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Apocalyptic: next thing we know they're coming to Timisoara
Duffer1: vorhees and popescu then
Korbman: on HL, yes, but it wasn't about me they wanted to talk about
Korbman: anybody from the US get a call from the SEC today / recently? ☟︎
mircea_popescu: the value of bitcoin is principally this : that an intelligent agent can turn any turdgasm into comedy gold.
nubbins`: also, -1 for tip address at bottom of article
nubbins`: i think she meant to say "that purports to be from our staff", but w/e
ozbot: WARNING to BM Subscribers: Do NOT Open Any Document Re: Mt.Gox from Our Staff – Bitcoin Magazine
asciilifeform: usually 10x10 pixels or so, but that's enough to find thermal faults
asciilifeform: plenty of electronics hobbyists own them
benkay: asciilifeform: my limited intel sez flir's having a hard time
asciilifeform: in other news, 'flir' camera for the proles. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454119,00.asp
bitcoinpete: speaking of the fed, mircea_popescu, I've been looking for that line in the logs about the world having its Zimbabwe moment from 2010-2014 and not even knowing it. That's classic. Do you remember when it was or have a link?
benkay: never going to get anywhere with this elitest fiat attitude...
benkay: no but wait she doesn't matter we must consult the forumoracles
mircea_popescu: anyway : janet yellen yields to trilema
pankkake: benkay: burn them all
asciilifeform: 'English: Mark V female tank in Arkhangelsk'
asciilifeform: epic translation fail
mircea_popescu: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg7_WS1IgAEa7sB.jpg:large << map of countries the uk has not invaded.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM100] [PAID] 1.47825643 BTC to 320`663 shares, 461 satoshi per share
mircea_popescu: >>= is that right bitshift ?
Jere_Jones: The not greater than check is here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/e3e65d29b70c64808b3ab5c58ce0b3bcefaadc5d/src/main.cpp#L1738
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [B.MINE] [PAID] 2.49075700 BTC to 3`100 shares, 80347 satoshi per share
mircea_popescu: it'd be current total base
benkay: Jere_Jones: would you link somewhere near this in the source?
Jere_Jones: I imagine that long before that could happen there would be some code added to ensure the coinbase adds up to the fees in order to prevent that.
Jere_Jones: Wow. Extrapolating that to absurd means you could destroy every single bitcoin. The blockchain could have a grand total of 0 satoshis spendable.
Jere_Jones: That would destroy coins since the fees would disappear.
jurov: lol mining such blocks would be a good way to rile everyone up
Jere_Jones: ConnectBlock is the function that verifies a block. It only ensures that the value out of the first transaction is not greater than a calculated value. One would expect 0 to not be greater than.
mircea_popescu: well then i give
Jere_Jones: mircea_popescu I've looked at the code that calculates the max coinbase out and it does indeed calculate a subsidy of 0 for blocks 6930000 and greater. I can explain it line by line if you like.
mircea_popescu: ie the camwhores that do voice customer support.
mircea_popescu: so apparently a "lnp specialist" is what they call phonewhores
jurov: mircea_popescu: it was the inflatable dick stretching to sea floor
mircea_popescu: what the holy shit is a "LNP Specialist " supposed to be
asciilifeform: more mundanely, the money would buy perhaps 10,000 cows.
benkay: Apocalyptic: of course, saying "you don't deserve your coins" yields a quick ticket to the edge of the desert
mircea_popescu: so as to inflate away the property rights acquired
kakobrekla: the only thing you can do with that much cow is ipcc extortion
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform what'd happen ? there'd suddenly be a stringent need for regulation
benkay: Apocalyptic: i'm a bit of a pariah among locals in bitcoin right now due to the glee i exhibited over the past 4 months in their demise. my only consolation is that the derps will turn over, as they do here. it just seems to be slower around here, mostly i think 'cause people lack any sort of hustle in these parts.
mike_c: but the cow dealer might not take most of the money in facebook stock like whatsapp did.
