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gribble: MtGox lag is 1.392895 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.00279134598437 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin from Jupiter to its third largest moon, Io (0.002819 AU).
gribble: smickles was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 12 weeks, 6 days, 6 hours, 47 minutes, and 47 seconds ago: <smickles>
a bitcoin atm could be the easiest way to send money to
a friend, each of you just goes to an atm
Scrat: every time you trade with yourself god kills
a kitten
bitcoinbust: jurov what value do you create besides provider
a venue for people to lose their BTC to mircea?
furuknap: And of course, gambling didn't work either before 2009. What
a lesson in history this has been. Well, I'm off to do some computations, which would be impossible since I don't understand basic maff.
bitcoinbust: thickasthieves: silkroad exists because it provides
a service that is difficult to obtain using traditional payment systems
ThickAsThieves: there is no wholly bitcoin economy that could provide
a pure bitcoin service
bitcoinbust: thickasthieves the "assets" derive their income from shuffling wealth around, its
a diminishing rate of return
bitcoinbust: those schemes have
a diminishing rate of return
bitcoinbust: 1k amazon card converted to cash at
a 5% discount on the street
bitcoinbust: yea go try getting those 24 btc in
a timely fashion
bitcoinbust: so basically 1500 fiat dollars turn into
a 1k amazon gift card
ThickAsThieves: so you arent going to factor
a service that pretty much lets you buy anything?
bitcoinbust: jurovs dream of retiring on
a 0.01 btc monthly income are over
mircea_popescu: in the sense that the fat tail is verifiable
a fat tail
bitcoinbust: hence why anyone would lend bitcoins for
a % baffles me
bitcoinbust: delfation is only
a problem when there is excessive none productive credit issued
Scrat: 1 billion would be
a nice bonus
mircea_popescu: most large btc holders don't give
a shit, as their btc wealth is meaningless to them
bitcoinbust: like
a bunch of worker bees in here with no direction all floating around mircea
mircea_popescu: bitcoinbust do you have
a prepared list of talking points or just going by the feel ?
peterl: bitcoinbust: take
a look at ripple, you like it as bitcoin notes?
bitcoinbust: bitcoin notes are going to have to exist if you want
a functioning monetary system
mircea_popescu: just attractors of thought. i think we're going to end up with
a new myth explosion
Bugpowder: I talked to
a guy last night I thought was him at first, but then I began to doubt it
mircea_popescu: otherwise we just spin perpetually in
a ball of cluelessness.
Bugpowder: well, they were in quite
a few wars before that too
thestringpuller: "IS
A MAN NOT ENTITLED TO THE COIN IN HIS WALLET?!?!?!?" - mircea_popescu
thestringpuller: "IS
A MAN NOT ENTITLED TO THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW?!?!?" - mircea_popescu
furuknap: I'm the luckiest fuck... I made
a purchase of BTC
a week back for Coinbase with direct charge to my account. Turns out, some expense had gone out, cancelling the payment. It cost me $25 in fees; saved me several hundred due to price decline.
mircea_popescu: incidentally, don't you think it's
a little unfair to impugn the sole sane german on the grounds you're too lazy to count ideas ?
mircea_popescu: to have
a percent you need
a total, which is
a number.
jborkl: Out of all the stupid shit you said, you finally said something smart. Here is
a cookie
bitcoinbust: women tend to vote based on
a candidates appearance
peterl: the funny thing is that even though I work for Kelly, their main example of such
a company, my job is essentially permanent, just with crappy benefits
bitcoinbust: is jcpham the fag who thought he could make
a bitcoin exchange in central park?
mircea_popescu: if average joe is lucky enoufgh tyo retain the job of
a butler good for him
mircea_popescu: "Low-wage, temporary jobs have become so widespread that they threaten to become the norm. But for some reason this isn’t causing
a scandal."
mircea_popescu: <deadweasel> it can be useful. just drop
a link here you don't want to read, then come back in 45 minutes. <<< poor man's slavegirls, as provided by the chan.
deadweasel: it can be useful. just drop
a link here you don't want to read, then come back in 45 minutes.
jcpham: there were
a few articles recently on the rise of temporary workers
B0g4r7:
A few on the forums I guess.
deadweasel: yeah, they will be negative return in
a few weeks for me at 6 cents kw/h
jcpham: i'm
a whiz at the gpu mining
B0g4r7: It looks like
a ceramic inductor (is there such
a thing?) on the board has
a corner broken off too. I'm hoping it's OK.
peterl: wow, this channel is active today, that spammer assbot can barely get more than two lines in in
a row ;)
bitcoinbust: its
a couple of enclaves scattered around the country
deadweasel: i'm just saying these areas on the map have
a hundred reasons for their status, and
a hundred more we don't know.
Namworld: If you're single on minimum salary, managing ain't hard. If you got
a family tho...
peterl: And in any states there will be regional variations: Midland (MI) is
a wonderful town, Saginaw is
a shithole
jborkl: that is
a worldwide problem with people being not worth as much as they think they are
bitcoinbust: texas has
a high concentration of tech firms
jborkl: Well South Texas is
a desert, but you can pick and choose any part of
a state and say it is shitty
bitcoinbust: its
a fucking dump anywhere except the coasts which are barricaded enclaves
deadweasel: peterl, I think bonobo is
a better fit for me.
jcpham: i have
a electrical contractor client that has union and non-union counterpart
peterl: Detroit Suburbs are still
a nice place. The city is messed up.
jborkl: That is why Detroit is
a shithole
bitcoinbust: i dont think there is
a single example in modern history of that occuring
mircea_popescu: "I suggest that Women follow Nature, Our Great Mother. When
a badass male Grizzly Bear tries to come after
a Grizzly Sow to get at her cubs for snack-time purposes, the Sow unloads on him with tooth, claw and Female Fury until he is beaten back. She goes after him again and again, until he not only knows to leave Her and her cubs alone, but also until She is able to completely drive him out of the area where She and He
peterl: Detroit is
a fucking hellhole, but the rest of the state is nice
bitcoinbust: michigan is the first region in the modern world where
a city has regressed back to farming.
peterl: I dunno about that, in Michigan
a couple years ago we had
a large changeover in state politicians and the reforms put in place have mostly been positive
bitcoinbust: its easier to sell women on the compassion of socalism then
a man
jcpham: if
a contrarian argues with
a contrarian does this automatically make one of them correct?
deadweasel: i'm pretty sure she is
a lesbian who is taking her inheritance to bora bora with her girlfriend.
mircea_popescu: total feminazi fest about how woman killing her husband is
a heroine
mircea_popescu: "As far as photos go, in general, I don’t post men’s photos unless there is
a good reason for it, because this is women’s space."