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mircea_popescu: adlai: for the record, i think that's a shame and a sin, and that y'all are a little silly for this
<< do explain.
ascii_modem: airplane
<< notice the sop 'dailymailization' tactic
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: has anyone ever messed around with sighash_anyonecanpay?
<<< not afaik.
BingoBoingo:
<ascii_modem> these are not convertible to btc except via humiliating pederast temples
<< Local "Rent to Own" Chumpatron reportedly sells BTC via something called LibertyX Seems to fit the definition of Pederast temple
mircea_popescu: decimation: maybe 'honest' silicon valley is impossible, in the same way that it's impossible for the two prisoners to coorperate, even if it is in their best interests
<< actually the two prisoners cooperate more often than not.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> still a horrible use of dollars. apple got to be apple by paying about 2-5% of that, over a decade.
<< It's a fake money problem really. Too many VC dollars that can't actually buy things so they go marketing pissing matches.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> how is it a win lol.
<< If USG accepts it can't have nice things it can try to still be kind of the dump
gribble: punkman was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 day, 22 hours, 45 minutes, and 46 seconds ago:
<punkman> if I wasn't already smoker, I'd probably start right about now
ascii_modem: see the siberian pipeline incident.
<< i am not convinced by this sole flower.
<<<< an attributable wreck is a failed mission, really
BingoBoingo:
<gribble> #21874 || darsie || BUY 1.0 1 kg uranium @ 100 EUR || e.g. counterweight, projectile, radiation shield. I'm not sure if that's a reasonable price since an aircraft company had trouble finding a dump where they could get rid of some counterweights. I'm open for other amounts or some thorium metal/compounds, highly radioactive stuff like mushrooms from Chernobyl and a ~1 kg piece of tungsten at/near theoretical density.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: the freedom of the semiconductor belongs - not! to the fellow with the factory - but the one who controlls the entire process stack
<< so much bull. and i suppose the freedom of the press belongs to conde nast, because mp can't write a blong and it can't be more widely read than mashable because wikipedia won't admit to it and that matters. o.O and okay...
mircea_popescu: decimation: complexity is intentional, to lock everybody in
<<< while this may be true, it is also in economical terms an anti-moat. not only does it not make it hard for competitors to compete, it actually makes it easy.
mircea_popescu: decimation: if the world were reversed and china was designing stuff for us foundries to stamp out, it would certainly be the case that us folks would try to do it themselves
<< in 1814 this actually was the case, except china was england.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: what should he want on top of this ?
<< the world is not made either by or for the content.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: see the siberian pipeline incident.
<< i am not convinced by this sole flower.
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> [02:37:56] kakobrekla: he is just caught in a local pain minimum.
<<< kako is like our blind slovenly prophet. he knows teh truths!
<< blind somalian i thot ;)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: at the risk of repeating the last 100+ xilinx threads
<<< basically, there was no torvalds for hardware. yet.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> BUT I WORK REALLY HARD!
<< But it stabilized S.MPOE
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: xilinx ships a set of identially-functioning turdlibraries for both languages.
<< one wonders how they actually achieved this.
mircea_popescu: davout: BingoBoingo: i really like your articles
<<< i agree, the man's showing real talent.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: misery keeps us feed.
<<< that kicked ass lol
assbot: Logged on 24-12-2014 08:40:19; jurov:
<mircea_popescu> somehow nobody goes "o look, mp paid 100s of btc so bitcoin financial space may exist"
<< you know, that space practically does not exist for them
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: wake me up when a 'minuteman' is pwned and sent off on an unsanctioned joyride.
<< that may require fixing them.
mircea_popescu: decimation: one gets the picture that usg 'leaders' think of themselves as being above such trivialities as secure communications
<< this is not as unlikely as itmay seem. at a time when caesar came up with the pgp of that time, most of the senate a) loled at the nonsense ; b) wondered which gods caesar was praying to to be that successful.
ascii_modem: how come the fbi is this impotent ?
