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mircea_popescu: basically bitcoin got attacked in 2013 by the most unlikely of sources : the dieing start-up circus. that was... bout 6 hours 20 mins ago ?
mircea_popescu: yourefuck.edu actually. just for that lovely your e-fuck, youre fuck etc grammar splendor.
mircea_popescu: i can't believe someone's still expecting to be taken serious with java
mircea_popescu: there;d be dead gazelle lure shops for entrepreneurial lions
mircea_popescu: sort-of like if a lion's success in catching gazelles was helped by it going around with a lot of dead gazelles.
mircea_popescu: the thing with chump vacuuming is that creating the impression of a lot of chumps having been vacuumed already is part and parcel of the model.
mircea_popescu: then again cc did nothing over 3 installments and 2+ years.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform neverhteless, the assessment that nxt, cc, mc etc did nothing the past 9 months is correct.
mircea_popescu: "The Counterparty Team just went ahead and wrote their own stuff, doing what Colored Coins, NxT and Mastercoin failed to do these past 6 – 9 months. Not even Ripple has assets like these issued and trading."
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids all this stuff almost makes me believe s.mpoe is not a scam after all.
mircea_popescu: TATonawalk adding to the workload at this point is stupid. let it be simple.
mircea_popescu: the last thing someone does in a jurisdiction that made btc illegal is dump it
mircea_popescu: other than the penny ante noobs not rly anybody still using them as best one can determine
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids they've been dead man walking since april 2013.
mircea_popescu: six months down the road you will be kicking yourself.
mircea_popescu: pankkake why not ? the more you fuck up for other people the more you have reason to love them.
mircea_popescu: "if your daddy doesn't have a beard you have two moms"
mircea_popescu: just don't help them do other things. buy ford cars, don't buy ford umbrellas.
mircea_popescu: all hitler needs is for ordinary people to keep using google.
mircea_popescu: you don't want to help google in any way whatsoever unless it's paying for it.
mircea_popescu: you don't want them filtering your comments, or generally,
mircea_popescu: you don't want anyone deciding if and when to put a "warning page" on your material,
mircea_popescu: you don't want to be stuck if you want to move domains,
mircea_popescu: you don't want some random idiots with a "here's a link to our other stuff" on your page,
mircea_popescu: the paradox of honestly : idiots fucking up will amply report how it's all your fault. when you fuck up and you cover it... well... nobody really wants to mention it, cause w/e, kinda embarassing.
mircea_popescu: turbo_ac100 make sure to make a thread about how bitbet's been scamming users tho.
mircea_popescu: and that too was a lot of work, even if not necessarily obvious immediately.
mircea_popescu: he's incentivised to have the thing running smoothly., which it has been.
mircea_popescu: it is a lot of work, yes. that's part of why it's worth doing, it always pays to sink your teeth in and do a fundamental bit well than try and chew a little off the edges.
mircea_popescu: jayk a number thereof. i need an accountant for an exact count. why ?
mircea_popescu: Jere_Jones i know bunches of ppl who freelance, right ? "plz build me a better brain. should be easy if you know what you're doing'. 90% of all projects.