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ThickAsThieves: mircea_popescu when you mention "art" for S.MG shall be open market, does
that mean: 1. It will start
that way? 2. It will/won't not have a style guide as boundary? 3. Audio will be sourced likewise? (style guide? music? sfx? voice?)
cgcardona: thankfully my wot score is pretty low.
thanks man
danielpbarron: i don't
think it's nearly as easy
to get
that changed
cgcardona: or do I need
to get
them
transfered
cgcardona: danielpbarron: mircea_popescu well
that was waaaay easier
than I expected
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: have you been inviting more? i saw
that sull earlier...
danielpbarron: mircea_popescu: ya,
that's how I found out about you and
this channel, actually
ThickAsThieves: does someone have
that referral link
thing mike_c made handy? is it actually functional for referrals or just functionally random loading?
ThickAsThieves: <+ozbot> BitBet - ATC
to reach block 50000 on
time /// interesting
to see so much betting, gives miners more incentive .... if
they're paying attention
mircea_popescu: ok so now i have
to go
to an irl meeting, but! if moar
twitter noobs show up on webchat, pls
to voice
them and
tell
them i'll be back in a few hours.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu:
the 1,045 yo 'toss be "Raszagal, Matriarch of
the Dark
Templar." your intel serves you well
danielpbarron: ugh, why is Micon so aloof; I'd like
to see
these worlds collide
cgcardona_: mircea_popescu: also
thanks for
the heads up.
truly appreciate you
thinking of me.
danielpbarron: cgcardona_:
the nickserv pass? i
think
they can help you with
that?
cgcardona_: yes,
this is why super users don't lose passwords (le sigh)
cgcardona_: hmmm. cgcardona_ is my only nick. I used cgcardona (without
the _) a couple of years ago but I've unfortunately lost
the password I
think.
fluffypony: cgcardona_: When you auth
to
the nick I
think it sends you
the message
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: Very much so - lots of guys from neighbouring countries going
to Nigeria
to work and needing
to send money back
to Kenya or whatevs
mircea_popescu: afaik
the african boom in sms payments was mostyly driven by nigeria's oil sector
fluffypony: So you kinda need
to setup a multi-country operation
fluffypony: But you need
that agent network in
the destination countries
to "cash out"
fluffypony: International remittance is more interesting -
there are
tons of Zimbabweans and Malawians here
fluffypony: mircea_popescu:
There's been a strong push in low-cost banking services here;
there's a legal requirement for every bank
to offer a low-cost banking product
that doesn't exceed dictated maximum costs, so for remittance within
the country (for miners sending money
to
their families, for eg)
they just use
that
Maciano: good luck, I read your site from
time
to
time, you've got your shit
together
Maciano: OK,
thought it was worth a
try.
fluffypony: At least
the porn dude knew
the acronyms :-P
mircea_popescu: Maciano well
that's problematic
then, because i quite specifically need someone with aff experience, and lots of it.
Maciano: before as PhD, but
that wasn't for me
Maciano: Working for
telecoms (T-Mobile, KPN), say 5 yrs
fluffypony: Nah, Vodacom (cellular service provider) and Nedbank (bank) spent millions in
trying
to bring M-pesa
to South Africa; after a few years
they don't have a substantial market and Nedbank has pulled out of
the deal. Not a good market indicator.
Maciano: on possible work, what's
the job?
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: I don't have
the knowledge or connections
to do set
that up in
the Northern African countries
fluffypony: That's actually mildly interesting for Africa, if someone couples
that with an exchange network like m-pesa's it could be disruptive
atcbot: [ATC Last Block] Height: 30562
Time: 2014-05-03T14:06:59Z Vout Sum: 512 Number
TXs: 1 Difficulty: 455357.12903751 Hash: 000000000000096857832afbc07cd418f79d9120dcb3cf3dcb018b9bcbc7ad7d Fee: 0.00000000 Size: 552 Days Destroyed: 0 Confirmations: 1
mircea_popescu: pretty much
the exact
thing, plus an attempt
to quantify
the effects.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: so he switches
to
threatening, because
that's always worked: "Please refund my money immediately, or i will go crazy all over
the internet << dunno if you've read bitbet nov report ?
