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fractal: yeah. i calculated the payout manually. i'd suggest that the admin put in
a js caclulator directly on the page....
fractal: maybe i'll take
a gamble with 1 BTC on NO.... I'd certainly be more inclined to put up 10BTC on NO if i had some recourse if there was some sort of fraud after the fact.
fractal: ah i remember that.... luke is
a pretty controversial figure though
mircea_popescu: when Luke-Jr did this exact thing for bfl,
a) bitbet didn't go for it and b) his reputation, such as it was, was permanently ruined.
ThickAsThieves: in this sentence: " am Red from China, currently working as
a translator in
a JV." what is
a JV?
mircea_popescu: and even if the chips miss their chip performance,
a unit maker could have
a board with enough chips on it to meet whatever arbitrary performance he wants.
fractal: the bet specifically says 'Bitfurystrikesback.com (Bitfury EU reseller) will ship' not
a diff manufacturer
mircea_popescu: fractal but ThickAsThieves has
a point, there's multiple manufactuers, one could compensate at pcb level.
mircea_popescu: he had
a different bet
a few months ago where he actually put 100 btc down on yes, which i had verified then
fractal: i guess we'll see in
a few days
ThickAsThieves: what's the new weirdness, I order
a mouse from Logitech and is says my order is under review and I'll be contacting in 24h?!
mircea_popescu: nah, atm there's going to be
a six months stretch of wtf amongm the various bureaucrats in the us
mircea_popescu: they aren't
a part of the discussion of bitcoin other than as historical accident, nor of bitcoin securities at all.
mircea_popescu: the two populations have nothing in common. people with
a clue are already on mpex, and have been, long before btct was even invented.
gecko_x2: so what if they are
a scam, then that means in the end everyone will flow back to mpex
dexX7: "if it looks like
a duck, swims like
a duck, ..."
dexX7: i like that this topic receives attention though i might not like the outcome. let's say i create some bitbets about "stock x goes up/down", this might be gambling or something else, but wouldn't turn bitbet into
a derivate broker, would it?
a simulated stock trading plattform with fictitious/non-fictitious securities is not so far away from this imho, but one could also come up with
pankkake: since everyone is
a scammer, maybe you should use scammer levels
kleeck: I bet it's
a love letter
kakobrekla: mircea_popescu you are now calling burnside
a scammer?
pankkake: lol the guy must have
a lot of btc and yet he votes nothing
ThickAsThieves: much, but we have to make sure people are not being tricked or misled into believing anything on the site is
a real security."
ThickAsThieves: "Killed two birds with one stone. Wink The disclosure must now be agreed to before seeing the market or the individual assets. It's virtually the same disclosure as that in the registration agreement, but this way there's
a periodic reminder that participants should only be using the site for education/entertainment/fun. I know
a lot of people out there are not going to like this
ThickAsThieves: mircea_popescu, have you seen burnside's latest assertions that BTCT is all
a game?
kleeck: Oh think their is
a lot of truth to that.
mircea_popescu: best i can guess pretty much all kids have some sort of sexual contact with other kids. i had, as
a kid, all the kids i knew did, as kids, it's normalcy as far as i can tell.
mircea_popescu: i'm sure there's
a deep end of it. but i have the luxury of considering the other end.
kleeck:
A lot of my clients grew up with crackwhore Moms, no Dad, and ample amounts of hardcore porn.
kleeck: Indeed. I used to run
a program for what we called, "Sexually Maladaptive Youth".
thestringpuller: Urushiol: so it trades higher, if you look at the last trades tho, it's stable so it's liquid if you still buy, so it is still
a "buyers market"
Diablo-D3: local bank has
a $1000 on the wall in the vault btw
Diablo-D3: and when they quit using $1000+ bills, $1000 was
a lot of fucking money
Diablo-D3: although due to $1000 and up being
a rarity, they're worth far more than that to
a private collector
Diablo-D3:
a business doesnt have to accept it as legal tender
Duffer1: dunno who the guy is but if anyone ever made
a B bill, that design would be
a good place to start
Duffer1: ya i saw that, i would have preferred
a motion to open
a legal fund but w/e i'm not
a stockholder anyways
dexX7: While we fully expect listed virtual companies to follow through with their virtual business plans, please KEEP IN MIND AT ALL TIMES -- shares purchased on this stock exchange simulation do not entitle you to legal real-world rights to
a listed virtual company as you would expect from
a real company. -- The terms "profit" and "earnings" as used within the context of the website, and
ThickAsThieves: when burnside says "I know
a lot of people out there are not going to like this much, but we have to make sure people are not being tricked or misled into believing anything on the site is
a real security."
