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undata: +asciilifeform | mircea_popescu: most u.s. subjects don't have an obvious rational action to follow the awakening of 'aha so i'm living in a zoo run by demented vivisectionists, now i need to...' << make money and gtfo in my case
undata: or hell, loot the nearest shoe store for some nikes if that's all you can muster
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undata: seems to me that there are two circumstances to avoid: 1) being crunched under the US gov's ever-increasing bureaucratic mass 2) the skullfucking that is due to the US when there's an entity powerful enough to perform it
nubbins`: seems to me there's not a whole lot you can do to avoid either
undata: I can; as for the rest, natural selection's a bitch
nubbins`: !up EPiSKiNG-
nubbins`: not sure it's natural selection
undata: how is govt any less natural a hazard?
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asciilifeform: undata: 'gtfo' from u.s.-centric international monetary system costs considerably more than an airplane ticket.
undata: asciilifeform: I just want somewhere to sit and watch the bonfire
asciilifeform: undata: i haven't the faintest clue about where you went (or will go) but most u.s. expats may as well be living back home, where they are.
asciilifeform: in terms of dependence
undata: maybe so, but I'd rather have something to struggle towards
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asciilifeform: mircea_popescu had an article (or perhaps a thread here? but can't seem to find it...) about an archetypical u.s. expat. fellow keeps a pub somewhere in thailand, or cambodia, etc. the locals - drink for free. he fancies that if he begins to run out of dough, he can always start charging. but somehow in the back of his head he knows what will happen to his sorry arse if he were to do so. ☟︎☟︎☟︎☟︎
undata: argie let nazis retire there; what's wrong with a few 'muricans? :D
asciilifeform: the pub is really the property of the freeloaders, or local chieftain, whoever; the 'owner' is simply a clown kept around for entertainment value and while he brings over friends to spend usd ☟︎
asciilifeform: undata: the germans had self-contained biospheres where they lived and worked.
asciilifeform: how many u.s. expats are willing to, say, break their backs doing actual work for the locals ?
undata: I think you're right; it won't be a great thing abroad to be or have been an american
asciilifeform: no, it's always 'i'm gonna own an xxx and a yyy which will bring in...'
undata: I intend to stay active creating software; I'd probably continue to work with americans
asciilifeform: software for which - who? pays
asciilifeform: in what?
asciilifeform: (re: germans: there is ample evidence that fleeing nazis wanted for nothing, and were kept in plentiful supply of every conceivable necessity and luxury by u.s. cia. but 'traditional' narrative still has them living in what were essentially reservations in ar.)
undata: I've got various software things cooking now, one operational and paying my rent
asciilifeform: in usd
undata: correct
asciilifeform: with a gigantic, mainly usg-operated apparatus to keep 'paying for software' as a going concern even.
undata: I don't feel a burning urge to attract the attention of that govt
undata: they can have their taxes, etc
undata: speaking of Thailand, my accountant lives there most of the year
undata: wife there, etc
undata: Chile is one that's appealed to me
thestringpuller: today I heard the phrase: "Encryption as a Service" used as a buzz-phrase.
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danielpbarron: !up EPiSKiNG-
thestringpuller: that is a name I haven't seen in sometime
EPiSKiNG-: someone needs to rate me
EPiSKiNG-: all those WoT ratings, and assbot has no love
danielpbarron: ;;gettrust EPiSKiNG-
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EPiSKiNG-: ah. I think you'd do it. :)
danielpbarron: you're pretty high in my l2, huh
danielpbarron: well my having not done it doesn't matter as i'm no longer a lord
EPiSKiNG- is confused. Need to read rules.
danielpbarron: EPiSKiNG-, http://trilema.com/2014/bitcoin-assets-m/
assbot: #bitcoin-assets +m pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1yzhod7 )
danielpbarron: you've got quite a few positive ratings from users i don't trust
kakobrekla: <EPiSKiNG-> all those WoT ratings, and assbot has no love < this thing apparently works, those ratings are useless
thestringpuller: who me?
EPiSKiNG-: worthless are they?
EPiSKiNG- is still readin
danielpbarron: you're from a different WoT, sort-of; all your connections are from -otc, and none are from here (or at least from anyone here who matters (and therefore anyone anywhere who matters))
decimation: asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: re: deterministic wallets << the ware that someone dropped in the chan a few days ago was amusing: you enter you die rolls on the command line (history!) and then it converts to 'diceware' string, and then it takes a sha256 hash
decimation: seems like a good recipie to greatly restrict the keyspace
kakobrekla: someones coding license needs to be revoked?
decimation: yeah, it was a noob implementation. But it brought up a question in my mind: for RSA, private key and public key are derived from a prime number. Is there a similar procedure for ECDSA?
mike_c: ecdsa works on the magical horseshoe principle. you start from one spot on the horseshoe and shoot over to the other side, and where you land is difficult to figure out.
mike_c: unless you use the nsa horseshoe, which everyone knows the answers to.
asciilifeform: http://cryptome.org/ru-im-malware-scan-14-1209.htm
assbot: ... ( http://bit.ly/1yxCs8S )
asciilifeform: ^ mega-lol. run moar winblows!
decimation: asciilifeform: why would the russian foreign ministry run winblows?
asciilifeform: decimation: why would iranian ministry of nukes run winblows
decimation: well, probably for the same reason soviets wanted pdp11
asciilifeform: decimation: also this story concerns the russian ministry of internal affairs (sorta equivalent to u.s. fbi)
decimation: what is the difference between that and the fsb?
asciilifeform: that'd be more analogous to u.s. dhs
decimation took a course in soviet politics years ago and I left more confused about its bureaucracy
asciilifeform: see, until dhs there was no ready u.s. analogue.
decimation: so all internal security is nominally 'under' fsb?
asciilifeform: nominally, internal security in its intelligence aspects
decimation: ah, makes sense
asciilifeform: also some external work. ussr had two competing intelligence agencies
decimation: I guess in the us the fbi is kinda the secret police
asciilifeform: gru (approximately, central office of reconnaissance) and (portion of) kgb
asciilifeform: gru was a branch of military intelligence apparatus
asciilifeform: kgb - 'civilian.'
decimation: do these still compete today? russian military and svr?
asciilifeform: svr was post-collapse rebranding of kgb intelligence directorate
asciilifeform: this is extensively beaten to death in the literature.
asciilifeform: http://svr.gov.ru
assbot: ... ( http://bit.ly/1GhcJAF )
asciilifeform: ^ apply for a job today, l0l
decimation: probably about the same kind of stuff as the us version
asciilifeform: speaking of which...
asciilifeform: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2014/12/defeat-is-victory.html
assbot: ClubOrlov: Defeat is Victory ... ( http://bit.ly/1Ghd71W )
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decimation: this page on ecdsa history is depressing http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140323-ecdsa.html
assbot: cr.yp.to: 2014.03.23: How to design an elliptic-curve signature system ... ( http://bit.ly/1GhdfyE )
asciilifeform: cache timing attacks are a snore.
asciilifeform: if enemy has access to your cache hit/miss data, you were fucked already.
decimation: nah, not that stuff, the history of the development of ecdsa
decimation: and speculation on why the most retarded design decisions were made to force vulnerabilities
asciilifeform: why the most retarded design decisions << this was never a genuine mystery.
decimation: yeah, but it is still depressing
decimation: "the people" of the us should demand their tax dollars back
asciilifeform: not to 'evil conspiracy crackpots', that is. to 'reasonable, polite society folks' it will be a mystery until the day they die.
asciilifeform: (which is likely to be sooner rather than later)
asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=18-11-2014#927130 ☝︎
assbot: Logged on 18-11-2014 01:12:37; asciilifeform: it will be a 'temporary relocation center' to them, even when the shower heads start hissing out the zyklon.
decimation: I guess my question above (rephrased) is this: does the secp256k1 algorithm allow for any arbitrary 256 bit vector to be used as a key? Or is there a restricted set that will be more secure than other cases?
