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nubbins`: ;;later
tell
thestringpuller you mean like life-size cardboard cutouts?
the kind you'd find at a Lord of
the Rings premiere?
nubbins`: esp.
the wrapping around
the side
ThickAsThieves: theyve also
time-shifted
the red line forward
to look further laong
ThickAsThieves: (note
they used same scale
they said was no good before)
assbot: Time
to Officially Stick a Fork in
That 1929 Chart - MoneyBeat - WSJ
ThickAsThieves: i love how
their main argument is
that
the % is much less severe
than portrayed, like everything would be daisies if
the market dropped 40% or whatever
assbot: Why
the 1929 Chart Is a Bunch of Nonsense - MoneyBeat - WSJ
ThickAsThieves: passphrase functionality on brainwallet.org, I used
the random button
to create
the addresses."
ThickAsThieves: "I was an idiot and assumed
that
the "random" button on brainwallet.org was
truly random, but it clearly is not. My coins were
taken by someone who is clearly smarter
than myself and
this is completely my fault by creating Bitcoin addresses on a website
that I assumed was safe.
There's a $20k life lesson
that I'll never forget,
that's for sure. Also,
to elaborate, I did not use
the
BingoBoingo: Peronism,
The Falkland Islands, Financial Shennanigans, Argentina is basically
the Eric Cartman of International Intrigue
mircea_popescu: argentina paid its conversion debt and is going
to stiff
the vulture funds.
mike_c: well,
they made money on a fiat basis :D
mircea_popescu: is
this one of
those "made roi hand over fist" ognasty situations ?
mike_c: it's not even a share of s.mg. it's a share of a unit of havelol's smg fund. but
the discount is counterparty, plus
the difference of havelock investor opinion vs. mpex investor opinion (or IQ).
assbot: Animaniacs - Lake
Titicaca - YouTube
assbot: BitPagos Raises $600,000 Seed Round
to Boost Bitcoin Use in South America - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ
ThickAsThieves: it is happening
tomorrow after all, and who knows what info will leak
mircea_popescu: smartiferous should
totally be a
thing.
the ooze of ferrous craneus
assbot: Havelock Securities At A Glance:
The SRS BZNZ Edition
mircea_popescu: At
the risk of stemming
the stimulating debate revolving around OGNasty's smartiferous proposition "losing money on various bitcoin investings is
teh road
to riches,"
mike_c: no reason
to go
to 1 on
that. should have been 80k, 90k.
assbot: BitBet - Silk Road Coin Auction Extravaganza :: 2.15 B (29%) on Yes, 5.3 B (71%) on No | closing in 5 hours 39 seconds | weight: 2`345 (100`000
to 1)
benkay: my goal is
to have at least 5 in
the
top-of-all-time
mircea_popescu: depends who buys it. if any non alligned buyer actually makes a serious offer, upwards of 25mn. if nobody gets involved and
the original plan can proceed, 15mn or so.
ThickAsThieves: problem is no one i know in dota uses bitcoin, and oddly a couple weeks ago
they just all stopped signing on
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves:
that i could play in with friends << private bet is your friend.
ThickAsThieves: how much do you guys
think
the SR coins will auction for?
mircea_popescu: pankkake: understandable, just saying
there might be less expensive solutions << perhjaps, but you gotta understand,
there's no game in
the world
that's cheaper
than 1k.
mike_c: i got a paper version of
that scam recently
mircea_popescu: Subject: Your FED
TAX payment (ID:03SIRS815097882) was Rejected
ThickAsThieves: curation of original content, convenience --
the new equivalent of a good
TV channel
cuwirebeard: And just as govts burn(ed) books
theyll burn...internets!
Duffer1: ah
thought you meant broadband
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i did say
the case
tho. i mean, grow, sure, fine. doing what ?