asciilifeform: it's rather like the $MAXINT account on gox
asciilifeform: MisterE: re: 'things cheaper than' << think about what would happen if the folks with the funny money actually bought 38 million cows or whatnot
mike_c: if only gox traded bernankoin those poor souls could be made whole.
benkay: i soliloquized on the benefits of the gox coins ending up in the hands of humans who undertsand how coins work instead of gox' or their customers last night
ozbot: Things that are cheaper than whatsapp
asciilifeform: it eventually comes back to where it must, like water
asciilifeform: $1b is never given to a nobody, it is only lent.
mircea_popescu: rather than leaving the turd floating on a billion dollars.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform at least the greeks killed the nobody when done
mircea_popescu: different than what ?
asciilifeform: there is this old custom in the u.s., of 'crowning' some nobody
mircea_popescu: it was just there, any other piece of pulp would have worked the same way
benkay: hp was great in that it gave pretty 13 year old girls something different to run their mouths about
mircea_popescu: i dunno that it "did" anything
asciilifeform: in that it was picked for the 'slot' by media mouthpieces
asciilifeform: i recall reading that H.P. was sort of like mtgox
nubbins`: consider that HP inspired a generation of kids to fall in love with books
benkay: hey thestringpuller i found your new shoes
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller i just think it's pulpy.
thestringpuller: is that really necessary?
mike_c: bitcoin is already there i guess
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform meanwhile the retarded woman made like 1bn
mike_c: "The cartoon marks a notable moment in the history of the Internet. Once the exclusive domain of government engineers and academics, the Internet was now a subject of discussion in general interest magazines like The New Yorker."
asciilifeform: i think that's close to the exact sum, in modern usd, that tolkien was paid for his books.
mircea_popescu: how much did the author make from rights so far ?
mircea_popescu: ok so : knowing that the "on the internet no one knows you're a dog" cartoon is the most reprinted cartoon in the history of the new yorker,
wao-ender: v0v, that krym politics
mircea_popescu: gotta get the gurlz used to camwhoring somehow.
asciilifeform: incidentally, winblows camera trojans are old hat.
nubbins`: do they even have a product? i can't find it amongst all the SHARK TANK logos
nubbins`: AS SEEN ON TV
nubbins`: AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK
nubbins`: pankkake: piece of tape with a piece of paper in the middle of the sticky side
asciilifeform: why not open the damn thing up and unplug it
ozbot: Eyebloc Webcam Cover - Webcam Blocker as Seen on Shark Tank
asciilifeform: (this is one of those things that actually costs something, and is in no conceivable case an accident)
asciilifeform: re: 'GCHQ intercepted webcam images' << goes great with the well-known fact that most laptop cameras have software-controlled activity lights.
bitcoinpete: my god their french is lovely here
nubbins`: but a bastardized derivation thereof
nubbins`: anyway, pankkake might argue that i don't speak "french" at all
nubbins`: and french isn't one of them?
ozbot: Quebec Language Police Target Store Owner's Facebook Page - Slashdot
bitcoinpete: I've got another article in the pipeline about patience
mike_c: that's what comments are for anyway, to debate the post. TaT got his word in.
bitcoinpete: I'm not, I understand the implication I made
bitcoinpete: Maybe I didn't need to mention Neo… but it's been hyped enough of late. Makes the article seem up with the times.
kakobrekla: more than i ever produced.
kakobrekla: already 4 articles on that blog, not bad
Duffer1: ya saw that hehe
bitcoinpete: now I understand why ThickAsThieves was asking about me...
kakobrekla: ill take a look at some point
mircea_popescu: rather than whole line failing ?
mircea_popescu: that is the thing i was commenting about and doesn't show up in the log!
nubbins`: i know nothing of the internals involved there, tho
ozbot: GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide | World news | theguardian.com
nubbins`: but when i run ./psclient from terminal, gui window opens up without the help of xquarts