Forum logs for 10 Sep 2015

Sunday, 24 November, Year 11 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu
* BingoBoingo though after last night believes FYIAD may become a standard #b-a retorn to hearnianites [00:03]
BingoBoingo We hoard wealth, are conservative as hell, and eat idiots [00:04]
pete_dushenski didn't dragons fight men noticably more heroic than the power ranger derp brigade ? [00:05]
BingoBoingo And far less if you read up on Komodo dragon kills in WWII [00:06]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 14550 @ 0.0007518 = 10.9387 BTC [+] [00:06]
pete_dushenski weapon of japanese army ? [00:07]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Nah, hazard of fighting where the big danger isn't the explicit enemy [00:07]
BingoBoingo For both sides [00:08]
pete_dushenski biological landmines essentially [00:08]
BingoBoingo Only in the sense that the predator in Predator II was a landmine for Danny GLover and the drug gangs [00:09]
pete_dushenski never seen a predator movie, but can imagine [00:09]
BingoBoingo Not a weapon, a more capble discounted enemy. [00:09]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Predator II is actually one of the classics of its time [00:09]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 20250 @ 0.00075184 = 15.2248 BTC [+] {3} [00:12]
pete_dushenski http://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-gangsters-find-extortion-no-longer-pays-forcing-yakuza-split-1441773870 [00:15]
assbot Japan’s Biggest Mob Group Splits Under Money, Police Pressure - WSJ ... ( http://bit.ly/1KFxjm3 ) [00:15]
pete_dushenski sorry if re-post [00:15]
pete_dushenski still logging up [00:15]
pete_dushenski "The Yamaguchi-gumi still boasts some 23,000 core and associate members, around 44% of all yakuza in Japan, according to police estimates. But membership has been shrinking along with an overall decline in yakuza groups, and Mr. Shinoda’s control has grown shakier. “The prolonged economic stagnation steadily chipped away at the yakuza’s financial clout,” " [00:16]
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pete_dushenski http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-09-2015#1269147 << it's really quite bad ass, the hummer. assuming the heater worked, i'd pick one up for $15k [00:21]
assbot Logged on 10-09-2015 01:20:40; BingoBoingo: And the military hummer has a certain stotting value the Ford "King Ranch" doesn't [00:21]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: How does the heater not work in a way that wouldn't be cheap to fix? [00:22]
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pete_dushenski i have nfi what parts on a hummer'd cost [00:22]
BingoBoingo It's just an extension of the engine's cooling system [00:22]
BingoBoingo Parts roughly would cost one or two unlicensable or untitleable examples at most [00:23]
pete_dushenski probably somewhere between monte carlo and maybach, but where, i know not [00:23]
pete_dushenski BingoBoingo: which could be thousands. [00:23]
pete_dushenski or double-digit percentage of purchase price [00:24]
BingoBoingo Well, probably would cost somewhere between a Chevy monte carlo's breakpads and a maybach quarter panel [00:24]
pete_dushenski lol sure [00:24]
pete_dushenski $150 - $15k [00:24]
BingoBoingo But for a car person pete_dushenski it sounds like you need friends in lower places. [00:24]
BingoBoingo Fuck, a roadworthy chevy monte carlo can be had for $500 [00:25]
pete_dushenski while in general this is most certainly true that i could use more lowerly placed contacts, i'm in no need of classic mercedes help [00:26]
pete_dushenski i have what i need and more isn't hard to find [00:26]
pete_dushenski but expensive to maintain any contacts if you don't need them [00:26]
pete_dushenski solid web browser logs [00:27]
pete_dushenski http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=09-09-2015#1268238 << would be far more interesting if their website could be navigated. like at all. [00:29]
assbot Logged on 09-09-2015 18:48:51; punkman: http://archillect.com/ [00:29]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Well, the best band for buck autocontacts I know are the demolition derby crowd. They know the parts and cars that fail. [00:30]
pete_dushenski ;;google alberta demolition derby [00:32]
gribble Alberta demolition derby 09 - YouTube: ; 30th Annual Lions Demolition Derby - Rocky Mountain House, Alberta: ; Wembley Demolition Derby: [00:32]
