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cazalla: felipelalli: I ran to qntra.net to read something about that and for my surprise I didn't find anything. But now I understand why. Not fully yet, but I can at least understand your point of view.
<<< fwiw i would never lend bitcoin to people on btcjam regardless of their ability to pay back, i'd never use the site to borrow either, so i guess it's not so difficult to see why i would not write a story on it either
felipelalli: vorandrew: you said "you repay all year just to get max rating"
<< no, no. The service does not work like that. Actually, if you get too many loans your score can decrease. The score is very bad implemented / executed yet, but it is not SO bad like that. And 660K BTC? Well, they played in TOTAL until today 44K BTC. Total. I like the idea of P2P lending: it is not the most secure investment ever but at least is fun play choosing the
felipelalli: mircea_popescu: "felipelalli it actually already works like that."
<< what exactly "works like that"? Sorry, I couldn't link it. --- And thanks for the links, I'll read it.
felipelalli: mircea_popescu: "felipelalli it actually already works like that."
<< what exactly "works like that"? Sorry, I couldn't link it. --- And thanks for the links, I'll read it.
PeterL: asciilifeform:and to the extent it isn't a problem, it is solely because academia is mostly dead as a going concern
<< and here I go trying to get back into it :(
PeterL: decimation: in fact, it makes things worse, because they can positively identify to whom 'reading privileges' belong
<< people share files, right?
PeterL: asciilifeform:the same folks who were paying the parasites (i will not call them publishers, they withhold only - performing not a single one of the traditional functions of a publishing house save the physical printing) - will continue to pay.
<< what is this "physical printing"? everything is online now
nubbins`:
<+trinque> decimation: a friend of mine always says it's a matter of time before they remove the terminal entirely
<<< a friend of mine says obummer is a reptilian
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: i'll build for apple shortly after i build for 'super nintendo'
<< ahahaha. nintendo!
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> [19:50] is anyone actually trying to build on apple's os ?
<< no
mod6:
<+nubbins`> mod6 the rest of the issues seem to be differences between bsd/osx 'ld' and linux 'ld'
<< ah ok, yeah.
danielpbarron: Retarded pieces like what Matonis is retweeting of late (shame on you man, seriously) are powerless in this matter,
<< links to trilema instead of twitter
mircea_popescu: "The point is less about how vendors don't fix the problems, and more how the vendors' fixes are going un-applied by users, corporations, and governments."
<< orly. how about the point is all about how "vendors" create bugs.
mod6:
<+nubbins`> so 0.5.3.1 auto.sh will compile everything up to bitcoind itself
<< ah! ok. log/breadcrumbs help here : log output with uname -a and other important info is good to capture for a solid bug report.
nubbins`:
<+Adlai> there are a bunch of different concepts which are getting wrapped up together as "taint" so let's stop using that word, it's about as helpful as "jew"
trinque: RagnarDanneskjol | trinque - i am occasionally using the nick for continued development on punks ver.
<< no problemo; deedbot- works for me
mircea_popescu:
<Adlai> how is that any good? if you know somebody's betting address, you can see their winnings on the site
<< not how that works.
funkenstein_: We're beginning to come to grips with the idea that your brain is not this well-organized hierarchical control system where everything is in order, a very dramatic vision of bureaucracy.
<-- i liked that part
assbot: Logged on 21-03-2015 07:35:50; cazalla: mircea_popescu: im thinking cazalla bingoboingo thestringpuller danielpbarron right off the bat, cazalla lemme know who else should go in the magic dozen.
<<< pete_dushenski, PeterL might be interested, personally i think while nubbins` would do a great job, it's something i would look at once, put in cupboard and forget about
chetty:
<Tetra113> mircea_popescu, how does one get in on bitcoin company shares?// bitcoin company???????????
ben_vulpes:
<trinque> jurov: had the thought once in meditation that I was always... hm... thinking everything I've ever experienced all the time
<< i've not read it but this was the proust routine, yeah?
ben_vulpes:
<nubbins`> silkscreened business cards are ++
<< lmk when you pony up for dies and presses
cazalla: mircea_popescu: im thinking cazalla bingoboingo thestringpuller danielpbarron right off the bat, cazalla lemme know who else should go in the magic dozen.
<<< pete_dushenski, PeterL might be interested, personally i think while nubbins` would do a great job, it's something i would look at once, put in cupboard and forget about
☟︎ decimation: re: genetics of intelligence
< the post makes a good point, in that there's nobody who can tell a story about how some genes 'cause' intelligence. But that doesn't really address the observation that when you give a test to ethnic groups A&B, the resulting distributions are different.
nubbins`:
<+mircea_popescu> you become more like your "true self", which just happens to be dead.
<<< oh ho ho ho, i like this
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> idea is that they 'have the choice to surrender to usg' and didn't make it
<< myeah. they gotta be supported.
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> no if you read the article, the 'startup' is actually a division of tucows, the domainame freeware site
<< you know twocows i actually like.
decimation: re: electric chair
< my understanding is that it was mainly a marketing gimmick for electricity
decimation: asciilifeform: re: asciilifeform: presumably they keel over somewhere else, in a designated place
< cats are well known for anticipating their deaths and crawling up some inaccessible hole beforehand to die