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mircea_popescu: jcpham i guess further proof that the only business model for that is having a pirate around.
mircea_popescu: everyone's mom is fuckable. by the definition of the term mom
mircea_popescu: apparently bitcointalk is attracting ever more bold scammors.
mircea_popescu: Sure. And some of you buy blocks of shares. Some of you bid on 50 shares @ 2.5 BTC. No. Give me some of that. I have REAL bills to pay, not "investment money" to throw around. Now, given that I'm not a beggar, and that I either work for my money, or take it (which is work, believe me), there's really only one way to get a piece of that action.
mircea_popescu: and because we hope to make some money on the side for the future.
mircea_popescu: i think technically there's like 3 people in Africa somewhere
mircea_popescu: ok you buncha scammor wannabes. which of you is cool enough to have his own posters made ? huh ?
mircea_popescu: i knew this romanian once and she was originally from nigeria.
mircea_popescu: and maybe if we're real close pony is friendbuttship nohomo together...
mircea_popescu: jcpham well he had no choice lol, he knew i can see through his shit ironically enough.
mircea_popescu: jcpham how the fuck are you 99% serious im not pirate is the beef.
mircea_popescu: tbh it's kinda annoying. in the good old days when mpoe was the bitcoin's largest public corp, first to go over 100mn valuation etc it was one thing. but these days am is like what, > 1 mn btcs
mircea_popescu: sorry to burst that bubble, but pirate kinda is surpassed by many multiples.
mircea_popescu: well it's also building a new model caltrop but i forgot to mention.
mircea_popescu: proximo- you get scorn for loaded questions and answers for actual questions. pick your poison.
mircea_popescu: anyway, imsa got mixed up into all of this because back in the ddos days he was sitting right over there and he went
mircea_popescu: honey, you misread irc tone. you're the day's hero over here.
mircea_popescu: the only thing for sure is that it'll always need more art.
mircea_popescu: peterl nah he has a point, twasn't nearly insisted upon enough
mircea_popescu: and in exchange you can make any further comments any time you want :D
mircea_popescu: anyway. here's what i'm gonna do : i'ma steal this dialogue and post it as a comment
mircea_popescu: buncha kids coming in here with their obvious things i've overlooked and disturbing
mircea_popescu: well i guess i'm an idiot then ? SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME!!!
mircea_popescu: avenue B : it's good enough, he gets the task of making fifty game sprites as so and so, and how much would he like to be paid for this ?
mircea_popescu: now, avenue A : i'm an asshole and steal his 2k px poster. I print it and hang it in my bedroom.
mircea_popescu: artist sees the article. instead of going "o, i am an enchanted unicorn, i should be sent cookies!" or "oh, i saw on tv contests are badmkay" he goes cool, let's see what i can do.
mircea_popescu: well maybe this isn't obvious, so let's go through the process.
mircea_popescu: if their submission impresses the ssw is certainly on the table.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i don't offer stock options to people just walking in the door.
mircea_popescu: people like to run their mouth. lazy butts who know already they won't do it are finding this excuse. if this wasn't here it'd be another.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves that is EXACTLY why i don;'t believe paying helps./
mircea_popescu: i can see why artists get queasy when they're put in the same position developers have had (and thrived in!) for decades now
mircea_popescu: in the end the discussion always is should i stick to the dayjob or should i take the plunge.