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decimation: ;;rate hanbot 1 freely published
timely advice which
triggered my exit from btct.co
decimation: one can see a business opportunity: summarize
the gazette in a
trustworthy manner, like a monk-scribe and not like a "journalist"
decimation: This reaction being fully played for everyone in
the WoT
to judge, of course
mircea_popescu: decimation depends on
the reaction of
the corporation. if
they fire him, him. if
they don't, both.
decimation: ;;later
tell mircea_popescu how does
the idea of
the Punishment Gazette interact with
the common law idea of corporate personhood? When you are wronged by an idiot employee, is it he who
takes
the hit on
the WoT or his employer?
decimation: presuming
that only %46 of Americans can qualify for a mortgage, it seems likely
that a subset of
that %46 will end up owning %100 of
the homes
Apocalyptic: amazon is not
the only one with
this business model
decimation: It's hard
to see how amazon is going
to keep exponential growth selling crap
to indebted peasants
decimation: The CFED calls
these folks ?liquid asset poor,? and its report finds
that 44% of Americans are living with less
than $5,887 in savings for a family of four.
The plight of
these folks is compounded by
the fact
that
the recession ravaged many Americans? credit scores
to
the point
that now 56% percent of us have subprime credit.
ozbot: Nearly Half of America Lives Paycheck-to-Paycheck -
TIME
benkay: get out of
this shithole somehow or make it
tolerable until
the us comes crashing down about my ears.
benkay: in one way or another i've been standing by and squirting grease on
the
thing since i was a bairn.
benkay: shipping finely spun plastic widgets
that should never have been made
to
the herds who should never have been granted credit in
the first place
decimation: heh well
that's a plan I guess. It's honest work at least, keeping
the internet goblins at bay
benkay: decimation: if i burn all my bridges here, i'm moving up
to seattle and working in
the server mines for a year
to reestablish my capital base.
benkay: decimation: ugh don't
talk like
that
benkay: asciilifeform:
thanks for
those naggum links.
benkay: kinda hoping
to get
the
tax situation dialed before btc legs up
decimation: I suspect a large crash would signal another leg up for bitcoin
though
decimation: re: amazon, I've heard it's a
tough life working
there. Look at
the glassdoor reviews:
they cheapskate on everything. Yeah,
the salary is okay, but you better enjoy being on call
benkay: or at least balance hard in
that direction.
benkay: i
think it's
time
to go all cash, neh?
benkay: nice
to have you back, decimation :)
decimation: but
the "recovery" is great guys, just some snow, no problems here
decimation: In
the first quarter of 2014, mortgage originations at Citigroup Inc. (NYSE/C) declined 71% from
the same period a year ago.
The bank issued $5.2 billion in mortgages in
the first quarter of 2014, compared
to $8.3 billion in
the previous quarter and $18.0 billion in
the first quarter of 2013. (Source: Citigroup Inc. web site, last accessed April 14, 2014.)
ozbot: Dead-Cat Bounce Over for
the Housing Market?
benkay: that's
the short of it, BingoBoingo
benkay: b) you've got stuff 'twixt your ears
that'll spill more easily if we're on good
terms
than ill.
benkay: a) i don't actually
troll.
benkay: BingoBoingo: what, you want me
to perpetuate
the mystery in a blog post or
three? ;)
BingoBoingo: Mysteries I want in a blog post, Benkay, why did you ever stop
trolling me after my return
to -assets
ozbot: WWII Propaganda Billboards From
The United States' Secret Atomic City
BingoBoingo: benkay: As best as I can
tell with Amazon is
that
they have done nothing other
than reinvest in
their history. Like
the Poker Player who doubled down 21
times in row and won.
benkay: i haven't looked at
the actual books but i'm imagining
that each spend on one side is balanced by an acquisition on
the other. maybe just of engineering
time, but w/e.
benkay: BingoBoingo: is amazon burning
the capital?
the party line is
that
they're reinvesting it.