Duffer1: well ass covering from
a legal prospective, but ya that does open investors up to unscrupulous people offering bogus IPOs
ThickAsThieves: burnside says "I know
a lot of people out there are not going to like this much, but we have to make sure people are not being tricked or misled into believing anything on the site is
a real security."
Duffer1: whale market making, or
a run on gox fiat
ThickAsThieves: And honestly, as much as I liked the whole AM experience, I believe it was unprofessional from the ground up. AM has
a big advantage by being the first in the business, but thinking it's impossible that we can reach 10% or more of what they got is probably underestimating LC's abilities.
matuszed: Yea. I would love to see
a liquid BTC option market
Duffer1: someone misclick
a put option?
naemsi: why did labcoin go up
a few days ago?
gecko_x2: maybe the dump is in march 2016 with
a shareprice of 13 btc
ThickAsThieves: i suppose
a teacher is trying to protect their own authority in he classroom
ThickAsThieves: as time passed i felt more like
a manipulative psychologist than
a salesman or service provider
ThickAsThieves: this is something i eventually had to deal with with my clients, where eventually i was no longer making
a case for my services, but catering to their own psychology to make them "feel" okay with working with me
ThickAsThieves: As an aside, if you are using tactics to cater to the intricacies of
a person like this, like using affirmation to get them to consider your position, is this even
a debate or persuasive conversation at all? Does it not turn into you developing and utilizing skills in manipulation (salesmanship), and thus displace you from having to prove your case at all?
benkay: "i was wrong and i learned
a thing"
ThickAsThieves: the question is, what brain thing happens to make
a person think that admitting they believed idiotic things is
a bad development, and that protecting their idiocy somehow makes them not an idiot
kakobrekla: >In the last days I've received next part of funds from Bitalo, next payments will commence shortly. I have
a bit of backlog with refunds recently, due to concentrating my work on shipping Bitalo in september, because that is critical for having sustainable income to be able to repay the remaining funds. All refunds will be processed normally though, no worries here. I will make
a separate update on Bitmarket.eu when this is complete.
dub: create ambiguity between your scam and
a succesful incumbent
dub: <hidden_conf> which brings up
a question... What's the symbol for active mining and asic miner?
smickles: switched polling locations, didn't have to update anything but
a url :D
Scrat: me and assbot got
a room
TomServo: Albeit
a brief mention, still
a first I think.
gecko_x2: getting ready to punch in that 2FA code on
a massive buy.. :p
kleeck: Ken even said that he did not even have word of when they would do
a joint release, so I'd say for sure VE trolling in that regard.
Rulother: I made
a good bit off am when it dropped to 2.25
kakobrekla: ill also setup some url which will be given to
a few people, upon visiting teh url i will receive sms message
gecko_x2: i mean do you have
a list of freenode servers set up, or just 1
pankkake: writing
a proper irc client is hard
Doctor_Andonuts: Also, is there
a 'limit' on how much you should poll the API?
pankkake: to output
a bunch of IRC lines, irker is good
Doctor_Andonuts: I am making an android app for quick looks when I am not at my computer, and I am using the API right now. Didn't know if there was
a better method
Doctor_Andonuts: normally there is
a comma or colon for auto completes, haha
pankkake: I tried to use it but it requires
a login?
j_: hm AM down
a fair bit
pankkake: yeah I meant at
a specific hour
dub: if you get tired of reading ever third character and need
a break I have bad news for you
gecko_x2: atleast being an eurofag is better than being
a corporate fascist yankee doodle
dub: presumably gecko_x2 has
a recent bfl order