pete_dushenski "The Wembley Demolition Derby is Proud to announce our 10th Anual Demolition Derby which is taking place on September 12th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m until 6:00 p.m." [00:33]
pete_dushenski Anual ! [00:33]
pete_dushenski definitely lower placed [00:33]
BingoBoingo Nah, They've got cultural standards to conform to. [00:33]
pete_dushenski oh sweet, webley alberta is only a 5 hour drive away [00:35]
pete_dushenski *wembley [00:35]
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assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 11503 @ 0.00075194 = 8.6496 BTC [+] [00:37]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 17033 @ 0.0007512 = 12.7952 BTC [-] [00:39]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Every year I've got a combine (as in the farm equipment) and car demolition derby on back to back days hundreds of feet aways [00:41]
pete_dushenski and do you go ? [00:42]
BingoBoingo some years, usually if I go for the big tractors [00:43]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 18350 @ 0.00075201 = 13.7994 BTC [+] {2} [00:44]
pete_dushenski http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=09-09-2015#1268355 << complete with ALWAYS-ON MICROPHONE. awesome. [00:48]
assbot Logged on 09-09-2015 19:28:28; trinque: but we made a new iPhone [00:48]
pete_dushenski apple's equivalent of 'hello google' or whatever that motorola had last year [00:49]
pete_dushenski so yes, hanging out with girls and their iphone 6s' is a liability. welcome to the future. [00:49]
mircea_popescu it's for in case they get raped. [00:53]
pete_dushenski or if a guy says "hey cutie" [00:54]
pete_dushenski gotta capture the moment [00:54]
pete_dushenski share on social medias [00:55]
pete_dushenski for popularity [00:55]
mircea_popescu guys still do that ? [00:57]
pete_dushenski now BingoBoingo has me looking as muscly old off-roaders. and this is too, too sharp in red http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-G-Class-5-Doors-/262036024935?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3d02906e67&item=262036024935 [00:58]
assbot Mercedes Benz G Class 5 Doors | eBay ... ( http://bit.ly/1iyeBAf ) [00:58]
pete_dushenski mircea_popescu: for sure. [00:58]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Isn't it? [00:58]
pete_dushenski big time. [00:59]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 31607 @ 0.00075335 = 23.8111 BTC [+] {4} [01:00]
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BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Since I missed my last fiat window I've been looking also at the basic Chevy Blazer ZR-2, cheap 2 door beasts [01:02]
BingoBoingo Take out the back bench and there's a solid looking living area [01:02]
pete_dushenski aha, the rollover kings those things [01:02]
BingoBoingo Hard to beat the Ford exploder for rollover champion, but the early 70's GTO pony car is a serious competitor [01:03]
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BingoBoingo It is an enginering balance though. Attack angle versus rollover potential [01:04]
pete_dushenski BingoBoingo: you'd love the f-150 raptor [01:05]
BingoBoingo And fret the expense of every scratch versus having expendable machines plural at the ready? [01:06]
BingoBoingo Raptor is also rather wide and long for an off roader [01:06]
ben_vulpes ;;ticker [01:08]
gribble Bitfinex BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 238.98, Best ask: 239.04, Bid-ask spread: 0.06000, Last trade: 238.98, 24 hour volume: 13735.96112931, 24 hour low: 238.38, 24 hour high: 245.57, 24 hour vwap: None [01:08]
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assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 32599 @ 0.00075003 = 24.4502 BTC [-] {2} [01:10]
mircea_popescu https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ka7ic/bitcoin_is_not_visa/cuwcz3y << why the fuck is reddit so racist ? [01:11]
assbot StubNuts comments on Bitcoin is not Visa. ... ( http://bit.ly/1LlidMT ) [01:11]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 26900 @ 0.00074955 = 20.1629 BTC [-] [01:12]
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ben_vulpes mircea_popescu: btw that piece was invictus, not br [01:18]
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mircea_popescu ? [01:19]
