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BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: I know you mocked it and linked it.
thestringpuller: so
mircea_popescu you are retired from being retired? so technically that would still make you retired?
artifexd: <
mircea_popescu> suppose someone has to be let go. << Fire the person that sucks at their job
kakobrekla: <
mircea_popescu> making a proper reading list is definitely something someone with a background in education could halp with < yes someone give her a hand so we dont end up with links to facebook :p
lampelina:
mircea_popescu, what do you mean with that
TomServo:
mircea_popescu: when you laying that egg?
benkay:
mircea_popescu: why does google work for you and not me
moiety:
mircea_popescu: if you can remember a time where lindsay lohan had reach puberty but not fucked up on drugs yet (yes it was a small window) that would be mean girls
BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: The thing is Americans based on pre-fracking thought reflexively seem to disqualify nations capable of producing fuel from the ranks of the industrialized and are only beginning to shine that light on themselves
BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: Which one? The CNN dorks who could not act like white trash?
benkay:
mircea_popescu: kraken signed with the 600B addy last time i ready
BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: Well coyotes aren't that big and I haven't seen them in packs here.
BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: Vircurex's AssPO was actually spring 2013
Apocalyptic: <
mircea_popescu> i don't think anything any particular way // your question seemed to imply otherwise
Apocalyptic:
mircea_popescu, they just finished a 5 mio funding round
moiety:
mircea_popescu: bubble burst
moiety: wait is there actual cats in this
mircea_popescu nubbins`:
mircea_popescu actually, saw it
thestringpuller:
mircea_popescu: if you're a bodhisattva nanotube is buddha
davout:
mircea_popescu: that's because you'll always be a newfag to me :D
davout:
mircea_popescu: haha yeah, "ceci n'est pas un ownage"
BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: And the wanna be Ceo aspies
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diametric:
mircea_popescu: though, I guess they ultimately did me a favor. It broke my addiction to MMOs and gaming in general, though I do play casually from time to time.
diametric:
mircea_popescu: i didn't sell gold, but i did other things that caused them to actually track down my place of employment via linkedin and try to have my fired. I should actually state it wasn't Blizzard. Blizzard was not bad about it, it was the brass as Activision.
benkay:
mircea_popescu regarding weight loss: what, everything sags a little?
bitcoinpete:
mircea_popescu: quite enjoyed your fun article. the sizes of the gaps between those layers is nothing to sneeze at :)
diametric:
mircea_popescu: people selling wow gold is technically stealing it.
diametric:
mircea_popescu: in the same way if I stole your TV and sold it, you're not responsible for capital gains on it.
diametric:
mircea_popescu: oh none of course since nothing gets realized
mike_c: thanks MisterE
mircea_popescu nubbins`:
mircea_popescu is there a way to exchange btc for whatever the fuck rift uses for currency?
mike_c:
mircea_popescu: didn't get it..
benkay: kakobrekla,
mircea_popescu: where's the bitbet api again?
nubbins`:
mircea_popescu: for that matter, i don't think the chemist generally lays the blotter at all
nubbins`:
mircea_popescu: as it happens, the best i've tried has been white-on-white (no design at all)
davout:
mircea_popescu: thank you kind sir
davout:
mircea_popescu: who was arguing that ?
davout:
mircea_popescu: doesn't your argument boil down to : "assets are risky because they can depreciate" ?
davout:
mircea_popescu: how would bb buy anything in the first place ?
Neil:
mircea_popescu: So, somehting I've wondered. Do the "bitbet" terms at MPEX prevent bitbet branching out into other revenue streams?
Neil:
mircea_popescu: Though I think he actually got some contra bets late in the game, which meant he came out near break-even, by luck of said coin toss!
Neil:
mircea_popescu: Happy to entertain any other bet, of over 0.5 BTC per side, where someone has bet both ways. I'm not holding my breath, given the performance so far...
Neil:
mircea_popescu: My claim and offer stands. Let's leave it at that. :)
Neil:
mircea_popescu: But it's only you on the other side. What do you suggest?
Neil:
mircea_popescu: So regarding
http://bitbet.us/bet/635/1btc-10-000-usd/ and our friend 1K4Fs, I'd be happy to bet real BTC that 1K4Fs loses money regardless of outcome. It's extremely likely (>90%) and given an integral of payoff against probability, I think it's clear betting both ways is a losing proposition. Well, to me at least, which is all that matters.
Neil:
mircea_popescu:
http://bitbet.us/bet/619/bitcoin-difficulty-at-or-above-2b-before-feb/ 16tA0 (apologies for remebering wrong above) bets 11 and 8 (19 total) gets less than 14 back. I claim that is typical, and can support with more examples. Can you give me even one example of a two-way bet like this, for similar amounts in size, that was a profit for the bettor?
Neil:
mircea_popescu: I'm still waiting for your counterexample to my claim.
Neil:
mircea_popescu: But of course. I'm not stupid. The 16% is a good example: the house wins the more people rationally take all that is available "for (near) free".
Neil:
mircea_popescu: Given your stake in the process I don't expect you to agree with me. But I think the facts speak for themselves. If someone believes 2-way betting pays they're welcome to continue doing it.
Neil:
mircea_popescu: A big, and time-dependent, "if".
Neil:
mircea_popescu: Don't be daft. One can't take the opposite of his bet.
Neil:
mircea_popescu: Are you claiming some fudge for the first 4 days would fix it? You're smarter than that.
nubbins`:
mircea_popescu: that's the gamble. someone with pocket change could swing it either way
Neil:
mircea_popescu: MisterE no actually, betting both sides is the way to play. << I think, judging from the public histories on bitbet, that this is very poor advice. It seems that waiting pays; I think bitbet probably needs harsher time decay than linear.
mpexbot:
mircea_popescu: S.MG 1 day: average: 0.000154 high: 0.000154 low: 0.000154 volume: 1050 btc: 0.1617 7 day: average: 0.00011355 high: 0.000154 low: 0.00010001 volume: 8050 btc: 0.9140788 30 day: average: 0.0001282 high: 0.000154 low: 0.00010001 volume: 13282 btc: 1.7026868
davout:
mircea_popescu: admin//twocansandastring42
benkay: you're simply outrageous,
mircea_popescu duduqa:
mircea_popescu: I said "ban" exactly because of that
BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: He was one of those daytime shows that keep those with nothing to do during the day sated in between ration tickets.
bones`: My hometown shining star of Reality TV,
mircea_popescu BingoBoingo:
mircea_popescu: Well, of all of the things to have drawn contempt from, asses might not be that bad
CheckDavid: Any short comments on it
mircea_popescu ?