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decimation: for some of
them,
they could be making more money not fixing
things and hiring a guy
mircea_popescu: and from
there on... anyone with a wrench can wrench a deal out of you.
mircea_popescu: pretty soon it's "we're
too cool for our children
to be killed off like
the worthless shitbags
they are"
mircea_popescu: decimation it only indirectly results from a
too long period of wealth and power. i know, for i've been wealthy and powerful my entire life.
the
trick is
to not buy into comfort.
that's
the direct causation : once people become comfortable and
think "i'm
too wealthy and powerful
to be here fucking with a wrench inside
this engine on
the side of a road".
mircea_popescu: Daniel: "We believe
that we can build a better future. We believe
that we can enable all
to participate in a revolution of collective ownership, something
that will radically shift
the nature of human society." wtf; are
they socialists? <<< lulzy danielpbarron
decimation: not really, because he
thinks he is rich compared
to his cousins back home
chetty: I wonder, does
the poor Mexican give a
tinkers damn either?
decimation: "Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from
too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion, pessimism and frivolity.
The citizens of such a nation will no longer make an effort
to save
themselves, because
they are not convinced
that anything in life is worth saving."
decimation: just as rich folk could give a
tinker's damn what some poor mexican
thinks about how
things ought
to be
mircea_popescu: people who're not fucking aren't going
to be interested, unless, of course,
they're retarded.
mircea_popescu: this entire situation is reminiscent of someone
trying
to "enhance" abstinence-only sexed by reports about how "women's orgasms per capita set
to increase
this year"
mircea_popescu: there's exactly zilch
that
the "share of wealtyh of
the hispanic population" means.
mircea_popescu: this is such idiocy. rich people are rich people.
they're not "hispanic",
they're rich.
assbot: Wealth Share of Hispanic Population May
Triple by 2025 | St. Louis Fed On
the Economy
decimation: percent of
the economy's
total wealth by 2025
decimation: The U.S.'s Hispanic population was about 50.5 million in 2010, representing 16.3 percent of
the
total population (Table 1).1 According
to
the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances and its Financial Accounts of
the United States, Hispanic families had about ... about 2.2 percent of
total wealth ... In summary, we project
the Hispanic share of
total wealth
to increase from 2.2 percent in 2010
to either 2.6 percent or 3.2
assbot: In
the Balance : Hispanic Population's Share of Wealth Likely
to Increase by 2025
mircea_popescu: if only
they had a smidgeon of business sense
to start back in 2013 by coming here,
they'd have actually had a future.
mircea_popescu: i don't get what
that coinsource
thing is supposed
to be.
mircea_popescu: when one starts pretendling like reality, going
to school in
their pony suit and mixing fiction in power points... well...
that's actually unhealty.
mircea_popescu: there's nothing wrong with
this any more
than
there's anything wrong with watching animated pony cartoons.
mircea_popescu: so, yeah. people like
to dream. one dream
they like
to dream is
that
they'll be
the sherlock
that'll discover "the real satoshi". another dream
they like
to dream is
the vicarious wealth of amillionbtc.
assbot: Chain Archaeology - Answers from
the early blockchain
mircea_popescu: and besides, artforz is likely a much larger holder
than satoshi himself. IF he had any sense.
mircea_popescu: decimation it's just... you know. pretty much everyone i know who's been mining in 2010 has actually lost
the majority of bitcoin
they ever mined. irrespective if
they still mine or not.
mircea_popescu: decimation i am aware. it's not "his" estimation.
there's been
this
thing pushed around since 2011ish, a meme equivalent
to "who really is satoshi"
decimation: that's alot but not enough
to shake
the foundations of bitcoin
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Times
decimation: is
there a published analysis of
the early blockchain?
assbot: The Coins Source
Trust Index
mircea_popescu: <decimation> quite.
To be fair, satoshi still has his hand on
the banana << i don't see it.
decimation: but
that kind of opportunity only comes around once a century or
two
decimation: quite.
