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bounce: guys, add an n to the b if you have to go there.
Duffer1: the article i read sounded like they plegded a 50b divestment
The20YearIRCloud: like peak copper in the 70s
bounce: who's going to buy those $50e9 of fossil fuel assets? also, tin foil hat time: apparently they think it's time to get out, so peak oil
mircea_popescu: china does 1 trn worth of coal plants a year.
The20YearIRCloud: The actual fund they have (The $50b) fund has made no commitmenets to any sort of renewable energy investments
mircea_popescu: i have nfi if the people involved can rightly represent the impact of some millions in what's being discussed.
The20YearIRCloud: From what i had read, only a specific branch of their total investment fund was going to go to clean energy, and it was a low number
mircea_popescu: "The philanthropic organisation was founded in 1940 by the sons of John D Rockefeller. As of 31 July 2014, the fund's investment assets were worth $860 million."
The20YearIRCloud: No , that was their energy holdings or estimated investment in renewables
The20YearIRCloud: It's not a huge number from what i read the other day, like $50m
Duffer1: i'm not that curious :P
The20YearIRCloud: bounce: that's their philanthropic(sp) group
Duffer1: i'd be curious to see how small a fraction of their total holdings that is
Duffer1: ya saw that bounce
assbot: BBC News - Rockefellers to switch investments to 'clean energy'
mircea_popescu: then they broke the interface, i took a break, forgot about it, then rediscovered it after a coupla years and reused it for i dunno, a few months
jurov: i once tried taco bell in.. canada. not a fond memory.
X-Rob: I've been watching 'Miranda' over the weekend. It's amazingly hilarious. English show, has three seasons of 6 episodes each.
Dimsler: not sure why you bothered with that form of clownery
mircea_popescu: JuliaTourianski_ i killed some derp and they got pissy.
mircea_popescu: i also spent time in mexico, and yes, that's a thing.
mircea_popescu: shit. texas i mean.
JuliaTourianski_: +mircea_popescu what happened to ur twatter account
mthreat: but in general, it seems like ethnic food gets worse the further away it gets from the origin. I;m sure there are exceptions,
mircea_popescu: i spent some time in mexico, loved the food, but didn't impress me as being specific in any wya.
mthreat: mircea_popescu: good question, there are several kinds of popular food... tex-mex, bbq, mexican, etc
The20YearIRCloud: part of it is texmex, the other is beef-oriented American with most of it trending towards BBQ
The20YearIRCloud: I imagine it's like the 'australian' places we have here
The20YearIRCloud: what'd they serve?
mthreat: i once saw a "Texan" restaurant in belgium. The menu looked nothing like any food I'd ever seen in Texas.
assbot: Rodizio Grill - The Brazilian Steakhouse
The20YearIRCloud: Ever try a brazilian steakhouse?
mircea_popescu: see los mexikas in vienna if there.
Dimsler: i would do the btc vegas conference just to eat at carnevino
The20YearIRCloud: you're not missing out on the c hicago pizzas :(
The20YearIRCloud: I looked at how many were in the UK and it was pretty low
Dimsler: The20YearIRCloud, for once, i'd like to sit down and have a real steak or chicago style pizza anywhere in europe
The20YearIRCloud: Well, texicanized mexican
The20YearIRCloud: Most europeans haven't had the chance ever to try Mexican
The20YearIRCloud: the nice thing about the US is the variety of ethnic foods we get
mircea_popescu: (tbh, these were stolen in the 1600s)
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mircea_popescu: ;;rate JuliaTourianski_ 1 Manages the beer for a family owned Russian bathouse with handmage sausages in Mississauga.
JuliaTourianski_: +mircea_popescu they generally steal
bounce: "manage the beer". sounds like a heady job, eh.
Dimsler: i thought it was turkish?
mircea_popescu: romanians just steal all the foods.
The20YearIRCloud: i thought baklava was greek
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud they're total sluts. polenta ? romanian traditional dish, according to romanians. sarmali ? check. baklava ? check. blinyi ? check. etc.
JuliaTourianski_: +The20YearIRCloud my parents run it, I manage it and do all the marketing/sm/website I make the cake and do the drinks, manage the beer etc.
Dimsler: next time i'm in missy i'm goign to check this out
JuliaTourianski_: +Dimsler ty all home made, original recipes, feature in savour mag :)
JuliaTourianski_: yes we are accepting BTC this season :)
The20YearIRCloud: only had it twice though :(
JuliaTourianski_: +The20YearIRCloud my dad refuses. he used to charge only 9 bucks for hand made sausages + sides that no one could finish cuz the portion was so large
Dimsler: JuliaTourianski_, will defeintly check this place out
Dimsler: but too westernized and complacant
Dimsler: so the polish girls can drink too
Dimsler: probably some of the most realistic attitudes
The20YearIRCloud: Now you can sell the canadians overpriced russian food
mircea_popescu: JuliaTourianski_ only the boys.
Dimsler: they taught us russian in school
JuliaTourianski_: +Dimsler started out mostly russians, then I did my seo/marketing magic and now it's 60% canadians 40% russians
The20YearIRCloud: Granted what I want here/columbus is a nice steakhouse that gets their meat locally, rather than from China or 500mi aways
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud yeah but probably easier to break into the market on the novelty angle.
The20YearIRCloud: cleveland has a pretty big russian population compared to columbus though
The20YearIRCloud: i wonder if that'd do well in Columbus or cleveland
JuliaTourianski_: I took cody wilson and amir there
Dimsler: how does this place compare to the one in york?
danielpbarron: JuliaTourianski_, glad to see you joined :D
kakobrekla: whats with the name calling, is it better if i call it MKLF next time?
Dimsler: good steam does the body good
Dimsler: mircea_popescu, i do the russian bathhouse in york
mircea_popescu: What that did - average of 100 daily hits o.O
Dimsler: nyc or argentina to meet good ol mircea in person
mircea_popescu: The South-Western Bathhouse Local family business in Mississauga, Ontario << is this the canadian equivalent of the mystical massage parlour ?
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assbot: YOUR HYDRA (BraveTheWorld) | Twitter
JuliaTourianski_: I tend to go for the people not the conference..i maybe listen to 1 speech usually
JuliaTourianski_: im mostly going to meet up with P byrne to be honest...not the gambling at all
mircea_popescu: 22:23:09 hanbot: mircea_popescu: kakobrekla did paranoia or w/e it's called lose any bitcoin this month yet ? << llamacea
mircea_popescu: bwahaha the gems in the log.
Dimsler: the rest of them are just right back to introductionary speaches and covering the same topic a million times
JuliaTourianski_: ive only been to 3 conferences
Dimsler: JuliaTourianski_, theres only like 1-2 a year worth going to
mircea_popescu: JuliaTourianski_ do you go to all of these ?
JuliaTourianski_: will anyone b at the vegas inside btc?
mircea_popescu: RagnarDanneskjol notrly for now, needs some time to run
Dimsler: i have this thing linked to my originalest wallet ever
RagnarDanneskjol: mircea_popescu - do you want chris to do anything else with the pool - he was looking for guidance?
JuliaTourianski_: nice. ty all
RagnarDanneskjol: fyi julia - you can send all these messages to gribble in pm for future ref
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RagnarDanneskjol: yep that one
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JuliaTourianski_: now what command to I use to verify with the signature?
RagnarDanneskjol: yes good times
JuliaTourianski_: i was wondering what that was for
thestringpuller: is it similar to bitcoind?