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mircea_popescu: yeah, but you know... back in 1700
there seems
to be a complete dearth of bohemian peasants
that sat around injecting silicone in
their butts
to look more like women.
bounce: my angle was I'd rather have
the masses have medically sound care
than not, regardless of
their stupidity.
bounce: well, with accessable insurance and accessable plastic surgery
there'll still be
those among
the masses doing outright stupid stuff, but at least it'll be medically sound
mircea_popescu: “Experts say people resort
to illegal ‘pumping parties,’ where customers outside a hospital or clinical setting are injected with anything from Botox
to industrial-grade silicone, out of convenience or because
they lack insurance or access
to health care and legitimate plastic surgery.”
mircea_popescu: " as we've seen,
there's a market for convenience, any convenience at all" <<
that part.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: what more could i ask for?
this bc merlot ain't half bad either
bounce: oh no, I was on about
the multisig idea underpinning a webwallet
thingy
mircea_popescu: well no, i selected
the "what
to do about idiots". you seemed
to say
that well... empowering
their idiocy
through catering
to
their whims is a net positive.
bounce: what's
that
to do with
the multisig wallet
thingy bitcoinpete posted a blog about?
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete
the wench brings
the drinks, i bring
the lolz, is it ? :D
kakobrekla: anyway, if some blogger feels like dissecting
this, its good material.
mircea_popescu: "Played monopoly, paid his buy-in". if
there was a more marginal marginal ever...
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla
the dude
that kept coming
to derp in here ?
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: just reading
that as a matter of fact. irlloled several
times in
this bar
ozbot: Idiocy without borders / Idiots sans frontieres pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: and only because i was just writing on
this, and my conclusion was "burn it with fire"
kakobrekla: > you [ognasty] are one of
the most
trusted people in
the entire crypto community
bounce: or, in other words,
their idea isn't high explosive in and of itself -- which is what bitcoinpete was contending
bounce: add earlier context
that "the masses" happily
take any stupid stuff when offered so even a marginally better idea improves
the overall situation (if only marginally)
mircea_popescu: <bounce> I don't particularly like
the model, but if above assumptions hold it's not acutally an outright bad idea. << what's
that
then ?
bounce: there's people
that, er, do
the same
thing with cement?
mircea_popescu: bounce are you sure
that
there "being a market" is a valid approach ?
bounce: bound
to be plenty volunteers
bitcoinpete: well i'll let someone else be
their guinea pig ;)
bounce: there's always somebody going
to be right with
the
told-ya-so.
bitcoinpete: it might end up being another cointerra/neobee
told-ya-so, might not
bounce: that's a big if,
though.
bounce: I don't particularly like
the model, but if above assumptions hold it's not acutally an outright bad idea.
bounce: *shrug* it doesn't really do
to bash'em on
things
they didn't actually do wrong.
bitcoinpete: bounce: lol you make a good point even if
they're lame
bounce: OTOH
their continued allusions
to
their own greatness do start
to grate quickly.
bounce: not
that much with only one part of a multisig. you'd have
to go spear-phishing afterwards.
bounce: and, hm, assuming
the in-browser problems are manageable you get a more convenient
thingy
than either a webwallet or a desktop client; can keep
the user-hot key in, say, a webmail account somewhere without exposing yourself
through
the webmail account directly (unless
the password is also in
there)
kakobrekla: unfortunately
the
thing is not
too funny.
bounce: sure. so if you produce a marginally safer
thing and manage
to have
the crowd flock
there you've improved overal security, however marginally
bitcoinpete: bounce:
there was a market for gox and bfl
bitcoinpete: bounce: but
that's
the exact same as a normal back-up with bc/info or a desktop client
bounce: as in, safer
than a straight-up webwallet and more convenient
than cold storage. as we've seen,
there's a market for convenience, any convenience at all
ozbot: BTC Elevator (BTCElevator) on
Twitter
bounce: assuming
they're not, for
the sake of argument, it's maybe not a bad design decision
to have "the user" store something useless on its own, but useful in combination with
the website OR in combination with
the backup key
the user stuck in his safe deposit box
bitcoinpete: bounce: at best it's browser-based. at worst, as kanzure mentioned in
the comments,
they're full of shit
bounce: it's still browser-based, so it has all
the problems mega has.
bounce: so
that's 2-of-3 and
they have one, and you have
two? or what?
bounce saw mention of a study or other
that relatively way
too many rich kids got scholarships. well,
they can pay for
the consultancies
that know how
to get 'em, can't
they?
