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bitcoinpete: with
their own little movie industry and everything
bitcoinpete: benkay: <mircea_popescu> mike_c stop opposing progress and an end
to oppression. // hey have you guys heard about
this ICBC auto insurance monopoly in BC? << i
think only bc is socialist enough
to do
this
mike_c: is mpex.co going
to get fixed ever? or is it just dead.
ThickAsThieves: "Under
the plan, fund boards would have
the discretion
to impose redemption fees of up
to 2%, or
to
temporarily halt redemptions altogether, if
their weekly pool of cash or cash like assets drops below
the agency's required ratio of 30%"
ThickAsThieves: "Financial Stability Oversight Council, have said such redemption restrictions could spur, rather
than curb, investor stampedes." indeed
benkay: "The vote ends more
than five years of struggle over how
to address structural vulnerabilities in
the funds
that encourage investors
to bolt at
the first sign of
trouble." LTCM anyone?
bitcoinpete: trixisowned: myeah. almost passed mastercoin exodus
thing of 4740.6200979 BTC
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assbot: SEC
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bitcoinpete: "SEC
To Complete Rules Aimed at Reducing Money-Fund Risks: Plan Would Allow Money Funds
to
Temporarily Block Investors from Withdrawing Money in
Times of Stress"
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [B.MINE] [PAID] 1.81503056 BTC
to 12`514 shares, 14504 satoshi per share
benkay: <benkay> actual programmers being few and far between. // not
to imply anything about myself, ofc just a derpy webapp guy
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bitcoinpete: asciilifeform: but
that'll never get
teh community on board.
teh views!
bitcoinpete: Nassim N.
Taleb @nntaleb · 38m Up
to 19thC, people in
the Levant changed religion
to stay in
the land.
Today
they change land
to keep religion. (Druzes⇒Maronites⇔Shiites) << sounds downright civilized
pigeons: go isnt working at
the moment from my location at least
pigeons: oh dont
tell me mpex is still down from weeks ago?
benkay: and
they can't "let go of banana" and write a real wallet, adding value
to
the ecosystem.
benkay: asciilifeform: even if
they could reimplement
the
thing from scratch, it still wouldn't
touch btc proper.
pigeons: hey mircea_popescu I havent followed, but i saw you are selling eth foward contract or similar. I wanted
to suggest putting something similar on mpex, i
think
that would do well
bitcoinpete: asciilifeform: also how herschel
tricked one of
the channukah goblins. eggs in
the jar iirc
ThickAsThieves: Sexy Saffron better not
tell reddit she's an mp employee
benkay: pankkake: yeah, i know what you're saying.
this discussion hearkens back
to a
thing a wise old man harps on about how if you can have
the patience
to see past
the next 6 months
to
two years you can make
trades
the rest of
the market won't consider because
they want 17%/annum *now*
bitcoinpete: ThickAsThieves: maybe if
they were camgirls
pankkake: benkay: not my point, my point is about
taking MP's offer
bitcoinpete: ThickAsThieves:
they still need
the patience
tho
benkay: "quite high" sure, but are
they going
to go from .01 US per
to 10k per?
ThickAsThieves: i'd love for people
to be buying from MP instead of
the actual people
benkay: vb & co. imagine
they're actually doing something, but
they're just draining
the wallets of latecomers
pankkake: if you look at similar coins, like nxt and ripple,
they're still valued quite high
ThickAsThieves: i
think
the best part about
the offer is it's potential
to disrupt
the live offering
benkay: it's just
the whole "i missed btc, maybe
this will make me rich" self delusion alllllllll over again.
benkay: i guess a hedge against ether going somewhere isn't such a bad idea, but it
totally fails
the good investments criteria.
ThickAsThieves: you could argue
that
the noob hypewagen is strong enough
to carry ETH value above MP's offer
bitcoinpete: benkay: beats me, ask
the *kids* buying
the shit
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ThickAsThieves: i'd say you could almost short it if you bought real ETH, sold off-market for slight discount,
then repurchased from MP, but you'd still be betting only on
the availble spread, if price dropped below MP's offer, your short would be fukt ... even
then
they
tell you cant do anyhting with
the ETH
til genblock is made... soooo
benkay: to
take a long position
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bitcoinpete: ;;rate
ThickAsThieves 1 drinks coffee, knows derivativespeak
bitcoinpete: "to short" sounds so much better
than "to long"
benkay: it's almost like you use a real
text editor
too, bitcoinpete!
ThickAsThieves: or, i
think bitcoinpete is cool so i dont want
to see him have errors in his shit
ThickAsThieves: bitcoinpete says "Effectively, MP is allowing you
to “short” ETH."
pankkake: I
think
that's incorrect
too. it allows you
to get a better price if you're long, or MAYBE short it as long as you
think it's won't go as low as 2.5x less
benkay: who's claiming
that he's offering a vehicle for others
to short?
benkay: if mp's going short, how can you go short by
taking
the other side of his
trade?
benkay: mp's going short, and offering
to sell
the
thing
to anyone at a future date below what it's selling for now.
ThickAsThieves: i still dont see how I get
to short ETH by entering MP's future offer
benkay: 'cept
the classic popescuian naked short
pankkake: there are
tools
to edit it,
though
ThickAsThieves: bitcoinpete, unless i need more coffee, mp isnt allowing people
to short ETH, he's allowing
them
to long it
benkay: <pankkake> unfortunately
there's no easy way
to remove an address from bitcoin-qt // delete from wallet.dat? or is
that not actually a
text file?
benkay: what, after all, is
the point of a "database" if one's not going
to actually organize data in a useful fashion within?
bitcoinpete: benkay: but for it being my first
time on
the wheel in a close
to 15 years, quite well :D
benkay: this rescanning
the blockchain
thing is a
total bitch, isn't it?
bitcoinpete: benkay: my hands are still stained from
the autumn leaves glaze
pankkake: so
the private key is now known
to multiple people
pankkake: I gave
the private key
to MP at a
time I wasn't sure I could even
transfer
the coins in a
timely manner
benkay: <mircea_popescu> <pankkake> well, he has
the private key, but I have it
too. not smart :p << omg BingoBoingo WHAT HAVE YOU DUN NAO // yeah, i'm also curious as
to what's going on here
nubbins`: i
tell ya, worlds you didn't know existed
benkay: <chetty> <mircea_popescu> benkay:
this is what happens when you let
the wimmins manage projects without oversight << word, seriously. and you should see what happens when you let
them manage kids w/o oversight.// yeah you get adults //
team effort, anyone?
pankkake: “Return on investment”:
that’s
the phrase you often hear
today when people
talk about college.
ThickAsThieves: "Before he started college, he spent most of his
time reading and writing short stories.
Three years later, he’s painfully insecure, worrying about
things my public-educated friends don’t give a second
thought
to, like
the stigma of eating lunch alone and whether he’s “networking” enough. "
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