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mircea_popescu: apparently mpaa is doing so well in its war with
the internet, it reminds one of
the glory of
the us military in
the middle and far east.
mircea_popescu: “The
theft of Sony Pictures Entertainment content is a criminal matter, and we are working closely with law enforcement
to address it,” a Sony spokeswoman said in a statement
to Variety.
mircea_popescu: what i mean is : qntra is a bitcoin property. if bitcoin does well and qntra does well, it's not possible in a year for it
to not be worth btc.
cazalla: that's like sacrificing long
term for right now
though
cazalla: it's not an immediate need, looking more
towards long
term, do i look back after a year and
think yes, on a per hour basis,
this earned more btc
than
turning my mcbucks
to bitcoin
cazalla: because
there comes a point where i can make more working mcdonalds and using mcbucks
to buy btc instead of qntra
to btc for my efforts
mircea_popescu: what i mean specifically :
the site is generating excellent revenue as it is. none of which is monetary.
cazalla: so what is
the solution/plan,
the site is going into its
third month, it would be nice
to generate some revenue even if it is only a small amount
cazalla: yeah, various authors so
there is your cheap content
to publish constantly
cazalla: i was going
to attribute
traffic drop
to 2014 being somewhat of a write off but ccn is up and up so perhaps some penguin/panda styled penalty on coindesk, who knows
mircea_popescu: these people are beyond fucking clueless btw, im half
tempted
to write an article.
mircea_popescu: nevertheless,
take a case like eva peron : prostitute at 15, singer/dancer at 17,
mircea_popescu: now,
the
time flows inversely, because
these
things improve with age
mircea_popescu: problem is like
this : advertising is association.
think of it like a woman (the publisher) getting married (the advertiser).
cazalla: maybe i'll whack up a sponsorship page outlining
the demographics per quantcast
cazalla: just charge in proportion
to current numbers, increase as great numbers arrive
mircea_popescu: course
that raises
the problem of wtf are great numbers.
mircea_popescu: i don't
think we even bother selling it until it shows great numbers and
they come bangin' on
the door.
mircea_popescu: you want
to be on qntra, you pay
to be on qntra. let all
the coin* sites have
the "we'll do your job for you" deals.
cazalla: yes, so i vote we remove
the advert and offer spots per cpm
cazalla: i know but point is, CTR could be 100% but who cares if it didn't convert
to a paying customer,
total revenue
this month = 0
cazalla: pssh, some of my adsense sites did way better
than
that but every fkn link was adsense
mircea_popescu: this is what, 100x gawker ? jesus
this
thing is sweet.
mircea_popescu: so wait, out of
the 10k uniques quantcast reports for a whole month
that leaves like 4k people, of which ~80 clicked ?
cazalla: was
the 20th so not even 2 weeks but still
cazalla: mircea_popescu, no, about 1/2
the month if
that
mircea_popescu: yeah, as a general policy it's ok
to
take per-conversion deals with
things
that for whatever good reason sell
themselves.
cazalla: prolly shitcan
the coinroll advert
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BingoBoingo: ^ “I don’t know why
this is happening
to Bosnians. We could go around and shoot people,
too, but we just want peace.”
pete_dushenski: canada is just choosing
the path of least resistance and will continue
to do so
decimation: at any rate, I'm off
to bed, night all
decimation: yeah, it will be interesting
to see how
that all ends up
pete_dushenski: and charge china gst for as long as china wants
to play nice.
pete_dushenski: or canada can choose not
to spend a dime protecting it
decimation: well, because maybe
they can charge gst on chinese
tankers or whatever
pete_dushenski: the area
to be protected is simply
too large given
the population of
the country
decimation: my point was less about
the enfields and more about
the 'barely-exists' nature of canada's military, when compared
to potential rivals in
the arctic
pete_dushenski: i wonder what
they're going
to slap
the dogecoin android miner guy with. 1
trillion doge!
pete_dushenski: "A US man has been handed a US$500,000 fine for selling
the StealthGenie malware in
the first prosecution of a mobile spyware slinger. Police collared Hammad Akbar, 31, in September after he allegedly sold
the malware
to an undercover agent in 2012."
decimation: yeah
the most unusual part is
the
tongue-work
decimation: I've seen something
that is supposed
to be like it when I was in hawaii
decimation: don't get me wrong, lee-enfields are fine guns, but canada has
the skills and money
to invest in a more modern arctic gun, and apparently
they can't afford it or don't want
to
assbot: The next big court event is in Hong Kong. If we win my legal
team will seek $2billion in damages for
the unlawful destruction of /hashtag/Megaupload?src=hash
pete_dushenski: the northwest passage is russia's or china's for
the
taking
decimation: heh yeah. I
think
they give guns
to some of
the eskimos
too
decimation: well, russia is beating back canada's claims
to
the arctic, and seemingly doing a good job at it
pete_dushenski: and canada has far more debt, more
tax, but more "services"
decimation: if he just manages
to keep
territory, he wins
pete_dushenski: canada is in a similar position in
the sense of resource wealth
decimation: well, it's hard not
to be 'fortunate' when you own like 11% of
the world's land
decimation: actually I was
thinking while gasing up my car
today... if you add up
the fact
that usg is funded
to a big degree by printed dollars, and
that now opec has decided
to flood
the market with oil
to kill off drilling in north america, you realize
that you have 'oil printing' vs. 'dollar printing'
pete_dushenski: decimation but he's definitely in a fortunate position
to start with
pete_dushenski: but he's still king of
the roost. low debt, plenty of other coal and gas
to offset oil, gold
decimation: of course with
the price of oil
tanking...
decimation: well
to be fair, putin can live off of massive mineral wealth
to some degree
cazalla: decimation, of course, meanwhile
they upped
the pension age
to 70 from
the year 2035, of course, no money for pensions will be available
to pay such a
thing by
then
pete_dushenski: and how
to align himself with a religion, and how
to politik, and how
to generally run a nation state (at least one full of russians)
pete_dushenski: basically goes over
the many ways putin has figured out capitalism better
than almost anyone else.
pete_dushenski: keep in mind i'm but a lowly observer... from
the clouds
assbot: Agency Goes
To
The Active, Or How Putin Doesn’t Understand How
The World Works. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... (
http://bit.ly/1FH7jyF )
decimation: cazalla: I assume
they all have gov't paid pensions
too right
cazalla: decimation, something like 1 in 5 aussies gets some
type of welfare, you can get disability for a sore foot if you are determined
decimation: I'm okay with a high VAT/GST/sales
tax if it comes with no income
tax
☟︎ pete_dushenski: russia has other
taxes, like vat of 18% and a special welfare
tax of 25% on first $14k earned
cazalla: defence and welfare are
the
two biggest costs