ozbot: BitBet - ATC
to reach block 50000 on
time
mircea_popescu: "If you got here via a link
to an older item, it has been purged from
the database"
mircea_popescu: this is motherfucking synergy,
that's what
that shit is.
mircea_popescu: i'm having brain orgasms over here,
this is EXACTLY
the sort of
thing life is all about. so i made a wonderful
thing, on
top of which dooglus made a wonderful
thing, on
top of which kakobrekla made a wonderful
thing. none of
these are particularly hard
to do, once you have
the others' stuff. but
they're nigh on impossible
to do if you do not.
☟︎ artifexd: It would be nice if assbot knew
the
total investment and could
thus also give a
total up or down.
mircea_popescu: Current MPIF account balance on Just-Dice: 163.85524671 BTC; +0.00456912 BTC (+0.0028%) since last check 10m 4s ago. << kakobrekla you magnificent bastard,
that last check is epic.
ozbot: S.MG, April 2014 Statement pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: moiety: sort of unrelated but is it just me
that is intensely annoyed by gawker as a website? << not really
that intensely. another gossip rag, plenty of em.
mircea_popescu: explains why all
the nonsense going on in
there continues
to go on unabated, at any rate.
mircea_popescu: and so in
this perspective, people starting and people funding kickstarter campaigns aren't into it for
the direct reason, but for
the meta reason :
to have been in it.
mircea_popescu: it's
their brand,
their link
to humanity.
they
too could be counted among
the living, for
they
too have
the items.
mircea_popescu: much for
the same reason homeless bums carry around "cool" but not actually working pieces of human
tech
mircea_popescu: and so have
these special support clubs
to
tell each other
that "we're still human, because we can still make
things"
mircea_popescu: i suspect
the reason is purely psychological : "the people", ie, your average joe, feel disempowered by corporate
technology
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: why
there needs
to be a 'kickstarter' for a flashlight, i cannot answer. ask
the gods. << because why not.
ozbot: BitBet, April 2014 Statement pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
fluffypony: so he switches
to
threatening, because
that's always worked: "Please refund my money immediately, or i will go crazy all over
the internet, posting in every crypto-currency forum i can find, and you will lose ALOT more
than $300+ from all
the bad Public relations nightmare
that i create for you, i guarantee you
that. Do right by me please, and i will do right by you."
benkay: this is what you get for having customers
that are dumb enough
to mine with gpus
fluffypony: and he is welcome
to contact USPS
to confirm
fluffypony: so I point out
that "Pompano Beach" is just
the area, and
that
the zip code matches
the one he provided on his order, so as far as I can see it's been delivered
fluffypony: he
throws a huge
tantrum because
the area on
the USPS
tracking is "Pompano Beach" and he lives in "Coral Springs" which is 15 miles away from Pompano Beach
fluffypony: so I'm like "lolwut" and send him
the
tracking info
fluffypony: I check
the USPS
tracking, and it says it's delivered
gribble: supay was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 day, 7 hours, 59 minutes, and 57 seconds ago: <supay> BingoBoingo: yes, and
thanks! :)
moiety: ;; later
tell MarieLynn hello! welcome :)
gribble: Error: Spurious "]". You may want
to quote your arguments with double quotes in order
to prevent extra brackets from being evaluated as nested commands.
moiety: ;; later
tell MarieLynn hello! welcome :]
assbot: Shit. You ain't even old enough
to smoke.
ozbot: Ohio Continues
to Suck Monster Balls | Bingo Blog
fluffypony: Zuma said some crap about how he
took a shower after having sex with
this one girl
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: oh no, much worse
than
that
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Didn't one of your presidents suppose something
to
that effect?
fluffypony: cazalla: no,
that's a South African
thing
moiety: cazalla: witch doctors say
that about babies
too in some places