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xanthyos: "this is the second one back"
<< actually it's the third. the first involved a long discussion with dpb re: the wot
mircea_popescu: "Why arent there any in-between verdicts?"
<< this cant be a good summary.
mircea_popescu:
<assbot> Woman claims she has PTSD from Twitter and cyberstalking | Mail Online
<<< yeah, and im sure any guy with actual trechn exposure under artillery carpet bombing is more than happy to not smack her a coupla across the skull.,
mod6:
<+mircea_popescu> mod6: vol is actually 1.72 M, but seems to be rounding to 2M, should i just print full amount, or 1720k?
<< how about you print 1.72M
<< yeah, I got it worked out :)
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: original yes on the brk-a bet is yielding 17.5%, not bad at all
<< also underwater atm.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: they are really managing to screw up a decent wallet.
<<< ya srsly, wtf is going on there.
mircea_popescu: jurov: and no, i won't blog it, it was underwhelming in the end
<<< this.
mircea_popescu: mod6: vol is actually 1.72 M, but seems to be rounding to 2M, should i just print full amount, or 1720k?
<< how about you print 1.72M
mircea_popescu: NHTSA believes that V2V capability will not develop absent regulation, because there would not be any immediate safety benefits for consumers who are early adopters of V2V."
<<< uhhh.... so then ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform ") While the site isn't as popular as during the early 2000s, the privately run discussion forum has continued and has its champions."
<< ha-ha. fark was popular in the 200s ? what is this, taking advantage of the noobness of the average internet user, "he wasn;t there so who;s to know" ?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: like i ain't got enough to do with van already
<< yeah like that lol. hey, beats unemployment, depression and doom.
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ben_vulpes:
<jurov> and no, i won't blog it, it was underwhelming in the end
<< my experience with haskell writ large
mod6:
< BitOTTer1> [X-BT VWAP] Bid: 175 Ask: 221 Last Price: 175 30d-Vol: 2M 30d-High: 250 30d-Low: 170 30d-VWAP: 198
<< 30d-vol is actually 1.72 M, but seems to be rounding to 2M, should i just print full amount, or 1720k?
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> ben_vulpes hey, how about offering teh interested people a nice drawing of their gpg wot ? they gotta put the address in anyway, you got the dependencies anyway...
<< like i ain't got enough to do with van already
chetty:
<assbot> Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant | The Smoking Gun// uh, what was ever secret about that?
mircea_popescu: xmj: RagnarDanneskjol: "It's not what you know, it's whom you know" - said no smart person ever.
<< i've said it.
chetty:
<asciilifeform> most people in usa will read this and ask 'but was he an untermensch ?' and go back to sleep// who said they were awake to go back to sleep
chetty:
<mircea_popescu> yeah that shit's dangerous for little mps.// well does the world really need (can it stand) little mps
mircea_popescu: * asciilifeform ball bearings
<< was given a large bottle of bearing balls to play with as a boy. beautiful things.
<< me too. i ate them.
mircea_popescu: pankkake: Perhaps using a name that looks "real" would work
<< you can prolly legally change your name to say Pan K. Kake
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> i thought vulpes was a blowupitem-ist
<< also blew some stuff up, also built some "rockets", also designed some components for rockets.
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> or was that vulpes
<< don't know that i ever achieved the kind of skills that an actual machinist can lay claim to, but i've operated the whole standard library in production settings.
dignork: shovel_boss | i go insider info on that one
<<< mental note to myself, do not share any info
Apocalyptic:
<TheNewDeal> he has moved beyond ass & tities // he's now pumping some scamcoins yeah
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: I was a TA at a pharmacy school for 2 years. Pretty sure anticonvulsants are they way to go, but they vary so much from person to person.
<< no, he has a point. a woman is ideal but fail that a dog works.
gribble: RagnarDanneskjol was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 5 hours, 51 minutes, and 53 seconds ago:
<RagnarDanneskjol> !up RagnarsBitch
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: aren't you also a machinist?
<< believe that was vulpes
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> no, actually, it wouldn't.
<< Surprisingly true
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> jailbird can dream, cannit ?
<< This
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: Know any corporations that need Librarians?
<<< ahahha this made my lol
mircea_popescu: RagnarDanneskjol: think you need a passpuerto first
<< you can probably simply walk into mexico. you can definitely cross the border to guatemala on foot. once in guatemala, you can hit the local consulate for a temp passport and that's that.
mircea_popescu: . Staff are expected to interact with every single customer and make it a fun night no matter the size of the group, bad weather, bars closing at the last minute, long walks, drunken behavior, etc.
