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bitcoinpete: "A new entrant doesn't need permission before he can compete with established players"
<< other than coming to -assets?
bitcoinpete: "But while we may see the Bitcoin ecosystem consolidate to a few dominant firms eager to satisfy regulators, this is no reason to despair."
<< or consolidate as shit gets shucked
bitcoinpete: "Circle CEO, Jeremy Allaire, has ruffled many a libertarian feather by frequently making the case that Bitcoin will not see widespread consumer adoption without regulation, including regulations that target anonymity."
<<fuck this dood
moiety:
<mod6> do you have a blockchain in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
<<lol epic
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: i am assuming that precision strikes aren't to be preferred because punishment must be disproportionate and impredictable to work.
<< taleb says the same thing. like china when they execute heads of companies for losing quarters
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: the collapse of the western world is a fucking moral imperative by now.
<< priceless
bitcoinpete: bounce: because, you know, having to call up and say you're a pervert is a choice
<< the bitcoin hotline has competition nao
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: apparently the mental illness of religious people has been found. some sort of epilepsy
<< at least according to thomas hobbes, the jooz took epilepsy as a possession to spirits.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: but srsly, i don't know there's anything nicer in the wonderful world of creativity than coming up with something before lunch and having it all deployed and working by supper.
<< so sweet
mod6:
<+thestringpuller> I DIDN"T CRY WHEN I WAS BORN LIKE A LITTLE BITCH
<< haha
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> huh. and so universities are our premier stores of idiots?
<< well yes. surpriserd ?
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> so with different structure we'd get better ideas bubble up to the top?
<< people don't do what they want to do. people do what works.
chetty:
<mircea_popescu> i am fuming out of five different smokestacks for five unrelated reasons.
<< someone call the bomberos
mircea_popescu: cazalla: blue yeti is pretty nice, i have one of those
<< hey cazalla you called the girl up yet ?
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: I remember those Creative Labs mics that used to come with the SoundBlaster cards in the 90s
<< fuck, me too!
mircea_popescu: benkay: why is it that one should not drink while taking antibiotics?
<< because the enzyme pathway responsible for putting away alcohol is also involved in most antibiotics processing, and it's easily overwhelmed.
mircea_popescu: benkay: it makes no sense.
<< have you tried using the othere side of the brain ?
moiety: and to know the idea before others
<< wow epic investment
moiety: Will it be a bunch of humans plus one computer sitting around a table? No, don't take it literally.
<< sad times
benkay:
<mircea_popescu> "bitcoin is not money in the sense gasoline is not tallow" // your coinage?
gribble: princessnell was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 21 hours, 23 minutes, and 26 seconds ago:
<princessnell> pardon #brand
mircea_popescu: benkay: someday my blog will have its own blade
<< what, and be liek trilema ?!
mircea_popescu:
<fluffypony> but maybe the idiot-newbz can be split out from the not-complete-idiot-newbz
<< certainly can be done. has been done.
mircea_popescu:
<fluffypony> but why did he barrel ahead? it's because he didn't know of the existence of #bitcoin-assets
<< it's because people don't know what they doin't know and assume this is a-ok.
mircea_popescu:
<moiety> is it out of the question to have a manul gravatar? mine looks derpy
<< no, go right ahead. almost-nipple tits or manuls are the two acceptable looks.
mircea_popescu:
<cgcardona> no that person probably just realizes that the hive mind of rage will move on soon enough to something else.
<< the hivemind doesn't have a mind of its own you know.
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> good excuse to stick stuff in the wiki, no?
<< yes. this exercise will be very informative, moiety will suddenly have a goldmine of what needs to go into wiki
mircea_popescu:
<moiety> I take it im not logging calls where they dont say anything
<< sure you do, why not.
thestringpuller: moiety: they'd be more call backs. "Tell thestringpuller to call
<blah> back."
benkay: mircea_popescu:and now back to doing anjie
<< goodness does the princess know she's getting done?
mircea_popescu:
<fluffypony> in this instance it's for a valid cause :)
<< i'm impressed how well this works. same thing happened with openbsd, people ended up giving them like 100k. and we don't even have a foundation! and we're not even ceos of bitcoin!
mircea_popescu:
<moiety> ok, can get a skye dedicated number for £4.03/month or £11.50/3months or i can just attach it to my mobile number
<< how about a year ?
kakobrekla:
<Luke-Jr> if nobody tries, it won't happen for sure
< theres a HUGE gap between that and "I SHOULD DO IT"
bitcoinpete: "Angel investor Roger Ver told Popper he’s not actively looking to make any new investments, choosing, instead, to focus his attention on the investments he’s already made."
<< cuz he's broke as shit?
bitcoinpete: "Ver agreed, suggesting that the next “logical step” for apps such as WhatsApp is to enable the sending and receipt of bitcoins."
<< ver should be on the board of facebook
bitcoinpete: "Among those confirmed killed were Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit and his wife, said Nipat Thonglek, the Thai Defence Ministry's permanent secretary."
