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joecool: ah ok, def check what amex offers in your country, i know it's different regionally (i have a blue cash and anytime i'm out of
the US nobody has ever seen one before)
xmj: i'm living in a country whose minimum wage is 300EUR/month, and make a few orders of magnitude. so
that's going
to be feasible
xmj: joecool: I was
thinking on getting an American Express for
this exact purpose
joecool: xmj: you can do pretty well gaming credit card introductions
to get miles, i dunno what your credit situation is
xmj: ...and get someone else
to foot its bill :))
xmj: joecool: I just want
to make 34'000 M&M Miles
this year
joecool: xmj: np, might wanna bookmark slickdeals and fatwallet
too as
they sometimes carry related info (FT wins
though for
travel specific advice)
xmj: joecool:
thanks for
the hint,
that site is awesome
xmj: LuftHansa + SWISS all
the way.
joecool: (and staying in better places is nice
too)
xmj: what I want
to achieve is getting a LuftHansa Frequent
Traveller card without spending _too_ much.
joecool: punkman: even if it's not cost savings, it helps
to understand
the systems in order
to save
time if you are a frequent
traveler
joecool: yeah
this is a forum, not IRC channel
xmj: #flyertalk would have been
too easy
xmj: where do I find
that?
joecool: xmj: i haven't really gotten into it so much, flyertalk is
the place
to go for
that
xmj: are any of you into gaming Frequent
Traveller systems?
joecool: today
they'll probably praise him for his insight
joecool: good
thing reddit is fickle, yesterday
they were
trying
to "ban mp from
the internet" after he
threatened a spiritual leader
fluffypony: mircea_popescu:anyone with a reddit presence want
to start a subreddit ? <- I've found /r/BitcoinSerious
to be really good, just not enough subscribers
to keep
the discussion flowing at pace
joecool: seems
to be
the
thing
to do
fluffypony: joecool: sounds good - don't you want
to IPO
that claim so people can invest in potential repayments?
joecool: However it means we can never prove a legal claim
to money owed
to us by HashKing, AmazingRando, Ian Bakewell, BitcoinRS, etc. << ie. i'm going
to sue bitvps for potential losses on money people owe me but might never pay
fluffypony: seriously, wtf. even a retard can put
the wallet.dat on DropBox and be 99% safer
than
this
joecool: but it's much easier
to
throw hosting co under
the bus
fluffypony: with an additional daily / weekly / monthly delta mirrored
to infrastructure under your direct control
fluffypony: system backups should go
to a company whose sole purpose is
to maintain backed up data
fluffypony: why would you
trust your backup infrastructure
to your hosting company?
fluffypony: "How
the remote backups which I had running via cron disappeared was never explained or commented on."
fluffypony: please can someone explain how you don't have
the wallet.dat backed up
assbot: BMF has lost access
to it's wallet
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assbot: What Will Happen When All Paris
Traffic Slows
To 19 Miles Per Hour?
bloctoc: would it be possible
to get snowden elected
to
the bitcoin foundation?
decimation: that article is amusing.
The idea
that
the "normals" can "wake up" and do something about
their situation is silly.
decimation: is
that a yellow russian
teletype machine in
the background?
decimation: or, convincing
them
to wear a particular master's chains, because
the alternatives could be worse...
decimation: The US "financial system" mostly works by convincing
the masses
to stick
their heads in
the lion's mouth, on
the understanding
that he will decline
to chomp down
decimation: on
the other hand,
the gov't subsidizes mortgages...
decimation: The only people who win in
the property market on
the East coast are
the real estate agents & banks
decimation: yeah I
thought
that link was hilarious :)
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the argentinio-brasileiro amorous congress, 4th edition (today) requires my presence. so i bid you all a very good hasta manana
assbot: Selections from
the Essays of Montaigne Wikipedia | Life | GradeSaver
decimation: "After
these first spartan years, Montaigne was brought back
to
the château.
The objective was for Latin
to become his first language.
The intellectual education of Montaigne was assigned
to a German
tutor (a doctor named Horstanus who could not speak French). His father hired only servants who could speak Latin and
they also were given strict orders
to always speak
to
the boy in Latin. "
mircea_popescu: actually
the russians prolly have
the best classics depts atm
decimation: Montaigne was forced
to learn Latin before French
decimation: do-it-yourself seems about
the only option in
the us
decimation: I'm looking for a classical education for my kid, and
the options are not great
decimation: I find your remark about
the lack of classics scholarship in
the US interesting
mircea_popescu: on some searches
trilema now outranks
twitter, fucking finally.
decimation: even beyond
the mortgage game, one has
to pay %5-7 of
the house cost
to sell
decimation: asciilifeform speaking of bezzle, have you seen what it costs
to
transact property in Maryland?
decimation: I don't buy
that
the UK masses have suddenly
turned against
thier progressive overlords
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Well,
this fall's gubernatorial election could bring a surprise similar
to
the UKIP win
decimation: the head of
the FSB or whoever certainly could
mircea_popescu: you certainly can't send a few ks
to a specialist butcher
to bring you random derp's head on a platter.
BingoBoingo wonders where
the infant laser marksmanship
training occurs
decimation: yeah
that's
true,
the
the bezzle-world you have
to dance by
the money-printer's
tune
mircea_popescu: decimation,
the difference being
that if you like your profit you can keep your profit.
decimation: I donno, I guess it seems like in
the world of building electronics, it
takes lots of hard work and expensive
trained staff
to make a few percent profit per annum
mircea_popescu: decimation: My point is
that $450 million is really cheap for a leading silicon fab firm << definitely a good buy yes
decimation: well, I guess
the rule of
thumb I was
taught was for a private company, a reasonable offer is about 5 years revenue
mircea_popescu: assbot: Illinois Governors In Prison: 4 Of State's Last 7 Governors Were Convicted, Imprisoned << isn't it
time for a whore governor ?
decimation: yes, it feels like
that
time will come in
the US some day
decimation: well, Rolls Royce had a profit of $2,940mn before
tax in 2013, so $19bn for whatsapp is 6.4 years of Rolls-Royce profit, or 1.5 years of revenue
mircea_popescu: mike_c:
talk about a battle of retard nations.
twitter vs bitcointalk. which is worse? bitcointalk banning mpoe-pr or
twitter banning mircea? << actually, me on
twitter was prolly against
their business model. mpoe-pr on btctalk is also against
their business model.
decimation: I guess Rolls Royce should have made dumbass
thermostats, it would have been more profitable
mircea_popescu: decimation, so he was
there
telling
the stewardesses when
to
take
their belts off when suddenly a mountain hit it
decimation: I suspect
that a jet engine manufacturer is worth less
than a bus fleet
too
decimation: the cause of
the engine failure: a Rolls Royce failed
to manufacture an oil
tube properly
decimation: Humans exist
to monitor
the autopilot's
turds
decimation: Captain de Crespigny concentrated on flying and managing
the aircraft and monitoring
the (100 ECAM) checklists being actioned by
the First Officer.
The supernumerary pilots monitored all actions and assisted where necessary.[23]
assbot: Qantas Flight 32 - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
dub: fuckwits pointing
these
thinks at passenger aircraft is a real problem
decimation: actually I bet
that's less
true for helicopters
than commercial aircraft
mircea_popescu: pilot is more
there
to
tell
the stewardesses
to fasten
their seatbelt
than anything
decimation: as for lasers on aircraft, you don't neet
to blind
the pilot - simply dazzle
dub: automated dron
takedown is probably easier