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mircea_popescu:
<artifexd> Does a gag order require denying such a gag order exists?
<< usually.
ThickAsThieves:
<hearn> integrated Tor support in bitcoinj - merged! \o/
ThickAsThieves: [11:52]
<sipa> perhaps, but i don't see what we can do about it
ThickAsThieves: [11:51]
<ThickAsThieves> bitcoin probably approaching the point where "community consensus" = paralyzation
ThickAsThieves: [11:50]
<ThickAsThieves> and more likely implemented in Altcoin (ATC)
ThickAsThieves: [11:50]
<sipa> especially not developers for one client that is hardly used by end users
ThickAsThieves: [11:50]
<sipa> in any case, that sort of thing requires.community consensus, not developer attention
mircea_popescu:
<mircea_popescu> that's no criteria. obama has been trying to be a president for a while, he still sucks at it.
mircea_popescu:
<ghengis_khan> because ive been doing it for 15 years now
danielpbarron: 11:51:45
<+mircea_popescu> i will go as far as to say that no person that has spent one year diligently (4hrs/day) reading this logs can be stupid.
<< I have been doing exactly that ever since I found this place.
gribble: bitcoinpete was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 day, 3 hours, 7 minutes, and 52 seconds ago:
<bitcoinpete> jurov: indeed, best of luck!
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> and now, of course, with the advent of schengen and the resulting wonderful open borders, you're required to always be able to produce identity papers on demand in various countries in europe
<<< this was a) never false and b) not currently true.
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> man, those are some ugly banners. like fluffypony's take though, classy and shit.
<< aww!
fluffypony: HeySteve:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_laws <- I think that alone, which was only repealed in 1986, qualifies as such a severe restriction of freedom that it would not be untoward to say that the abolishment of Apartheid brought freedom to certain groups
benkay: ;;later tell mircea_popescu
<mircea_popescu> that then makes two for you eh ?
<< i've only outright killed the one.
ThickAsThieves:
<+bounce> somebody cook up a "not affiliated with the bitcoin foundation at all"-banner, just to show how supportive you are of that bunch /// check out my new footer logo!
http://devilsadvocate.biz/ gribble: wences was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 45 weeks, 0 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes, and 11 seconds ago:
<wences> mircea, are you here?
mircea_popescu:
<bounce> hypothetically speaking, suppose you're hungry and poor, but you have the knowledge
<<< it's not the knowledge. it's the attitude.
ThickAsThieves:
<+mircea_popescu> ThickAsThieves btw, atc nao has a casino. /// i sullied my boots and updated the forum
moiety:
<mircea_popescu> fuck you, i'm a dragon.
<< lol please bash this
kakobrekla:
<asciilifeform> kakobrekla needs amphibious car
<- is this some weird rehash of golf cart joke ?
moiety: Dogecoin is the highest form of satire.
<< lolol
moiety:
<mircea_popescu> [...]The Coming Demise of the Altcoins (And What You Can Do to Hasten It)
<< aw fuck, don't make me go into magic gathering cards now, i just made this thing work.
moiety:
<fluffypony> moiety: wife's baking cookies after I showed her your bears
<< win! how did they go? what kind did she make and has she ever tried shortbread? also can i just say whats wrong with homemaking? D: i don't feel like this would be bad if I were producing things around the house/garden and i could try and make things online.
HeySteve:
<+fluffypony> why do they need “six 10 tonne AC units" for that?
<-another syngeristic enterprise they're incorporating to save children from cancer is growing pot for SR 2.0 under lights in the basement. just my guess
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: "[13:45:19]
<+pankkake> I'm not sure why I even try, you just decided to be dumb today"
mircea_popescu:
<pankkake> what's obviously discussed here is altcoins that are simple bitcoin forks
<< no, i was discussing in general.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller> curious. how do you know so much about American culture mircea_popescu ?
<< i lived there, remember ? i live with us born chicks, too.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: "Much like .nobody knows how to make movies. was generally true in Hollywood, .nobody knows how to make Bitcoin businesses. is generally true in Bitcoin."
