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mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> (of what? if we knew, there'd be at least a hypothetical pill.)
<< the public appetite for personal humiliation decays, and with it, the possibility of life.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: (how to know that schwartz (or taleb, or...) collects 'prize' rather than usg stooge with a shannonizer and irc connection - exercise for alert reader.)
<<< if you recall something sort-of like that was tried, except this "major prize" approach is flawed as you explain. so, better version was tried :)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: if ussr were alive, perhaps he'd have defected.
<< a fine example of why the "one world, one fuhrer" delusion of government is unproductive.
mircea_popescu: decimation: I called up NIST a few weeks ago, asked them how much it would cost to measure the phase noise of an oscillator. They said it would only cost their time, which would come to about $10k! for a morning session
<<< in other words, "can only work if you have supply of bezzle dollars", ie, "only with scrip saying it's ok signed by stalin"
mircea_popescu: decimation: okay that makes sense
<< what he means by provenance being that if you measure in argon and he measures in xenon, it's not directly obvious what the functions look like to verify if you got the same result and quantify the eventual differences.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: there's always an 'imaginary particle' involved
<<< in phairness, this is how physics works all through.
mircea_popescu: decimation: yeah back in the early 1900's the whole idea of the 'silver dollar' was the precursor to the modern bezzle
<< not so clear cut, really. more like a power struggle between west and east.
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud: With regards to coins, you only need to avoid the very, very limited types that are assumed to be stolen from the mint
<< it's only limited for now, and as a reflection of the coins actually physically found so far. as more juicy morcels make the beast salivate, they'll become less limited.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: kanzure: nah, those're plain old ruins
<<< and this you know how ? :D
decimation: "Army officials say the canisters, if they exist, do not pose a threat to the affluent Spring Valley neighborhood as long as they remain undisturbed."
<< "it's okay for you"
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> decimation: in usa, people have contracted the disease of thinking that money can substitute for everything, including brain and balls
<< well their government kinda depends on this principle, so if it';s good enough for the king...
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> asciilifeform: yeah I think the main point is that you might store papers and things that would be moderately annoying to replace in case of fire
<< divorce.
decimation: re: gult's gulch
<< I find it amusing that folks who supposedly value 'self-reliance' and 'liberty' are unable to actually fly to chile and buy some land for themselves, it can't be that hard for a person with means & brains
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: very few physical objects are worth the cost of raising an army to keep arbitrarily large horde of orcs away
<< this argument is flawed in the following way : for he who is repulsed by war, this holds true. for he who however enjoys war, no payment is necessary.
mircea_popescu: decimation: The20YearIRCloud: When I say "allodial title" I mean something like having the right to arrest anyone - including government employees - on your property
<< that';s maybe going a little far. but the right to quash any action of anyone involving that land is germane.
mircea_popescu: decimation: asciilifeform: unfortunately if the "from whom" is usg in its many forms, the answer is largely: nowhere
<< bs lol.
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud: There's a town close to me that once every year auctions off 250-350 safe deposit box contents, you bid per box and don't know what is in them. All are seized from people who either didn't pay up or forgot about em
<< isn't there a reality show predicated on this process ?
Apocalyptic:
<asciilifeform> if you are reading this - it is almost certainly a terrible use of your time. // terrible as in wasted ?
chetty:
<asciilifeform> if you own such an object, consider liquidating it and using the proceeds to buy passage to neutral country of your choice//++
chetty:
<decimation> well the good part is I got a lot of work done on Eulora today :)
decimation: re: safe deposit box
<< My bank's terms say: "We will not have any liability to you or any third party for incidental or consequential damages. If an arbitration proceeding is commenced, evidence that tends to prove that something was left in the Box on last authorized entry, and was found to be missing on the next entry, will not create a presumption that it was lost because we were negligent, intentional did anything wrong or
jurov:
<mircea_popescu> [02:52:59] but srlsy jurov, it looks neat and is quite visually appealing.
<< hahaha. actually, we kept original design done by scrat
kakobrekla:
<punkman> dobro jutro
< lol what got into you
pete_dushenski:
<ben_vulpes> also: if it ain't about money i go/nowhere i'm nailed to the floor
<< too good!
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: looks like conformal co. passed the 'test.'
<< with flying colours!
ben_vulpes: "I respectfully question how you can authoritatively champion mining code written primarily in another language entirely."
