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BingoBoingo: * asciilifeform will fly to conf3 on a pig, if this happens
<< The Fairchild "WartHog"???
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell pete_dushenski "Their habitual attacks on forums is usually"
<< are.
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> i'm told that there is - somewhat lower-tech - traditional 'black on black' sc4mz0r1ng - 'numbers games' run in back alleys, etc.
<< Replaced by same game with different operator "Lottery"
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> now is the theory here that what, the haxxor is using on bitbet the same address that nejc was using on bitbet prior to the "hack" ? because why ?
<< I don't see any new bets after the 4th. COuld just be a derp who wanted to "win" to his Bitstamp deposit address?
mircea_popescu: jurov: lots of derp tho
<< i kinda liked his piece tbh.
mircea_popescu: nubbins`: it just pulls news stories from other websites and does blind word replacement on the articles, to make them seem original
<<< there's a million of these.
BingoBoingo: * mircea_popescu finds it funny how the same one stump trips erryone.
<< Had to watchh for a while, but it clicked all at once
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> [] i won't argue that wot moves ought to be retained for all eternity; but will say that some automatic caching is necessary
<< wotchains, perchance?
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> [] probably quite a few folks. but the thing that distinguishes fermat from wot is that wot needs to be at least quasi-'hot' to really work as intended, imho.
<< strikes me that a series of "rating" messages should be parsed to build a rating history.
ben_vulpes: "what matters"
<< to a keyset though, not "to everyone"
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> [] that is an ad-hoc, bug-ridden reimplementation of the blockchain!
<< yeah but only half
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> [] and if i am in your list and you in mine the same is preserved by gossipd.
<< means that if you want everything you say on the record, operate a server for your identity.
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> i like 'unscannable for', not because of any derping re: 'anonymity', but from sheer delight in the morale hit to enemy
<< this one in particular
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> "fun"
<< myeah something like fun
artifexd: it allows third parties to construct undeniable chatlogs
<< while true, I don't see the issue with it
assbot: Logged on 09-07-2014 00:04:59; asciilifeform: pierce
<< ideal example of the animal described on one of mircea_popescu's essays - he could be packed into prison for life, any time, based on what's in his file. so he does as instructed.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> for that matter, imagine a "No" string signed. what now ?
<< This is the big.
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> heck, if 99% of miners move to the fake chain all the better - lower real diff for a while.
<< why if 99% of miners move onto that chain, would anyone ever move off?
mircea_popescu:
<rithm> so it's a new rfc and interoperability means nothing
<< interoperability with what ?
mircea_popescu:
<rithm> port 1337 tho kinda elitist don't you think
<< yes, i do.
artifexd: mircea_popescu> can you actually do it ?
<< There are mad amounts of detail to work out. That said, yes. I can do it.
artifexd: mircea_popescu> am i s/open/artifexd/ ?
<< huh?
mircea_popescu:
<kakobrekla> as far as i understand sibert now runs paper fund
<< kinda my understanding as well. but hey, if his customers are happy with it...
mircea_popescu: jurov: ;;later tell mircea_popescu care to send qntr shares over?
<< aye.
mircea_popescu:
<assbot> New lie detector relies on full-body suit for better accuracy | ITworld
<< makes me think... most dudes think they know fucking...
mike_c:
<@mircea_popescu> how often has it happened ot you ?
<< I like your system. But diana was proposing it as bulletproof or panacea for all ills.
mircea_popescu: "The enemy can diddle IP any way he likes,"
<< sure, but that's why salt is there.
mircea_popescu: " that when wot is taken seriously by intelligent and resourceful enemies, it will be rather late."
<< so how late is it /
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: anyone learn the fate of nanotube yet ?
<<< no. i was waiting for some kind of logs to surface, but seems nothing.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: and it is not unusual for it to catch humans
<< on the plus side, i get about 10-20 pieces of spam a day, which are pretty much all handcranked. the attepts are well in the 1000s/hr. on the - side, occasionally people complain about having to redo a comment / having lost a comment in the depths.
mircea_popescu:
<mike_c> Microsoft shut down their captcha service, which was causing that problem on the eulorum wiki.
