Quote from: suchmoon on April 04, 2020, 05:47:42 PM

Quote from: Lauda on April 04, 2020, 05:29:48 PM

I am really really surprised as to why this is happening. Not a single word needed to be said, remove the word, close the thread, end. I wonder what will be next instead of this simple solution. Sad

Totally agree. The answer is in, close the thread, unless you want to stir the drama some more.

Nice try, completely twisting what Lauda said.

Unfortunately, since ibminer decided to double down, it is no longer a matter of retracting a single word.

Quote from: Lauda on April 04, 2020, 05:41:50 AM

Can you please just remove the wording and fight it out in however many threads you guys want? Is that so hard to do Huh

I have no desire to fight with ibminer. What I want is to resolve this, route him to /dev/null, and go do something important.

My actual intention had been that when my demand for a retraction of a single word was met, I would lock the thread and walk away. I did not say so outright, because it is dangerous to make such promises, and because it is the kind of thing that could be misconstrued by persons who are twisting my words and mischaracterizing my actions (especially suchmoon). However, I think it was clear enough:

Quote from: nullius on April 03, 2020, 05:43:15 PM

Quote from: Lauda on April 03, 2020, 04:18:19 PM

I do not wish either faith to ibminer, I just hope he removes the statement and this thread is shut down.

This is indeed an ugly thread. I did not want to create it; and I do not want to keep it going. Although I doubt that anything will change my own loss of respect for ibminer or my distrust of his judgment, I think it’s clear straight from OP that I will consider this thread to be resolved if my stated demand for an appropriately marked retraction is met. An apology would be decent; but in principle, I am disinclined to demand such things, or even ask for them, for I strongly dislike fake, coerced “apologies”. I am addressing only (contra)factual statements here—in a general manner similar to what I would do in a courtroom defamation case, adjusted appropriately for the nature of the venue as a Reputation forum.

OP, following my concisely stated demand:

Quote from: nullius on April 03, 2020, 01:21:04 AM

ibminer is, of course, “entitled to his opinions”, which I really don’t give a damn about either way.

ibminer made a false factual statement. It is of such an inflammatory and destructive nature that, as I noted in the draft reply to pugman that I timestamped and filed away yesterday, I believe that I would have an actionable tort case against ibminer. (So noted only to measure the magnitude and seriousness of the matter. A single word can indeed incur a successful lawsuit. I am a crypto-anarchist behind Tor; and anyway, if I were to sue, I would not be so stupid as to discuss the matter on an Internet forum beforehand!)

Now, he has piled on a whole heap of new accusations and insinuations—much of it in vague terms that are impossible to answer or publicly rebut as to fact. Some of what he has now said, I know first-hand to be factually false; the rest is presumeably false, unless he has extraordinary evidence.

I don’t have the spare time to continue sitting on top of this thread as I did yesterday; but I will not just let this go so easily. ibminer has piled wrong atop wrong. He needs to answer for that.

Quote from: amishmanish on April 03, 2020, 02:35:19 PM

@ibminer, could you please remove that "underage" bit because the GGB profile that was used was "not underage". You even get to be Colonel Jessep here:

I know that you mean well. I appreciate that. Since you said that a few times now, I just need to make it clear that ibminer is not in a position to demand anything of me—and I am never nice.

Something else that I should probably address:

Quote from: pugman on April 03, 2020, 08:56:53 PM

Quote from: mikeywith on April 03, 2020, 11:42:47 AM

You were one of the best members around when you were posting about "technical" stuff that actually matter but then out of a sudden you became so active in this board in a way that puts you a few topics away from being the next cryptohunter, obviously with better writing skills.

As far as DEMANDING the edition of a post, i wouldn't set my hopes too high, we barely get people to change their feedback, let alone edit a post, the way i see it is that ibminer seems like a reasonable dude, i am pretty sure the effect of a single-line PM would be stronger than this topic.

