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fluffypony: we get these reward points from our bank for swiping and shit, and if you use
a bunch of the bank's products you get 40% off at certain stores when spending the points
fluffypony: bought
a pair of buds for the wife
a few years ago
BigBitz: was the Apple buy
a cash buy?
BigBitz: Although isn't it Carlye Group and HTC which own most of Beats now-
a-days?
fluffypony: Apocalyptic: I can give you
a bit of info on that
fluffypony: something like Beats has both
a loyal user base and real revenue streams
fluffypony: Naphex: I'm talking more about stuff like the iPad - it wasn't even
a particularly novel idea, it was just so well executed that every major exec on the planet seems to have switched 80% of their tasks to their iPad instead of their laptop
Naphex: sorry i meant
a severly limited computer which you can use too buy more apple shit
Naphex: Look
a computer in
a phone
bounce could do the vision thing, blackberry style. -- that basically was
a company with one customer, the boss. making something that blind-sides the hipsters, repeatedly, well, few can do that.
pankkake: fluffypony: it's unknown, but it's
a /g/ meme. these last days it's even better than usual obviously
fluffypony: pankkake: who is that? that's the nerd equivalent of someone taking
a picture of themselves standing next to
a Nissan 350Z (when they're probably 3 mths behind on payments) and putting it on Facebook to impress everyone with his lavish riches
fluffypony: if it happens it seems to be
a marketing exercise for Apple - they could certainly compete from
a branding and quality perspective, but they're losing their "cool and hip" image
fluffypony: they'll lose ground in
a few years, but right now they're
a hot commodity
fluffypony: it's one of those "if you're cool you own
a pair" products
bounce: how the fsck is
a novelty headphone brand worth 3.2bn dollahs?
fluffypony: I think there are some guys that want to do things in
a way that is successful
fluffypony: I actually don't know how mpoe-pr/hanbot lasted as long as she did without quitting, I wouldn't have lasted more than
a month
mircea_popescu: anyway, basically fluffypony is sorta moving into
a mpoe-pr 2.0 role here ?
fluffypony: "Hmmmn, tricky. Go with the new poster whose first post started with
a personal insult or take the advice and recommendation from an established and respected shareholder? What will Ken do? Tricky."
fluffypony: anyway I was writing
a blog post about the fucktards that are Coinbase before getting distracted by this, I'ma finish it
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic re buffett : i chuckled at the recent sacking of that wsj reporter over calling buffet
a hypocrite for no good reason.
mircea_popescu: he got trampled to shit by mpoe-pr for being
a fucktard, rather than admit he;'s
a fucktard he prefers to claim "it was impossible anyway":
mircea_popescu: "If, instead of treating their BTC like play money and throwing it into this kind of junk, folks just took
a portion of their available dollars and invested that capital into random selections from the S&P 500, they would likely do much, much better."
davout: "On
a également désigné par ce mot des individus fréquentant les maisons de prostitution, et qui prenaient plaisir à consommer généralement à même le sexe féminin la semence abandonnée par les clients précédents (ces individus étaient souvent impuissants). D'autres appellations existent pour qualifier cet acte, comme « faire dînette »."
pankkake: though once I tried to save
a few euros and ordered from multiple retailers, wasn't worth it
Naphex: transformarea Bursei de Valori Bucuresti intr-unul dintre cele mai active instrumente de finantare
a economiei din Romania
mircea_popescu: i wonder how long the local fucktards realise there's
a 10% arb hole available.
Naphex: although there was
a 120 wall at 1340
Naphex: hehe aye, was
a good day yesterday
mircea_popescu: muisti = cocksuckers in romanian.
a very economic language, needs fewer letters for the concept. also reflective of the fact that romanian women are on average better trained & moar experienced with it so it doesn't take as long.
Naphex: orders were maid and paid on monday, now its friday and all i have is
a cooler+PSU.
Naphex: anyway emag is
a big PoS
Naphex: what am i going to do with
a cooler and
a PSU the whole weekend ;(
Naphex: ordered
a whole pc, had to split the order so they can deliver stuff they had on inventory
mircea_popescu: it wasn't
a confrontation : we stayed the fuck away from them, so there was no need for them to beat our living daylights out.
mircea_popescu: “There wasn’t any communication [with the Chinese] due to both Blue Ridge and its helicopter being
a safe distance away,” Marks said.
mircea_popescu: some online news outlets to label the encounter
a confrontation, which 7th Fleet officials disputed Friday.
mircea_popescu: "All females regardless of race are to be inspected by
a UK Border Force doctor for FGM. Passports will be stamped to mark childs FGM status."
assbot: Need
a nickname, Naphex.
