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mircea_popescu: yes, i agree it's a good thing. do you know who it;s a good thing for ?
mircea_popescu: and don't get pissed off at me, i'm honestly not that involved either way.
mircea_popescu: THEN you're in a position to know why the thing you're trying atm won't take off.
mircea_popescu: yes. pick a service you like. i don't care what it is, but a name.
mircea_popescu: "they have to start somewhere" ? how about they start by working their butt off for something that's already here
mircea_popescu: dumbasses make ripple. either of them spent the time to get the experience ? no THEY KNOW
mircea_popescu: the biggest problem is that nobody wants to start small.
mircea_popescu: they aren't going to compete. bitcoin seems new, but seriously. it takes a lot more than three kids.
mircea_popescu: this isn't a team. this is a group of young people, enthusiasts, whatever.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves let's face it, ok ? all these teams are a guy with MAYBE 10k liquid to his name, a freind from school and maybe some chick either of them or both are diddling.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves baby, there's already how many of those ? 4 ? 5 ?
mircea_popescu: in bitcoin, 999 people are making new products which don't go anywhere.
mircea_popescu: out of 1000 people involved, 999 are pushing something someone else owns.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves take a mature market, like say porn. or books. or whatever you will.
mircea_popescu: yea, that's the other thing, everyone and his team. it's insanity.
mircea_popescu: right. that's exactly the problem. there's 1000 people who all think they're cowboys.
mircea_popescu: im prolly going way too strongly at this, i don't mean you personally.
mircea_popescu: well then why aren't you pushing things that are already there ?
mircea_popescu: this is what i'm saying. everyone thinks they should develop.
mircea_popescu: same thing goes for about everyone. just make more services, as if that's where it's at.
mircea_popescu: cause you think you're too good to make money or something, i'd guess.
mircea_popescu: well, why exactly are you doing that instead of earning referals on bitbet ?
mircea_popescu: it needs exactly the reverse : like 3 devs and 1k+ promoters.
mircea_popescu: and on a related note, it looks like i'm getting farsi faq for mpex.
mircea_popescu: i don't sleep because i sustain myself consuming souls.
mircea_popescu: i was thinking, remarkably enough i didnt sell that many options
mircea_popescu: im still betting on louisiana being returned to the french.
mircea_popescu: which may have all sorts of impredictable results, such as louisiana being returned to the french
mircea_popescu: some people are really into this whole trolling thing.
mircea_popescu: o. mpex is afaik the only bitcoin-anything with a membership fee
mircea_popescu: where the heck i got that reputation from, what am i, the modern day scot ?
mircea_popescu: "Mircea is undoubtedly overcharging for SA accounts and making money off the suckers. Man's not stupid you know. So more power to him."