I agree with this. Nullius had a whole different reputation and status after he left, everyone thought he was different, witty, and a technical genius. And we wanted for nullius to return back, because more than half of the actual members of the forum practically loved him because he gave the vibes of old 2011 posters, which this forum had been lacking for ages. And now after his return, everything feels different.

Nullius, things wont be the same for you if go around demanding things, publishing pms, and going against DT members isn't going to help. You're better than that, and you know it. Back then, you handled the Alia situation much better, but now its getting quite the opposite. I get it, you're smart, but things won't be the same, if the things you do keep being the same, it won't go so well. End your disputes privately, its better for everyone.

I appreciate anybody who appreciates my work; but I do not owe anything to anybody (save for a very few individuals who have immeasurably enriched my life, whether through their own published work or though their private interactions with me). Moreover, I have not changed: As shown below, my personality now is indistinguishable from that in 2018. Perhaps your perceptions of me may have changed. My characteristic aggressiveness and absolute certitude in the face of conflict would understandably be appealing to those who agree with me, and not to those who don’t.

Quote from: pugman on April 03, 2020, 08:56:53 PM

Nullius, things wont be the same for you if

Thanks; taken under advisement.

Quote from: pugman on April 03, 2020, 08:56:53 PM

go around demanding things,

Nothing wrong with my demanding redress from somebody who wronged me.

N.b. that that was stated in the manner of a legal demand (in manner of speaking—without any implication of being an actual legal demand). A demand for retraction of a false and defamatory statement is a quite ordinary response.

Quote from: pugman on April 03, 2020, 08:56:53 PM

publishing pms,

In 2018, I created a whole thread for that, my “hate mail” thread. Want the same nullius back? Here he is.

Quote from: nullius on March 08, 2020, 12:12:47 PM

Quote from: nullius on February 25, 2018, 09:09:02 PM

At my exclusive discretion, I reserve the right to publicly post any PMs received by me (0) on the subject of negative trust feedback left by me, and/or (1) in relation to such a public discussion as this one.

Whines > /dev/null.

I have spent my whole adult life handling highly confidential information for people with whom I have a relationship of mutual trust. And if someone sends me a friendly PM, I will treat that with the ordinary discretion of a gentleman. Whereas nobody has a right to impose on me and swear me to secrecy, just by sending me a Personal Message—especially not if the PM is of a hostile nature. It is completely ridiculous to criticize anybody for publishing unsolicited, adversarial PMs.

My 2018 PM-dumping thread was inspired by the example of various activists whom I have seen publish extreme hate-mail and death threats sent via “private” channels of communication. Reductio ad absurdum, would you criticize them, too?

Quote from: pugman on April 03, 2020, 08:56:53 PM

and going against DT members

I go against governments. I have real-life, years-long experience litigating against large corporations (who eventually steamrolled me by sheer mismatch of resources—eh, I bit off more than I could chew there). Do you suppose that I be scared, or even impressed by DT members on an Internet forum?

Quote from: noomhcus on April 03, 2020, 02:13:21 AM

I respect those who earn my respect, and that’s that.

I am not a flatterer—in colloquial terms, I don’t kiss arse (and I categorically despise people who expect that from me).

Quote from: OgNasty on April 03, 2020, 07:25:39 PM

Yes, everyone needs to kiss the ass of ibminer or suchmoon will use the lack of politeness as an excuse to defend his wrongdoing.

Oh, shit! I just quoted OgNasty. The world is truly ending.

Quote from: nullius on March 15, 2020, 05:53:59 PM

🙂

Now, lest there be any doubt but that I really have not changed even a bit:

Re: Measures against scams misusing the Bitcoin name

Quote from: nullius on December 03, 2017, 08:05:43 AM

So-called “Bitcoin Cash” is neither Bitcoin, nor cash, in the sense that it has neither the unlinkability nor the fungibility of cash. [...] I am still having trouble deciding what I should call Roger Ver’s little abortion. Perhaps ASICBOOSTCOIN.

