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decimation: Ed Tufte is
a little crazy but his classes are worth taking. His position is that you present your ideas in the form of an essay or paper. Then you talk about the salient points and field questions. The projector is for showing information dense pictures, like the baseball stats page from
a newspaper
mircea_popescu: y saying investing in
a "just-in-time fashion would be too clever by half." << guy's got
a point. he shgould be here.
decimation: Bezos insists on taking the long view. In his letter to shareholders last year, he responded to criticism about spending by saying investing in
a "just-in-time fashion would be too clever by half."
DreadKnight: yeah,
a lot of shady people are using bots and such to sell their magic crapware
ThickAsThieves: i didnt know Portishead made
a new album in 2008, it's actually good as the other stuff
fluffypony: "
A market map of the entire Bitcoin startup ecosystem"
cazalla: it's
a lot of fun fluffypony
jurov: "we're still in the dance-around-and-grab-at-each-other's-nuts phase" benkay is
a poet
benkay: vision for next 2 years is to grab bigger and bigger slices of the pie, maybe using mobile as
a wedge and demonstrating kickassery and then expanding scope to whatever can be had and paid for.
benkay: in derpy consulting companyville,
a small and attention-draining project has been completed and discharged which is *awesome*, for both the money and the cognitive bandwidth. we've an agreement in principle with another client to take more of
a technical project management role, handling more of the coordination of roadmap + code production and moving the product along while the ceo feller focuses on sales and other higher-level
DreadKnight: well nvm, reading up
a lot of articles on the subject
DreadKnight: so how come big companies like Apple and such don't buy back all the shares? I can think of
a few possible reasons but maybe I'm missing something important...
mircea_popescu: the average lifespan for
a blog is about 13 months, and that's an upper bound for dumbass internet kids and their projects.
mircea_popescu: 0 is not
a bit of
a stretch. the central bank is nominally 0 risk in any economic system.
btc111_: MP: 0 sounds like
a bit of
a stretch. im seriously interested in buying those contracts... do you have enough BTC to cover if ehter hits 200:1 ?
RooK314: That's
a possibility. You have to talk to her lol
RooK314: She's
a friend of mine. We are going to get her into some investments, not sure what yet
DreadKnight: I managed to bump into
a parked car in
a similar scenario
BingoBoingo: For small mamammals though that extra burn sves
a shot or two
BingoBoingo: Also .22 lr hollow points have just enough space for
a bit of pleasantly colored phosphorous
BingoBoingo: <decimation> he had
a practical use for it too: was out hunting, saw deer, didn't have time to apply hearing protection before getting off
a shot (with 30-06), his ears rang for several hours << This is why supressors are UK legal
BingoBoingo: <decimation> my office mate got
a suppressor recently, took 9 months for ATF to approve paperwork << Walther P-22 or whatever no wait with
a probably missouri residence
decimation: he had
a practical use for it too: was out hunting, saw deer, didn't have time to apply hearing protection before getting off
a shot (with 30-06), his ears rang for several hours
BingoBoingo: <decimation> my office mate got
a suppressor recently, took 9 months for ATF to approve paperwork << Missouri to missouri lacks the hurdles
mircea_popescu: synergy : because of wol author of that cartoon can now get
a little money.
decimation: my office mate got
a suppressor recently, took 9 months for ATF to approve paperwork
BingoBoingo: decimation> I would get the 7.62x39 with
a suppressor (after all the ATF paperwork) << for delicate shit in missouri suppressors are
a thing and most .22 lr semi autos have tons of accesories available
decimation: I would get the 7.62x39 with
a suppressor (after all the ATF paperwork)
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: phun phact. russia produced 308 winchester since early 1970s. why? brezhnev received
a costly hunting rifle as
a gift from usa. needed to feed it... << Similar with stalin and his 1911
BingoBoingo: Short story, this morning's bitcoin burning went to
a pound of firing pins
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: <asciilifeform> then somebody asks 'why not shooting plugs?' and answer, 'try wearing those for 14 hrs' << actually had
a weird dream last night
mike_c: hopefully
a big hole full of bitcoin
mike_c: holy shit. that must be in
a lot of places?
