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asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: the only way to develop a new idea was to be born rich << or... take it. chingis khan style.
asciilifeform: jurov: if they're plugged into home routers then we need upnp then << why????!? every home router ever made, even utter garbage, lets user open ports the normal way
asciilifeform: http://www.physixfan.com/wp-content/files/GEBen.pdf << l33t w4r3z, hofstadter's best known work.
asciilifeform: obligatory: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html << by doug hofstadter! yes, him
PeterL: "inform the master he or she can" << really, it should be "inform the master or mistress he or she can", right?
mircea_popescu: "Cabletica, ICE, Kolbi, Claro, Moviestar all need to be called and asked to open this port." << at least the last two are cheap mobile providers in argentina.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> Tech Email:domainadmin@fdvt.com << lol! << See someone got the Fenton lulz
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu> like the ents or something. << Where did all of the nodewives go?
asciilifeform: Tech Email:domainadmin@fdvt.com << lol!
BingoBoingo: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=941331.msg10340310#msg10340310 << Now it is on the forum
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: deserves a post << see thread here first
ben_vulpes: http://therealbitcoin.org/ml/btc-dev/2015-February/000043.html << oh lol
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> assbot: Exploiting the Robocaller Gap - Global Guerrillas << speaking of this ben_vulpes, how about a site where people can get bitcoin for reading messages on the screen, then autodial them into say 5k different emergency zones across the us. << sounds great
BingoBoingo: http://dpaste.com/3R9Y3SG.txt << mircea_popescu Still made it through. IRC lag makes you think you win these trophies.
asciilifeform: so people are going to download this file by IP address << can come straight from the fuhrer's arsehole, so long as it's signed by genuine foundation
asciilifeform: dns-based << i nominated it for death
asciilifeform: separate file << was the plan already
gribble: Bitcoin Falls Victim to Galbraith's “Bezzle” - The New Yorker: <http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/bitcoin-falls-victim-to-galbraiths-bezzle>; Agenda: Essential Task of Unwinding the Bezzle - WSJ: <http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324469304578140891938671684>; The Global Bezzle – whence it came, where it went and why it ...: <http://crookedtimber.org/2013/11/21 (1 more message)
mircea_popescu: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Metternich-Wappen_Sm.png << an interesting case of central government driven inflation.
PeterL: asciilifeform: PeterL: the phoundation's git does not appear to have the hardcoded seeds any longer. when they were thrown out? no idea << did you figure out what they were replaced with?
asciilifeform: PeterL: having hardcoded seeds is, in my opnion, a silly way of doing things << what do you suggest as an alternative? how is the proggy to know what exists anywhere without a hardcoded something or other
asciilifeform: http://therealbitcoin.org/ml/btc-dev/2015-February/000043.html << guess what
gribble: Romanian War of Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_War_of_Independence>; Romanian War of Independence - Simple English Wikipedia, the ...: <http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_War_of_Independence>; Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo- (1 more message)
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2010/piinea-amara-a-baietasilor-de-cartier/ << 1990s pic of romania's top hip hop band.
mircea_popescu: assbot: Exploiting the Robocaller Gap - Global Guerrillas << speaking of this ben_vulpes, how about a site where people can get bitcoin for reading messages on the screen, then autodial them into say 5k different emergency zones across the us.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller: i'd go if they didn't still lynch negroes << who does ?!
mircea_popescu: jurov: "Another example is that some CEOs fear to attack known scams in public because..." lol so they will attack them privately? << they have a serious strategic problem : employees are normally decent, intelligent human beings they're raping.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: Oh people are now ripping off MP's conference format << lmao buncha wanna-bes. what fucking elite ?
mircea_popescu: PeterL: If you know what you are doing << most of rural transylvania still makes its own moonshine. most still operators spend the three days it takes entirely drunk.
BingoBoingo: <danielpbarron> someone said mint worked, maybe i'll try that << Systemd free, but... better venue for introducing microsoft refugees to not MS. Not really next step to get better at *nix
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: https://i.imgur.com/n9Th4q5.jpg <<< ahhh sweet highschool....
mircea_popescu: punkman: you can distill grapes, plus they are useful for other things << great anal beads
danielpbarron: height=173849 << my pogo running "bastard"
mircea_popescu: "Also, I used to read their logs on IRC, and there was a guy called 'pankkake' (also in btctalk) who seems to have vanished. I think its because they disagreed regarding the fork thing, so if anyone could share the light on his views, that'd be interesting too since I used to value his thoughts." <<< wasn't that over the systemd fork of linux !?
mircea_popescu: (MP standing for Mircea Popescu.. - dam he must be so thrilled having the 'basic' bitcoin renamed after him XD) << no, actually, i'd rather it just be called bitcoin. which is what it is.
mircea_popescu: "BUT YOU ARE SECURING TRANSACTIONS WORTH SOMETHING LIKE 2,000 TIMES MORE VALUABLE THAN TODAY'S TRANSACTIONS" << check out allcaps usgavin thinking bitcoi nin terms of "usd value"
mircea_popescu: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=941331.msg10329671#msg10329671 << i like how tight davout's arguing is.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> not like it costs so much more to print the word 'trillion' on bill << We might have to run that past nubbins'
thestringpuller: "It's called Moronitor because it tracks users who repeatedly use the same address." << re: Bonafide
asciilifeform: conference << does it include silverware, to wear on head?
mircea_popescu: <ben_vulpes> and none of these fancy "wine" thingies << corn.
