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mircea_popescu: one would seem
to be
thermodynamic, which is
to say
that
the
total utility of work available is limited, and if you do outside useful work you won't do
the work you set out
to do in
the first place.
mircea_popescu: the entire
thing shows striking similarities
to
the peta-and-animal-saving debacle, for
that matter.
cads: mircea_popescu: lets leave aside
the author's obvious retardation and focus on prime coin and
the idea of doing externally useful work as a side effect of
the cryptocurrency.
mircea_popescu: it's malignant alright, it's pointless alright, with or without all
the huffpo crap
the world would be exactly in
the same position.
mircea_popescu: sort-of what
the socialists are doing in
the us, or
the communists did in
the soviet union.
ozbot: Scientist-devised crypto attack could one day steal secret Bitcoin keys | Ars
Technica
mircea_popescu: malignant pseudopolitics is
this process which expands
to occupy all fora available.
mircea_popescu: perhaps amusing an exercise would be restructuring
the argument, except directed at
them.
chetty: I want a
time machine, send
those folks back
to walk streets a foot deep in horse shit
mircea_popescu: now,
that
this is hogwashed into something pompous sounding like "malignant computing" is exactly
typical of
the mannerisms of
the particular ideological group in question.
mircea_popescu: the idea is
that bitcoin uses energy, and
they don't like using energy. period.
mircea_popescu: that's besides
the point.
there's a certain
troop of losers
that have had a purely ideological problem with bitcoin mining since 2009
cads: can we make a computing system
that grows such
that it harms
the market? sure, high speed
trading has caused serious disasters - but we can also argue
those are just growing pains and we're better off for
the high speed bots.
mircea_popescu: cads you realise
that's a whole lot of ignorant nonsense do you ?
cads: but only gives as an example Primecoin, a c-currency where
the proof of work involves finding primes.
benkay: what, securing
the monetary base isn't universally useful?
cads: the author seems
to hint
that if a proof of work system is going
to be malignant and self expandingit may as well be proof of some universally useful work
cads: Arguments like
that have been raised originally against high frequency
trading, and as we're familier with, against
the hashchain algorithm.
MisterE: and ftr I
think hockey is still dominated by white barbarians
MisterE: unlike basketball
that seems built for
tv
MisterE: its one of
those
that does poorly
transferring
to
TV
MisterE: but I've been
to a hockey game and it's very cool
cads: "The Skynet hypothesis is a boogeyman intended
to scare
the young and
the paranoid.
The real
threat from AI is
that it will become so good at
the pointless
tasks
that we have given it
that
those pointless
tasks will become a black hole of resources." I am reading an article about a concept
the author calls malignant computing - computing
that increases itself and hurts
the market in an effort
to perpetuate itself.
http://radar.oreilly. benkay: wow
that kotaku article's full of lulz as well. dude crumpled some modern
tin fake building and didn't die.
BingoBoingo: I swear I
tried
to do
the basketball post as honestly as I could without calling it nigger golf
benkay: or sell access
to specific pieces
BingoBoingo: In an immature market
though...
The dial might not even be attached
to
the cam
kakobrekla: meh even
the non btc advertising platforms are scams
benkay: well one of
two directions, right?
BingoBoingo: benkay: It what way can I really
turn
the dial
though
cads: hwy guys have you hear about
that new cryptocurrency based on protein folding?
benkay: furthermore
the blog credit market needs some price discovery
benkay: you have
the price dial
to
turn as well
BingoBoingo: benkay:
The
thing is
there is yet
to be solid infrastructure for credits or advertising in BTC
benkay: you're missing
the point.
BingoBoingo: benkay:
Too young. Need at least
three years... Or a catastrophic nuclear attack on New York, DC, and LA
BingoBoingo: benkay: basically
the
thought is if BTC keeps going up 30x a year, only a few BTC now can host a site for eternity
benkay: js embedded in
the blockchain
that executes in browsers
BingoBoingo: benkay: Site can't be hosted in
the blockchain, but a contract can.
benkay: stick it in
the blockchain, BingoBoingo
benkay: wow
there's an idea forever hosting
BingoBoingo: My hope is I do
this one fundraiser. Someone gets a year or decade of advertising, and
the balance keeps
the site alive for literally, rather
than merely figuratively... forever.
