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moriarty: bounce, it is cheaper to go to some universities than others, geographically
as well
as prestige-wise
mircea_popescu: quota
as in, no more than this may pass no matter what happens.
mircea_popescu: nol but the free education thing i can see. if you're going to teach everyone the same thing (language) might
as well do it for free. your show, your tickets.
moriarty: mircea_popescu, i see countries
as clubs, that if you do not like the constitution or culture, then you are welcome to join something more to your inclination
xmj: moriarty: and
as much
as the ancapists a la kinsella and molyneux would like to believe, they cannot overcome this with non-monopolist private security agencies
xmj: it's logical --
as long
as they can get away with it they'll do it, and use mob force.
moriarty: mircea_popescu, i've done a sybil on localbitcoins though :) just so i don't get pinned down
as the guy with shitloads of bitcoin
moriarty: xmj, no, i don't tend to look at myself dichotomously, i'm an assembly of aspects from both sides of the political and socioeconomical spectrum, left and right
as they conveniently classify it
mircea_popescu: basically, a government trending to totalitarism will correctly perceive
as threats all protections from integration
moriarty: mircea_popescu, actually, the conversations in finance are not
as cohesive unfortunately
as in other fields, so the flipside of that is today the popular strand of conversation happens to be a fork that the more seriously inclined would not fully agree with or find it a bit juvenile
moriarty: mircea_popescu, i've read works by Lacan and such, and i feel almost
as if i have to delve into some metaphysical reality, and not take them at their analogies seriously, especially when they try to use precise notions from mathematics to attempt to build some sort of bridge to their reality
moriarty: mircea_popescu, well, i guess it was easier being a popular philosopher or statistician in the past, when one did not have to read countless landmark academic papers in order to keep up with the conversation,
as one has to these days
moriarty: mircea_popescu, BBU
as in Birkbeck?
mircea_popescu: well no, which is why celebrating traitors a la lincoln
as some sort of national heroes is so mind boggling.
mircea_popescu: bounce the original idea of "voting with feet"
as implemented in the us is exactly that.
cazalla: yeah sure, maybe i'll open my home
as a restaurant where not only do you have to cook your own food like some places, you kill it too
cazalla: and then i cut myself half a dozen times butchering it
as the adrenaline still had me shaky
cazalla: low and behold, there is a nigger rabbit amongst this litter, black
as the ace of spades
mike_c: to put a different way, is all that brk money going out
as divs this month? :)
peterl: question about bitbet: are fees booked
as income when the bets are placed or when the bets are resolved?
mircea_popescu: roughly the same
as following marker iodine through a body.
assbot: The Trusted Computing Conference Announces Microsoft, the Trusted Computing Group and Wave Systems Corp.
as Diamond Sponsors
The20YearIRCloud: Allthe corn in the US produced this year will go to raise more beef for next year,
as beef prices are astronomical
mircea_popescu: "you can speak whatever you wish
as long
as the duke of parma protects you"
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as an investment :: 1121.08 B (40%) on Yes, 1695.6 B (60%) on No | closing in 4 months 4 weeks | weight: 44`196 (100`000 to 1)
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mircea_popescu: mats_cd03 she's reasonably hot twist, for
as long
as that lasts.
assbot: BitBet - Bitcoin to surpass Berkshire
as an investment :: 1121.08 B (40%) on Yes, 1695.6 B (60%) on No | closing in 4 months 4 weeks | weight: 44`211 (100`000 to 1)
assbot: BitBet - Bitcoin to surpass Berkshire
as an investment :: 1121.08 B (44%) on Yes, 1445.6 B (56%) on No | closing in 4 months 4 weeks | weight: 44`218 (100`000 to 1)
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xmj: i heard of it first
as Gamma (somewhere else), in PUA it's called Sigma
xmj: ThickAsThieves: the Cathedral defines
as overall consensus whatever is in its best interest.
ThickAsThieves: maybe it's a real woman,
as self-defined, doesnt give good head
pete_dushenski: there are almost
as many films of tolstoy's classic
as interpretations.
ThickAsThieves: i see it
as YES voters were trying to hit a target, NO voters trying to dodge a bullet
mircea_popescu: ingenuity, yes. they're about
as ingenue
as a 9 year old girl.
mircea_popescu: e plan was for us to bring in qualified people to help us develop the property
as I brought in the marketing interest for lot purchasers. "
mircea_popescu: "I first wrote about La Estancia
as being "Galt's Gulch" in 2011. I went on to talk throughout much of early 2012 about how exciting I found the concept and how I would like to do one myself." fucking preachers without a church, teenaged boys trapped in sagging old bodies trying to get patrons to carve them a parish.
mircea_popescu: but these are all practical considerations. i wouldn't do this even
as a banal every day person.
mircea_popescu: it just occured to me : the berkshire bets happen just
as it crossed the 6 months threshold.
