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decimation: but I suspect
that everyone in
that house considers
themselves
to be "rich"
decimation: lol I like
that
the only brick structure is
the random chimney sticking
through
the middle of
the roof in a random spot
decimation: shitty businessmen build shitty homes
to house do-nothing
tweens
decimation: I don't dispute your point, I just find
the irony amusing
decimation: shitty house<< downer's grove is one of
the richest suburbs of chicago btw
mircea_popescu: decimation some woman parlayed a shoplifted pair of heels into a
trip
to ibiza. what of it ?
mircea_popescu: re:mount on roof :
the house is
the shitty vinyl siding crap
they do in
the us.
there was no place
to attach it
to
the wall, as
the
thing has no walls.
decimation: note
that some chumpatronic engineers have actually used kickstarter
to found successful business, but
this is like
trying
to use panhandling
to found a banking empire
mircea_popescu: <decimation> re: kickstarter : I
think
the real product is an illusionist's
trick: I'm a somebody because I'm an investor, even
though I'm investing chump change for
the chumpatron << you're quite correct, in
that. it's reddit except expensive.
mircea_popescu: decimation nah,
the king's power derives from not substantially and unprofitably moving outside of
the joint interest of
the barons.
decimation: and
the king's power derives from
the assent of said baron under
the conditions
the baron sets
mircea_popescu: you know,
the way... wait for it..
the way bitcoin works.,
mircea_popescu: decimation pretty much. pick a baron you like for a place
to do business
decimation: ie,
the local baron's word is law upon his land?
mircea_popescu: decimation
the way it's supposed
to work is
that you can do it always if you have enough money.
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mircea_popescu: "At
the beginning of May, my
team and I were assigned
to an exploratory project.
Typically summer is
the off-season and most of
the projects are
time fillers
that result in a few papers/presentations and are
then archived and never heard of again.
This project was different. We were given a direct research assignment from
the Board of Governors a few hours after
the conclusion of
their May 29th closed meeting."
mircea_popescu: besides, i miss being able
to answer
teh "occupation" query with "student"
ben_vulpes: i just want
to read
the reports about
the derpage.
mike_c: you said you're already getting
the social benefits.
mike_c: well
then. unless you need a diploma.
mike_c: yes. could you not
teach yourself whatever you want
to know faster
then
they could
teach you?
mircea_popescu: i already live five blocks down from it, im already
taking
the sophomores out for a ride... mgith as well. pretty much everyone's a lawyer here anyway.
decimation: do you have
to go
to law school
to practice law
there?
mircea_popescu: so what does
the group
think, should i go
to argentine law school ?
assbot: Let’s pretend… pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
decimation:
http://trilema.com/2014/lets-pretend/ "The gold standard used
to be
the primary means
through which
the aristocracy got rid of weak or stupid monarchy, " << which is why leftist fantasy has always been
the absolute state, which remakes
the world according
to
their fantasy
punkman: it's good
that
they couldn't sell equity on kickstarter
punkman: enthusiasts buying Oculus bought a product, just not as good as
they imagined
punkman: well depends on
the product, donations
to
the church of SOLAR FREAKIN ROADWAYS is
the latter
decimation: well, are
they actually buying a product? or "investing" in
the hope
that
the product will come
to exist?
punkman: decimation: I
think it's more fanboys and omg!gadgets!
than "investors"
decimation: re: kickstarter : I
think
the real product is an illusionist's
trick: I'm a somebody because I'm an investor, even
though I'm investing chump change for
the chumpatron
decimation: I suspect it's
the same reason
the subject in question paid more
than $75k
to go
to Loyla
to get... a pr degree... and was unable
to get a job in pr as a
twentysomething non-ugly chick
empyex: FabianB:
Traded in last 24 hours: S.MPOE
decimation: nah it's illinois,
they have 95% humidity in
the summer
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mircea_popescu: no you fuckwits, it hasn't. it yielded a lot of ridicule for how kickstarter fails on both ends : it's not a way
to get financed and it's not a way
to allocate capital. well done.
