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fluffypony: from now on I'm going to provide measurements "to the nearest poppyseed, may be off by a few twips"
mircea_popescu: sible results of this consciously inflicted partial federal default could include mass dumping of bonds by jittery holders, a rise in the rate the government pays for debt service, and undermining the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency."
mircea_popescu: the bestest country in the world, can't get a fucking cab at the airport ?
fluffypony: 1. if you go into business with someone who is a good friend there's a high probability of fucking up the friendship, regardless of the outcome of the business venture
fluffypony: my very first failed company was an events production house I started with a good friend when I was like 20
mircea_popescu: that'd be because you're not a hipster.
mircea_popescu: this is by no means either a prediction or novel.
fluffypony: "I think the model will change and you won’t pay for the window of availability. A movie will come out and you will have 17 days, that’s exactly three weekends, which is 95% of the revenue for 98% of movies. On the 18th day, these movies will be available everywhere ubiquitously and you will pay for the size. A movie screen will be $15. A 75” TV will be $4.00. A smartphone will be $1.99."
fluffypony: which has a bunch of weird requirements
fluffypony: yeah I had one of my accounts banned a few years ago
punkman: I know a lot of people that have been banned from adsense/adwords for no reason
punkman: second part sounds like a redditard, but who knows
punkman: I had to shoo pigeons, and a cat
punkman: had to climb the long way into my house, good thing I had left a window open
BingoBoingo: moiety: Because Handegg isn't a sport. It is a way to keep classes of people damaged.
moiety: yous just took rounders, threw a bunch of hats and padding on the players and called it baseball
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Cause they could smell you are a spy.
fluffypony: but I learnt a LOT about StL culture and basebal
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: just before I met my wife I dated a girl in St. Louis for 6 months, she was here on holiday and we fell for each other, so after 5 months of long distance I went over there for a month to see if there was something there
BingoBoingo: moiety: Boo. May Brandon Phillips just have a heart attack on the field.
moiety: a couch is better than outside!
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: He actually is. You must be a StL local.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Well I have toi suppose a really dark team to balance my world series pick.
BingoBoingo: Budeslinga is a strong league, but a lot of rental players.
bitcoinpete: i'd go back to rio in a heartbeat. it's europe for the new world
bitcoinpete: moiety: i was there a year ago and missed them! packing bags now
fluffypony: bitcoinpete: though it's not a bad thing if it prevent simple phishing attacks by calling out the actual domain in use
moiety: i don't take arguments anymore, i just get rid of people that think they "have a case" where they do not
BingoBoingo: Sometimes you find a bull that can't get off, and actually have to eat shit, because you can't give a handjob worth jizz.
BingoBoingo: kakobrekla: SOme people merely don't know what being a customer means
moiety: and labels. regugal is now a new favourite word of mine
moiety: asciilifeform: i have a new manul and ive forgotten the translation already http://www.kotomet.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/manul0_preview.jpg
kakobrekla: >Yes, we have to find a broker, BTC-e don't send emails - not even send rude emails - which is worrying.
BingoBoingo: Lest based off of trading statements anyone thing I am a genii, I've lost 96%+ lifetime publishing text tomes.
Duffer1: thanks for the recommendation btw, he's got a lot of award winning shorts, i'll prioritize those in my list
Duffer1: diaspora was the first of his work i've encountered and i instantly became a big fan
asciilifeform: Duffer1: see if you can get a hold of Egan's short works collections, 'Luminous' and 'Axiomatic.'
Duffer1: and diaspora does have a bit of the ksr run ons
Duffer1: indeed, it's why i'm not usually a fan of hard sf
Duffer1: i just finished a remarkable hard sci-fi book
BingoBoingo: Some questions like what price would I have to buy back ATC for it to be a loss for the month, though I could only anser with links to interesting novelty dildos to fuck yourself with.
ThickAsThieves: while this is a public place, it isn't necessarily fairly distributed to shareholders
BingoBoingo: ThickAsThieves: Nope, just have a court date pending or actualized, results released tomorrow.
BingoBoingo: Also might have a fairly big ish not MPIF related announcement tomorrow.
asciilifeform: 'different stokes for different folks.' (me, explaining stoke's theorem to a noob)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform there must be a dirty joke re emulation and strokes in there somewhere
asciilifeform: like car pedals << one can buy pedals which emulate keystrokes. i've a set.
benkay: prep for which is all done without my lifting a damn finger
benkay: and don't talk to me about quality nigga i don't buy that shit for half a second
mike_c: what? i pump out at least one a month
bitcoinpete: mike_c: think of it as a worthwhile skill to be acquired
kakobrekla: mp sets the fashion, if i had a blog it would only be footnote but no note.
BingoBoingo: bitcoinpete: Still, just might require a definition.