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mircea_popescu: <undata> or hell, loot the nearest shoe store for some nikes if that's all you can muster << petty crime is really a very poor plan.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> how many u.s. expats are willing to, say, break their backs doing actual work for the locals ? << all women that i ever met. srsly.
mircea_popescu: ;;rate EPiSKiNG- 1 New blood :p
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decimation: there is plenty of 'hard work' going on in the us, just misdirected
mircea_popescu: !up EPiSKiNG-
mircea_popescu: there you go.
decimation: !up badon
mircea_popescu: decimation quite.
thestringpuller: !t m s.qntr
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mircea_popescu: <decimation> Is there a similar procedure for ECDSA? << sort-of. the exponent is ideally chosen randomly as well as the index.
decimation: Yeah I am going to have to work it out for myself it seems
decimation: using the secp256k1 parameters
mircea_popescu: tho i am very suspicious of ecdsa for what you'd call "political" reasons.
mircea_popescu: as in, notscientific.
decimation: yeah, I agree
mircea_popescu: but there's also some scienfitic doubt. you really don't know a) how good a "random curve" is n the generla case ; b) you don't really know how to calculate the quality of a good curve.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform's fond of pointing out to the pi problem of "random numbers", ie, for all you know xth index of pi digits is random
mircea_popescu: for FUCKING OBVIOUS reasons, such as... the involvement of pi! this is true for curves too.
decimation: yeah this is why RSA seems more compelling
decimation: people have been banging their heads against factoring large primes for a long time
mircea_popescu: there's also that.
mircea_popescu: in fact the reason why we favour rsa is quite long.
mircea_popescu: list of reasons*
decimation: I can see why satoshi avoided using the nist curves, but using ecc in general was probably a bad move
decimation: it's true it greatly reduced the size of the blockchain, but at what cost?
mircea_popescu: well, he hedged his bets.
mircea_popescu: ecdsa alone isn't enough to breach it.
mircea_popescu: it has to be said, again and again, lest anyone forgets : this was designed as a prototype.
mircea_popescu: it's what it is.
TomServo: ha! did orlov crib 'infinite hit points?
mircea_popescu: he did ?
TomServo: Consider this: knowledge is always limited and specific, but ignorance is infinite and completely general; knowledge is hard to convey, and travels no faster than the speed of light, but ignorance is instantaneous at all points in the known and unknown universe, including alternate universes and dimensions of whose existence we are entirely ignorant. In short, there is a limit to how much you can
TomServo: know, but there is no limit at all to how much you don't know but think you do!
asciilifeform: factoring large primes << l0l! i'll factor any large prime for you, free! limited time 0ff3r!
mircea_popescu: eh i don't have a lien on that.
TomServo: Just immediately reminded me of it is all.
decimation: asciilifeform: sorry, I mean factoring large composites :)
mircea_popescu: lol
mircea_popescu: such a stickler is he :D
asciilifeform: laugh, but bill gates referred to the great unsolved problem 'factoring large primes' in one of 'his' 'books', in dead tree print.
mircea_popescu: TomServo it does link nicely.
decimation: orlov is right that wages haven't increased, but prices have fallen
decimation: at least, for food and computers
asciilifeform: re: public key: incidentally, agitprop! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/gchq_boffins_quantumbusted_own_crypto_primitive
assbot: GCHQ boffins quantum-busted its OWN crypto primitive • The Register ... ( http://bit.ly/1uipowx )
mircea_popescu: not for food, per se.
decimation: yeah, for 'food'
mircea_popescu: just, they found ways to repackage cheaper shit as food.
asciilifeform: and 'computers'
decimation: I was pricing a nice wild-caught salmon from alaska, goes for $20 per lb at the cheap rate
mircea_popescu: my own personal opinion is you're taking that too far. srsly, current cpus are worth 80 2014 dollars
mircea_popescu: if a z80 was worth 40 1980 dollars.
asciilifeform: for numeric wrangling, sure, i'll take 2014. see last week's thread.
asciilifeform: for overall quality of life - 1980.
mircea_popescu: i thought you were kinda arguing both ends of a candle here :p
asciilifeform: it's burning on both ends!
mircea_popescu: so blow.
decimation: the problem is that 2014 has 1980 built into is core, under layers of 'tardation
mircea_popescu: but faster bus :D
BingoBoingo: It's a fucking candle, piss it out.
asciilifeform: 1980 built into its core << only the bad parts
decimation: heh yeah
mircea_popescu: you can't argue with that part. they got really good at printing them.
decimation: no lisp machine in an x86
mircea_popescu: these specific things, like the quality of paints...
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform dja recall soviet paints of the 80s ?
mircea_popescu: that maroon ?
asciilifeform: aha
asciilifeform: there's a post office here where i live now, that seems to have been painted with the very same paints
mircea_popescu: those shitty plastics of the era... not really very mouldable...
decimation: I know for certain that nazi-era IG farben was way ahead of the world in paint technology at the time
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> decimation: why would iranian ministry of nukes run winblows <<< recall that buenos aires pantalla ?
mircea_popescu: they run it because they're not smart enough to even figure there's away out of the paper bag, as a principle.
BingoBoingo: !up Vexual
asciilifeform: http://imgur.com/79DTA7H << 'no parking' sign outside of that post office. (i don't presently have a photo of the inside.)
assbot: imgur: the simple image sharer ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiruMX )
decimation: http://imgur.com/79DTA7H << "By 2020, current cost trends will lead to an average cost of between $15 billion and $20 billion for a leading-edge fab, according to the report. By 2016, the minimum capital expenditure budget needed to justify the building of a new fab will range from $8 billion to $10 billion for logic, $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion for DRAM and $6 billion to $7 billion for NAND flash, according to the report."
assbot: imgur: the simple image sharer ... ( http://bit.ly/1uirH2T )
mircea_popescu: decimation "at the time" for 1940 tho.
decimation: this strikes me as more limiting than physics
mircea_popescu: i linked aus dem leben der marionetten here yest.
mircea_popescu: if you're curious to get a feel for the actual flavour of everyday bvack then, it's a good primer.
mircea_popescu: all those lightbulbs and whatnot.
