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pete_dushenski: thestringpuller: i say you start your own blog. super easy to do. then you can be the home of #b-
a comics!
thestringpuller: i can write
a few scripts and then my buddy can draw frames
pete_dushenski: therefore having an issue with the use of "gmo" is akin to having an issue with
a "president" who could be
a figure skating soccer mascot, but isn't
pete_dushenski: pankkake: i was never much good at it myself but tried again
a few weeks ago and breezed through 24 hours. no sweat.
assbot: Pushing the soft tender flesh of
a friend against the sharp rotating blades of the immutable machine. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
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artifexd: It isn't approval. It's just
a notification.
artifexd: You will be required to submit
a report to Fincen that includes the identities of all parties involved. But the transaction itself is not illegal.
usagi: If the state openly sold bitcoins that is pretty much
a statement that selling bitcoins is legal
StephanLivera: bitcoin itself is not illegal, nor would the state attack it by attempting to outright outlaw bitcoin. It would preferably try to make it too onerous to use with regulations instead. This way it's like
a 'soft banning'.
usagi: Note that stating it is property is not
a statement it is legal; drugs need to be property so that you can be in posession of them
StephanLivera: Yes it is, but there are difficulties identifying all bitcoin transactions, and difficulties tying transactions to
a user
pankkake: gold has
a stronger network effect
StephanLivera: given bitcoin's position as the top cryptocurrency (and the only one, really) - people will need
a way to transfer value internationally with ease
StephanLivera: I think it's really
a matter of time until the next round of bank failures, bank bail-ins, currency devaluation etc. When that happens, people will be heading for the hills, nobody wants to be left holding the fiat bag
gribble: Bitstamp |
A market order to buy 5000000.0000 USD worth of bitcoins right now would buy 9121.2065 bitcoins and would take the last price up to 600.0000 USD, resulting in an average price of 548.1731 USD/BTC. | Data vintage: 0.0303 seconds
gribble: (market buy [--fiat] [--market <market>] [--currency XXX] <value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of
a market buy order of <value> bitcoins. If <market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is Bitstamp. If --currency XXX is provided, converts to that fiat currency. Default is USD. If '--fiat' option is given, <value> denotes the size of the order in fiat.
gribble: Bitstamp | This order would exceed the size of the order book. You would buy 24371.327 bitcoins, for
a total of 21123101.8979 USD and take the price to 99999.9900. | Data vintage: 47.0314 seconds
gribble: (buy [--long] <amount> <thing> [at|@] <priceperunit> <otherthing> [<notes>]) -- Logs
a buy order for <amount> units of <thing>, at
a price of <price> per unit, in units of <otherthing>. Use the optional <notes> field to put in any special notes. <price> may include an arithmetical expression, and {(mtgox|bitstamp)(ask|bid|last|high|low|avg)} to index price to mtgox ask, bid, last, high, (1 more message)
gribble: mexual was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes, and 8 seconds ago: <Mexual> shit
a brick, thats exactly how frogger is played
gribble: You rated user sgornick on Fri Sep 28 05:44:50 2012, with
a rating of 3, and supplied these additional notes: Solid guy..
mircea_popescu: mp lists derps, mpex servers go offline, mpex servers come back online, nobody wants to do series
a anymoar. the lyf&tymes.
punkman: what is this
a threat? " Y-Combinator-backed Shift Payments, which, according to TechCrunch, is “working to make it as easy to spend digital currencies, cryptocurrencies and loyalty points as it is to spend regular, fiat money.”"
assbot:
A Debit Card Powered by Ripple | Ripple
RagnarDanneskjol: still. i feel I can somehow interject with
a better technical solution for them and retain the business/sleep better at night
fluffypony: they're asking you to build
a piece of software that isn't inherently malicious
mircea_popescu: you're not the master of the fucking world on other people's money. suppose you were
a plumber and i hired you to build me
a toilet on the ceiling. after you explained to me this design i have is idiotic, as long as i'm paying you;d better build it.
RagnarDanneskjol: king through an interpreter).. yet they are determined to move forward. i am inclined to pass on it altogether unless I can convince them to build
a solution that doesnt so explicitly violate the laws of capital-debt / reality
RagnarDanneskjol: I have
a moral dilemna. This company in China wants to retain me to hire them
a team of devs to build them
a chinese version of ripple. They have an enormous budget and the account would be
a boon for my business. Of course ripple is junk as so nicely described here:
http://trilema.com/2013/ripple-the-definitive-discussion/. I've tried to reason and communicate this to them (i am wor
mircea_popescu: They barely bring in
a dollar
a week for this site. They can be distracting, they can be frustrating and even annoying at times but they appear because they do bring something in, no matter how little and Mike applies every bit they earn to paying the ever increasing bills this site is faced with on
a daily basis."
mircea_popescu: "I know some of this stems from the fact the website contains advertisements.
A great debate has taken place internally about those advertisements.
mircea_popescu: "We’ve seen the criticisms from
a certain IRC channel where he and the site is being put down for trying to raise some capital."
mircea_popescu: "In the spirit of being open and transparent (
a guiding principal of this site and our editorial policies), I am adding this note to this story and taking full responsibility that I have failed our readers and offering my most sincere apologies."
