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mircea_popescu: !up rdekley_
mircea_popescu: !up bitspill_
decimation: Thiel implied that facebook was a general failure << http://conversationswithbillkristol.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Thiel_conversations_transcript.pdf << "And so we would like to say Facebook is a specific success, it must mean some general success. And so Facebook is a great business,and therefore it will solve all the world’s problems. And I think the modality I prefer to think of is, that there are specific
gribble: Obol (coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obol_(coin)>; oboloi - Wiktionary: <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oboloi>; Ancient Greek Money and Coins - Mlahanas.de: <http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Money.htm>
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Yes, pointing out Andreas spreads malware is now troll.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes probably the next logical step is declaring social media users chattel and starting markets for their buying and selling.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: WOO HOO HOO HOO WEBAPPS AND SOCIAL MEEEEDYA
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Pepperball is an over the counter thing
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes old thing no ?
thickasthieves: <+mircea_popescu> seti was doing it wrong /// no, no, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJAgrUBF4w
asciilifeform: http://www.idahopress.com/news/local/radioactive-material-cleaned-from-boise-apartment/article_e8b5d496-5335-11e4-b968-d73b8eff28f0.html << unrelated but somehow familiar
xanthyos: <+mircea_popescu> no but see... be-gone-yas << this cryptic breakup pun is pilkingtonian
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: The actual demographics of AIDS vs the history of AIDS naming
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I thought carnations were the way.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: is there one which invites strangers to format your hd?
BingoBoingo: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fergusonoctober-protests-resume-with-actions-in-ferguson-first-arrests/article_c1752132-9731-542e-8525-1885fae7fd10.html
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: this works especially well on a cheap 'ups'.
mircea_popescu: mike_c: when is b-a going to list itself on mpex and pay shares based on line count? << http://trilema.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/infinate-corectpowar.jpg
mircea_popescu: mike_c that they run on my browser.
mike_c: mircea_popescu: what do you like about the graphs?
asciilifeform: mike_c: they exist, in theory, but nothing with 1000+ rows of pixels
asciilifeform: mike_c: ips in a laptop?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i discovered that the machine with the dithering lcd wasn't just dithering. it has a 'pentile' screen (hard-wired white pixel in the middle of each rgb element! for fraudulently increased apparent brightness.) had no idea this even existed.
PeterL: ben_vulpes: sounds like something fun to work with
gribble: LibraTax - Accounting and tax software for Bitcoin, Ripple, and other ...: <http://www.libratax.com/>; LibraTax (@Libra_Tax) | Twitter: <https://twitter.com/Libra_Tax>; LibraTax Looks To Solve Bitcoin Tax Accounting-Related Woes ...: <http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/24/libratax-2/>
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Well... s.qntr lacks shares atm
gribble: SABRE (rocket engine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABRE_(rocket_engine)>; Reaction Engines Ltd - The SABRE Engine: <http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/sabre.html>; Reaction Engines Ltd - SABRE: How it works: <http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/sabre_howworks.html>
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes> hey why not an air-breathing mach-5 vehicle? << H00000000H
ninjashogun: PeterL - Your point is okay but of course this is a counterexample http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Helios in the sense that this has a payload, and flies indefinitely. So the question is more one of degree than absolute feasability.
ninjashogun: you can read about it here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_infrastructure
ninjashogun: if you want to google why, search >patent law public disclosure< -- e..g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_disclosure
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes: how can one love anything about nyc << pretty much my thoughts exactly, being the soul-depleting shithole that it is.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: there's no age limit, you can be an adult at about 12. << thus, bar/bat mitzvah.
mircea_popescu: <pete_dushenski> as a result, the asian kids and i aren't suffering from the braindamage of a few dozen concussions mixed with cum crackers. << they still do the cum crackers ?!
X-Rob: mircea_popescu: I'm happy to take .21btc, but you're ripping yourself off.
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: There aren't very many black or hispanic hockey player either, thoughts from up north?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: ya asian kids don't hockey so well.
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski this would explain why i was one of the very few non-asian kids playing badminton at a high junior level. << well, either that or the other kids thinking badminton's for fags and nobody having translated the memo in azn ?
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: Maybe?
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: For obolacare, one is never enough
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: The nspire uses Arm turd
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: Best value proposition though is Ti-89
X-Rob: mircea_popescu: Mmmmm. Sounds plausible. I won't turn anything off.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: from 4:30-6:00am...
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Well you could always sign him again.
X-Rob: I'm happy to hang around, mircea_popescu
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: anyway, from what i recall and from everything i've read, illegal periods are the best part of any revolution. i imagine they'll be loads of fun for the reaction just as much. << http://www.reactiongifs.com/stewie-oh-goody/
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu, X-Rob: Going by trading statements... This seems like week 9
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'll check statements
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski as time goes by i keep acumulating days it seems
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: oct 5th never 4get! << but i thought sept 26 was your day?
