Comments on: The problem of the past http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-the-past/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 22:42:37 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: A Review of the Bitcoin Category on trilema.com « Ossa Sepia http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-the-past/#comment-148160 A Review of the Bitcoin Category on trilema.com « Ossa Sepia Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:38:05 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53982#comment-148160 [...] actual competence and experience (as opposed to dreamt qualifications) and the difference between a judgement call vs a dream call especially when getting involved in business; illustrated with the case of Peter Lambert. [...] [...] actual competence and experience (as opposed to dreamt qualifications) and the difference between a judgement call vs a dream call especially when getting involved in business; illustrated with the case of Peter Lambert. [...]

]]> By: Stop being so fucking poor! on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-the-past/#comment-143211 Stop being so fucking poor! on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:10:26 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53982#comment-143211 [...] list could go on, ad infinitum, and be expanded to include all sorts of entirely indistinguishable bums. I won't be bothered. Instead, let me make it as clear as it conceivably be made [...] [...] list could go on, ad infinitum, and be expanded to include all sorts of entirely indistinguishable bums. I won't be bothered. Instead, let me make it as clear as it conceivably be made [...]

]]> By: Klye, or Confession of a Degenerate. Adnotated. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-the-past/#comment-140158 Klye, or Confession of a Degenerate. Adnotated. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 01:02:45 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53982#comment-140158 [...] will say one thing : this kid, for all his foibles, is much closer to the Peter Lambert end of the scale than to the idiot end of the scale. And, through the virtue of the passage of [...] [...] will say one thing : this kid, for all his foibles, is much closer to the Peter Lambert end of the scale than to the idiot end of the scale. And, through the virtue of the passage of [...]

]]> By: Peter Lambert http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-the-past/#comment-99150 Peter Lambert Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:15:56 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53982#comment-99150 @Mircea Popescu: Well, LIF.A was specifically limited to investing on the GLBSE. LIF would presumably have continued to build investments in other areas. @Mircea Popescu: Well, LIF.A was specifically limited to investing on the GLBSE. LIF would presumably have continued to build investments in other areas.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/the-problem-of-the-past/#comment-99119 Mircea Popescu Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:19:38 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=53982#comment-99119 @<b>Jurov</b> There is a prize reserved for those trying out new things. It depends on their outlook. If they're trying out new things expecting them to work... @<b>fluffypony</b> The WoT does not work by itself. Absent the people able and willing to make it work, the WoT is exactly as useful as the US Constitution. For its quality of intellectual life, the forum implementation is probably too advanced, as broken as it is. @Jurov There is a prize reserved for those trying out new things.

It depends on their outlook. If they're trying out new things expecting them to work...

@fluffypony The WoT does not work by itself. Absent the people able and willing to make it work, the WoT is exactly as useful as the US Constitution. For its quality of intellectual life, the forum implementation is probably too advanced, as broken as it is.

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