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mircea_popescu: it's usually that people don't quite have the ability ot use the courts.
nubbins`: haven't had any problems with them
firedrops: yes, I had some issues with an order, but Idon't know if AMAGI is any better... could be the same guy.
mircea_popescu: isn't techcrunch a useful resource :D
kleeck: So, wasn't the TNH over 4PH/s?
mircea_popescu: bah that didn't co9me out right.
mircea_popescu: jurov and there's not any way you could have actually sold 20s i don't think.
mircea_popescu: ya well, older people usually didn't have that much sense
mircea_popescu: intelligent men and women don't want the job.
mircea_popescu: which incidentally aren't more famous than the ak47s only because they were too expensive for average people
asciilifeform: here in the 'civilized' u.s. they'll do it 'humanely.' pay your ransom and get out, don't come back. like in (early) GDR.
mircea_popescu: but generally, the reason joe e jew couldn't go to israel was that 20 eyars prior during his conscription
asciilifeform: that was more of a 'fuck, we won't let all the phd's out simultaneously'
asciilifeform: or the electric bill didn't make its way into the nth 5-year plan...
mircea_popescu: doesn't really look likely tbh. but what do i know.
mircea_popescu: mike_c you weren't around the month that mpoe bot carried 1mn btc implied on the book were you
mike_c: but pool doesn't have control of all the funds to drop down a 1k hedge, do they?
mike_c: if it is a speculator, i don't care how big their stash is. that's a big bet!
mike_c: won't be able to buy atm options in a week
nubbins`: and it came to light that they've been grossly enriching themselves in ways that they shouldn't
mircea_popescu: and also gmaxwell isn't a rank imbecile, as certain evil people might have you believe.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` you don't understand. some people weren't happy with the direction it was evaporating into back in 2012.
nubbins`: i can't argue with ya there
nubbins`: i assumed that it was because they cut the sheets in stacks, and don't mechanically fan them to encourage separation before shipping them to the banks
mircea_popescu: there's really not much choice, you can't make "paper" textile secure enough.
nubbins`: polymer notes also don't fold nicely
mod6: lol nubbins` wasn't kidding: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/07/new_5_and_10_polymer_bills_released_by_bank_of_canada.html
nubbins`: can't find message bundle files = ???place_holder_name??? for all strings
benkay: they don't even have the volume to justify that
assbot: !ticker <exchange> <ticker> (desc: returns current ticker values, supported: MPEX, HAVELOCK, BTCTCO) {short: !t}
asciilifeform: these wouldn't be the fellows that shafted people back in april?
nubbins`: oh n/m, the ticker doesn't change to btc
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it can't be a dollar more.
mircea_popescu: kleeck nah, it wouldn't be the case.
asciilifeform: i can't mount bgas with 100% working yield in my kitchen, either.
asciilifeform: likely a bga, and can't mount it in-house
nubbins`: couldn't find the DVD they backed up the schematics to?
mircea_popescu: i still haven't figured out what word they misreplaced with "substrates"
nubbins`: i don't know who you are D:
nubbins`: bubbalicious just doesn't realize what he wants
mircea_popescu: the prototype isn't sold :)
mircea_popescu: anyway, i'm persuaded there won't be such a thing as long term btc without such a thing as nsa.
mircea_popescu: anyway, the20year1, there's good fundamental reasons for the lift. i wouldn't call it a bubble. that's not to say it may not bubble yet. hopefully it won't, but 300 ain't it at anuy rate.
bubbalicious: mircea_popescu: doesn't s.nsa have some of the same issues? cardano at 0.35 btc is getting more expensive by the minute.
mircea_popescu: anyway, don't get me wrong, i'm not the enemy here.
mircea_popescu: other people believed their life doesn't depend on btc fluctuations.
the20year1: My life doesn't depend on BTC fluxuations, nor does the business. If BTC outperforms the company, then the investors get less of a return, if the company outperforms BTC then they're even happier. Regardless for non-cryptos, we'll be outperforming just about everything
the20year1: Why wouldn't I survive?
firedrops: holy crap I missed rentalstarter entirely.... is it actually a good investment? didn't bitfunder just shutter?
