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mircea_popescu: seems about as likely as that chick last night actually being
a faerie
mircea_popescu: if they burn for
a year straight that'll be decent performance.
nubbins`: i was told it's because
a lot of kittens are born in cardboard boxes, but our cat came from
a farm and she loves 'em. i think it's just because there's
a bit of give to the bottoms, and they can dig claws into 'em fairly easily
nubbins`: TBH never would have guessed in
a million years
nubbins`: i ended up aborting the sausage and just making
a pile of ground pork with the second half, which i did spice
nubbins`: i ground
a kilo of pork shoulder into sausages the other day and forgot to add any salt or spices :(
mircea_popescu: anyway, there is something satisfying about
a rich southern breakfast as the storm rages outside , but my bacon comment was mostly in-context joke re the scriptures burning stuff
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: nah, just
a bit lelly because i have the accused's home address. keeping an eye on it 8)
nubbins`: because, y'know, you might need to eat
a pound of bacon when the power goes out
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: pascale used to have
a roommate who would stock up on "storm bacon" whenever bad weather was coming
ArsKisS: you should have
a youtube channel "angry bitcoin nerd" where you rate businesses
ArsKisS: it's
a bit confusing how it's put on cryptostocks
mircea_popescu: among numerous other things, bitcoin has been
a fascinating exercise in displaying just how clueless people are when it comes to... who they are.
mircea_popescu: also known as
a 14 yo aspiring student from mainlaind china with
a space alien treasure hunter millionaire friend
mircea_popescu: "Plutus is managed by
a crypto-currency enthusiast and risk management specialist located in Canada with 10+ years of experience in studying/working as an actuary with relevant experience in statistics/mathematics, trading, fund management and entrepreneurship. "
ArsKisS: or just project with nobody that make
a website?
Neil: Of course. Just wondering if there was
a "policy".
Neil: You had
a 500 in the bet you linked above, the BFL one
Neil: Well until recently they had
a higher total bettage in all I think. Now they look like they've died (check it out).
Neil: (though they've paid out several, so it's not as if they're planning
a run, yet)
mircea_popescu: "The picture book Hair in Funny Places is intended to reassure kids about to go through puberty. With pictures of
a young girl's insides being taken over by grotesque furry monsters representing hormones."
nubbins`: trivial pursuit one xmas, my mom is asked to name
a state that begins and ends with O
BingoBoingo: nubbins`: For most people. I imagine some people though have the misfortune of geography giving them
a bunch of microflora that just taste like shit.
BingoBoingo: nubbins`: Double down, is film enough. What about in
a CT machine
BingoBoingo: Neither
a fairly chemically pure combination of grain alcohol and distilled water. In this instance I'm choosing purity of essence.
nubbins`: i was on
a big oatmeal crunch kick for
a while
nubbins`: i get my beer from the kitchen faucet like
a normal person
nubbins`: also, i think bagged milk is
a mainland canada thing
BingoBoingo: I was largely
a fan of the permanent dent the monitor left in the folding table that served as my desk there.
BingoBoingo: benkay: I don't have very positive feeling for the JVM, I think releasing it was
a low point for Sun. I say this as someone who in their first job after dishwashing had
a Sun Ultra 80 as their work computer because it was they one that was available.
benkay: i'm glad to hack in
a lisp with which i can make jars to stick on windows shops servers for cold hard cash, nahmean?
benkay: learn you
a lisp in your native libs
BingoBoingo: I'm not doing
a bad pace on the python, but the language is feeling constraining
benkay: programming is
a trade, not
a topic.
benkay:
a little childish but
a good text
benkay: all the colored coins in the world aren't going to keep you in
a house the local duke wants for himself.
benkay: property etc need enforcement. property *is* enforcement. it's enforcement of whose property
a thing is.
BingoBoingo: KRS1: The fact the game wasn't decided until the last two minutes though supports my assertion that at the odds offered Auburn ML was
a hell of
a value.
benkay: hard to seize opportunities and grow power base from behind
a desk
pankkake: that's the nice thing about being
a slave (or as other call it, employee); you don't have to care about it too much
benkay: don't really want
a job though - want more to have projects to deliver for fixed bids.
benkay: feed
a poor bitfag who wants only to work and some btc for his efforts
Duffer1: btw, top gear UK is
a great show even if you're not into cars
mircea_popescu: jeez, and here i thought i'm
a lone prophet in
a sea of denial
mircea_popescu: According to
a recent Pew Research Center survey, more than five-in-ten members of the public and roughly six-in-ten members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR),
a nonpartisan membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy, agree that the United States plays
a less important role around the world than it did
a decade ago.