<< srsly. this is where the level is, irl, in this world.
mircea_popescu: Sheets and towels are changed twice a week. Maid service is included. Need your clothes washed? We'll take care. Need some help cooking or ordering take out? We can help. Any questions you might have don't hesitate to ask! I'm at your service!
<< "is the maid hot ?"
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: ^ Only problem with that room is "No fumadores"
<< you can do better than that.
kakobrekla:
<assbot> eightyeight +v failed; L1: 0, L2: 0
chetty:
<ThickAsThieves> it's linkedin without the nonsense//++
ThickAsThieves:
<+xmj> RagnarDanneskjol: "It's not what you know, it's whom you know" - said no smart person ever. /// why is it one or the other? Both are necessary qualities.
ThickAsThieves:
<+asciilifeform> fatter - works. /// taller while laying down :)
cazalla: asciilifeform: funny how BlueMeanie4 reads so much like ninjaspamgun
<<< ninjashogun parted earlier today so perhaps you are right
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: lol re: the notion of 'controlling' a hypothetical 'superintelligent' machine.
<<< i've controlled superintelligent womenz, they luv'd it. why'd the ai necessarily not enjoy it ?
mircea_popescu: jurov: Cognitive enhancement could take place through collective cognitive ability -- the Internet, for example,
<<< aaa-hahahaha.
mircea_popescu: * asciilifeform can't immediately picture who might see wot the way he sees ads on site
<< anyway, this is about fucking freedom, so, you know, enjoy fucking her. it's not about adding musts, it's about adding mays.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: how do you suppose most people would react to 'taking it slowly' for that one?
<< what are weddng rings if not a system for slow-cooking tattoos ?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: this whole thing's been a really eye opening exercise in pricing
< :D
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: there was mention of user-tweakable minimum bids at one point ?
<<< open up for bids, bid 1 btc/day on your own thing, this way you're charged a bitcent a day and in exchange you get a guarantee that nobody willing to pay less than 1 btc per half your impressions shows up.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: funny how BlueMeanie4 reads so much like ninjaspamgun
<< i dun see it.
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: russian would be a good language to learn. Some of the best authors wrote in russian
<< it's actually not nearly as hard as it seems.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: not that those are umbers that really matter
< yeah srsly, i wouldn't put much stock in that counter.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: keeps this feasible
<< and by feasible you mean plausible ?
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: obummer ran on the pretense of "Change"
<< yeah but change that way not this way.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: read log ?
<< lol what you seriously negged the guy ?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes: did he ever get it?
<< yeah yeah. it's not THAT intuitive a system
mircea_popescu: dsherm: i hang out on reddit but it has moved away from libertarian roots
<< reddit ? libertarian roots ?! when did this happen.
mircea_popescu: decimation: perhaps assbot should only 'validate' those who have more positive than negative ratings
<< but it already does this.
mircea_popescu: decimation: asciilifeform: which is why elliptic key systems still have doubt cast upon them (plus the patent issues)
<< plus the fact schneier is pushing them
BingoBoingo: decimation> BingoBoingo: I suspect most of them were destroyed rather than sold surplus
<< I imagine problem is more akin to why everything Alpha is still as expensive as fuck
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> asciilifeform it's just thatr i can't locate any data showign they are succesfull to any degree. but anyway.
<< crickets i tell ya crickets
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> perhaps there is even a 'socrates' dildo.
<< Sure, sold in the under 12 section in the toy store
BingoBoingo:
<ben_vulpes> he also doesn't need as much to pay for the space, emotionally, as asciilifeform doe
<< I do, but on a different standard. asciilifeform's blog has been going much longer than mine and with greater sustained excellence
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> -ev (for me, naturally. can't speak for anyone else)
<< Between the benevolent Kakobrekla donation and the MP seeding on the Van ads first month, if I hold long enough maybe I'll be able to wrest Alpha from Intel and host the blog on 22nm chips of a not shitty heritage...
ben_vulpes:
<BlueMeanie4> thats how a money supply expands
<< i'm quite excited about this monetary system without insane expansion all the time.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform is quite sure that he didn't hallucinate it, though
<< one of many reasons I advertise my drinking, keeps this feasible
ben_vulpes:
<nubbins`> there's a dick surgery song about this very thing
<< where's the dick surgery album?
ben_vulpes:
<BlueMeanie4> make your system usable for christ sakes
<< paha cs-folken can't in2 gpg and gribble?
danielpbarron: 09:54
<+BingoBoingo> danielpbarron: But they learn enough of the lingo
<< do you mean they socially engineer their way in? (because the ability to !up yourself depends on the approval of at least 1 pre-existing member)