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(trilema) nubbins`: ah, smaller than a business card
(trilema) nubbins`: are the final dimensions known?
(trilema) nubbins`: point of the day
(trilema) nubbins`: "these guys must be REALLY serious!"
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, i always figured the assault weapons were more for show
(trilema) nubbins`: but does it fit over your face?
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: not a fucking chance would i put gunpowder inside anything i printed myself
(trilema) nubbins`: you can generally tell by how much space you're willing to let something take up in your house
(trilema) nubbins`: printing is a long-term
(trilema) nubbins`: coffee roasting was a short-term
(trilema) nubbins`: well there's short-term things and long-term things
(trilema) nubbins`: sadly, not enough time to learn it all
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: i think benkay is thinking similar to a lost wax process
(trilema) nubbins`: hemostats, pliers, tweezers, screwdriver grips, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: i've seen lots of tools made with 3d printers
(trilema) nubbins`: re:plasti-dip
(trilema) nubbins`: benkay, good point
(trilema) nubbins`: yeah, 3d printed sex toy would actually be a bacteria factory
(trilema) nubbins`: stomb boxes for guitar fx pedals
(trilema) nubbins`: replacement battery covers for sex toys, sure
(trilema) nubbins`: generally sex toys aren't made from hard plastic
(trilema) nubbins`: i don't doubt that most of the 3d printers in people's homes were used to make a couple sets of chess pieces and now sit idle
(trilema) nubbins`: but if you've got a need for rapid prototyping, these things are worth their weight in gold
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: for most of the public, it's a solution in search of a problem
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: it's the ultimate novelty.
(trilema) nubbins`: interesting that it uses audio to transmit the information
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, $60 per liter
(trilema) nubbins`: but yeah, consumables cost is probably through the roof
(trilema) nubbins`: these resins seem to remain flexible once cured
(trilema) nubbins`: that's a crazy way to print
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: best spam subject i've ever received is "Turn your peanut into a banana"
(trilema) nubbins`: asciilifeform: so, an industrial sausage stuffer.
(trilema) nubbins`: "doge mystery" "no explain"
(trilema) nubbins`: haha, first comment
(trilema) nubbins`: altho to be fair you only need those 8 characters
(trilema) nubbins`: i should probably start putting a full return address on these packages, too
(trilema) nubbins`: how'd the box hold up?
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, great! cheers
(trilema) nubbins`: nod, that's what caused me to bring it up
(trilema) nubbins`: just a japanese dog with a lelly face usually accompanied by engrish nonsense in neon comic sans ms
(trilema) nubbins`: just putting it out there
(trilema) nubbins`: doge is maybe the best meme yet
(trilema) nubbins`: dogecoin << would buy
(trilema) nubbins`: looks beautiful once you're done ;D
(trilema) nubbins`: only when you're creating it.
(trilema) nubbins`: LaTeX is great
(trilema) nubbins`: double d's and k's and stuff
(trilema) nubbins`: the double consonants are odd too
(trilema) nubbins`: completely indistinguishable from what i was saying
(trilema) nubbins`: "ahhhhh! 남양 아파트!!"
(trilema) nubbins`: eventually he says
(trilema) nubbins`: "남양 아파트!!"
(trilema) nubbins`: how many times would i have to repeat my address to the taxi driver 10 times
(trilema) nubbins`: heh. consonants are hard.
(trilema) nubbins`: korean is very logical, each block is a syllable composed of up to 3 sounds
(trilema) nubbins`: chinese characters make no sense to me
(trilema) nubbins`: i agree on the half-length tho, i've been mentally digesting satoshi-denominated amounts this way to make sense of them for a while now
(trilema) nubbins`: 30억 satoshi
(trilema) nubbins`: i don't think you're using the term "base" the way other people use it
(trilema) nubbins`: 10^4 units of korean won is about $10, so it's good they'd have a reasonably short name for it
(trilema) nubbins`: up to almost 10^100, i think
(trilema) nubbins`: korean has 10^2, 3, 4, 8, 12, and every +4 thereafter
(trilema) nubbins`: otherwise it's just another thing i don't have space for
(trilema) nubbins`: anyway, i'd want some way to make money off a 3d printer before i could justify buying one
(trilema) nubbins`: you'll need to reverse the terms or add another = ;)
(trilema) nubbins`: 100 glaps to the quighorc, etc
(trilema) nubbins`: why don't we just cobble together a series of retarded nonsensical names for all the different decimal places and use that?
