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decimation: in a basic sense, impedance mismatch will just lower
the effective power delivered
to
the headphones
decimation: that's going
to be more audible
than whatever
the
top frequency in
the ultrasonic band is
decimation: according
to
their spec sheet,
the ath m50's only go down
to 15 hz,
the sennehiser hd280's go down
to 8 Hz
decimation: my sennheisers have detachable cables
too, although
the oem cable was crap - conductors broke after awhile
decimation: if bitcoin goes up another one or
two orders of magnitude in dollar value, it will be
that much worse for
the usg
to do anything
decimation: mircea:
the usg
tends
to maximally claim & minimally deliver
mircea_popescu: definitely more important
than derpstamp or w/e. and
this is pretty hefty as we sit now.
mircea_popescu: anyway, one of
the comparatively more important btc valuations is, "cost incurred by
the usg litigating per btc available
to defendant".
Vexual: er
that was for
the fossilized mass, not dubs divorce
decimation: the layers upon layers of outlandish claims fossilize into a hardened mess - nothing can change
the status quo - until
the whole
thing fractures and breaks in a massive earthquake
dub got some good news
today
mircea_popescu: but anyway.
the 2012 peg in
the eye of
the beast has been holding out splendidly well.
they're
trying
to enact
this difference between game currencies and bitcoin, and who knows, maybe it'll work. who;s
to say
that's
the last peg
trilema go.
mike_c: this doesn't work quite as well with companies. Lyft is
testing
this in NYC by blatantly ignoring all
their regulations and fighting
the state in court.
mircea_popescu: which is why
the 100% conviction-through-plea-bargain system is so important.
mircea_popescu: decimation anyway, one doesn't "demonstrate". one claims, and prays nobody calls
the bluff.
mircea_popescu: that's why regulation is
taking over legislation as a normative process.
decimation: if
there's an exception for "game" currencies, how does one demonstrate
that bitcoin is demonstrably different
than a "game" currency?
mike_c: idk.. ever since 9/11
the goverment just regulates whatever
the fuck it wants.
Vexual: afik aust was
the first
to deploy polymer banknotes
decimation: if it isn't different, how is it legal for
the government
to regulate it, state or federal?
decimation: like, how is bitcoin different
than plain speech?
decimation: I would like
to see
the basis of his regulation
mike_c: no way. ben lawsky is going
to make america
the center of btc bizness
dub: 3rd world money
tends
to either be shit quality or stay in circulation long enough
to wear any markings off
mike_c: hehe.
that's why i stick with one.
mircea_popescu: once you get
the bitches you have no attention
to spare.
mike_c: paying attention fixes
that problem
too
mircea_popescu: mike_c makes it quite impossible
to get
the wrong change.
mike_c: i can't stand bills of different size. such a pain
to roll.
dub: every note looks
the same
dub: murican folding is fucking retarded in
that aspect
mike_c: wait, is
that a saying in other countries? your money probably isn't green.
Vexual: kill it with half a bottle of red and go
to sleep
mircea_popescu: mike_c
they dun wanna end up with a bunch of
terrorist bux
decimation: man
the spec sheets for headphones suck
mike_c: fucking amazon needs
to
take btc already. i bought some fiverr shit
the other day with btc and it was so smooth. kind of changed my opinion on using btc for random purchases.
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Vexual: are
those insertable or over ear dub?
dub: my dj1200 are not
that comfortable for long but
they are hard
to kill
mircea_popescu: mike_c armored battlerats! with a
terminal upside
the head!
mircea_popescu: specially-constructed oubliettes with a
terminal in
the lid and a hole for shit in
the bottom. <<< ahaha ok.
mike_c: now rats
to attack office neighbors..
that would be an idea.
mircea_popescu: mike_c mice don't actually attack babies. you're
thinking rats.
mircea_popescu: the whole fucking point of code is
to make
the world more like salem cca 1700 now ;/
mircea_popescu: <decimation> 'don't
talk politics around
the
table (so we can just eat)' -> 'don't question
the code(so we can just use it)' << ;/
mike_c: cool.
thanks for
the suggestions.
mircea_popescu: hanbot no, not as such.
the
traditional way is for
the naive
to
train
their submission, as practiced in say india.
cazalla: yeah, makes no difference
to audio afaik
mike_c: that just personal preference? my dead ones had coiled and i kinda did like
that.
decimation: I'm a sennheiser fanboi, but I'm sure
there are other quality headphones out
there. examine
the spec sheet
decimation: yeah
those are earbuds
that block sound
mike_c: are
those buds? i'm looking more for over-ear.
