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thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: have you made contact with BingoBoingo?
decimation: mircea_popescu: actually much of the worst road 'infrastructure' in the northeast are in cities where people stopped highways from being built
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the road never actually gets expanded, of course. but there is endless derp on the subject, for so long as i've lived here (~11 years)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: laugh if you must, but my town still has these same meetings.
thestringpuller: I nominate mircea_popescu for the bitcoin public service award!
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: it isn't that hard to port, e.g., sbcl, to 'metal' - but then you end up in driver hell.
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: see earlier experiment of the same flavour, 'movitz'
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes you know teh second system effect ?
decimation: They had some guy talk about transportation in the us in 2013: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/10/winston_on_tran.html
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: that one is after nubbins` prints the fscking book and i read it
decimation: pete_dushenski: aren't you a fan of the econtalk podcast?
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: when do we get cobol node
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes yeah, they were, back when the interstates were built. that's perhaps the shiniest example opf "govt investment in slump" mantra.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: weren't they a grand investment for that generation?
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski notrly, because it's not really about the gas. it's about the inconvenience.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes understand : no mistress is ever pooir bnecause "of expense".
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: how does one go about crushing diamond? hydraulic press?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: you're right, the identity crisis is that of americans as a whole
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski but the "idnetity crisis" is not because of the change in car noise.
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: diamond cleaves along crystal plane - how do you suppose folks cut them prior to lasers ?
ben_vulpes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americas-best-selling-cars-and-trucks-are-built-on-lies-the-rise-of-fake-engine-noise/2015/01/21/6db09a10-a0ba-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html << craaaaapflation
mircea_popescu: http://36.media.tumblr.com/41e5fb4725d897b4889563a86f34f07c/tumblr_mgc1uhtoBg1r43ttjo1_500.jpg << guys suck at making cakes.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes yup i missed it w/e it was.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: did you see cai guo-qiang's fireworks last night?
mircea_popescu: http://41.media.tumblr.com/7d46f615b1b0a8b15b62014971b174ee/tumblr_nguhfqJAEQ1sb822ho1_500.jpg happy panties on thighs day.
davout: ;;later tell mircea_popescu: looks like /r/buttcoin folks are actually agreeing
decimation: asciilifeform: some guy uploaded a pre-wwii map into the pedi-wikia that plots the locations of functional german hamlets in european ru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia#mediaviewer/File:Russia_ethnic.JPG
fluffypony: ben_vulpes: that's precisely the current Monero architecture
ben_vulpes: http://cascadianhacker.com/blog/2015/01/25_what-does-it-mean-to-bitcoinate-and-just-as-importantly-what-does-bitcoinating-not-include.html
thestringpuller: how are you ben_vulpes ?
nubbins`: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSTxg43_wBM
nubbins`: http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/volca_sample/
cazalla: pete_dushenski, everybody's talk at you but you can't hear a word they're saying.. just driving 'round in saddam's car
cazalla: pete_dushenski, you driving around in john voight's car or wut?
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: parked for the weekend
ben_vulpes: pete_dushenski: how's the ride?
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> http://cascadianhacker.com/blog/2014/10/25_notes-on-increasing-the-maximum-bitcoin-block-size-or-why-it-aint-happenin.html << hey ben_vulpes did gavin ever respond to that one ? << hey this one actually doesn't read too poorly a few months later
hanbot: <mircea_popescu> then it'd be heiress Herrin Herring << who opens up an earing shop, obviously
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: come to think of it, mitch has been by assets before but under a pseudonym
hanbot: <ben_vulpes> how was the strip club, hanbot? << no buttered strip clubs for me, thanks, i'm off to play the grand piano
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski ah i c
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes her heirettes might toss good salad ?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: anyways, mitch sends me the off pgp-gram, and i recently sent him to the trilema jobs board
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes shut up and eat your cult programmeas.
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: new logo!
ben_vulpes: pete_dushenski: https://www.cavirtex.com/home << but but that's the old site!
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: we've met twice, once for drinks, once for coffee
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: a bit
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: mitch runs a little coding shop, they do some web design as well
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes and a spear.
