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nubbins`: i guess i'm not the only person who noticed topace/lightbox on that gox list
ThickAsThieves: another huge pet peeve i have is when the wife watches the non-hd tv channels
pLambert: how do I get the div payments?
pLambert: so I have to read through the contracts and find the shares outstanding?
ThickAsThieves: drove me crazy when i'd hunch over an employee whose monitor was outta whack
ThickAsThieves: yeah i used to calibrate all my shit with expensive stuff
ThickAsThieves: now i use the cheapo versions
ThickAsThieves: i couldng go back
ThickAsThieves: but once i saw the large Apple monitors
asciilifeform: two vendors i know of - 'eizo' and 'barco'
ThickAsThieves: i had one for very long
ThickAsThieves: not in my experience, but i could see some doing it
ThickAsThieves: great for low-rez porn i guess
mircea_popescu: i don't need it! i like it! there's a difference!
ThickAsThieves: mp i wonder if part of your reason for needing super large text isnt your crt ;)
nubbins`: ^ not sure if i'm for or against
mircea_popescu: i think you actually get paid here
ThickAsThieves: no i gave to some disposal place
asciilifeform: (spun drives from golden age is another matter. i have a 1985 seagate that still runs.)
ThickAsThieves: i got rid of my last crt a couple years ago, a huge trinitron
asciilifeform: i refuse to run spun drives other than in a r5 harness of 4+
mircea_popescu: i may be the only buyer left for spun drives and crt monitors in a 100 mile radius
nubbins`: quite infrequently after i pass the 400-page mark
nubbins`: it's not often i give up on a book partway through
nubbins`: asciilifeform: for reasons i still don't quite understand
nubbins`: LEL I KID
asciilifeform: nubbins`: i think that one is of the same variety as cpusa
nubbins`: canada has a communist party, can't say i know much about their operations
ThickAsThieves: i dont understand why they are dragging it out over so many installments
ThickAsThieves: i watched Atlas Shrugged Part 2 last night
mircea_popescu: then i quit it in 2008, at the time it was in power. it looks like it will make... about 3% next electoral cycle.
mircea_popescu: but anyway, for self-c0k stroking purposes : i was one in the "secret circle" of romanian national liberal party, which went from making 3% in an alliance to making its own government by the time i left romania.
nubbins`: chetty: well, to be fair, that's fine for maintenance -- i've gone as long as two months without feeding mine and successfully revived it -- but i bake every 3 or 4 days
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves you gotta appreciate, romanian politics 1990-2005 much more interesting than anything anyone's seen i nthe us.
Duffer1: being american i suppose i forgot there's non american politics out there..
ThickAsThieves: i can understand that for sure
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i got bored.
Duffer1: wow i did not see that coming MP
BitChrista: mircea_popescu were you really? I feel like that would weather someone down fast
ThickAsThieves: currently i
ThickAsThieves: i guess any motivation to have people with a clue going into politics is helpful
BitChrista: mircea_popescu thank you for introducing me to this chat room. I completely agree, once Bitcoin is in politics it'll be untouchable.
BitChrista: mircea_popescu, I've been doing some research. I have a solid list, mostly of those running for congress. People are starting to come to us though which is nice
ThickAsThieves: oh yeah nubbins, i wanted to note that toffoo also had a top 5000 account on that gox trader list
ThickAsThieves: i think she is implying Libertarians
chetty: BitChrista I doubt many bitcoiners are either party really
BitChrista: Even though we are non-partisan, I'm excited because we know which party has all the Bitcoin
ThickAsThieves: i thought you worked with politicians?! ;)
BitChrista: ThickAsThieves, I'm sure we will encounter AML at some point but haven't yet.