decimation: I find earbuds and
the like extremely uncomfroatble, you aren't going
to get better quality
than bigass headphones
mike_c: i mean, i don't need cancelling. i don't want
to hear surrounding noise.
decimation: do you want
to attenuate
the surrounding noise?
mike_c: although i agree with
the office. my office neighbors annoy me often enough.
mike_c: not so good for
the office.
assbot: Superbug stalked NIH hospital last year, killing six -
The Washington Post
mike_c: any audiophiles around here? my headphones of 15 years finally bit
the dust.
decimation: 'don't
talk politics around
the
table (so we can just eat)' -> 'don't question
the code(so we can just use it)'
benkay: mircea_popescu: die of "an infection" ? // i prefer
the interpretation where
the us is always on
the verge of horrific viral outbreaks due
to decades of antibacterial abuse
benkay: mircea_popescu:
that nobody ever read // it's p lulzy people still buy
that
decimation: in India, it would probably be expected for a Brahmin C-suite guy
to
tell a fellow Brahmin
trader what is going on
decimation: in my undergrad it was assumed knowledge
that
the indians got
together
to "strategize" on exam-taking
mircea_popescu: (which was
the same cca 1890, except
then it was irish criminal etc)
mircea_popescu: yeah. it's
that whole "italian mobster
turned policeman
to clean up ny" story all over again
decimation: and note
that Mr. Bharara is also one of
them...
mircea_popescu: the solution is
to open
the whole
thing, let
the market drive it down
to zero,
then you won't care someone made fifty bucks or w/e.
mircea_popescu: however,
the solution is emphatically NOT
to
try and prosecute
them, because
this just drives
the specific behaviours enshrined in indian culture
that cause
the mess.
mircea_popescu: decimation now granted, what
the indians are doing in
the us finance (btw, have you noticed how few 3rd generation americans are involved in anything worth
the mention ?) is nothing short of scandalous
mircea_popescu: benkay so far fighting with
the obscurity of free and open source software, which is
this endless bundle fifty million lines long
that nobody ever read, in spite of you know, how "open source" etc.
decimation: I can't imagine a way
to be more ignorant about a business and its prospects
hanbot: is
there a logical way
to reconcile
the naive want for "fairness" with -anything-?
decimation: yeah what is
trading without "insider" knowledge?
trades based on an account's report and a brochure?
mircea_popescu: much like you know,
trying
to prosecute "buggery" because people who don't have sex don't want
to
think of sex in
terms of "all holes, dp and your girlfriend". as if.
mircea_popescu: "insider
trading" is what
trading is. irrespective of what people who don't
trade wish
to
think
trading is.
mircea_popescu: there's simply no logical way
to reconcile
the naive want for "fairness" with
the practicality of
trade.
mircea_popescu: that problem is a lot worse
than anyone wants
to admit.
decimation: mircea
this insider
trading
thing is relevant
to your post I linked above. information doesn't want
to be free, but who gets
to decide if it is secret?
benkay: <asciilifeform> <hanbot> well exactly. something bound by accidental inhalation on
the lower end and hernias on
the higher // 6-8 axis arm on an actuated sphere. hernias not an issue, follows one around.
mircea_popescu: "That seems
to have been
the end of
the courtship. (Mr. Palecek died from an infection in 2010.)" <<
the rate at which
these people die of preventable causes is ridiculous. seriously, work for supposedly
the masters of
the country, best paid job, corridors of power, die of "an infection" ?
decimation: "It seems unlikely
that he?d have been hired at Galleon were he not Raj Rajaratnam?s brother. Even
then, his older brother demoted him several
times and he made less money
there
than some secretaries."
artifexd: []bot appears
to be down. I'm out of
the country. Can't fix it until I get back next week. Sorry folks.
decimation: why would usg bother with
the minor part of
the little brother anyway
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: mircea_popescu:
Theodore Y.
Ts'o doesn't comprehend what random means << 'random' is simply a non-scientific qualifier. like 'big'. << looking forward
to reading medicine
treatises in similar
terms. something
tells me
teh colonies will soon deliver.
mircea_popescu: hanbot:well exactly. something bound by accidental inhalation on
the lower end and hernias on
the higher << i agree. half meter cube, ideal robot.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: mpex modem << as i recall, reliability of net connection is not an issue at mpex << so far
that's
the part
that works best.
mircea_popescu: this "we got
the courts rigged so you gotta say you did what we say you did and
then go
to siberia" bs only goes as far as it goes.
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decimation: ie as long as
the peasants are fat, dumb & happy
they don't give a shit what
the remote lords might wish, even if on paper
the peasants are in charge