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski nothing in particular, just the general.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: anything in particular you'd like to know about your interested participant for the conference?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes only if you're willing to cut noobs entirely loose
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: almost
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: i've met mitch callahan a couple times irl
mod6: ben_vulpes: oh my bad. my eyes are bleary.
mod6: maybe it's this guy: http://www.wired.com/2013/10/robocoin_here/
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: http://www.saucal.com/
mircea_popescu: http://40.media.tumblr.com/884ac86273060b7f8a5acbd3df900483/tumblr_nh3ii8btd11sb822ho1_500.jpg <<< HANDCARVED
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: go straight for MAXINT.
mircea_popescu: static char line_buf[LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN] = { ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '0', '\t', '\0' };
mircea_popescu: http://41.media.tumblr.com/ea602c535d351e849b76fe966a013294/tumblr_nbhlmf6IBJ1sb822ho1_500.jpg pic related.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes secondary to whatever it is you're doing.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: hard to say. dead rat and dead lion get eaten by crows just the same
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes no asciilifeform put it in proper terms. it's a tree.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: if i know that the most recent block was of height N, I can ask bitcoind-node for the hash of the block at height N
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes 2nd step, what's it mean ?
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: how can you forget my dogeillionaires redirect!
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: rather painful to read for anyone who is not in a daily habit of birthing similarly flavoured monstrosities
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: it's actually heavily idiomatic cpp. with extensive use of 'high level construct' libs like 'boost' ('iterate', various data structure diddles, etc.)
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: this is just the kind of manual which ought to live in a 'lions book' commentary on source.
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: i have been repeating, like mantra, 'stemming search must die'
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: lol i sorta assume he'll be there.
ben_vulpes: for the record, attendance declarations are only binding on those who wish to attend, not his unimpeachable lordship mircea_popescu
mircea_popescu: nah, ben_vulpes only scammed participant. neglected to send 2.x ended up sending 8.x
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes guest speaker ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: because you showed symptoms of understanding correctly how it works
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i sorta assumed that you either read it, or had it read to you, or wrote compatible gadget
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/the-conference-third-edition/#comment-111701 << 'confirmed' << i ponied up on 12/31, where's the 'confirmed'
mircea_popescu: <mats> mircea_popescu: are you interested in loosening the requirements? << perhaps. do you see meaningful expansions ?
mircea_popescu: davout http://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/2t7k6w/the_emperor_is_buttnaked_btc_block_size/ << apparently you got haters
mircea_popescu: buttonwood_> There has to be a better way to do otc trades tho. << nope. isn't, for provable reason. isn't happening in practice, either.
mircea_popescu: <buttonwood_> I've been really interested in applying the smart contract technology to bitcoin-otc. Are there currently any active smart contracts or oracles doing escrow trading on bitcoin irc ? << no. people do thje trust calculation by hand.
mats: mircea_popescu: are you interested in loosening the requirements?
mats: mircea_popescu: but there are 11 judges with 0 cases and 12 with just 1. i'm now going through and reading every case involving USG, i've cleared ten judges this way, but the number of cases i've been able to find have been fairly low in number
mats: mircea_popescu: i've observed that the number of cases meeting the parameters in the courts-circus project are very scarce: i've read every case involving the judges nubbins` listed, with the keyword privacy on Westlaw, which yielded about 90 cases
gribble: WARNING: Currently not authenticated. Trust relationship from user Pierre_Rochard to user buttonwood_: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 0 via 0 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=Pierre_Rochard&dest=buttonwood_ | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=buttonwood_ | Rated since: never
Pierre_Rochard: ;;gettrust buttonwood_
ben_vulpes: buttonwood_: ^^ that bet right there is a good example of best-in-class contracts.
Pierre_Rochard: buttonwood_ Mainly because of the trust involved if you were to sell me an option. < I’d say it’s mainly because the volatility and discount rate are going to be completely out of whack until fiat is destroyed
ben_vulpes: anyways, buttonwood_ are you still interested in working this thread?
ben_vulpes: https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob/status/559174647309021187 << this town
ben_vulpes: !up buttonwood_
ben_vulpes: there was an options exchange for a while, buttonwood_.
gribble: /msg ben_vulpes hello
ben_vulpes: ;;echo /msg ben_vulpes hello
gribble: WARNING: Currently not authenticated. Trust relationship from user ben_vulpes to user buttonwood_: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 0 via 0 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=ben_vulpes&dest=buttonwood_ | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=buttonwood_ | Rated since: never
ben_vulpes: ;;gettrust buttonwood_
assbot: buttonwood_ is not registered in WoT.
ben_vulpes: !gettrust assbot buttonwood_