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mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo wait, that's the explanation of the bizarre written style some people employ filling any discussion of their past with "allegedly" ? they're pill poppers ?
mircea_popescu: dub i could swear they used it as antihistamine here in the 90s
mircea_popescu: ketamine ?! isn't that basically an anti allergic thing ?
mircea_popescu: some of the girls smoke, for that matter. i sometimes join in over coffee, but i don't recall ever craving it
mircea_popescu: this entire tobacco is addictive talk is hogwash. i've been smoking for about twenty years now, at the rate of about one pack a month
mircea_popescu: actually i think you can't even find a "food supplement" that doesn't include it.
mircea_popescu: also from the sudden avalanche of sodium blockers being less well tolerated by the heart
mircea_popescu: that's not the whole story there. crack is significantly more toxic.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo no, seriouslys, it's usually sugar cut. at least the upscale stuff.
mircea_popescu: you know, people who specify CRACKwhore make me thing ladyboys are a lot more popular than i imagine.
mircea_popescu: "October 24, 2013 will bring with it something that has not been heard of since 1921. The entire House and Senate, all of Capitol Hill will close for the funeral of a Representative. However unlike the 1921 Congress Closing, all members are being flown to Florida for the funeral by the United States Air Force."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform if you toss a coin you'll get something like 1% over the machine in 1000 tries
mircea_popescu: sooo, in the latest installment of "libertards are owned by technology", it'd seem the uncompromised obamacare will in fact be delayed after all. because websites are hard.
mircea_popescu: basically if you can't score > 50% on 100 rolls you'll never be a card counter in blackjack
mircea_popescu: (as sooner or later you begin forgetting your earlier patterns)
mircea_popescu: it's not too hard to beat to shit provided you have infinite memory.
mircea_popescu: KRS1 i dunno about LorenzoMoney, he's been maligning my good name calling me a fascist science writer and stuff
mircea_popescu: nubbins` of course one has to appreciate it was on very narrow base
mircea_popescu: anyway, curious if we're in for a rehash of july 2010. (vertical degree of magnitude wall, i think there were two consecutive 400% increases there)
mircea_popescu: there certainly exists the sufficient cause and backing for it.
mircea_popescu: here, i'll trade you : "the writer here has something interesting to say and a few useful ways to explain it, but jesus if trilema hasn't completely fucking spoiled me for elegance and conciseness."
mircea_popescu: mod6 i'll tell you later, in the shape of a future nsa product :D
mircea_popescu: if the gear costs 100k per terahash and it has to be amortised in 6 months however, the cost of electricity would have to be under -7 dollars/kwh or so.
mircea_popescu: so yeah, if they pay less than 1.75 dollars / kwh and the gear was free they're making a profit.
mircea_popescu: ah the sweet day when im tyrant and everyone who ever worked for microsoft is permanently in jail.
mircea_popescu: "Altima Yachts, Inc was founded out of a desire by our founder, Frank Sciortino, to produce the finest cruising yacht possible at a reasonable investment level."
mircea_popescu: consider : Subject: This Company Announced News Today From: frank@altimayachts.com
mircea_popescu: that run poorly secured, windows computers on the network
mircea_popescu: most of spam floating about today is traceable to clueless "businesses"
mircea_popescu: (half of which going to the party that reports the spam, of course)
mircea_popescu: part of a larger obama responsibility reform package, that also includes a rule that if your computer is hacked and sends spam, you're fined
mircea_popescu: yeah, but suppose it becomes law tomorrow that should your signature be forged, you're responsible as if you had signed.
mircea_popescu: on top of everything else however, like tech obsolesncence etc, the independent miners now also have the problem of dealing with people who mine for political rather than economic reasons
mircea_popescu: not quite as good a living as it was in 1993, but anyway.
mircea_popescu: yes yes. if you have a good opportunity they'll provide you goods. learn chinese, go hang out there fgor a year. it's a living.
mircea_popescu: start by getting the job of chinese foreign trade minister
mircea_popescu: but otherwise, china buys 100-150 tons a month. thanks to the jpm&co keeping the price low with their derivative trades,
mircea_popescu: yes, all hail b0n1, the new black gold market czar of china