BitChrista: There are many regulations for politicians already with just accepting cash donations, It's a little trickier with Bitcoin. I also work for a web marketing company that works with candidates so we know all the regulations and compliance. So we just have the upperhand in the fact that we know how to stay in legal boundaries.
mircea_popescu: tho... i don't suppose they actually are isolated you know ?
nubbins`: er yeah, that's what i meant ;(
mircea_popescu: i heard that too yeah
nubbins`: i made mine from scratch about a year and a half ago
nubbins`: chetty, maybe -- i know lots of places in san francisco ship dried starter worldwide
nubbins`: i know hey?
pLambert: doesn't have the same ring as I just got Goxxed, but it makes more sense linguistically
VanCleef: in the future people will be saying "man i just got stamped"
mircea_popescu: Neil i was curious what your estimated jtd would be, at the time of the 2nd tranche ipo of mpoe. ie, two years ago to the day.
VanCleef: i dont know i tune out whenever oh bummer talks
ThickAsThieves: but i think he may have
VanCleef: i was watching this report on colorado w33d vendors who had 2 problems, 1. they couldn't get business bank accounts cause banks were scared 2. they were dealing with massif loads of cash and had to hire like ex mercenary types of p33ps to move the fiat for them.
mircea_popescu: cads i doubt the square of x and -x can count as different problems in this context.
ThickAsThieves: if i recall, i dont like any soy cheeses
VanCleef: i'm sure there's a couple of good gems in there
VanCleef: i dont know if you guys use cryptostocks but there's like 1 guy on there running about 5 scams atm, its shitty
nubbins`: i'd masturbate if my hands were free
mircea_popescu: pLambert i have a very low oppinion of their ceo is all. ☟︎
ThickAsThieves: i think buffet ran out of good points
VanCleef: oh yeah i was reading that before, uncle buff makes some good points
ThickAsThieves: since i dont think it was linked yet http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/03/14/buffett-stay-away-from-bitcoin/?mod=WSJBlog
VanCleef: i mean the most fun
mircea_popescu: the shit i do ain't crazy, it has its own internal logic.
mircea_popescu: i'll probably dedicate my retirement to loling my ass off over fringe repackaging of anglosaxon bs.
mircea_popescu: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/24/article-2545066-1AEB2EEB00000578-272_634x822.jpg
VanCleef: yeh i think i'm the same atm, bitfunder really cursed me, cant seem to make any winning moves since then
ThickAsThieves: to be even less descriptive, I'm not sure what I want to do next
ThickAsThieves: VanCleef, I am at a fork in the road
mircea_popescu: i prefer less fertile mammals nibbling on my toes.
asciilifeform: said to me, 'i went there before any serious maths exam.'
asciilifeform: fellow i know from india (former physicist) confirmed the famous rat temple
mircea_popescu: in which i'm incredibly fucking mean.
ThickAsThieves: ah i somehow assumed they were talking about mining for some reason
Apocalyptic: I for one am
nubbins`: i would like to sit back and have a lel as you folks define feminism
Diablo-D3: I would like to classify feminists as girls who are afraid to grow up and become women
mircea_popescu: i've seen some pretty hot 50yos...
nubbins`: and reminds me of a website i came across years ago
asciilifeform: emmy noether was a titan. i suspect that we still haven't fully digested her output.
VanCleef: hehe ok so i guess its not incoporated ina traditional sense,like google or facebook is
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: 'six fucking months to break down the male blocks on killing, and even then it only works sorta 50-50' << i've yet to see this confirmed for homo sapiens vs. homo americanus circa 1940s
mircea_popescu: i gotta article i gotta write first
Neil: But I'm not claiming it'd be easy; I'm quite sure it'd be very tough
Neil: And he's clearly playing in an unclear tax / regulatory state. (Not that I blame him at all). But take it into account.
Neil: Sure. I think some of MP's businesses are interesting. Just they're trading at an insane premium IMO, because of lack of credible alternatives. Make your own decision.
blackwhite: yeah thats what I am doing
blackwhite: I saw this
Neil: Yeah it'll take time, but it'll happen. I'm 100% sure.
blackwhite: I think John Smart said it best.
blackwhite: yeah that is why I am also trying to get bit coins by doing what I do best. Interface design, product design, branding etc.