone's
trust in your day-to-day life?
nubbins`: tourists helping
the
thieves move
their belongings into
the van, etc
nubbins`: scopolamine is popular in some
touristy areas of south america as well, or so i'm
told
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
this is older
than dirt. was
the premiere reason women ended up forbidden from public places in
teh islamic states.
mircea_popescu: o and also : IF you want any sort of shot at a decent lay, you're
to have full nudes on
the internet before you're 18 and aging starts.
mircea_popescu: women are actually expected
to walk on four inch heels after
the age of 16 so as
to deform
their calf musculature and get fucking implants once
they're 35+
mircea_popescu: Women are already expected
to work hard
to prevent
themselves from becoming
the victims of sexual assault.
Theyre
told
to avoid wearing revealing clothing,
travel in groups, make sure
they dont get
too drunk, and always keep a close eye on
their drink. Now, remembering
to put on anti-rape nail polish and discreetly slip a finger into each drink might be added
to
that ever-growing checklist something
that actu
mircea_popescu: dude gtfo, what "epidemic". us colleges used
to be
this fuckathon,
these days
they're like fucking nunneries.
mircea_popescu: "its not necessarily
the best way
to approach
the sexual assault epidemic on college campuses."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform soviet bureaucrats opposed
typewriters neh ?
assbot: Why Rape Prevention Activists Don't Like
The New Nail Polish
That Can Detect Roofies |
ThinkProgress
mircea_popescu: dsherm sure, and
the
total amount is upper bound. but see, journos do a lot of sloppy
thinking.
the
total amlunt being upper bound != non inflationary.
mircea_popescu: Flerb yes, you're supposed
to do something
to earn
trust. o.O
dsherm: M_P yeah i know but at least
the rate of increase will... decrease
mircea_popescu: dsherm
that's okay, but sitll, bitcoin will continue
to inflate well into
the 22nd century.
dsherm: M_P i was
talking about
the article from contravex
dsherm: m_p but at least
the inflation will end
mircea_popescu: dsherm still. bitcoin is inflaitonary. just, not as much as
the various other shitcoins
dsherm: its all relative
to fiat ;)
nubbins`: battery did not survive
the coffee :(
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