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mircea_popescu: the secular economic incentives
that drove it in
the 1900-2000 period are just about gone.
Apocalyptic: they just
taxed life-insurance contracts at a rate of 15,5 % for every deposit after 1997
Apocalyptic: they retrospectively
taxed PEA, back
to something like 9 years
Apocalyptic: <mircea_popescu> retrospective
taxing of
tax free funds, back
to 2008 // France has done much worse
gribble: Error: User doesn't exist in
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Apocalyptic: "People
think it is ridiculous
they have
to pay
tax on a gain
they never made.
assbot: Tens of
thousands of Belgian savers see money disappear from
their bank. : Bitcoin
mircea_popescu: of coursre it isn't. by now nobody gives a shit about
that loser
team.
mircea_popescu: "our
team lost every match
this year. it's not a big deal"
assbot: Back when I was a girl I was stupid. I imagined anything
that glitters is gold. - Pastebin.com
fluffypony: "[15:09:15] kamaradski: i will have a read on how
to open a company account
there"
mircea_popescu: on
the condition
they
take a selfie with
their "pr" "diploma" and sign a statement
that
they've wasted
their
time being stupid, and other such.
assbot: Bani pentru piariste pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: we should be doing more humiliatory charitable
things like
this.
fluffypony: clawback
to pay off all
the money
they've had
to spend digging and buying equipment
fluffypony: I know people who run mining operations here, I would never invest in
them in a million years
pankkake: Vexual had some insight on
those real mining businesses IIRC
ThickAsThieves: yknow, i
told Ukyo Kenilworth was a scam before it even listed...
fluffypony: "I cant afford
to call Australia as I'm in Canada."
mircea_popescu: <ThickAsThieves> romania, rode hard and put away whet << ok
this was pretty good.
mircea_popescu: buncha american
tourist/assasins derping about
timisoara
assbot: Farewell, Romania |
The Whet
fluffypony: it will
take some
time for
them
to realise
fluffypony: ThickAsThieves:
they'll send people
to Romania
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD
ticker | Best bid: 569.0, Best ask: 569.35, Bid-ask spread: 0.35000, Last
trade: 569.0, 24 hour volume: 9599.06964488, 24 hour low: 560.05, 24 hour high: 582.1, 24 hour vwap: 570.67018641
ThickAsThieves: seems it wasnt even a "bitcoin" hack of a "jesus" if
the hacker only asked for 37btc
ThickAsThieves: the whole article is retarded,
the headline makes it out
to be something more
than
the random event it was
mircea_popescu: “Sir, I am sincerely sorry. I am just a middleman. I was being
told what
to
tell you,”
the hacker
told Ver soon after
the bounty was posted, before later asking: “Are you going
to order a hitman
to kill me now?”
assbot: This Is What Happens When You Hack and Extort
the ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ | Enterprise | WIRED
mircea_popescu: at least i guess now we know
the guy has no idea what cold wallets are, and so if anyone ever feels like
taking his half bitcoin...
fluffypony: "[14:16:42] kamaradski: hmm as another possibility, could i for example check
the IP of
the wallet and crosscheck it with
the computer
that is makeing
the sale ?"
fluffypony: from
the
tome of #bitcoin-otc, someone is
trying
to build a payment gateway or something, and wants
to add anti-fraud measure in
mircea_popescu: "Clearly Mircea has been reading BtcAlpha and picked up some good ideas on where
to invest his coin. Let's look at
the risks and rewards of
the fund." << mwahaha
mircea_popescu: ahaha reading BingoBoingo's blog i find
the us is actually planning
to retire
the a-10 ?!
pankkake: I hope I can make it,
this is going
to heavily depend on my personal situation, so I'm waiting
pankkake: well,
they aren't made of horses for once
fluffypony: I'm with
TAT, I'll hold
till
the July-ish spike before paying
mircea_popescu: yeah i guess
that's also a contest, who gets in
the btc-cheapest.
assbot: The conference,
third edition pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
[]bot: Bet placed: 1 BTC for No on "Bitcoin network difficulty > 14Bn on Bastille day"
http://bitbet.us/bet/677/ Odds: 86(Y):14(N) by coin, 81(Y):19(N) by weight.
Total bet: 131.11816472 BTC. Current weight: 8,996.
fluffypony: one of my friends is
the CEO of Air-Tec, I'll ping him when I get a chance and find out if
they have any jets available
fluffypony: round
trip should be around $221 110 - $282 861
mircea_popescu: o btw, if you do fly
through istanbul, pay
them
the 20 bucks or w/e it is for priority service in airport.
mircea_popescu: and if you find someone who doesn't need
theirs
that day...
mircea_popescu: fluffypony, if you get in
touch with more people coming and you all agree on a
time, getting an itanbul-ba chartered jet is prolly more
than feasable.
punkman: if I'm not irrelevant by March, I'd love
to visit Argentina
punkman: it'd be nice
though, could charter a jet and stock some nargiles
mircea_popescu: but
then
THAT guy retired, and meanwhile
turkish
took over.
mircea_popescu: basically, in
the 90s british ruled, but
then
their ceo reitred and lufthansa promoted an excellent guy as ceo
punkman: do
they have shisha on
the plane?
fluffypony: never flown
Turkish Airlines before,
though - did you fly
them
to BA, mircea_popescu?
fluffypony: wow interestingly enough,
the cheapest business class flight from Cape
Town
to BA seems
to be
Turkish Airlines
fluffypony: we'll have
time, but will probably do a 2-3 week stint of South America
mircea_popescu: well if you have
the
time, fly
to istanbul on wed, derp around
the
town, fly
to argentina fri, fly back wed or something
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: better
to spend a few days
taking in
the sights before or after conference?
mircea_popescu: jurov, how about you ? wanna check out
the new world ?
assbot: The conference,
third edition pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.