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fluffypony: mircea_popescu:
I invited him in here as he was expressing an interest in investing in crypto-based stocks
mircea_popescu: BohemianHacks so
i'm very curious, how did you proceed to come to the idea that mpex and cryptostocks are in any sense tyhe same thing, or in any way comparable ?
fluffypony:
I think we're talking in his absence - [11:32:06] <+BohemianHacks> Thanks jurov, im actually about to get to work though :D
mircea_popescu: good cause
i think many people don't. to judge by the banks etc at least.
fluffypony:
I know, but then the registration info changes
mircea_popescu: BohemianHacks: Pretty much,
I tend to switch distros and clean up my harddrive tons << either that, or tend to try and social engineer off old dormant cool sounding nicks.
mircea_popescu:
i suspect this would be the ideal living arrangement for the true hardware engineer : much like a silkworm's. built a yurt roughly 10 body lengths in diameter, fill it with material slower.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: decimation: no oven. space constraints. perhaps in new flat. << you know stan,
i hear 500 bucks buys one quite a few acres of open land in patagonia. and since it never rains... don't even really need a roof.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: folks expecting to play 'doom' on cardano will be disappointed. << you know back
i nthe day one way to make the old impossible amiga games playable was to downclock the damned things
mircea_popescu: decimation: sounds like bureau-speak for "we hire idiots and they produce nothing" << bounce disagrees, argue with him,
i'd like to watch. ty both :)
mircea_popescu: "unrealized damages" that is to say 'my eyesight was worth 100B, but now
i have no eyes, therefore pay me 100B'? << exactly.
mircea_popescu:
i doubt the web has reached that deep into the classical antiquity yet/
jurov: no
i mean mastercoins as such
fluffypony:
I don't see any concrete plans for trading "stock" in the company
jurov:
i guess they shorting was "omitted" from mastercoin protocol
fluffypony: oh wow,
I didn't know that we're already on Bitcoin 2.0
jurov:
i love when
i register for various crap and then get sudden lulzies
Naphex:
i'll build up a service and see if we can poke holes in it, dnssec sign each zone, and reverse/point fowards for the addresses
fluffypony: and then let's plz BIP it,
I'll do the grunt work of writing the BIP if you're feeling lazy
fluffypony: once everyone reads through this log
I'm sure there will be some input
Naphex:
i might set up a play service this weekend
fluffypony: so if
I send moneyz to naphex@btcxchange.ro
Naphex:
i meant someone hopping on your dns server and just setting all addresses to his:p
fluffypony: no wait nm,
I just twigged what you meant wrt dns spoofing
BohemianHacks:
I dont really worry too much about browser side stuff
fluffypony: "if
I have to transfer my coins from CoinBase
I do it 1 at a time...it might take a while, but at least you can catch it happening"
BohemianHacks:
I thought about going back to the dark side, but its still not worth it
fluffypony:
I mean, they have this dodgy extension installed, and then they go and transact on CoinBase
BohemianHacks:
I still can't believe how many people use smartphone wallets thoughf
BohemianHacks:
I will wait until
i get home to my xubuntu, fully encrypted hard drive though
BohemianHacks: So what can
I use this key for? why not just generate one with gpg?
BohemianHacks:
I would like a single key and a cold storage wallet and then just not worry about it from there. So long as
I have a safe place to store some
BohemianHacks: so
I am working out the best system for storting my coins and keys
BohemianHacks:
I had coins all over the place and stored in unsafe ways
BohemianHacks: Part my delay right now is that
I need to be more secure this time
BohemianHacks:
I have been working on a bunch of other projects and
I am thinking my payments will largely be in coin
BohemianHacks:
I think taxes and other issues may halt them like many other bitcoin atm companies
fluffypony: if you're shorting the stock
I suppose cryptostocks is an option
BohemianHacks:
I think
I'm mostly looking for options that are low risk low yield as crypto already has risk built in
fluffypony:
I think the biggest thing is that you have to make a distinction between a fiat-profitable company looking to raise fiat funds, but doing so in BTC for convenience
BohemianHacks: Pretty much,
I tend to switch distros and clean up my harddrive tons
BohemianHacks: besides
I would rather have fpga's to play with at my house
BohemianHacks:
I like the idea of investing in real businesses over mining hardware but that seemed pretty hard to find.
joecool:
i always wondered about the broadband rating for romania though, is it counting business/residential connections or just average for ip's there
Naphex:
i think romania is a bit higher now:P
decimation: yeah
I think the electric hob would give more control anyway
decimation: sounds legit. so you have a hot air rework station too
I presume?
decimation:
I used a syringe, but it got really messy
decimation:
I assume that you aren't clocking the thing very high either?
decimation: ascii have you ever used 'qucs'?
I played with it a little bit and found it to be pretty neat
decimation: years ago
I did some hand routing with orcad. It made me feel like a money trapped in a traveling salesman's trunk
benkay: "unrealized damages" that is to say 'my eyesight was worth 100B, but now
i have no eyes, therefore pay me 100B'?
mircea_popescu: why expose yourself so.
i'd have never ok'd that stupid shit.
mircea_popescu:
i actually talked it over with a couple of people over lunch. it's our considered opinion that the difference between the us and the ro health care systems can be distilled in one very simple point :
mircea_popescu: yeah
i was thinking, they want aplenty, it's just they never actually confront it.
decimation: well,
I mean "want" as in "want of the actual necessities of life"
mircea_popescu:
i kinda appreciate the sentiment tbh. let the devil be free.
decimation: yeah
I couldn't figure out wtf he was on about
mircea_popescu: "
I think that this agreement, were it feasible, would benefit all concerned."
decimation:
I think future historians will call this era "the golden age of mendacity"
mircea_popescu:
i recall this exact derpage published by... whatever, some libertard legal blog.
decimation:
I guess it's better to have learned and lost than never to have known at all