Goodbye, world!

[Malam90]

You have been working here over the years for the development of this forum. Basically i will remember you for your honesty and sincerity for this forum. Your contribution to keep this Forum from cheater free will never be ignored, everyone will remember you. I pray GOD will keep you safe and sound where you stay. Thank you. 

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[nullius]

😼 “Ceci n’est pas un chat,”
— or —
“Cette-ci n’est pas une chatte.” — ?
— We will never know. —

French pedants, I really, surreally do know that “ ‘cette-ci’ n’existe pas. ”
It is the point of this artistry!

The following unrestrained rant came up on a thread about privacy.  In pertinent part, with some minimal context, I think that it belongs here:

With some small text made normal, and one missing word added for clarity:

What about non-“official” criminals:  From behind Tor, I have sometimes angered people who claimed to have actual mafia connections.  That was probably just stupid empty bragging by them, but—why should I take that risk?  Over the years, on the Internet, I have also sometimes been treated to death threats—and to lurid and graphic fantasies about what somebody out there wanted to do to my real or imaginary wife/girlfriend/children (none of your business if I have these things or don’t), my mother (sorry, she’s dead), my dog (no, he will bite you in half!), etc., etc.  Why should I take the risk that any of them could be serious?

All of the above was written on or about 2 October, and stuck in my local drafts directory with many other things that get posted late or never.  It seems eerie, reading it now.

[...]

I drove back to the entrance and told the patrol officer that his captain wanted to speak with me, so he waved me through. Upon entering the mobile command unit, the first thing I was asked was

“Sir, do you have any enemies?”

To which I replied:

[...]

More more criminals:  What about armed robbers, kidnappers, extortionists, murderers...?  Here is a choice selection from Lopp’s list of these; do you want to bet your or your family’s lives that these types of thugs could never obtain your information from a domain registrar!?

[—see the post; everybody should see the context here—]

	Date	Victim	Location	Description
	...	very	long	list ...

Lauda is on my mind.  That is what reminded me of this unfinished post.  Why the fuck do some criminal-minded punks around here get off on gloating over the unwarranted assumption that she got the cops after her?

I don’t know what happened to her; and I have been very reluctant to talk about this.  I do not want to feed the rumour mill with speculation that is, on my part, negligibly better-informed than anyone else’s—for all practical purposes, uninformed guessing.  But this has obviously been on my mind, the unanswerable questions.

To my knowledge, she never did anything illegal—and it was not in her character, either; although that is no guarantee against “legal” trouble, depending under what régime you live, which I do not know in her case.  What I do know is that (0) it is publicly known that she was trusted to handle business transactions involving significant BTC many times over the years, and (1) Lauda had a fucking ton of enemies!

The vibe I got, which may be coloured by my own subjective adversarial mindset, was that “somebody apparently got the drop on him/her”, as mocacinno put it—and that that “somebody” was not the law.  My thoughts have also run through many other plausible explanations—from family things causing a desire for peaceful private retirement from the Internet (we think alike there, V8s!), to “terminal” illness (I know she would probably never tell anyone, if that—not even nobody—it’s just the way she was), to the nagging feeling that she was preparing to commit suicide (which would be not my place to interfere with—if it was that, I just wish that she had told me so we could say a proper goodbye).  It has kept coming back to, Does she have enemies?  LOL.

I DO NOT KNOW what happened.  All I know is that she very explicitly wanted her privacy.  There is nothing that I can do about it now, save to respect her privacy—and to tell dumb nasty forum trolls with zero real achievements to shut their filthy lying mouths, for their speculation is assuredly as uninformed misinformed as it is patently malicious.

All of the below, except for the link that I just added, was written on or about 2 October, and stuck in my local drafts directory with many other things that get posted late or never.  It seems eerie, reading it now.

What about...?  I could continue, but I think that I have made my point.

This is not a cat, and this not-a-cat is not not-unsurprised:

“nullius” is now retired.  This has been contemplated before; and now, it should surprise nobody.  I will note it here because it does not need its own thread, and does not need discussion at all.

I am “retired”, not “as if dead”.  It remains possible to contact me.  I am still involved in a few threads, such as my charity bet with theymos; and I may otherwise pop up here and there.  Of course, I will still attend my duties to Laudatory Lore as needed.  I am just winding down my forum involvement.