Vexual: now the koreans are making the best limo at the best price, just coz they can
asciilifeform: i see no light bulbs in that article. are they inside the arses ?
mircea_popescu: they're in teh film
mircea_popescu: whoever did the decors put a shitton of intelligent work in
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decimation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN-HIA4H1vA << even street urchins wore jackets in new york ca. 1900
assbot: New York City Street Scene Easter 1900 - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1wZqK6m )
Vexual: t-shirts are a recent invention
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2012/das-schlangenei/ << also good. perhaps actually better.
assbot: Das Schlangenei pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1wZqRPv )
mircea_popescu: you know, lightbulbs going out, visibly. because back then ? they did.
Vexual: slowly?
mircea_popescu: (also bergman)
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mircea_popescu: it just occured to me that b-a is actually the only place on the english web where german, russian,french, spanish etc are not merely spoken,
mircea_popescu: but the respective cultures actually accessible and tied in.
mircea_popescu: at least afaik the only place.
asciilifeform: we have a german ?
mircea_popescu: no but we like them :D
mircea_popescu: anyway, i'm from transylvania, i could as 1/3 german.
Vexual: mircea runs a mercedes
mircea_popescu: jurov's from slovakia, that's like 1/2 german, and kako's somalia is an ex german colony. so like 1/6
mircea_popescu: ;;calc 1/3 + 1/2 + 1/6
gribble: 1.0
mircea_popescu: win.
decimation: Ich spreche einbisschen Deutch
decimation: my family is nearly all from germany, but they stopped teaching their kids the language around wwii (in the us)
mircea_popescu: decimation afaik about 40% of the us is actually from germany at some point
decimation: yes, the majority of 'white people' in the us are german
decimation: which is why the englishers had to squash that shit
mircea_popescu: anyway, quick quiz : who is the first person to have spoken german in public in israel post ww2 ?
Vexual: was he in physics?
decimation: eh? weren't nearly all the 'returning jews' from german backgrounds?
decimation: http://forward.com/articles/154277/jews-stream-back-to-germany/?p=all << "But under German law since May 1949, any Jew — or the descendants of such a Jew — who fled Nazi Germany has the right to become a naturalized German"
assbot: Jews Stream Back to Germany – Forward.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1uivnlc )
decimation: academic/media/civil servant complex is the us is chattering about increasing the gas tax, since prices have nearly halved
decimation: no talk about rebalancing spending to cover the shortfall
mthreat: there's also people asking if the US fracking companies will be "bailed out"
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decimation: mthreat: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/opecs-no-to-oil-production-cut-dents-crude-prices-3-energy-funds-to-dump-mutual-fund-commentary-cm419481
assbot: OPEC's No to Oil Production Cut Dents Crude Prices: 3 Energy Funds to Dump - Mutual Fund Commentary - NASDAQ.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiAf9P )
TomServo: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/12/09/daily-circuit-transportation-funding
assbot: Transportation chief: $1 billion surplus can't fix road problems | Minnesota Public Radio News ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiAhi0 )
decimation: opec is dumping oil to kill the fracking producers in the us
TomServo: Aye - 20-40% fewer well permits being reported, depending on production area.
decimation: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=22-11-2014#931330 ☝︎
assbot: Logged on 22-11-2014 04:04:57; mircea_popescu: you familiar with the "giant stool" approach to economics ?
decimation: opec wants to grow into a giant to squash the midgets in oil
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PeterL: is opec not already a giant?
decimation: yes, and they can embiggen themselves to squash any troublesome midgets for a period of time
mats: i wonder how putin feels about it
asciilifeform: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/660/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2014/12/06/141206063050_putin_poster_624x351_ap.jpg
assbot: ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiDVIE )
BingoBoingo: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/09/the-richest-man-in-russia-bought-james-watsons-nobel-prize-just-so-he-could-return-it/
assbot: The richest man in Russia bought James Watson’s Nobel prize just so he could return it - The Washington Post ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiEja5 )
decimation: BingoBoingo: that's awesome
asciilifeform: lol!
asciilifeform: picture if - the equalistas will step up their game now. i recall there already was talk of (soviet-style!) revocation of watson's degrees.
decimation: asciilifeform: such a development would be welcome, as it would require a press release with names attached
BingoBoingo: Ah, the greatest protest Watson could undertake would be to sell his nobel annually
asciilifeform: and his (alleged) plan to buy back 'respectability' with money is uncharacteristically foolish
mircea_popescu: <decimation> eh? weren't nearly all the 'returning jews' from german backgrounds? << yep.
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asciilifeform: who bribes inquisitors ?
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> and his (alleged) plan to buy back 'respectability' with money is uncharacteristically foolish << Respect comes from the buyers returning it, like the many "Gems"
asciilifeform: he did not know that it would be returned.
asciilifeform: said, supposedly, that he will buy back into respectability with the money.
BingoBoingo: Ah
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform> and his (alleged) plan to buy back 'respectability' with money is uncharacteristically foolish << i didn't read any such plan in there. just, "i want money" "what for ?" "fuck you lol:
asciilifeform: he did utter 'will use it to return to public life'
BingoBoingo: But now Watson can surmise he will be saved by stotting behavior until the one time he isn't
decimation: nah he said he would give it to a few institutions
asciilifeform: and did, iirc, mention donations to various academitrons
mircea_popescu: more like "this should do x"
mircea_popescu: he didn't seem to want to personally do anything past telling the others what they should be doing
asciilifeform: giving money to his tormentors looks like pure nuttery
mircea_popescu: admittedly, the traditional behaviour of intellectual types.
mircea_popescu: understand old man psychology : the whole world is made out of younger men
mircea_popescu: and for this reason, his toermentors.
decimation: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41594/title/Watson-Sells-Nobel-for--4-1M/ "Watson told The New York Times that he planned to donate most of the proceeds from the sale to academic institutions, including the University of Chicago, which he attended as an undergraduate; Indiana University, where he earned his PhD; Cambridge, where he and Crick worked; and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. “The sale is to support
assbot: Watson Sells Nobel for $4.1M | The Scientist Magazine® ... ( http://bit.ly/1D7jrgj )
decimation: and empower scientific discovery,” he said."
mircea_popescu: he will ~talk about~ giving them money.
asciilifeform: but in actuality, mail it to 'isis' ?
decimation: yeah he was unspecific about the amounts - "most"
mircea_popescu: he was also going to buy some painting
asciilifeform thinks he understands old man psychology very well
mircea_popescu: dithering, basically.
asciilifeform had birthday a few days ago
mircea_popescu: cast a wide net of tormentors looking for a handout, watch em squirm basically.
mircea_popescu: lol how old does that make you ?
asciilifeform: 31 + epsilon
decimation: all of those except maybe cold spring will waste it on stupid shit
mircea_popescu: that's not so old.
mircea_popescu: you could do a lot better!
asciilifeform: lol
mircea_popescu: next year...
asciilifeform: ;;google you're older than you've ever been
gribble: Older - They Might Be Giants (Best Version) - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2bo_u_YmW8>; Older - They Might Be Giants (official video) - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdIRrmNN_CQ>; Lyrics:Older - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base: <http://tmbw.net/wiki/Lyrics:Older>
decimation: for instance, Indiana University has floated the idea of starting an engineering school http://www.idsnews.com/article/2014/11/committee-to-explore-engineering-program-at-iu-bloomington
assbot: Indiana Daily Student: :: ​Committee to explore engineering program at IU-Bloomington ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiIhQ4 )
decimation: "Of the 62 universities in the Association of American Universities, only four do not have programs in engineering, according to the plan. Of those four, two have joint programs in engineering with other institutions."
decimation: but everyone else does it!!
asciilifeform: on one hand, old man feels old, envies young impotently, etc. on the other - has impulse for 'last hurrah.' word is that e. teller dreamed of presiding over a nukefest until the day he died.
asciilifeform: to 'go out with a bang.'
decimation: if watson wanted to 'go out with a bang' he would find the right young men to found an institute that explicitly is an enemy of his idio-cratic critics
BingoBoingo: Or he'd do the Jurassic park, breed theme park monsters thing
asciilifeform: about equally doable.
asciilifeform: and for approximately same reasons.