BingoBoingo: Missouri is the most plainly American of the states with it's own east and west coasts (St Louis and Kansas City), and the capitol is
a desolate hell hole
pete_dushenski: "Chinese and Russian officials are warning of
a potential humanitarian crisis in the restive American province of Missouri, where ancient communal tensions have boiled over into full-blown violence."
mircea_popescu: i'm going to be
a barber and ima peel everyone bloody today ;/
mircea_popescu: i have an idea, let's all call ourselves things we aren't and then do
a shitty job of it.
mircea_popescu: not put up
a note to insulate himsefl from them. this is like... antiprofessional.
mircea_popescu: Editors Note from Mike: I am adding this note after this piece is published to state that this is
a personal opinion piece from Brendon.
mircea_popescu: "Here, Quantrill took up
a job in the lumberyards, unloading timber from rail cars. One night while working the late shift, he shot
a man to death. Authorities briefly arrested Quantrill, who claimed self-defense. Since there were no eyewitnesses and the victim was
a stranger who knew no one in town, William was set free."
cazalla: mircea_popescu, might've upgraded it, this is just after d3 lauched so don't really remember, point being i doubt they need
a kickstarter to continue blogging
mircea_popescu: fluffypony yeah the original was
a more or less adult dude. acct may have been sold i hear.
mircea_popescu: cazalla: i had
a diablo blog doing 1m uniques
a month and it was fine on $20 month vps << that's pretty impressive for the vps.
fluffypony: he posted in
a stack of mpex threads in 2013
gribble: You rated user grubles on Fri Nov 23 22:04:49 2012, with
a rating of 1, and supplied these additional notes: None.
pete_dushenski: perhaps
a better example is the stereotypical catholic schoolgirl
pete_dushenski: well if the skvirels are selecting agents based on
a code of sorts, and letting in mannings and the like while pretending to do so, this is
a bit like soccer players who speak of professionalism and dive when their opponent looks at them funny
mircea_popescu: well if it makes you feel better i have
a lot of disdain for romanians too.
mircea_popescu: <usagi> Well Bingo it's true I am eccentric. I am pretty sure
a lot of people think i'm nuts. But dangerous? I'm just asking what the deal is with that one <<< you massively overestimate your own ability, and then derp about it in an unconvincing but ceaseless manner which entraps the more idiotic bystanders.
usagi: Bingo, when tahoe-lafs loses
a 300 btc private key, the situation is "sad". When I lose zero BTC in
a development site web wallet I get videos made about me.
usagi: And it's likely as
a result of the continuous name dropping in this channel despite me not being here for 9 months.
usagi: Well Bingo it's true I am eccentric. I am pretty sure
a lot of people think i'm nuts. But dangerous? I'm just asking what the deal is with that one
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: I mean the 1992 LA riots only really lasted what, six days? << how long do you think
a town will burn.
BingoBoingo:
A lot of it was from things you've said as well, I mean forum posts channel logs (here and -otc)
mircea_popescu: assbot: Tonight, /hashtag/Ferguson?src=hash cops have: * Tear-gassed an 8-year old * Driven
a truck through
a crowd * Threatened to kill
a reporter on air << that shit still going strong huh.
usagi: Pete dushenki is
a lot like you
BingoBoingo: usagi: I've read the history and your interactions with others. I actually don't think you are
a scammer at all. I still think you are incredibly dangerous.
cazalla: BingoBoingo, i can't find the apology article, perhaps it's been removed but that sites was taking reddit posts, rewriting them, upboating them to the top and attracting
a lot of traffic, i speculate the site was sold to someone who wanted to do it up and improve the quality but no proof, just
a hunch
mircea_popescu: <usagi> yeah and I'm not
a tomato lol (relevance?) << check it out kako. tomato is not
a scammer either!
cazalla: hmm,
a lot of the older posts have been deleted
cazalla: ccn had
a scammy investment club of which altcoins they were gonna pump and even went as far as publishing an article apologins for all the spammy shit they post
cazalla: i had
a diablo blog doing 1m uniques
a month and it was fine on $20 month vps
cazalla: and nfi why you need
a kickstart for something like coinfire
cazalla: ccn is one of the spammiest blogs out there, it improved
a little over the past year but it's just as bad as coindesk
pete_dushenski: that still opens up
a whole whack of material, which is really the point
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: Not really picking up romanian in
a generally useful way, just dictionary assisted reading.
BingoBoingo: It definitely isn't an impossible task. Certainly more rewarding that going around like
a certain someone who imagines "<usagi> In this case, mircea popescu personally does not like me because I can out-talk him."
pete_dushenski: BingoBoingo: i saw in teh logs that you're picking up quite
a bit of romanian
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a thing because nobody likes living in
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ben_vulpes: if the folks in power'd just let the angry people run in circles for
a day or two this shit'd have burnt itself out, no? instead, they make the whole thing worse.
BingoBoingo_: Tonight, #Ferguson cops have: * Tear-gassed an 8-year old * Driven
a truck through
a crowd * Threatened to kill
a reporter on air