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mircea_popescu: it still requires you to compile
a client and run
a server does it ?
mircea_popescu: in the 2000s it was
a business expense for the girfrliendsa working the cams,
dexX7: CheckDavid: i don't know much about ot, but it seems it's something completly new, more like
a next gen bitmessage + encryption + central server bundle. mastercoin has it's own transaction types etc. and stores them encoded in the blockchain
mircea_popescu: actually, you may get
a kick out of reading his (obviously very valuable) instructions and teachings.
mircea_popescu: ha! trilema the rift guild makes ~600 satoshi
a day in taxes.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves im pretty sure cable is dead as
a going concern
bitcoinpete: There's
a dilbert hiding in there somewhere
bitcoinpete: "As
a result, this digital-savvy cohort is looking to the tech sector to provide banking solutions. Half of respondents said they were counting on startups to overhaul how banks work, and three-quarters said they would be more excited in financial services provided by Google, Amazon, Apple, PayPal, or Square than from their own banks."
ThickAsThieves: ;;later tell nubbins` Interested in doing art for an album cover? Short turn needed, close-up of beast chomping
a microphone. If so, lemme know price, eta. Thanks!
mircea_popescu: then again i guess i already have that too, in the form of
a philosophy degree
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform the difference'd be that the difference between promise and mechanism is by no means
a novel idea, just like the knowledge of communism = idiocy is ancient.
bitcoinpete: "The other telling tale in terms of currency besides the fact that no central bank is going to ever let (go of) control of how they deal with their own economy, is no one that I've seen so far that's in traditional sales that is taking bitcoin keeps it as bitcoin. They all translate it to dollars. And if you translate it into dollars it's not
a currency." - Mark Cuban
mircea_popescu: i suppose we should have
a bet as to when he goes the way of ciuciu, eskimobob and so many other great names
MisterE: if they used
a proper bank ledger they would see everything they have is
a liability
mircea_popescu: most people belabouring under the delusion they "own"
a house aren't aware they only "own" it inasmuch as there's something to b e paid on it.
mircea_popescu: mat dimon is powerless to do anything about anything, one regular here is
a lot more powerful in that WE ACTUALLY CONTROL our bitcoins.
mircea_popescu: there;s no such thing as "powerful" in the fiat world, being it
a politician including obama, or
a media personality including whoever the fuck you watch, or
a financial guy.
chetty_: nah, not worth
a bullet, they just laugh at him. take his phone away
mircea_popescu: rarely has one such
a conveniently diplomacy-immune position.
mircea_popescu: However utility functions are often not linear, i.e the more
a person has already spent on their safety the less they are willing to spend to further increase their safety. Therefore the $50 valuation should not be taken to mean that
a human life (1 million micromorts) is valued at $50,000,000.
mircea_popescu: (e.g., how much they are willing to pay for safety features on cars)
a typical value is around $50 (in 2009)
mircea_popescu: An application of micromorts is measuring the value that humans place on risk: for example, one can consider the amount of money one would have to pay
a person to get him or her to accept
a one-in-
a-million chance of death (or conversely the amount that someone might be willing to pay to avoid
a one-in-
a-million chance of death). When put thus, people claim
a high number but when inferred from their day-to-day actions
bitcoinpete: crikey. That makes the Vatican look like
a Swiss McDonald's
Mats_cd03: >
a unit of risk measuring
a one-in-
a-million probability of death
MisterE: nothing worse than
a flat market
mircea_popescu: The trademark is
a subsidiary of and owned by Conair Corporation which acquired the brand following Cuisinart's bankruptcy in 1989.
mircea_popescu: then there was
a war and
a number of unfortunate choices... and by today people may want japanese stuff,
mircea_popescu: my grandfather was
a mayor, and
a bunch of other things, but the one true source of public respect was that he owned and operated an american mill
B007: thats accually
a good point, but it is still true that smoking in the us is down
mircea_popescu: so there you have it : smoking is down and the industry makes
a degree of magnitude more than social media.
mircea_popescu: BTI is probably
a better example. ~5 per share in the 80s, 100+ per share now.
mircea_popescu: PM was trading ~50
a share in 2008 and is trading ~90
a share now
mircea_popescu: i would guess this'd be because
a gun is pretty much the coolest toy adults can afford.
mike_c: mythbusters has done
a bunch of shows on "is it bulletproof"
mircea_popescu: i suppose in an extremely rare case
a shot could ricochet of
a rib or something, but srsly nao.
mircea_popescu:
a .45 round will go through an engine block, let alone some bloke
mircea_popescu: even taking
a more historically accurate 200 km/h which is what i did...
ThickAsThieves: maybe it was
a joke never properly explained, they threw the guns at eachother
moiety: we had
a bren but we arent allowed it back with out getting the licence redone in England
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform journos must seriously be going to
a special retardation school.
Duffer1: at least he didn't unload at
a school
mircea_popescu: "The two went through
a contentious divorce in 1999 but remained friends, business partners and housemates sharing the $3.7 million, six bedroom, eight bathroom home."
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves alternatively, don't allow
a second character at all.
Duffer1: i don't miss wow hehe, i do miss cracking out on
a good mmo though, it's been
a really long time
cazalla: cheap runs on more computers which i would guess is why it's so popular, it'll run on
a calculator
ThickAsThieves: it seems stupid, but dota 2 letting you buy outfits is such
a better solution then just not designing new ones
ThickAsThieves: likein WoW, there was often
a shortage of tanks and healers
cazalla: just so that it actually means something to have
a max level character
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves will be
a good skill ot have, get btc off smg too
mircea_popescu: cazalla it's this company that's been working for half
a year at making
a bitcoin based mmo
cazalla: i hope and mmo brings bitcoin into
a game and does away with their own in game currency, that'd be interesting in
a game with
a solid crafting system
cazalla: bliz moba will just be another social game with
a shop so you can spend more money on flair
cazalla: mircea_popescu: there was
a server in EQ like that which allowed everything to be traded so there was
a lot of buying/selling going on for that server
mircea_popescu: see, this is fucktarded. i would never play
a game where you can't buy everything
mircea_popescu: that's why governments which make
a point of subjects' hapiness never end well.
cazalla: I did DKP for my guild, it was like taking the high school drop out and making him
a cop