<< innocent enough...
mircea_popescu: princessnell: easier to entice a man who can do it for us
<< this is such nonsense, srsly.
mircea_popescu: bounce: so far the wimminz ceoz in bitcoinz ended up ded
<< being a ceo is hard.
kakobrekla: " betas today top dog single core ?"
< so thats a yes? also 'beats' instead of 'betas'
kakobrekla:
<asciilifeform> as for higher pressure in the box - the air has to come from somewhere.
< just more intake than outtake
mircea_popescu: jurov: so, by this theory, mircea_popescu should not mind all this feminish buzz cuz he's enjoying bitches anyway :D
<< i don't mind it in the slightest. anti-male legislation helps the male owner of a harem of females most of all.
mircea_popescu: benkay: is a wallet that maintains a dollar value via autotrading even feasible?
<< it has got to be a parody.
mircea_popescu: lampelina: I'm way too stupid to hack anything, kakobrekla will confirm
<< are you two sore at each other atm ?
mircea_popescu: jurov: i undertood that as "replace karpeles and pierce with bots"
<< apt.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: I actually really hope this happens, it will make the foundation obselete
<< a) it can't happen ; b) it doesn't compete with the foundation any more than workout videos compete with feminism.
bitcoinpete: princessnell: Apocalyptic i'm halfway through *A Troublesome Inheritance* (good, but still cowardly)
<< found it very timid as well. decent research, didn't put on big boy pants
bitcoinpete: benkay: if you can arbitrarily not lose money in a bear market isn't that topologically identical to arbitrarily making money?
<< this is offset by the money they steal from you when the btc price goes up, duh
bitcoinpete: fluffypony: to which he replies: " unlike Vert and every other coin, however, it has a stabilization fund to keep wild swings at bay- more attractive to merchants"
<< seaman knows what excites consumers!
Luke-Jr: [23:37:01]
<jurov> Luke-Jr you did not run for btc foundation? why?
<-- ?
bitcoinpete: asciilifeform:funny thing - i was expecting to see more discussion of the elgamal thing here.
<< same
bitcoinpete: benkay:oh hey who is this yuri guy?
<< one of a loose assemblage of nice dudes from vancouver who took a shit-ton of peoples' money and have yet to deliver. at least 6 months behind now. white label exchange stuff. the first one was supposed to be in new zealand iirc
benkay:
<princessnell> the complaints make a lot more sense as rent-seeking // plz explain to this uneducated brute
kakobrekla:
<kakobrekla> like cheerleaders arent a part of the sport team
< hell, sometimes even the team players arent a part of the team.
kakobrekla:
<mircea_popescu> kakobrekla we need to put a TW: stuff in the chan topic.
< what?
danielpbarron:
<+mircea_popescu> lol danielpbarron how many of these trilema pics have you made so far ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bn0dwhwCYAACIRI.jpg << these don't take very long to make; i'm just doing a screen-capture of my iPhone while reading the article in Instapaper(which formats the text like that)
mircea_popescu: benkay: how does anyone who's been a cto or a senior engineer of any quality not have the ten grand to throw at a good idea themselves?
<< shut up you don't understand the redditard. he COULD HAVE BEEN a cto. which is just the same OKAY ?
mircea_popescu: "Researchers at the Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherches en Informatique et ses Applications (CNRS/Université de Lorraine/Inria) and the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (CNRS/UPMC) have solved one aspect of the discrete logarithm problem."
<< dude gtfo, french crypto ?!
mircea_popescu: Vexual: I just read a deliciously accessible blog post by mp
<< i apologize humbly, humbly, deeply, and sincerely about the fork.
benkay:
<Vexual> Fucking parole
<< what does this mean then
benkay:
<benkay> Vexual you gotta fix dis sitchumacation [01:06]
mircea_popescu: Nautiluscoin would only be better if /Oprah were its creator... And even then, Brian Kelly is better suited to stabilization crypto role
<< bwhahaha.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller: who the fuck is this guy?
<< nobody, really. tried to sell the case for mtgox, got trampled into the dirt.
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete: words from a winner:
<< their desperation to push that guy into relevancy won't work any better nao than the less haphazard efforts worked before he made himself a laughingstoc
mircea_popescu:
<BingoBoingo> bitcoinpete: OpenSSL isn't merely bad. It is malicious and defends it's ability to suck against efforts at improvement.
<< hm.
bitcoinpete: "Nautiluscoin is the first digital currency toNautilusCoin Icon have its own central bank. "
<< woohoo!
benkay:
<< how ams even english bro?
bitcoinpete: "So there, I’m not a total shrill."
<< it's shill. fuck.
benkay: asciilifeform: the forum thinks s.nsa is a scam without constant updates from
<strike>ken
</strike> stan
mircea_popescu: 260 comments on “I Don’t Want to Hire Women”
<< well, no shortage of redditards.
mircea_popescu:
<Shakespeare> well I guess its big when you consider they could eat cpinbase's lunch
<< sure, until someone else eats its lunch.
mircea_popescu:
<BingoBoingo> Circle is just Coinbase with different VC shills pumping it.
<< poretty much. and the fact they both exist indicates quite clearly why neither will succeed.