DreadKnight: I wonder why he hasn't sticked with making games, he had quite
a few decent prototypes done in pretty much no time
DreadKnight: mircea_popescu, totally; still reading comments actually, I got
a bit of nostalgia now :D nice to see lots of comments on your blog made by krossfire as well
mircea_popescu: DreadKnight mass slow + berserk + blind on
a hero with infinte mp and archers against
a slow infantry -> carnage.
thestringpuller: but the one I'm going to is
a skateboard ride away. So I can get drunk as shit and skate home.
moiety: every friday freenode has
a stroke it seems
DreadKnight: mircea_popescu, will spend time learning more about shares / dividends and mpex s.mg and after that I'll probably drop
a nice presentation / documentation link you way and see if we can figure something out that works for both of us
decimation: only so many gov't and indirect gov't jobs, and they are handed out in
a FILO queue
decimation: there's some truth to that mircea. I suspect that the nuclear family was probably
a reaction to this very problem
mircea_popescu: with 50+ age expectancy, this model is disastrous, basically if humans were
a functional species sexual maturity'd skip
a generation altogethere.
mircea_popescu: individuation happens with hardship. the point of fambly sticking together is to control hardship through approaching it
a certain way, much like
a ship approaches waves
a certain way.
mircea_popescu: but that aside, kids moving away is
a good thing anyway.
mircea_popescu: us folk can't admit they suck andmore than classical japanese can admit emperor is
a dumbass.
decimation: so we have
a situation where people living in Bethesda have kids who have to move to Kansas because the people in Bethesda don't want to admit that they are poor
decimation: note that the areas that have increasing millennial home-buying are all low-cost areas that have escaped bezzle inflation: "Among the top cities that may see
a surge are Austin and Dallas in Texas, as well as Denver and Des Moines, Iowa. "
BingoBoingo: Well Des Moines is prolly the only place to move if you want to be
a gay married pig farmer...
mircea_popescu: this nuanced view is so nuanced it's about to collapse into
a nuancelingularity.
mircea_popescu: . Among the top cities that may see
a surge are Austin and Dallas in Texas, as well as Denver and Des Moines, Iowa.
fluffypony: depends on if we're using it as
a back massager
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: software tester, obviously, why would
a dildo tester need to know
a smattering of C / C++ :-P
fluffypony: mike_c: it's up to what they can commit - I'm happy with
a part time role as long as they stay commited and active
mike_c: fluffypony: i might know
a student interested in that deal. you want 15 hrs or 40 hrs? cuz he wouldn't have 40.
gribble: Error: "bc24hrprc" is not
a valid command.
gribble: Error: ";;ticker" is not
a valid command.
benkay: this is for
a coin thing?
fluffypony: benkay: rate is negotiable, but I'm expecting junior junior;) I'd expect
a weekly commitment of 15 - 40 hours
mircea_popescu: someone was actually doing hr for
a living, lemme see here.
fluffypony: benkay / anyone else - if you come across someone really, really junior who has the barest smattering of C / C++ and is keen on
a testing role that can grow into
a dev role, please let me know
☟︎ mircea_popescu: sure in an idealised, us-centric world as the naive represent thngs to be,
a well armed citizenry is the guarantee and bla bla.
mircea_popescu: no wonder gun ownership is perceioved as such
a problem.
chetty: would anyone give the FED
a dime?
mircea_popescu: there's
a very fine equilibrium between how popular
a government is and how much support it can muster.
chetty: we live in
a disposable world, whats the point in owning trash
mircea_popescu: they measure how much of
a shit your peers give under "headship"
benkay: mircea_popescu: i'm still confused about 'headship'. how is it
a measure for pinchable assets? and how is fixing
a pipe in
a house you're paying the mortgage on
a foolish thing?
jurov: since it was quite
a sum, i proceeded to withdraw directly from mpex
mike_c: i get it now. i was like "there's
a mpex undo button??"
mike_c: ah ah. i thought somebody was trying to back out of
a trade (which is obviously silly)
mircea_popescu:
a) that you go fight in iraq ; b) that you pay for X Y Z
mircea_popescu: the headship count is
a rough proxy for how much money the govt could steal in ap inh
mircea_popescu: basically, it's like being
a parent, except for no benefit and much more upfront expenditure of skill and resources.
mircea_popescu: headship is the internalised delusion that it is worth your while to regard the world so that if
a water pipe breaks you pay for it to be fixed.
benkay: i don't know anyone my age who seriously thinks they'll be buying
a house anywhere anytime soon
mircea_popescu: five to ten young men in
a living unit, three to six young women.
mircea_popescu: what headship ? millenials want to live in herds, as slaves, with
a master.
mike_c: it's 80% yes on
a 9 month bet
mircea_popescu: mike_c this is factually true. no govt drone ever kept
a secret when tits were nude on the table.
mike_c: ah. this is
a good point. chocolate is just wrong bait.