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mircea_popescu: i don't think "ad agencies" have a clue about anything.
BitHub: sounds like a invitation?
mircea_popescu: it looks like a stock!
thestringpuller: you can do that without a cash machine that will costs billions to implement.....
Namworld: To have a formula based on ask to calculate weighted needed to breakeven...
Namworld: Now I need to rewrite that as a function of W...
Namworld: So I have a formula as (W - S)/ W = A
Namworld: I have Ask = A, Struck = S, Weighted = W, trying to find what weighted gives the ask.
Namworld: arf, after a sleepless night I got a hard time to think
ThickAsThieves: i had to look up if turkmenistani was a real thing
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ThickAsThieves: what is a kakobrekla? that word gets like stuck in my head
mircea_popescu: a thanks ThickAsThieves
ThickAsThieves: or even generate reports on a more freq sched than doog
ThickAsThieves: would love to see someone implement that on a dynamic web page
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu what would be a better way to calculate options?
mircea_popescu: which whiole not precise, will be a MUCH better guess than any other guess someone makes.
mircea_popescu: out comes a number.
mircea_popescu: Namworld a sort of "btc value implied by option contracts"
mircea_popescu: i imagine you would get a bunch of people going there daily just to check that
mircea_popescu: hey listen, why don't you make a single value ?
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller but you do bring an interesting point. in spite of 1mn words being written a week into this channel, there's an incredible dearth of people doing useful stuff, such as, keeping a blog with good quality research.
mircea_popescu: not such a big deal.
mircea_popescu: you wish to propose something exists, you'll have to do a lot better than that.
mircea_popescu: absent a statement from the owner itself, i want to see the estimate of someone i know and respect.
thestringpuller: oh you want an abstract and a white paper too?
mircea_popescu: some clueless noob calling his farting "a study" is not going to wash in this conversation.
gribble: Study estimates $2 million a month in Bitcoin drug sales | Ars Technica: <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/study-estimates-2-million-a-month-in-bitcoin-drug-sales/>; Feds shutter online narcotics store that used TOR to ... - Ars Technica: <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/feds-shutter-online-narcotics-store-that-used-tor-to-hide-its-tracks.ars>; (1 more message)
Ukto: it was only like.. 5 small offices off of a hallway
Ukto: havent looked at SR in like a year
mircea_popescu: they did monthly reporting too for a few months but then gave up
mircea_popescu: pizzaman1337 they'd be around there, possibly, but haven't had a report out in like 18 months i think
mircea_popescu: fydel well then it may have to wait a little.
mircea_popescu: no, sdice made like 60-70k, mpoe made like 20k or so, there's a reason these are the top bitcoin corps.
mircea_popescu: i think bugpowder has a copy too, i don't recall where it is on github
mircea_popescu: Ukto it's not site data, someone wrote a chain traverser
Diablo-D3: so I guess Im in a mostly good mood today
Ukto: but once I finish this project for BF, I will be knocking out a ton of small stuffs
Ukto: when i get tired of working on it and need a break, i do little things
Ukto: as for notifications, I have a large notifications system partially developed. I am trying to get my big project for BF done though
pigeons: only place you can get those 2 sepearate things, a managed mpbor fund, and xdiff passthroughs, is bitfunder, to clarify
mircea_popescu: a ok
Ukto: Namworld: bad selection? how mean. :P Why dont you help out and list a btc-bond or something. And there IS a trade api. just been working to make it nice for everyone. and what 'not as nice features' are you refering to? Might be on the list. :)
gribble: Error: "tickler" is not a valid command.
mircea_popescu: maybe she ends up with a new girlfriend.
mircea_popescu: it's never too late for a girl to like you lol
mircea_popescu: gimme a hundred ty
mircea_popescu: who the fuck wants a 6th of a dollar ?
mircea_popescu: the largest coin here is half a leu which is a 6th of a dollar.
kakobrekla: i have a ton of coins at home
kakobrekla: this doesnt have a coin hole
Bicknellski: So much for the right to a fair trial or due process
kakobrekla: well it is, for a while
Bowjob: ooh theres a new beheading vid from mexico
mircea_popescu: "I admire the ambition and for this stage of his career he's obviously cleared the bar, but it's also good for him to learn that in the real world security isn't graded on a curve, and people with more time and experience than him have failed to secure Rails apps."
mircea_popescu: anyway. this bitcoininv kid is a pretty good source of funny.
mircea_popescu: actually i'd say most names you've heard of / have a reputation other than scammer were here before me.
mircea_popescu: would have bought 1mn at 1/10 of a cent just as well.
mircea_popescu: i;d have bought a million if i were around
Bowjob: .. maybe its a scam. maybe its not.
error4733: less than a bird shit on a window
Bugpowder: we haven't had 2 down days in a row since Jan 2nd
Bugpowder: since we are trying to determine where to distribute a set of coins amongst several possible BTC options
Bowjob: i guess we did pay a lot for the shares
Bowjob: its a bear trap
Bugpowder: I am a believer in S.DICE again.
Bugpowder: mircea_popescu: I think your S.DICE per share numbers are off by a factor of 10.
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mircea_popescu: but overall should come roughly 0.05 btc per bet as a net loss
mircea_popescu: jurov i think it was a slight loss in january
jurov: Bowjob, there's a home bet, too.
Bugpowder: The options values are up a lot. Just you know... can't exit without paying the tollbooth
mircea_popescu: (a)Mircea Popescu has elected to divide MPOE/MPEx into 1`000`000`000 (one billion) equal non-voting shares.
mircea_popescu: a that's what you meant
jurov: S.MPOE paid a total dividend of 489.94443185 BTC to 500`000`000 outstanding shares.
jurov: so i'll prolly have to scrap assbot output... what a day
thestringpuller: I hope MPOE crashes this spring and that better gets a ton of money
thestringpuller: you're a neuroscientist
Bugpowder: kakobrekla: up is a disaster. down is bliss
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: The boycott you mentioned is a cheap protest. Not one of those vendors was a major supplier for any police agency to begin with.
mircea_popescu: she's done a few decent pieces
BitHub: her, "so you think you're going to start a bitcoin business" thing was good, i read it a few months ago
mircea_popescu: old soviet guy's an engineer girl's a teacher stuff.
mircea_popescu: pretty soon mpoe will have a full year of dividends!
BitHub: its turned into a 28$ nightmare
mircea_popescu: ima buy myself a tv station or something
mircea_popescu: there's like a dozen of those.
mircea_popescu: if the rise keeps going for a coupla more weeks i'll be a nominal lei billionaire.
thestringpuller: i have a trilemma
mircea_popescu: take all option vwaps and merge it into a single indicator.
mircea_popescu: i remember inaba a month or so ago
Bugpowder: A great time to buy is around $15.
DeadWeasel: Why, you think next week will be a dead flat volume week?
BitHub: now is a great time to buy
Bugpowder: OK FOLKS, I called the last rally and bought calls to back up the predictions a month ago. Now I'm calling the crash and have puts to back it up.
DeadWeasel: if there is a rally sunday night then I bought at the right time, now?
kakobrekla: where is a leading space?
mircea_popescu: watch him find a bug now
mircea_popescu: anduck. shut up for a moment and listen to me.
Anduck: Total bet is 12 BTC, so BitBet takes 0.12 BTC. The remainder 9.88 BTC is split according to weight : A gets 1 + 6.58666666 = 7.58666666 and B gets 1 + 3.29333333 = 4.29333333 BTC.