CuWireBeard: Oh no rejection, however will
a person press on!
mircea_popescu: you apply for
a loan, they tell you you're
a fucking prole and you may never ever have
a loan
mircea_popescu: case 1 : you go to an interview, they never call you back. you apply for
a loan, they never call you back. you give
a girl your number, she never calls you
mircea_popescu: i would guess
a large section of the us poor has never encountered this situation where an entity pointedly doesn't give
a shit about them
benkay: it's like
a smouldering log - but whence the o2?
benkay:
a self catalyzing bitchfest?
benkay: kid probably makes 2x that
a year.
mircea_popescu: i thought he was doing more like
a public service thing
BingoBoingo: pankkake: I've tried translating MP
a few times. Talking in the third person is the least tricky thing MP does.
benkay: ah just you wait - someone's going to send in the .3 butts or w/e for
a cardano and scream scam that it doesn't mine
BingoBoingo: pankkake: I imagine this time last year he would have given Blockbet.net an
A+++
mircea_popescu: mp grins at BingoBoingo's link, knowing full well he was the original investor that insisted dooglus use
a gpg scheme to certify investment movements.
benkay: mircea_popescu there were dependencies if j-d had to have
a surety bond
BingoBoingo: Every year
a new batch of people makes that clear.
BingoBoingo: That roughly seems to be it. I've traversed quite
a bit of this handle of vodka I trekked through the polar vortex to acquire, but it sounds right. Depositors just weren't inputs.io victims yet.
BingoBoingo: benkay: They didn't have any dependency. They just wanted more deposit options and TF was willing to deposit
a fidelity bond to cover deposits through inputs.io
benkay: BingoBoingo: why did j-d have
a dependency on inputs.io in the first place?
BingoBoingo: The value of the coins though is as
a store.
BingoBoingo: Because such
a deposit existed Dooglus was able to extract exactly what he was owed as opposed to submitting himself to the arbitrary fractional repayment/settlement mess TF devised.
BingoBoingo: benkay: As I understand he made
a deposit to Dooglus in advance
BingoBoingo: Million dollar BTC doesn't happen because Bitcoin is
a better gum buying tool than
a quarter at the gumball machine. It happens through
a lot of BTC being tied up in contracts.
BingoBoingo: benkay: Who said holding has to be cold. I'm thinking Fidelity bonds and such. One of the few people who dealt with Inputs.io and didn't get fucked was Dooglus who made TradeFortress keep
a bond with him in exchange for him accepting deposits though TF's platform. Such things seem
a natural growth from GPG contracts and other crypto goodness.
BingoBoingo: I think 3 sounds like
a good over under for how many line betting ventures might fold tomorrw
BingoBoingo: KRS1: I'm not talking about that. The BTC/Fiat interface is boring and overdone. I'm thinking applications of BTC tht take advantage of its function as
a store of value (ie the most popular use of BTC)
KRS1: BingoBoingo: yeah the markets have to calm down
a bit
KRS1: funny, some are helpless to it i noticed..darwin has
a solution for them too
mircea_popescu: yeah, because people can afford to pay
a a coupla grand for airplane tickets + hotels + etc
pankkake: would be better if davout_ delivered the bills on your doorstep, in
a metal briefcase
mircea_popescu: but it;'s
a physically settled future, you can obtain euros in bitcoin central.
BingoBoingo: ArsKisS: Everything is just one big market. Within the one market though there are
a lot of alleys where muggins happen. If you aren't careful you might even meet Rapin' Jameis
BingoBoingo: ArsKisS: Well cryptostocks is
a piece of shit yes.
BingoBoingo: Break that into three yes/no bets though
a b and c can all have bets such that all teams are favored to win. That creates an opportunity for great arbitrage, but... This is Bitcoin and people still buy "mining"
mircea_popescu: and isn't y/n more straightforward ? not that
a lot of adding shit is impossible to do.
ArsKisS: is there
a way you can see whole cryptostocks history somehow
mircea_popescu: cause if the bet is "
a wins" y/n, then you deffo know what the odds are.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo let's try and model. three teams,
a, b and c.
a has 20 btc on it to win, b 15, c 27.
BingoBoingo: Well, depending on how you approach the problem of pricing in that situation it could be more of
a nightmare of it could be
a glorious consilodated market.
pankkake: "
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals" ok I guess that works
mircea_popescu: how does it make pricing more straightforward ? i thought it makes it
a nightmare