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decimation: asciilifeform: obviously not
to ensure
the privacy of
the end-user
The20YearIRCloud: But it
took quite some
time for
them
to raise
the cash, and
they had
to bring an extremely large commercial lender in
The20YearIRCloud: One of our investors pointed out a extraordinarily large funding round
that went
through for a 1050+ unit buy here in Central Ohio,
the financial metrics were absolutely fantastic
The20YearIRCloud: I've been looking into investment options once we get our 506c and it's crazy how much money is being
thrown at 1st and 2nd stage
tech startups,
then someone brings forward a really, really good real estate deal and
they
take forever
to fund
decimation: infineon was a Siemens spinoff, a successful one at
that
The20YearIRCloud: industrial companies are cheap compared
to
these idiotic
tech startups
assbot: Infineon
to Buy International Rectifier for $3 Billion - WSJ
BingoBoingo: egold was a stupid structure pretending
to permanence
BingoBoingo: The worst part of
this misdemeanor
thing is
that Illinois has a solid collection of my fingerprints
BingoBoingo: These
things may exist at
the Crown's pleasure, but
they rarely end before
they produce quite
the vexation
to
the crown.
BingoBoingo: Oh, but
the ATF's Fast and Furious was a
thing, and ISIS is apparently now
the biggest
thing.
BingoBoingo: How can
the fight
the daemons Satoshi unleashed when
they can't fight
the ones
they grew
themselves
BingoBoingo: Well Irony is
that Law enforcement visit
to my doorstep was for cashing BTC out
to
those back in
the day.
The fucking card
the load
to is regitered with SSN and all
that leading
toward
their boredom as described in blog post.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform:
The Greendot moneypaks are done, Vanilla reloads look almost done.
BingoBoingo: Oh,
the US really did kill non-BTC irreversible-ish payments
BingoBoingo: I mean
the vowel shift pretty much eliminated any English's chance of winning
the language war.
BingoBoingo: Next door in Kansas
there's Manhattan with a Univeristy and well... who knows really what
their bio department does.
BingoBoingo: Then
there's Columbia, Missouri which is Missouri's
Third City and boasts one of
the United State's highest per capita concentrations of persons with Graduate degrees despite being located in Missouri.
The reason for
this being
the University, a couple other colleges, and so many fucking hospitals.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Nah, I mean
the ones where
the Bezzel lords merit wash
their careers after losing elections
assbot: Logged on 29-08-2014 04:53:06; asciilifeform: church's version is more like 'you go
to harvard if you're
the billionaire's son and need
to be merit-washed before being awarded your crown grant - or if you're an idiot,
took bait, had parents with good credit'
BingoBoingo: 'Murica does nothing well if not Begging
the Question
BingoBoingo: Well, of fucking course I'm begging
the Question, because
this is how 'Murica picks which schools are serious
BingoBoingo: Pinacle of
this is Ohio State University located in God only knows where.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: In
the American view, as I understand it... Serious schools are
the ones
that dominate
their local geography
BingoBoingo: It's
the crieria by which UIUC is serious and University of Illinois Chicago is Community College++
BingoBoingo: Who were located where
they were
to
try
to kickstart serious cities in locations people don't want
to settle.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu:
This seriosity criteria is not my own, merely repeating
the
the 'Murican criteria
BingoBoingo: Serious include beautiful
things like research reactors
BingoBoingo: Columbia's "Occupy" group camped withing a football field or
two of
the City Football field
BingoBoingo: Mizzou for example was perfectly happy
to let
the city of Columbia pay for and hoard
the heavy stuff.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Across Universities in
the US,
the biggest difference I've noticed is
the hardware
they keep for
their "security"
assbot: On Campus, Grenade Launchers, M-16s, and Armored Vehicles - Government -
The Chronicle of Higher Education
assbot: You Don't Need a Search Firm
to Hire a President - Commentary -
The Chronicle of Higher Education
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> "Types of payment We currently only accept MasterCard, Visa, and American Express credit cards for payment." << You have
to realize "credit card" now is often used
to refer
to
the various prepaid arrangements of dubious value
mircea_popescu: i wonder if i'm
the only person
that will shitlist a company for
that reason.
mircea_popescu: nah
the derpy ad server
that puts all
those idiotic "related stories" on shitty msm websites
assbot: Raymond Davis 'was acting head of CIA in Pakistan' -
Telegraph
mircea_popescu: well, what do you want. after
the pakistani episode he's eminently downed jet material
mircea_popescu: not really
the sort of material one wants for
that job, but
then again who am i
to judge.
mircea_popescu: it stands in general, catch a cia guy, beat him up for a coupla days, he's going
to spill it all.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo
the only noteworthy
thing in all
that is
that
the guy sung.
assbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
assbot: Lampio - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
assbot: Raymond Allen Davis incident - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
assbot: The Money Song - Monty Python's
The Flying Circus - YouTube
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: artifexd: for one
thing, 'lisp' written in all-caps is dead giveaway
that author is familiar with idea from - encyclopaedia (if
that.) << shit i
think i may be guilty of
that crime
BingoBoingo: It's a small step from a chuckle
to a person choking on
their own blood
artifexd: I don't
think it is claiming "deep wisdom". It is an attempt at extracting a chuckle. Maybe a laugh.
That's it.
artifexd: That's like being upset at a Michael Bay movie because
the acting sucks.