To be fair, satoshi still has his hand on
the banana
decimation: ascii re:premined - monkey can't let go of banana in
trap...
decimation: I guess it's one of
these
turing-complete contract bitcoin wanna-bes - I haven't seen any serious analysis of
the codebase yet
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform according
to
their own claims,
they got > 5k btc deposited by people looking
to get a
total 10mn of
the shits.
mircea_popescu: decimation if
this gets funded ima allow interested buyers
to
take positions. either directly or via bitbet.
decimation: My favorite
thing about it are
the random code snippets
that are supposed
to demonstrate how awesome it is, but in fact demonstrate
that it's crazy
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform welcome
to
the world of a different set of idiocy.
mircea_popescu: obviously i'll be buying some once it comes out. if shit happens like on icbit , where your bids are simply ignored while it "sells"
to lower bids...
then it's not reputable.
mircea_popescu: "just get rid of her if she's annoying" leads directly
to "and get rid of any slaves
that can't cope with no pp or complain enough"
☟︎ Duffer1: mircea_popescu "..and
that ETH
trades on a reputable exchange" has "reputable" been defined?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it will, yes. it will resurect
the not-yet-corpses and make
the rest obvious.
mircea_popescu: try a family of a coupla dozen wives
that are all "equal partners" and see.
mircea_popescu: in fact :
traditional views on sexuality impose monogamy as a standard because
that's
the only way
to hide just how dumb and inept a commune actually is : by keeping it real small.
mircea_popescu: right.
then it becomes fashionable and before you know it
the dumb broads in your household are giving pps
to each other. and you can't do shit about it, because
they're not your slaves,
they're your "equal partners"
decimation: which is generally
the goal of most gov't meetings, gov't education, etc
mircea_popescu: unless, of course, you're
trying
to make everyone dumber.
mircea_popescu: the problem is exactly what he states : pp makes it easier for
the presenter, harder for
the audience.
this is not a
tradeoff you want
decimation: he writes about how powerpoint contributed
to retardation at nasa which lead
to
the shuttle's destruction
decimation: it's short, but has pretty pictures and is easy
to understand for n00bs
assbot: Edward
Tufte: Books - Essay:
The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint
decimation: Ed
Tufte is a little crazy but his classes are worth
taking. His position is
that you present your ideas in
the form of an essay or paper.
Then you
talk about
the salient points and field questions.
The projector is for showing information dense pictures, like
the baseball stats page from a newspaper
decimation: then
they whine when quarterly payouts are not forthcoming
decimation: derps have no choice but
to invest in amazon because
they don't see any good alternatives
mircea_popescu: actually
tbh bezos may be
the only guy in
the derpeconomy of websites and whatnot
that i actually like.
benkay: right, last
trade vs. orders on books
decimation: amazon benefits from being one of
the few well-run companies in
the us right now -
this gives
them
the power
to create
their own frame
mircea_popescu: y saying investing in a "just-in-time fashion would be
too clever by half." << guy's got a point. he shgould be here.
decimation: Bezos insists on
taking
the long view. In his letter
to shareholders last year, he responded
to criticism about spending by saying investing in a "just-in-time fashion would be
too clever by half."
decimation: lol over
the butthurt re: amazon posting quartly loss:
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DreadKnight: that game is like
tailored for underage wankers
DreadKnight: it worked pretty well with Riot and League of Legends, lots characters / skins having
that in-game and
there's also Nikasaur chick presenting
the community fanart showcase on youtube channel
fluffypony: he
thought cleavage was going
to make him millions
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: cleavage ain't
that bad. <-
that's what Klye
thought
too :-P
DreadKnight: facebook allows for scheduled posts anyway, pretty powerful stuff, considering most posts don't make it
to your fans and you need
to spam
DreadKnight: yeah, a lot of shady people are using bots and such
to sell
their magic crapware
mircea_popescu: (i made some comments about buying
traffic yest, now im innundated with people pitching
their various
traffic generating offerings. some are lulzy)
kuzetsa: mircea_popescu: what's with
the spam
tool?
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