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nubbins`: as well as the fact that he's
a sleazeball
nubbins`: i'll leave
a google image search of "dov charney", owner of AA, as an exercise to the reader
mircea_popescu: sounds like this shitty european brand that's been
a laughingstock for two decades by now
benkay: what's the point of having
a secretary who won't blow you during meetings, eh?
nubbins`: in
a factory run by
a molester
benkay: dov charney. now there's
a man who can slay gash.
nubbins`: now imagine those same shoes on
a CHILD who spends their day OUTSIDE
nubbins`: know what's
a lousy gift?
a pair of shoes that falls apart after 3 months of indoor use
nubbins`: know what'd be
a nice gift?
a job in
a shoe factory
nubbins`: "Some child in
a hovel in Bolivia is throwing
a pair of TOMS shoes at her mother right now, screaming, “What does this shithole look like to you, the Hamptons? I don’t want another pair of fucking beach shoes. I want to eat meat!”"
nubbins`: "that's not
a pipe cutter, THIS is
a pipe cutter"
nubbins`: i had
a plumber in
a couple of weeks ago, and he lelled heavily at my shitty $5 pipe cutter
nubbins`: well, it's not just shoes. people will buy ten $2 hammers rather than splurge on
a $25 one that'll last
a lifetime
mircea_popescu: strange thing is that they're not even expensive. in ppp terms people spent about 10x on shoes 100 years ago as what it'd cost to get
a decent pair today
nubbins`: or
a high-end pair of hiking shoes :D
nubbins`: $500 per year to spend on health-related things, like
a gym membership or
a bicycle
nubbins`: at my old job, we had
a "wellness subsidy"
nubbins`: tat, virtex had btc deposits disabled yesterday for
a few hours
ThickAsThieves: if some propagandist were to make this
a competition...
nubbins`: i've always wanted
a set of pantone guides
nubbins`: ...and, inexplicably, there's
a dozen cookies packed in with the inks
nubbins`: courier just dropped off
a ton of inks
nubbins`: that'd be like impersonating
a child killer, there's nothing to gain
mircea_popescu: i wonder when the first arrest for impersonating
a mp will happen.
nubbins`: said guru was arrested for impersonating
a doctor about 15 years ago
nubbins`:
a 7-day psych evaluation led her to recant her claims of being not under the authority of the courts
ozbot: Newfoundland couple takes summer vacation to hold
a protest at Sobeys head office - Business - The N
nubbins`: see, it's indefensible. they can wheel
a stretcher into the house of assembly and scream and shout and call for resignations
mircea_popescu: so this is
a whale that considers it's the pm's problem whether she gets the sort of enema she likes ?
mircea_popescu: The family also wants Eastern Health CEO Vickie Kaminski to resign for having made public comments to an open-line radio show about Coombs's case, particularly
a suggestion that the woman's size is
a reason why hydrotherapy is not available to her.
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: it was
a large blue recycling bin. no word on the fairness thereof
nubbins`: now, this is glossing over the fact that the INCUMBENT MAYOR received the same # of votes as
a 19 year old child
nubbins`: 19 year old was sore, and demanded that another name-from-
a-hat draw take place
mjoiii__: How does
a recount change the outcome?
nubbins`: i think they recounted
a couple of times
nubbins`: tiebreaker = drawing name from
a recycling bin
nubbins`: like there was
a campaign and everything?
mircea_popescu: o wait. now it's no longer
a matter of deadlines, is it
mircea_popescu: "Environment Minister Tom Hedderson said the province must still do assessments for any necessary cleanups, but Hedderson would not be drawn into
a discussion on timelines."
nubbins`: after having conveniently purchased
a massive city-sized piece of land from the province
firedrops: exxon has
a site fenced off in houston, fenced my entire life, they have been pouring millions into it since '88 for very serious chemical spills. Luckily my city did not sieze it.
mircea_popescu: The company filed
a $500-million NAFTA challenge, settling two years ago for
a $130-million payout from Ottawa.
mircea_popescu: "
a string of massive data thefts and cyberattacks in recent years."
nubbins`: i never had any problems w/ it, but all i'd ever do was dump money to send back home, so i never really held
a balance
nubbins`: and they give you
a one-time pad that you need as well
nubbins`: TBF you do need
a private key issued by the bank to be installed on your PC tho
nubbins`: and i'm not installing
a VM just to use my government's website
nubbins`: drove to another city yesterday to file
a paper "oh lel you need your wife's signature too"
nubbins`: i filed
a simple damage claim for $3k about 3 months ago and it's still clattering around the justice system
nubbins`: you can do it all yourself, but it's
a bit overwhelming
mircea_popescu: as many counties simply do not have
a lawyer that will take
a vast majority of cases
mircea_popescu: it's also
a matter of people being trained to be dependant on lawyers
nubbins`: challenging such agencies is generally
a huge process
coingenuity: so it's
a bad bad thing to have happen to ya
nubbins`: "The majority of banks using ChexSystems will not open
a new deposit account for
a customer that has
a negative item reported."
coingenuity: if you get
a black-mark in chexsystems, you will be /fucked/ for the rest of your life
coingenuity: the last thing you want is
a chexsystems ban
coingenuity: nubbins`: also, you can sneak under the radar for
a minute but they'll catch you eventually and blacklist you from chexystems... so i am guessing they're playing with fire ;)
mircea_popescu: nubbins` in fairness they're
a small outfit, but i never heard anything seriously wrong about them.
firedrops: :) i want ot buy gold with btc for
a long time..
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: i've gotten set up with backup residency in other nations now as
a result of the experience i've had in the last few months
mircea_popescu: or generally
a citizen of
a state moving to socialism.
coingenuity: hard being told by 150 banks to go die in
a fire
firedrops: i hear you. it's
a great problem to have.
firedrops: coingenuity: no worries mate, we've been sorted for over
a year, that's why I'm looking into using you again...
firedrops: AMAGI or Coinabul? which is
a better vendor?
mircea_popescu: i imagine with the current lift we;ll get
a new set of post-november retards, making the previous set look smart by comparison.
mircea_popescu: can we give you
a bitcoin address and you send us our coins?"
ozbot: Coinchat Is
A Chatroom Where Talking Sense Earns You Bitcoin | TechCrunch
mircea_popescu: you have to understand hash guessing is
a dirty process mostly based on statistics
kleeck: But that looks to be
a regular pattern.
ozbot: Bitcoin is creating
a whole new set of problems pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: i rthought they came up with
a new type of acid blotter
mircea_popescu: Perlboy yeah. i kinda think longterm, but you have
a point.
jurov: guess i'll have to add
a cronjob to grep mpex frontpage for each of my assets ...
Perlboy: this rise on btc looks
a lot more sustainable
Perlboy: i tell you
a bubble right now.