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mircea_popescu: people who aren't in the business of control (such as engineers, say) wouldn't -logically- be paid enough money to go into 2nd category.
decimation: Mr. Fasbit is very proud that you can be short as well as long
truffles: one of u painted vets as having a rosy time of it, not the reality for most afaik
asciilifeform: not sure in what sense a fellow who gets to not only do work which he doesn't necessarily feel like doing, but also get sent off as cannon fodder - can be thought of as 'rich'
kanzure: it's not as great as you think
asciilifeform: one man's 300k is not the same as another's ☟︎
decimation: I think it's true that a "web of trust" of competent individuals act as hired guns to do jobs for govt/corps
kanzure: not-highly-unique but really as soon as you know more than a handful of things, you're already likely something that doesn't exist somewhee else in aggregate
asciilifeform: i don't dispute that there live unique specialists who are paid $xxx k for something that could be described as 'engineering.' but most of them are on some kind of physical leash, however long.
kanzure: where their open source projects, blogs, conference talks/videos, whatever, serves as a way of directing traffic to them
asciilifeform: engineers, typically, sit in 'gravity wells' - because so long as you are bound to some geographic location, even a very large one, the folks with the shears come out ☟︎
asciilifeform: 300k vice president of widgets inc. is not a member of the same profession as his engineer.
asciilifeform: engineer who has to pay $100k to live within range of his $150k employer, cannot be described even as 'well to do' ☟︎
decimation: as if foriegn banks operate in the interest of their account holders
asciilifeform: just as the escapee can't say 'i do not want to be in any database' and make it stick
asciilifeform: moiety: in u.s., folks with money traditionally keep credit cards, which are paid off as soon as they are used, for 'x percent back' crap.
decimation: I thought you were talking about that. as I recall it was because they used substandard adhesive
decimation: as I recall you were hangoing around the northeast
decimation: fred reed money quote: "My wife Violeta, a Mexican, describes the United States as a Third World country with a First World infrastructure (un pais tercermundista con infraestructura primermundista)"
jborkl: It is the same density as gold
kakobrekla: theres a few things i must finish to make it completely automagic, after that trades will show as soon as they are closed (refreshed every 10 min or so)
ThickAsThieves: i replied "I do appreciate officers and their service. The law is an ever-evolving thing, with precedents and incidents defining its meaning constantly. I'm not calling them evil, but I am saying that NCs might be out of bounds. Your malice towards me is unfortunate, as no matter how much I we disagree, I do hope someone is there to help you anytime you may need it."
cryptolemming: can't help but assume the attention will begin to trickle down to entities such as just-dice, don't know enough to know if they'd even really care about something so relatively small.
mircea_popescu: it's kinda funny that just as bitcoin organises one end of the spectrum towards individualism,
mircea_popescu: but to actually try to use a mixture of sugar and quick setting cement as fuel ?!
mircea_popescu: it was beyond the believable, it literally said, "take the string from the url and put it in the db as is"
kakobrekla: i dont think i ever saw code as bad as that btw
mircea_popescu: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) - a new cabinet office department that handles public sector purcasing and commercial operations - said in a statement, "By combining demand, on behalf of Central Government departments and the wider public sector, Crown Commercial Service has demonstrated the benefits of government working as a single customer to achieve best value for the taxpayer, whilst continuing to build good worki
mircea_popescu: then it micropays for you as needed
mircea_popescu: as more worthwhile sites implement it eventually you'd prolly have a centralizer site, select all you want from there
truffles: id like em better as 2 separate works
danielpbarron: right, as in, it was always a scam
twizt: im in here all the time, might as well get paid
danielpbarron: i wouldn't sell to anyone outside as that would attract state attention
danielpbarron: which should come as no surprise to anyone with even a tenuous understanding of economics
benkay: not as in get out of here as you no doubt hear all the time, but what precisely are you doing.
Shakespeare: or, maybe your decision as a good boss, migth be to hire a better manager
Apocalyptic: and that is shouldn't be underestimated, as it tremendously often is
Apocalyptic: jurov, I saw the point as a real life exemple of the value of management
jurov: But that's beside the point. I saw the point "as do not treat anyone as exceptional"
mircea_popescu: never has a thing as powerless as the state ever been invented.
locksmith: well, there's no such thing as anonymity, only pseudonimity
locksmith: "You are the alt account of ThickAsThieves, posting in IRC also as Sherlock & locksmith. So, why dont you start explaining how you and the ret of the Mircea team FUDed this up, hey?"
mircea_popescu: almost as good as your average forum investor.
gribble: Nick 'MisterE', with hostmask 'MisterE!~MisterE@unaffiliated/mistere', is identified as user 'MisterE', with GPG key id C97817F2EE7504A3, key fingerprint E54D4555D630311E14217FBDC97817F2EE7504A3, and bitcoin address 157afpHi6hoT9dTHs4nGuH78TRXd6rHG6N
cads: BingoBoingo: seems like this guy is good to read as part of one's culture studies
cads: As a fifth tier entrepreneur, I have decided to rewire my mushy brain with the classic modes of thought!