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ben_vulpes the numbers-fudging piece [01:21]
BingoBoingo http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-09-2015#1269269 << Because, they see you rolling, they hating [01:22]
assbot Logged on 10-09-2015 04:09:34; mircea_popescu: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ka7ic/bitcoin_is_not_visa/cuwcz3y << why the fuck is reddit so racist ? [01:22]
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ben_vulpes thestringpuller: that recent piece isn't half bad [01:25]
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assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 14700 @ 0.00074955 = 11.0184 BTC [-] [01:28]
pete_dushenski https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3k8uez/youth_are_the_killer_app_of_bitcoin/ << "After many failed attempts at convincing friends/family/co-workers that Bitcoin is beneficial, one of my Minecraft server players asked me about it. I decided to send over $10 worth on Circle just so he could experience it first-hand. I didn't expect much, since he's young he might not understand even some basic financial c [01:29]
pete_dushenski oncepts. I was shocked that within 30 minutes of sending, he was already linking bank acounts to Circle and signing up for multiple sites such as purse.io" [01:29]
assbot Youth are the 'killer app' of Bitcoin. : Bitcoin ... ( http://bit.ly/1KFCLp4 ) [01:29]
pete_dushenski i loled at this one [01:29]
ben_vulpes http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-09-2015#1269052 << i routinely aced ME tests simply by virtue of knowing basic linear algebra transformations and how to solve sets of equations with the calculator. [01:29]
assbot Logged on 10-09-2015 00:25:20; asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: the 'equation solver' is actually half of why people bought the thing [01:29]
ben_vulpes despite having nominally progressed through the *exact same curriculum*, my 'peers' never mastered this 'one simple trick'. [01:30]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 2750 @ 0.00075508 = 2.0765 BTC [+] [01:31]
ben_vulpes i too had an 89 [01:32]
ben_vulpes and the misfortune of replacing it with the 89 'titanium' [01:32]
ben_vulpes which 'featured' perceptible delays between keypress and screen render. [01:32]
pete_dushenski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJkec-CQRM << bitcoinica 'taint' analysis [01:32]
assbot Bitcoinica Theft with unusual transaction to Theymos - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1LljvHO ) [01:32]
trinque speaking of which, asciilifeform could you provide a hash of some sort for your derive.exe ? [01:33]
pete_dushenski ben_vulpes: i seem to be to only one here who used ti-83 [01:34]
pete_dushenski 83 not an american thing ? [01:34]
ben_vulpes oh no i had one in middle school [01:35]
ben_vulpes quite adequate, rather nifty [01:35]
pete_dushenski aha. [01:36]
pete_dushenski we used 83 up to grade 12 [01:36]
ben_vulpes and probably worked...just fine! [01:36]
pete_dushenski university was 'fits in head' [01:36]
asciilifeform trinque: i signed it! see log [01:36]
ben_vulpes where did you top out in maths, pete_dushenski? [01:37]
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pete_dushenski entry-level calc [01:37]
asciilifeform pete_dushenski: the '83' was actually mandatory at the school i went to. but normally the warde^H^H^H^teacher wouldn't notice if you had something vaguely shaped like '83' [01:37]
ben_vulpes did your stats as well? [01:38]
asciilifeform aha [01:38]
pete_dushenski ben_vulpes: yup. part of 'med school' path i once walked along [01:38]
asciilifeform i think all the ti widgets had stats [01:39]
pete_dushenski maybe i misunderstood 'stats'... [01:39]
pete_dushenski thought ben_vulpes was referring to uni course [01:39]
ben_vulpes ^^ [01:39]
ben_vulpes whence the fork, pete_dushenski? [01:39]
BingoBoingo and the misfortune of replacing it with the 89 'titanium' << I made this mistake in college. Sold my 'titanium' at a loss [01:40]
pete_dushenski ben_vulpes: 3rd year. after i didn't get in off waiting list for med school in ireland that year, i never reapplied. [01:40]
* BingoBoingo spent two weeks of dishwashing checks on ti-89 senior year for the AP calc test [01:41]
asciilifeform trinque: http://www.loper-os.org/pub/derive.zip.sig [01:41]
assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1KFDHK6 ) [01:41]