The20YearIRCloud: granted my data is from a few hundred homeowners in central Ohio, with a few out of state people
as well
mircea_popescu: the fact that i can live in it is about
as much a consideration
as the notion i could fuck my bonds.
The20YearIRCloud: And the data says that home ownership is pretty beneficial to the holder
as long
as they can hold it for 10+ years
The20YearIRCloud: it's hard for homeowners, but with us we have so many properties the insurance company insures all ours
as tenant occupeid, whether they're vacant or not
mircea_popescu: simple question for "homeowners". calculate your per-passerby liability for injury happening on "your" sidewalk. just
as a curio.
mircea_popescu: sure, some people enjoy, either,
as a hobby. some people do their own tattoos.
decimation: asciilifeform: my favorite quote from "in the first circle": "A familiar figure in many prison research establishments, Professor Chelnov, an old mathematician arrested seventeen years ago and who, when he had to fill in a form, put down his nationality not
as 'Russian' but
as 'zek', had applied his mind to many inventions, from the direct flow boiler to the jet engine, and had put his heart and soul into several of them."
decimation: зэк" and "зек", zek (both pronounced
as IPA: [ˈzɛk]). The word is still in colloquial use. "
decimation: the wikipedia says that there's an even deeper meaning derived from the beginnings of the gulag system: "A memory of the canal is also preserved in the Russian language, in the words "zeka", "zek, z/k" for "inmate". In Russian, "inmate", "incarcerated" is заключённый (zakliuchyonnyi), usually abbreviated to "з/к" in paperwork, and pronounced
as "зэка" (IPA: [zɨˈka], "zeh-KA"), which gradually transformed into "
decimation: that kinda petered out right
as you left
ben_vulpes: sure, but if the point is to eventually own it free and clear and not pay rent, property taxes still count
as rent.
decimation: gernika: not unless it is your primary residence and your gains are less than $500k (
as I recall)
ben_vulpes: i just let the girl paint the walls whatever and book the deposit
as a cost of renting.
decimation: "Thomas More: Richard, you couldn't answer for yourself even so far
as tonight."
TheNewDeal: It was a pot brownie,
as far
as I recall
decimation: any altcoin that wants to replace bitcoin
as a savings vehicle is going to require overcoming bitcoin's considerable lead in investment, both in terms of expectation of future value and the build-out of proof-of-work devices
assbot: The woes of Altcoin, or why there is no such thing
as “cryptocurrencies” pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
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as user 'Peezr', with GPG key id 4AE29B6BC467562C, key fingerprint E13615BBDDEC143A5CA5A5AC4AE29B6BC467562C, and bitcoin address 15xY1HTs66r7VwYi6ntAA3hZu3mnmVwBFv
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kakobrekla: you just reported a scam
as as scam, you scammer.
ThickAsThieves: why does something have to be going on other than a guy that wants to get
as many referrals
as possible (insecure methods aside)
TheNewDeal: " placed a small bet on No early on, due to the weight. I believe the bet will resolve
as Yes, but the payout on No was great at the time.
mircea_popescu: let people serve their own customers
as best they can, and let them have a liquid and powerful marketplace where to unload unwanted risk.
mircea_popescu: <los_pantalones> or is this blatant theft of contract specs ? << nah, bitbet is designed/intended
as a backstop for an infinity of independent repackagers/customer oriented bookies and assorted venues.
mircea_popescu: The bill would also seem to exclude industry representatives from the board,
as it says members "shall have no financial interests in any of the businesses for which reasonable profits are determined by the Board."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform engineering panics are however great.
as far
as the usg is concerned, they're cannibalistic
mircea_popescu: fucking lamers these people. i read that, i think here's an aluminum sidings salesman trying to make it
as an insurance salesman now
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform re the children chained / throats cut business, same goes to you
as discussed with los_pantalones re that robbery gopro video.
assbot: BitBet - Bitcoin to surpass Berkshire
as an investment :: 1121.08 B (48%) on Yes, 1195.58 B (52%) on No | closing in 4 months 4 weeks | weight: 44`485 (100`000 to 1)
mike_c: nonprofit goal is to not book a profit, but they certainly want
as much revenue
as they can get.
ThickAsThieves: nonprofit agency pays more money for cheap-looking solicition materials (like, capital campaign mailers) so
as not to look like they have plenty money to afford nicer package
mike_c: i don't like circle's look. not
as good
as ethereum.