BingoBoingo: <pete_dushenski> mircea_popescu: anyway, anyone with serious long term btc plans better get your criminal suits ready << pinstripes ok? << I'll probably just break out the old Party Toga from College.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: anyway, anyone with serious long term btc plans better get your criminal suits ready << pinstripes ok?
assbot: Logged on 11-10-2014 02:49:02; mircea_popescu: ;;later tell princessnell http://www.8btc.com/bitcoin-is-great-but-it-wont-fix-our-monkey-brains check it out, you're big in china
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: you really thought they'd surrender, just like that ?
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski cool!
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: still think 'rule of law' thing is still a thing in usa? seriously?
Adlai: mircea_popescu: images don't display at all with lynx/links
Azelphur: mircea_popescu: nah, was named after a guitarist.
wyrdmantis: mircea_popescu not so badly, but in a very arrogant way, and then no more technical answers
Azelphur: mircea_popescu: indeed, goes back to what I said really, the quality of code produced is dependant on the programmer and not the language
Azelphur: mircea_popescu: coding in PHP is one of the few socially acceptable forms of insanity
Azelphur: mircea_popescu: if you're good at PHP, use it. It's not the greatest of languages but it's perfectly functional.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: npm install dildo.js
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: added the necessary code to the necessary file and the necessary pingback to the necessary article :D
Adlai: mircea_popescu: ah, w3m is installed instead of lynx because it's ~65% smaller
Adlai: mircea_popescu: something bad happened to my graphics server so i'm stuck communicating with the world in text
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: That's the fucktard's case for not fixing obvious hole?
thestringpuller: mike_c: bitcoins first actuarial scientist
BingoBoingo: ;;later tell mircea_popescu thedrinkingrecord and qntra should both be patched nao
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell pete_dushenski your latest.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: which contravex article did you ping?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: i'm on it.
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski sent you a pingback. fix the hole will you.
decimation: pete_dushenski: what blogging system do you use?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: i had actually read that qntra "pending announcement" bit in the logs, though meanwhile forgotten. in my defense, you never mentioned much in the way of terms or wtf you were even alluding to :D
gabriel_laddel: mircea_popescu: where is that quote from? "Fuck yes we can...."
decimation: mircea_popescu: yeah if you have a semi-competent tax lawyer you can probably avoid jail, just pay the fine
cazalla: pete_dushenski, ty
pete_dushenski: congrats be to cazalla BingoBoingo and mircea_popescu for the qntra announcement!
decimation: reminds me of: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/10/missionary_doctors_treating_ebola_in_africa_why_people_are_suspicious_of.html
gribble: Vamoose Bus - NYC | Maryland | Virginia: <http://www.vamoosebus.com/>; Bus Segregation of Jewish Women Prompts Review - NYTimes.com: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/nyregion/bus-segregation-of-jewish-women-prompts-review.html>; Women Riding Brooklyn's B110 Bus Told To Sit In The Back ...: <http://gothamist.com/2011/10/19/women_riding_the_b110_bus_in_brookl.php>
gribble: Bull Run River (Oregon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Run_River_(Oregon)>; Bull Run Watershed | The City of Portland, Oregon: <https://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/29784>; Portland's Water System | The City of Portland, Oregon: <https://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/48904>
gribble: First Battle of Bull Run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run>; The Battle of Bull Run Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org: <http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/bullrun.html>; Bullrun: <http://bullrun.com/>
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: high praise, not deserving
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: nah, she asks me for credit
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: how do you settle the tabs? sacks of gold, delivered on mules?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes suppose you meet a super hot chick.
ben_vulpes: actually mircea_popescu this is why i don't carry cash. all of my local providers know who i am and extend me credit at my request.
decimation: ben_vulpes: how quickly do you think people in the us would start using cash if suddenly say the FDIC went away?
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: and i've not carried cash routinely since i stopped doing that thing that entailed always carrying cash. so?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes you know what ? i have never used a cc at a pos. ever.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: bad bezzlar!
Adlai: mircea_popescu: actually the one cabbie i had an heart2heart with tracked us down ten minutes later to return my friend's iphone whateverthelatestis
Adlai: mircea_popescu: you should see the touchscreen computers they have now to keep passengers from yakking at the cabbies, complete with a GPS map of your path through the city... almost feels like an airplane
mircea_popescu: <ben_vulpes> how can one love anything about nyc << i love the taxis there too
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: ~= 'shake it off'
decimation: mircea_popescu: in the us all of the old 'glass cookware' that used to be made of borosilicate has been switched to plate glass
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes anyway, she was just... i dunno, her bubble was neverendingly shockingly short. you could rarely predict what she won't foresee
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: three hours extracting hot oil and glass shards from her crack and legs << try this on for size: http://www.bards.ru/archives/part.php?id=15568