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pete_dushenski:
the_scourge: it's worth noting that most people "in bitcoin" tremble in fear a lot
pete_dushenski:
the_scourge: ya the "phys-sec" thing is something i've heard about for years and years now
pete_dushenski:
the_scourge: it does take a significant amount of interest in investing, monetary history, politics, to grasp
pete_dushenski:
the_scourge: and nuclear weapons most definitely do something
pete_dushenski:
the_scourge: i've read more xeno that ur, it so happens
mircea_popescu:
the_scourge the standing advice for all usians has been "get the fuck out of the us" for at least a year.
mircea_popescu:
the_scourge but you see the difference between working on and working within ?
mircea_popescu:
the_scourge so how do these two come together in your reasoning there ?
punkman:
the_scourge: well now it's "cool" to write about it
fluffypony:
the_scourge: I think we're going to end up like the people in Wall-E
fluffypony:
the_scourge: because with Bitcoin checkpoints are optional, and won't be needed eventually. with PeerCoin they will always be needed (for pure PoS).
mircea_popescu:
the_scourge from experience, not even human translation by billingual hands do my prose justice.
mircea_popescu:
the_scourge i would imagine so, and if not i'll soon find out.
fluffypony:
the_scourge: he doesn't have a newsletter
fluffypony:
the_scourge: Vitalik's approach to solving anything is to layer complexity on top, his Delegated PoS thing is just ugh
fluffypony:
the_scourge: PoS is not a terrible idea, it just doesn't work
trinque:
the_scourge: heh, dude.. this feel, I know it
trinque:
the_scourge: gotta just ignore useless people and not miss the opportunity to hang among the worthwhile when it comes along
ben_vulpes: <
the_scourge> which by the way, if we ever turn THAT kind of proof (fuck, even literate code commits) into PoW, then it's anybody's game (again) but ... too theoretical << bwahahahat?
ben_vulpes:
the_scourge: they have an office nearby at which i drink occasionally
ben_vulpes:
the_scourge: i don't fuck with any of that stuff.
ben_vulpes:
the_scourge: not only fedwiki, but it's also got all sorts of css and javascript
ben_vulpes:
the_scourge: if you do it right, you'll find yourself searching through the dead logs for further context.
ben_vulpes: <
the_scourge> mircea_popescu: yah cool, i did read through some logs << some lol. the point is that you've gotta pick up the variety speak, and that comes from reading logs in near-real-time for six months, not "some" or "a few" or "the ones i found interesting and/or easy"
☟︎ BingoBoingo:
the_scourge> when we started cooking our food (cause fire was a new technology at some point), our intestine shrunk by over 20%, leaving more energy for our brain << More likely shrunk as meat became nutrient fire or not. Most carnivores have short GI tracts because meat digest faster than comlex plant matter. Cell walls are a bitch to break.
BingoBoingo: <
the_scourge> spirulina is far better than meat than meat as a protein source. fake bio knowledge or not, ask you local biochemist what must be done to meat before your body can digest it :D << Also even though "complete" spirulina in low in some more important amino acids
BingoBoingo: <
the_scourge> spirulina is far better than meat than meat as a protein source. fake bio knowledge or not, ask you local biochemist what must be done to meat before your body can digest it :D << Must go in mouth. Even raw I digest fine.
adlai:
the_scourge: "people who work a part-time job so they can fund another person's part-time job doing their homework"
mircea_popescu:
the_scourge generally the advice given to noobs is to read the logs for six months to a year.
nubbins`:
the_scourge among other things, yes
nubbins`:
the_scourge because mining at the personal level is retarded, but running a node is not.
trinque:
the_scourge: I think it's a bit of a problem to expect anything other than barbarism from those trained to execute it at industrial scale
trinque:
the_scourge: seems the enslavement of soldiers has to do with the necessity of keeping them loyal/taking orders
trinque:
the_scourge: but directly aligned with being enslaved eh?
adlai:
the_scourge is describing approved exercises. i'm describing legends about what happens in elite units outside the approval and regulation of the main army bodies.
adlai:
the_scourge: now that mp gave you legal residency, you should be able to !up yourself in PM with assbot, and that lasts as long as you're connected to the channel
adlai:
the_scourge: what did you serve in?
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mircea_popescu:
the_scourge what do you do for a living, and what sort of education do you have basically.
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assbot:
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mircea_popescu:
the_scourge the notion that anyone works on bitcoin or in any manner relevant to bitcoin outside of this channel is laughable on its face.
mircea_popescu: <
the_scourge> like we're back in a weird 'sleuth and journalist > public opinion' game which was lost a LONG time ago << public opinion only matters in fiat backed worlds.