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mircea_popescu:
<decimation> I suspect the median white father would desire to have a white grandchild, does that make him racist?
<<< this is very us/midwestern. i don't think a majority of europeans identify in those terms or specifically care.
mircea_popescu:
<nkuttler> poles are awesome, and brits are envious
<< penis envy basically
decimation: lol "and among the expenses the largest is legal at $296,000"
<< every scam has a scam-lawyer
mircea_popescu:
<godovo> what happens if they succeed to kill it's "mass appeal" tho? be it via insane price swings (the volatility argument), or by having big, known "holders" dumping big time?
<< bitcoin does not, never had and never will have mass apeal.
mircea_popescu:
<pete_dushenski> cazalla: i guess it's more than most people wager
<< actually average is like 1btc
pete_dushenski: "Why would you bet on no 3 separate times after the bet was satisfied yes?"
<< i wonder the same thing
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: footnote ii "What are you waifing for ?"
<< waiting?
BingoBoingo: pankkake> even #bitcoin-assets isn't named #mircea_popescu
<< #Kako_Chat would be a nice name for a channel
wyrdmantis: "I see manipulation"
<<<--- seems legit
gribble: punkman was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 21 hours, 45 minutes, and 58 seconds ago:
<punkman> you wash some of your own btc, jerk some puppets, the muppets won't be able to resist
gribble: [04:59:08]
<RagnarDanneskjol> btc @ 499 on btce, good times
mircea_popescu:
<MolokoDeck> right, you'd dither the nonce until you got some other block to match the hash.
<< the nonce isn't actually large enough
mircea_popescu:
<BingoBoingo> Prolly between 2 and 78
<< hopefully 200ish
ben_vulpes:
<mircea_popescu> make a connection.
<< http://survantjames.com does objective-c whatever, provided you're willing to pay fiat objective-c rates for people who actually know what they're doing.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: Imma hypothesize that few things introduce people to each other and unite communities as effectively as teargas.
<<< candida, actually :D
BingoBoingo:
<dreamstring> the reality is everyone has a smart phone, thats how the gov wants it. well use that and give everyone a smart phone a new start to a currency connected to everyone with a smart phone... which is everyone in the world.
<< I haven't had one in years
BingoBoingo: kakobrekla> are you here to learn?
<< This dreamstring
BingoBoingo:
<dreamstring> but that still ads to the rich get richer kinda aspect bitcoin is fighting against
<< Who said this is a part of Bitcoin, Bitcoin fights the stupid getting richer...
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu>
<decimation> this goes to my earlier point about a split in the Dem. party. it's not like the usg elite overlords act in their interest
<< markov chains have no self interest.
<< Vexual seems to
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> 'occupy' - sucked
<< that's because they don;'t know how to protest.
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> this goes to my earlier point about a split in the Dem. party. it's not like the usg elite overlords act in their interest
<< markov chains have no self interest.
mircea_popescu:
<trixisowned> wow wtf they are firing on the houses
<< lol famous last words
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> heavy on the marx and engels
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> heavy on the marx and engels
<< their names, but not ideas in any informed way, walked into local encampement at the time, no one wanted to debate hegel
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> they always burn... their own streets.
<< The one thing "Occupy" seemed to make an earnest effort to correct
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> re: microwave blaster: raytheon's pumps out 95 GHz. --> ~3mm wavelength. don't have pinholes in the suit.
<< it only works if continuous, for one.
gribble: thickasthieves was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 5 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes, and 7 seconds ago:
<thickasthieves> who uses a ripped condom tho?
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> yeah amateur radio would be much more fun if there were people to talk to other than hams
<< like what, 19/f/cali accidentally on the transmission ?
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> I'm not sure how you are going to make money selling to the democratic police when the surplus war material is "free"
<< love will find a way.
BingoBoingo: decimation> re: death ray
<< it is well known amoung amateur radio folks that RF burns are extremely nasty, they don't heal like normal wounds
<< Still better than touching the antenna...
decimation: re: death ray
<< it is well known amoung amateur radio folks that RF burns are extremely nasty, they don't heal like normal wounds
nubbins`:
<+decimation> plus 'ipad gcc' (xcode) only runs on a mac, and you have to tell apple why you want it
<< you have to tell apple why you want xcode?
BingoBoingo: kakobrekla> this thing was introduced in the later models only ?
<< This thing was introduced when they "introduced" "multi-tasking"
mircea_popescu:
<Flerb> I've not seen bticointalk
<< where you from then ?
mircea_popescu:
<dpb_reddit> So, is this webchat legitimate? Or do people just question the person trying to hire lol
<< aka "herpyderp I know shit, and don't want to adjust. everyone else must adjust to my stupid head. or else i will say the bad thing!!!1"
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: the chess example, or its life version with debt, etc. is really a play on 'hilbert's hotel'
<< so it is. for as long as the theoretical properties of aleph-cardinals hold in real sets, well... why not.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: let the permanent record permanently reflect the permanent fact that the economist is a piece of toilet paper upon which down syndrome patients scribble whatever shit happens through their head.
<< kablamm!
mircea_popescu: problem is all this cost her
< a hamburger (which she gets free anyway)
kakobrekla:
<asciilifeform> cpanel !?!
< since ever
FabianB: "03:10 #bitcoin-otc-ratings:
<+gribble> New rating | assbot > 1 > fabianb | #bitcoin-assets"
<- thanks assbot
mircea_popescu: decimation> man I thought mircea was hard on the guy but after reading a few pages of the book he deserves worse
<< and importantly, i read no pages of the book.
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> I just mentally edit his posts with s//gold/bitcoin/
<< that's a way to go about it. prolly would have made hitler quite palatable too
mircea_popescu:
<mike_c> i don't know about you guys, but my blog posts are done when i can't stand to look at them anymore.
<< i take about half an hour.