BingoBoingo: Actual dinosaurs impossible. Theme park monsters with vague resemblance to dinosaurs could probably be done in a decade or two if anyone cared to go monsanto on chickens
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 25400 @ 0.00050889 = 12.9258 BTC [-]
decimation: yeah as Mr. Yarvin enjoys pointing out, the past is dead, cannot live again
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 59200 @ 0.00052146 = 30.8704 BTC [+] {4}
BingoBoingo: That's actually the line the Jurassic park sequels take when dinosaur feathers happened to become the consensus-ish thing IRL
PeterL: http://xkcd.com/1211/
assbot: xkcd: Birds and Dinosaurs ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiMbZh )
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 7300 @ 0.00052508 = 3.8331 BTC [+]
asciilifeform: incidentally, german phrase of the day:
asciilifeform: verscharfte vernehmung.
BingoBoingo: http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/12/08/103552062/adam-wainwright-apologizes-to-fantasy-baseball-players-for-missing-final-start
assbot: Adam Wainwright apologizes to fantasy baseball players for missing final start | MLB.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiRR5l )
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 21450 @ 0.00052529 = 11.2675 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [B.MINE] 127 @ 0.00857331 = 1.0888 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 33000 @ 0.00052727 = 17.3999 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 15200 @ 0.00050889 = 7.7351 BTC [-]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 2500 @ 0.00052754 = 1.3189 BTC [+]
ben_vulpes: okay 700 log lines. go!
ben_vulpes: <danielpbarron> ;;rate jyap 1 https://twitter.com/jyap/status/542409148323741697 << easy come easy go lol
assbot: I hope he comes here to tell us how "gpg is not user friendly and too hard." /jyap http://t.co/w1PgofiYzc /hashtag/bitcoin?src=hash-assets /ElectrumWallet
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 55900 @ 0.00052756 = 29.4906 BTC [+] {2}
ben_vulpes: BingoBoingo: ad nauseum << lol!
ben_vulpes: <undata> it's this social progress thing << sounds like it's time to have another dinner party
ben_vulpes: ;;ident mats
gribble: Nick 'mats', with hostmask 'mats!sid23029@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-jxahmfiunuuiztjr', is identified as user 'mats', with GPG key id B9527964891A5566, key fingerprint B37F49DC35FD838B1F8783CC59C93F63549036BD, and bitcoin address None
ben_vulpes: ;;gettrust assbot mats
gribble: Currently authenticated from hostmask mats!sid23029@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-jxahmfiunuuiztjr. Trust relationship from user assbot to user mats: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 3 via 3 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=assbot&dest=mats | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=mats | Rated since: Thu Jun 19 20:47:48 2014
ben_vulpes: ah i think i recall now.
mircea_popescu: used to be mats_something
ben_vulpes: mats_cd03
ben_vulpes: <danielpbarron> well my having not done it doesn't matter as i'm no longer a lord << when did this happen? ☟︎
ben_vulpes: decimation: "street urchins" << https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzT8EqhuYxA moar tenements, i say!
assbot: Tenement Life 1860-1910 - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1sbDm9v )
ben_vulpes: well hm.
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 57400 @ 0.00052776 = 30.2934 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 52800 @ 0.00050891 = 26.8704 BTC [-]
punkman: decimation: I guess my question above (rephrased) is this: does the secp256k1 algorithm allow for any arbitrary 256 bit vector to be used as a key? Or is there a restricted set that will be more secure than other cases? <- exponent must be smaller than curve order, which is 0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a03bbfd25e8cd0364141
punkman: and fwiw, http://blog.bettercrypto.com/?p=1004
assbot: Controversy Around Bitcoin Elliptic Curve | Financial Cryptography, Bitcoin, Crypto Currencies ... ( http://bit.ly/1ztbFJE )
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29900 @ 0.00053389 = 15.9633 BTC [+]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1567 @ 0.00122 = 1.9117 BTC [+]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1254 @ 0.00122 = 1.5299 BTC [+]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 28700 @ 0.0005344 = 15.3373 BTC [+] {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1587 @ 0.00120218 = 1.9079 BTC [-] {10}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 15 @ 0.13924399 = 2.0887 BTC [+] {4}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 51300 @ 0.00051253 = 26.2928 BTC [-]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 62350 @ 0.00053736 = 33.5044 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 68800 @ 0.00054858 = 37.7423 BTC [+] {3}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 22358 @ 0.00055552 = 12.4203 BTC [+]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 2800 @ 0.00055898 = 1.5651 BTC [+]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 75634 @ 0.00055287 = 41.8158 BTC [-] {2}
BingoBoingo: !up ivok
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 40242 @ 0.00055898 = 22.4945 BTC [+]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16431 @ 0.00055955 = 9.194 BTC [+] {2}
scoopbot: New post on Qntra.net by cazalla: http://qntra.net/2014/12/a-normal-man-sentenced-to-48-months-prison/
cazalla: fetch scoopbot, fetch, good dog
cazalla: ah it was sit but whatever the fuck
fluffypony: lol
fluffypony: then he should be called oobot
cazalla: still remember that for some reason, clearly you do too fluffypony
fluffypony: yup
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 35597 @ 0.00054829 = 19.5175 BTC [-]
punkman: cazalla: did the normal man have a website?
cazalla: info is scarce at this time, few diff stories floating around http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2014/12/05124_bitcoin_sentence2_164332.shtml
assbot: Bitcoin Launderer From Normal Sentenced To Federal Prison | WGLT ... ( http://bit.ly/1AemUnA )
cazalla: clearly he was anything but normal
cazalla: there is a john powell negro on youtube who is into bitcoin from 2013, nfi if it is him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q85mvDbX40
assbot: WWCW Keynote - john powell - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1Aen2Do )
cazalla: seems a nice man
cazalla: age fits
cazalla: speaking of black people, i was watching some notorious big music videos and it occurred to me, his weight looks average now, bit much to call him big by 2015 standards
punkman: lol
cazalla: srs, watch him in juicy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JZom_gVfuw
assbot: The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy" - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1AenEJc )
cazalla: it was all a dream, i use to read bitcoin magazine..
punkman: so turns out royalmail's "airmail" is now "truckmail"
punkman: fuckers
punkman: and I was wondering why it took 10+ days every time
fluffypony: that's the untracked one?
