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mircea_popescu: in other news, i'm getting used to the ~
$30 contractor bills around here. 4 hour's labour, with tools and consumables. reasonable.
☟︎ assbot: With
$100M From The Gates Foundation & Others, inBloom Wants To Transform Education By Unleashing Its Data | TechCrunch ... (
http://bit.ly/1O0fm1u )
ben_vulpes does not even look at that bill any more,
$ragetax simply not worthwhile
mircea_popescu: "From the comfort of the backyard cabin we moved to big city San Francisco and faced the totally hopeless situation of finding a place to live. We survived the first two weeks by renting office space at Tradeshift and sleeping on their couches at night. Not sure if they ever found that out. Finally we managed to get a 9 m2/97 sqft room through our Y-Combinator network. Rent
$1,250. Dang! But since we had free office sp
pete_dushenski: but even if you have a
$400k portfolio, it's unlikely you'd have saved that much working 'menial' jobs for 10 years
liquidassets: 2nd one was a
$10,000 'private investment' in a mobile medical PET scanner that was such a total scam...RapidScam Imaging I think it was called lol
assbot: Logged on 18-12-2015 04:27:41; asciilifeform: as in, not only did folks get
$15k or whatever creditcard-level investment for, what, 20% cut, but had to ~live~ in the compound
renart: Google is working to make the vehicles more “aggressive” like humans << were it not for drag-induced inefficiencies this'd result in 80 MPH highways the typical "
$500 dollar car" owner'd not be able to cope with, much less get insured to drive on
mircea_popescu: "There is no requirement to buy ten, but raising retails from 89-cents to 10 for
$10 increases sales from a case to a pallet on most items, when you have the right customer base..." << which reminds me of a point i wanted to make. yo ben_vulpes it's pretty dumb to offer grunt 30. offer 28.75. for one thing, it makes it look like real thought went into all that precision, and the sort of dickless imbecile he is will spe
assbot: Logged on 17-12-2015 23:48:37; BingoBoingo: Murican Poverty: "Big Mamma is your ideal customer. Yes, she might eat an entire rotisserie chicken while her children devour a box of snacks. But not only will I look the other way, I’m willing to pay some retarded white guy
$10 an hour to clean up her mess. She is the cash bomb. No customer, not Bill Gates or the Dyke Queen of West Germany spends as much money on retail food as Big Mamma. This is not
assbot: Logged on 17-12-2015 21:41:35; pete_dushenski: "New 777-200ERs sold for
$170 million 10 years ago. Factory-fresh versions list for
$277.3 million before the discounts that are customary in the industry."
BingoBoingo: "But the White House got its figures from this website which admits, after much public scrutiny that followed getting picked up by the White House, to have gotten the math wrong by a factor of one hundred! We’re looking at much more like
$8.1 quadrillion."
BingoBoingo: Murican Poverty: "Big Mamma is your ideal customer. Yes, she might eat an entire rotisserie chicken while her children devour a box of snacks. But not only will I look the other way, I’m willing to pay some retarded white guy
$10 an hour to clean up her mess. She is the cash bomb. No customer, not Bill Gates or the Dyke Queen of West Germany spends as much money on retail food as Big Mamma. This is not calculated as a percentage
☟︎ pete_dushenski: i was just comparing flights from edmonton to two different destinations for this winter, seattle and cancun, and found that flights were
$500 per person regardless !
pete_dushenski: "New 777-200ERs sold for
$170 million 10 years ago. Factory-fresh versions list for
$277.3 million before the discounts that are customary in the industry."
☟︎ pete_dushenski: "Boeing Co. fell after Delta Air Lines Inc. revealed it is purchasing a used 777 jetliner for
$7.7 million, reviving concerns that plunging values for some wide-body models signal that the market is glutted."
mircea_popescu: "If success is defined by creating awesome products, we created apps that have been downloaded 15 million times across iOS, Android, and the Mac App Store. If success is defined by people using the product, we still have over a quarter of a million users actively using our apps around the world. If success is defined by making money for the business, we put in our bank account
$1 million in total revenue. If success is
ascii_field: (why there exists an 'amazon' which does this for ~
$0 is a mystery, but here it is)
kakobrekla: >By age 26, they said, he got nine investors to place
$3 million with him, began losing their money and covering it up. Within a year, his fund's account was down to
$331.
mircea_popescu: but the other : why the fuck NOT ? what is the big fucking problem with the president learning to code as some
$10 dollar website the gubinmint paid 10 bn for is misbehjaving ?
punkman: in the interests of working with less wotless derps in 2016: You can rent punkman for
$30/hr (can even get discounts if I like you), can operate git per your style guides, can't compile C with pen and paper.
ben_vulpes: Should you demonstrate speed of self-education, willingness to reach out for support if you need it, and the ability and willingness to cultivate your own beautiful little commit-trees, we'll offer you a contracting position paying
$30/hr. This rate affords us the luxury of budgeting training and study time for you. Our hope is that as you build familiarity with the ecosystems and projects, that you'll demonstrate productivity, mesh
assbot: Lejitz comments on "In a
$6.6B economy, it is criminal to let the Service undergo an ECE without warning users loudly, months in advance" - Jeff Garzik ... (
http://bit.ly/1T2q2fV )
assbot: Logged on 16-12-2015 22:20:17; jurov: 65W ~1m2 solar panel can be bought for
$150, which roughly means 1 MWh of electricity
jurov: 65W ~1m2 solar panel can be bought for
$150, which roughly means 1 MWh of electricity
☟︎ pete_dushenski: [BitBet Bets Bets] 1.20000000 BTC on 'Yes' - Bitcoin to top
$600 before Jan 2016 << waitwut! 'When the difference between a given "Yes" bet time and the event time is less than two weeks, that bet will be refunded less BitBet's fee." means this guy is shooting for december 30 and 31 EXCLUSIVELY. that's some kinda aim lol
mircea_popescu: "After
$4000 spent, there was NO way, in light of the supposed attention to detail and effort we put into our videography, that this could not generate some kind of a media buzz, and in return, contribute to revenue growth…" << loller.
