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mircea_popescu: on the collapse of bulgaria in the 90s i went there with a truck full of cans
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> when a nation collapses, people from nearby (and not so nearby) places come to vacuum up the valuables. << word on that.
mircea_popescu: <gribble> There are currently 112.41585 bitcoins offered at or under 43.0 USD, << epic.
mircea_popescu: <jcpham> i really hope this price finds long term support << it just might. the reason is that bitcoin with large marketcap is more useful than bitcoin with low mkt cap.
mircea_popescu: i think many people love bitcoin PRECISELY because it's so ethereal.
mircea_popescu: my problem was, so buy 100 ounces. da fuck do i do with it now ?
mircea_popescu: jcpham i'm still in that phase, just, the rate supports my extravagance.
mircea_popescu: 1600 btc wouldn't have bought a car back in sept would it have ?
mircea_popescu: Chaang-Noi yeah, asciilifeform was making the same point, marketing gimmick.
mircea_popescu: Chaang-Noi there was recently a rash of small arms manufacturers refusing to deal with their rogue government there
mircea_popescu: i don't really know either two of them, tbh. never used the bitinstant thing
mircea_popescu: so i'm thinking... best stick to smpake and d&t's services.
mircea_popescu: which shrem just went on the record saying he doesn't comprehend.
mircea_popescu: they make no mention of what actual measures they took for the future, and don't seem to have learned anything at all.
mircea_popescu: they saw the foreign email, removed it and went to bed
mircea_popescu: dude i totally like this bitbet. wouldn't it be the laugh of all time if i end up retiring over my bitbet stock
mircea_popescu: yea...welll... the trillions in yearly online fraud have to come from somewhere.
mircea_popescu: kinda hard to secure platforms that weren't build around security from the very beginning.
mircea_popescu: i think the perspective shift from "we're trying and so nobody should criticise us" to "w'ere doing" is really difficult for most kids
mircea_popescu: i dunno, they don't seem scammy to me, but certainly veering into the "we're 18 hear us roar" sorta attitude.
mircea_popescu: Chaang-Noi they got fucked but it's not their fault and their #1 priority is security except not rly.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller you didn't buy enough under 20 cause it was too expensive last month, did you.
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell bugpowder BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 41.56001 - the oix fuckin' predicted, man!
mircea_popescu: <dub> why the disparity? << because not beingon an exchange sucks.
mircea_popescu: Lyspooner si is one of the more common elements. when heated it makes glass. most meteorites that ain't metallic are obsydian basically.
mircea_popescu: so you can go on a special "is not a mook" ticket and just do coke off model butt with the sheiks
mircea_popescu: the only upside is that they have two law tiers, which is nice (the us does too)
mircea_popescu: that dumbass law btw is the reason i never went to dubai.
mircea_popescu: some places discriminate for the victim, some for the perpetrator
mircea_popescu: well what the fuck am i doing here, am i beheading this rapist guy or not ?
mircea_popescu: you know i can bringa pretty good set of arguments that rape is cultural not moral in this scheme
mircea_popescu: so wait. bitcoin is a. illegal in china ; b. on some senator's deathlist in the us ; c. sorta neutral in europe.
mircea_popescu: well it's good news in any event, helps support the book.