pete_dushenski ben_vulpes: didn't have the grades to stay in canada, decided to make most of opportunities closer to home. not entirely 'for girl' but in no small part was this the consideration. [01:41]
trinque asciilifeform: interesting; I found another one on some math uni site [01:42]
mircea_popescu pete_dushenski: the '83' was actually mandatory at the school i went to. << i never had a calculator in school. of any kind. [01:42]
asciilifeform trinque: there are several versions floating around, including v6 for winblowz [01:42]
mircea_popescu couldn't be bothered to [01:42]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Big problem with F-150 'raptor' is it is too wide and long. Off road demands oppisite virtues of penis [01:43]
asciilifeform mircea_popescu: the funny part is ~why~ they were required [01:43]
mircea_popescu whyssat ? [01:43]
asciilifeform mircea_popescu: they actually tried to force the kidz to memorize key sequences for various statistical ops [01:43]
mircea_popescu oh ffs [01:43]
asciilifeform aha. [01:43]
mircea_popescu see, school i went to took the exact opposite path. [01:43]
asciilifeform hey, if microshit excel can be a class [01:43]
pete_dushenski BingoBoingo: unless 'off-road' is baja dunes, then same. [01:43]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: the '83' was actually mandatory at the school i went to. << i never had a calculator in school. of any kind. << I college math calculators became verboten [01:43]
mircea_popescu we were doing the cantor proof in 10th grade. what's the use of a calculator for that ? [01:44]
BingoBoingo pete_dushenski: Or just inclines and rocks in general [01:44]
mircea_popescu math anal was like 40% fundaments of math. [01:44]
asciilifeform mircea_popescu: the funnier part still is that the childrenz cooperated eagerly, because you could play 'tetris' and 'dope wars' on the thing [01:44]
mircea_popescu i still dunno who drew up that zany curr, but i loved it. prolly gavra. [01:44]
pete_dushenski asciilifeform: snake ! [01:44]
mircea_popescu oh chgeck im out, he's the prodean now! [01:45]
ben_vulpes http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-09-2015#1269148 << at 2x stella's cost, i'd get one [01:46]
assbot Logged on 10-09-2015 01:22:43; BingoBoingo: $12,000-$15,000 also fits the sweet spot for "toy" vehicles. Less than people pay for a boat and more than they can sell it for. [01:46]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 24300 @ 0.00074953 = 18.2136 BTC [-] {2} [01:46]
asciilifeform ben_vulpes: one day someone will explain to me the point of buying a $megabuck machine to sit in traffic jam in. [01:46]
asciilifeform does mazerati idle more luxuriously at the red light than ford pinto ? [01:46]
pete_dushenski mircea_popescu: the ti game, snake ;) [01:46]
mircea_popescu asciilifeform if there's black chicks working the street next to you they'll look at you ? [01:47]
ben_vulpes "baby we need a military hum-v" [01:47]
ben_vulpes "think of how many babies we can put in it!" [01:47]
BingoBoingo does mazerati idle more luxuriously at the red light than ford pinto ? << Moar cylinders, smoother idle #truefax [01:47]
ben_vulpes asciilifeform: well that's your problem for living in congestion hell. [01:47]
ben_vulpes not much i can explain to a man sinking into quicksand about the joys of hard land. [01:47]
mircea_popescu some people build roads to have where to park, some people build roads to have where to drive. #truefax! [01:48]
BingoBoingo ^^ [01:48]
pete_dushenski http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/cantorth.htm << for those, like yours truly, ignorant of 'cantor proof' mentioned by mircea_popescu [01:48]
assbot Georg Cantor, Cantor's Theorem and Its Proof ... ( http://bit.ly/1KFE736 ) [01:48]
ben_vulpes ("it's only like 2 vintage sports cars!") [01:48]
BingoBoingo Oh shit I now own #truefax [01:48]
ben_vulpes http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-09-2015#1269157 << shut. up. [01:49]
assbot Logged on 10-09-2015 01:50:19; BingoBoingo: shinohai: My hometown made a FTTH project a few years ago, obliterated themselves and the other ISPs by installing the big laser backwards [01:49]
mircea_popescu pete_dushenski or from the days before logs : http://trilema.com/2013/squares-do-morals-a-porno/#footnote_9_49613 [01:49]
assbot Squares do Morals. A Porno. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1KFEdI3 ) [01:49]
