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mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic not really, i mean they're conglomerated but separate.
mircea_popescu: i guess it's hard being clueless and yet havintg to write about shit.
mircea_popescu: i suppose he missed the part where last month ppl made like 3k btc or w./e
pankkake: "The best I could come up with is shorting the GPU manufacturers that bitcoin miners commonly use" in the comments
Vexual: i wonder if they'll print it
pankkake: I certainly don't mind the media talking about bitcoin, even if bad
ThickAsThieves: oh i get ya
davout: pankkake: i thought it was you as well :-)
ThickAsThieves: i dont see where any of us are quoted ... ?
pankkake: I don't even know what options are!
ThickAsThieves: "On top of all that, this isn't like trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Midday Wednesday, MPEx appeared to shut down, and the prices of the contracts disappeared. I was told this happens a lot. As of early Thursday, the exchange still wasn't listing prices. "
pankkake: I got quoted on options?
ThickAsThieves: I guess he didnt get it
Vexual: I was told this happens a lot.
benkay: well i say
ThickAsThieves: I met that guy, in the Video section
pankkake: I love when they get angry at you (like 7C it seems). Who's begging for who's money?
nubbins`: i guess icbit was taken
mircea_popescu: where do these retards get assembled i wish to know
Vexual: I thought that was creative chinese tax accountants i could hear
ThickAsThieves: i went for "We do not offer accounts."
ThickAsThieves: "Hello: I am interested in opening a account.
nubbins`: i went a step further and removed all messy residue from mine
nubbins`: ah, i thought it was nickel?
Vexual: chinese pesants can't put bitcoins in the bank. am i reading correctly?
mircea_popescu: i like the part about THE SCAMMERS chjecking other people's records./
pankkake: oh right it's the smartphone idea, lol. that's why I closed it the first time
ThickAsThieves: I can finally have my ASIC phone?
mircea_popescu: i plan to fart a new ring for saturn
mike_c: i don't see how that prevents the semiconductor plants from being boss. they can still crank out the most work, regardless of what that work is.
KRS|gotyawallet: mike_c: not the U.S.. I mean, have you known the U.S. to get anything done in a matter of weeks?
TomServo: benkay: Year 5, I think?
mike_c: asciilifeform: i don't see how arbitrary work function helps. have you written something up on this? i'm missing the part where it keeps asics out of the game.
ozbot: Hello I came across your giveaway thread at---https://bitcointalk - Pastebin.com
pankkake: http://pastebin.com/RRSPfDkp I get a PM a day about this stupid altcoin now :/
asciilifeform: dub: naturally. i was reasoning from the point of view of the people who have them. they have an incentive.
davout: mircea_popescu: i'm at chapter 2 of my book, hopefully i'll grok moar and come up with better questions as i progress
ThickAsThieves: hey guys, where can I short the bitcoin?
benkay: asciilifeform: i'm entertaining ideas about practical altcoin design
davout: but the spot is still the spot right? i mean, it reflects the actual price of things? or am i missing something obvious here?
davout: ya i see
davout: benkay: i guess i'll need to understand how to model volatility before writing one
benkay: i'd like to see a shor-resistant cryptocurrency.
davout: i'm not touching options, and i certainly won't write them
mike_c: i value learning by experience, but the p/l graphs are definitely something you should understand before trading options.
davout: mike_c: see, that's the kind of graphs I want to really understand by coming up with them the hard way :-)
davout: got myself "Options, futures, and other derivatives" doing the problems, I feel like I'm back in college xD
davout: mike_c: well, i guess it's up to the party who writes the option to come up with the right price
mike_c: http://i.investopedia.com/inv/articles/site/img12.png
davout: the way i understand it you can lose a lot but your profit is capped by the price at which you sell the option
davout: benkay: i've been working on my financial education a lot recently still lots to learn, but isn't it much more dangerous to write options than it is to buy them ?
davout: i didn't come up with it, i think it comes from the simpsons
TomServo: haha, I like it!
ThickAsThieves: i thought the standard respinse IS it's a ponzi
nubbins`: i lel'd
nubbins`: i'm about done too
ThickAsThieves: (sorry channel, I'm just about bored with the print talk) :)
nubbins`: "yeah, auhhmmm, i want flowers like pandora vanderpump had at her wedding... but i don't want them to, like, cost a lot"
ThickAsThieves: in the end i was hand-scoring and trimming corners one by one
nubbins`: and i'd want to be able to make my own plates
nubbins`: i can't remember either. rad tho.
ThickAsThieves: i cant remember
kakobrekla: i belive whored is the right term
ThickAsThieves: i once printed seps for an album cover on the newspaper's hardware where i wored
deadweasel: "i want all niggers.txt screened out of my t=shirt, please."
nubbins`: i'm still learning
ThickAsThieves: i never hired college-trained designers
deadweasel: i can't make it up if I havne't followed the story.
nubbins`: felt like i'd discovered bitcoin
nubbins`: i almost wept when i saw the first set of separations accurip spit out
nubbins`: i mean, inkscape itself is great for vector work
ThickerThanThiev: i'm a coreldraw fan
nubbins`: i've sepped by hand before
ThickAsThieves: "buy your own printer" i'd tell them
ThickAsThieves: I have no money, but I want 5 prints of 50 of my pieces!
ThickAsThieves: to me, i'd either want the original, or a good-enough print to look pretty on the wall
ThickAsThieves: i always assumed giclees did color matching
nubbins`: no, and in fact, i don't consider giclees "prints" in the traditional sense of the word
nubbins`: tat, i have much to say on the subject of prints
ThickAsThieves: i know many artists try to sell prints for ridic prices
nubbins`: ah, yeah, i think the other size is a print
ThickAsThieves: so i assumed
nubbins`: i like to imagine him painting these with a huge rambo knife, rather than a palette knife
deadweasel: mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves , I'm at work, give me a general starting link and I'll see.
ThickAsThieves: was harder to find him saying his catchphrase than i thought itd be
mircea_popescu: "but i vbought the game fair and square!!11 why can't i play it on my toaster!11"
ThickAsThieves: well i know they went to a fee model
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i might, but are they selling it ?
ThickAsThieves: i'd also play a dota btc game
TomServo: I was thinking of "Rifts" anyhow.
ThickAsThieves: I played Rift
TomServo: Appears to be unrelated. I haven't played it.
mircea_popescu: or maybe unrelated i dunno ?
Korbman: I see 7C is pretty much only pulling in large orders
nubbins`: i drew a little diagram way back
nubbins`: ah, i remember cfig
jurov`: Mhm...i can't follow,what has changed at havelock?
mircea_popescu: i;m too lazy to go into the endless debate as to why stupidity doesn't work. i'll just state the general point and shrug.
nubbins`: i'll inspect your wallet, credit card receipts, and health records for free
ThickAsThieves: i think Candy Crush is free