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ThickAsThieves: or thrive on it
ThickAsThieves: some men can take the pain
ThickAsThieves: probly also restating mp's theories on not all men can be free
ThickAsThieves: humans work so hard to insulate from real
bounce: so pain is the universe's fault?
ThickAsThieves: probly just boils down to thermodynamics
ThickAsThieves: just to inject a quick tangent, lately i've been thinking about how reality is essentially toxic, and of human relationship with it is in how it insulates from it.
kakobrekla: i also am not talking about "not evil"
asciilifeform: 'good' meant there, something one can buy or sell.
mike_c: nonprofit goal is to not book a profit, but they certainly want as much revenue as they can get.
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kakobrekla: i thought 'good' implied 'appropriate'.
ThickAsThieves: i'm showing how the nonprofit has awareness of the phenomenon
kakobrekla: but nonprofits goal is to not make a profit, so that doesnt count.
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
kakobrekla: do tell, mp came with one (and not great one)
ThickAsThieves: it is very much a thing
ThickAsThieves: oh yeah the other day you mentioned, you never heard of good package hurting good product
asciilifeform: the math is correct. just missing a term.
kakobrekla: but tat you can still have both, nice fonts AND correct math. in theory.
kakobrekla: mike_c sometimes the line from product and package is hard to determine, seems to me.
ThickAsThieves: kako will like that ^
mike_c: i don't think package is the issue there. more the parimutuel/weight system.
mike_c: so in this case perhaps superficial = casual gambler.
bounce: apparently the process size numbers have become all but meaningless
kakobrekla: i guess it depends what the goal is.
mthreat: mircea_popescu: I have the event for you: Reddit Mitap - http://www.reddit.com/r/argentina/comments/2gr6lo/mitap_s%C3%A1bado_27_parque_centenario_san_bernardo/
kakobrekla: mike_c nice package is mostly for superficial people. to those i think it does not cater well.
ThickAsThieves: i think 12
The20YearIRCloud: i can't wait till the 1nm asics
mike_c: but the implication being that BB does not currently have nice package?
The20YearIRCloud: as there were 100 posters made, me getting 50
kakobrekla: mike_c that 'nice package' of a 'good product' does not turn off the buyers after the 'good product'.
The20YearIRCloud: I wasn't sure if the posters were earmarked exclusively for tenants only
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud im sure nubbins` will gladly make you a dedicated fb or employee poster. kid's talented.
The20YearIRCloud: Also kind of wanted to give one each to my employees
The20YearIRCloud: Which is why i brought it up with you now, as I don't want to give a few away and then them yell at me saying they couldn't claim their 0.1btc
mircea_popescu: well yes im sure it would, but the idea is for them to go to actual tenants.
The20YearIRCloud: I'd rather give a few away, it can take a while for us to churn through tenants & expand, running a contest would boost our FB page severely too :D
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud nah, keep them for further tenants.
The20YearIRCloud: mircea_popescu: I'm going to write up a letter/note and give a poster & instructions to each one of my tenants, then offer a discount if they use BTC to pay for their rent( even if it's a fraction of the rent). But that will only account for 15 of the 50 posters, so I was gonna run a few contests on our FB page (If that's ok with you?) for the remainder ☟︎
nubbins`: yeah, that's what we figured
mike_c: kakobrekla: i felt like that conversation the other day started in the middle. what is your position exactly?
The20YearIRCloud: nubbins`: Regarding our SEC filing, Havelock & FPAI act as intermediaries (Which the SEC allows) Separating the US entity from Havelock. Our laywer has run the setup through several other legal advisors at the SEC and they all feel it's the best setup for what we're doing.
mircea_popescu: sorta like the tits thing worked, but without the tits.
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud pretty much. we're going to limit it if there's anything looking like fraud, but otherwise, just show up in here and hold the poster up
The20YearIRCloud: mircea_popescu: I got the posters today, I had a question about redemption of the prize or whatever - Do the claimants just get on here and post a link to a photo, are there any other requirements?
mike_c: helen was a thin pretense for the launching of ships. kinda like WMD.
mircea_popescu: 18<mike_c> please, beauty. none. helen was a thin pretense. << for what, gayola ?
gribble: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Millihelen | "Judith was no match for Helen of Troy, having on a few millihelens of beauty herself". by great ... Nice kid with a sweet personality; kinda plain tho'... a millihelen.
asciilifeform: '...for the motherland, hate - for enemy'
mircea_popescu: <mike_c> physicists are probably looking for a 3rd option, but might take awhile. << all you need is love...
gribble: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Millihelen | The quantity of beauty required to Launch one ship.
mike_c: please, beauty. none. helen was a thin pretense.
asciilifeform: mike_c: how much beauty does hellen need to launch one-fifth of a ship ?
