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mircea_popescu: wasn't
the new paul graham derping about how
they "frown" on corps
that went
through other "accelerators" because
they should have been already accelerated ?
pankkake: what are
the numbers in
the fairly
thing? I don't get it
artifexd: The penalty for reading
the logs in batches instead of realtime...
mircea_popescu: let
the kids have
their free speech,
they'll use it for a good purpose whether
they want
to or not.
mircea_popescu: eh fuck em, you
tell me someone's going
to bother select
that gnarl and paste it in browswe window ?
mike_c: yes, but generally you make
them pay for
the privelege
BingoBoingo: mike_c:
There is no greater endorsement
that would be competitors being forced
to advertise on your platform.
mircea_popescu: i wonder what % of
the various derps i ask for a quote from, receive a horribly mangled piece of nonsense
that I never reply
to realise
that
they fucked up.
jborkl: I can't believe you said
that I am so offended
jborkl: 'my vagina is my village.' - seen printed on a
tshirt, at
the university i live near. <1.
That is a really big vagina 2. Does
that mean
they live in vagina village or
that
they are lesbo? I dont get it
Apocalyptic: oh most definitely but i was
told never
to put your dick in crazy no matter how good
the lay is //
they prolly wanted
to keep
them for
themselves
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller well if you listen
to everything you're
told...
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: i imagine
they make great lays actually. << oh most definitely but i was
told never
to put your dick in crazy no matter how good
the lay is
mircea_popescu: ahaha i would say i have my
twitter
tuned
to perfection.
mircea_popescu: "Hysteresis defeatism interprets a weak recovery due
to inadequate stimulus as a reason not
to
try more stimulus"
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: yea pretty much
that. also most guys are
told not
to date anyone from
there because
they may run off with your penis in
the middle of
the night
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform stirlitz rose from sofa and
tore at
the curtain, wherein a romanian spy was hiding ?
mircea_popescu: i just realised
that her name is gina and she goes by VGsomething
mircea_popescu: on like
the internet or something. i didn't go into
that much detail.
mircea_popescu: i'm
the sort
that shoots you in both shoulders and both knees,
then pulls a chair close and watches you bleed.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the
turmoil of
the unworthy amuses me. i'm not
the sort
that calls
the cops if you break in.
mircea_popescu: jborkl how would you distinguish between
those
two cases ?
benkay: mircea_popescu: i don't know how you have
the fucks
to give about people who communicate in gifs.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu:
that'd be awesome if jurov would
jborkl: mircea-popescu : Did I really see
the Bitcoin awards list or was someone goofing?
davout: i should make a bot
that echoes assbot,
the chan would explode
the instant someone says amazing
jborkl: kako you need
to add amazing
team now
mircea_popescu: "write a 500 word essay as
to why you're not a scammer"
mircea_popescu: funny how
terminally braindamaged entities which by
the very definition of
the
term can not possibly have a personal relation
to anything
davout: "Personally, I like cryptostocks except for
the amount of scams on it"
bitcoinpete: "Questions about whether a market is
trustworthy go
to
the heart of a market’s survival. Is
the market fair? Is it efficient? How does it facilitate capital formation? Are investors protected? Do you
trust it?"
fluffypony: asciilifeform: yeah, I'm waiting for one of
the CEOs
to start calling himself "the Conductor"
bitcoinpete: "The federal securities laws are built upon
the premise
that an informed investor is
the key
to robust and efficient nature of our markets." <<
the root problems
ozbot: SEC.gov | Remarks
to
the Council of Institutional Investors
mircea_popescu: edm life added you
to list edmnewsdaily/awesome-people-108
fluffypony: mircea_popescu:
they should call a spade a spade and just say "was still a senior developer, but we lost a bunch of managers and needed a lead developer
that needed a sense of self-importance"
mircea_popescu: nubbins`
they're not really distinct. same root, abranch was broken off
to rub clits with is all.
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: I dispute
that "Director of Engineering" means what
they
think it means
gribble: wn: demur n 1: (law) a formal objection
to an opponent's pleadings [syn: {demur}, {demurral}, {demurrer}] v 1:
take exception
to; "he demurred at my suggestion
to work on Saturday" [syn: {demur}, {except}] 2: enter a demurrer
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete yeah, and
the dictionaries end up looking like lists of contexts
fluffypony: bitcoinpete: senior dev
to director of engineering in 2 years? seems legit.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: what's
this definition in context stuff? i could've sworn we had dictionaries for a reason ;)
mircea_popescu: princessnell my only familiarity with
the
term is in
the context "he proposed but she demured", ie, how
to end up a spinster.
bitcoinpete: hashfast vp of engineering: Amy most recently came from Engine Yard, where in less
than
two years she went from Senior Developer
to Director of Engineering. She oversaw
the development of
the flagship product, EY Cloud, growing revenue by over 60% in one year.
☟︎ bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: it's so uncouth
to name names
nubbins`: i've imagined it
to be like having a secret, but i suspect
that's more due
to my not being demure by nature
than
to an actual understanding of
the condition
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete "A long
track record of success, omitted here for reasons
that were in
turn omitted"
bitcoinpete: ceo is "Eduardo deCastro is a serial entrepreneur with a long
track record of success"
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: figuring out where
to put
the capitals of finance for
the 21st and 22nd centuries
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: what about a restaurant
that only accepts BTC?
benkay: bitcoinpete: what are
the
target capitals?
Namworld: I can see why
they would be in demand.
mircea_popescu: but,
they're for some reason really desperate
to push
this everyman btc angle, so...
mircea_popescu: princessnell no, a restaurant
that accepts btc is not a bitcoin entrepreneur
nubbins`: very
tiny, very rural community, surrounded by -- but not part of -- a national park and UNESCO world heritage site
nubbins`: i spent some
time in
trout river
two years ago, strange Deliverance-esque place
nubbins`: turns out blue whale carcasses are incredibly hard
to come by
nubbins`: nah, analyzing all of
the
tissue and bringing
the skeleton
to a museum
bounce: sold
the meat
to japan, or what?
nubbins`: the royal ontario museum graciously
took possession of
the carcasses
bounce: don't need a how-to for
that. blow it up before it blows itself up.
nubbins`: washed up on
the shores of some small communities
nubbins`: bunch of whales got
trapped in
the ice here recently
ozbot: How do you
take apart a 150-tonne whale? - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News
nubbins`: not
to
the same degree, anyway
nubbins`: vertically integrated supply chains don't really allow for
this
nubbins`: ah,
the wonders of outsourcing
Namworld: Of course now with home brands,
there's less of
this "name brand", but still.
bounce: the own brand stuff is made
to spec by smaller shops,
though
they make (supposedly
to different spec) for various chains