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VirtaAssets: you can contribute to the Satoshi Project to receive a guaranteed 120% payout (34.1% funded on round 49) : http://cur.lv/7lc9r
nubbins`: the other thing is that all this shit is still 100% illegal on the federal level
ThickAsThieves: okay there's no way in hell ALL of the comments are naturally negative on WSJ http://online.wsj.com/public/page/reader-comments.html?baseDocId=SB10001424052702303491404579390971115008010&headline=The%20killer%20app%20for%20bitcoin%20may%20be%20international%20transfers%2C%20a%20process%20that%20can%20be%20costly%20and%20slow.
mircea_popescu: the20year i pay ~3%. i dunno where you got that 75% from.
the20year: Between negative population growth, rise of immigration and 75% taxes, it'll make for a quite interesting century
Vexual: thanks, is 10% ok?
Vexual: take 10% of the bitcoin for your trouble, it should take all of 5 minutes
r3wt: 10% of what?
Vexual: well have a go, 10% is a generous offer
Vexual: i was thinking 10%
Vexual: take a % for the cause
greenspan_fan: mircea_popescu: read it; still unsure why it's unsustainable-- 0->1 SD is always going to be about 18%
BingoBoingo: If a billionaire falls 99% in the forbes standings they are still richer than Rap Genius
greenspan_fan: I mean, if the true scope of the gulf between the average and someone in the 0.001% was really appreciable, the average person has so much less to lose
chetty: It will be whatever paypal is giving +30% (their fee)
KRS-One: deadweasel: the doctors were giving out big time prescriptions and billing insurance for medical services. Typical caselod was probably 150%-200% of what it should have been without the unnecessary prescriptions.
gribble: MPEx Missing Manual : BitcoinStocks - Reddit: <http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinStocks/comments/1x18vc/mpex_missing_manual/>; MPEx: The Missing Manual 6 - Options - serialized delusions: <http://explo.yt/post/2014/01/21/MPEx%3A-The-Missing-Manual-6-Options>; MPEx: The Missing Manual 5 - Account statements and transfers ...: <http://explo.yt/post/2014/01/07/MPEx%3A-The-Missing- (1 more message)
ThickAsThieves: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579388483531937144?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304899704579388483531937144.html
nubbins`: absent cads: i had a tenant who was an adult male brony, also 80% sure he was a pedophile
cads: the funny thing is they think they're going to be able to get non-shitty ideas from VCs with 5% buyins.
mircea_popescu: you going on about how the trollbox is worth thousands of btc because some scammer somewhere traded what he purpots to be 1% of some crap with himself at an implied valuation of fiddy billion
cads: I mean, stupid shit like this live actions reenactment that got umpteen million views and pays the living wages of some internet famous douchebags, while putting 80% of the revenue into the coffers of youtube.
ozbot: 3129573174.52229 | Next Diff in 1833 blocks | Estimated Change: 6.3479% in 11d 21h 30m 20s
herbijudlestoids: to be clear, if the RoR is 1%, its fairly valued, or slightly undervalued.
herbijudlestoids: hold undeprriced asset for 10Y, sell asset, return +10%
herbijudlestoids: mike_c: hold BTC, return 0%, hold overvalued asset for 10Y, sell asset, return -10%
mike_c: hm, try this. would s.mpoe returning 1% a year be the same to you as 7C returning 1% a year?
mircea_popescu: a pmb will reward X% per interval, and decay Y% per interval, with Y > X for all cases.
mircea_popescu: none of the 15% a year fiat bs.
mircea_popescu: 1% losses over a century are disastrous.
mircea_popescu: but i suspect this is the overarching point here : 1% gains over a century are immense,
mike_c: plus inflation. bitcoins in the sofa will shrink on a % basis.
mircea_popescu: it's 9x% depending how competent you are with wallets and whatnot.
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: why do i need to buy a security then? the rate of conservation for holding bitcoin is 100%
mircea_popescu: so inasmuch as google is worth 1% of all dollars today and 1% of all dollars in 2050, a high price of google stock is warranted at all points because google is important
mircea_popescu: to make eps etc comparisons between btc and fiat, fiat must first be converted on a % of m3 basis.
herbijudlestoids: mike_c: well it depends i guess. mircea_popescu was telling me something about 1% being the natural RoR in bitcoin under one calculation but in a different calculation 1000s of %
mike_c: "We are talking a range of 126% - 170% here" << i read into this a tone saying it was too high. not what you were implying?
pankkake: herbiju*: I'll provite leet hosting for a 5% cut of the prize
benkay: problem is everyone wants to think they're in the 10% of cases that need rigor
benkay: sufficient for like 90% of cases
davout: http://www.google.fr/imgres?client=firefox-a&hs=DNF&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla%3Afr%3Aofficial&channel=fflb&biw=1473&bih=1255&tbm=isch&tbnid=SofvF09zNszdLM%3A&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Failesvolantes.bessan.pagesperso-orange.fr%2Fvideo.htm&docid=IHKW5gK9P8OK6M&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Failesvolantes.bessan.pagesperso-orange.fr%2Fvideo%2Fbobine.gif&w=673&h=821&ei=rKYCU4vTNuGm0QXzwYCACA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=116&page=1&start=0&ndsp=45&ved=0CHMQrQMwBw
mircea_popescu: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/radhelp/v8/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.webservice.doc%2Ftopics%2Fcore%2Ftwsicomply.html
ThickAsThieves: "we learn that Italy has just ordered banks to withhold a 20% tax on all inbound wire transfers: a decree which on to of everything will apply retroactively to February 1" i missed the retro part initially ... wtf?