The20YearIRCloud: punkman: RENT's NAV is right around .01btc/share, so there's some value to new shares @ the reduced amount even of .0075 with as low as BTC/USD is. It wasn't my preference to close down market, but if my investor indication goes through they'll all be sold within a week and the fund will be back to normal activity.
mike_c: well, a valid question would be: how much user friendly would be required to pull in 500 btc in bets.
asciilifeform: 'the best machine is no machine' (herr altschuller's mega-epic 'suddenly, the inventor appeared.').
kakobrekla: <mike_c> this activity is hurting kakobrekla's theory that bitbet need moar user friendly < i dont like the combination of these letters
mike_c: physicists are probably looking for a 3rd option, but might take awhile.
asciilifeform: mike_c: then use.. finesse.
mike_c: hehe. "I don't have time" 'then use space' "I don't like space!"
mircea_popescu: can't even beat a table.
bounce: a trig table... in hardware!!!1!
asciilifeform: how would you propose to beat that, cycle-wise.
asciilifeform: table then.
asciilifeform: what's the limited ingredient? because if 8 bit output resolution, 300 byte table.
mircea_popescu: which your thing definitely would wouldn't it.
mircea_popescu: aaaand i misspoke again. it has to produce about 300 different results is what i mean.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: limited resource << cpu time? code space? working space ? or all 3.
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski "and unusually sane 46 years (1520-1566) atop the throne, certainly compared to his successors" << certainly what
asciilifeform: do try.
asciilifeform: for(t=u=85; ; t+=u>>2, u-=t>>2) pissout(t+128);
mircea_popescu: fuck that, im too special for lookup tables
mike_c: um, what about what everybody else does. lookup table. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: i misspoke., i don't care about that, it just has to be in a range
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves hm i suppose this perversion is true
bounce: a trig table?
mircea_popescu: does anyone more versed in math have a ready replacement for sine and cosine in places where one wants a periodic but doesn't have the math resources to trig ?
ThickAsThieves: since they cant sell the coins
ThickAsThieves: after all, all coin in that bet supports a Yes outcome
bounce is supporting bitbet by not believing in the bets. nor actually betting.
mircea_popescu: fcking nuts the diff bets already.
ThickAsThieves: it can make diff go up to dizzying heights
ThickAsThieves: you have to believe in bitbet for it to work!
ThickAsThieves: lotsa months to go
ThickAsThieves: my prediction is the Wall St correction will begin just before BRK bet closes and mp will be laughing
xmj: ben_vulpes: btw, ive since learned that sending SWIFT wires is cheaper and more convenient than PayfuckingPal.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: why me << because asciilifeform is about to tickle some very small holes in a teflon rod.
mircea_popescu: i would guess the bitstamp ticker crossed the guy's whatever threshold
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 420.0, Best ask: 420.05, Bid-ask spread: 0.05000, Last trade: 420.0, 24 hour volume: 14195.12576169, 24 hour low: 420.0, 24 hour high: 453.94, 24 hour vwap: 442.041614288
asciilifeform: and the like.
assbot: Logged on 28-08-2014 04:09:12; mircea_popescu: answer : because women. pregnancy is also -ev, and yet women do it. the same psychological complexes that control that can also yield amusing social results.
ben_vulpes: <ThickAsThieves> i'm like, you now i'll have to pay taxes on those too right? << dude stop letting the wimmins make important decisions like dietary and financial structuring
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: if you're thinking of a sequel, might be interesting to go into the biological hooks made use of by a qualified ce (chumpatronic engineer)
mike_c: this activity is hurting kakobrekla's theory that bitbet need moar user friendly
mircea_popescu: lol and of course the scream of late leech is at its place.
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ThickAsThieves: i type real good