BingoBoingo: <jurov> they won't resist parading and making press statements... can qntra send anyone? << Maybe we'll get invites next time?
danielpbarron: http://satoshiroundtable.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/escudo-shatoshi-779x1024.png << they even got the dogecoin dog in the logo
BingoBoingo: * ben_vulpes wants to own an alcohol farm << Rye, prolly cheaper to just buy by the ton
PeterL: thestringpuller:isn't moonshining rather dangerous << If you know what you are doing and have the right safety measures in place it is not really dangerous
ben_vulpes: re grape market << what are the best plants to farm for turning solar energy into sugar?
mircea_popescu: mats: this is gonna be good <<< it's pretty threatening, shell has really no interest to refine further, at least for the next three months.
asciilifeform: 'bonafide' corp << the 'pretend #b-a doesn't exist, never existed, wouldn't matter if did exit' stratagem chugs along.
PeterL: "The Nuclear Sciences Division within the Energy and Environment Directorate is seeking a Senior Plutonium Chemist. The candidate must have research experience and expertise in chemistry and processing of macro quantities of plutonium." << Too bad this doesn't fit my background ...
PeterL: BingoBoingo:Indeed. Would have been nice to see Seattle win on the ground and close the book on the Air Assault era that ushered in << Ground game worked for MSU in the Cotton Bowl, overcame Baylor setting air records.
PeterL: BingoBoingo: Half a yard from the end zone and Captain Nigger tosses an interception. Bullshit ending to the game. << I liked the end, and I thought the play could have worked, both players had their hands on the ball, defensive guy just wanted it more
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller> it's not a true reputation system just and aggregator << actually, it's a repackaging of an ancient idea in the words du jour. tucker max also made a "itsuptoyou" website that was essentially... yet another (meanwhile failed) blog.
kakobrekla: <mircea_popescu> not in any sense comparable. < doesnt matter as long as someone else doesnt care
mircea_popescu: <PeterL> not saying I trust them, but the idea has merit << the idea has merit in your eyes on the unwarranted assumption that it is being implementred by people in the wot.
mircea_popescu: <kakobrekla> no css << to quote myself, you're thinking actual dollars, someone saved. these however are not that, they're fictitious dollars yellen printed.
PeterL: thestringpuller: "Bonafide uses publicly available information — data from social networks and Bitcoin networks — to report on people and companies in the Bitcoin industry." << why not just do this stuff yourself? << makes sense to compile various WoTs, gribbleWot and AssWoT are slowly diverging, it would be nice to have one place to look at both
kakobrekla: <assbot> Bonafide Raises $850k for Bitcoin Reputation System . < whats wrong with asswot nao?
thestringpuller: "Rather than attempt to get individuals and firms to sign up for the website and ask for their reputations to be validated, Bonafide uses publicly available information — data from social networks and Bitcoin networks — to report on people and companies in the Bitcoin industry." << why not just do this stuff yourself?
thestringpuller: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/politics/jim-webb-white-working-people/ << lol.
davout: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=02-02-2015#1002495 <<< i can unfortunately relate ... ☝︎
mircea_popescu: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141118152523-205984021-my-start-up-made-200k-in-it-s-first-two-months-and-i-m-embarrassed << lawl.
BingoBoingo: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/the-selling-of-the-avocado/385047/?single_page=true << Decent summary of the Marvel phenomenon
cazalla: mircea_popescu> and im not altogether convinced the poor should get laid all that much. <<< isn't that all the poor do? what else are ya gonna do but fuck
punkman: mircea_popescu: dude really, it's very easy to pick up girls. tell her what to do. if she does it, fine. if she doesn't, there's more. << I should "self-publish" that on Amazon
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: like machining. << mill cut Bastard file takes minimal space
punkman: asciilifeform: no, in some schools of thought, one is supposed to emplace them in orbits << the not-harem
asciilifeform: but being tall, which someone CAN NOT get, <<<< ahahha. soviet science winz again. had a process for -actually- growing taller. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: http://www.publimetro.co/lo-ultimo/estadounidense-vende-en-amazon-manual-para-acostarse-con-colombianas-sin-tener-que-pagar/lmklfg!T7S2EIsYkHwY/ << apparently columbian press was pissy.
