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mircea_popescu: i have nfi what they're so excited about, at 3am
BingoBoingo: "bought the farm" I mean maybe I've heard it, but it isn't too common
BingoBoingo: I haven't heard it and I'm in the US surrounded by farms
thestringpuller: As yes, I suppose the USG is pretty much the mafia.
mircea_popescu: "so why did i pay money then ?!"
mircea_popescu: if it's invested in... i dunno, nubile 19 yo slavegirls which you sell for meat
mircea_popescu: i doubt anyone whosoever has positive net worth in the us if the stock market goes to its natural level and the bonds turn to the dust they are.
decimation: heh well I guess market value
decimation: I wonder how many under-35s in the us actually have a positive net worth?
thestringpuller: I had a coworker who bought a car, and is still underwater on the loan. It's like "really"?
decimation: yeah that's been quiet for awhile, I think they were going to 'settle' for $2k per person
mircea_popescu: i figured, "hey, whoever was competing in that market won meanwhile ; doing away with the entire thing"
mircea_popescu: decimation once i saw those "prosecutions" re wage fixing
decimation: I've heard the google benefits are going downhill
BingoBoingo: I thought google had a cafeteria
thestringpuller: I suppose in meatspace VC's can forcefully remove the leadership of a company in exchange for more money.
decimation: BingoBoingo: is that how that works? I wondered why there were subways every 10 feet in the us
mircea_popescu: i thought for sure musta been plugged bynow
decimation: I wonder how many 'franchises' actually make money for anyone other than the 'headquarters'
thestringpuller: I have a friend who is trying to open a skateboard shop literally 500 feet from the biggest skatepark in the state
decimation: thestringpuller: yeah I might be exaggerating, they might be just plain barristas, or just sitting at home and receiving gov't checks
BingoBoingo: I dunno, here house prices roughly halved
decimation: the other thing that I found amusing is the completely simultaneous moves in the stock market over the past few years
decimation: I think part of that is explained by the fact that most us couples now both work
mircea_popescu: i certainly met plnety of buttheads...
thestringpuller: As mircea_popescu points out in his article on YCombinator (Facebook lining up a billion idiots of investors), I wonder if the the world Mike Judge envisioned in Idiocracy is possible.
thestringpuller: Ah. I thought it was interesting they pointed out how amateur porn destroyed the artistic nature of "old school" porn.
mircea_popescu: i did but i didn't care so much for it. kinda plastic-y imo.
thestringpuller: I'm looking at their alumni...and it's like...
mircea_popescu: obviously, i'm not alone. but no, to the parallel universe puppies everyone's like... you know, them.
mircea_popescu: she was if i recall some gofer/"product manager" for google is all.
BingoBoingo: The Detroit lions tailgate, where butthole was on the menu? http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Qw_Ja3me--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/qinv93edltweelefqvyq.jpg
BingoBoingo: I imagine there are a lot of words
cazalla: i'm not sure, but even if it is illegal, why waste your time chasing uber drivers and arresting them
mircea_popescu: so if it's wish season : i would like a giant man-eating dragonfly to ride on.
kakobrekla: one i made 6 years ago and put 1gig of bounty on it.
kakobrekla: for example, at one time i had over 1k torrents seeding on a 5mbit upload line, unused.
mats: i ran a script to grab 0sec releases to keep my ratio up
kakobrekla: on some private trackers, prolly what is not the only one, but i dunno for sure.
kakobrekla: now, rather than inviting, i just dl stuff for others instead.
thestringpuller: cazalla: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2p9ctz/ford_motor_company_bitcoin_a_trend_for_2015/cmuj9va "I came here for the bunny"
mats: hmm, i just noticed i have a what.cd invite
snowfall: I'm an investor who has been following your blog
cazalla: i do have some binos though
cazalla: i never had sinus issues until i did laps daily at rock pool fwiw
cazalla: thestringpuller, i know that feel
BingoBoingo: I couldn't identify it so I'll have to assume the worst. Hostile space shit.
BingoBoingo: I'm still not convinced it wasn't the Avians come to depose lizard hitler.
asciilifeform: i don't care.
Vexual: at some stage computers will turn on and off depending on wait time i'd guess
decimation: cazalla: I just looked outside here, it's a clear sky but I didn't see any meteors yet
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I was still stuck on the form as well, and yes. It is arts and crafts time
BingoBoingo: If it isn't altcoin drama I dunno what is.
mircea_popescu: it is very altcoin-scammy in its development i gotta grant you that.
mircea_popescu: i mean, guardian was lulzy enough with its pretense to relevancy. but pando for crissakes ?
Vexual: I've always thought those nintendo famicons were designed to mould future alcoholic salarymen
mircea_popescu: i mean... it's there, plain as day. "we don't do anything useful anyway".
asciilifeform: i.e. the full force of usg.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> the machine of roughly the same period as nes but with 'adult' i/o was 'commodore 64.' << Immature criticism, but not everyone likes semen
decimation: I missed out on that generation, my first computer was an x86 a few years later
asciilifeform: i had one.
asciilifeform: the machine of roughly the same period as nes but with 'adult' i/o was 'commodore 64.'
decimation: I think the japanese versions of the nes had keyboards if I recall
decimation: yeah, I understand, the terminology is ambiguous
asciilifeform: mats, decimation: i don't like referring to the 'von neumann machine' for this reason
decimation: asciilifeform: I think the impulse for 'defense in depth' is a good one, the problem is that it simply isn't possible on the von neumann machine
BingoBoingo: cazalla: I did, but I'm not sure what that means in new pokemon. I know it exists. Not to what extent.
mats: i nearly missed it
badon: Actually, I probably do have some bitcoin laying around here somewhere...
badon: I suppose bitcoin would qualify now too, but Idon't have any.
badon: I just hoard it when it's cheap, and stop buying when it's expensive or there's a shortage.
badon: I don't sell it.
badon: No, I eat the food.
badon: I just always skip gold.
badon: For more money, then I start looking toward the rare coins.
badon: Although gold is very liquid, for the amounts of money I typically deal with, I prefer food and cash instead.
badon: I've never "invested" in gold bullion. I've bought rare gold coins, and I've flipped gold, but I've never held raw bullion as an investment.
badon: This is important though, because I've got predictive powah.
badon: I need to write another article.
BingoBoingo: I also got fucked in 2013 trading BTC for Silver.
BingoBoingo: I always recomend plutonium
undata: I also bought silver in 08
badon: Right now, I would consider buying palladium again, but silver is much more liquid and reliable as an investment.
badon: I wrote articles recommending palladium and ruthenium. Both performed very well.
BingoBoingo: I have the most sparkling asshole to this day.
badon: Yeah, I avoided rhodium, it was far too expensive.
BingoBoingo: I got fucked in rhodium 2007-2010
badon: I'm considering buying silver bullion for the first time since 2008.
badon: BingoBoingo: I think the way it's going to go this time around is exactly the same as every other time. First, the precious metals will move (they're dirt cheap now), then the coins.
undata: BingoBoingo: ah I see what you're saying now
undata: or have I missed the point?
mats: i use google wallet occasionally
undata: I slapped my phone on the card reader twice, nothing, gave up never to try again
BingoBoingo: I know people who use it, but I don't know people who know they use google wallet.
undata: cazalla: I tried it once for the hell of it; didn't work
cazalla: google wallet is much like google + in that i have never used nor know anyone that has used it
BingoBoingo: I can endorse Топор as the bitcoin movie though
mircea_popescu: there's no wai. i saw it cited.
mircea_popescu: wait what did i do.
asciilifeform: when i came to this place, the latter were perhaps 1 in 20. now they're around half.