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decimation: re: two strong oxen
<< Cray died with Cray, unfortunately, its corpse lives on.
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: science died.
<< "and yet we can't conserve tech in amber".
cazalla: adlai: nubbins`: yes, but it could ignore text within blockquote tags
<<< this is correct, it does ignore them and this is actually one of the first things discussed when qntra was launched
cazalla: jurov: what's with the submissions to qntra containing lengthy documents verbatim?
<<< anything contained in a
<blockquote> as those length documents are, do not count towards word count
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> people didn't use to upgrade worth a shit not even a decade ago, when all the incentives were alligned for them to.
<< What happened was Microsoft's "Let's mimic the Auto Industries idea of the Model Year" won even if MS could not execute on it
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> on account of my profession, i occasionally do things like booting up winblows in an emulator.
<< actually last i did that it was on... ubuntu!
BingoBoingo: jurov: what's with the submissions to qntra containing lengthy documents verbatim?
<< lengthy documents go into blockquotes, don't get counted
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> i want prison-made physical btc. toothpaste.
<< Oh, if I go in I'll have an arts and crafts project.
adlai: "For an extra .25BTC ..."
< what's the point of getting the damn thing if you don't get the extras
ben_vulpes: +nubbins`:i've got some neat physical bitcoins, some strange bullion pieces, etc
<< don't forget newspapers lol
mircea_popescu:
<mike_c> oh, nevermind. those are minimums. you can't be closer than that, but have no responsibility to be particularly close?
<< well not stated as obligations, but generally it's his job to get close.
mircea_popescu:
<ben_vulpes> dang did you guys really crap out over 1000 lines while i was sleeping?
<< we didn't crap them bish. now eat up!
mircea_popescu:
<jurov> looks like it can be opened from news.ycombinator.com without the paywall
<< see ? CLEARLY propaganda piece.
mircea_popescu:
<kakobrekla> dear ddoser, please add more bots as it is not clear if you are still ddosing or not
<<< yeah this srsly. i was half considering replacing the voice model with a ddos model, but srsly, you gotta provide better servcice for free if you wanna be part of infrastructure here!
mircea_popescu: mike_c> this is too funny. scamfunding sites now offer insurance!
<< so did usagi.
mircea_popescu:
<davout> yes, continuous trading seems so much simpler, not sure if there's a blocker i'm missing tho
<< it's nonsense, what exactly is a future that has no future date ?
mircea_popescu:
<jurov> you don't like the 15th 12:00 GMT, you want to change it, no?
<< nah he just wants a shorter break. than ONE WEEK. which he gets.
mircea_popescu:
<xanthyos> [...] your My Wallet account [...]
<< logic.
mircea_popescu: adlai> nubbins`: yes, but it could ignore text within blockquote tags
<< it does actually.
mircea_popescu:
<artifexd> Are there any plans for new profit centers in MPIF?
<< yes. got an idea ?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: i'd pay fiddy bucks for one, and that's generous.
<< Nobel prize is gold so you can sell it at one of those cash for gold store fronts in the ghetto
jurov:
<nubbins`> you're just using it wrong ;p
<< lol what?
jurov:
<adlai> slight tangent (from reading about impedance) - why on earth are complex numbers introduced as a+bi
<< easy addition and multiplication?
mircea_popescu: adlai: uhoh, site affinity for reddit.com is 51.2x!
<< i see slashdot.org 151.7x wired.com 83.3x zerohedge.com 81.3x dailydot.com 52.7x boingboing.net 51.7x
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mircea_popescu: "Organised crime groups continue to make use of darknets to harbour trading in illicit commodities, including child exploitation material, illicit drugs and firearms, stolen credit card and identity data, and hacking techniques."
<< check it out, hacking techniques the illicit item ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: hardphork!
<< i never applied that, no sympthoms. so no, not a fork at all.
mircea_popescu: gernika: What aggravates me more and more recently is the claim that mac products are well designed, when in fact they will destroy your hands.