hanbot: <assbot> Tucker Max Is Lying << dude clinton should've been made emperor stead of impeached. clearly this is the sort of shit they're interested in.
mircea_popescu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVcYP3OhlUU << speaking of the http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=29-01-2015#996778 thread ☝︎
mircea_popescu: http://www.dangerandplay.com/2014/03/17/mating-grounds-geoffrey-miller-tucker-max-hilarity-ensues/ << this shit's pretty lulzy, as far as academic drama goes.
mircea_popescu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9Ou3-YyqU << this is perhaps the oddest set for a pop song.
asciilifeform: 'In the interest of the reference implementation being a robust solution that requires minimal trust of its peers the header's only approach favored by the Vessenes' foundation's forks' developers.' <<< wat?
mircea_popescu: ok, http://www.google.com/finance/getchart?q=DIS&x=NYSE&p=5Y&i=604800&ei=PgLPVKGGMoi48gaMwYFI << if THAT doesn't look like inflation i dunno what does.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> holy shit, it turns out Marvel's The Avengers is the highest grossing and highest opening movie of all time. << The power of brand and using 5 previous feature length films as trailers.
asciilifeform: the story of inflation << one of the streets i frequently drive through had a housing development (row homes) under construction for the past ~3 yrs. there was a billboard, advertising 'From the low 300s!' (10**3) recently the '3' was flipped to a '6'.
mircea_popescu: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/pastrecords.htm << if this doesn't tell the story of inflation, i have no idea what does.
danielpbarron: http://www.op-return.com/ << a non-WoT deedbot?
BingoBoingo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8zt-c6CUAAVG3-.jpg << Far less stupid than the game's ending
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform generation... ...hoping they will be able to make a living off this << straight to butugychag. http://trilema.com/2014/yo-trilema-fratires/#footnote_2_57239 < example.
asciilifeform: generation... ...hoping they will be able to make a living off this << straight to butugychag.
asciilifeform: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/341735eb8f42e898cf9d4d130709471e5d01abe2 << ben_vulpes et al: this is what they ended up replacing the block loader with...
mircea_popescu: http://log.b-a.link/?date=01-02-2015#1001684 << come to think if it, usg's Freisler's unceremonious dismissal of o'reilly media's version gavin (perhaps even at some point prepared for a gavin substitution, in case) is telling of a certain change of winds in that camp.
ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> [] (build script, that is) << every time i publish a revision it gets shorter and more legible, fuck off
ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> [] ben_vulpes, mircea_popescu: am i the only one who wonders why 1) checking hashes, inside a pgp-signed script, when patch sigs also are checked 2) patches & their hashes, sigs, listed explicitly, instead of iterating over directory << consider it an excess of paranoia
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> "blood pressure boost" << can't tell whether this is good or bad for your health
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes http://cascadianhacker.com/blog/2015/02/01_hacking-on-the-satoshi-codebase-some-pointers.html << just reading this thing gives me a blood pressure boost.
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/o-hai-let-me-wanna-be/#comment-111914 << meanwhile from the sufferers under the "code is poetteringy" mullenweg regime.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> and the notion that it is, is purely a mirage created by the hairball << bitcoin is certainly simple.
asciilifeform: http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/PSEUDOSC/WhyNoConspiracies.HTM << steve dutch descends to new level of usg fellatio
asciilifeform: trinque: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1323 << on the subject
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: have some lulz << lol check out all the disinterested forum experts. ognasty, "Pool your bitcoins with others. Vote on solutions using the Bitcoin blockchain. " all sorts of laudable.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: "why?" << this thing where you embrace extend and run into the wall a reasonable idea is for teh dogs.
asciilifeform: 750 << or any other constant
asciilifeform: http://therealbitcoin.org/ml/btc-dev/2015-January/000038.html <<<<< that one
mircea_popescu: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/J.Reiner_-_Attentat_auf_Kaiser_Franz_Joseph.jpg << surprise buttseks ?!
gribble: Forgottonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgottonia>; Kadner: 'Forgotonia' may lose planned Illiana Expressway ...: <http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/news/kadner/22647489-452/kadner-forgotonia-may-lose-planned-illiana-expressway.html>; McDonough County, Illinois, USA - Infobahn Outfitters: <http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/mcdonough/>
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> whereas an ozarks duchy seems improbable on the face. << A singular Ozark Dutchy yes, but a collection of Ozark hamlets that in confederation raids Kansas with some regularity is possible
mircea_popescu: PeterL: nominally US is a federation, but [..] << the argument that austro-hungary was a federation of nations, whereas the us is a federation of nobodies does not in fact bolster its prospects to any degree.
trinque: mircea_popescu | that place where you hear things that then restructure your perception. << I went to a shitty public institution, found it a waste of my time, departed early. I would've loved to experience such a place, glad I stumbled in here.