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moiety: i
totally agree with mike_c i
think it would be a really interesting good
thread ninjashogun go for it
Perlboy: ninjashogun, no
they are
typically promoted either a) Because
they stroked egos and didn't create any issues [or covered
them up
to people who would be concerned] or b) Were found
to be incompetent but were stuck in
the organisation so were promoted
to a position where
they couldn't fuck
things up
mircea_popescu: davout are you
trying
to get me in
trouble with
the law ?
mike_c: ninjashogun you should expound on
this
topic at length on bitcointalk.
ninjashogun: moiety - I've worked at government agencies. My God!
The inefficiency. It was horrendous.
ninjashogun: Perlboy - you say
that, but
the 'shit' skils
that let
them 'float' are vitally important
to
the companies
they're at.
They do more for
the mission
than most lines of code
that are written at most organizations.
benderp: ah davout
thou art a scholar
mircea_popescu: people generally overrepresent
the importance and power of corrupt government.
ninjashogun: moiety - are
there
that many incompetent managers in
the world
though? Don't nearly all of
them produce hte basic results
they're
there
to do on some level?
Perlboy: if i did such
things in australia i'd start waiting for
the black helicopters
Perlboy: mircea_popescu, ok, nice article
though i'm glad
there's someone like you able
to push back
ninjashogun: benderp - maybe a few years ago I would have said
that ;-)
mircea_popescu: anyway, not going
to comment on
that particular wrinkle further.
ninjashogun: I'm not Icahn,
there
to criticize a $74B company (eBay) when he couldn't run a company any better.
ninjashogun: I
thnk a bunch of companies "suck" and are "idiots". I hate paypal and wish it would die. But I don't actually SAY
that, or actually SAY
they're incompetent.
moiety: please
tell me
that was also sarcasm ninjashogun
ninjashogun: moiety - fair enough. I should have been clear
that I was being satirical, and not using my own definition of competent. I
think basically 100% of people are competent at what
they do.
moiety: that;s going
to happen when you hit enter in here
moiety: and im responding
to yours
ninjashogun: I was just responding
to benderp's statement
moiety: ninjashogun: imo, you get people competent and incompetent in every field. competence is not something
that comes with status.
There are plenty of incompetent management in
the world
moiety: eww mircea_popescu no one wants
to see
that much of
their or anyone else's boss
benderp: i blame
the incompetent
teachers.
benderp: ninjashogun: all
the reading in
the world, and look at
the shitshow
that's resulted.
ninjashogun: no
they can't. You just said only a vanishingly
thin percentage of "everyone" is competent.
mircea_popescu: dorks have
their own shortener
to paste
their links about how a spurious ceo is ending cancer by shoving
things up his butt live on cam.
moiety: people can be competent at producing food, building
things... all
the
things you said ninjashogun
ninjashogun: No, it's not ridiculous. By any definition of "competent" for which benderp's statement holds
true (" a vanishingly
thin slice of everyone is competent, and everyone else is constantly justifying
their incompetence
to
themselves and each other.") it is absolutely
true.
ninjashogun: Most American
teachers are "incompetent". Yet America has a near 100.00% literacy rate.
ninjashogun: benderp - suppose you removed everyone from
the world who is not "competent". You would be left with nobody making your clothes, producing your food, building your highways, collecting your
taxes, installing your Internet connection, or keeping any of
the factories, buildings, schools, infrastructure, going.
benderp: mircea_popescu: more credence accrues every day
to
the notion
that consumer organizations accepting bitcoin only do so as
they begin
to circle
the drain.
moiety: "... has since opened
TRG..." excellent! :/
benderp: nonsense ninjashogun. a vanishingly
thin slice of everyone is competent, and everyone else is constantly justifying
their incompetence
to
themselves and each other.
ozbot: NAKED
TRUTH – POST EXPOSES OVERSTOCK ALLY | New York Post
dexX7: i give luke much credit. he may be a
troll (it's only what i heard several
times), but his pool is remarkable for
the different
transaction policies and
the only one
to push non-standard stuff..
benkay: he's no
troll - 100% authentic!
benkay: BingoBoingo: just
the best
troll
this channel has ever seen.
benkay: you'd probably know better
than i.
