338100+ entries in 0.108s
mircea_popescu: so this has been an exercise in "let's discuss how the salmon would fly if it had no wings" ?
mircea_popescu: especially if that JoeDork was someone with a reputation of any kind.
mircea_popescu: if it was JoeDorksForum your position would stand a lot better,
mircea_popescu: Namworld yes well, some people make MPs thing, some other people make Bitcoin thing.
mircea_popescu: is there a difference between "i perceive a difference" and "there is a difference" ?
mircea_popescu: "Your honor, we finally got around to reading 2012 Trilema. We humbly submit this is a complete gamechanger."
mircea_popescu: your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries.
mircea_popescu: Namworld that's what you think for lack of experience. what's "an insult" ?
mircea_popescu: "california housing market too expensive for underprivileged groups ? PEOPLE MUST NAO LIST HOUSES FOR SALE PAYMENT IN COWRIES"
mircea_popescu: after people get used to this, maged can start deleting posts that inconvenience his clients.
mircea_popescu: first, allow any random scammer to moderate hteir own thread
mircea_popescu: from "derps derping bitcoin" to "these people are criminals in disguise"
mircea_popescu: Namworld not giving scammers the ability to make "Self moderated" threads would be one thing.
mircea_popescu: mebbe specially rendition some chicks outta their clothes while at it.
mircea_popescu: generally speaking this is true. it gets real hard to argue no mens rea after you;ve been shown to have taken positive steps.
mircea_popescu: Namworld yeah except if you ban people that tell you to get fucked after you deleted a half dozen posts they made ostensibly because "you have to minimise the visibility of moderation" but really because you just as well didn't want their content visible
mircea_popescu: answer : a mobster and acting boss of the bonanno crime family.
mircea_popescu: prolly can clear 10 dollars a day on average, for 8 hour's work, which is just about the worldwide net average salary.
mircea_popescu: Namworld good point re the relative safety. i guess many of them aren't unaware of it.
mircea_popescu: moiety what's so unfair about it lol. she told teh guy where to stuff it, how many employees get to do that ?
mircea_popescu: they should also invest in that casino thing , whatever it was called.
mircea_popescu: largest search engine, first ever to use a search box! derpoogle.co!
mircea_popescu: eventually people's histories with you are more valuable to them than any one trade so even the scammers won't scam you.
mircea_popescu: alternatively, maybe start with peanuts and work people up.
mircea_popescu: maybe he lives five miles from any moneypak thing and it's run by zombies
mircea_popescu: benkay i suppose it depends a lot on where you live etc
mircea_popescu: which are water for the locals, on the basis of the practicality that w/o water your le is a day.
mircea_popescu: there's you know, ringworm infested puddles all over africa
mircea_popescu: i don't think the average us person realises exactly how fucked they are. and the "well everyone else is just as fucked" thinkin doesn't really work.
mircea_popescu: i could withdraw your 401k early and guess what ? even if you do gert it back, the tax is still due.
mircea_popescu: i got your actual passport, i got your address, your cc number, anything.
mircea_popescu: Coinbase IS EXACTLY a random website made in a basement. So is AirBnB. So is everying else YC backed. Get over yourselves, lay down the pipe, you're a laughingstock for a reason.
mircea_popescu: "The last "isn't some random website made in a basement" case was NeoBee. There were bunch of others before that, exactly similar.
mircea_popescu: "Coinbase isn't some random website made in a basement. It's a well funded, YC backed, known-founder company that complies with relevant banking law. There's absolutely nothing to suggest that they hold a partial reserve or have any ill intention whatsoever."