<< because fuck the reference implementations.
ben_vulpes: " My dislike of other mining nodes is a consequence of directly correlated forking dangers of alternative mining code, and I think we both know that."
<< one of these days i'm going to get left behind as reward for my courtesy of loyalty to the power rangers i can feel it coming but maybe if i complain a lot in public maybe the inevitable won't happen
ben_vulpes: "Bitcoind core itself of course mostly tried to accept both forks and let the stronger one win."
<< sounds like the sort of thing a "core" "dev team" should really address - maximum fork size
< utxos? mhm.
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> that being - that someone, somewhere, is willing to answer with his arse for what every character in the code actually causes the hardware to do.
<<< this is only meaningful in a centralist approach.
mircea_popescu: She wasn't talking to me, but I could hear her saying, "It wasn't supposed to be like this, they're so ugly, it's just so wrong."
<< woman met the orcs, hasn't even been raped yet.
chetty:
<mircea_popescu> the average call girl makes a lot better money than the average uni prof.// but much shorter career
kakobrekla:
<asciilifeform> decimation: this almost happened when cheap 'xerox' copiers appeared
< when i was in high school you could legally copy 70% of the book .... at once.
mircea_popescu:
<MolokoDesk> so far I'm not worried about that.
<< freud would beg to differ.
kakobrekla:
<kakobrekla> didnt i just link to it?
< twice, first time was a /notice
mircea_popescu: * asciilifeform sees 'golang' as a mild misbehaviour, but won't try to convince people
<< be fgucking thankful it's not ruby.
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> ought these pubkeys be cached by the bot or grabbed from the keyserver per request ?
<< ?
gribble: (everify
<otp>) -- Verify the latest encrypt-authentication request by providing your decrypted one-time password. If verified, you'll be authenticated for the duration of the bot's or your IRC session on channel (whichever is shorter).
decimation: asciilifeform: re: djvu vs pdf
<< but surely you ocr your digital library
decimation: re: infantilism, charity
<< http://hopelesslysane.blogspot.com/2014/08/gratitude.html " I watched one brave/stupid older woman approach a very large woman with six kids hanging off her cart ($420+ of free stuff), and tell her "I know gratitude is beyond you, the least you could do is be polite." The oldest of the boys, about 12ish, menaced her, got in her face and said, "Fuck you, bitch! You owe us!", while momma smirked in approval.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo "Now this wasn't particularly notable at all. Now a lot of mining companies are crawling"
<< you are not allowed to use now as the first word in two consecutive sentences
mircea_popescu: so i figure why no give clueless noobs a chance. send an order "
http://mediaparty.info/2014/ << find the afterparty". half hour later, "i can't find anything. nobody is sayinga word on sm, there's ONE picture of a guy and some wine on twitter without enough background to find where it is or anything".
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ben_vulpes:
<pankkake> you're not ashamed of that .php? :p
<< not my service
jurov: BingoBoingo wonders how long Coinroll contributed
<< it's set till september 1
midnightmagic: 00:44
<+mircea_popescu> omg fu derps. they're NOT behaving badly. you are.
mircea_popescu:
<Beyond_Bitcoin> invite crypto-enthusiasts and journalists to attend the events, record in real time without paying entry fees or having to travel long distances
<<< so was there an actual journalist ?
mircea_popescu: mircea_popescu: ww2. most of the better frenchmen got shot.
<< i thought the point of surrendering was precisely so that this didn't happen, as it did in ww1, n'est pas?
<<< maybe. who's to know.
TheNewDeal: that's fluffypony's email
<< priceless
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> or, the traditional explanation for how italy went from an interesting place to pesthold (unification. warring states - think. unified empire - stagnates)
<< this is not a very good explanation.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: inasmuch as bitcoin is a lot more fascist than stalin ever got... i guess prepare for a helluva lot o' love.
<< cuddles and hugs for everyone!
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: ww2. most of the better frenchmen got shot.
<< i thought the point of surrendering was precisely so that this didn't happen, as it did in ww1, n'est pas?
pete_dushenski: decimation: a more interesting question is: how does 'black music' go from louis armstrong to thug rap in 50 years?
<< dad, is that you in there?
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: negrated him for pimping pirate
<< meh. i got the same shit from usagi. it's a badge of honour nao
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu:
<BingoBoingo> Also ""WARNING: Do not attempt to take any firearm into Mexico
<< i carried a .45 all through the us customs, into mexico and back into europe. nobody gave a shit.
<< dayum. did they even check the chamber?