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kakobrekla: no, i know where it is suppose
to be, i just have it remapped.
Dekker3D: If I can choose between having
the same opportunities as everyone else, or being behind a group of others, I'll choose having
the same opportunities
thestringpuller: that's knocking
the hustle because you can't make
the same connections other people make...
Dekker3D: True, but it beats having a worse opportunity
than
the rest.
kakobrekla: weird. i cant even produce
that sign with my keyboard.
nubbins`: kakobrekla i've seen
tildes used as exclamation points in
the past
kakobrekla: indiancandy1 donate
to me and ill show you mine
Dekker3D: Lol. Being blunt? I suppose
that works.
thestringpuller: i guess
technically one if you base it on avalon's delivery in early 2013...
thestringpuller: Bitcoin ASIC's are getting close
to CPU size...(in
terms of shoving
transistors onto a
thing)
Dekker3D: Seems like an easy way
to get ripped off by something like BFL
thestringpuller: that's not
true
tho...because as hashrate increases
the
tech becomes cheaper
Dekker3D: But
that's just a guess. I've never mined any SHA coins, wouldn't know if ASICs are worth
the mess.
Dekker3D: High price = lots of miners buying equipment = lots of hashrate; low price after
that = lots of miners who can't afford
to run
their equipment = lowering hashrate
Dekker3D: .... Right. It's just part of
that weird cycle, and actually higher
than
the previous average.
Dekker3D: So, miners were mining less because
there was less earnings per block.
Dekker3D: Well,
that's
the
thing. It's been low for months
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thestringpuller: I wonder if miners are collectively pulling
the plug on
the hashrate...
Dekker3D: Heh.. he/she has a point. I'm barely ever bored, I just spend
that
time reading up
thestringpuller: if you're bored you should be using
that
time
to develop a new skill or relax for when
times get busy...
Dekker3D: I
think I call
that "winning at life"
Dekker3D: And
they get paid, because
they believe in having sex in
the woods?
Dekker3D: I've never been very interested in starting my own religion, but Dekkerianism does have a certain ring
to it
Dekker3D: Hm. I don't know about
that,
tbh.
Dekker3D: Heh. Don't confuse
the poor lady any more
than she has
to be. Nobody's joining
the illuminati here. We don't allow
that at
the freemason's secret headquarters.
Dekker3D: They ARE
the most versatile and powerful most of
the
time,
though
Dekker3D: Geek
toys aren't
the most user-friendly
Dekker3D: Heh..
that part is standard IRC.
Dekker3D: Welp. Someone logged in using indiancandy (mind
the lack of
the 1) and it isn't my friend.
Dekker3D: Well,
that depends on how smart you figure
them
to be.
There's a lot of smart and dumb folks who ended up with a lot of money.
Dekker3D: While
they're probably quite convinced
they won't actually die from bitcoin
Dekker3D: But
they might
think
they will
Dekker3D: While
they might
think
that
there's at least some risk
to having
too much CO2 in
the atmosphere
Dekker3D: So okay. Better point perhaps,
the -rich- don't
think
that
they'll be killed by bitcoin
Dekker3D: I mean, I consider myself
to be more of an english-speaker
than a dutch-speaker, despite growing up in
the netherlands
mircea_popescu: nah, people who speak english as a second language actually are in
the better position i imagine.
Dekker3D: I
thought you meant "people who speak english" which would include most of
the better-educated people of any country.
Dekker3D: I forgot
that a lot of english-speakers are in
the US. Durp.
mircea_popescu: and
that
the us guy has a government giving him money, which won't survive.
mircea_popescu: that
the poor indian has
the skills
to survive as a poor indian, which
the us guy does not
mircea_popescu: there's little difference between a poor indian and a middle class us citizen
today, except
Dekker3D: I'm not sure if I understand
the link between
this
TL;DRish article and english speaking people. If bitcoin won't help
the poor,
then wouldn't it be mostly non-english-speakers who would be hit by it? I'd imagine
there's more poor people
that don't speak english
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mircea_popescu: ill have
to start learning what
the
titles actually are i guess.
assbot: Bitcoin and
the poor pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
Dekker3D: So people don't put in an organized, honest attempt
to stop it
mircea_popescu: people were similarly convicned
the 2k year bug was going
to destroy us all
Dekker3D: The same argument applies
to bitcoin: nobody really believes it'll kill off half of humanity if left unchecked.
Dekker3D: But people actually believe
the CO2
thing because it makes some sense. People aren't similarly convinced
that robots will fuck up our lives.
Dekker3D: People always say
things
threaten
to destroy us all. And yeah, it's a favoured
tool of anyone
trying
to convince
the masses.
mircea_popescu: ask hitler. half his microphone
time was about how
they were
threatened
to be all destroyed.
Dekker3D: So we're going
to have
to find a way
to live with it, I'd guess.
Dekker3D: Unless it
threatens
to destroy us all, like fucking up nature with CO2 and stuff does.
Dekker3D: True, but automation is not a
thing we can really push back
Dekker3D: Ah. You're saying
that
those who aren't smart enough
to be irreplacable would always find
themselves left out, in a world where automation runs rampant?
mircea_popescu: chetty automotive society is inclusive.
that part was easy.
mircea_popescu: democratic structures wish
to promote inclusive societies.
Dekker3D: "creating jobs" seems like
the wrong goal anyway. More and more jobs are being replaced by robots. We should be focusing on a society
that can handle mass automation
Dekker3D: Wanted
to find out some nickserv stuff
mircea_popescu: test532451243214 even more useless if
those "scientists" are people being paid a salary by a government, as an idle exercise in
trying
to create jerbs.
test532451243214: I mean..
two rocket scientists could agree
that homosexuality is or isn't a choice.
test532451243214: "scientists agree" is pretty useless if you can't link
to actual results
mircea_popescu: chetty funny how many ways
there are
to show broken "scientists agree" is broken.
mircea_popescu: definitely works a lot better
to explain prison homosexuality, unless prison buildings ALSO secrete hormones.
chetty: well since women have fewer children
these days
the number of gays should be going down if
this is
true, pretty easy
to check :P
mircea_popescu: here's a simple solution : in any large population of males, some will be gay because
the other want something
to fuck.