asciilifeform: can't wait until somebody thinks of offering fucktard loans with... btc private keys as collateral.
mircea_popescu: prolly as-is with credit
mircea_popescu: should be in the wiki imo, either as-is or mildly rewritten
Shakespeare: "They’ve risen to the challenge, and have as a first response opened up read access to our member forums to the public. "
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mircea_popescu: so if he left with as much as 50 btc, spending that to buy shares for 1% of par may seem to him a good use of funds
jurov: I, as the arm of Holy Church, hereby promulgate holy writings of L.Ron Hubbard as True Word of God
danielpbarron: Luke-Jr: is it a fair assessment to state that Catholicism as you describe it is not in accordance with the Bible? -- or, Catholicism is not a religion based on the Bible but instead on "the Church" which in this context refers specifically to an organization in Europe?
Luke-Jr: danielpbarron: anyhow, to finish off with this page: Catholicism *does* condemn homosexuals and muslims; even the Apotles baptised infants, as is necessary for their salvation; Christ's grace *is* sufficient to completely cleanse us of sin, but only if we make good use of it - otherwise we will need purgatory to deal with what we have been unwilling to change about our evilness
jborkl: did any priests touch you as a little boy? is'nt that requirment of being Catholic
Luke-Jr: and will be judged as one who should know better
mike_c: as a matter of fact i don't believe any of this crap and am still a catholic
jurov: mike_c: you were probably bapized as adult. they are allowed to tell adults lies such as this to get them into the church
Luke-Jr: danielpbarron: twofold: 1) to make amends to God; 2) to give up legitimate pleasure, as practice for subjecting our bodies to our will so that when we are tempted to do evil, we can resist it better
danielpbarron: Luke-Jr: then what is the purpose of fasting as a penance?
locksmith: mircea_popescu I got that, just wasn't sure as to if you were referring to particular posts
Luke-Jr: the saints are not worshipped as gods
Luke-Jr: idolatry: the worship of a picture or object as a god
nubbins`: transubstantiation, as if you needed another reason to lel
Luke-Jr: As should be seen from the above, the wafer and the wine is the Catholic Jesus. And this Catholic Jesus (a piece of bread and some wine) is worshipped. This is idolatry. <-- worshipping God Himself is not idolatry.
mike_c: plus Jesus himself explicitly founded the catholic church with Peter as pope, so there's that.
Luke-Jr: They deem Muslims as having salvation <-- this is not true
danielpbarron: penance 1. voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong. 2. a Christian sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.
Luke-Jr: danielpbarron: He speaks of the Gnostics, the Marcionites, the Eneratites, the Manicheans, and other ancient heretics, who absolutely condemned marriage, and the use of all kind of meat; because they pretended that all flesh was from an evil principle. Whereas the church of God, so far from condemning marriage, holds it a holy sacrament; and forbids it to none but such as by vow have chosen the better part: and prohibits not the use of any
danielpbarron: Luke-Jr: "Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith" <-- written in future tense as in something that hadn't happened yet
asciilifeform: and i had the honour of being publicly beheaded as a spammer there.
nubbins`: but would it sound as good as freddie? pictures of your teeth plz
mircea_popescu: just as laughable, actually, benkay you may wanna do a side by side comparison.
pankkake: perhaps cryptostocks isn't as high profile
kakobrekla: q as questionable?
pankkake: The Fund will now be designated as NEOBEEQ to reflect the uncertainty of the future of LMB Holdings
mircea_popescu: im sure the british would sing under pressure as much as teh french.
mircea_popescu: i just hope nobody takes offense at the bff suggestion. i love lots of you just as much!
truffles: some1 found u as easy bait lol
mircea_popescu: such as ipads and what was jane doe wearing under her skirt.
mircea_popescu: latin is as much an orginal language of the bible as greek is.
nubbins`: nothing lulzier than people talking about the bible as it's translated into English
the20year2: When you say 'whole bible' do you mean exactly as you interpet it?
tg2: and unto thee, god said "adulterers and fornicators rejoice, as my gift to thee I bestow the holiest of librification"
tg2: mircea_popescu, with holy water as lube
danielpbarron: but that is not inherent in His role as master
mircea_popescu: whether it does or does not make sense, as far as your raa goes it might as well.
mircea_popescu: yet you presented it as an exercise in absurdity.
mircea_popescu: i guess kansas counts as southern for this purpose.
cmyers: mircea_popescu: only if you define god as "not perfectly good"
mike_c: danielpbarron: that is impossible as much of it is contradictory.
cmyers: I idle in there as well.
khersonus: I'm more interested in proving address ownership, which you can't really do with just GPG, as far as I can tell
mircea_popescu: yeah, s.mg is going to re-release neo as a zork-type game
mircea_popescu: we've never got to the security of it. it's badly implemented as in, let me find the discussion.
khersonus: badly implemented, as in, it's not secure?
ozbot: What Music Should I Listen to As I Attempt 50 Mile Ultramarathon With No Training to Raise 50 Bitcoi
nubbins`: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/226y67/what_music_should_i_listen_to_as_i_attempt_50/