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mircea_popescu: "i hereby sue all
the people who might have pissed me off"
jurov: What if Silk Road is holding some of your Bitcoins as part of some
transaction? Why, all you have
to do is show up and make a claim for
them — in a case in which
the government is saying
that all or substantially all of
the
transactions
through Silk Road are federal crimes. Bring a
toothbrush.
nubbins`: users' unspent funds are not
the proceeds of crime
though, hey?
ThickAsThieves: Unfortunately, some of
Tealet’s partners didn’t appreciate
the message."
ThickAsThieves: Elyse Petersen, founder and CEO of Hawaii-based farm-direct
tea marketplace
Tealet, felt
these were
the right words
to accompany her company’s announcement
that it would begin accepting bitcoin payments starting 17th September.
They echoed
Tealet’s core values, illustrated bitcoin’s utility and grabbed attention.
ThickAsThieves: "“Don’t let
tea farmers get f****d, buy directly from
the source. Don’t let
the financial system f*** us, use bitcoin!”
nubbins`: UNITED STATES v. ANY AND ALL ASSETS OF SILK ROAD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO
THE SILK ROAD HIDDEN WEBSITE AND ANY AND ALL BITCOINS CONTAINED IN WALLET FILES RESIDING ON SILK ROAD SERVERS, INCLUDING
THE SERVERS ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES: 46.183.219.244; 109.163.234.40; 193.107.86.34; 193.107.86.49; 207.106.6.25; AND 207.106.6.32;
nubbins`: you'd
think
they'd at least cc
the bitcoin foundation on
that complaint
mircea_popescu: lol
the entire "gimme money" uncle sam
tactics don't work so well in btc ?
nubbins`: and it's been salt fish, salt beef, and root veg
that whole
time
nubbins`: whitey has been on
this island for 500 years
mod6: pizza rolls arent
traditional?
mircea_popescu: it's
the same
thing in romania,
traditional food is delicious and good for oyu. it's
the same
thing in all countries where "traditional" means 2k years rather
than w/e, 60
mircea_popescu: nubbins` hey you canadian folks didn't also
teach logic did you
nubbins`: see,
traditional korean food is not only delicious as fuck, but good for you
mircea_popescu: A North Korean military spokesman said
that
the U.S. would be “wholly accountable for
the unexpected horrible disaster”
that faced its “imperialist aggression forces.”
nubbins`: it's
the only reason i'd ever consider going back
there
nubbins`: korean cuisine is
the best in
the world, bar none
mircea_popescu: a ok. shrimp and shit ? or what's
the best meal
there ?
mircea_popescu: maybe
they should make
topless day. on april 15th you
take your gf
to
the magical park and she gives you her
top.
mircea_popescu: im sorry but here you'd flunk art school if
that was your product
nubbins`: honestly,
the fact
this park exists is extremely bizarre, given
their attitudes
toward sex in general
mircea_popescu: well... a park with niormal statues where
the girls had
to check out
their blouse at
the entrance
nubbins`: nah, koreans are
too prudish for
that
nubbins`: there was one sculpture
that was literally a glory hole
nubbins`: doesn't hold a candle
to
that, i guess
ThickAsThieves: maybe NK should actually shoot someone so people can
take
them seriosly
nubbins`: although
there is a sex park on jeju island
nubbins`: valentines day, men give gifts
to women. white day (march 14), women give gifts
to men. green day, singles wear green
ozbot: North Korea Puts
Troops on War Footing and Warns of ‘Horrible Disaster’ |
TIME.com
nubbins`: they have colour days at least once a month with
the intent of fostering romance
mircea_popescu: nubbins` cool. i imagine dating is very relaxing
there
ThickAsThieves: [13:32] <Diablo-D3> I
think I could make an open source GPU
nubbins`: mircea_popescu:
that's not far off from
the reality
ThickAsThieves: D3, why do you always wanna do
things
that can't be done, and
then execute on
things
that shouldnt be done?
mircea_popescu: how about
the govt can't be zen until it passes you and
the future wife can;'t be zen untill she marries you and gets pregnant ?
nubbins`: did i mention
there are huge alcohol problems?
nubbins`: and
take care of your parents/in-laws until
they die
Diablo-D3: I
think I could make an open source GPU
nubbins`: well,
the goal is zen/nirvana/whatever more often
than not
ThickAsThieves: but i recall
the epitome of buddhism being nothingness
nubbins`: in
the actual sense of
the word, not
the misappropriated sense
nubbins`: much more laid back
than
the christian 1/4, which was unwaveringly insufferable
nubbins`: anyway, only i
think 1/4 of
the population was buddhist
nubbins`: like, specifically,
those particular exams
mircea_popescu: it's not luck except in
the sense of "they got lucky", now
they have cum on upper lip.
nubbins`: you can seriously buy buddhist charms
that are supposed
to give you luck in your government exams
nubbins`: SK as a rule are intensely dedicated
to
this
mircea_popescu: strictly
the only consideration is how dedicated
the whole of society is
to sucking businessman cock.
mircea_popescu: if you use
the state for any other purpose, including "to make people happy",
to "fight racism" or whatever,
to clean up grafitti,
mircea_popescu: if you use
the state
to borrow money which you give
to
the business people
to do stuff, you'll be rich. it worked fgor koreea, it worked for venice 1k years before
that.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` im suggesting
that
the part in which
the govt was going
to be strong was going
to starve, and
the part where
the govt was going
to suck entrepreneur cock was going
to boom.
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: you're suggesting
that proximity
to china/ussr was more of a deciding factor in NK's fate?
ThickAsThieves: but funny how
they just add
TAT. in front and email me
nubbins`: well, if
they decided
that agriculture belonged in
the south,
then seoul wouldn't exist
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves
there you go, crashing people's dreams.
ThickAsThieves: <mircea_popescu>
ThickAsThieves is
that a good
thing ? --- I run no such PT
nubbins`: and it
turned out industry was more of a money-maker
than growing rice
nubbins`: but
then war-by-proxy drew a nice wide line
through
the middle
nubbins`: anyway,
that GDP chart is more luck
than anything. it was decided
that
the north part of korea would be used for agriculture and
the south part for industry
nubbins`: that old lady selling bugs has a cellphone
that can receive live
television 200ft underground
nubbins`: but even
the poor have lots of
tech
nubbins`: and kimchi fridges, which is possibly
the strangest home appliance i've ever seen
nubbins`: did you know samsung makes cars over
there?
mircea_popescu: i dunno, in my experience citizens of
totalitarian regimes make excellent servants but poor company.
nubbins`: and i was able
to pay off my student loans in only 9 months
nubbins`: it was my first
time
travelling
to a foreign country alone, which led
to me being bitten by
the
travel bug, which i consider a huge positive
nubbins`: i'm of
two minds on
the whole
thing
nubbins`: (half
the people are idiots and half your
time is wasted)
mircea_popescu: ya but you're surrouinded by idiots and wasting your
time.
nubbins`: same
thing every canadian with a university degree was doing
nubbins`: now
the smell of sewage reminds me of bad
times