joecool: didn't think that was distinctly chinese
KRS-1: pircea_momescu looks familiary but I can't quite place it..
pankkake: though I shouldn't make it reply without a question
nubbins`: you need good pieces, plastic won't do
nubbins`: don't stop
imsaguy: they aren't coins
nubbins`: i hate to call people out publicly, up to the point where i don't hate it at all, y'know what i mean?
nubbins`: oh, it's my client doing that, isn't it
nubbins`: the rare ones, i generally don't even bother giving people quotes
imsaguy: so they banned you and didn't keep the thread?
imsaguy: oh wait, they don't ban the scammers
imsaguy: because if you didn't, I was about to.
firedrops: good question, their site won't load... anywho. bitbet for now. unless someone knows a tradehill alternative?
firedrops: ha, I haven't investiaged, but your attitude tells me they are not premier :)
firedrops: pardon my ignorance, but isn't tradehill shutterred right now? where would one hedge with bitbet currently?
jurov: *but i don't think
jurov: <mircea_popescu> jurov the start-up times are a legitimate problem tho, and so was the fact it took two weeks to sync a year ago. <<< yes and fixing that was reasonable i don't think they should be riced further to detriment of other stuff.
pankkake: ooh, ok. I didn't understand it that way :)
nubbins`: aren't we?
pankkake: yeah, but I was surprised it wasn't rejected for that reason
pankkake: though it was only the js, I didn't try to submit
pankkake: I thought so. I tried to create some "in 2014" bets but the interface wouldn't let me
pankkake: I don't know the details enough but I would think not
nubbins`: implication being that parity-checks generally aren't considered to infringe on copyrights
nubbins`: can't find any solid info on the limitations in this regard
pankkake: a long time ago. something isn't working?
mircea_popescu: i haven't heard anything of it for a while
nubbins`: joecool: can't keep track of them all. probably.
mircea_popescu: well then i would say you haven't found someone.
KRS-1: Can someone recommend a good guide for me so I can trade cash for BTC with someone I don't know? I want to go through some kind of intermediary like escrow.
nubbins`: "Suppose your computer is infected with a worm or virus. You want to disinfect it. What do you do? You boot it up from original write-protected install media. Sure, you have a copy of the operating system on the drive already, but you can't use that copy - it's the wrong Colour."
mircea_popescu: firedrops because it doesn't actually pay out fiat.
random_cat_: 3 points isn't worth the arb
firedrops: anyone have a diagnosis for why gox is so high? I haven't touched them in months..
mircea_popescu: firedrops im really curious what the F would be. i can't think of anything, even if perhaps some sort of pailler
firedrops: mircea_popescu, that torrent hashing protocol idea.... as far as Ideas go, it's excellent. I can't comment on practicallity. but I love the idea.
mircea_popescu: i have no idea wtf tycho is doing these days, haven't used the thing in a year.
jurov: no, that won't protect from session hijacking or xss(although i hope there's no xss)
BingoBoingo: I guess it also looks like the Inputs.io coins aren't being dumped right away like the Pirateat40 ones were.
BingoBoingo: 3. Two people from that night haven't spoken to the others in years while the other two still drink together most every weekend.
BingoBoingo: In college late in the academic year the roommates and the self were having a discussion on the ethics of torture so we all took turns getting waterboarded. Some observations 1. It terrifies the most when the cloth is soaked. 2. It isn't very pleasant
mircea_popescu: wlel i don't use it myself.
nubbins`: but sheeple shouldn't even be considered
nubbins`: well, it doesn't necessarily need to be people
mircea_popescu: sure, one day they too may be people. that day hasn't so far come.
nubbins`: the same implication is there, but i don't have to use a miscarriage of a clumsy forced portmanteau to do it
mircea_popescu: people's lives don't consist of cellphone interaction today because of media reports. people's lives consist of cellphone interaction today because that's what cellphones do. period.
pankkake: it isn't the first time I see the military argument
pankkake: I don't have my shirt. it's a scam
mircea_popescu: i haven't seen any updates from nubbins` recently
nubbins`: wait, that doesn't make sense!