mircea_popescu: "Zack’s project inspired some handwringing about What It All Means. Here’s one
take: Kickstarter is a good place
to aim high and go big, but small projects are great
too"
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thickasthieves: "Signing up for an online dating site and finding yourself facing constant rejection is a frustrating experience. It's even worse if you're certain
that all
those cyber-strangers would see what a catch you are if
they would just give you a chance
to impress. A new dating site offers a solution
to
this problem"
thickasthieves: they are building
themselves a new karpeles in buterin
mircea_popescu: "Eric Curran, 23, Wahoo, Nebraska. Degree: B.A., history and religion, Midland University. Career goal: professor of Lutheran
theology or history professor. Current job: education assistant at local public schools. Student Loans: $11,000."
mircea_popescu: it's as if
they somehow inhabit some imaginary sort of world where
they're somehow important or something.
mircea_popescu: <thickasthieves> sry mp, looks like you have
to move! << you know
the derps haven't even come
to pay homage ?
mircea_popescu: not necessarily a "what's on
the shelf right now" mentality.
mircea_popescu: <thickasthieves>
they are making accounts
to buy what? << i
think most people involved with mpex have a different outlook
than most people involved with costco.
mike_c: thickasthieves: lol. "the fed is
taking
this SO SERIOUSLY
that
they had interns research it"
BingoBoingo: Alright, Imma nap and see what kinda
trolling my ad slot gets...
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thickasthieves: what was
the size of
those
though? and you imply people paid 30btc
to buy SWOL FMPIF?
BingoBoingo: thickasthieves: Well, a good number of
things have been IPO'ing
these past few months
TomServo: mircea_popescu: Seems fair, my mistake for conflating
the
two. I probably should've re-read before mentioning, but
the
timing worked so well. :P
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thickasthieves: i dont
think
there's been any notable volume outside of mpoe
thickasthieves: partly i ask about options due
to
the new accounts being purchased at mpex
thickasthieves: oh i recall, you wanted
to cover your ass and discovered
that wasnt so easy
mircea_popescu: moreover, you gotta read
the article in question, i'm not going
to do random interpretations off
the cuff at any random point it may happen
to be discussed. at no point in
there is it said "closing options because of mtgox's poor repute".
mircea_popescu: TomServo well it's a complex matter, like all history. for one
thing, mtgox was a (diminishing, constantly diminishing) part of
the
total pool. it looked for a while like
the problem may solve itself.
TomServo: I mean as far as
the options market goes.
thickasthieves: if i recall, i
think mp
thought
they had removed gox,
though
that wasnt
til close
to
the end
TomServo: And why are
the current exchanges any less so?
TomServo: mircea_popescu: On
that
topic, I've been meaning
to ask for a while... I
thought Gox was deemed
to be of ill-repute well before
the shutdown. So why was still seen as a viable price indicator until it's bitter end?
mircea_popescu: right, because people who can't afford a piddly 100k are
totally entitled
to pursue
their dreams now. and because people can learn how
to make films. in school.
mircea_popescu: "Mikey Billings, 29, Statesville, North Carolina. Degree: B.A., film studies, Full Sail University. Career Goal: film or music industry. Current Job: working part
time at a malt shop. Student Loans: $80,000."
thickasthieves: why doesnt bitcoincharts.com allow you
to build your own index
pankkake: I
thought it was
the lack of reputable exchanges
thickasthieves: now
that bitcoin is stable, when do mpex options come back?
mircea_popescu: assbot: Damon Casarez photographs young adults who’ve moved back in with
their parents. << i hope he photographs
them with
their clothes on in
their own house. which is
to say naked in
the yard.
chetty: lack of history is a problem all across
the spectrum
BingoBoingo: One of
the University of Illinois's rare closures came
to malaria ~100 years ago. But since
the corn growing people here now lack history... Once endemic disease is now exotica
mircea_popescu: let me
tell you something : 1950s romanian fiction about
the life of romanian peastants cca 1900 includes malaria as a common disease.
BingoBoingo remembers first discovering
that Malaria,
the exotic
tropical disease was once endemic
to
the
temperate Middle West
mircea_popescu: yet
they never fucking bother
to do anything with it, just rehash
the same crap.