<< I wish designers weren't as "uppity" these days. It's surprising that a designer straight out of school thinks they know how to "change the world" better than their predecessors who have been doing it for decades, yet these baby designers ha
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves
<< that's a huge thing, documenting all the memes. milk, and first, best and greatest and whoa nelly, tons of them
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic:
http://www.bitfin.com/ << all the people who aren't in Bitcoin finance but would like to be, so rather than join #bitcoin-assets prefer to pretend like they matter instead.
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell benkay` "Quixotic damn mission. There are years of fraudulent insanity buried in that forum, and after two weeks of cataloging the madness had to take the project out back and shoot it in the head for fear I'd come down with whatever disease is infecting the brains of those who seek to throw their hard-won bitcoins at unknown entities across the internet. "
<< that then makes two for you eh ?
decimation: mircea_popescu: "anyway, this constant tendency to abstract people out of life is a sickness by now."
<< I suspect as least 90% of USG spending is put toward programs who have the goal of treating people as if they were automatons
mircea_popescu: "when trust becomes a product of data instead of a product of human decision making."
<< srsly, this is nonsense fluffy
mike_c:
<+fluffypony> when accountability can be controlled programmatically
<< that hurt my brain.
fluffypony: you end up with:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">50.24414705
</pre>
</body>
</html>
mircea_popescu: MrWDunne: Also the actual business plan is a 25 page PDF
<< i like this part best so far.
moiety:
<fluffypony> coz that shit irks me more than NameCheap's new design
<< dude, glad it's not just me. i seriously thought i'd gone to the wrong place for a second
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: how your software will handle large volumes
<< that's the funniest thing i read today.
gribble: nubbins` was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 week, 0 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds ago:
<nubbins`> you will need it if you don't want to have to download a client and python every time you boot
mircea_popescu: HeySteve: this place is becoming a real Dragon's Den, I'm thinking of writing something to that effect
<< by all means. maybe get nubbins to draw us all as pony dragons.
mircea_popescu: "44% of Americans are living with less than $5,887 in savings for a family of four"
<< fun fact ? most romanians own more than that.
benkay:
<bitcoinpete> taleb's on a roll right now
<< link?
mircea_popescu: i quote, "
<chetty> well you be glad to hear we're finally back to active programing on eulora - but right now need to hit the store for weekend supplies of milk and coffee - back in a bit"
moiety:
<ThickAsThieves> so anyone have any great leads on jobs in animal conservation in non-US countries?
<< manuls obviously
mircea_popescu: decimation: re: amazon, I've heard it's a tough life working there
<< but it's a large corp. of course they'd be managing the fuck out of all cost, neh ? afaik google is pretty much the only giant still trying to play the startup, otherwise even apple is bezos-ing it away.
mircea_popescu: decimation: but the "recovery" is great guys, just some snow, no problems here
<< in fairness, they were overissuing
bitcoinpete: "#blackcoin is temporarily down but because of excellent community support we're working super hard to get it up again. ETA 2 hours."
<< ummm
HeySteve: re:
<+fluffypony> needless to say, eulethria was pissed
jurov:
<troll>if random_cat really did read fine print, he'd ask you straight, not mirceau popescue
</troll>
bitcoinpete: "The MAIDSAFE project specifically and these types of crowdsales broadly have a great future ahead, but it’s a bit like launching a boat – careful thought, diligent planning and rigorous construction must all come together or the whole thing sinks."
<<such derp
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: The entire world is Italy.
<- true words
fluffypony: "We should be attractive to customers thanks to lax KYC/AML, as we will not require identification for those who wish to trade £500/€600 or less per week."
<- so basically I can get around all KYC/AML issues by opening 100 accounts?
gribble: blackwhite was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 1 week, 1 day, 3 hours, and 55 seconds ago:
<blackwhite> hola peeps
benkay:
<mircea_popescu> and i'm not gonna give stan any more credit than i gave benkay either
<< wot ch2 omission smarted
mircea_popescu:
<BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: It is well within the specs I set when I raped herbi and his wife's future.
<< dude srsly.