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BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Value of
tuning fork watch is like value of a Mazda miata. Not priced ostentatiously, but
there is something about
the good
that afficianados can appreciate.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I only appreciated
the difference working at a watch stand changing batteries in other people's machines.
BingoBoingo: The quartz 1 beat per seconds and
the mechanical 4-12 beats per second are an abomination
to
the eye.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Actual smooth movement of
the second hand.
The lack of such a
thing is why I
tend
to pluck
the second hand off of many watches.
BingoBoingo: Of course, but aesthetics can justify a lot of
things. Atomic clocks aren't
that expensive, but not wrist portable. Quartz an dmechanical movements alike have become sweat shop products.
The
tuning fork electromechanical stuff
though has
to be sought out as it lost
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: My desire for
tuning for watch is
timekeeping purposes and aesthetics. It is a
technology
that should have continued instead of fading as it did.
BingoBoingo: On my list of
things
to own eventually list is a Bulova with
the "tuning fork" movement.
BingoBoingo: Honestly given enough pawn shop visits
the most impressive pieces can be foun for ~$100-200 (Movados without
the retarded Museum dial and others)
BingoBoingo: Honestly
the best place
to shop luxury watch brands is
the Pawn shop
BingoBoingo: <ninjashogun> 6) I will buy a suit, a used Rolex submariner, and
travel and meet with a respected VC I have a warm intro
to. (This part is secret and a bit embarrassing, let's not pastebin it) << Why
the fuck is
the Rolex anything resembling necessary
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BingoBoingo: I have
to say
though I wished more makers would follow
the Rolex model of using bracelet pins
that are acctually screws
BingoBoingo: I can't get over
the Rolex Submariner's pointy bazel
bloctoc_: the graphics setup is pretty sweet
thought. I assume it's so he can build a kick ass flying horse for eulora?
RainMan28: I can't purchase a suit or a desktop computer, please
trust me with your $30,000
RainMan28: or it was
truly amateur hour up in here
RainMan28: when I read
that, wasn't sure if he was
trolling
bloctoc_: If I ever put
together an investor deck (which I won't) I swear
to assbot
that I will ask for a "new suit and used rolex submariner"
RainMan28: yeah, for anyone wanting
the
tl;dr version, ninjashogun has been soliciting a $30,000 investment daily in bitcoin-otc for
the past few days and doesn't seem
to be who he says he is. Maybe just a scammer, but maybe something other
than
that
too. Not sure.
benkay: RainMan28: you can now !up yourself via PM
to assbot
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benkay: ;;later
tell RainMan28 next
time send me a pm, i'll read it when i get back
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BingoBoingo: The only
thing
that might make WoL substantially better would be Klye having ATC
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cazalla: but i played soccer as a kid not
to mention
the fact australia only returned
to
the cup since 06 so
the past 3 have been enjoyable
cazalla: i hate sport but
the world cup is something else
benkay: it's almost as
though you're american
benkay: although can't complain about
the .02 btc per 'footie' bet bitbet's going
to pull down
cazalla: gee
that was a close ending
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benkay: don't get into business with people you don't
trust.
BingoBoingo: cgcardona:
The
thing about "equity" work is
that even if
they become big, on
the route
to becoming big
they will prolly find ways
to dillute
their eariler payments of equity a la Dogecoin
xmj: cgcardona: (it went so far
that France sent a plane carrier along with
the accompanying ships)
xmj: cgcardona: leading
to a massive outflow
xmj: cgcardona:
then, in
the 1960s,
the reverse happened -
the USD price set by
the government was below what
the market would've raised.
benkay: this client's not a bad client,
they just hired some bad devs in
the past.
benkay: hah yeah,
that's a decent approach.
xmj: cgcardona:
that was in
the 1930s, maybe 1940s
xmj: cgcardona:
the problem with
the US government setting
the gold price
that at first, having gold priced way over market rates,
that created a huge inflow as everyone scrambled
to sell gold
to
the USG at inflated prices
benkay: cgcardona: referring
to my ragerant above?
cgcardona: benkay:
thanks for
the words of wisdom regarding getting clients
to pay. got someone emailing me right now asking for 'equity' work and you're words were just what I needed
to read.
benkay: it's
time for a RAGEBIKE
benkay: if i'm even
taking contracts of
that size next year.
benkay: and if
they want a
thing
that works its going
to cost
them 15 next year.
benkay: and another 5 for me
to just unfuck
the remaining shitsnarls
benkay: it's a shame, as
they spent 10k on just upgrading
this shitstack
to django 1.not-quite-current
benkay: yeah,
this client gets no more support.
Mats_cd03: they're going
to start over alright
BingoBoingo: Almost sounds cheaper for
them
to just... start
the fuck over
benkay: i'm also billing for
the cliquot necessary
to get me
through
this mess.
benkay: "hey your previous developers left a great big fuck off steaming pile of shit on
the floor of your production instance. it's going
to
take me a while
to clean it up. you'll pay."
benkay: yeah i
think
this warrants an email
to client
benkay: it's far better
than
the corrupted vcs repositories on
this staging and production server a client handed
to me
benkay: i got distracted by all
the
tied up babes
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ziggamon: figured i’d finally say hi :) creeped here a few
times, been reading some of your blogs for a while
pankkake: you know anyone can
take any nick
mike_c: not so much causing it
to go up. more like not preventing it from going up.
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cgcardona: xmj: I don't know my history so
to speak. can you explain more how what you're saying relates
to
today's news?
xmj: ThickAsThieves: do you know your history, in particular what happened after
the us govt set a price for gold in
the 30s -- and
the opposite, in
the late 60s early 70s?
xmj: ThickAsThieves: i hope
the us govt / cali state government does *not* make
the market.
cgcardona: you could say "I paid n--give or
take 50%' ;-]
rithm: it was me I'd annouce
that I paid %50 more
than i did
cgcardona: they mass email out
the private keys
rithm: CC all
the biddersd quick!