MisterE: they just dont want
the world
to know it
B007: " Beijing is copying
the Japanese
tactic of ramping up public infrastructure spending
to replace
the steep slowdown in private sector investment."
mircea_popescu: "China's Li Keqiang warns investors
to prepare for wave of bankruptcies"
BingoBoingo: I wonder if kakobrekla might want
to help keep my blog alive for bit4x advertising and an oil painting?
MisterE: In a sign
the
tension may be spreading, Belarus - a Russian ally - confirmed Moscow had deployed, at its request, extra fighter jets and military
transport aircraft after Nato boosted its forces in
the neighbouring Baltic countries.
ozbot: BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Russia
tells UN it does not want war
BingoBoingo: B007: You wanted a book on subjective decision making, I offered
te same
benkay: wait hang on wrong
title
B007: It does lool interesting
though
B007: so what are some good books
to learn about finance?
benkay: BingoBoingo my location's pretty
trivially deductable
benkay: sticks, in
the vernacular
BingoBoingo: Oh, benkay I would have pegged you as being from
the Republic of Oregon
joecool: benkay: i'd like
to
think florida is
too
mircea_popescu: bejeez all
these foreigner
terrorists getting uppity...
BingoBoingo: B007: It was a lie in
the sense
that
the program admitted 3x more students
than
the market would bear and
the students who got hired all sucked a meaner dick
than I would
benkay: some family is flying babydoll and i out for her sister's birthday.
this includes a Hajj
to Disneyland, apparently.
benkay: anyways you guys i get
to experience America
this weekend!
benkay: yeah you can get real far with
the sv crowd chasing
those lcd pageviews
BingoBoingo: benkay: You understand. I want something ever so slightly more friendly for machine readers
than human readers, and I only want rounded surfaced on my dick in sum bitch's mouth
benkay: ugh yes everything must now be flat
text files gpg signed
benkay: someone who really matters in
the ux world like
twitter
ozbot: Blog
Template for Bootstrap
joecool: might want
to look at bootstrap
too
benkay: droplets, eh? i imagine i'll go flat flat
text with bare links next.
BingoBoingo: B007: I am a
trained librarian who does freelance work because I was fed a lie... Well a lot of lies
ozbot: Welcome
to an Easier Way
to Blog
joecool: BingoBoingo: ah, you might want
to look at moving it
to something like dropplets
B007: Support BingoBlog by sending coins
to: 17sTosfHxNzGD4VUP3pjoHCEVofzSEcL95
BingoBoingo: joecool:
The design aesthetic on my site is ENTIRELY intentional
joecool: (not done yet, but getting
there)
joecool: BingoBoingo: site is abit rough on
the eyes, my co is doing design for youmeandbtc in return for advertising
BingoBoingo: joecool: I am skeptical
that I can find sponsors atm in
the 2-8 BTC range, but...
the blog made slasdot
twice in 2014
joecool: BingoBoingo: what kind of
traffic
BingoBoingo: If one of
the other bloggers want
to be
the Patron I would be amenable
to Slashdot coaching.
BingoBoingo: I'm amenable
to parting with both
the painting of Kim Jung Il's heart attack on a
train and a portion of my sidebar
together.
BingoBoingo: My fundraising
target for
the blog is 2-8 BTC, which should be enough
to keep it hosted... forever
BingoBoingo: First I need
to come up with a fundraising plan for blog
mircea_popescu: but you know, when in 500ad
the sarmatians started pushing west, you knew something was scaring
them at
the other end.
BingoBoingo: Who wanted
to
trade Rare Earths yesterday... MisterE?
mircea_popescu: and so we literally don't know wtf
their jets actually are.