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nubbins`: "i learned how to do my job, where is my raise?"
nubbins`: [17:16:35] <ProphetDaniel> And I would like to receive a positive 1 rating for learning the GPG/OTC for BTC
nubbins`: [17:15:46] <ProphetDaniel> Hi there gentlemen
nubbins`: i wish there was someone else trying this on osx so we could compare notes ;(
nubbins`: grumble, no closer to getting keyboard input working in eulora
asciilifeform: fools will install the patched version, and 'ahhh i'm seekure now.'
mircea_popescu: i could be out there scraping gum from the sidewalk at this very moment.
mircea_popescu: gedankenexperiment : cleanning the streets in my town is open source
asciilifeform: it would remain derp even if the code were written to spec, by a god.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform "what, you mean just because people could expend highly specialised, intricate work that's usually highly paid for free it doesn't mean they also will?!?!?!"
mircea_popescu: who would have thought this!
nubbins`: BingoBoingo: i wish i had to use a glass to hear my neighbours
nubbins`: i've heard THAT before, too.
nubbins`: "Hiring a lawyer to recoup < 50BTC is idiotic. Lack of practical legal recourse is what makes Bitcoin scamming so attractive."
asciilifeform: 'It's significant that no one managed to notice such glaring errors, particularly since they were contained in code that anyone can review.' << ahahaha
asciilifeform: Don't Blame The Mice!
ozbot: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping | Ars Technica
nubbins`: i've heard that before
nubbins`: "In short, you have NOTHING to worry about."
nubbins`: fun fact, i sold that coin for 5.5btc
mircea_popescu: and you know VERY well exactly how far off the item is
mircea_popescu: nubbins` yeah, if you use a bed the advantage is that the focus is fixed
nubbins`: best casascius photos i ever took with a phone, and they're shit: http://imgur.com/a/BWHw5
nubbins`: phone cameras usually have auto-focus as well, which really shits the bed photographing the holos
mircea_popescu: there's special kits for taking pics of small shiny shit like coins
mircea_popescu: anyway : you need a flat panel difuse lighting thing.
mircea_popescu: Go into a coin store and tell them about this, watch their jaw hit the floor.
mircea_popescu: Even at today's exchange rates, that's a TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLAR premium. For a privately-minted round issued in 2013.
mircea_popescu: because no tools.
nubbins`: even the good photos are shitty. those things are almost impossible to photograph well
nubbins`: too true
mircea_popescu: not like they had 20 inches and decided to piss 18 of them away ya know ?
nubbins`: 18btc pissed down the drain
nubbins`: i honestly feel bad for the people paying 30btc for a 10btc piece because they saw an 0.5btc piece sell for 1.5
mircea_popescu: but all that is plainly indifferent to you. there's no requirement the fucktards know who gaia is.
mircea_popescu: and of course a bunch of fuctards who imagine THEY had anything to do with it
mircea_popescu: your efforts explode exponentially, the fact you put in some sane structure today attracts wall street tomorrow
nubbins`: i've been trying, it's an uphill battle
mircea_popescu: take it the other way : the more you put into educating market, the sooner you'll have an educated market.
nubbins`: it's very, very common to see people determining resale value based on face value ("3x face" etc)
nubbins`: i think one person has taken me up on it so far
ThickAsThieves: plus, doge will take over btc anyway right
nubbins`: i've been offering to extend the chain of custody with every sale
nubbins`: i've got pgp-signed documents from casascius stating my fingerprint and the serials of the coins i bought from him
mircea_popescu: it'll prove invaluable down the road
mircea_popescu: someone should make a site allowing the pedigree of coins to be traced
nubbins`: the problem with saving them for a decade is that i don't think the btc premium will hold up
mircea_popescu: so buy a bunch and save them a decade
nubbins`: figure that out
nubbins`: yet they command a lower premium
nubbins`: fun fact, the 2011 1btc series-2 (non-error) are much harder to find
artifexd: I do. Thank you.
nubbins`: if you mean a 1btc brass series 1, anywhere from 2.5btc to 5btc
nubbins`: all of the series 1s have errors ;)
nubbins`: getting a surprising amount of traction on casascius coins this past week
KRS-One: that girl is thick but looks damn good
artifexd: Wait. No. Only 500k of the 1.5 mn is me.
mircea_popescu: artifexd that 500k and 1.5 mn?
mircea_popescu: a, the aero thing is yest news really.
artifexd: I put part of it on there.
ThickAsThieves: not til April
artifexd: While BingoBoingo has my appreciation for selling ATC to me, my bid for 1,000,000 ATC at 150 satoshis remains open. Thanks BingoBoingo!
mircea_popescu: did they rule ?
benkay`: leave the fucking states.
benkay`: want to do something clever?
mircea_popescu: how slow are atc blocks these days ?
BingoBoingo: K, I am still waiting on a confirm on my withdrawal from the exchange
artifexd: The asks are thin. I'd be willing to do a million for 150 satoshi each.
moiety: asciilifeform: flippin' heck! @ the captcha
mircea_popescu: pm me an addy then
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I could do that
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'm on x-bt as well. For an OTC trade I dunno if I can sell for less than 200 satoshis seeing how thin the asks are.
asciilifeform: from the 'weirdest CAPTCHA' candidates: http://www.microchip.su/search.php
ozbot: X-BT - The new marketplace for trading Bitcoin with Litecoin, Namecoin and Altcoin
asciilifeform: (circuit-level implementation, done correctly, would leave no room for doubt as to the fate of every input bit, and the origin of every output)
artifexd: I bought 10k this morning for 75 satoshi
mircea_popescu: i think 125ish was the cheapest it ever went
mircea_popescu: artifexd it's been trading over 100 satoshi since it was invented.
mircea_popescu: benkay here's a random thought : as long as you're not running on transactional hardware, your "transactional" db stack is exactly implementable in mysql.
asciilifeform: (doesn't have to be verilog in particular - any circuit description system would do)
benkay: transactional database transactions: what the hell is that and why would anyone?
benkay: suspicious activity monitors: nontrivial to implement.
asciilifeform: unrelated: did anyone ever answer the call to implement btc reference client compatible in verilog?
BingoBoingo: artifexd: Maybe throw out some prices and I'll way yes when one is agreeable?
mircea_popescu duly notes that asciilifeform takes his harpies well manicured.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform if the bitch is spherical.
asciilifeform: nah, vacuum works best for that one
asciilifeform: (e.g. melt hot glue without destroying the glued item)
asciilifeform: essential household tool
mircea_popescu: o the actual thing
mircea_popescu: hot air machine = tv ?
asciilifeform: when i bought a digital hot air machine circa '07, it came with a whole sausage of power plugs for various phones of the period
mircea_popescu: jesus all the anger.
asciilifeform: in the east, people do indeed fix phones!
mircea_popescu: "Now I know better. The government is in the hands of satanic, globalist traitors who are following a script to destroy America and its people"
mircea_popescu: fun fact : thai underage prostitutes also value those among them that can fix smartphones.
mircea_popescu: ya that'll do a lot of good.
asciilifeform: (presumably, to install winblows on the platoon laptop, so grunts can play Quake.)
mircea_popescu: anyway. the us is in this position where it has to learn to play second fiddle/cocksucker to the actual powers that be
mircea_popescu: the entirety of the combatant populace would be "can they just rape us instead ? we'll fuck for peace"