<< because it is slated for replacement with a new gendarmerie. i thought we went over this
ascii_modem: else simply sony-ing it
<< only question is how to make the buggers keep the 'sony-d' chip in print.
ascii_modem: that money only existed for as long as it wasn't put to work
<< definition of bezzle, aha
mircea_popescu: decimation: imagine if the billions poured into 'cybersecurity' were spent on constructing an actual secure terminal from first principles
<< there's a fundamental problem with soft, fiat, paper money, that it can't be used for arbitrary purposes, which is the very meaning of "soft" in their name.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: and the whole greenwald/poitras/etc shitgnome gang
<<< very little has been made of this, but here'd be a great angle for investigative jouralism :
gribble: austeritysucks was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 week, 3 days, 17 hours, 6 minutes, and 26 seconds ago:
<austeritysucks> ok have a good one cazalla you too
mircea_popescu: decimation: it would probably be okay for dictating an email or whatever
<< this mostly exposes the unfounded belief that coding is for men while emails is for women. in point of fact, adding an extra byte error in some derpy code is irrelevant. for one thing, it would not be the only one. for another thing, it's just code. meanwhile, i shudder at the thought of byte errors in my emails.
mircea_popescu: undata: mats: was there some more specific strategy with the brick than "fuck this wrist..." ?
<< i also think the guy had the right idea. "when confronted with bullshit, escalate."
mircea_popescu: mats: then shadowban 90% of posters
<<< can only shadowban 10% of users. because percents, and "new version of the world"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: 'Please could we stick to the technical aspects of this problem. Attempts to apportion responsibilty rarely lead anywhere.'
<< immediately shoot in the head anyone saying this. help make the world a better place.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes "To some extent, yes. I spent almost a decade investing in early stage startups, and curiously enough protecting yourself against obsolete beliefs is exactly what you have to do to succeed as a startup investor."
<< yes, you miss the part where he never succeeded as a start-up investor.
mircea_popescu: decimation: asciilifeform: either from ore or paying the ransom required to get intel et. al. to completely open the design for a chipset
<<< or else simply sony-ing it.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: afaik every word of the history of the two koreas available in the english language, since the first days leading up to the war, is a cheap fabrication.
<< in no way different from the same words available in juche language
mircea_popescu: decimation: no word on whether microsoft is going to be held liable for ridiculously poor engineering
< :)))
mircea_popescu: decimation: asciilifeform: I doubt there will be a 'day of reckoning' w.r.t. tor. it will just turn off and the derps will move on
<< pretty much exactly.
mircea_popescu: decimation: It's good that reporters apologize for asking questions, makes the situation clear for the little people
<<< seriously, since when does the press EVEN GO to prepared statement and catering sort of affairs ?
assbot: Logged on 20-12-2014 03:10:14; decimation:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-sony-investigation << there is an air of desperation here: "Sony reported this incident within hours, which is what the FBI hopes all companies will do when facing a cyber attack. Sony’s quick reporting facilitated the investigators’ ability to do their jobs, and ultimately to identify the source of these attacks."
mircea_popescu: "kakobrekla: On a good note, Judge Rakoff called me a brilliant visionary and that he admires my brainpower. #bitcoin"
<< shrem's retarded, basically.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: BitBet mixer is why I thought prop stakes were refunded minus fee
<< that's like advanced class.
mircea_popescu: crybabi: but i won't be using bitbet again, charging a fee when you don't provide a service is no way to run a business
<< o.O
mircea_popescu: decimation: although one wonders why mr. spam targets this channel instead of -otc
<< this is worth something.
mircea_popescu: PeterL: so instead of just saying "eauth peterl", now we will say "eauth peterl
<signature by key goes here>"?
<< conceivably, you'd say something like .rate url exactly hjow notary bot [used to] work
mircea_popescu: nanotube: it is being worked on. but have a lot of other stuff on my plate. once everything is signed, there will not even be a need for something like "auth".
<<< this is a good point. having identity implemented as a stateful thing is mindboggling anyway. stuff like cloaks and so on pale in comparison.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: even if you do, there is no guarantee that other readers see the same thing you see
<< yeah, there is.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: re: wot: (question to all present) - how often do you re-read your own wot history?
<< weekly.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: PeterL: you have to - yes. mr i-owned-fleanode nsa clerk - no.
<<< yes, let him do this, love to see it.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: (i'd love to hear a rationale for it)
<< people other than nanotube are keeping track of the various scammers trying to use gribble.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: that sucks
<< there's a lot more depth to this point than meets the eye. us children are inept these days first and foremost because they have been removed from the workplace in the 50s and 60s, under the guise of "safety" and the general nonsense where "Everything must be separated" that also yielded zoning laws etc.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: the solution being, we lock them out.
