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PeterL: I
think
the second should be
the
title of
the post?
PeterL: does
technical analysis work on S.MPOE? BUY BUY BUY!!!
pete_dushenski: works like
the rest of
the soi-dissant fiat legal system : in la-la-land
PeterL: he can buy, but she can't sell? wtf how does
that work?
pete_dushenski: "The government in
the Netherlands has clarified
that it is legal for driving instructors
to offer lessons in return for sex, as long as
the students are over
the age of 18. However, it is illegal
to offer sex in return for lessons." << hahaha so man may proposition fillie but not vice versa eh. man i like
those dutch.
☟︎ PeterL: I don't understand how
the plastic is hygroscopic?
assbot: Logged on 19-12-2015 04:32:25; mircea_popescu: so i ended up
the happy owner of
the best ice
tray i have ever seen in my life. it's exceptionally well made plastic. for one
thing, it's properly flexible. for
the other, it's actually hygroscopic. for yet another,
the separators are actually
TALL enough you get proper cubes made. it is a wonder of perfection which literally fills my life with joy.
mircea_popescu: well so
that's
the analogy. from a management pov all you care about is
the water level.
PeterL: most just go straight
to
the
tv, "I'll
think about burning stuff after I watch my shows and surf facebook for a while"
mircea_popescu: all you gotta
to is arbitrarily (which, in
the
theoretical paradigm you claim
to operate under would be - illegally!) suspend whatever laws whenever
things get
to a boiling point
mircea_popescu: same shit with ustard : does burning down
the govt result in immediate payoff ? no ? well... what's on
tv ?
PeterL: i'm confused by your analogy, how does watery people relate
to
the current
topic?
mircea_popescu: because hey, people are basically water - as long as you put
the work in
to make dykes while it rains, you can have an artificial lake np.
mircea_popescu: you "suspend" it, arbitrarily, whenever it looks like it's enough
to cause a riot, maybe.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: that's
the problem with
that shit, it's so fucking sticky. or if you prefer less scatological
terms, so well managed. it's an outrage,
they know it's an outrage, but
they also know people are lazy and how do you protect your outrage ?
PeterL: otherwise would have owed
taxes on 50k "income"
PeterL: ^ I short-sold a house a few years ago, was lucky enough
to fall in
the
time frame USgov was doing a special "excluding mortgage losses from
taxes" stint
mircea_popescu: suppose you buy a house,
take a 100k loan from
the bank on
the understanding
that if you don't pay
they can have
the house and
that's it. suppose
the market goes
to shit, and you walk. suppose
the bank
takes your house and sells it for 60k.
mircea_popescu: fun fact : if your debtor disposes of a retail (ie, faux) non-recourse loan and you live in
the us/other such shitholes,
the government WILL WANT
TO
TAX
the ammount lost. because you made a
theoretical gain.
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 19-12-2015 04:32:25; mircea_popescu: so i ended up
the happy owner of
the best ice
tray i have ever seen in my life. it's exceptionally well made plastic. for one
thing, it's properly flexible. for
the other, it's actually hygroscopic. for yet another,
the separators are actually
TALL enough you get proper cubes made. it is a wonder of perfection which literally fills my life with joy.
mircea_popescu: "we're a large collection of people who understand nothing of anything and here's what we
think
the world is". such an unique value proposition.
mircea_popescu: lol wikipedia "Thus, non-recourse debt is
typically limited
to 50% or 60% loan-to-value ratios,"
PeterL: "30. A little
trust goes a long way.
