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decimation: I wonder what percentage of households in say DC would be able
to purchase
their own home (assuming
they didn't have
their "house wealth)
decimation: most of
the "wealth" in
the major metro areas is actually held in
the housing stock
decimation: lol from asciilifeform's millenial housing link: "At
the same
time,
there?s good reason
to believe
that millennials,
those ages 18
to 34, aren't
that different from other generations and will pick up
their purchasing before
too long ",
then
the article proceeds
to list reasons why
they won't purchase
mike_c: it's all about percentages. des moines goes from 10
to 11 and population increased 10%!
bitcoinpete: sounds like
the last refuge of
the sane american
BingoBoingo: Well Des Moines is prolly
the only place
to move if you want
to be a gay married pig farmer...
mircea_popescu: this nuanced view is so nuanced it's about
to collapse into a nuancelingularity.
mircea_popescu: . Among
the
top cities
that may see a surge are Austin and Dallas in
Texas, as well as Denver and Des Moines, Iowa.
BingoBoingo: fluffypony:
to make sure
the dildo doesn't smash its stack on exceptions
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: software
tester, obviously, why would a dildo
tester need
to know a smattering of C / C++ :-P
BingoBoingo: fluffypony: Like for your dildoes, your wife... what's being
tested?
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the Bono of economics - LOL
fluffypony: mike_c:
tough
to say - I'd be expecting
the BTC equivalent of anything from $10
to $15 hourly
mike_c: or
the low end, or whatever
mike_c: ok, i will enquire. what's
the range on pay
fluffypony: mike_c: it's up
to what
they can commit - I'm happy with a part
time role as long as
they stay commited and active
mike_c: fluffypony: i might know a student interested in
that deal. you want 15 hrs or 40 hrs? cuz he wouldn't have 40.
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mike_c: i
think it was
thestringpuller
that was always using calc for stuff like x / 100 :)
benkay: well it was for
the syntax, not
the calculation, mike_c
mike_c: although it probably wanted you
to multiply by 1 in your head
benkay: dafuq does
this
thing want
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benkay: this is for a coin
thing?
fluffypony: benkay / anyone else - if you come across someone really, really junior who has
the barest smattering of C / C++ and is keen on a
testing role
that can grow into a dev role, please let me know
☟︎ mircea_popescu: but in
the real world of real politik, an armed opressed populace is fucking dangerous, it'll side with
the enemy.
mircea_popescu: sure in an idealised, us-centric world as
the naive represent
thngs
to be, a well armed citizenry is
the guarantee and bla bla.
mircea_popescu: would any of
the people who
target practice use
their arms on
the invaders or on
the feds ?
chetty: would anyone give
the FED a dime?
mircea_popescu: as
things stand right now, if someone could somehow be bothered
to invade,
the us would simply collapse and
that's
that.
mircea_popescu: benkay consider
the reverse of
this situation : during
the azn crisis in
the 2000s, people were queing up
to donate
their privately held gold
to prop
the centra lbank.
mircea_popescu: and
the difference between real value and actual headship is how much actual value (not printed dollars) "they have" stashed away in
that particular accumulator.
chetty: we live in a disposable world, whats
the point in owning
trash
mircea_popescu: consequently, every able bodied male in your grandfather's age group
tried desperately
to own.
mircea_popescu: benkay as compared
to
the rights and privileges ownership conferred upon your grandfather, ownership confers nothing much
to you
today.
nubbins`: protip: read
this line and its
two predecessors in reverse order
benkay: the
thesis is
that because
there's no alloidal
title in
the us, one doesn't actually own
the place?
nubbins`: but without ownership,
there cannot be pride!
mircea_popescu: basically
the us has been degrading ownership over
the past decades
mircea_popescu: benkay why would you be paying
the upkeep of something you don't own ?
benkay: mircea_popescu: i'm still confused about 'headship'. how is it a measure for pinchable assets? and how is fixing a pipe in a house you're paying
the mortgage on a foolish
thing?
mike_c: yes. just selling 1 btc for 0.9 btc always strikes me as nuts. i guess if you need
the liquidity.
benkay: mike_c: yeah, i saw
that.
mircea_popescu: mike_c well, "Way below" in sanity land. in bitcoin... shit on havelock';s been
trading 50-60% nav, so...
mircea_popescu: and no one understands it when
they read
their morning logs.
jurov: we have
this variety speak with mircea
jurov: and
then asked mircea
to flush
jurov: since it was quite a sum, i proceeded
to withdraw directly from mpex
jurov: and wanted
to withdraw
mike_c: ah ah. i
thought somebody was
trying
to back out of a
trade (which is obviously silly)
mircea_popescu: mike_c i
took it
to mean
that he wants deposits flushed.
mircea_popescu: a)
that you go fight in iraq ; b)
that you pay for X Y Z
mircea_popescu: benkay well yes. you "own" it so here's what
the govt wants from you now.
mike_c: what did jurov mean before? "jurov:mircea_popescu: looks like
the F.MPIF perpetrator wants
to withdraw"
mircea_popescu: the headship count is a rough proxy for how much money
the govt could steal in ap inh
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mircea_popescu: this is why headship is so impoirtant in discussions of "economy" on
the govt side :
mircea_popescu: headship is
the internalised delusion
that it is worth your while
to regard
the world so
that if a water pipe breaks you pay for it
to be fixed.
benkay: i don't know anyone my age who seriously
thinks
they'll be buying a house anywhere anytime soon
mircea_popescu: five
to
ten young men in a living unit,
three
to six young women.
mircea_popescu: what headship ? millenials want
to live in herds, as slaves, with a master.
mircea_popescu: "Rather,
the decline is cyclical and as
the economy improves, Furman said, millennial headship rates will improve, which could
translate into eventual ownership." <<< ahahaha no fucking way.
mike_c: nobody on bitbet would be dumb enough
to bet on gold against btc in 5 years
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mircea_popescu: i guess schiff / macaskill can claim moar bet volume
than bitbet on
that one lol.
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mike_c: oldest spy
trick in
the book
mircea_popescu: mike_c
this is factually
true. no govt drone ever kept a secret when
tits were nude on
the
table.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: lots of
text for 1btc. << funny how little money
the vocal periphery actually controls.
mike_c: ah.
this is a good point. chocolate is just wrong bait.
chetty: well I bet males give up passwords pretty easy
too, just different incentives
mircea_popescu: artifexd: I come back from Ecuador and realize
that
they just banned bitcoin entirely because
they're going
to make
their own cryptocurrency. I guess my wife was right all along when she said Correa was a dumb ass. <<< let
the kids have
their fun.
mircea_popescu: funny how
this never comes up in discussions about "women in
tech"
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mircea_popescu: anyone ever is
thrilled
to
take a
taxable-income-loss.