Re: Buying Drugs with Bitcoin ?

Quote from: nullius on December 04, 2017, 02:01:56 AM

Quote from: druggy01 on September 19, 2015, 07:05:42 AM

Anyone bought drugs with bitcoin and what are you thought on the subject ?

Thanks so much for pissing in the pool here. I hope you O.D. Otherwise, die in a fire.

(Does suchmoon wish to lecture me about rudeness?)

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Re: Bitcoin Diamond improves on Bitcoin transactions

Quote from: nullius on December 04, 2017, 10:44:23 PM

Quote from: coinpediaJordan on December 04, 2017, 10:26:28 AM

[Idiotic shilling for yet another fork scamcoin.]

Fall in a well and die. Or I stick a fork in your eye.

Re: Do Not Buy Christmas Presents!!

Quote from: nullius on December 04, 2017, 04:56:35 PM

Quote from: Chris314 on December 04, 2017, 10:39:07 AM

Well, what's the most expensive? A $500 bag or a divorce?

If you’re not an idiot, then neither your wife nor anybody else knows how much Bitcoin you have.

(A forum search of posts that I have made using the word “idiot” is amusing.)

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Re: Bitcoin not so anonymous?

Quote from: nullius on December 06, 2017, 04:36:54 AM

Quote from: no0dlepunk on December 06, 2017, 02:45:26 AM

I guess they could identify you only once you cashed out. Other than that, your identity is safe (unless you have verified your identify in an online wallet, of course);

WRONG. [— snip what I still think is still one of my best-ever posts, together with its even better sequel —]

Re: Merit broke my life
Merited by soniclord (50)

Quote from: nullius on January 31, 2018, 03:15:41 PM

Add to this that to exonerate himself of guilt, soniclord would need to prove that he has an IQ not exceeding 75. [...] Well, either severe mental retardation—or a state of insanity, replete with psychotic delusions. There can be no other way for someone to actually do that innocently. It is implausible, improbable, impossible.

Development & Technical Discussion:
Bitcoin’s Public-Key Security Level

Quote from: nullius on January 31, 2018, 10:29:46 PM

In layman’s terms, a 128-bit security level is very, very strong. It is what buzzword-lovers usually refer to as “military-grade security”. Those who seek better than “military-grade security” (or wish to make fun of that idiotic term) may instead seek “‘Spinal Tap grade’ security”.

Development & Technical Discussion:
Bitcoin Distorters, Dancing Pigs, and Cryptokitties; ochlocracy equals kakocracy

Quote from: nullius on February 26, 2018, 05:49:52 AM

There is only one Bitcoin.

[...]

Ethereum has a deeper problem: Bolting a Turing-complete VM onto a blockchain and painting it over with a Javascript-style language is manifestly irresponsible as anything other than a research project (i.e. not as “money”).

[...]

Human beings know how to build correct, reliable computing machines. I’ve read of fully redundant systems which could lose a CPU any time without blinking, capability-based research systems, etc., etc.... But all that is too expensive, plus too slow to bring to market. People want their Dancing Pigs and their Cryptokitties. Thus, we get everywhere the computing equivalent of Ethereum. Who wants to wait for research like Simplicity before running a hot new ICO?

It’s the same with buildings. Once upon a time, a cathedral would have its foundations laid by workers who cherished the faith that their grandchildren may live to see spires rise to the sky. Nowadays, having forsaken cathedrals to please gods, all the world’s a goddamn bazaar: A pile of cheap shacks and stalls thrown up in a hurry so that idiot masses and idiot plutocrats alike can hawk their baubles to their fellow idiots. Shiny! Needs a bounty ANN thread. As the wetware degenerates itself in a negative feedback loop, we soon find empirical proof for a principle well-known to philosophers since the beginning of time: Ochlocracy equals kakocracy. — Ergo, “regulations”.