BingoBoingo: I wish I had
a third nut, so I could just tell this left one to STFU.
BingoBoingo: tim-tams: If you do manage to get the funds for this thing I'll sponsor some efforts of yours to raise awareness for
a very important charity
tim-tams: I was expecting the sponsorship to be
a form of advertising but if you'd rather just sponsor us because you think it's
a good use of your money (which it would be ;) ) then we're ok with that haha
tim-tams: we're hoping to interview some people, and we'll definitely talk about the presentations
a ton on the show
tim-tams: mircea_popescu hey there, would you be interested in
a deal like the one described above?
TheNewDeal: fack I'm gonna buy
a ticket and go smoke some dope with him
TheNewDeal: can I pay like 5$ for you to include
a small middle finger dedicated to the Chief of Operations of Butterfly Labs?
tim-tams: is that something you'd be interested in? you have
a product/service?
tim-tams: I can provide
a more detailed budget if you so desire
tim-tams: looking for
a sponsor who would be mentioned every time we talk about the conference in our show
tim-tams: we're headed to
a Bitcoin conference and are gonna interview some people
tim-tams: looking for
a sponsor actually haha
artifexd: I imagine that there is
a database with
a table of bets and
a table of, uh, bets. Both tables can't be called bets.
artifexd:
A proposition is an unapproved bet, right?
assbot: Need
a nickname, decimation.
decimation: The ceos all agreed that the lawsuit sucked, and the lawyers agreed to have
a payday! The beta engineers, who already accepted years of being screwed, have accepted being screwed again.
decimation: "Sorry we fixed your wages for years. Have
a free macbook"
decimation: "indles, iPads, and other tablets/e-readers are currently forbidden on Navy vessels. They take up space, and, more importantly, can be
a security threat because of connectivity points like wi-fi, expandable storage, and USB ports."
TheNewDeal: or was there
a btc/atc combo investment?
ozbot: UPS accidentally delivers
a $350K US government DRONE to college student who ordered
a weightlifting
PLambert: did you see the article about the guy who accidently got shipped
a drone by US gov? he should have sold it on silkroad :)
ozbot: Japanese Man Arrested for Having Guns Made with
a 3D Printer
nubbins`: "oh yeah, i just gobbled
a pint of ice cream"
kakobrekla: here
a question, you know whats the thing with winklevoss twins and redundancy?
moiety: BingoBoingo: what i mean is i think the biggest issue is drowsiness. theres only one that will make
a person sick -- that i know of
moiety: theres only one antibiotic you cant drink on, its
a myth
moiety: mircea_popescu, figuring out what to do next with my time really, which is hampered by trying to sort out house things recently. i have
a deadline now.
artifexd: I didn't mean to imply that it was. It is just
a source of useless (but interesting to me) information. That's it. I didn't mean anything deep or important. Just
a "hey, there's this thing that you may, or may not, find interesting".
mircea_popescu: but i mean...
a collection of trivialities is not an encyclopedia
mircea_popescu: wikipedia has
a page dedicated to the number 97 ? bouvard & pecuchet live!
mircea_popescu: at any rate, i tell you, this is why i'm in bitcoin. like once or even twice
a month i have this "omfg i can not believe what i'm arguing" moment.
fluffypony: jurov: I was actually trying to be helpful, I just get
a bit snarky and sarcastic when I'm being helpful to morons
mircea_popescu: ::rate fluffypony -1 has no inkling of
a clue as to what time management is
mike_c: nothing to 'lint', it's just
a handy verifier
pankkake: what is there to lint in json? it's
a pretty strict format
davout: cutting
a middle-man by opening an exchange
ozbot: BitPay Is Raising $30M At
A $160M Valuation From Index, Richard Branson | TechCrunch
pankkake: I wonder why pbkdf2 has such
a horrible name. perhaps
a NSA conspiracy so no one uses it
benkay: "Mr. Anderson acknowledged that technical hurdles and cost considerations have turned the initial vision into
a distant dream."
mircea_popescu: did they have
a battery explode and burn
a bunch of 5 yo blonde white girls ? or what ?