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mircea_popescu: then decides
to scam
the few legit customers he has
to return a 1/5
to 1/3 equity
to his invesotrs, and story ends
there.
mircea_popescu: then blows
the whole wad on advertising and freerolls.
mircea_popescu: the way
this shit works is, fucktard of
the ilk of
that byrne fellow figures he knows shit, gets some investors
together, anywhere between a few 10s of k's
to maybe a million,
fluffypony: domain registered in fucking December, we're now in April,
they barely lasted 4 months of scamming
fluffypony: and gamblers (of all people)
trust some random site with no
track record
fluffypony: the scary
thing is
that
they DID get a shitton of media coverage
fluffypony: mircea_popescu:
that was a
typo, was meant
to be coinbet
mircea_popescu: lol coinet srsly ? ALL
THESE
THINGS nobody ever heard of being
the biggest ever in
their obscure corner onoes!
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: in which /r/Bitcoin can't decide whether
to spend its
ten cents on supersizing
the coke or
the fries. it's really unfair anyway because if
they supersize one
they should get
the other for free. << FTFY
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mircea_popescu: ;;later
tell cgcardona lol is it
the first best largest wot ?
mircea_popescu: from what i hear i'm by no means of a minority oppinion (even if i no longer
to
that sort of
thing on any sort of scale)
mircea_popescu: on
that note, often manufacturers explicitly forbid
to install updates and servicepacks since it might well break
the app. << since heartbleed i'm going
to forbid any upgrades as part of
the contract in all cases, always and forever.
mircea_popescu: bounce "the odd dos-only application
that's critical
to
the business and irreplacable" <<
this should be ridiculous but isn't. most "tools" of
today aren't actally as good as
the
tools of
the 90s.
mircea_popescu: Adam Penenberg is such an idiot. o herp, please help along with
the grandiose effort of making usg snooping more user-acceptable.
fluffypony: that can be arranged, like all
things, for a price :-P
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tras
tot s-a fumat
tot s-a baut
tot cum e peste
tot ? La fel ca peste
tot. pe
Trilema
fluffypony: why on earth would I borrow money
to buy a couch?
BingoBoingo: It is amazing how personal
timekeeping hasn't had any advancements since 1970, much like how you still seem fluffypony
to be
the sort
that would borrow bitcoin for cheap polyester couches.
fluffypony: "The movement was, however, used in spacecraft instrument clocks and other
time-keeping mechanisms, partly also because NASA was still unsure how gravity would affect mechanical movements."
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Did I ever mention how your presence makes me miss
truffles?
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: I know people rip on Wikipedia in
this chan, but it wouldn't be
the worst place
to start in understanding how 1950's
tech works
BingoBoingo: A silver oxide cell would offer
the worst possible discharge curve for
that purpose
though.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Not striking, resonating.
That's what
the coils of copper wire do. It's a fucking watch, not a rail gun.
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: sing by striking
the
tuning fork?
BingoBoingo: Well, decent doesn't say
too much... How many people alive can make
them sing (I actually, literally mean sing)
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Here batteries are easy
to find, standard 357s
BingoBoingo: Quartz coming later keeps
time better, but only keeps
time.
BingoBoingo: The
tuning fork both keeps
time and moves
the hands
BingoBoingo: fluffypony:
Those
two sections wrapped in wire are a
tuning fork.
fluffypony: bounce: no clue, it's quite impressive
that
they make it look like a regular watch face
bounce: wonder how
they do white solar panels.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony:
That is literally
the most boring part of
the
thing.
BingoBoingo: The few I've worked on
take 357 batteries
though, and
that is a lot of silver for a year and a half of function.
BingoBoingo: I have yet
to see anything as beautiful as
the original accutron movements.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: It probably goes back
to flawed fiat assumptions about costs.
mircea_popescu: judging by
the excellent results electrostatic speakers show it's a wonder
they've not
tried
that yet actually.
BingoBoingo: I'd like
to see more accutron like
tuning fork movements
though.
BingoBoingo: Probably. It is hard
to compete with a CR 2032 at anything.
BingoBoingo: ANd
the only I've known of were all made by Japs
fluffypony: you wouldn't be able
to
tell any of
those are solar panels at a glance
BingoBoingo: The couple I've seen inherited
the worst parts of quartz and mechanical movements.
mircea_popescu: oh oh. yeah some swiss makers actually
tried using quartz oscialltors as an error limiter at some point
BingoBoingo: Seiko also has a mechanically recharged all electric quarts
they call kinetic
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Seiko has a mechanical powered quartz regulated movement
they call "Spring Drive"
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I have yet
to actually see a quartz automatic outisde of a few questionable seiko examples
BingoBoingo: bounce: Even in
the worst case you want
to keep
them stored well in case everyone else with
them decides
they aren't worth saving and you end up with something rate
BingoBoingo: bounce: It really depends on
the particular watch whether it is worth saving or not.
bounce: used
to have a... citizen? automatic. need fixing
though, in
the end it was off by half an hour a day. should've gotten it fixed while still in warranty. silly me.
BingoBoingo: The sun's overrated. I'd kind of prefer an all
tritium powered watch
bounce: kid in school had a solar, very sparse design. just even matte background for
the face, which also was
the solar panel only you'd not notice.
BingoBoingo: Seiko still makes proper mechanical automatic movements
though.
BingoBoingo: bounce: Kinetic is
the seiko
term, other manufacterers use different names because
trademarks.
That is for electrical charging by
those means
though.
bounce: right. what was
the electrical equivalent, 'kinetic' or something?
BingoBoingo: I own more watches
than other battery powered devices, but of
the ones
that don't operate on mechanical energy, solver oxide cells are
the most prevalent.
Diablo-D3: the
two clocks and
the
temp sensors use lithiums for obvious reasons
Diablo-D3: I have nothing
that uses batteries anymore
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform needed some batteries for his demo yest, i had
the maitre d' scare up some batteries, he came back with
two alkalines
Diablo-D3: well,
that arent clocks or continuous long
term shit
Diablo-D3: I use lsd nimhs in all....
two devices
that need batteries
fluffypony: alkalines are still available here - just yesterday I had
to buy some AAs and got
to choose between alkalines, lithiums, and nimh rechargeables
BingoBoingo: I have yet
to see a Lithium 364 button cell
Diablo-D3: like, devices
that stay continuously powered more
than 2 years, or go outside, or are clocks, etc
Diablo-D3: I put lithiums in anything
that a regchargable is inappropriate for
BingoBoingo: ... Usually I buy lithium batteries at
the store, Li-ion, LI-polymer and otherwise
Diablo-D3: you need
the safety mechanism so you dont kill yourself
BingoBoingo: If
they were
there I dunno
that I would want
to buy
them
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 i bet you
that i won't be able
to buy a graphene supercap battery at a convenience store in 2019.
Diablo-D3: their big problem right now is
that
they're so energy dense,
they're hard
to handle
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: in
the next five years, graphene supercaps will become a commercial reality
BingoBoingo: The logs are sparse
the past couple days, so I doubt many newcomers...
Diablo-D3: [04:32:16] <BingoBoingo> I'd like
to no longer have LI-ION batteries
BingoBoingo: I ended up
travelling just a little bit
this weekend.
mircea_popescu: gonna put some pix up once i go
through my mail and stuff
BingoBoingo: ;;later
tell bitcoinpete When you asked about a line betting operation did
the
tweet I offered convey enough info?
BingoBoingo: I'd like
to no longer have LI-ION batteries
Diablo-D3: I dont
think I even own a chess board anymore.