punkman: tracked
fluffypony: oh that's stupid of them
punkman: http://www.royalmail.com/international/consumer-changes
assbot: Information for international customers | Royal Mail Group Ltd ... ( http://bit.ly/1vNIfVT )
punkman: they rebranded earlier this year
punkman: 10 GBP for truck mail? that's highway robbery
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 48810 @ 0.00054171 = 26.4409 BTC [-] {2}
punkman: http://www.keurighack.com/ hilarious
assbot: KeurigHack.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1vNLv3B )
cazalla: ppl really use those pod things?
punkman: aha
cazalla: prefer tea tbh, coffee meh
punkman sneaks off to make a cup of matcha
cazalla: nice cup of fukashima green tea eh punkman
cazalla: you fkn glow as green as the tea
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 28753 @ 0.00056211 = 16.1623 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 12700 @ 0.00056459 = 7.1703 BTC [+]
punkman: cazalla, aye straight from japan, still neon green
cazalla: i use to drink a lot of sencha until fukashima
cazalla: then i was like, fkn japanese dogs try to sell mongorrians tainted green tea
punkman: cazalla, could buy some from west japan
cazalla: maybe fukashima farmer takes his tea to west japan, claims tea grown there
cazalla: anyway, we have green tea grown here, just not as good
punkman: yeah and maybe indian/chinese guy watered field with sewage
cazalla: yeah that too
cazalla: my missus asian bff, offerred me some chinese liqour once
punkman: well what you gonna do, not drink tea
cazalla: without thinking of cultural sensitivity, i say i'm not drinking that shit, she was most offended lol
cazalla: punkman, fuck that, i has about 10 cups a day
cazalla: use to have a bit of a rooibos habit too
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1600 @ 0.00122755 = 1.9641 BTC [-] {4}
cazalla: where is vexual when ya need him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0txzWT-DM
assbot: Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons- Hit And Run - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1vNQYr3 )
cazalla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tbQRbNMlks
assbot: Grinspoon - Just Ace (Recovery, 1998) - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1vNRKV2 )
punkman: cazalla: scoop for you https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888343.0
assbot: Twitter and GMX accounts compromised ... ( http://bit.ly/1ujQweD )
cazalla: nooooo, i want to believe he hates the nigs
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 41011 @ 0.00056621 = 23.2208 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 10 @ 0.13999988 = 1.4 BTC [+] {2}
cazalla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCA7--Qcp78
assbot: Regurgitator - Black Bugs - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1ujRHuE )
cazalla: and muh fav https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMmRV8y0xM /me far too much to drink tonight
assbot: Spiderbait - Calypso - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1ujSnQG )
cazalla: as i said to BingoBoingo, the trilema article on fat people and their diet which culiminates in day 10-14 gorging themselves on food, tonight, i gorge on alcohol after an abstinence
cazalla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC_axjAEPlg
assbot: Spiderbait - Glockenpop - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1vNUuBL )
cazalla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJPq2c8wxFE
assbot: Magic Dirt - City Trash (Official Video) - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1vNV2Yn )
cazalla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjB71I9to30 and zzzzzzzzzz
assbot: Magic Dirt - Vulcanella (Billabong Detour) - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1ujUVhI )
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16550 @ 0.00056221 = 9.3046 BTC [-]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 54559 @ 0.00056293 = 30.7129 BTC [+] {3}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 41050 @ 0.00056157 = 23.0524 BTC [-]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 1800 @ 0.00056157 = 1.0108 BTC [-]
danielpbarron: ;;later tell ben_vulpes http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-12-2014#949905 << the first revision http://trilema.com/2014/the-bitcoin-lordship-list-first-revision/ ☝︎
assbot: Logged on 10-12-2014 06:35:49; ben_vulpes: <danielpbarron> well my having not done it doesn't matter as i'm no longer a lord << when did this happen?
assbot: The Bitcoin Lordship list, first revision pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1z5ZOQw )
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16340 @ 0.00056112 = 9.1687 BTC [-] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 26700 @ 0.00056092 = 14.9766 BTC [-] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 41358 @ 0.00055679 = 23.0277 BTC [-] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 13548 @ 0.00056795 = 7.6946 BTC [+] {2}
nubbins`: hi
nubbins`: ;;gettrust assbot danielpbarron
gribble: WARNING: Currently not authenticated. Trust relationship from user assbot to user danielpbarron: Level 1: 0, Level 2: 6 via 6 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=assbot&dest=danielpbarron | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=danielpbarron | Rated since: Thu Mar 21 17:26:04 2013
nubbins`: gues you never were
danielpbarron: lol i was; i was on the first list
nubbins`: o
danielpbarron: not sure why, since i had just recently joined the channel
nubbins`: well i guess assbot doesn't issue ;;rate commands in-chan
nubbins`: danielpbarron you'll find that most things around here are overly ad-hoc in their implementation
nubbins`: this novus dominus thing is no different 8)
nubbins`: !s rate from:assbot
assbot: 70 results for 'rate from:assbot' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=rate+from%3Aassbot
danielpbarron: it was fun while it lasted; I got to lord over the -otc folk a bit
nubbins`: !s danielpbarron from:assbot
assbot: 11 results for 'danielpbarron from:assbot' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=danielpbarron+from%3Aassbot
nubbins` shrugs
nubbins`: !s !up
assbot: 20366 results for '!up' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=%21up
danielpbarron: if you're looking for the rating change, it's logged in #bitcoin-otc-ratings
nubbins`: o
nubbins`: (that's a channel?!)
danielpbarron: yeah, a pretty cool one too
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 27280 @ 0.00059633 = 16.2679 BTC [+]
decimation: punkman: thanks for the link
decimation: ben_vulpes: yeah usg runs the tenement business now, mostly funded by its credit
assbot: Vexual +v failed; L1: 0, L2: 0
TomServo: !up Vexual
Vexual: thanks for the continue TomServo, i thought this was flappy birds for a minute
Vexual: L0 again?
decimation: http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/AP_Prince_William_Kate_LeBron_bc_141210_4x3_992.jpg
assbot: ... ( http://bit.ly/1B86NJg )
Vexual: worst .bait evar
decimation: that is an amusing image: the British public took offense because it looked like an ogre was breaching royal protocol
decimation: to the american eye, it looks like they are just 'having fun'
Vexual: what is the protocol there?