<< mactardism is a very visual field. it doesn't account much for function.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: not interested in such experiments.
<< try have the girl go naked for a day, srsly.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: but that 'removes moral dimension!'
<< eerily similar to fundamentalist xtians objections to hymenoplasty.
mircea_popescu: "In order that the unfortunate views not overshadow the big scientific contribution, some of these folks would rather we stop talking about Watson’s having made the claims he has made about racial difference (although Watson shows no apparent regret for holding these views, only for having voiced them to reporters)."
<< and the mechanics of "regret", ie, we won't stop being stupid, the victim has to abjure!
mircea_popescu: decimation:cazalla: I use 'generic' rewards card
<< but... why ?
mircea_popescu: decimation: like, you know, so you can share in the bounty of their information?
<< good point this.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: for "my" safety. except i'm not liable for fraud. so actually they are being a pain in my ass for their safety. fucking home depot.
<< haha EXACTLY.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: decimation: and aha, these aren't piss-ant led lights either. ccfl tubes - which means they can't be cranked down all the much (and stay lit)
<<< this is the deal breaker for me. i actually run the monitors at about 50% gamma.
mircea_popescu: decimation: why should I trust some derp who 'volunteers' for arch over the upstream creator?
<<< so very much this, o lordy.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: assbot plz send donation to b-a donation address.
<< lol troll!
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: it wasn't the vendor.
<<< maybe it was the vendor's useless bf.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: "Currently, digital currencies lack the basic protections consumers have come to expect when transacting online "
<< because what the "consumer" has "come to expect" is the fucking alpha and omega of the perceptible universe.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: training wheels on a function wave?
<<< yeah, you know, help you find it exists.
punkman: jurov: where's notary?
<< undergoing repairs, about 1/3 done, hopefully ready by end of week
assbot: Logged on 22-09-2014 04:33:40; asciilifeform: switching caps lock and ctrl
<< 'Emacs actually comes with a builting Emacs Aptitude Test. Do you remap your keyboard or the Emacs keybindings before the chords and sequences it comes with by default have wreaked havoc with your hands? If you do not do anything to make Emacs more convenient for yourself, you may not have the prerequisite aptitude to use it productive.' (naggum, who else.
http://www. ben_vulpes: +asciilifeform:and the notion of moving fingers without any feedback springs is lunacy
<< hardly. feedback via optic nerve is entirely reasonable.
ben_vulpes: +asciilifeform:every penny i spend is recorded. even at parking meters.
<< you've got this weird habit of just doing what they tell you. i don't get it, especially given your proclivities and tendencies. it's almost as though you're...an ironic mole!
ben_vulpes: +decimation:few actual important details have been released, like "where they are gonna buy bitcoin" and "how they gonna index btc price"
<< the later is actually public knowledge
ben_vulpes: +asciilifeform:kakobrekla: i take it turdatron functions to spec now?
<< what spec
mats_cd03: Chaang-Noi:not talking about anyone anyone said in this chan, just spammers who pm me about random shit
<< oh the irony
mike_c:
<+BingoBoingo> I've been reddit killed.
<< just being in this channel seems to get a person banned from half the internet
assbot: Logged on 17-11-2014 04:35:56; asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they wish to steal not merely the farmer's cow, but to also steal the farmer's "having being stolen from"
<< usg (and the 'enlightenment') in one sentence.
ben_vulpes: "Currently, digital currencies lack the basic protections consumers have come to expect when transacting online. For example, contrary to a consumer's experience when paying wit a MasterCard product, if a consumer uses digital currency to make a purchase on line and the merchant fails to deliver the goods, the consumer has no recourse through the digital currency's network."
<< oh lordy
gribble: jurov was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 hours and 51 seconds ago:
<jurov> where's notary?
decimation: re: regressive tax
< pete_dushenski made me aware that Russia actually has a regressive tax, probably for the same reason you think it is a good idea - the rich are more likely to pay