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asciilifeform: given as deflection, in a particular magnetic field, is proportional to velocity.
nubbins`: diametric: regarding contracts, find one you like the format of and use that as a guide
nubbins`: i'm on several lists as well, although for different reasons :D
asciilifeform: Vexual: nothing prevents you from using cardano as a flash drive
asciilifeform: where, if certain things are written to it, and the trigger is pulled, others will appear as well.
asciilifeform: considering that it appears, for all intents and purposes, as a usb flash disk.
nubbins`: vexual, i think generally those who can't figure out the device as it exists probably don't have a pressing need for one, either :)
asciilifeform: my expectation is that some of the first batch of cardanos will be distributed as 'review' units
asciilifeform: actually the costliest component on that board, not counting the board itself (as published in mircea's statement)
asciilifeform: as you can probably tell, shield is missing.
KRS1: i would then be able to see correlations using time as a function
mircea_popescu: course the title and the content are well divergent, as is fashionable in "media"
asciilifeform: not a job requirement, as such
Duffer1: you mean attempt integrating folding as a pow for a coin?
asciilifeform: as someone who was actually paid to (attempt) protein folding, it is especially funny to me.
mircea_popescu: in general these things start out as the best they'll ever be
asciilifeform: smells like a typical american 'charity', packaged as a scamcoin.
KRS1: point is..whats better than making money as getting high to a heroin user
mike_c: no such thing as bad publicity. ask bitbet :)
gribble: Nick 'diametric', with hostmask 'diametric!~diametric@2604:3400:dc1:43:216:3eff:fe27:bf9d', is identified as user 'diametric', with GPG key id BDD47433133081CF, key fingerprint 0789CB4F508B384EB74CEFBFBDD47433133081CF, and bitcoin address None
BingoBoingo: Namworld: At the rate competition is moving we might as well wait and anticipate nubbins' as competitor #4
asciilifeform: by some accounts, soviet GRU did this routinely - or rather, training missions with local police as adversary
randomcloud: As if that isn't enough.
randomcloud: If you think they'll scam out you should get your money out of there as soon as you get it
BingoBoingo: *not fifth, handle as per the picture I linked earlier.
gribble: Nick 'bingoboingo', with hostmask 'BingoBoingo!~BingoBoin@unaffiliated/bingoboingo', is identified as user 'BingoBoingo', with GPG key id 309BB8D7F3251143, key fingerprint ADD7A9A28F85E5EF1F51904F309BB8D7F3251143, and bitcoin address None
Namworld: Shown as Qxe7+
mircea_popescu: basically the internet is a glimpse into the future of india. girls are about as common as good pickles.
Vexual: i have no idea bongo, i am actually as shit as chess as i appear
mircea_popescu: she was hawt as hell when she was 16 i'll tell you that.
asciilifeform: people who are seen as 'winning' tend to get explanations attached, of how they 'must have cheated.' consider the legend of the 'bronze head.'
asciilifeform: people tend to think of emotion as 'credible signal' (game-theory term)
Vexual: theres a great hollywood horror in it, 80's valley girls and sir kinglsey as the spych who end up in prison
asciilifeform: people who treat friends/family as meat puppets, soldiers who shoot their comrades in the back to cover their shameful retreat, etc.
kakobrekla: as long as you give them water and dont cook them
mircea_popescu: buyt as he is not in the wot, the fact of the matter is that as far as bitcoin is concerned, his identity belongs more to the "seven dorks" than to him himself
mircea_popescu: especially as no fucking fucking took place.
ThickAsThieves: "The disgraced Spitzer — infamous for wearing his signature black knee socks while having sex with hookers — appears to have a bit of a foot fetish as well, according to onlookers."
mircea_popescu: seems about as likely as that chick last night actually being a faerie
kakobrekla: >The intention of this thread is to post analysis on short to medium term fiat/BTC price developments, scenarios, portfolio allocation, etc. what fits the topic. No double bottoms, ad hominem, trolling or low level comments. As usual, your post will be deleted if not conforming to guidelines above.
mircea_popescu: anyway, there is something satisfying about a rich southern breakfast as the storm rages outside , but my bacon comment was mostly in-context joke re the scriptures burning stuff
mircea_popescu: also known as a 14 yo aspiring student from mainlaind china with a space alien treasure hunter millionaire friend
mircea_popescu: "Plutus is managed by a crypto-currency enthusiast and risk management specialist located in Canada with 10+ years of experience in studying/working as an actuary with relevant experience in statistics/mathematics, trading, fund management and entrepreneurship. "
mircea_popescu: Neil how will you verify who bets ? they're permitted by default, as you'd never know
Neil: (though they've paid out several, so it's not as if they're planning a run, yet)
mircea_popescu: well... i would guess what they mean is that by now it doesn't matter anymore. it might as well be closed.
BingoBoingo: nubbins`: I imagine some regions though can't be good. Take Ohio as an example. For most of the 20th century thier rivers were flamable.
Duffer1: i eat quacker life, looks exactly the same as your nestle shreddies
nubbins`: cheap as fuck and SO DELICIOUS
BingoBoingo: I was largely a fan of the permanent dent the monitor left in the folding table that served as my desk there.
