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nubbins`: and i had to spend two goddamn weeks reading the instruction manual for that game before i could play it
nubbins`: we were on family vacation, driving through the usa
nubbins`: i recall seeing a virtual boy set up on a counter in a department store the day i bought super mario 3
kanzure: well it runs linux so people can just flash whatever they want on it i assume
asciilifeform: you could probably write arbitrary pixels to it easily enough
asciilifeform: i thought 'glass' was just a peripheral for the 'android phone' ?
pigeons: hackcanada who were later accused of being Tom Williams/mybitcoin had virtualboy hacking project that was fun read
asciilifeform: not so neat. turned a perfectly good machine into an envelope full of parts that will never work again...
kanzure: has someone written a usable os for google glass yet? e.g. something to bring up a shell
asciilifeform: pigeons: funnily, the only game console i've ever bought was virtual boy. to tear apart for the optics, when trying to build a binocular version of the p4.
pigeons: that's sad. i liked the virtual boy i got use out of it before the headaches. and i kind of liked the headaches
Kleeck: Guys. I highly recommend this book:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-buying-selling-investing-Bitcoin/dp/1493699474/ref=sr_1_5/278-9187282-6189917?ie=UTF8&qid=1386865168&sr=8-5&keywords=bitcoin+miner
asciilifeform: pigeons: you will get headache from the monocle long before the foam sticks to your head.
nubbins`: "you mean we can do what we want and the plebs will bear the brunt of our poor choices? great! let's vote ourselves a pay increase!"
asciilifeform: the20year: i think he was asking about the ancient monocle display, rather than pentium 4
mircea_popescu: <nubbins`> doesn't really give G any incentive to not fuck up, does it? << exactly right.
mircea_popescu: what is the coinbr fee these days ?
asciilifeform: (even though there are moving parts inside!)
asciilifeform: the widget itself still works just as it ought to.
nubbins`: you can actually see bits of foam all over the table in that picture.
asciilifeform: that foam began to rot into dust long ago.
ThickAsThieves: zitbrow, I think it's called
nubbins`: cauliflower ear is from getting hit in the ears too much
pigeons: what's that diseas you get, is it cauliflower ear from wearing nasty foam headbands like that
asciilifeform: kanzure: ebay. some time in '04.
nubbins`: it's... it's taking over
nubbins`: [1:37pm] jcpham: if only i could pay people to blog in dogecoin
kanzure: pigeons: not the same
kanzure: ThickAsThieves: yeah but nobody is able to get a P4 these days
nubbins`: doesn't really give G any incentive to not fuck up, does it?
nubbins`: it just funnels money from (P-C) directly to C, because of some activity or lack thereof on the part of G
nubbins`: given a population P, and a subset C who file a class-action lawsuit against the government
nubbins`: it doesn't affect the government, as an entity, at all
nubbins`: suing the government is an interesting thing
nubbins`: no rush either way, i can't redeem my s.mg stock warrant until mid-january anyway, and will likely sit on it long past that date
jurov: convince them to import them to your account
peterL: oh ok. I must say I really like CoinBR, good job making that run.
nubbins`: realistically neither will happen, likely because the coinbr fee is so low and the mpex fee is so high :D
nubbins`: my plan is to skulk around until i figure out a way to cajole or barter my way into a free account on coinbr or mpex
peterL: just wondering if you planned on lowering the coinBR fees again since the price of bitcoin went up 5x since you set the current fees?
nubbins`: heh, you actually gave me a bit of a start then.
nubbins`: not sure the human brain can handle that sort of abuse tho
nubbins`: or watching three episodes of MST3k at once
asciilifeform: damn, never even heard of the '9000' thing before today. clearly i should spend more time reading memes and less maths...
mircea_popescu: over 9 times better.
mircea_popescu: 90 thousand, son.
pankkake: incidentally, S.MPOE is approaching that level
mircea_popescu: clearly handling an eyepatch is not for the masses.
mircea_popescu: well... most people don't have the brainpower that'd allow them to walk and chew at the same time
deadweasel: i realized that the first time I saw one.
ThickAsThieves: the first time you put them on, you realize how embarassing they really are
asciilifeform: still waiting to see how google's hmd stacks up against my 'p4'
ThickAsThieves: as all seen things
ThickAsThieves: i need a bitcoin ticker app
jcpham: oh text
asciilifeform: jcpham: you can watch film on the $100 chinese hmd that's been around for years. the point of google's was ostensibly a display with svga res that you could actually read text on
ThickAsThieves: first observation is that having the video on in any way destroys battery life
pankkake: I find it weird that they ignored people having glasses already. I mean, that's a lot of nerds
ozbot: imgur: the simple image sharer
ThickAsThieves: but i still must wear contacts to use em
ThickAsThieves: got one more showing more of the packaging
ozbot: imgur: the simple image sharer
jcpham: not a *whole lot* of functionality but they can always update the functionality through play store
asciilifeform: 'what, stereo vision? i wasn't really using that for anything!'
jcpham: they delivered the product and opened it up to more than just devs
mircea_popescu: a splendid then. make it good.
ThickAsThieves: I ordered mine and they came i 1 day, was also able to order accessories and choose color
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves did you actually buy the thing ?
mircea_popescu: this would be part of being fucking sane in the head.
jcpham: thev'ye changed their "final product" in recent years
mircea_popescu: we don't advertise a product that isn't yet orderable, no.
jurov: about the product
mircea_popescu: jurov we talking the bet or the product ?
jcpham: android 4 is bare and everything through play
jcpham: updates through play store obv
jcpham: no that's what they did
mircea_popescu: "Google wasn't just going to ship the devices to us bloggers and figure things out for ourselves."
ozbot: [Update] Spec announced for the Cardano, S.NSA's first product
jurov: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=308675.0 no one there gives a fuck, nor on reddit... or do you advertise elsewhere?
jcpham: prior to disassociating from the socialnets i knew multiple verified parties
mircea_popescu: devs had freebies to play around for a while
pankkake: many people blogged about theirs
mircea_popescu: jcpham seen != delivered tio customers.
jcpham: wtf i've seen them
mircea_popescu: well it's not been able to be verified so far.
mircea_popescu: well it hasn't actually delivered to customers has it.
ozbot: BitBet - Google Glasses will be delivered before the end of 2013
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves which one was this ?
mircea_popescu: jcpham according to people i know i'm fucking scary.
jurov: noone wants teh cardanos
ThickAsThieves: whats up with the Google Glass bet?
ThickAsThieves: i thought LTC just mimics BTC now?
pankkake: > implying is what gox does too
mircea_popescu: that's where newfags dump the stale filler.
pankkake: oh… I've seen that one already
ozbot: Twitter / chijs: BTC China comment implies they'll ...
ThickAsThieves: are you trying to turn this into btce trollbox
mircea_popescu: ltc on the moon!
ThickAsThieves: if they are plummeting in value
ThickAsThieves: is not having to buy the hardware