BingoBoingo: benkay: What was his deal anyways.
That's like
the fifth person I've been accused of being
this week.
benkay: BingoBoingo is actually
tiberiusxiv
BingoBoingo: Well, it is always important
to point out
this is
the record
dexX7: i sent him a bait some weeks ago, but he didn't
take it
ozbot: Blockchain.info (bIockchain) on
Twitter
Shakespeare: "The participants could
then each do a standard algorithm
to generate consistent state.
This might seem like a fantasy, but Byzantine algorithms like Bitcoin [Andreesen 2014] and Namecoin show
that such systems are possible
today."
Shakespeare: soundtrack
to
that mark pic is Under Pressur
mircea_popescu: afaik no serious work has been done on
that so far at all.
praeconium: mircea_popescu: what do You
think of indexing alts?
praeconium: Bingo, I am really a bit more into
talking with existing crowd.. :) but nice idea.
praeconium: Random Walk is
there, I don't look into getting model right :) I just want
to implement my ideas.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` note
that
they have sequenced
the human genome, but haven't figured out
the winglets.
mircea_popescu: that said, more effort poured into
that can't hurt anything
nubbins`: you just need
to build vestigial fly wingstubs into your model
to account for
turbulence
mircea_popescu: which you won't likely, because it's a lot harder
to predict
turbulent flow
than any one other
thing
mircea_popescu: roughly speaking,
the risk of
the exchange goxing you is high enough
that your quant profits are irrelevant
BingoBoingo: praeconium: Your best bet may be making #bitcoinquant
then lurking here and directing interested people
to your channels
dexX7: there is a company
that offers a quantitative model about btc (if
that's
the correct wording).. let me see, if i can find it
jborkl: btc-e has metatrader - I have not used it
though
praeconium: mircea_popescu: but don't You
think
that many new ones will
trade with similar patterns
to old ones upon introduction or change of diffculty etc?
mircea_popescu: praeconium
there was a guy by
the name of herbi, doingsimilar
things
jborkl: rtbtc was good, but
the serviced gox and bitstamp
praeconium: I am not really a quant, I know some basics and have knowledge of finance.. not so complex,
tbh
praeconium: I am mainly interested
to see how
they go about acquiring hist and realtime data since
there is so much variety.
praeconium: Thanks guys, I already got goxed so
that was enough for now :)
jborkl: mtgox-troll would be
the best
jcpham: people still
talking about mtgox?
benkay: bit
trolly from
time
to
time, but hey it's irc
dexX7: praeconium: ##econometrics seems
to be
the most "professional" one re: investments and bitcoin, about bitcoin
trading
talk
there is #bitcoin-pricetalk + #bitcoinmarkets
benkay: praeconium:
try ##econometrics
BingoBoingo: benkay: Sure, but for some a physical campus with ammenities like horsehair robes and doors locked from
the outside can provide motivation
praeconium: Is
there a channel where people
trading on quantitative models
talk?
praeconium: Do You
trade other coins? I know I am not in right channel..
mircea_popescu: "Subject:
These users are now making more money in 1 hour
than in
their 9-5 dead-end job" "What could you do with $106 an hour?" << my spambox rules.
BingoBoingo: "They were asking for voluntary cooperation. All he had
to say was "no
thank you." You can bet if
they had any legal or authoritative standing
they wouldn't be asking
they'd be
taking/demanding."
mircea_popescu: "Based on
the
toxic and self righteous writing style, i'm pretty sure it's him. He would never admit it
though, as
the account has always made fun of anyone calling it a man."
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Getting
the scale right, etc
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I'm kind of wondering why it isn't standard already. One's own face ought
to offer better anatomical context at
the range
than
those circles