mircea_popescu:
$50 a model, that's about what random internet ho gets for a titshot, and they still bitch about being face shy
mircea_popescu: •
$Another 50 per model for the 10 models in our videos."
mircea_popescu: •
$500 for promotional clothing for the models in our videos.
mircea_popescu: •
$1000 on a conceptual promotional video for our brand.
mircea_popescu: of only practical interest here, remember that for every
$1000 added to your 401k, you can expect to buy about a cent;s worth of turkey at some point down the road.
thestringpuller: "If every single person withdrew all their coins they would make less than
$3500. This isn't a viable business model."
mircea_popescu: "The high highs and low lows leave me reeling. One week, I was stopped for photos six times while perusing comic books in downtown L.A. The next week, I sat faceless in a room of 40 people vying for a menial courier job. I’ve walked a red carpet with
$80 in my bank account. Popular YouTube musician Meghan Tonjes said she performed on Vidcon’s MainStage this year to screaming, crying fans without knowing whether she
mircea_popescu: "Platforms like YouTube mirror the U.S. economy’s yawning wealth gap, and being a part of YouTube’s “middle class” often means grappling daily with the cognitive dissonance of a full comments section and an empty wallet. Journalists kvell over stars like Swedish gamer Pewdiepie, whose net worth is around
$12 million, or comedian Jenna Marbles, who’s worth around
$2.5 million. On the other extreme, fan-funding
BingoBoingo: Not an ideal or maximally lulzworthy resolution, but at
$150 to retain lawyer,
$200 for hearing prep, and
$120 for class hosted by private party St Clair County recieved 0 dollars.
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 13:21:05; mircea_popescu: but hey, don't look at the paris attack and say "lol, i guess we can dismantle all us secret services". say something else! anything else! how about "o noers, should be giving the slow, inept macfhine more
$$$!"
mircea_popescu: but hey, don't look at the paris attack and say "lol, i guess we can dismantle all us secret services". say something else! anything else! how about "o noers, should be giving the slow, inept macfhine more
$$$!"
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:39:45; asciilifeform: 'Sam, Greg, Elon, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research are donating to support OpenAI. In total, these funders have committed
$1 billion, although we expect to only spend a tiny fraction of this in the next few years.' << lulzy
BingoBoingo: Dat upward mobility: "Odom was making
$625,000 as Missouri's defensive coordinator. Just four years ago the former Mizzou linebacker was making
$200,000 as the Tigers' safeties coach."
BingoBoingo: "Odom, Mizzou's defensive coordinator this past season, will make a base salary of
$450,000, plus a guaranteed non-salary compensation amount of
$1,900,000, which covers four areas each paying
$475,000: radio appearances, television appearances, apparel rights and public relations and stewardship appearances."
mircea_popescu: Deluxe Book (cloth-bound cover w/dust jacket)20 Pages
$39.95
mircea_popescu: Hardcover Book (laminated picture cover)20 Pages
$34.95
BingoBoingo: "Not any more. It seems the manufacturer, as a result of its actions, has decided to effectively kill the use of their drug. At
$35 a dose, nobody is going to use it in the ED and hospital pharmacy committees are going to sharply restrict the use of the IV version of the drug to the point of extinction. As well they should." << Note economics is only possible when there are alternatived like dilaudid.
BingoBoingo: "The U.S. price for the recommended 5 g dose of idarucizumab is
$3500. This figure does not include the hospital charge to the patient" << This is how Obamacare really dies, because 5 grams of a monoclonal isn't selling for
$3500 very long after approval.
BingoBoingo: Turns out instead of throwing away
$60k on a Tesla the actual envrionmentally friendly thing to do is spend
$3k on a Saturn L-series in servicable condition
nubbins`: i worked at a company that does ~
$1bn in annual revenue, all back-end is accessed via RPG IV
assbot: DI
$RUPTIV3 on Twitter: "You know that moment when you discover that someone you thought worthy proves himself to not be? #WeighedAndMeasuredAndFailed" ... (
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punkman: just got some
$150/kilo fish protein, but not pre-chewed
BingoBoingo: If you go to Walmart a kilo of powder is right about
$20, but can be had for more or less.
assbot: Logged on 07-12-2015 22:07:52; ascii_field: pete_dushenski: ya could be sitting on a
$100k mac anal hole
mircea_popescu: suppose his income doubles to
$2000. is he now going to... save
$1000 ?
mircea_popescu: approach it from the other angle, the demand elasticity. take cokehead with
$1000 income and a
$1000 drug habit.
thestringpuller: "ethereum investors" now reads as M
$ to me. since my boss just showed me a beta to use eth on Azure...which makes no sense.
ascii_field: pete_dushenski: ya could be sitting on a
$100k mac anal hole
☟︎ nubbins`: pete_dushenski maybe, maybe not. either way, he's gonna spend
$12k/year on living space
nubbins`: so the mortgage goes up
$50/mo. big whoop.
nubbins`: and it costs
$800/mo to rent a hammock in an unheated shed?
nubbins`: gigposters has "premium membership" (
$20/yr) and people get turbo shit-on if they ask too many questions w/o coughing up some funds
nubbins`: if the shit was legal, purchasing that same gram would yield the gov
$4+ in taxes
nubbins`: seriously, there was a big bust here recently, i calculated that the cops paid something like
$4 a gram for the weed they seized.
nubbins`: i pay about
$250/month directly to criminal gangs