My e-mail address has been “changed”.  It is public, so you can see that it is “changed” to an address that has been on my PGP key for years, at a domain that I am well-known to control.  The old address is deprecated, but it still works; if it ceases to function for any reason, then I will revoke the PGP userid for it, without further comment.  A similar proviso applies if I change my e-mail address again in the future, as I plan to do if I ever provision nullian.com with proper services.  Always heed my PGP userids.  My certification primary key lives on an airgap machine, and is the peremptory single root of trust for my identity.

* nullius is 0xC2E91CD74A4C57A105F6C21B5A00591B2F307E0C.  This is important.

I am 0xC2E91CD74A4C57A105F6C21B5A00591B2F307E0C; 0xC2E91CD74A4C57A105F6C21B5A00591B2F307E0C is me; and if you want to authenticate my identity, I explicitly request that you verify digital signatures rooted in 0xC2E91CD74A4C57A105F6C21B5A00591B2F307E0C.

If existence exists, I still exist—in the Nullian void, as always and ever.

Aye, I dream, AI dreams of nonexistent cats:
Free images of Lauda!

[Timelord2067]

I am “retired”, not “as if dead”. 

Basically as Quickseller once said "They've "moved on"

nullius u=976210 and Meretrix u=1935564 are alts

http://archive.is/uqUTY#selection-5945.0-5973.23

 

Don't let the door slam you on the ass on your way out.



    

[nullius]

I probably should have mentioned this earlier.  For the sacred scrolls:

What is next, reptilians ordered Bill Gates to create the virus?  

In the manner of confirmed science!!, Lauda confessed that she used witchcraft to create Covid:

Duh, how obvious could ẗ̯̹̜̭̯͉̒̓͆͘̚ḩ̸̺͚͈̩̞̓̄͋͗̓͝͝i̸̧̛̻͖͔̼͒̀̔͒͂̚ͅṡ̼͓̳͇̤̍͊̽͑͌͛͜ be!?  Ļ̡̛̭̫̳͔̖͍̰̗̐̋͟ͅâ̖̱͗̊͘̚͠͠ú͇̪͉̹̯̖̲̝͊͐͑ͅd̡͍̠̤̻̺͇̺͟ă̌́̄͌̂̔̋͡͠ created the rumour that Bill Gates created the virus, and then denied it, as p̹͍̪͒̽͟͠a̰͎͈̱͎̔̐͠r̵̤̥̤͉͙͋̈̏t̴̖̰̪̭͗̊̚͟ of her own cover-up!

At last, my witchery and my greatest magical creation have been exposed!

QUOTED!  The ultimate ě̬͈̩̘v̮̘̦͕̓i͎͙̲̲̋d̨̞̹̞̽e̵͖̟̦͓͑ṅ͖͓͎͜c͔̼̯̓͟e̹̬̤̠̐:  A confession from t̩͐̽̈̓ͅh̰͈͗̈̋̽è͓͖͊̈́͝ witch!

* The Nullian Grand Inquisitor kisses his $5 wrench.

See?  Torture works, just like Hollywood and t͙̦͎̹͓͍̼͇̏̂̓h̡̧̭̜͔̦̲̩̑ė̱͇̤̮͙̮͜ CIA told you!

Kitty loved science!
—And technology indistinguishable from magic!

* nullius loves the “generative model” that “produces cat-shaped objects more often”. 😼

Protip:  If nullius drops a Youtube link, it is probably not stupid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKbRCUyop8

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nullius u=976210 and Meretrix u=1935564 are alts

Thanks, Sherlock Holmes, for proving affirmatively that I did not plagiarize the “IFO... better than an ICO” thing I blatantly copied and pasted into post #3 on this thread.  (The original is also quoted by me in Post #116.)

I abandoned that alt out of concern that some people may misinterpret my openly acknowledged literary sockpuppet show, and try to twist it into some sort of wrongdoing one way or another.  People such as yourself.  Next time I want to write fiction in a first-person voice, I will do it in a more customary way.  (And if ever again I make an alt, you will never find it.)

[—unaccountably obsessing over my DT status, as if it were my purpose here—not for the first time—]

OK

Back on topic:

A nonexistent cat seeks Lauda:

It’s amazing that these things have such personality.  Kitty AI waves magic wand, Nully gets more nullcats!

Many of them have quite visible flaws when viewed full-sized.  This one zero is almost perfect; it is my current un-nominee for the title of “Lauda unreborn”:

* nullius sleeps.

[2double0]

never knew or contacted you but what a good bye message , im sure you were a good and helpfull member here and im sad that i didnt know you before , i wish to you all the best in your after forum life , good luck and take care ..