BingoBoingo: Yes, Like a Magestic Corgi that jumps mountains and has a bunch of Colocos as friends.
bitcoinpete: BingoBoingo: it's a term of endearment
benkay: BingoBoingo: YOU TRADE LIKE A DOG
bitcoinpete: BingoBoingo: you just learned to trade like a dog
asciilifeform: ends up being taught as a compendium of cookbook crap
asciilifeform: i highly recommend against (american) uni for undergrad ochem. there, it is used as a 'weedout' test for pre-med kids
BingoBoingo: Got highered as a Pharmacy school TA because I knew how to proctor tests.
benkay: <JorgePasada> mircea_popescu: because what they're really saying is "I just want to be able to sell this thing for value without actually having a market to determine what that value is" << DO YOU HEAR THIS the20year ?
BingoBoingo: benkay: I was a philosophy major.
BingoBoingo: benkay: So today's lesson. Codeine's active ingredient is actually morphine if you have a liver.
BingoBoingo: benkay: It gets you all of the nice fusile alcohols, for a better hangover
Diablo-D3: benkay: grains are a scam perpetrated by the space aliens that run the FDA
BingoBoingo: "Finally, you'll need a source of high heat like an electric hot plate or a propane torch."
asciilifeform: 'Two researchers had made a diode with a very thin, heavily doped n-layer. When the diode was reverse-biased to the point of avalanche breakdown, a small fraction of the avalache electrons actually shot through the n-region and into a vacuum. They made this the e-beam source in a CRT and it worked pretty well. I am surprised that it has not, to my knowledge, made it out of the laboratory.'
mircea_popescu: "totally agree. What dev will do for a sample, if chain will have some bug and he still not got profit to pay real developer for fix?"
benkay: ThickAsThieves: my first big boy gf was a virgin too and blamed me for turning her into a nymphomaniac
benkay: because lissenherebitch i'm pretty sure i can offer a good dickin
benkay: HEY LISTEN IF I WANT TO USE A TRADITIONALLY GENDERED NOUN FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE IMMA GON DO THAT MKAY
mircea_popescu: benkay please bear in mind that not everyone on the interwebs is a d00d.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: They can see your pieces, even their locations, but... hiding intended next locations is a must normally
kakobrekla: anyway, if anyone is looking for comment, april was a bit hectic, 9 trades actually happed, details are here http://bit4x.com/panacea/history/
kakobrekla: so now that everyone bought into mpif, i bring to you, by popular demand (mostly mike_c really) a losing month for panacea: -1.78%
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It is bundled with a poor attempt at one named GPA
mircea_popescu: well how big you gonna make it you know ? 200btc is a respectable sum anyway.
mike_c: i guess the market has decided on a price!
BingoBoingo: I really can't wait for S.NSA to buy its own foundry in a decade.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: By online I mean plugged into the internet. Not typed into a webapp.
ThickAsThieves: mike_c is a footnote warrior
kakobrekla: got a manul to the coaxing perhaps?
gribble: Signature Thursday: Geany a GUI text editor for GPG tasks | Bingo ...: <http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/2013/10/31/signature-thursday-geany-a-gui-text-editor-for-gpg-tasks/>; PGP/GPG Guide | Bingo Blog: <http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/pgpgpg-guide/>; October | 2013 | Bingo Blog: <http://www.thedrinkingrecord.com/2013/10/>
BingoBoingo: And a gui
BingoBoingo: akstunt600: Well, the thing is it isn't a deep commandline exercise at all. It's just one where the GUI's hide the good options.
akstunt600: need to gen a new key for this coin
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Well, are you at present laying in a metal hopper with blades at you feet and/or head?
mircea_popescu: o look... a palinwordrome.
BingoBoingo: Franktank_: Pictures of mircea_popescu and MPOE-PR here http://trilema.com/2014/ca-tot-s-a-tras-tot-s-a-fumat-tot-s-a-baut-tot-cum-e-peste-tot-la-fel-ca-peste-tot/
kakobrekla: do you believe that mircea is a chick or a prick wearing lady avatar or ??
mircea_popescu: a sucker is you.
JorgePasada: mircea_popescu: I see, I think I'm blurring the lines and blending two separate discussions together. I'll re-read that post later, think about it and get back to you when i've got a more concise version of what it is I'm trying to say.
kakobrekla: all i got was a neat chan and a bunch of angry people.
JorgePasada: Then again, I'm probably a crazy person :-)
JorgePasada: Yep, and I agree with all of it, especially when applied to the market or any kind of aggregate group. I just think I might have some differing opinions when it comes to the individual level. Trying to think them out and find a better way to articulate what exactly it is I'm thinking.
JorgePasada: So, then I guess a follow up. Would you say intent has any relevance at all in economics?
ozbot: A Billion Doesn’t Buy Respect | When Bitcoin Met Pete
mircea_popescu: http://bitcoinpete.com/2014/04/30/a-billion-doesnt-buy-respect/
JorgePasada: the intent is at best a guessing game
mircea_popescu: danielpbarron: has anyone in here ever floated the idea of bringing the WoT to twitter? << i dun think i'd want that really. but maybe a gpg-based ircitter may be interesting.