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mircea_popescu: ;;rate undata 1 "
<undata> look guys, I'm merely gay-for-trip-to-spacestation"
gribble: Error: "
<undata> look guys, I'm merely gay-for-trip-to-spacestation" is not a valid integer.
mircea_popescu: ;;rate undata "
<undata> look guys, I'm merely gay-for-trip-to-spacestation"
chetty:
<mircea_popescu> BingoBoingo all plastics burn, more or less./usually with a lot of toxic smoke
cazalla: "..which included a fingerprint scanner and camera, downloaded images of users' bitcoin identification cards."
<< where do i get one of these?
mircea_popescu: Load Averages: 0.00 0.00 0.00
<<< now listen cazalla, you'd better get moving with that qntra thing nao!!1
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> you know, insurance by its very nature is a social institution: statistics to spread the pain of disaster over many in manageable proportions.
<< i do not agree.
mircea_popescu: "guys, i have a great idea for a thing. here it is : function greatidea();
<stuff> return;"
cazalla: ThickAsThieves: i haz a post i wanna give them dibs on
<<< if you've posted it to your own site, i don't see much point in qntra mirroring it
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> and that not a single line of code ever written, from babbage to today, can be used as is - or even with mild combing.
<<< all the skills needed to drive carriages, honed at the significant expense of sweat and often blood by the original wells fargo corporation
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> which requires having something to say, an idea of where we are and where we should be going, organise how we're going to get there
<<< also don't neglect the ever essential part that someone somewhere may call you a cult leader!
mircea_popescu:
<mircea_popescu> see, people go "o, anything obama does you hate him for it"
<< atcbot: >> No data returned from CoinMiner.net
<< [PityThePool Hashrate]: 956.12 GH/s [iSpace Pool Hashrate]: 0 TH/s [P2P Hashrate]: 1.79 TH/s
ben_vulpes:
<Adlai> ben_vulpes: why do you do this to my tender mind
<< welcome to assets
Apocalyptic:
<Adlai> In Time was a fantastically bad execution of an interesting idea // pretty much
ThickAsThieves:
<+mircea_popescu> that's what "chomksy" means. "disappointed over how the people running his ideology apportion the proceeds of the theft that ideology entails" /// i like that
gribble: moiety was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 4 hours, 40 minutes, and 13 seconds ago:
<moiety> i have to go, it was nice to see yous
ThickAsThieves:
<+mats_cd03> 'pink eye print' really? /// hey, i remembered it cuz the name!
ThickAsThieves:
<+TomServo> ThickAsThieves: Great post. /// Hey, thanks!
kakobrekla:
<Adlai> ben_vulpes: webdev thingies
< btc related?
ben_vulpes:
<******> also lisp is perfect and I have wasted 10 years
gribble: cazalla was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 27 seconds ago:
<cazalla> same, this is the 3rd day of it
gribble: supa was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 year, 12 weeks, 5 days, 23 hours, 34 minutes, and 17 seconds ago:
<Supa> :D
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: this should be the end of ddos issues.
<< wunderbar. contravex's links will work!
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: my golden age is today
<< lady v is with child already?
pete_dushenski: undata: a smart cult with an anti-govt streak would try to remain unnoticed
<< hm. now why might that be?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu:"Dear Sir, I have 100% of your money, please send me a quarter of this amount and then I will send the rest back to you, because logic."
<< lmao. this pretty much made my night
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> but also 'traduttore, tradittore.'
<< but consider ... cinema treason adds to the story.
mircea_popescu: undata: a smart cult with an anti-govt streak would try to remain unnoticed
<<< which fails to explain why the us govt is not taking better care of staying out of our way.
mircea_popescu: decimation: it is interesting that 'crazies' who go postal insist on just spraying down innocents rather than waging 'guerrilla' war
<< who in the us is innocent ?
mircea_popescu: nubbins`: kakobrekla: what, and when a guest visits my home and goes to wired.com, a plain html page with all my private keys pops up on the screen?
