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mike_c: that is the biggest domination i have ever seen, and i've watched
a lot of these.
pankkake: you sound like
a socialist! faceless globalized finance is money out of money!
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller i was using btc as
a unit of account stylistically, to underline the lulz that is fiat.
mircea_popescu: where if you have 100 btc at 1% while the yields atr 0.5% you book
a 200 btc passive.
mircea_popescu: looking forward to the "cash-basis bond evaluation" becoming
a thing with us banks.
mircea_popescu: china has
a long history of making horrid public investments. that there's currently
a china fed does not realy commit china
mircea_popescu: irrespective of their motivations, whether they're there cause they're trying to fuck
a guy's daughter or becaue they're drunk
mircea_popescu: it's
a very schematic model, but for the basics : if yields go up low yield older bonds are worth less
mircea_popescu: ok, so i issue series
A, 1 btc bonds paying 1 bitcent/month for 2 years.
benkay: so
a bond market is in
a bubble if there is lots of demand for the bonds, allowing the issuer to issue for less money.
benkay: so okay i don't know anything about finance and i have
a question
mircea_popescu: pankkake shit's gotta be rounded, otherwise children could who knows, give themselves
a new cunt on the corners of the thing
mircea_popescu: Goldman Sachs filed with the New York Supreme Court, requesting "emergency relief" to avoid
a privacy violation and "avoid the risk of unnecessary reputational damage to Goldman Sachs."
ThickAsThieves: circle is now doing
a little media trolling to get attention
mircea_popescu: take just one model of an avenue of attack. suppose i have
a known bitbet address, which is up 20% to date.
mircea_popescu: it'll prolly work fine for as long as
a very small fraction of trades are done this way.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves it's
a great idea in theory whose greatness in practice depends on not being used.
ThickAsThieves: Georgia’s new gun rules kicked in Tuesday, allowing residents to carry firearms into bars, nightclubs, classrooms and government buildings in
a measure slammed by anti-weapon activists as
a “dangerous kill bill.”
ThickAsThieves: On Tuesday,
a misunderstanding between two armed men in
a convenience store in Georgia led to one man drawing his gun and being arrested on the first day of the “guns everywhere” law.
ThickAsThieves: "Christian was shot an unknown number of times by
a Purcellville police officer"
mircea_popescu: “Why would you shoot
a child that is suicidal? You are there to save him, not finish him off.”
BingoBoingo: <chetty> you know I wonder if these people that go on about various online bets argue with dealers at the blackjack table? << of course these people know what
a casino is, it's the place they learned how to fly through
a door
mircea_popescu: well yes. both slow and thick mean dumb :). however, slow is
a good fuck and thick
a good ass, so...
benkay: in other news, i'm looking at wireframes and user experience jibberjabber for
a biggish home automation project
kakobrekla: i know email doesnt have
a ban, but i think irc does?
kakobrekla: i agree, although we started daily and it now is hourly, in
a year, perhaps we will look for our next line on search
benkay: ;;later tell hanbot by choosing bets that, as best can be determined, will be open for around
a month at the least. // learned that one myself heh
mike_c: i could've sworn we said it
a 100 times yesterday
mircea_popescu: generally speaking, the senior partner at
a law firm will be fucking enraged if you manage to steal his secretary. he couldn't care less if half the junior "partners" leave.
mircea_popescu: we're basically playing
a mega game of life : we've each got our own bacterium
mircea_popescu: just like bacterium do it. which, i've been thinking, is actually
a very interesting situation. with the mechanics of bitcoin serving as
a fundamental thermodynamics implementation, and the wot serving as
a singalling space,
☟︎ chetty: no, he tries to rape her, cause thats his right, otherwise he is
a victim of tea
mircea_popescu: then the girl just gives him tea. what now, does he throw
a fit, rolling on the floor, snot everywhere ?
mircea_popescu: pankkake but whatever he thought then, right ? i mean suppose
a girl invites him over and he THINKS it's for to fuck.
pankkake: that's why I didn't bet, actually, I'm surprised it was approved without
a resolution source in the first place
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah. this because 50 years ago it was actually worth your while as
a shop keeper to make them happy, because they were diligent hard working sorts of people.
Namworld: Ah yes, there's the FAQ answer. Doesn't specify
a definite time limit, but it does mention it.
ThickAsThieves: i imagine
a clearer answer could be, it will resolve when the results of the open FOIA requests are responded to
assbot: Anonymous Byzantine Consensus from Moderately-Hard Puzzles:
A Model for Bitcoin - EECS Technical Reports
jurov: mike_c ^^ quite
a diference from the report
kyuupichan: I'll be stunned if we get
a diff fall this period, but we're well on course for it
BingoBoingo: Well, as long as they have
a spot to land on
moiety: my strategy so far as to: make
a gap and then destroy all i can with the queen. sometimes this works sometimes it really doesnt
BingoBoingo: Well, you've to to worry about the center of the board
a bit more. Rooks are fun when you get them out, but... Early in the game they really dun have anywhere to go
BingoBoingo: moiety: Well, you can give it
a go as white nao
moiety: sorry i don't give such
a good game, I will some day. i promise you that!
moiety: BingoBoingo: have you got me in
a point where i cant move?
moiety: "which of these chicks has
a natural tan?!"
BingoBoingo: moiety: Well you could resign or offer
a draw and try again next game
mircea_popescu: discovering how ba actually looks
a lot like san diego
BingoBoingo: moiety: Quite
a few... You know sometimes you can move them out of the way (you can also flip the board to see what I see)
moiety: how have you got
a manny down on my homne row
moiety: shall i send you
a "take me nao" tshirt?
moiety: i swear you have extra bits than i do when we begin
a game BingoBoingo
moiety: omg really? now? you did not say yes... im getting
a board ready just in case
moiety: no no not
a bad thing at all. means they havent delievered the bad news to the otherws yet :D
BingoBoingo: moiety: No new news yet. Which isn't
a bad thing
BingoBoingo: The prolly wanted
a bigger one seeing how little traction that sort of proposition gets on its own
kyuupichan: I did submit
a paid wager, and you refunded it. I assume you mean you want
a bigger one?
mike_c: ouch, it's
a blood bath on the life side
mike_c: catch
a falling dagger and you could make out
BingoBoingo: Watch the difficulty drop mid month, because It's been too long since I made
a statement
BingoBoingo: Is this "stabilization" going to happen after every time I make
a monthly statement?
gribble: You rated user dooglus on Mon Apr 22 15:22:55 2013, with
a rating of 2, and supplied these additional notes: Does useful things..
GunPlay: that
a lot of you guys are driving Bitcoin development in some way, whether directly or through community
benkay: GunPlay: per BingoBoingo's comment above, being wrong is not
a crime here. refusing to listen to reason, though...
GunPlay: good stuff, I'll just lurk for
a while I suppose :-)
benkay: asciilifeform: what's
a good name for the statal organizations who encourage citizens to report each other for 'infractions'?
mircea_popescu: "The freedom to apply for
a job at your partner's workplace without worrying that others will think you only got the job because of your partner."
GunPlay: my nick comes from playing first person shooters
a lot back in the day
mircea_popescu: so here's
a business idea : go by hospitals with trauma centers, buy amputated parts off amputees in order to cure the skin and make real human skin items
nubbins`: the weather's been really nice this week, and it has awakened
a deep thirst
mircea_popescu: so put up
a poster : wanna hang out here but too hip to afford it ? call me.
benkay: but i guess the shit's too expensive for the students, as there's not
a school-aged soul in the place during work hours