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decimation:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102477304 < "When it comes to price growth, however, New York topped the list for prime property worldwide, according to Knight Frank. Prices jumped 18 percent in New York in 2014. Aspen, Colorado, ranked second, with prices up 16 percent."
☟︎ decimation: re: wilson
< it strikes me that he's just trying to get publicity
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> (who has du in his cellar? anyone with a boat or airplane graveyard)
<< Anyone in Iowa has too much
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> it's all a game of who can pass the liability to usg the most directly
<<< quite.
decimation: re: no recourse mortgages
< banks hate these, but you can get them
mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=04-03-2015#1041414 << here's the long story : traditionally, "int" means a word, and word means a register size, which is machine dependent (was 8 bit, then 16, then 32 and now is 64). because historically the register was inconvenient for human use, the notion of "long int" was born, as a dword (two words) or qword (four). because historically the register was inconvenient for memor
☝︎ mircea_popescu:
<thestringpuller> but that was interest free loan no?
<< no.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: i don't have credit cards
<< do you deal with credit at all (i.e. loc)?
PeterL: pete_dushenski: not that they wear out, of course, but they snap like a twig in the cold
<< the dangers of living in a frozen wasteland
PeterL: pete_dushenski: good practise in any event
<< darn canadian spelling looks odd
PeterL: mats: kill yourself
<< a bit harsh?
lobbes:
<sjsqd> I would actually prefer running some form of cloud OS (provided it was encrypted) for a portion of my holdings
<< Oh god no
ben_vulpes:
<sjsqd> I understand the idea of bitcoin universes
<< what you don't seem to understand is that there are separate WoTs in action.
ben_vulpes:
<sjsqd> its all calculated automatically as far as I'm aware
<< so how would you know if things are working as expected?
ben_vulpes:
<nubbins`> think of them as the foundation and the phoundation, with the other guys being the ph
<< no, we're the fundation!
ben_vulpes:
<sjsqd> nubbins`: the goal of my articles is to try and ascertain how transparently the foundation currently operates
<< the goal of your articles is to apparently rack up pageviews.
ben_vulpes:
<sjsqd> but is it correct to title it as the 'pirate' bitcoin foundation?
<< no.
lobbes: forget the forum -- forget reddit; those are distractions
<< yes
BingoBoingo:
<sjsqd> but works with bitcoin just the same as any other client (multibit etc) does?
<< Very different from multibit. Multibit is based on the Hearn BitcoinJ turd.
assbot: Logged on 04-03-2015 13:11:16; jurov:
<Pierre_Rochard> ^ what I’m waiting for is an exchange with segregated fiat accounts held by a custodian bank.
<< what about paymium?
mod6:
<+jurov> mod6: i have (upon some consultation with you) already published kinda-0.5.3.1
<< wat?
punkman: cazalla: "Antonopoulos' appearance as an expect witness"
<< expert*
jurov:
<Pierre_Rochard> ^ what I’m waiting for is an exchange with segregated fiat accounts held by a custodian bank.
<< what about paymium?
☟︎ BingoBoingo: * asciilifeform got up to check on... deer trying to get in
<< Left side of their face seems to be more receptive to blunt trauma if it comes to that... if your deer are anything like ours
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> superglue
<< Too great a chance of "healing"
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> ... or not. could fall out
<< Sutures
decimation: oh, re: La Marseillaise
< I find the lyrics hilarious, especially in modern times
ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> [04:55] that the fella actually thought he was 'using pgp'
<< wait wut? who biffed at this epic scale?
BingoBoingo: adlai> being able to fully operate a keyboard-drived ui (stumpwm, emacs) with one hand would be a huge step towards using the laptop conveniently in most any position
<< You'd be surprised what you can do when you surrender to WIMP, your keyboard has a clit, and the ETOH has reduced you to half f a lizard's funtioning brain mass
assbot: Logged on 15-02-2015 05:30:33; decimation:
https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/not-all-programmers-alike/ << "I can’t speak for everyone, but when I program, I like to be able to make use of the rather-hefty chunk of my brain that evolved as a language co-processor. Language provides compact abstractions in a way that is difficult to beat using graphics except for inherently-visual tasks (the motion of mechanical parts, etc.)"
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> clutters visual cortex
<< Wait you trust that api???
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> me to colleague: 'mac has to be good for... something?' him: 'take it to the range, it'll make good target'
<< 9" model and .22 LR makes a nice pop when phosphors are too faded
BingoBoingo: * adlai hasn't seen mention of transrationals yet in the thread, just thinking of dimension changes
<< Aleph progresses in cardenality up through ALeph sub aleph
BingoBoingo:
<adlai> slightly related, friend who worked one of those shit-selling carts in a canadian mall, hocking 'Dead Sea' products, got asked by a straight-faced mark: "isn't that where captain jack sparrow was from?"
<< At our local malls those were all hookers at the carts
mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=04-03-2015#1040271 << tbh, i suspect there are fundamental problems that prevent functional implementations of this segregation in functional currencies. you're essentially stuck choosing : either fiat currency and imaginary "segregation" (of definitionally worthless "money") or else strong currency and no segregation.
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