decimation: I think "don't grab the princess" is on the list
Vexual: no shit
Vexual: what next? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2AHvZWojSc
decimation: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1166490/Ones-new-best-friend-The-Queen-Michelle-new-touchy-feely-protocol.html
assbot: One's new best friend: The Queen, Michelle and the new touchy-feely protocol | Daily Mail Online ... ( http://bit.ly/136ZRRs )
Vexual: aka swinging just got real
Vexual: (nasty)
thestringpuller: ;;ticker
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 350.81, Best ask: 352.23, Bid-ask spread: 1.42000, Last trade: 350.79, 24 hour volume: 12556.48664474, 24 hour low: 343.97, 24 hour high: 356.99, 24 hour vwap: 349.130565322
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 5400 @ 0.00060326 = 3.2576 BTC [+]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 33600 @ 0.00060326 = 20.2695 BTC [+]
mats: it surges
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 8 @ 0.12993213 = 1.0395 BTC [-] {4}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 150 @ 0.13929999 = 20.895 BTC [+] {5}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 40 @ 0.13964496 = 5.5858 BTC [+] {5}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 29 @ 0.14239652 = 4.1295 BTC [+] {5}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 44500 @ 0.00059661 = 26.5491 BTC [-] {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 15 @ 0.14083333 = 2.1125 BTC [-] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 49100 @ 0.00060713 = 29.8101 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29772 @ 0.00061354 = 18.2663 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 100471 @ 0.0012 = 120.5652 BTC {4}
thestringpuller: !t h AMHASH1
assbot: [HAVELOCK:AMHASH1] 1D: 0.00120003 / 0.00121776 / 0.00124200 (15060 shares, 18.33946488 BTC), 7D: 0.00119000 / 0.00122054 / 0.00125000 (112339 shares, 137.11374519 BTC), 30D: 0.00112000 / 0.00121932 / 0.00127000 (392251 shares, 478.28083452 BTC)
thestringpuller: !t h AMHASH2
assbot: The round stones beneath the earth... have spoken through the fire.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1650 @ 0.0012 = 1.98 BTC
thestringpuller: !t h AMHASH3
assbot: [HAVELOCK:AMHASH3] 1D: 0.00120000 / 0.0012 / 0.00120000 (102121 shares, 122.54520000 BTC), 7D: 0.00120000 / 0.0012 / 0.00120000 (102121 shares, 122.54520000 BTC), 30D: 0.00120000 / 0.0012 / 0.00120000 (102121 shares, 122.54520000 BTC)
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1287 @ 0.0012 = 1.5444 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1050 @ 0.0012 = 1.26 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 6553 @ 0.0012 = 7.8636 BTC {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 6569 @ 0.0012 = 7.8828 BTC {4}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 9940 @ 0.0012 = 11.928 BTC {4}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 859 @ 0.00121999 = 1.048 BTC [+]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 5753 @ 0.0012 = 6.9036 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 3855 @ 0.0012 = 4.626 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 2056 @ 0.0012 = 2.4672 BTC {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 2957 @ 0.0012 = 3.5484 BTC {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 5300 @ 0.0012 = 6.36 BTC {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 17738 @ 0.00059126 = 10.4878 BTC [-]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 4306 @ 0.0012 = 5.1672 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1268 @ 0.0012 = 1.5216 BTC {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 2501 @ 0.0012 = 3.0012 BTC {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1500 @ 0.0012 = 1.8 BTC
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1000 @ 0.0012 = 1.2 BTC
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 6050 @ 0.0012 = 7.26 BTC
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 851 @ 0.0012 = 1.0212 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1979 @ 0.0012 = 2.3748 BTC {4}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 3016 @ 0.0012 = 3.6192 BTC {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 5600 @ 0.0012 = 6.72 BTC
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 11900 @ 0.00058371 = 6.9461 BTC [-]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1000 @ 0.0012 = 1.2 BTC
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1000 @ 0.0012 = 1.2 BTC
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1041 @ 0.0012 = 1.2492 BTC
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 6650 @ 0.00058371 = 3.8817 BTC [-]
[]bot: Bet placed: 1 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to win vs S&P 500" http://bitbet.us/bet/989/ Odds: 31(Y):69(N) by coin, 50(Y):50(N) by weight. Total bet: 2.32410779 BTC. Current weight: 16,370.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1750 @ 0.0012 = 2.1 BTC
mircea_popescu: punkman no notary still ?
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 11177 @ 0.00058371 = 6.5241 BTC [-]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1300 @ 0.0012 = 1.56 BTC
mircea_popescu: Namworld send me teh fb data if it's done (seems to be ?)
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 4957 @ 0.0012 = 5.9484 BTC
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 10671 @ 0.0006401 = 6.8305 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 3766 @ 0.0012 = 4.5192 BTC
Namworld: I just checked, it's about 3/4th of the way through.
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 6908 @ 0.00066468 = 4.5916 BTC [+]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 2000 @ 0.0012 = 2.4 BTC
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29000 @ 0.00061962 = 17.969 BTC [-]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1009 @ 0.0012 = 1.2108 BTC {3}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1000 @ 0.00121935 = 1.2194 BTC [+]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 8118 @ 0.0012 = 9.7416 BTC {2}
mircea_popescu: Namworld ah kk ty
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 4210 @ 0.00121935 = 5.1335 BTC [-]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 40000 @ 0.00064862 = 25.9448 BTC [+]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 19173 @ 0.00061945 = 11.8767 BTC [-] {2}
nubbins`: http://imgur.com/alOGguf
assbot: imgur: the simple image sharer ... ( http://bit.ly/1x3431c )
dignork: nubbins`: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851910/Russian-circus-attaches-hamsters-balloons-DROPS-children-gifts-dead-arrival.html
assbot: Russian circus attaches 'dead' hamsters to balloons and DROPS them as 'gifts' | Daily Mail Online ... ( http://bit.ly/1x34gS3 )
dignork: ^ fake but still fun
nubbins`: lel
nubbins`: russian "circus" throws dead rats in jars at children
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 66871 @ 0.00057701 = 38.5852 BTC [-] {4}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 20 @ 0.14075 = 2.815 BTC [-] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 26727 @ 0.00062562 = 16.7209 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16642 @ 0.00068095 = 11.3324 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 17308 @ 0.00069042 = 11.9498 BTC [+]
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [PETA] 10957 @ 0.0002 = 2.1914 BTC [-] {21}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [PETA] 7877 @ 0.00018133 = 1.4283 BTC [-] {38}
thestringpuller: $depth mpoe
empyex: thestringpuller: Want a bash? http://bash.bitcoin-assets.com/?quote=26 Or use a valid MPSIC!
thestringpuller: $depth s.mpoe
empyex: thestringpuller: [S.MPOE] Bids: 11123 @ 0.00064896 1500 @ 0.00056345 23817 @ 0.00056344 31631 @ 0.00055679
empyex: thestringpuller: [S.MPOE] Asks: 46700 @ 0.00065278 64200 @ 0.00066432 28551 @ 0.00068328 52200 @ 0.00068937
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 930 @ 0.0012 = 1.116 BTC
thestringpuller: notary is down for extended maintenance I thought.
