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pankkake: sometimes it multiples
the btcs by a random number
that makes no sense and adds a $, is
that css?
pankkake: they're fixing
the css instead of fixing
the real bugs :/
pankkake: it's often working
that way in
the circles I know,
tip or not
mircea_popescu: god forbid
they start making a living at it, it'll be
the death of os.
mircea_popescu: it's bad enough with fucktards a la maxwell or hearn hanging on
to
the
thing just for
the "fame"
mircea_popescu: pankkake
tips are exactly
the wrong
thing in
that
they would split
the community into
two
types,
the actual devs and
the people who make a living pretending
to be devs.
pankkake: lol
to receiver "I am making
the world better by facilitating conversations about diversity, inclusivity and social justice in
the hopes of promoting empathy and equality within
the
tech community."
pankkake: I'd certainly like a bounty system for open source devs, but I'm not very convinced "tips" can work and reward
the right people
pankkake: torvalds is probably 1) unaware of
the website 2) rich enough
to not care about $136
kakobrekla: just use a pic or
two, each is worth a
thousand words
the20year: I really didn't
think a 30pg biz plan/prosectus would be
too long with what we're posting on HL
mircea_popescu: ironically,
the spurious "tip" service generated less for
torvalds
than
the strippers left on
the
table in
the earlier linkd material
azi`: fyi its even less
than 1k
dub: granted
to an internet journalist its a lot of money
dub: he's leaving buttcoin on
the
table, not leaving
the
table of buttcoin
dub: a whole
thousand dollars!
mircea_popescu: that's ridoinculous,
torvalds never was "at
the
table"
mircea_popescu: in either case sooner or later would-be preditors will learn
the hard way messing with bitcoin is not unlike
trying
to lick a porcupine
to death.
mircea_popescu: in spite of all
the success pretense, doubtful he has either
the gumption or
the resources,
mircea_popescu: ironically, he could do a lot of damage arguing
the case
to all hell.
dub: presumably he'll find some people
to sell out
mircea_popescu: what makes you
think
that's on
the
table ? it'd be more embarassing
to
the da
than not making
the arrest in hte first place.
mircea_popescu: well doh. plead guilty
to a 5 year
tops first offense you get out in six months.
dub: one of
the others maybe
dub: doubt he'd go guilty on
that
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla is
there some way
to see conversations on
twitter ?
ozbot: BitBet - Charlie Shrem will plead guilty
to money laundering
mike_c: i am curious how
the havelock crowd will react
to what is at least a good fiat investment.
the20year: Hopefully
trying get one
today or
tomorrow
ozbot: Twitter / AGlusskiy: @Mircea_Popescu I am sure
that ...
mircea_popescu: that country is still governable strictly because most of
the population doesn't know how shitty its life is as compared
to poor people in
the
third world.
mircea_popescu: giving us citizens more reasons
to
travel abroad isn't such a bad idea.
kakobrekla: yeah well i do not expect 7000 exchanges in
the us.
kakobrekla: you can make it illegal by making such rules
that for example you need
to apply for licences and shit, but give you no actual way
to get
to
them
Namworld: He never said it would work. Just
that
the states would hit on
the head of
their citizens found using it.
kakobrekla: well
they is no actual way
to make a lot of
things, yet
they still do it
mircea_popescu: <kakobrekla> i wonder if btc will end up like weed in
the us <<
there is no actual way
to make bitcoin illegal.
think about it.
Namworld: The plaid Bitcoin map of
the US. Legend: Gray - Illegal | Gold - Legal
kakobrekla: "we cant regulate it,
throw a blanket on it and hit it with a shovel"
kakobrekla: i wonder if btc will end up like weed in
the us
Namworld: It's just
the state of NY. Who cares about NY?
simlay: Was
the first panel more interesting? I started ~10 minutes ago.
kakobrekla: NOT YOUR FUCKIN WORDS ARE
THERE FOREVER
kakobrekla: "so i lauched, and people saw
the value, so
they started mining it... " and he forgots
to add "then
they saw doge, and saw value in
that and went mining
that."
mike_c: i wish i could watch. fking internet is broken
today.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo mike_c benkay &
the rest of
the blogging crowd : you gonna
trasncribe
this ?
kakobrekla: "they like
to support alternate currency"
mircea_popescu: have about as much of a clue as
these dudes explaining bitcoin.
mircea_popescu: that awkward moment when you realise people
trying
to
teach you EVERYTHING, such as for instance, physics, or how
to cook
libbelol: that would be you STEALING
the coins
libbelol: fair enough, but
that would be something else
than just
the exchange failing
kakobrekla: well, not until i put
them in my pocket
libbelol: if an exchange holds bitcoins for you,
they arent lost?
libbelol: WHAT
THE FUCK. what.
the fuck are
they
talking about
libbelol: then i just added a lol once on irc, because libbe was
taken (after i had been using it on quakenet for like 4 years+)
libbelol: i wish mr litecoin ... knew more about how it all works? or even bothered
to
tell
these clowns what
they are
talking about ?
jurov: from
the mpex scientology
thread: I wonder how
the discussion would look like if
there were no coinbr referrals.
mircea_popescu: lots of girls with
three fingers around, i guess, but hey.
mircea_popescu: i blame pestalozzi, personally. if every nine year old girl was given
the choice of losing a finger a week or learning math like a pro we wouldn't have
these problems
Apocalyptic: well mircea, i
thought here way more clueless
kakobrekla: it can go either way and
they are right, we are doomed.
dub: its cold
today, global warming is bunk
mircea_popescu: people are mostly so smart
they end up doing it
to
themselves.
mircea_popescu: once i offered it for shoving
things in painful places...
takers, suddenly.
mircea_popescu: see,
that i posit is not my fault, but
the resistance of
the medium. i
tried
to give strippers 1 btc for free.
they wouldn't
take it.