(trilema) nubbins`: what madness!
(trilema) nubbins`: like, i just realized a 3d printer is < 2 btc
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm always pleasantly surprised by the price of things in btc
(trilema) nubbins`: ;;echo SO OLD LELELEL WHAT ARE YOU DOING :D
(trilema) nubbins`: An “iReport” on CNN, written by a private citizen in May 2012, has questioned the reasons why this revolution has not been widely covered in the U.S.
(trilema) nubbins`: either way, interesting story
(trilema) nubbins`: yeah, she's writing about an event that happened last year :D
(trilema) nubbins`: maybe even last year
(trilema) nubbins`: Kleeck: that's months old
(trilema) nubbins`: easier than sorting thru the history
(trilema) nubbins`: i get to undo and redo ;D
(trilema) nubbins`: yeah, true
(trilema) nubbins`: ^ if anyone wants an inkscape chessboard
(trilema) nubbins`: that's upside down ;)
(trilema) nubbins`: 42 minutes, not bad
(trilema) nubbins`: more for the escalation than anything ;(
(trilema) nubbins`: almost moved that queen to b7
(trilema) nubbins`: soon as i hit enter, i said whoops
(trilema) nubbins`: honestly i was expecting Rxa2
(trilema) nubbins`: even without the bishop moving
(trilema) nubbins`: stupid move
(trilema) nubbins`: shouldnt have moved that rook
(trilema) nubbins`: 17. g3, Bxg3++
(trilema) nubbins`: actually, that's the game right there
(trilema) nubbins`: BingoBoingo: h's pawn is on 3
(trilema) nubbins`: BingoBoingo: 13. Be2
(trilema) nubbins`: son, uncle sam wants to have a word
(trilema) nubbins`: gov't employees spying on 14yo kids calling each other fags and lobbing grenades
(trilema) nubbins`: your bishop is on f5
(trilema) nubbins`: i've got your.. yeah
(trilema) nubbins`: next thing we'll find out they were the flying dicks in SL
(trilema) nubbins`: BingoBoingo: 5. e3
(trilema) nubbins`: BingoBoingo: sorry, didnt notice your last move
(trilema) nubbins`: what, again with the docking?
(trilema) nubbins`: #mircea_popescu
(trilema) nubbins`: 200 chans, lel
(trilema) nubbins`: if anyone wants to play along, grab a board
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, that makes more sense
(trilema) nubbins`: BingoBoingo: flip a ;;coin, i call heads
(trilema) nubbins`: BingoBoingo: play a game in a bit?
(trilema) nubbins`: unsurprisingly, it came down to the software and not the cpu.
(trilema) nubbins`: two different chess programs running on each, so 4 combinations of cpu/software
(trilema) nubbins`: i recall some years ago a guy was pitting an AMD cpu vs an intel cpu in a game of chess
(trilema) nubbins`: i mean, it was only within the past 5-10 years that checkers was solved
(trilema) nubbins`: it's too complex
(trilema) nubbins`: not even a pro
(trilema) nubbins`: benkay: even a moderately skilled go player can beat a computer
(trilema) nubbins`: thestringpuller: and i can imagine my sides literally splitting open
(trilema) nubbins`: but can you imagine slayer singing about bitcoins?
