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ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> it's the only way to do time.
<< i've been saying there's no such thing as time for a while now, only the length of the longest chain...
decimation: re: ntp server
< to do a good job, you really need a dedicated server to host
mod6:
<+asciilifeform> call it whatever name, but assigning a version equal to ancient phoundation release is foolish.
<< foolish because of nodes that wont talk with
< 0.8, or foolish another reason? i've always detested version numbering because of "marketing"
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> mircea_popescu, ben_vulpes, et al: missing ingredient - armv5 build of bitcoind 0.5.3 with necessary patches - that is, 100% therealbitcoin-controlled seeds.
<< pretty neat
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> phillipsjk: neither fanless, nor pocket-sized, nor still in production.
<< The trifecta of want
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> (why ever run it more than once? leap seconds?)
<< One of those coming up soon
nubbins`: and he says "maybe i'll see you at
<event i'm attending on facebook> tomorrow at 8pm... i'm only 80km away"
mircea_popescu:
<MirceaPopescu> and i feel it's mine to point out to you that you're the [unthinking] representative of everything that's wrong with the world generally, and United Stupid particularly.
mircea_popescu:
<gurlwest> its possible but there is such a thing as responsibility, and i feel its mine to point out that Zyklon B is highly offensive and brings this place into disrepute
lobbes: phillipsjk: Need a day-job to keep hosting a Bitcoin node though
<< try out lowendbox.com. I'm planning on following the advice given here and start a node running some version of debian
mircea_popescu: "Your statement that the new fork won't succeed is nothing but speculation, your guess is only worth as much as anyone else's. No one can claim with any certainty that they know what's going to happen."
<< late to that party.
mircea_popescu:
<pete_dushenski> California threatens to seize land from billionaire if he doesn’t start letting surfers use his beach
<< for the people!
<< soooooo ... why would someone own anything in california ?
pete_dushenski: California threatens to seize land from billionaire if he doesn’t start letting surfers use his beach
<< for the people!
thestringpuller: downed my internet for 30 minutes or so
<< yea that happened to me during netsplit was pretty bad
pete_dushenski: Uber promises not to price-gouge during massive east-coast blizzard
<< because what are prices good for anyways ?
mircea_popescu: mats: former-head-gchq-warns-ethically-worse-kinds-spying-if-unbreakable-encryption-is-allowed
<< asswipes in temper tantrum mode. "if we don't get chocolate we will piss in the bet"
mircea_popescu: Adlai: in case it fell between the cracks - i'm always interested in 'alpha testers', especially if they see it as a service rather than a freebie that a sucker on irc will walk them through for his own warm fuzzies
<< heh the problem of "contests" and "giveaways" etc.
mircea_popescu: davout: one week later, scalpl made 7% profit
<<< best rng ever :D
hanbot: mats> dunno that it has anything to do with shyness. more like... people have become more alone in spite of glowing rectangles supposedly networking us together
<< it has everything to do with shyness tho, so long as what tinder's doing is removing the basic requirement of walking up to someone and asking if they'd like to drink/dance/fuck/whatever
mircea_popescu: davout: Adlai: so ppl deposit funds with you, you put them on some exchange (or people push funds to your exchange account) and whatever p/l scalpl makes is distributed among them, minus your fee?
<< this sounds to me more like a classical fund
assbot: Logged on 13-11-2014 16:38:23; asciilifeform: Adlai: darcs
<< as a military man, perhaps you are familiar with systems that could be automated easily, but aren't? e.g., ru nuke sub controls
danielpbarron: Adlai> also, for my own psychological reasons at this phase in my life, i'd rather get a carpenter's salary
<< probably not the best metaphor
decimation: "As a result, GISS’s director Gavin Schmidt has now admitted Nasa thinks the likelihood that 2014 was the warmest year since 1880 is just 38 per cent. However, when asked by this newspaper whether he regretted that the news release did not mention this, he did not respond."
< lol daily mail
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: anyone who works with power shapers knows better than to hand guide a router
<< it was hand guided by a robotic hand.
mircea_popescu:
<BingoBoingo> Imma spend a few hours now reading trilema and listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd to get the liberal brainwashing out.
<< i lollered.
gribble: MisterE was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 41 weeks, 2 days, 10 hours, 39 minutes, and 15 seconds ago:
<MisterE> Deer Hunter was masterpiece
decimation: re: wikileaks
<< it's pretty lulzy that the 'staff' idiots were using third party mail providers anyway
punkman: pete_dushenski: default time in the land of olive oil ?
<< that was years ago
ben_vulpes: HAND GUIDED router
<< anyone who works with power shapers knows better than to hand guide a router
mircea_popescu: mats> whoa, xanga. i haven't seen that name in almost a decade.
<< that azn chick still blogs on it.
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski> mp can't, gotta have twitter
<< twitter, this single shot rifle
thestringpuller: thestringpuller: is hampering even the best of intentions
<< this is why tesla was able to get through even with mafia style racket in place.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: what's next, ima write letters to the vessenes
<< Maybe it's because I have autism, but why would you write them letters when you can publicly condemn?
gribble: BingoBoingo was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 days, 12 hours, 29 minutes, and 0 seconds ago:
<BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: perhaps we have your new pc here.
<< very interesting
davout: decimation: "emopolitik"
<<< this i like
mircea_popescu: davout: seems to me that folks from /r/buttcoin are an order of magnitude less retarded than those in /r/bitcoin
<< this is true.
mircea_popescu: decimation: I didn't realize that the Crimea was filled with Tartars
<< golden horde sez nothing to you ?
mircea_popescu: coderwill: I was following a conversation on GitHub for Bitcoin.org, and found it interesting that Circle has explicitly requested to be removed from the site because it targets a different demographic from what they are searching for.
<< yeah., circle is looking for suckers / idiots / people who refuse to think.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: ben_vulpes: that's precisely the current Monero architecture
<< heh. apparently sanity is not a luxury product.
mircea_popescu: assbot: Tinder Makes Its First Match in Antarctica -- The Cut
<< speaking oif which : the brave mthreat amongst us is going on a south pole expedition like next week
mircea_popescu: nubbins`: i suspect smoothie from the forums is kinda stupid
<< generally known as such. his behaviour throughout was, to quote hanbot "nothing short of bizarre"
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> because usg is too stupid to move to somewhere cheaper
<>
< nah, not how it works. wherever it moves, the bedbugs move there too. it won't stay cheaper.
gribble: BingoBoingo was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 days, 8 hours, 29 minutes, and 46 seconds ago:
<BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: perhaps we have your new pc here.
<< very interesting
gribble: BingoBoingo was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 day, 21 hours, 47 minutes, and 54 seconds ago:
<BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: perhaps we have your new pc here.
<< very interesting
hanbot:
<mircea_popescu> then it'd be heiress Herrin Herring
<< who opens up an earing shop, obviously
mircea_popescu: " do ops frantically get on the horn to get their block into the long chain?"
<< through that process.
gribble: menahem was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 11 weeks, 3 days, 16 hours, 22 minutes, and 13 seconds ago:
<menahem> lemme verify my id again. brb, heading to an office space. gracias for the welcome.
hanbot:
<ben_vulpes> how was the strip club, hanbot?
<< no buttered strip clubs for me, thanks, i'm off to play the grand piano
mircea_popescu: how about the production of communications to include voice
<< im not sure right off what that'd do.