BingoBoingo: benkay: I don't have very positive feeling for the JVM, I think releasing it was a low point for Sun. I say this as someone who in their first job after dishwashing had a Sun Ultra 80 as their work computer because it was they one that was available.
pankkake: that's the nice thing about being a slave (or as other call it, employee); you don't have to care about it too much
asciilifeform: 'national security' might as well 'lettre de cachet enforcement'. wonder why they bothered formalizing it.
ozbot: FBI Drops Law Enforcement as 'Primary' Mission
asciilifeform: http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/01/05/fbi_drops_law_enforcement_as_primary_mission
BingoBoingo: The value of the coins though is as a store.
BingoBoingo: Because such a deposit existed Dooglus was able to extract exactly what he was owed as opposed to submitting himself to the arbitrary fractional repayment/settlement mess TF devised.
BingoBoingo: benkay: As I understand he made a deposit to Dooglus in advance
BingoBoingo: KRS1: I'm not talking about that. The BTC/Fiat interface is boring and overdone. I'm thinking applications of BTC tht take advantage of its function as a store of value (ie the most popular use of BTC)
BingoBoingo: KRS1: I'm more convinced that as Bitcoin matures people will progress through more and more advanced holdign styles
mircea_popescu: not much volume as of yet
kakobrekla: somalians work as well.
BingoBoingo: Close that bet when the season starts and as the season progresses let bets open for the outcomes of individual teams.
BingoBoingo: They might stretch it out a while. People can be irrational longer than we expect as Usagi being able to list a silver instrument of some indeterminate form on a scam exchange illustrates.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo no but the idea is, the ops themselves have more of a clue. obviously as it is now, every failed seo expert/14 yo running his own site this won't be the case
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo ideally it evolves as an exchange (ie, a myriad actually honest operators do line betting and promotion, and then meet on bitbet and hedge in a liquid market)
mircea_popescu: it's as if anyone buying shares bought from the nyse itself, and anyone selling sold to nyse itself
BingoBoingo: Well, yeah. Breaking one of the "big guys" and firmly placing yourself as the bigger and more solvent guy
BingoBoingo: Well... Yeah. As the years go on though the relative impressiveness of the story will grow simply because n00bs can't remember single dollar digit btc.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I've been putting money on Auburn at as many books as I can that haven't been rather conclusively labeled scam yet. Cheaper exercise than the one you did with Patrick Harnett.
benkay: i was reading some other derpage from him recently as well.
BingoBoingo: benkay: You might as well. Blogging is like Brussels sprouts. No matter what you expections are something about the venutre is going to taste kind of bitter until the frost sets.
pankkake: this. is. beautiful: "So we view this as not just an idea, we are not just a company taking an existing idea and putting it into the Bitcoin space. We are a company that is revamping the idea into a successful business through design, culture, process, technology, customer support, innovation, growth and proper staffing within the Bitcoin world."
mike_c: how could they possibly compete with the established players when they have to pay out at least 70% of their profits as dividends?
ThickAsThieves: using wallets as keys
Duffer1: i don't i'll ever see the day when i'd feel comfortable having my real name as a user nick
ozbot: thick as thieves - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
ThickAsThieves: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/thick+as+thieves
mircea_popescu: i always thought of that as more of a "free association" exercise.
jurov: as if doing 1000 transfers of $4k each is easier
mircea_popescu: it would stand to reason that this navel grazing is in fact indicative of bitcoin's nicheness. as bitcoin diff bets start getting less interest than sport bets we will know that bitcoin is pretty much reached its secular price.
mircea_popescu: the sports don't get as much interest as diff/price huh ?
mircea_popescu: but as worthy as that idea is, calling carbon dioxide "carbon" as if that's how chemistry works makes me cringe.
nubbins`: i had three feet in my doorway earlier when i went to the store. shovelled it all. checked an hour ago, just as much there again
pankkake: http://www.campusbasement.com/uploads/6-feet-of-snow-in-door-serves-as-beer-fridge-1305520635.jpg
nubbins`: not sure if they forgot to black us out, or if we're on the same circuit as the fire station
jurov: well, quite a few people died because they have seen it as only possibility for someone to care
mircea_popescu: some proposition doesn't become a right just as soon as someone somehwere doesn't see why it shouldn't be, that's why
mircea_popescu: you presume this counts as any sort of loss ?
the20year: i guess a sewage plant in texas is now selling the waste as fertilizer, making a ton off it
BingoBoingo: That local site is now repurposed as a sewage treatment facility
asciilifeform: as in india.
the20year: as for cost, they can't be beat
nubbins`: i just shook my head as i purchased the last kerosene heater
mircea_popescu: it's almost as if the hash had fallen from under the network.
kakobrekla: but as vapor you need the right mixture
mircea_popescu: as a vapor however...
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla it;s true that gasoline as a liquid will not catch on fire
kakobrekla: smoking at petrol pump is not as dangerous as it sounds
testingUnoDosTre: couldn't I be just as damaging on linux while dealing btc as with windows?