The less you use,
the further you’ll go."
mircea_popescu: this is
the quintessential non recourse debt : x (company) owes
to y, and all y can do if it's not happy with
the repayment schedule is
take some equity stake in x.
mircea_popescu: (this isn't, as
the retail bankers got
the retail suckers
to
think, a case of "you can't
takle anything other
than my house".
mircea_popescu: punkman> I quite like not being in debt << as usual, retail is for suckers. consumer debt's just about
the dumbest proposition i ever heard. nevertheless, nrl isn't
that bad.
punkman: wywialm: I looked at it recently,
the code is not horrible, but I've yet
to fully grasp
the overall design of
the
thing
assbot: [Theory] Jar Jar Binks was a
trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in
The Force Awakens : reddit.com ... (
http://bit.ly/1QzHXgi )
punkman: "Roberta Mancino is an Italian skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuit flyer and international model. She has participated in more
than 7,000 skydives and won several awards and world records. She has gone on four skydives while completely naked, and on five occasions her parachute did not open in mid-jump."
punkman: is
that a good wrist wrap?
liquidassets: And anyway, it could be for other people. Give me a few million
to work with and I'm going
to put
that shit
to work
liquidassets: and its probably been said before,
there's no real insight
to it, but it's been swiming in my noodle for quite some
time
liquidassets: I'm not sure I made a point out of all of
this
liquidassets: right, as long as it's 'sanitized'
to pull from MP
punkman: well yes, as long as
the megatons money you print doesn't really circulate
liquidassets: I mean, it would seem
that 'they' got really really good and keeping inflation down, or hiding it in other ways
liquidassets: My problem with
the story of contemporary hyperinflation has always been my inability
to find
the mechanism
liquidassets: most people just want
to be comfortable and not have
to worry so much
liquidassets: most people, and mexicans I work with, will buy a house with
the little money
they have, stack 9-12 members of extended families, and work
their asses off
to pay off a 30 year mortgage in less
than 5
☟︎ liquidassets: but
the rules of money are such
that you will be forced out of position....until bitcoin
liquidassets: assets are defined strictly as something
that puts money in your pocket every month
liquidassets: For about
the last 20,
the more debt you have,
the better you're doing
liquidassets: digital money, debt, and
the war on cash aka 'the grunch of giants' has changed
the game
liquidassets: however, we are not in
the weimar republic <<(not checking spelling or source)
punkman: best
to skip
the real estate if you onlyt have a million
assbot: Logged on 18-12-2015 16:53:58; Birdman:
These are interesting
times
to be alive,
that is for sure. And i have a bezzle bag so if i do somehow keep my imediate freedoms
through
the crash of fiat and rise of sound money my mouth will be fed.
mircea_popescu: this is what "made in
the usa" used
to mean, 50 years ago.
mircea_popescu can't remember
the last
time he has encountered a perfect product, but it wasn't
this decade.
mircea_popescu: so i ended up
the happy owner of
the best ice
tray i have ever seen in my life. it's exceptionally well made plastic. for one
thing, it's properly flexible. for
the other, it's actually hygroscopic. for yet another,
the separators are actually
TALL enough you get proper cubes made. it is a wonder of perfection which literally fills my life with joy.
☟︎☟︎ trinque: fuck
this "oh
the server is down"
therefore I cannot access
this information
that was previously published by someone in my WoT
trinque looks forward
to
the day he can fiddle around with
the concept of hypertext on a gossipd
mod6: <+asciilifeform> incidentally, anybody ever succeed in getting a ~heap dump~ of a running
trb ? <<
thanks.
mircea_popescu: anyway. apparently
there's a limit on
the count of simultaneously up services. whatevs.
assbot: Logged on 18-12-2015 23:23:48; mircea_popescu: adlai BingoBoingo seems
the very angry people managed
to
take
the whole server down meanwhile.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> entirely dead here. << didn't we already discuss
this ?
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> because unless std::string does something clever with refcounts, as far as i can see:
they do not. <<
they do not.
kakobrekla: i
think ;;8ball might be more accurate
than ;;isup
pete_dushenski: lol, 'vc' was so badly abused, misused,
tarred, and feathered by 'venture capitalists' aka ponzi artists
that it's now
taken
to mean 'virtual currency'
pete_dushenski: well, we can all go visit him, pet him on
the head, make sure he's enjoying his cage.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> adlai BingoBoingo seems
the very angry people managed
to
take
the whole server down meanwhile. << lol year
two, but some
things never change