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mircea_popescu: there's
the idiotic scammers eating from one end and
the idiotic bureaucrats eating from
the other.
mircea_popescu: at about
the approximate rate at which
the various rotten reeds "involved" in bitcoin snap all around.
thestringpuller: I would say DPR stands for similar freedoms you mention. Particularly accessibility
to a free market.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller
the lists just change.
there's worse problems for bitcoin atm
than a bunch of stoners
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller bitcoin went up 10x and
the usg started making moves since
then.
thestringpuller: you always bash Dead Pirate Roberts when he
talks publicly as being "irrelevant
to bitcoin"
dub: 'iron manolescu' is pretty cool
though
dub: its like
the swede guy hired ciuciu
to drive his sock army
dub: fuck me,
the comments on
that labcoin article alone are proof of
te scam
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: I know you hate on Silk Road, but
the revenue estimate is some $540 million a year...
mircea_popescu: at
this point
they could just hire garzik for a croissant. he'd do it just
to be involved.
dub: anyway,
the idea
that
they might know how
to make mining
their own
transactions work is
tenuous
dub: its buried somewhere in
the
thread but
they were getting a lot of blocks orphaned
dub: ostensibly due
to
terrible connectivity
dub: one standard miner practise is probably
to notice
the large number of stales or orphans you are generating
dub: 'One standard miner practice is
to behave economically rational'
ozbot: The anatomy of a scam. pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
dub: while fairly damning I'm not sure
thats confirmed failure
thestringpuller: didn't you send me some btc
talk link about how
they are just hiring IC designers?
dub: they all look
the same
thestringpuller: it's like
the chick flick version entitled "Rumor Has It..."
thestringpuller: you should watch
the "appendix" of
The Graduate with Jennifer Anniston
mircea_popescu: course i'd have ended it with him getting both girls pregnant, but
that's me.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: are you really just now seeing
the Graduate?
ozbot: ASICMINER: Entering
the Future of ASIC Mining by Inventing It
Andonuts: I could go for
that,
the green isnt bad IMO but
the red could be lighter
parseval_: I
think I need some milder colors
though
Andonuts: I like
the formatting, easier
to see
the price since it bold
parseval_: Yeah, I
think I'll add
that in in addition
to
the colors
pankkake: the + / - of assbot is nice
too
pankkake: only #bitcoin-market has
the align
pankkake: actually no, assbot does not do
that
pankkake: maybe it's because I'm used
to read like
that on IRC
pankkake: right now it moves depending on
the
text before
pankkake: hmm, I would like
the price
to be aligned
parseval_: I need
to add
the last 10
trades
to start it off with some content so it's not just an empty page at first
pankkake: parseval_:
that's why you should use pyflakes!
dub: do I need
to burn my chocolate bar
dub: man
the castle is a bitch
parseval_: It's supposed
to output
the debug
to a different channel
though, hmm
parseval_: lol, yeah.. I deserve
that for
trying
to hack at it directly instead of using git-fetch
ozbot: The Graduate pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: but as
that's not
the case... well... "the market is saying".
mircea_popescu: i'd sell about 20mn shares if it actually existed on an actually functioning market where one could do such
things.
ThickAsThieves: market is saying AM is a hold, and
then will probably
turn into a buy next week
rulother-gs: Or at least
that's what I've observed in
the past
rulother-gs: But even am hasn't moved much since earlier
today.
rulother-gs: Seems like such little activity for your
typical Wednesday
ozbot: Donate shares
to Charity on BTCT
mircea_popescu: im not much for sci fi games usually so i didn't even know
that existed
Hollywood: I
think
that would be a entry into
the next EVE, at a early stage
Hollywood: mircea_popescu , have you checked out Star Citizen for
the same idea as EVE?
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves
there's a dearth of bloggers covering btc anyway.
ThickAsThieves: "An ever larger magnifying glass is being used
to scrutinize Bitcoin"
Diablo-D3: why would I be butthurt because
the mass media keeps printing articles proving
they know nothing about bitcoin and nothing about financial regulation
kleeck: dub is
the "Butthurt King"
dub: I
think Diablo-D3 is just a butthurt narcoterrorist
kleeck: Could we
toss
that in here soon?
Thanks.
kleeck: in
the last few minutes.
kleeck: Sorry
to interrupt
this
thrilling discussion, but I couldn't help but notice
that no one has said
the word "butthurt
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: you underestimate
the koreans
Diablo-D3: more money changes hands in
the illegal wow gold
trade every day
than bitcoin
Diablo-D3: its a
tiny little project
that never got anywhere
Diablo-D3: no one in
the government gives a fuck about bitcoin
dub: you don't mind when
they
try
to regualte
that
Diablo-D3: its just
the media printing articles with no basis
dub: yeah but you can apply
the same
to drugs,
terrorism etc
Diablo-D3: No, Im saying
theres nothing
TO regulate because it IS regulated
dub: welcome
to
the rest of
the world
mircea_popescu: i
thought he had a pretty decenty point : bitcoin is
the most regulated currency in history, because new issuance happens accoerding
to strict rules.
dub: yeah he doesnt like
that his govt wants
to regulate something he feels is already regulated
dub: and,
the reason for your butthurt