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mircea_popescu: that's he problem. an ok job is actually worse for
them.
punkman: they used
to do an okay job keeping crap out, guess
to many derps submitting
these days
mircea_popescu: there's really no
third way : either you moderate and are actually good at it, which so far is strictly mpex,
punkman: apparently
their algorithm always comes back with "hell yeah, let's fund
this shit"
punkman: "Algorithm
to replace human review of proposals." <- I just can't see
that happening
assbot: Kickstarter projects no longer need human vetting prior
to launch | Ars
Technica
punkman: spent
the afternoon making a big sand castle, found a
thai restaurant
that wasn't horrible, very rewarding
punkman: good discussion after
that
punkman: mircea_popescu: assbot: Kickstarter project spent $3.5M
to finish a working prototypeand ended in disaster | Ars
Technica << punkman
to be fair,
that's not really either important or making a lot of sense. << indeed, who cares how much money
they waste.
the product was very lulzy
though
bitcoinpete: but not
too much
that
they kicked out of
the "social enterprise" club
mircea_popescu: poor people are still poor. what's
the deliverable exactly ?
bitcoinpete: probably along
the lines of "dozens served"
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: 37coins does bitcoin over sms, bitpesa does bitcoin remittance
to kenya
mircea_popescu: ahahha
that article's so lulzy, because
this retarded shit is
true.
mircea_popescu: "For most older Americans, calling yourself a liberal means you want
to increase
the size, scope, and spending of
the government"
bitcoinpete: "Humbling
to see women in #fintech like @37coins & @BitPesa delivering on
the promise of #bitcoin
to empower
the unbanked. #CoinSummit"
bitcoinpete: it's like a relaxed yet cutting edge
toothpaste
mircea_popescu: jesus who put stale pasta in Jessica Misener's cerebral cavity and why am i reading
this sht.
mircea_popescu: to have a view eyes are not enough
to see, nor mouth enough
to speak, nor even some ganglion
to somehow connect
these
two. in order
to have a view one must have
the ability
to evoke
that view in another, preferably another who does not care.
mircea_popescu: what happened
to
those old days when in order
to have a view one first had
to persuade ?
assbot: Millennials’ Political Views Baffle Baby Boomers -
TIME
mircea_popescu: i have no idea why
that
thing's not more famous, it has just
the right combo of freaky, cultured and humour
to be another barbarella.
mircea_popescu: btw, if anyone's got 12 yos, get
them "i sell
the dead"
assbot: Auctions America -
The Littlefield Collection
assbot: The great proletarian Pullman - Bonhams
to auction Mao minister's Mercedes | Classic Driver Magazine
assbot: WHAT
THE ACTUAL FUCK, CANADA? - Imgur
assbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
davout: hehe
this page is only in french
davout: mircea_popescu: lol didn't i show you
this one ?
mircea_popescu: you know
they'll make you dine as a citizenship
test ?
davout: the reason we don't shower is
that we naturally smell awesome
kakobrekla: ill subscribe for french passport at
this rate.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: or just mix
the laxatives in
the drink and run. << why run ?
mircea_popescu: great. punkman is like
the resident social caseworker.
jborkl: well, you know a broken spoon is worth a bunch
to
the creator or
the mentally ill
mircea_popescu: through such eminent strategies as giving away whatever passes for a password in
that particular altscam world ?
mircea_popescu: so is it
that some derp holding a worthless scamcoin he arbitrarily values at 1k btc got his worthless scamcoin "stolen"
jborkl: and is paying 500
to get it back
davout: jborkl:
they just "said" nobody expects
them
to "do"
jborkl: so how exactly do
they propose
to enforce
this?
davout: i
think
they are fucking
terrified
davout: no, because i read between
the lines of
that
thing
mircea_popescu: i wonder what's next, we decide
to confiscate all bitcoin owned by anyone involved with
the french government ?
mircea_popescu: lol so
the frenchies want
to a) make bitcoin
tx illegal among anon parties and b) make max
tx 3k euro.
assbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
dub: I liked
that park auctioning app from
the valley
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform etsy is a great place
to meet famished young
things. some pretty. some educable.
jborkl: people fell all over
themselves
to "invest" in
this
dub: taxi's are safer called, mopst of
the flaggable ones are driven by rapists
jborkl: well let me give you
this example - Bakewell raised funds
through a IPO with a shoe on his head picture
to build 2 GPU minners
jborkl: If you were so inclined,
to further drive mirceas point. It was very easy
to raise 50K bitcoins
two years ago
mircea_popescu: never waited more
than a minute. walk up
to street, lift hand.
taxi is
tere.
mircea_popescu: actualy,
to put it in perspective, i've lived here for over a month,
took > 100 rides, NEVER HAD
TO CALL ONE.
mircea_popescu: the idea
that
there's a "global market" is beyond shoddy.
mircea_popescu: i can
tell you
that uber has 0 chances in romania, because i've never had a
taxi be over 5 minutes, nor did i ever have a problem getting lost items back
midnightmagic: Nobody cares about
taxis or buses or rail. Everyone just has a car.
assbot: Senate Judiciary Committee Backs Constitutional Amendment
to Restrict Free Speech - Hit & Run : Reason.com
mircea_popescu: " For most of America, prior
to Uber it was impossible
to predict how long it would
take for a
taxi
to show up."
assbot: MPEx status update pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.