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mircea_popescu: no, because as per previous exes are annoying
psterryl: as of this moment, i'm officially talking to everyone in this channel apart from you
mircea_popescu: but there is such a thing as an examen de maturite which keeps the children away from human society.
VanCleef: outed as a scam
MisterE: as scale of rigs increase a colo facility that makes use of that heat in a similar way would be interesting
TestingUnoDosTre: I bought some at 500 as well
asciilifeform: from this crackpot theory, mining doesn't need to have much +EV so long as it isn't too far in the minus.
asciilifeform: think of it this way - some people are prepared to pay double, triple, the 'usual' cost for btc, so long as they aren't using an exchange
mircea_popescu: MisterE not as bad as all that.
mircea_popescu: nearly as prolific as bitcoin miners they will never be
tg2: I stand by my analysis though that it won't be near as prolific as sha256
mircea_popescu: tg2 you realise people wouldn't build the ram as part of the asic do you ?
asciilifeform: and people are stuck having to compute the state transitions for the whole field, as many times as specified
asciilifeform: so long as you use an automaton that has been proven turing-complete, and use a reasonably entropic starting field state, you're pretty much safe from shortcuts
chetty: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/28/white-house-looks-to-regulate-cow-flatulence-as-part-of-climate-agenda/#ixzz2xHqYITaT
asciilifeform: as i said above.
mircea_popescu: you can have difficulty scale as... the size of the field.
mircea_popescu: would it hold as a hash tho
asciilifeform: encode payload as bits on a grid, and run cellular automaton ☟︎
mircea_popescu: actually, as a purely academic point, does anyone know a hash that is genuinely cpu-favourable ?
benkay: as their value decreases, so does hashpower from professionals applied against them.
mircea_popescu: log in with either, update the other as needed.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: as is virtually everything done by usg post-fdr
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform and of course it is, as always, based on the commerce clause.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: re: griggs: this was one of those cases that ended in creating a 'talmudic wall' (as the hassid jews call this situation)
Mats_cd03: i saw a few dozen dead pigs floating down a river as i was driving out of the province
mircea_popescu: it's roughly the coating in the pill, various people sprout it because you know, the slavegirl that aesthetically loves her collar isn't really as much of a slavegirl or something.
ThickAsThieves: "Edmund Moy, the former director of the U.S. Mint who’s become an outspoken proponent of digital currencies, saw a mix of good and bad as well, but ultimately he made two cogent points: first, that this is is a rule, not a law, and there’s a difference, and, two, that it can be changed as circumstances warrant."
mircea_popescu: there's no such thing as a "legal service". there's illegal stuff, and then there's the rest.
skinnkavaj: Which is your baby, as an entreprenour
mircea_popescu: benkay you've not asked too many people, btw. as best i can tell they're neither a giant scam trying to run witrh a ton of btc, nor a legitimate business.
benkay: see: http://cascadianhacker.com/blog/2014/03/28_havelock-freezes-neobee-trading-thickasthieves-steps-down-as-fund-manager.html
decimation: the United States alleges that defendant City of New York's use of two written examinations on a pass-fail basis, as well as its rank-order processing of applicants, in the screening and selection of applicants for appointment to the rank of entry-level firefighter, has resulted in disparate impact upon black and Hispanic applicants, is not "job related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity" and does not otherwise
decimation: I read it as: "I hire only those with high conscientiousness and low neuroticism"
mircea_popescu: mike_c there's a different problem there : if they ipo'd at same price as before they'd have a fiat dilution on their hands.
mircea_popescu: just as you're flying through teh clouds
asciilifeform: kanzure: we're still just as far from a 'human price' svga ocular as we were in 1990.
bounce: by people with suitable detachment as ooposed to the usual driven to do good type
kasa32: <mircea_popescu> yes but if you are called as a witness in a trial, they might bring you there by force
mircea_popescu: kasa32 i mean because there's no such thing as an arrest in civil proceedings, and i never heard of an arrested witness yet and so on and so forth.
benkay: is he involved in the low-g stuff as well?
tg2: Well, as long as babikian is still hanging out without reprimand
ozbot: Havelock Freezes NEOBEE Trading, ThickAsThieves Steps Down as Fund Manager
benkay: http://cascadianhacker.com/blog/2014/03/28_havelock-freezes-neobee-trading-thickasthieves-steps-down-as-fund-manager.html
mircea_popescu: store btc as a service, if done right (like say bc.info used to do it) has its places. you go to trade some btc in ny central park, you take a blockchain url with you.
asciilifeform: the 'store btc as service' folks make my brain hurt. it's as if there were suddenly chains of mega-restaurants where they pre-chew food
kanzure: i'll answer as soon as i'm done netsplitting
ThickAsThieves: The basic reason is that, with my role being largely to facilitate transfers, I could not perform my contract without guarantee it would not make me party to the trading activity under investigation. As mentioned, Neo also recommended halting all such activity as well.
asciilifeform: as someone quite far from all of this, i still find it interesting just how much of the '2011 bitcoin' world is still chugging along.
gribble: Nick 'ThickAsThieves', with hostmask 'ThickAsThieves!~ThickAsTh@unaffiliated/thickasthieves', is identified as user 'ThickAsThieves', with GPG key id B28732FE807495EC, key fingerprint D649FD3B664A6BCF801D727EB28732FE807495EC, and bitcoin address 1NfXM69erAWPDdNrZ2k2UkuV7HDPc6Ebwk
ThickAsThieves: no one "missed" any announcement, so far as the asset was halted beforehand anyway
psterryl: has there been a hack as some people are suggesting?
mircea_popescu: yes well as general practice, the underwriter of a stock can't just quit, they have to leave the stock to be shepherded by someone else.