<< YOUR PAIN IS YOUR OWN PUNISHMENT
mircea_popescu:
<ascii_modem> that or he read the log and picked the parts he liked
<< i dunno where i stole it from tbh.
kakobrekla: [02:25:49]
<svetlana> it is rather trivial to look through cloaks (chanserv can, and anyone can query chanserv with various cidrs and ask whether people match).
kakobrekla: [02:25:27]
<kakobrekla> freenode is broken by default as it will show your ip plainly
kakobrekla: [02:24:11]
<kakobrekla> if everyone is cloaked noone can be ddosed
kakobrekla: [02:24:05]
<kakobrekla> how is it not?
kakobrekla: [02:23:50]
<svetlana> cloaking is NOT the solution to the problem.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: there's maybe 5 actual ipad games, and up to 100`000 re-skins of the same "play slots on ipad!!1" nonsense
<< in response to that
punkman: " Undersheriff Noel Stephen said he has personally supervised approximately 12 spankings."
< lol!
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> i thought it was the dumb bitch on tv that acted important and prevented anyone from making any sense
<< AH, the asshole enforcing moderate talking instrad of moderate drinking. Easy to mix those assholes up.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> it's all rotten to the core, conceptually. what the shit is a "moderator" anyway ?
<< They are the person at the nightclub who makes sure you drink the two drink medium, but get you off the premises if you actually get drunk.
punkman: "or if you want me to send it via postal mail."
< send it to random Somalian address
assbot: Logged on 04-01-2015 19:00:14; mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: so due to this thing called new year there is 57 bets waiting resolution. good luck to the mods.
<< i'd say they did pretty okay!
assbot: Logged on 04-01-2015 19:00:14; mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: so due to this thing called new year there is 57 bets waiting resolution. good luck to the mods.
<< i'd say they did pretty okay!
assbot: Logged on 03-01-2015 21:52:59; mircea_popescu: davout: who decided, and why, that the contents should be gpg signed ?
<< oh for cryssakes it was in the log like 20 times.
Vexual: ben_vulpes: i just want more coins plz
<this guy gets it
mircea_popescu:
<ben_vulpes> pretty impressed that single point of failure went this long without failing.
<< same here #2
mircea_popescu:
<thestringpuller> This is personally the longest I've ever seen gribble AWOL.
< same here.
danielpbarron: kakobrekla> any bitcoin poker site already struggles for existence or is half dead or completely dead
<< because they don't use the WoT
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> [] i like people who pretend their convenient misunderstanding is more powerful than reality.
<< an amusing thing to cross at this moment
ascii_modem: there would be no phishing if everyone used GPG correctly.
<< 'brainwave' by poul anderson.
thestringpuller: easily repudiable
<< is this why twitter has to verify celebrities?
ascii_modem: bitstamp... confirm...
<<< do we even know of a published pubkey for them
Apocalyptic:
<kakobrekla> how the fuck they lose private keys? // ask them
decimation: mircea_popescu: re: knc miner refund
<< yeah in BTC terms they took about %70 haircut, but I think they do all their accounting in fiat (they convert bitcoin to fiat upon reception)
ascii_modem: write a proper ircd
<<< what exactly is this ?
mircea_popescu: decimation: my only problem is that it seems somewhat dangerous
<< from what i hear it's actually safer than flying planes.
mircea_popescu: decimation: such a law is obviously intended to protect criminals (politicians, bureaucrats)
<<< or young women having casual sex.
mircea_popescu: ascii_modem: 'plagiarism' may be a 'sin of the flesh', but plagiarists exist just the same as 'wankers' exist.
<< not what i meant. what i meant was the construct's nonsense.
ascii_modem: drivers
<< presently the open source folks have two choices - open mouth and wait for rain, in the sahara; or cut enemy throat and drink up.
assbot: Logged on 04-01-2015 17:47:10; mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: But... the 3d printed gun dude says burn it all down is an ideology...
<< i agree. it is.