BingoBoingo ben_vulpes: No seriously at the time the local FTTH gig, the cable co, and the phone co all rented the same inbound fiber line. [01:50]
BingoBoingo Now just cable co and phone co share line. FTTH had to get bigger line [01:50]
pete_dushenski mircea_popescu: hehehe [01:50]
ben_vulpes jesus shit [01:51]
BingoBoingo ben_vulpes: Also phone co still has microwave tower as a fallback [01:51]
ben_vulpes well that's nuts. [01:51]
BingoBoingo But people using microwave over serious distance make it too expansive to put mere phone calls on it [01:51]
BingoBoingo Welcome to middle west reality ben_vulpes [01:52]
ben_vulpes expansive or expensive? [01:52]
BingoBoingo both [01:52]
ben_vulpes beam, cost [01:52]
BingoBoingo All [01:52]
ben_vulpes you and alf with the gawdawful quality-of-life, i swear... [01:53]
asciilifeform hey not everybody is rich [01:53]
ben_vulpes what rich?! [01:54]
asciilifeform that rich. [01:54]
ben_vulpes right parents. [01:54]
ben_vulpes right geography. [01:54]
BingoBoingo ben_vulpes: Hometown may have congested pipes, but has open roads [01:54]
ben_vulpes i drove from my office to the heart of downtown in ten minutes today in the middle of rush hour [01:54]
ben_vulpes what about those roads isn't open [01:54]
mircea_popescu so im seeing some maybe interesting errors. [01:56]
asciilifeform mircea_popescu: ?? [01:56]
mircea_popescu 1sec, im prepping. [01:56]
* asciilifeform was about to sleep but will stay awake for this [01:56]
ben_vulpes argh and google maps has nuked the "type anything and get directions function" [01:56]
ben_vulpes (a 2.4 mile drive, i must point out) [01:56]
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assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 21500 @ 0.00074953 = 16.1149 BTC [-] [01:59]
asciilifeform BingoBoingo: http://punix-os.blogspot.com/2012/03/first-time-real-calc.html << possibly of interest to you [01:59]
assbot Punix OS: First time real calc! ... ( http://bit.ly/1KFEZom ) [01:59]
* ben_vulpes tenterhooks [01:59]
mircea_popescu asciilifeform ~20 mins [02:00]
mircea_popescu i was about to sleep also [02:00]
* ben_vulpes resigns self to logs [02:02]
BingoBoingo http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--b58Fer1BZw/VaSGOESUfOI/AAAAAAAAMEk/PrTJbNzHTqk/s400/8cd3631ac0567459431880c72a5a9ccb192ec65f8f57e8afa6c39565d7db6ab9_1.jpg [02:04]
assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1UIngvO ) [02:04]
asciilifeform http://cdn.omg-facts.com/2013/2/7/36a5cd01a61e425274ac73c3726e0151.jpg [02:06]
assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1UInoLZ ) [02:06]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 9500 @ 0.00074953 = 7.1205 BTC [-] [02:07]
* asciilifeform to bed [02:07]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 15607 @ 0.00074922 = 11.6931 BTC [-] {2} [02:11]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16243 @ 0.00074589 = 12.1155 BTC [-] [02:12]
mircea_popescu SigOpCount out of bounds : 4219 occurences ; nonstandard tx types : 99695 occurences. [02:16]
mircea_popescu asciilifeform if you're still around [02:16]
mircea_popescu 44821 nonstandard txout ; 54874 nonstandard txin [02:18]
mircea_popescu also getting spammed with unsolicited old blocks. about 2k/hour or so. all in the 200k range. [02:19]
mircea_popescu (this in particular is a very clever ddos vehicle for the bitcoin tx relay network, because the inept implementation generates a lot of such spurious nonsense anyway) [02:20]
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mircea_popescu https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/3k8mmx/so_im_running_out_of_space_on_my_home_directory/ << meanwhile at the lolfarms. [02:40]
assbot So I'm running out of space on my home directory and the btc blockchain is like 50Gb, How do I move it to another drive? : Buttcoin ... ( http://bit.ly/1OepfIs ) [02:40]
assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 28887 @ 0.00074502 = 21.5214 BTC [-] {3} [02:49]
cazalla http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-09/national-facial-recognition-system/6761266 "It keeps Australians safe.." [02:55]
assbot Facial recognition: Privacy advocates raise concern over 'creepy' system Government says will enhance national security - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ... ( http://bit.ly/1OeqzeH ) [02:55]
mircea_popescu "safe". [02:58]
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