BingoBoingo: As the asshole who wrote that BitBet my though was havecocks not lasting through the end of the year
pLambert: And Herp sees the trade stopping as a good thing: "This was probably a good move due to all the manipulation. Spamtroll manipulators had a field day recently while Neo was busy elsewhere." https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=529946.msg5956564#msg5956564
ThickAsThieves: pLambert I'm not clear to line of your questioning as it seems somewhat speculative, but as I mentioned, the relationship from the start was a contractual one between separate parties
pLambert: was neobee using TAT as a way to get into the community? I feel like there were scammers that did something similar before?
benkay: lol "much as goat is not related to pirate"
ThickAsThieves: the offering was always under the control of Neo, any role I was a part of was as an independent contractor
gribble: Nick 'tg2', with hostmask 'tg2!~tg2@205.204.66.35', is identified as user 'tg2', with GPG key id 31FAA963C3333333, key fingerprint BFB291FE6B88A151B3BD2F9C31FAA963C3333333, and bitcoin address None
benkay: plan to let your stockholders sell at the same price as your round 2 ipo?
benkay: plus shine, plus no tumble and maintaining the same speed as car...
tg2: craiova is about the same latitude as the two regions in italy and france that produce the "top" wines
tg2: geographically they should be able to grow the same caliber of wine as itali
mircea_popescu: they make something like 10 mn bottles a year, most of it sold as entry and mid range wine. if you run into it tho buy it, because it's probably the best you'll ever drink at that price level.
gribble: Nick 'BingoBoingo', with hostmask 'BingoBoingo!~BingoBoin@unaffiliated/bingoboingo', is identified as user 'BingoBoingo', with GPG key id 309BB8D7F3251143, key fingerprint ADD7A9A28F85E5EF1F51904F309BB8D7F3251143, and bitcoin address None
benkay: it's not nearly as bad here as i make it out
mircea_popescu: rithm if us ngos were actually useful rather than a cozy retreat for useless white cunts, we'd have some research data available as to actual economic expenditure of ghetto household
asciilifeform: most of what we think of as 'high tech' was created by people who never lived to see a plastic bag.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: not banned as such. but the 'holy grail' that could have eradicated the virus, a pocket-sized instant electronic gizmo, sat in a glass case at one of my old employers' facility
chetty: no such thing as social problems
Mats_cd03: i believe should be compelled to prove competency with it as well as commit to securing the weapon
the20year2: double barreled shotguns count as two!
the20year2: armed as what?
asciilifeform: granted their arms might still be buried in the ground, as ore, at the moment
Mats_cd03: sovereignty as its used in international law, yes
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu i only know him by reputation, such as it is. yes, some vetting is in order
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete anyway, if you know the chap, perhaps drop him a link. as usual, the clearing of bs starts with teh self.
bitcoinpete: artifexd noob question: do i rate you as well?
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu benkay and artifexd were generous enough to lend me a few satoshis a week ago, which i duly repaid with interest today so as to learn that variety speak :D
CheckDavid: Or would it have to be a personal loan in some way as well?
jurov: such as, traders can claim "no i dispute this trade, wont sign" when market moves unfavorably
mircea_popescu: mike_c there's only me posting as me. however, there's multiple people working on feeding me data and other predigested strings.
mircea_popescu: xdotcomm_: benkay: how come exchanges /etc are not using this https://gpgauth.org/ << because why would anyone sane give their keys away to some website ? might as well ask why no serious bloggers are ujsing disqus.
noCHINA: there is no such thing as 'manipulation' -- there are only bids and asks ... they're either filled or not
mircea_popescu: nearly as common means, of course, NOT AS COMMON.
mircea_popescu: "Credit and debit cards are nearly as common as cash. "
MisterE: here in Thailand it's much less as well.
moiety: lolol kakobrekla mine isn't as bad as i thought it would be in that lines list XD
pankkake: try haveged as I said earlier
Apocalyptic: given /dev/urandom is already using /dev/random as one
Apocalyptic: you're using /dev/urandom as a source of entropy ?
mike_c: 400 lines a day, plus trilema. and people think he has sock puppets too. more likely there are 3 people typing as mp :)
CheckDavid: But those profits are not taxed as normal profits
CheckDavid: Because then the company declares those 'profits' as costs
TestingUnoDosTre: I remember hearing, as a child, that the atmosphere contained more oxygen when the dinosaurs were around
benkay: the public offering is required to get the hype machine going so that the 'ipo' pulls in as many coins as possible
thestringpuller: the members can trade equity as they see fit amongst themselves...
Mats_cd03: except your business isnt nearly as cool
CheckDavid: What do you think about issuing a coin as a way of funding for a business?