Undoubtedly, Lauda was one of the highly prominent spam destructive creature on this forum and maybe, on Mother Earth too. She used her powers for the better of both, the forum and the members who were once spammers and helped them change their mentality and become a good member of the community. No one is a born spammer and so, no one has the quality to lead people since their birth and Lauda dedicated almost every minute of her life to forum (I don't remember when did I see her last seen to be any different than the then current forum time). But with good, comes bad. She was accused enough of misusing her powers and was even cursed. Anyway, great job done till date by you Lauda, we will always love you and remember you in all our moments here, GrumpyKitty.

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Oh and I thought nullius was retired. Btw retired from what? The forum? Or the dramas that are annoying you?

[nullius]

never knew or contacted you but what a good bye message , im sure you were a good and helpfull member here and im sad that i didnt know you before , i wish to you all the best in your after forum life , good luck and take care ..

Undoubtedly, Lauda was one of the highly prominent spam destructive creature on this forum and maybe, on Mother Earth too.

Indeed.  And in addition to her uncompromising stand for Bitcoin, that was what caught my attention.

I remarked somewhere a few times, her persona was a dead ringer for a major character in the 90s spam wars, with which I had a very minor brush.  (Not linking, in case I said too much.  It is improbable, but it would be an awful coincidence.)  That was a hell of a rough-and-tumble.  A few spamfighters who tried to stay anonymous got doxed (hereby using that word anachronistically; the word “dox” had not yet been coined).  One of the spamfighters who posted to n.a.n.a.e. under his real name received elaborate death threats; he responded with some casually piquant public musings on his homestead acreage in rural Colorado, his access to a backhoe, and his idle curiosity about whether or not his chainsaw would do in reality what chainsaws sometimes do in the movies.  Oh, what a world...

She used her powers for the better of both, the forum and the members who were once spammers and helped them change their mentality and become a good member of the community.

It is true, she was what I tend to call softhearted.  No doubt, she helped some people who were just clueless, but not really malicious, to find a better path.  That’s a win-win.

Quite apart from spam, it was Lauda’s propensity to forgive when reasonable that led, from her side, to the forum’s most epic peace with a legendary who has good technical skills and, from his side, a sense of decency.

Anyway, great job done till date by you Lauda, we will always love you and remember you in all our moments here, GrumpyKitty.

Oh and I thought nullius was retired. Btw retired from what? The forum? Or the dramas that are annoying you?

Both.  But I thought that I made it clear, I am not exactly gone. :-)

I am “retired”, not “as if dead”.  ...and I may otherwise pop up here and there.  Of course, I will still attend my duties to Laudatory Lore as needed.  I am just winding down my forum involvement. ...I still exist...

[VB1001]

Sad news, today I saw in a post that you had left the forum, whatever the reason, I wish you good luck and I hope to see you again on WO, my cat will be happy for your return.

[chanler]

I regret to say in public sunshine that unforeseen pressures in the shadows leave me no option but to leave the forum permanently.

I don't know what happened to you. But IMO to leave isn't the solution, instead just leaving a big question to all members. Being a big person like you isn't an easy thing, however you should understand the consequences from the very beginning. Each person has a good side and a bad side together, it is normal and undebatable. I know you have already done many right things for this forum although sometimes you did controversial things. But you know what? A person like me never thinks it is a disaster, instead a normal thing that may happen to anyone. What's the point? There are always people who support you and people to hate you anytime. We cannot avoid it as not all people can be satisfied with everything we did. You should know that sometimes we need a feeling of no cares for others, because only that way can be proper to fix it.

I beg your pardon of these unnecessary sentences, but I think I should tell you although you'd read it or not.

Thanks..

[mole0815]

As cats have 9 lives and "one" is gone, we need to find rest 8 cats here.

So I can present at least 2 of them immediately -> qwk and 1miau 
Maybe there are some other users in this thread who fit your description: [ANN] Catcoin - 0.9.3.0

[Smartvirus]

Just reading the OP, i feel a highly spirited persona to have had hands touched tho words contained in those carefully considered phrases. Of course, I'm familiar with the user Lauda as a forum user from the up to standard posts/guides left behind but then, never got a chance for an interaction but, this would do as it gives a light into a courageous soul which have theind to live the forum after having a satisfaction that all work has been done to completion and have handed over to other users who share the same values his way of getting by.

I never thought any one with a ranked up account would be courageous enough to live but here you go without any prior issue to say farewell to the good users of this forum in a rather majestic way with no intent of coming back or enjoy any benefit that comes from a ranked up account. Even in your shadow existence now, you still choose to preserve the forum by eliminating all possibility of a supposed impersonation. I salute you and I say, farewell great Lauda.