<< "if we kill all the babies, we will in fact have reduced infant mortality to an unmatchable 0 in subsequent years"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: mike_c: sure.
<<< tis melting like april snow, the case.
mod6:
<+ascii_modem> bdb begs for the axe
<< yes. it's awful.
Apocalyptic:
<mircea_popescu> or for that matter at all tested. // not sure there is something to be really tested
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: i think the main issue is he wont be able to take credit.
<< omfg the slanders.
mircea_popescu: decimation: freenode seems to attract folks like mr. spam
<< has 0 to do with freenode. everything sweet attracts gnats.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: the observation that, on account of the log existing, we don't need human idlers for anything at all, was correct
<< at the very least they provide a passive certification of the log.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: honestly im not sure whats worse, autoddos or autoban.
<< i really don't see much incentive to do anything at this point. i mean, the ddos guy was moreover useful, for as long as he kept iot up. i didn't think he's reliable, and he proved that much,so.. whatevs.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: registered
<< same easy spamatron
<< moar horribru, now you're giving positive incentive to create unused accounts.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: hm. how about 1 min auto voice on join for unseen nicks?
<< horribru
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: i think the least damaging way is to kick nicks that are idle sing sing-on. asciilifeform: wanna idle for >5 min, get in wot.
<< yeah. i can see this, especially as people who wish to simply read logs can just as well read the webpage.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: 'amplification' idiocy is trivially tested for, and any isp which doesn't yank the offending lusers ought by all rights to be killed upstream
<< pretty much this, yes.
mod6:
<+ascii_modem> neh he snipped whole thing
<< yeah.
mod6: so now it keeps the BDB TX logs down to
< 1Mb each, and I've never seen more than 60 of them in the ~/.bitcoin/database/ dir before being flushed out
mircea_popescu: Adlai: so paycoin has progressed from vaporware to real, nitrogen-rich altcoincrap?
<< no, but some derp who feels rich on the cash value a car monthy payment somehow figured he has something to say.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: I have a ton of cool photos from that adventure
<< you need to start blogging in serious.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: so for a time, God did permit a man to have more than one wife. (see, for eg. Genesis 4:19; 16:1-4; 29:18-30:24) - but God did not originate the practice of polygamy. He provided only one wife for Adam.
<<< bs. the original family was adam eve an' lilith.
mircea_popescu: jurov: you want to say homosexuality is okay if it's master/slave relationship?
<< win. get into leather while you still can!
mircea_popescu: jurov: nothing about fags? danielpbarron: that's condemned
<<< poor j, just can't catch a break.
decimation: re: democracy
<< "Now I know of only two methods of establishing equality in the political world; every citizen must be put in possession of his rights, or rights must be granted to no one." - M. de Tocqueville
mircea_popescu: assbot: Will Ripple Eclipse Bitcoin? - Slashdot ...
<< "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
mircea_popescu: jurov: lmao it says there was 1 x.idiff.dec traded on 2012-12-13 and nothing since
<< sounds about right.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller: really 0 volume on idiff for DEC?!?!?
<< myeah.
mircea_popescu: jurov: ;;later tell mircea_popescu x.idiff.dec expired
< myeah.
ascii_modem: microcontroller
<< the pickings end up very slim if refuse 'arm'
ascii_modem: battery time / mips or flops
<< imagine if the only fuel available, were - trotyl.
decimation: re: tank's top
< " That was Stalin's hall-mark, his style - that splendid disregard of differences, that levelling of friends and enemies that made him a unique figure in the whole of human history. Another thing for which the Soviet court did not condemn Potapov was that in 1945 - still in his broken spectacles tied with string but this time with a tommy-gun in his hand - he rode into Berlin on the back of a Red Army tank; this was
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: Obligatory slogan: "Come and get Tanked!"
<< better yet, "tank top off tuesday"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: who has 60 hour battery now ?
<< do a battery time / mips or flops thing to for fairness.
ascii_modem: visual scams
<< carnival / conjurer trickery ?
gabriel_laddel:
<mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel i get it i get it, my point was more along the lines of, nobody can really do this for you, as a "consumer" sort of thing.
<< So you do all your research by hand? Also, do you have a rotating 3D globe on your computer that allows you to highlight/heatmap known uranium deposits, nuclear reactors, oil reserves, population stats etc.?