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mircea_popescu: "He had a 4.0 GPA in English (and English fluency-required) classes throughout high school and college"
< lol
kakobrekla:
<mircea_popescu> i mean this channel was fundamentally born out of some clueless noobs' inability to grok that intelligent discussion is more important than avoiding displays of cunt.
< not really, was just to impress girls.
ThickAsThieves:
<mircea_popescu> lots of idiot tribes. // you owe Seth Godin royalties now
ThickAsThieves:
<WillTablet> I mean, I haven't even figured out my intense social problems, nor stopped procrastinating // dont confuse procrastinating with not wanting to do stupid shit
ThickAsThieves:
<Bugpowder> ATC needs a killer app though. Has anyone talked to dooglus about ATCdice /// has he made alt versions before?
ThickAsThieves:
<WillTablet> Though doing cpu mining with altcoins and then buying BTC seems more profitable /// yeah but nubbins might call you a scammer
ThickAsThieves:
<WillTablet> Wonder what they mean by virtually priceless? /// so do we
ThickAsThieves:
<Bugpowder> Where is the alt faucet? /// is this needed for proliferation you think?
ThickAsThieves:
<WillTablet> ThickAsThieves: could you do so tomorrow maybe? I'm supposed to be in bed ATM, and am /// yes just find me whenever
nubbins`:
<mircea_popescu> i cant believe after all you nuts picking on poor nubsy i came in and picked him off as new.
benkay:
<donpdonp> i cant tell which
benkay:
<benkay> so gox: criminally incompetent? criminals? or just incompetent?
mircea_popescu: so therefore your odds of giving him something he doesn't think is shit are...
<0.0001% ?
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla:mp would argue with the bike thing.
<< how the fuck does he know that.
mircea_popescu:
<benkay> being a stick figure is disappointing though
<< talk to the cook.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: you could hit someone on the head if you could remember who you wanted to hit
<< epic.
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: sure, send 'em to 1AltcoinSucksCocks
<however many extra chars necessary to make length>
mircea_popescu: there is an awful chasm between people who want encryption and people who are willing to operate under the inconvenience of actual security.
<< into the permanent records of bitcoin-assets this goes.
ThickAsThieves:
<asciilifeform> main challenge will be assisting noobs in learning to 'tell shit from shinola.' /// sounds like competition is needed
mircea_popescu: benkay:if the opportunity presents itself i'd be happy to. i'm not about to cold-call all the international law firms in dc, though.
<<< because why ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: benkay: what kind of idiot would buy at 1000x?
<< the kind of idiot that expects service, which maximally extended is the kind of idiot who only deals with people in his wot. so basically, any serious businessman.
mircea_popescu: benkay:sell everyone cardanos at 1000x markup.
<< i think you're the fifth guy planning to do basically that.
mircea_popescu: Maybe that was the last quoted price before the MPOEbot went down.
<< exactly.
mircea_popescu: "Enky makes good posts"
<< is this the guy that bought t credits and rated me for it >?
nubbins`: yeah last thing we heard from you was
<mircea_popescu> time to shave my beard so i'll know how long i've been asleep
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is Bitstamp. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is Bitstamp. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
mircea_popescu:
<cads> so while some trolls may have hiden themselves the real blatant ones decided "fuck, lets troll this test"
<< what the fuck does slate know.
gribble: davout was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 8 hours, 5 minutes, and 16 seconds ago:
<davout> 2015 -> "intern accidentally deletes mpex"
mircea_popescu:
<mircea_popescu>buy a cozy and a ceramic bracelet on etzy while at it.
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> implication is that this achieved something more than one can get by merely hashing & signing code.
<< fwiw i don't believe it does or could.
cads: okay, so in our Paillier OISC we'd use subtract and branch of != 0, or subtract and branch if
<= 0.
davout: "we had to check all satoshis for cubeness"
<<< win
ThickAsThieves:
<Bugpowder> mircea_popescu: ty... Hoping to see MPOEbot make a triumphant return soon. /// unlikely til Gox reopens wd's
Apocalyptic:
<deanclkclk> davout: basically from a trade..people get more from what they ask for // so what about it ?
Apocalyptic:
<deanclkclk> hopefully ...after about 10 months. We could insure folks coins but not like 100% // good luck with that
mircea_popescu:
<benkay> well that second one was actually a noob trap
<<< all jobs are de facto noob traps
mircea_popescu:
<benkay>
<< one could, perhaps, but defo not by persevering in the manner that got them the original reputation in the first place.
mircea_popescu: "and the remaining states are all allies of the US"
< ahaha what!
mircea_popescu: "and Israel"
<< wtf ?! how do you reason francis_wolke ?
mircea_popescu: "A group of people associated with multiple world powers."
<< no. actual internationalisation happened in 2013, was announced on trilema.
mircea_popescu: " Anyone intelligent enough to create Bitcoin will have aligned themselves with some sort of governmental body."
<< this is a weak assumption.
mircea_popescu:
<francis_wolke> A large scale, important project, developed in secret by USG.
<< how does bitcoin meet any of your criteria ?
mircea_popescu: when the options are a1, an you will not find out of a population of k, k
<n, a single person capable of keeping secret X.
mircea_popescu: 2.47% of total Mpex.co traffic in last 3 months is social
< that part was lulzy.
gribble: Error: unexpected EOF while parsing (
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davout: "how the fuck has this been trading at 0.002"
<- I WTF'd
gribble: Error: unexpected EOF while parsing (
<string>, line 1)
Apocalyptic:
<kakobrekla> btw dunno if you caught it, but they are supposedly selling their shit in a month or so // interesting
mod6: 2FA key was written down on paper as "backup".
<< 2FA ftw lawl
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves> "New bitcoins are now far more likely to be spent than hoarded"
<< on the basis of what ?
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Apocalyptic:
<sturles> Eh, no. Very few people expect that. The smartest investors ar buying BTC on MtGox now.
mircea_popescu:
<Bunnyh> can't you generate less than the allowed block reward + fees in btc too? or would that be rejected by other nodes?
<< you can
ThickAsThieves:
<Duffer1> i'm shocked kenilworth still hasn't been listed, it's been a month
<<< they probly cant afford the listing fees
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
ThickAsThieves:
<mircea_popescu> ThickAsThieves no it's not
<<< it is for the market command it seems
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
gribble: (market sell [--usd] [--market
<market>]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is mtgox. If '--usd' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in USD.
mircea_popescu:
<ThickAsThieves> this is it boys
<< you have any idea how many different times in its history gox showed crossed wire ?
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves> it's not a gap it's a conversion rate
<< more like a convulsion rate.