Duffer1: imo
they'll need
to do a lot better
than what
they currently offer
ThickAsThieves: verizon emailed me saying
they are sad i'm gone
today, and
that
theyve change
ThickAsThieves: i
think
they can surive and even grow in
the long
term, i just wouldnt invest in
them long
term
mircea_popescu: you know how people used
to make a living writing books ? and you know how it wasn't long before all books were blogs and whatnot ?
ThickAsThieves: it wont be long before
TV is computer and channels are websites, etc, just as netflix gains ground,
theyll gain competition from all over
mircea_popescu: mike_c you know what
tried
that ?
the original company hiring
the pierce muppet as a male
twink escort.
mircea_popescu: "Young male founders must all be drinking
the same Soylent. Either
that or
they have a hard
time…" USING
THE NOGGIN ?
pankkake: compared
to online wallet, all
the same - you're leaking
to
the online wallet
moiety: gpg is
the only encryption for me :D
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves fwiw i don't see
the case for netflix. what are
they going
to do ?
mircea_popescu: pankkake: moiety: encrypted wallet.dat on dropbox is certainly more secure - actually I can't find any drawback in
terms of security or privacy << stock "encrypted" wallet leaks a lot of metadata.
ThickAsThieves: We'd like
to make at least 11% on
this
trade,
thank you kind public.
ThickAsThieves: hilarious, now media says SELL! "Barclays has given Netflix an Underweight rating, with a price
target of $390, which is around 11% lower
than its current stock price."
moiety: i wouldve like nubbins`
to print a
top with #bitcoin lower back and
then wee shorts with -assets on
the arse
moiety: :D sorry it was such a long
time span
ThickAsThieves: a set of shirts, where one shirt has a can and half a string, and
the other shirt has
the other can
punkman: maybe another
tshirt for nubbins
to print
punkman: shouldn't
that say "CANS + STRING"
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: >“We’re
the backbone of
the entire Bitcoin industry,” says Kodrič, 25, who’s wearing a black
t-shirt with “Zero Excuses” in fluorescent green capital letters. <<< ahahaha epic
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves: i
think
that was bottom < something like
that
chetty: that is like
the like worst article evea
mike_c: you know what makes an article easier
to read? italicizing
the entire
thing.
assbot: Bitcoin’s Most Controversial Startup | I
Travel Easy
assbot: If you’re one of
the numerous Buenos Aires printing shops I’ll be harassing over
the day pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mike_c: i don't know what a
twat-waffle is, but he sounds right
to me.
mike_c: hah.
that is humor. "At first I started investing in
these
things because I
thought I was actually helping
the bitcoin ecosystem. It
turns out I've been helping
the
twat-waffles of
the bitcoin ecosystem."
BingoBoingo: Dude buys
thing,
then buys
thing again from himself
assbot: Jury indicts Campus Habitat owner | Carbondale
Times
mike_c: you arguing on
tardtalk again?
kakobrekla: >due
to my affiliation with something
that could be irrationally misconstrued as a security < got
that shit right.
kakobrekla: may be better prepared
to choose one for yourself.
kakobrekla: >I'm not unable. I'm unwilling.
There is a difference. I won't bother you with details of licenses and fiduciary duties, blah, blah, blah... Instead I will just say
that any recommendation I gave could be viewed as a conflict of interest due
to my affiliation with something
that could be irrationally misconstrued as a security.
Therefore, I am not willing
to give you a recommendation on a specific investment, only
to educate you so
th
empyex: FabianB:
Traded in last 24 hours: S.MPOE
ThickAsThieves: The stock was priced near
the
top of its range at $24 a share and quickly rose
to $30 in early
trading, meaning
the company is worth a little more
than $3 billion.
pankkake: I don't have
to find
the best compromise, I just have
the best
pankkake: I'm not sure
the concept will ever be practical but I'd really like it.
that's why I like full grown PCs
assbot: Google
turns on its crazy modular phone in public for
the first
time |
The Verge
jborkl: thestringpuller :
Thank you also
jborkl: I
think in Korea Starcraft betting was popular