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phf: mircea
_popescu: idea is that furnished apartment is for a salariman on remote assignment, like amtrak and services like that, assumption is can jack up a price as much as you want
phf: mircea
_popescu: hard to get furnished here, i price it out every time, and it's an extra 1k a month almost always
ben_vulpes: mircea
_popescu: i was actually trying to figure out what that interest rate point /was/
PeterL: ben
_vulpes> 1% interest on checking or savings accounts oh my sides << at my local credit union you can get 2% interest with a 5 year certificate, does not keep up with inflation but its better than no interest
PeterL: pete
_dushenski have you ever read the book "the total money makeover" by Dave Ramsey? I recommend the book, makes mostly similar points to your post
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski mixing things like "make a budget" and "pack a lunch / brew your own coffee" seems improper.
ben_vulpes: pete
_dushenski: this interest rate claim: are you implying that house prices go up when interest rates go down, ergo the house won't appreciate if you buy when rates are low and so don't?
ben_vulpes: i grow convinced that wherever pete
_dushenski hails from is even weirder than asciilifeform's big gulag
BingoBoingo: I haven't checked this. mircea
_popescu do you know off hand if the Amherst city council position he holds has a stipend?
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes> or have it delivered up the street << i have a friend who many years ago showed up in antique steamroller.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform> ben
_vulpes: what kind of lunatic << you don't understand cubical culture.
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski used to, at any rate. ain't no 1990s anymore.
pete_dushenski: mircea
_popescu: anyways, if monaco's not your jam, there's always baku, sochi, montreal, singapore, or if you're looking for sluts, sao paolo
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski so basically whgat's 9btc buy you, abooth at the car themed cafe ?
davout: mircea
_popescu: the signed lists of addresses are now linked at the bottom of the report
davout: pete
_dushenski: i did not know jetpack was such a pos, learn something new everyday
davout: mircea
_popescu: re the signed addresses list: i'm looking into it
hanbot: mircea
_popescu she wasn't
mircea_popescu: personally i was rooting on davout taking the weirdo german chick home. or at least pistols at dawn with ben
_vulpes ; something. but alas...
phf: mircea
_popescu: you saw asciilifeform in the nude? now i too am confused by this thread
phf: mircea
_popescu: it's a thing, look at recent usg "nerd culture"
phf: mircea
_popescu: the peak of plot?
phf: mircea
_popescu: it's very spot on, it's like everything that happens is a neurotic mannerism, "of course that's what she would say, of course that's what he would do", all the props fit too. painful, because i'm not in argentina and these people are way too familiar
PeterL: <asciilifeform> ben
_vulpes: i still can't fathom why bicycle is permitted but not horse. << horses leave piles of stinky shit lying everywhere, nobody wants their roads covered in shit
phf: mircea
_popescu: i can't argue the substance, but in weizenbaum's case he was saying therapy requires empathy, where's therapists were talking up eliza
pete_dushenski: ben
_vulpes: [blended] fruits, vegs, yogurt, crackers, formula. all steeply-priced organic, obv.
ben_vulpes: pete
_dushenski: plugging his hole with the pastes?
pete_dushenski: mircea
_popescu: costs 0! grows by self! << there was an amusing bit in 'what i learned losing a million dollars' about how feller bought 'investment horse' and spent boatloads on medical bills before thing... croaked.