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mircea_popescu: lmao
mircea_popescu: insurance against what ?!
mircea_popescu: yeah but it gives it some marginal utility.
mircea_popescu: but otherwise, their numerous macroeconomic problems are notorious.
mircea_popescu: this then somewhat anchors the game currency.
mircea_popescu: this can also be construcred as an in-game item, which can be traded to other players.
mircea_popescu: benkay costs ~15 bucks to buy 30 months of game time.
mircea_popescu: but anyway.
mircea_popescu: 3. they fixed the isk to the dollar via the plex system (ie, buy game time). this is not something irl goverments can do (the rough equivalent would be they charge for turning on/off the sun)
mircea_popescu: 2. hiring an "economist" is only a solution if you're a journalist looking to be hired as an "economist". otherwise, it does nothing.
mircea_popescu: 1. the value of the isk is careening all over the place.
mircea_popescu: this is utter bs.
mircea_popescu: "He also has it figured out better than the Bitcoin dreamers. The online world of EVE wouldn’t work very well if the value of the currency was careening all over the place. That’s why they hired the economist to keep the value of the online currency stable, by means of adjustment of supply."
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves ehhh
mircea_popescu: KRS- "faggots allowrd on the street only if leashed and supervised by a pro stripper"
mircea_popescu: that way we're all 4evar
mircea_popescu: with that new process
mircea_popescu: ima have trilema engraved in glass
mircea_popescu: you inspire.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves http://polimedia.us/trilema/2013/the-masters-of-the-snark-and-other-lessons-in-public-communication/
mircea_popescu: Namworld just about.
mircea_popescu: last month was just like tjhat
mircea_popescu: zebedee_ again, right ?
mircea_popescu: (special conditions apply)
mircea_popescu: where you will be given a free rectal examination which will be broadcast on live webcam at no extra charge to you
mircea_popescu: to restore access to your house please go (naked, on foot) to the closest humiliation center
mircea_popescu: with this change comes a requirement to throw away all your clothes.
mircea_popescu: good news! you can now suck my cock!
mircea_popescu: lmao
mircea_popescu: she's not *that* softcore. fingers inside an all
mircea_popescu: mjr_ : meet brett rossi. http://girls.twistys.com/preview/dum/062013/06-29-2013/brettrossi/
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves you saw that bit where they banned everything recently ?
mircea_popescu: for a decade or so
mircea_popescu: efax was always a scam iirc
mircea_popescu: mjr_ nah, it's eve currency, isk. who cares about iceland :D
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla pretty much yes
mircea_popescu: its 1bn isk to the btc
mircea_popescu: no wait, i was right the fgirst time
mircea_popescu: 1 isk = 1 satoshi! omfg.
mircea_popescu: holy shit!
mircea_popescu: .5*
mircea_popescu: so like .54
mircea_popescu: about 1 btc to 100mn isk actually
mircea_popescu: like 0.05
mircea_popescu: in other news i just fucked up ~50 mn isk worth of eve gear.
mircea_popescu: a ok
mircea_popescu: HI PPL I HAVE A QUESTION ILL LOGOFF IN 30 SECONDS PLS ANSWER ME TY
mircea_popescu: kinda how prime brokerage works irl
mircea_popescu: <thestringpuller> you guys stuck it the fuck out << this is a point.
mircea_popescu: thunderstorm yest fried my gate control thing
mircea_popescu: what's customs term like ?
mircea_popescu: we thought the same in jan ;/
mircea_popescu: what, still ?!
mircea_popescu: $avg
mircea_popescu: what, not the end of the world anymore ?
mircea_popescu: ahem. mpex is still .2
mircea_popescu: <ThickAsThieves> and demand for units declines << never, basically.
mircea_popescu: come back, 1000 blocks.
mircea_popescu: no estiumate for you.
mircea_popescu: pankkake kinda unavoidable, since inflation is pretty much country score.
mircea_popescu: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10173645/Kremlin-returns-to-typewriters-to-avoid-computer-leaks.html
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform http://polimedia.us/trilema/2013/the-wonder-of-inflation/#comment-93905 << this guy you'll like
mircea_popescu: aaand http://i.imgur.com/NPF0rhb.gif
mircea_popescu: http://i.imgur.com/qxqK3.gif
mircea_popescu: wait wat ?
mircea_popescu: ya not bad
mircea_popescu: i suppose it got filtered out
mircea_popescu: fuck. they win don';t they.
mircea_popescu: o wow. geocituies ?
mircea_popescu: so that's a 30k virtual spaceship.
mircea_popescu: from what i can see a dollar buys ~10mn
mircea_popescu: "A Sansha super carrier called a Revenant is worth approx. 300bil ISK due to being rare in the game. Probably worth more now due to the recent loss from Grath in Pandemic Legion. 1st person to lose one. Seems to be a setup, where Black Legion had a massive fleet waiting to counter drop them."
mircea_popescu: ie, pay the fuck attention or fu.
mircea_popescu: no, from what i can discern they're just like me
mircea_popescu: i have no clue.
mircea_popescu: dude im a weekling.
mircea_popescu: anyone here fucked mika tan btw ?
mircea_popescu: hell, they did it in the bible
mircea_popescu: lo you can't pin that on usagi. it is a trope older than dirt.
mircea_popescu: mjr_ did you do her ?
mircea_popescu: dub had you said 69% i'd have been worried.
mircea_popescu: if indeed there existed some actual shareholders they'd have been up in arms at the shit he pulled
mircea_popescu: there's all these bs offerings which never get bought. chief example would be that guy kumala's exchange
mircea_popescu: i doubt the shareholders is a set distinct from the shills tbh
mircea_popescu: sorta like miniblf huh.
mircea_popescu: i guess it's sorty of the same thing
mircea_popescu: i'm developing disrespect for the people listing it.
mircea_popescu: dub that's convention.
mircea_popescu: http://polimedia.us/trilema/2013/so-you-think-you-know-about-scams-right/
mircea_popescu: dunno exactly why.
mircea_popescu: in fairness, i made a girl too
mircea_popescu: actaully lemme publish this.
mircea_popescu: TONS of scams.
mircea_popescu: well actually... it's very like bitcoin
mircea_popescu: i think it's mandatory.
mircea_popescu: https://image.eveonline.com/Character/539827254_128.jpg <<< and they put a shitload of effort into designing them too
mircea_popescu: which incidentally, is like 99% womenz. played by dudes.
mircea_popescu: they're all in eve
mircea_popescu: in like the hitachi. they exploaded.
mircea_popescu: maybe too many amps