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mircea_popescu: how come all the us presidents are wearing cheap synthetic suits ?
☟︎ mircea_popescu: i mean arguably eulora as-is won't match exactly the eulora as-word-of-god
mircea_popescu: inasmuch as wiki articles are intended ot describe things such as they are, they don't sanely need much more than snippets anwyay
mircea_popescu: in was known to even pull off the road and attend funerals for people he didn't know.
mircea_popescu: A. James Manchin either delighted or appalled the West Virginia voters. Many people, especially senior citizens, loved the attention he bestowed upon them later as Secretary of State. He would produce a certificate with a gold star and make quite a production of just about anyone's service to "Mother West Virginia." Giving away his trademark white or black fedora to young teenage boys along the campaign trail, Manch
mircea_popescu: as i was sayin' to erik, the guy's the clown of all time.
mircea_popescu: and on top of all the various specialist investors on bitcointalk
mircea_popescu: on top of all the bitcoin experts in #bitcoin, #bitcoin-otc, #bitcoin-etc
mircea_popescu: so today's takeaway is that idiots are remarkable territorial.
mircea_popescu: so this presentation overtstates losses to make a better story.
mircea_popescu: they lost some btc, kept daytrading to make it up, kept losing,
mircea_popescu: azi` basically it's the bitcoinica blueprint rehashed.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves, at your request : Ah, che bel vivere, che bel piacere: per un senatore di qualità! di qualità!
mircea_popescu: (well... he's bicurious. and he thinks he might be gay)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i don't think these exist anymore, and if they do exist they're prolly girls.
mircea_popescu: btw, ThickAsThieves saves the day. if bitcoin is banned we move to altcoin
mircea_popescu: "mpex drops 1% on news of ceo wasting his time talking to idiots on twitter"
mircea_popescu: my armchair generals are qualified to discuss anything because they once finished a game of starcraft
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i don't think armchair generals are allowed clausewitz
mircea_popescu: when i get back a "well he makes websites" im like o great
mircea_popescu: midnightmagic no but w/e, he was talking at me on twitter. so i respond. and when i respond to people i don't know it highligths them to research team too, so they give me a "who's this guy".
mircea_popescu: i guess protecting the term is impossible, actual people doing strategy will have to find a new word
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform in retrospect, "strategy" on such venues should be taken as an indicator of consumate armchair generalship.
mircea_popescu: midnightmagic cause i'm a fucking verbose idiot basically.
mircea_popescu: @Mircea_Popescu Didn't realise I had to get all my sources of income approved by you before I proceed. I'll remember for next time, thanks.
mircea_popescu: @TomHashemi Sure, most actual strategists I know advertise themselves as cooks, streetsweepers, merchandise stacking "executives" and so on
mircea_popescu: @Mircea_Popescu errrr maybe because I do both? try reading the full page before you comment...
mircea_popescu: @TomHashemi No. And why am I talking to derps who think they may put "strategy" on their bio when what they do is code websites ?
mircea_popescu: @Mircea_Popescu Nope... I've read enough of your nonsense on bitcointalk to do it on twitter as well
mircea_popescu: @TomHashemi Did you want to share something with the group ?
mircea_popescu: as soon as they figure out wtf they are. will be 2015 at the ealiest.
mircea_popescu: the usg has the god given right to destroy any wealth of its citizens it can.
mircea_popescu: meanwhile i'm having fun on twitter with twerps who describe themselves as "Strategy & Research"
mircea_popescu: not a matter of bots, just, all interaction is split up in n atomic bits
mircea_popescu: most of it is just spam basically made to make one feel important.
mircea_popescu: jesus fuck, i go craft, check twitter half hour later, 24 interactions
mircea_popescu: at least i've never heard of pinksheet bonds issuance.
mircea_popescu: in general companies that can't finance themselves through stock issuance have little or no hope of placing bonds successfully.
mircea_popescu: a possibility it is, of course, but transparency is hardly much of a qualification.
mircea_popescu: i mean equity is one thing, people love throwing money away
mircea_popescu: the20year2 what makes you tihnk you have the credibility to issue bonds in the first place ?
mircea_popescu: well, if you aren't in the business, the logical step would be to talk to someone who is.