BingoBoingo: Bitch
to scrape off of
the floor, but... learning
BingoBoingo: Shoe
took care of "mice" which was an actual mouse
BingoBoingo: benkay: Mosin was one option, some sks variant was another with
the particular variant left in
the air, so long as it wasn't chinese
benkay: it can't be
that simple
BingoBoingo: benkay: Amazon burns all
the capital, because growth.
benkay: oh wizards of high finance and running companies - what
the fuck is up with amazon?
benkay: BingoBoingo: were we
to lay out diamonds we'd get insta-zapped by drones
benkay: BingoBoingo: couldn't say i'm a rebel cascadian hiding in
the hills
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD
ticker | Best bid: 469.95, Best ask: 469.96, Bid-ask spread: 0.01000, Last
trade: 469.96, 24 hour volume: 13964.55874092, 24 hour low: 469.96, 24 hour high: 505.0, 24 hour vwap: 487.558581229
BingoBoingo: Poor assbot,
the BTC-TC collapse has kept it so quiet
BingoBoingo: Narrative: Innexplicable offense, still moar inexplicable offense, dissapointement by regression
to
the mean.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: If you want a shortcut
to understanding baseball
the 2011 world series game six and 2012 StL vs. Washington NLDS game five paired with
the 2013 NLCS makes a nice summary of
the entire contemporary game
BingoBoingo: By Italy I mean classic Italy, anyone born more
than
two barns from you and your goats is a foreigner
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Reminds me of a conundrum. Every US Infantry officer gets
the chance at ranger school after graduation, but many officers deployed
to ostentiably infantry assignments will not be infantry officers.
benkay: 's why i'm in mgmt
these days
benkay: mircea_popescu: dun
think i got any credit for popping
the recent sybils.
BingoBoingo: Otherwise we could suppose infinite shitty alternate artillery games where one side produces a grunt who climbs a hill and stabs
the cannon
to death.
benkay: <mircea_popescu> and i'm not gonna give stan any more credit
than i gave benkay either << wot ch2 omission smarted
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Actually I am
thinking
the Apple II version, but yes,
that artillery game
BingoBoingo: Vs. artillery where
the opponent merely needs
to hit you once
BingoBoingo: Well, a pitcher
to get an out either has
to
throw
three strikes or get
the hitter
to put
the ball in a location favorable
to one of
their fielders.
BingoBoingo: Where as in artillery
the goal is
to hit
the
target first.
BingoBoingo: In chess
there is a
tremendous advantage
to anticipating lines your opponent might
try
to put forth.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Consider
the game of chess vs.
the game of artillery.
BingoBoingo: Though on
the same
team and Albert Pujols becoming a legend first,
this is
the exact machanism
that made Pujols fungible with Carlos Beltran et al. while Molina was and is irreplaceable.
BingoBoingo: Normally
the answer is
the catcher calling pitches, as a great catcher is a slightly better source of entropy
than
the batter
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Well I mentioned
this in another post, but it goes back
to baseball. Who carries half of a ptcher's success and why?
benkay: ;;later
tell decimation i did indeed and would be pleased
to help you do
the same although i'm sure you can figure it out
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Prolly. Cake comes and goes. I might hammer out consistent gains, but probably never again over a bid-ask pread of 4
times
mircea_popescu: what are you going
to say, "herp", because you already used
the proper expression in april 2014 ?
mircea_popescu: <BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: It is well within
the specs I set when I raped herbi and his wife's future. << dude srsly.
BingoBoingo: He sought
to seed microstructures, but every order he entered was like my betting green in roulette and hitting.
BingoBoingo: He invested little. It seemed
to be a small portion of his anything.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It is well within
the specs I set when I raped herbi and his wife's future.
BingoBoingo: Also I can't
threaten incapacitating my self
that much lest BTC/AtC goes
to hell
BingoBoingo: Next
thing you know I will forsake N.W.A. for Sheryl Crow
BingoBoingo: The beautiful
thing is
this doesn't much matter.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Especially hard since 23andme conceded medicine
to MObama
BingoBoingo: For all I actually know maybe I am more addicted
to menthol
than nicotine
BingoBoingo: The only people IRL on OL with similar issues were notorious epileptics so I guess being more functional
than
that is a plus.
BingoBoingo: I also
throw a bowling ball with alternating hands given situations favorable
to one side or
the other's strengths
BingoBoingo: In practice
this works great for watching porn because different halves of my brain can be watching porn vs. jacking me off, a perfect stranger
BingoBoingo: My left eye
tremendously overpowers
the right, but my right hand
tremendously has dexterity over
the left.