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 10473 @ 0.00064896 = 6.7966 BTC [-]
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 35827 @ 0.00065246 = 23.3757 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 2420 @ 0.00121799 = 2.9475 BTC [+] {2}
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [PETA] 7754 @ 0.00014999 = 1.163 BTC [-] {3}
mircea_popescu: iirc was last weekend. anyway.
thestringpuller: punkman: you got some 'splainin to do!
thestringpuller: jkjk
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 12200 @ 0.00063602 = 7.7594 BTC [-]
mircea_popescu: 63s now huh ?
thestringpuller: it's because you announced the mircea_popescu stimulus package
mircea_popescu: oidid ?
thestringpuller: Haha. I was just imagining you as Bitcoin's Obama. It was funnier in my head because of the implied irony.
thestringpuller: But whatever.
mircea_popescu: i thought this was ghoing to be a sex joke.
thestringpuller: that probably would have been a better avenue
thestringpuller: i get booed off the stage when I do stand up :(
mircea_popescu: "the mp stimulus package", http://trilema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pula_mea2s.jpg
assbot: ... ( http://bit.ly/1IBYJFF )
thestringpuller: shemlessly opened in the middle of a training session at work
mircea_popescu: that'll train ya.
thestringpuller: I wish my teacher was a porn star teaching the class naked.
mircea_popescu: whjat class is it anyway
thestringpuller: mandatory training for onboarding on this company
thestringpuller: it's like Google's Bootcamp, but for this company (VMWare)
mircea_popescu: aha
mircea_popescu: cazalla who was John Powell in bitcoin-terms ?
mircea_popescu: punkman: 10 GBP for truck mail? that's highway robbery <<< no, it's... AIRWAY ROBBERY
mircea_popescu: har har har
jurov: nubbins`: http://makezine.com/2011/08/25/art-student-hand-illuminates-binds-a-copy-of-tolkiens-silmarillion/
assbot: Art Student Hand-Illuminates, Binds a Copy of Tolkien's Silmarillion | MAKE ... ( http://bit.ly/1IC1ZAR )
mircea_popescu: punkman: yeah and maybe indian/chinese guy watered field with sewage << actually good for it.
mircea_popescu: whoa nubbins` now you have to hire that guy
mircea_popescu: or marry him.
mircea_popescu: http://blog.bettercrypto.com/?p=1004 << this by the way is an excellent write-up. anyone know the guy / invite him over ?
assbot: Controversy Around Bitcoin Elliptic Curve | Financial Cryptography, Bitcoin, Crypto Currencies ... ( http://bit.ly/1IC2A5J )
mircea_popescu: "unanimous allergic reactions when serious security questions are raised by uninvited academics"
mircea_popescu: heh.
kakobrekla: was there a new ssh vuln found past 24hrs?
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mircea_popescu: derpistan.
cazalla: mircea_popescu, dunno yet, no court docs online, not entered in offender search yet either
asciilifeform: ecdsa curves, 'nothing up my sleeve' constants << think back to the legend with the 'randomly wired' neural net. if secp256k1 (or, another example, aes s-boxes) have sufficiently broad classes of 'weak key' - then all you need to do is find a simple, e.g., sqrt(2), whatever, 'sleeve constant' that impresses the fools.
nubbins`: jurov "he hand-illuminated the text which had been printed on his home Canon inkjet printer. He worked with a binder to assemble the resulting book."
mircea_popescu: so the guy that wrote that otherwise interesting post : 1) aslo wrote http://blog.bettercrypto.com/?p=640 , a complete misrepresentation of the tim swhatever incident ; 2) runs a blog where you need cookies/js to leave him a comment pointing out that no, he's not extempt from the common requirements of "know what you're talking about before you posture" ; 3) has a contact page where i could donate btc to him (or ltc he
assbot: Bitcoin Security and Cryptography: Reasons to Worry | Financial Cryptography, Bitcoin, Crypto Currencies ... ( http://bit.ly/1umah5a )
mircea_popescu: h), but which does not include his email, or his pgp key.
mircea_popescu: how the fuck do these people expect to survive, seriously ?
nubbins`: dude uses a canon ;/
mircea_popescu: i get it, he's a "google scholar" and he has patents. whopee.
nubbins`: and didn't even bind it himself!
nubbins`: what kind of art preschool did he attend?!
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform atm im trying to discern whether the recent "secp256k1" talk is simply the defeated nsa trying to find a better reason to fork bitcoin, or these derps actualy have something.
mircea_popescu: but they're so fucking derpy they're not helping me, as itemized above.
asciilifeform: 'one cannot safely just ignore the advice of the cryptographic community about the elliptic curves. Not taking these questions seriously is bad, potentially a gross professional misconduct, and one could in theory even go to prison for that on the basis of some existing laws, for example safeguards rule in the US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...' << obey or gasenwagen!
mircea_popescu: heh.
cazalla: mircea_popescu, there is http://i.imgur.com/55MwjMX.png too
assbot: ... ( http://bit.ly/1umaxkR )
cazalla: wonder why they didn't mention drugs in the news article
mircea_popescu: srsly, he keeps linking to reddit thinking/pretending to think he's engaging bitcoin thereby.
mircea_popescu: so much nuttery.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I'm wrestling with my PACER login to find some filings in the Powel case
mircea_popescu: cool.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform still, i can see the argument that "7" is not safe just for being you know, the number of holes on your body.
mircea_popescu: i wonder, if i say Dr. Nicolas T. Courtois will this then be the first hit on his name tomorrow or something ?
mircea_popescu: anyway, birdy whispers in my ear guy's from group that came up with the original xls aes attack. definitely more standing than tim swanson or w/e.
asciilifeform: 'there is like 30 papers each year published in cryptographic literature in which cryptosystems fail exactly because they use small integers...' << ahahaha. what a brazen and deliberate confusion. bringing up rsa coppersmith attack in thread on unrelated cryptosystem.
mircea_popescu: but the principle remains. "small integers" are not in fact either small or integers but for our perspective.
mircea_popescu: they're just numbers, like any other numbers, exactly so.
mircea_popescu: !up rdymac
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform (incidentally, coppersmith didn't think much of the xsl thing)
BingoBoingo: Finally got the login sorted out, vague indictment was vague
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo they can put people away without even saying what for huh.
BingoBoingo: Well, Indictment lists the charges as money transmission stuff, and "possession of marijuana with intention to distribute"
BingoBoingo: Going to read more
mircea_popescu: heh
mircea_popescu: so the guy had a bag big enough is it ?
mircea_popescu: iirc that's what intent is predicated on
asciilifeform: questionable attacks on aes, etc << there are stables of ops grunts paid to sow disinfo - false research leads, general-purpose 'fud' for the academic community, promotion of sensational mystery meats ('badbios' !), etc.
asciilifeform: a bag big enough >> :
asciilifeform: !s toilet tank
assbot: 7 results for 'toilet tank' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=toilet+tank
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 28100 @ 0.00064487 = 18.1208 BTC [+] {2}
BingoBoingo: So many sealed documents. Apparently last employed April 2008 making $10k/month
BingoBoingo: 2006 Hyundai Sonata
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform sure. which is why it's so difficult to discern.
mircea_popescu: obviously, honest man would be in wot rather than sitting at the fringe arguing about how him being in the thief seats is wholly immaterial, he's just there for the view, comfort and etc.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: sometimes, the buggers 'go into tilt' and make it laughably easy. that piece reads as if it had been written by mr. spamgun himself.
BingoBoingo: The fuckers, part of his pre-trial release conditions was a prohibition on alcohol, 21st amendment yo!
mircea_popescu: i still dunno why we'd believe 7 is a good exponent
mircea_popescu: rather than whatever any other one.
mircea_popescu: obviously, this is no reason to change anything, but as an intellectual pursuit.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo basically they're just begging for attention at this point.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: lol, i didn't pick the 7! but i dare to guess that it was chosen out of spite.
mircea_popescu: i didn't pick it either, and i am thankful for not having had to.
mircea_popescu: i certainly am not about to go over the man's picks and "improve em".
mircea_popescu: but even an ant may wonder.
