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mircea_popescu: many many MANY genius minds wasted most of
their
time in pursuit of similar nonsense.
mircea_popescu: there is no such
thing as bitcoin
taint. attempts
to solve
this inexistent problem, just like all
the other attempts
to solve inexistent problems in
the history of human engineering
mircea_popescu: since we're doing affidavits, prosecutor is welcome
to an affidavit as
to how he himself bought.
mircea_popescu: if
they ask you who you sold
them
to, you give
them
the name of
the prosecutor in charge.
mircea_popescu: it's deposited
to mpex, and a sum withdranw
to pay for same. so... what ?
mircea_popescu: sothe 10btc is... moved
to my wallet, from which a diff sum is spent on whatever, baby squirrel
tears. so what now ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i don't see any evidence whatsoever is
th problem
mircea_popescu: so you have a guy's affidavit
that he sent me 10 btc
to addy x in
tx y.
mircea_popescu: it's sad how many promising young minds are ruined by
the predilection of young minds for bad associations
ThickAsThieves: Evan Duffield has given much praise
to
the Dark Wallet project
that was spearheaded by crypto-anarchists Cody Wilson and Amir
Taaki, but stated
that "it's not a completely decentralized approach.”
mircea_popescu: he's definitely misreading what bitcoin does, for
that matter.
ThickAsThieves: “I believe
the central problem with Bitcoin is
that
the public ledger, although a remarkable accomplishment, also allows a gross invasion of personal privacy by permanently listing all
transactions
the users have ever done publicly.”
ThickAsThieves: The brainchild behind Darkcoin, Evan Duffield, explained his motivation for creating
this privacy-oriented crypto-currency:
assbot: Anarchistic Anonymous Dark Wallet Creator: Amir
Taaki | Max Keiser
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves: conveniently occurring just as
the price
topped << anything having
taaki involkved and not being a scam ?
mircea_popescu: myeah. giving
the site ot mr evil doesn't hurt anything on a plaintext site.
assbot: Dear [redacted], [redacted] is, unfortunately, almost
the polar opposite of
t - Pastebin.com
mircea_popescu: so basically, for as long as other people cook, crowdfounding can continue
to make
the
tomato roses.
mircea_popescu: is
there any actual anything done via crowdfunding so far ?
mircea_popescu: remarkable how similar
the start and end of civilisation are. sorta like
the start and end of man's life.
ThickAsThieves: "Crowdfunding has shown
that ANYONE can create or innovate. Not just greedy corporations."
ThickAsThieves: "Same here. I
think IQ is bullshit and is a way of
the gevernments
to bracket us. Qualifications are a load of crap
too. Who need a piece of paper
to
tell people
that
they can create
the next "E=MC Squared"."
mircea_popescu: inexplicable why it's so easy for scammers on
that forum.
benkay: i'm surprised MP didn't get more 'smooth
talker' noms
Azelphur: asciilifeform: oh,
then I'm confused
Azelphur: it served me a screenshot of a small businesses website
that creates embedded art firmware/software
Azelphur: asciilifeform:
that site served me
the wrong image
the first
time I loaded
the page...so confusing
mircea_popescu: the reason for
that'd be
that sheep never make good wolves in
the first place.
assbot: Plane Crash Suspect's Online Diatribe |
The Smoking Gun
mircea_popescu: for
the record, had occasion
to punish girly
to cat food only diet for a week or so.
mircea_popescu: other over our situations, when she in her grandmotherly fashion
tried
to convince me
that I would be “healthier” eating cat food (like her) rather
than
trying
to get all my substance from peanut butter and bread. I couldn’t quite go
there, but
the impression was made.
mircea_popescu: In retrospect,
the situation was laughable because here I was living on peanut butter and bread (or Ritz crackers when I could afford
to splurge) for months at a
time. When I got
to know
this poor figure and heard her story I felt worse for her plight
than for my own (I, after all, I
thought I had everything
to in front of me). I was genuinely appalled at one point, as we exchanged stories and commiserated with each
mircea_popescu: it's great for humour
this. "does your desk make your back hurt ? press backspace!"
mircea_popescu: i use
the plainest language of anyone i'm aware of, and yet people claim you need a degree
to argue with me. wtf is
that all about.
☟︎ mike_c: you can't. nor can you specify
the
tax code in plain language.
mircea_popescu: moreover, and more dangerously : a
term of art
that has a common speech homophone will only notify
those in
the know of its status
mike_c: for sure, you can't speak about
things intelligently with plain language. i can't
tell you what's wrong with your computer in plain language.
mircea_popescu: mike_c and
the "not a lot of jargon"
thing is roughly like
the vietnam forest without a lot of vietcong in it.
mircea_popescu: there's nothing plain about language just like a measurement isn't
the
thing measured.
mircea_popescu: so can i use
the even-ness of
the 129th digit in your measurement reliably ?
mircea_popescu: mike_c "plain language" is
the conceptual equivalent of "measurement in se". how long is your desk ?
mircea_popescu: basically
the problem of intelligent people is
that
the knowledge needed is so vast... i could readily render
the pretense and nonsense of it, but i don't have
the
time/patience
to hang out in every nook and cranny.
mike_c: i
think it's somewhat valid. plain = not a lot of jargon.
fluffypony: ThickAsThieves: I'd love
to have a voice channel, but I
think it would work better if we scheduled it - like a session every
two weeks or something?
mircea_popescu: srsly,
the notion
that
there exists such a
thing as "plain language"...
mircea_popescu: My introduction
to
the real American nightmare starts back in
the early ‘80s. Unfortunately after more
than 16 years of school, somewhere along
the line I picked up
the absurd, pompous notion
that I could read and understand plain English. Some friends introduced me
to a group of people who were having ‘tax code’ readings and discussions.
mthreat: i saw
that building after he hit it. It was
the IRS building, and he
targeted it on purpose
mircea_popescu: well, for one if you fly high enough you don't actually have
to report
empyex: FabianB:
Traded in last 24 hours: F.MPIF S.MPOE
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform more often
than you'd
think. prices have really come down
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: just phoned
them -
they'll increase my free limit
to 30kgs << fuck
them, assholes. seems all short distance is covered by
this sort of low service "low cost" bs.
mircea_popescu: arguably not as losers but bitterer
than
the other
type o coders, but anyway