(trilema) nubbins`: pre-t-t-y gangsta
(trilema) nubbins`: "the fragile / she doesn't see her beauty / i won't let you fall apart"
(trilema) nubbins`: ah, my sides
(trilema) nubbins`: songs raging about bond returns
(trilema) nubbins`: nine inch nails by and for financial professionals
(trilema) nubbins`: well, arguably, but assuming that's so -- it doesn't mean it can translate into music with a straight face
(trilema) nubbins`: ThickAsThieves: anyway, to answer your question from earlier, i'm not sure there's a way to write a song about bitcoin that isn't funny
(trilema) nubbins`: "well, that's a G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N / that's a girlfriend / that's somethin' that i'd understand"
(trilema) nubbins`: an inspiration to us all
(trilema) nubbins`: may just spend the rest of the day listening to jonathan richman
(trilema) nubbins`: no, i can't see how investing in mining is a good idea
(trilema) nubbins`: mildly tongue-in-cheek, at least
(trilema) nubbins`: a jonathan richman sort of style would be great for this
(trilema) nubbins`: inaba decided to give us some grief, with a shit-eating grin and a faint smell of queef
(trilema) nubbins`: pre-order dreams and pre-order hopes, pre-order buyers on pre-order ropes
(trilema) nubbins`: pre-order hardware, six months down the road, is like a fine prince, turned into a toad
(trilema) nubbins`: pre-order money is better than gold; it's free and it smells nice and never grows mold
(trilema) nubbins`: altho it does have a "night before christmas" feel, hey
(trilema) nubbins`: nah, we're trying to record an album
(trilema) nubbins`: after waiting two weeks.
(trilema) nubbins`: tired from smiling.....
(trilema) nubbins`: hoping one day that soon we'd have red cheeks
(trilema) nubbins`: steadfastly ignored as we counted the days
(trilema) nubbins`: "return on investment", the naysayer's phrase,
(trilema) nubbins`: and the pre-orders began to pour in once more
(trilema) nubbins`: then one day a miner appeared at a door
(trilema) nubbins`: tat, not yet
(trilema) nubbins`: i'm on a roll!
(trilema) nubbins`: and the company doused usb hubs with glue
(trilema) nubbins`: we started to frown as the waiting time grew
(trilema) nubbins`: the orderers wailed at the company's greed
(trilema) nubbins`: "but surely a product, a business must need",
(trilema) nubbins`: while drinking fine wines and eating nice cheese
(trilema) nubbins`: the rep on the forums deflected our pleas
(trilema) nubbins`: in search of a clue as to when we could mine
(trilema) nubbins`: we refreshed the page and examined each line
(trilema) nubbins`: that's a start anyway
(trilema) nubbins`: as the hashrate still rose, we succumbed to our tears
(trilema) nubbins`: the weeks turned to months, and the months into years
(trilema) nubbins`: it is then we suspected we were dealing with sneaks
(trilema) nubbins`: we asked for a date and he said "oh, two weeks!"
(trilema) nubbins`: with a butterfly shirt and a penchant for groins
(trilema) nubbins`: there once was a man who accepted our coins
(trilema) nubbins`: what rhymes with weeks?
(trilema) nubbins`: Deerhoof once released the sheet music to one of their songs before it was released
(trilema) nubbins`: you could open-source the music and invite people to submit covers
(trilema) nubbins`: cds are for suckers
(trilema) nubbins`: i'd buy it on vinyl
(trilema) nubbins`: best to get lyrics sorted, few verses, maybe a chorus
(trilema) nubbins`: did we have any clear winners with song names?
(trilema) nubbins`: punk drums, too fast
(trilema) nubbins`: comedy rock
(trilema) nubbins`: me personally no, but anyone with a reasonable setup could
(trilema) nubbins`: best is to figure out a basic song structure, start with drums, then overdub everything else
(trilema) nubbins`: mircea_popescu: lag, impossible
(trilema) nubbins`: keyboard changes the whole dynamic, choose wisely
(trilema) nubbins`: you'll need bass too
(trilema) nubbins`: good thing nobody found out
(trilema) nubbins`: i brought my penis to work literally every day
(trilema) nubbins`: well he obv didn't have a belt handy, so...

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