BingoBoingo: bounce: It really is.
Then again
there is a huge difference between a poor kid from East St Louis pinning
their hopes
to an athletic scholarship and rich parents from DC doing
the same.
bounce: maybe it has something
to do with
the well-known excreable state of middle management
bitcoinpete: bounce: spend hundreds of
thousands for… a half
that back. like a forum investment
bitcoinpete: cazalla: ige means something different
to someone who
took immunology...
bounce: two industry seats. needs moar "none of
the above"
BingoBoingo: bitcoinpete: Of course it has, but I'm not sure calling it wealth is
the right
thing.
bitcoinpete: bobby lee and some dude named brock pierce at
the
top of "round 1"
bitcoinpete: back
to
the polls cuz gotta have 52 votes lol
bitcoinpete: BingoBoingo:
their wealth hath made
them weak
BingoBoingo: bitcoinpete: More parents Derping
their kids
to incompetence.
ozbot: Why Rich Lacrosse Parents Are Making
Their Kids Repeat A Grade
ozbot: Iron law of oligarchy - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
bounce: "never been arrested [...etc.]" -- so far gotten away with
teh scammin, eh
punkman: "But
this
time
their cyberbullying campaign may have been a blessing in disguise. "
bounce: did
they deliver anything in
the meantime?
mircea_popescu: punkman basically,
this is
the bitcoin mining "projects" 100%
supay: BingoBoingo: yes, and
thanks! :)
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BingoBoingo: Been a while since
the Usagi name was invoked here.
punkman: "This is
the kind of stuff with which I have
to deal due
to
the cyberbullying attacks on me. The girl, Allison, who was supposed
to start working here,
today, was a no-call, no-show. "
BingoBoingo: supay: With OpenBSD remember
to read
the documentation before you install it. Also remember I want bitcoind 0.7, not
the newer bullshit.
mircea_popescu: rebranding
the successful brand
that was utterly destroyed and etc.
ozbot: Montrex Watch Project - A
Truly Unique
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BingoBoingo: supay: If
the like
the guide I post it
to my blog crediting you as
the author and link
to your WoT profile.
BingoBoingo: supay: Write a nice guide shoot it
to me. I'll give you 0.01 BTC and a 1 rating on
the WoT.
punkman: mircea_popescu: don't see anything
there
supay: let me google
that.
BingoBoingo: supay: It's just building something
that already exists. Less work
than reimplementing
the protocol.
bounce: "truly unique" mass-produced
thingies. marketeering at work.
supay: jurov: you mean
to ask me for samples of my work?
supay: wouldnt
that be
too much work BingoBoingo? :O
BingoBoingo: supay: If you wrote a guide
to building Bitcoind 0.7 with
the modifications
to work on
the right blockchain, on OpenBSD 5.5 I'd give you a plus one.
jurov: supay if you "work"
then you have something
to show, no?
supay: BingoBoingo: Not very much
tbh. I usually work on Debian, Ubuntu and Arch.
bounce: just so you know. don't forget
to reckon with manipal.
bounce: because ``Manipal,
today, is a knowledge powerhouse and a brand name in higher education.''
mircea_popescu: "Manipal University is a name
to reckon with not just in India, but
the world over. "
bounce: that's not a given, but good
to know. which university?
supay: bounce: I am familiar with relational algebra yes, because I am in
the sophomore year at my university and am studying RDBMS.
bounce: supay: you gotten around
to mastering relational algebra, seeing how you claim "lamp stack" familiarity?
supay: e
tok bak iz ratingz =(