BingoBoingo: Here's the defendan't blog http://sharethezing.blogspot.com/
assbot: Share The Zing ... ( http://bit.ly/1umeE0m )
cazalla: is this related to ddos guy or just random http://dpaste.com/0DZR5J9 ?
assbot: dpaste: 0DZR5J9 ... ( http://bit.ly/1umeGoT )
BingoBoingo: One of the presentencing documents is a prinout of the fucking wikipedia page on Bitcoin
mircea_popescu: cazalla sems random spam
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo which court is this ?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: US Central District of Illinois
mircea_popescu: idiots.
BingoBoingo: The entire witness list consists of one item "Group of Photos"
BingoBoingo: And some illegible name with them Luke something or other
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1300 @ 0.001205 = 1.5665 BTC [-] {5}
BingoBoingo: And... he plead guilty
mircea_popescu: on advice from his court-provided or else court-owned scamlawyer
mircea_popescu: the crowd of vultures pretending to represent people's interests in the us courts while strictly representing the court's interest in people's lives is one of the most underrated problems of that country.
mircea_popescu: it's like nigeria, except in nigeria you can't find dentists. in the us you can't find lawyers.
BingoBoingo: I'm guessing court appointed, but no way to tell. The only interesting filing was his handwritten filing pre sentencing.
BingoBoingo: Also the "Statement of Reasons" last filing is also unavailable
undata: that top qntra article is sad.
undata: I was working on my own crypto-only exchange for a bit, then thought better of it since I don't have piles of money for lawyers
BingoBoingo: Not much in the documents other than how evil it is to plea guilty because it lets prosecutors become lazy
undata: looks like I made the right choice
undata: side note: bitswap.io is for sale :p
mircea_popescu: the more interesting tyhing is that BingoBoingo is practically becoming a field-trained paralegal.
BingoBoingo: Well, I'm already a university trained librarian. The rest is just getting a vague idea of what the law shit means
mircea_popescu: i guess so.
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 3850 @ 0.00064929 = 2.4998 BTC [+]
BingoBoingo: Well, the university training wasn't much other than social justice derping as a minority.
BingoBoingo: *surviving
BingoBoingo: Because when they are in the majority the social justic derps oppress, just less competently
BingoBoingo: Which is to everyone's detriment.
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16476 @ 0.0006518 = 10.7391 BTC [+]
BingoBoingo may have called out fellow students for hating on the Football team, by suggested they we hating the way those young men expressed their gender...
BingoBoingo also might have suggested the derps were racist for hating the football team because it is one of the most prominent means by which young african americans can achieve upwards social mobility
mats: yeah, and joining the military.
BingoBoingo: Yeah there's that too.
mats: your chances of killing yourself are roughly half!
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 12900 @ 0.00065278 = 8.4209 BTC [+]
BingoBoingo: I know football presents a greater chance of disability for much more imaginary future money
adlai: do we finally see potus for what it is, just another role on a stage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95KTrtzOY-g
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mats: yeah, what is it, like two in three NFL players end up broke after leaving the league?
mats: o wow. even higher. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/story/2012-04-22/Pro-athletes-and-financial-trouble/54465664/1
assbot: Pro athletes and financial trouble – USATODAY.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1Glc0OR )
mats: > Sports Illustrated estimated in 2009 that 78 percent of NFL players are bankrupt or facing serious financial stress within two years of ending their playing careers and that 60percent of NBA players are broke within five years of retiring from the game.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 1667 @ 0.0012 = 2.0004 BTC
BingoBoingo: Yeah, they get that access to so much money so fast
undata: probably not a profession that selects for intelligence to begin with, and it runs a high risk of frontal lobe injury
ben_vulpes: and who said slavery and gladiation was dead!?
BingoBoingo: undata: Well, pretty much any impact related brain injury is possible. Because helmets make people Invincible! Who cares about physics.
undata: BingoBoingo: heh, they even use that animation of the two helmets colliding
BingoBoingo: Even though the players aren't allowed to do that anymore because it is "Targeting" and justifies suspending the SEC sacks leader mid game so Alabama won't have to suffer the possibility of a close game.
mats: the NFL should just get rid of helmets.
BingoBoingo: Prolly, or go back to the doofy leather things
undata: I need a word for this. It's such a common Americanism.
undata: football *certainly isn't* about watching idiots injure each other
undata: like child beauty pagents *certainly aren't* weird quasi-child-porn
undata: ah Orwell already treated it as "war is peace"
undata: BingoBoingo: mats: or just accept that what we're doing is watching people fuck each other up
undata: at least the UFC has very little pretense about that
mats: meh. i don't watch sports on television.
BingoBoingo: The UFC sucks because the matchups aren't competative.
mats: things i do watch: Homeland, The Newsroom, New Girl, Sons of Anarchy, Psycho Pass
mats: if you enjoyed Ghost in the Shell, you'll probably like Psycho Pass.
mats: i lost the battle in giving up TV. i haven't picked up anything new though, so thats a win, i guess
undata: mats: the newsroom is a good show
mats: the last episode was terrible. they should've avoided all commentary about feminazis in the media
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 31056 @ 0.00065286 = 20.2752 BTC [+]
mats: they do alright, generally, but chicks i talk to about it aren't happy with how women are portrayed in the show
mats: their characters are shallow, and apparently don't pass the Bechdel test.
mats: ;;google Bechdel test
gribble: Bechdel test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test>; Bechdel Test Movie List: <http://bechdeltest.com/>; 10 Famous Films That Surprisingly Fail The Bechdel Test: <http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/10-famous-films-that-surprisingly-fail-the-bechdel-test.php>
undata: yeah I can see that
undata: the various romance subplots are insufferable
mats: the more you know!
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 18232 @ 0.00065286 = 11.9029 BTC [+]
ben_vulpes: what i really want is to listen to strong female characters talking about...what to strong female characters talk about?
mats: whatever the dudes talk about, i suppose.
mats: http://aje.me/1x2Vun8 looks like they're not even going to bother with taking kurdistan first
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assbot: [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH3] 100000 @ 0.0012 = 120 BTC
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 9450 @ 0.00065286 = 6.1695 BTC [+]
mats: http://news.usni.org/2014/12/10/u-s-navy-allowed-use-persian-gulf-laser-defense
assbot: U.S. Navy Allowed to Use Persian Gulf Laser for Defense - USNI News ... ( http://bit.ly/1x3N3Ib )
mats: what a useless and expensive weapon
mircea_popescu: jesus the fruits in this country, i can't get over it.
mircea_popescu: i have never in my life had cherries this good
mircea_popescu: an' romaians are big on cherries.
mircea_popescu: mats http://trilema.com/2014/the-romanian-language-for-other-people/#comment-110532 wd :)
assbot: The Romanian language for other people. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1x3NFNX )
mircea_popescu: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/New-Jersey-breast-pump-thief-786543 << the lingering q is how the fuck are lactation aids worth 1k
assbot: New Jersey Cops On The Hunt For Notorious Garden State Breast Pump Thief | The Smoking Gun ... ( http://bit.ly/1x3NORA )
assbot: [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 21200 @ 0.00067913 = 14.3976 BTC [+] {2}