[nullius]

After I returned to the forum in 2020, I found that Lauda had made a few witchcraft allusions when I was gone; but until a few days ago, I had not seen this Laudatory remembrance of my satirical encomium to her:

I will never forget her, either.

On Friday the 13th, I saw some magic:

Thirty days.  Time to refresh my signature.  Goodbye, Kitty. 😼

[FIFA worldcup]

Since Lauda left the forum, we see some bullish trend in the bitcoin price.

We miss Lauda in this bull run  

[ibminer]

Why are we still talking about Lauda?.. why not sing..?  
Ya know, for full effect... The Irish Rovers.. Lauda I hardly knew ye.

While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy
A stick in me hand and a drop in me eye
A doleful damsel I heard cry,
Lauda I hardly knew ye.

[chorus]
With your drums and guns and guns and drums, hurroo, hurroo
With your drums and guns and guns and drums, hurroo, hurroo
With your drums and guns and guns and drums
The enemy nearly slew ye
Oh darling dear, Ye look so queer
Lauda I hardly knew ye.
[/chorus]

Where are the eyes that looked so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are the eyes that looked so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are the eyes that looked so mild
When my poor heart you first beguiled
Why did ye run from me and the child
Lauda, I hardly knew ye.


[chorus]

Where are the legs with which you run, hurroo, hurroo
Where are the legs with which you run, hurroo, hurroo
Where are the legs with which you run
When first you went to carry a gun
Indeed your dancing days are done
Lauda, I hardly knew ye.


[chorus]

Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg
Ye're an armless, boneless, chickenless egg
Ye'll have to be left with a bowl to beg
Lauda I hardly knew ye.

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OK.. I must stop here.  

[Vod]

Lauda, congrats on taking the 4th most recognized place postforumulously - well deserved in my opinion!

[Timelord2067]

Lauda, congrats on taking the 4th most recognized place postforumulously - well deserved in my opinion!

Shouldn't that read regaining the 4th place?  Given that's where they were the day of their announcement.  Quite an achievement indeed.

As I said in a previous post over night:

Goodbye Lauda.

You had a great innings.

I've also archived your PGP thread post & am checking if there are any other posts of yours that should be archived before you go.

Screen shot taken just now:



I estimate I'll overtake Lauda's most active rank in about August 2021 with a rank of about 98.  (At that time Lauda's rank I estimate will be about 8 with their most active score dragging them down, but recent meriting of Lauda might keep their score up a rank or two)

[Vod]

Lauda, congrats on taking the 4th most recognized place postforumulously - well deserved in my opinion!

Shouldn't that read regaining the 4th place?  Given that's where they were the day of their announcement.  Quite an achievement indeed.

You are right!  This is a missing dataset; LoyceV is probably compiling the records right now!   In the meantime, I followed Theymos' template and present
The official top 4 recognized people in bitcointalk statistic thread!

[Timelord2067]

Lauda, congrats on taking the 4th most recognized place postforumulously - well deserved in my opinion!

Shouldn't that read regaining the 4th place?  Given that's where they were the day of their announcement.  Quite an achievement indeed.

You are right!  This is a missing dataset; LoyceV is probably compiling the records right now!   In the meantime, I followed Theymos' template and present
The official top 4 recognized people in bitcointalk statistic thread!

If BPIP kept a note of the top score a user has had in each ranking, then we could see the best scores users have had (I topped most reconised at rank 30 on the 3^rd of February 2020   )

Lauda's merit circle score is now 111^th (it *was* 99 on the 6th of May 2020) and will probably slip more as other users merit old posts of theirs.

[_Miracle]

I don't post much but have appreciated years of reading you. You will be missed.

All kitties deserve a good afterlife may yours be long and prosperous   =^.^=

[nullius]

I don't post much but have appreciated years of reading you. You will be missed.

All kitties deserve a good afterlife may yours be long and prosperous   =^.^=

Highly active posters are only the tip of the iceberg.  Most of the forum’s real readership is probably from lurkers and rarely-active members.

What you say resonates:  I knew Lauda’s reputation before I even registered.  From experience, and from the odds, I have wondered how many people are saddened by this thread, but don’t even have a forum account—and don’t want one.

Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion > What are we wasting our Lives on?

25 days, 3 hours and 7 minutes spent on bitcointalk.
Time is your most valuable asset: never waste it; enjoy spending it as often as possible.

Thanks for your post.


Sixty days, no Kitty, words null.

[OutOfMemory]

To become a real Legend, one has to die.