Apocalyptic: 1%
mircea_popescu: how the fuck is one to trust an avg which includes > 25% pure unadulterated crud.
mike_c: so you don't all think JD is just crapping money: ROI from july -> november = 0% all the gains have been since then.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform there's that retard someone was recommending buying puts on the stock indexes for 10 years, showing like -5% on his hedge funds lol
jurov: what if someone makes 51% attack and takes the pot?
benkay: 14.5% on jd investments eh?
ozbot: "Money Launderer Until Proven Innocent" - Italy Imposes 20% Tax Withholding On All Inbound Money Tra
asciilifeform: why not 100%.
mike_c: more JD stats you are all dying to know: ROI on money invested last July and left alone since then: 14.5%
mircea_popescu: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iXSddXHNoPg/TbxlRoB9dTI/AAAAAAAAAHk/CT0fRQTE0fo/s1600/lifeingulag-53%255B1%255D.jpg
mike_c: you can edit-and-continue with some c++ debuggers. it even works 30% of the time.
cazalla: moiety: obviously but 99% of them are total shit
pankkake: I've only bet 3×0.01BTC at 0.0099% chance
Bugpowder: BingoBoingo: I think there is an 80% chance that resolves as yes.
benkay: (first (second %))
benkay: last thing we need is more 99%ers
BingoBoingo: The original 1%'ers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_motorcycle_club#One_percenter
kakobrekla: Coins in circulation: 8,735,232 of ~268 Million (3.25%)
benkay: more likely -100%.
WillTablet: They are giving me something like 3% interest, might be 5 actually
asciilifeform: 'Filtration System, a Marvel to Behold! It Removes 80% of Human Solid Waste!'
nubbins`: almost 70% of loans repaid!
mircea_popescu: they came out with figures at some point that on average 30% of loans were delinquent.
mircea_popescu: so therefore your odds of giving him something he doesn't think is shit are... <0.0001% ?
asciilifeform: http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/businesscard_01_08.png%3Fw%3D580%26h%3D352
asciilifeform: http://cooperostresh.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/myproof2.jpg%3Fw%3D620
benkay: and 0.01% of people that are careful
benkay: but there's 0.01% of people that are smart
ozbot: 2621404453.06462 | Next Diff in 81 blocks | Estimated Change: 18.7724% in 0d 10h 50m 43s
cads: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fatlantablackstar.com%2F2014%2F02%2F11%2Fprosecution-rests-case-murder-trial-michael-dunn-accused-killer-jordan-davis%2F&h=0&w=0&sz=1&tbnid=8sXFi_avG17bvM&tbnh=189&tbnw=267&zoom=1&docid=87r38dkSEbXN7M&ei=1YAAU6SuHMTAkQfgqYCoDQ&ved=0CAgQsCUoAg
mircea_popescu: MaxCoin -22% lmao
BingoBoingo: "Q: What do you call an Italian homosexual? A: A Guinea cocksucker." http://books.google.com/books?id=ZgN0XECF5U0C&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=Guinea+jokes+italian&source=bl&ots=GgC_l5FM1D&sig=qPk8jkJ4dS4QnzzQ0OMKSB3y-_M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OGcAU8HJAeLmyQHXuoG4BQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Guinea%20jokes%20italian&f=false
Namworld: +25% to under -50%
gribble: Premium of MtGox over Bitstamp is currently -52.9905981226 %.
mircea_popescu: i'd guess about 35% of adult females can actually orgasm in the situation described.
cads: http://cryptography.wikia.com/wiki/JOSEKI_%28cipher%29
mircea_popescu: "what, you have not implemented bitcoin as a term project ? you're defunded. 100%"
Apocalyptic: <deanclkclk> hopefully ...after about 10 months. We could insure folks coins but not like 100% // good luck with that
deanclkclk: hopefully ...after about 10 months. We could insure folks coins but not like 100%
deanclkclk: meaning if you loose 100% of your BTC..u get back say full or partial?
asciilifeform: in what magic book is it written that '1%' (of what...) is a useful proxy for 'those who rule'
Namworld: The requirements to be included in the 1% are low...
francis_wolke: MP: I have met some people in so-called 1%. I know what they're like, and what their parents are like. Many of them don't think - but some do. Some actually care that civilization will be around for their decedents to enjoy.
mircea_popescu: 2.47% of total Mpex.co traffic in last 3 months is social < that part was lulzy.
asciilifeform: and then there's the power to silently '51%'
benkay: (format "butts %s %s" "foo" \n)
mircea_popescu: at the time pirate ran his 7% a week thing, there was an irl 7% a week thing
Vexual: i made 10% yesterday, who are we taking it from?
BingoBoingo: So... I made about a 200% gain selling the bulk of my Altcoin today.
ozbot: 2621404453.06462 | Next Diff in 384 blocks | Estimated Change: 16.8109% in 2d 4h 53m 52s
kakobrekla: and ofc fee in that case is millions %
bones`: Some good introductory reading: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Atrilema.com+noob
mircea_popescu: i would guess 50% of all material in the eu is in romania.
mircea_popescu: fight the tendency to spend 100% of one's life in the sinagogue
mircea_popescu: Jere_Jones wonderful thing technology, i'd have forgotten 80% of my good ideas without it.
mircea_popescu: they only took their investors down 30% or so, so far.