<< no, they have to enter combinations of keys first.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: re: chumps
<< witness the number of 'what did he do wrong111?!!?' imbeciles in the anonabox reddit thread.
<< quite. "need reasons"
mircea_popescu:
<cazalla> and just as i am about to publish a story
<< yeah well that'sdhelped along by the fact that you're always about to publish one lol
decimation: asciilifeform: re: your 'escape' plans
<< it's true that in the us your property isn't safe, least of all from usg - but is there really a country that credibly offers a better deal
decimation: re: qntra 'purpose' discussion
< it would be useful if it simply named names
kakobrekla: Because despite positive press coverage from the Guardian, TechCrunch, WIRED, ReadWrite and beyond ...
< you should set the domains of those sites to resolve to 127.0.0.1 in your hosts.
cazalla: mats_cd03: i put my dong in a vacuum cleaner attachment once
<<< how about a belt sander?
nubbins`:
<+mircea_popescu> "It is a known fact that I personally opposed any proof of solvency, but agreed to conduct it for the sake of a few dozen small and medium investors."
<<< "see what you guise made me do? seeya in six months with a new name!"
mircea_popescu:
<jurov> aye it's one big fair
<< hence the preoccupation with "fairness"!!!11
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> probe reaction? see if sympathetic idiots appear?
<<< will be valuable in future, those.
ThickAsThieves:
<+nubbins`> ah yes, every child here is taught the story of приспособленец /// lol
mircea_popescu:
<ThickAsThieves> i think new regs on btc should amount to giving pre-existing institutions an avenue for entering the bitcoin fray
<< not helpful. the only helpful thing they can do is say "every financial institution of the fiat persuasion has six months to get mp's okay or lose its fiat license"
mircea_popescu:
<Apocalyptic> more generally, the article as far as I understands it sheds a negative light on "regulation", as reminded by the Romanian footnote, it mainly results in you being fucked
<< it just makes the point that regulation is the stricture of death. which it is
mircea_popescu:
<ThickAsThieves> one man;s bad reg is another's good
<<< not a matter of man here. that's why nature. why would anyone's opinion count in this discussion ?
kakobrekla:
<ThickAsThieves> same for nonregulation ;)
< thats for different reasons
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> the chinese aren't more reliable, are they?
<<< we don't fucking know.
Apocalyptic:
<kakobrekla> there is no place for an honest exchange // i'm beginning to think that way as well
mircea_popescu: "
<mircea_popescu> some derp pounced on some code he had no rights on, then had a public split with one of his co -conspirators (also well documented in public)"
kakobrekla:
<BigBitz> but I can't argee that stupid people are instantly scammers.
< so, it takes some time. are you going to wait for it?
mircea_popescu:
<jurov> grrrr, qntra.net still 127.0.0.1 here .. gyus, what about adding qntra.co, qntra.ws, etc... for such cases?
<< i dunno how this would help anything ?
mircea_popescu:
<kakobrekla> idk and i suspekt it wont be public
<< course it will be. they'll respond to the foia requests a month after the one month legal term. seriously. promise.
mircea_popescu: cazalla> just so you can avoid that "can you turn your lamp off, i'm trying to sleep", "i'm fucking reading, roll over" bullshit that goes on
<<< jesus non-tpe relaitonships must suck
mircea_popescu: ascii_on_tour> and the tor gizmo scam being exposed, will 'wired' et al. make the sc4mz0r give the free publicity back?
<< "free publicity" only worth something on soem chains
Apocalyptic:
<Adlai> aren't bitstamp registered in UK now? // they are for some time now
ben_vulpes:
<BingoBoingo> USSA low on coins to short?
<< so drama
ascii_on_tour: gave up
<< reminds me of a convo i once had with brother. me: 'worked all day trying to fix [car], and so bitten by mosquitoes that eventually surrendered.' — he: 'surrendered to mosquitoes?'
thestringpuller: +mircea_popescu ;;seen smickles
<< He's on Steam sometimes and we have been meaning to play some games. Must feel good to be retired.