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fluffypony: mircea_popescu:fluffypony so opened on feb 8th at 0.025, peaked at .1,
then piefaced
towards 0.015ish. is it dead ? <-
that's what happens when an altcoin gets put on a large exchange - all
the pump-and-dumpers go ballistic, and
there ends up being a huge correction. happens every. single.
time.
fluffypony: welcome
to 2014, where your camera connects
to wifi and runs an open X server
Naphex: sup davout, did you
try
that fast lib?
fluffypony: let's play a new game called "There's an Alibaba for
that!"
BingoBoingo: benkay: Using
the word broad is how we know you like
them older
benkay: ;;later
tell princessnell benkay@gmail.com now gimme yours so we can actually communicate asynchronously
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mircea_popescu: and with
that i bid you all a most excellent nighty night.
mircea_popescu: i'm an elitist because i've had
the good chance
to observe first hand what works and what doesn't and how and why.
mircea_popescu: i'm not an elitist because i got bored daydreaming one day and fixated on
that.
decimation: in
the west,
there is no such hierarchy, yet egalitarianism is strictly enforced
decimation: if
this is even half
true,
the very motor of
the state was an elite hierarchy
decimation: you know
the funny
thing is
that
the USSR had much official propaganda w.r.t. egalitarianism
decimation: it's better
to be
the richest of
the poor
than just another rich guy
decimation: He loses
the sense of superiority over
those around him."
decimation: own swimming pool,
the
traitor suddenly realizes
that all
decimation: especially when he knows
the other side won't respond in public, by definition
decimation: ascii I like
the comically long red carpet and enormous
table of
the GRU chief
bitcoinpete: TheNewDeal:
that bastille day offer still on
the
table?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform consider
the more apocalyptic scenario :
there's no secret currently kept by
the nsa
that we don't already know.
decimation: is
this related
to
those guys who claimed
to attack
that power substation in CA?
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the message couldn't be louder or clearer :
the nsa is being retired.
mircea_popescu: <decimation>
the bigger story is
that 37% of fed retirment money is invested in a "fund"
that has returned %0.82 year-to-date. << and
then we cuss out people for "investing" in glbse&co
decimation: I guess if
they won't work as free employees
they can always "have problems" and
then work as zeks
decimation: the bigger story is
that 37% of fed retirment money is invested in a "fund"
that has returned %0.82 year-to-date.
decimation: "The G Fund holds approximately 37 percent of all
TSP balances held by
the 4.6 million
TSP participants. As most readers know,
the
TSP is similar
to a 401(k) retirement fund for about 4.6 million current and former government employees and uniformed service members.
To make up for
the deficit spending by
the government,
the
Treasury has ?suspended reinvestment? or
taken assets out of
the G Fund
to pay for other expenses."
ozbot: Borrowing from
the G Fund (Again)
to Offset
the Debt Ceiling - FedSmith.com
mircea_popescu: decimation no, at
the
time, it paid people overseas (and select foreign governments)
decimation: USG pays its employees in its own scrip, and
they
think it's a great deal
mircea_popescu: the gestapo you gotta pay. else
the court may not "think"
mircea_popescu: meanwhile
the same government paid its own employees a full 100%
mircea_popescu: "Plaintiff seeks
to make his case solely upon
the
theory
that, by reason of
the change in
the weight of
the dollar he is entitled
to $1.69 in
the present currency for every dollar promised by
the bond, regardless of any actual loss he has suffered with respect
to any
transaction in which his dollars may be used. We
think
that position is untenable."
ozbot: The endless story of Korea. pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
decimation: well,
the roth deal is
that you pay
tax up front, on
the promise
that you never pay
tax again...
decimation: the problem with Roth plans: "I am altering
the deal, pray I don't alter it further..."
ozbot: 401(k) - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
decimation: the IRS "safe harbor" rule is
that as long as you "pay" your janitor 3% in his 401k, you can offer any amount you wish
to anyone else in your company
mircea_popescu: but if stupid consumers did half of it ?
then
they could buy it... again.
mircea_popescu: wouldn't
those have been great if
the farmers didn't have
to pour 100% of
the milk poured,
mircea_popescu: always made me
think of
the 1930s milk pouring exercises
mircea_popescu: "pour your milk in
this hole, we'll pour some more milk after it"
decimation: worse,
they will pay 5%
to
the scammers, on
the understanding
that you can one day collect
decimation: you can see how
this feeds
the above-outlined chumpatron
decimation: asciilifeform, many us corps (due
to heavy USG encouragement) pay incentives
to "invest" in 401ks
decimation: I guess
the gov't makes you pay one way or
the other.
decimation: well, I guess if you want
to pay more
tax
decimation: you pay
taxes up front, but you can withdrawl
the principal investment (not
the earnings) at any
time
BingoBoingo: Generally in
the US Roth anything is less insane
decimation: asciilifeform you can avoid some of
the 401k madness if your company offers a "Roth 401k"
mircea_popescu: decimation used
to work fine up until
they started hiring idiots.
decimation: which solves buffet's problem
to some extent