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ascii_field: when it found what it was looking for, the antenna automatically turned to point at its quarry. Prices for the device varied from $395 for a basic model to $8,000 for one capable of locating individual human beings, which required a Polaroid photograph of the person to be loaded into the programming box. Quadro’s golf ball-finding variant, the Gopher, was available by mail order for just $69.'

[]bot: Bet placed: 4.72435163 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to drop under $150 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1123/ Odds: 13(Y):87(N) by coin, 14(Y):86(N) by weight. Total bet: 17.00350855 BTC. Current weight: 88,977.

asciilifeform: or a bitcoinator that $insertcatastropicfailure

nubbins`: mildly (but only mildly) surprising that people will suck pennies out of a btc faucet all day, but literally walking around with a roll of packing tape is too much work for $15/hr

asciilifeform: other observation, of course, is that $maxint in stolen cash doesn't really deprive the bank of anything - more is printed, delivered next day

jurov: hi asciilifeform, if you still want dedi server for bitcoins, around ~$50 , we can do hetzner

[]bot: Bet placed: 11 BTC for No on "Gold to drop under $1000 before April 2015" http://bitbet.us/bet/1119/ Odds: 5(Y):95(N) by coin, 6(Y):94(N) by weight. Total bet: 36.4954 BTC. Current weight: 66,312.

mats: "The combined effect of those separation costs and the hit from the strong dollar will almost halve HP's free cash flow this fiscal year to about $3.5 billion to $4 billion, down from three months ago when it forecast $6.5 billion to $7 billion."

decimation: http://tgeonetta.com/cost-of-living-vs-salary-best-cities-for-software-developers-and-engineers/ < heh. apparently programmers in the new york 'profit' about $16k per year

asciilifeform: $ gpg --verify profound_retardation.txt

pete_dushenski: "Morgan Stanley to Pay $2.6 Billion to Settle Mortgage Cases" << more usg tax collection

mike_c: sold, i'll take 120 gbps for $120.

pete_dushenski: $60 currently gets me 15 mbps

pete_dushenski: $120/mo here gets... 120 gbps

mircea_popescu: The real money, the real problem that goes unmentioned is the money that goes to universities, in the form of research grants. Biederman may have pocketed $1M, but I'm sure he was awarded much, much more for clinical trials-- money which he didn't get any of, which went to Harvard.

[]bot: Bet placed: 2.5 BTC for No on "BTC to top $450 before 31st Mar" http://bitbet.us/bet/1113/ Odds: 11(Y):89(N) by coin, 12(Y):88(N) by weight. Total bet: 12.4553 BTC. Current weight: 46,647.

[]bot: Bet placed: 8 BTC for No on "Gold to top $1500 before 16 May" http://bitbet.us/bet/1106/ Odds: 8(Y):92(N) by coin, 11(Y):89(N) by weight. Total bet: 14.32038404 BTC. Current weight: 61,675.

assbot: Defense provided 2 DVDs of Citizenfour as exhibit in Edwards suit. So film in public domain as unsealed record. On HBO 2/23/15. Leaking $.

[]bot: Bet placed: 3 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to drop under $150 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1123/ Odds: 18(Y):82(N) by coin, 18(Y):82(N) by weight. Total bet: 12.25805692 BTC. Current weight: 96,621.

[]bot: Bet placed: 2 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to drop under $150 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1123/ Odds: 24(Y):76(N) by coin, 24(Y):76(N) by weight. Total bet: 9.25805692 BTC. Current weight: 96,641.

pete_dushenski: even qantas did this recently: 'are you carrying more than $10k in monies' and 'are you a tewowist' thing

nubbins`: it is cool, but it just can't pay manual laborers $70k/year

nubbins`: like you said, if the $150/mo student loan payment is the thing keeping someone here...

[]bot: Bet placed: 1 BTC for Yes on "Bitcoin to drop under $150 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1123/ Odds: 31(Y):69(N) by coin, 31(Y):69(N) by weight. Total bet: 7.20805692 BTC. Current weight: 98,099.

BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> (where i live, a traditional 19 inch by 40 'u' rack starts at a few $k / mo.) << I'm contemplating $200/month for offering welded shut case

asciilifeform: (where i live, a traditional 19 inch by 40 'u' rack starts at a few $k / mo.)

decimation: why did some 'tard burn ~$10k for this thing?

decimation: yeah. a patent is perfectly useless unless you have > $10 mil lawyer budget

BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> the guy who wrote templeos is living on that racket << terry davis. and schizophrenia is still one of the more reliable ways a white man can get usg payola. though it's still an 'achievement', on part with getting a $1M research grant on your lonesome << Who knows, if it wasn't for glorious tobacco maybe I'd be on that golden ticket

asciilifeform: the guy who wrote templeos is living on that racket << terry davis. and schizophrenia is still one of the more reliable ways a white man can get usg payola. though it's still an 'achievement', on part with getting a $1M research grant on your lonesome

[]bot: Bet placed: 2.90787692 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to drop under $150 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1123/ Odds: 20(Y):80(N) by coin, 20(Y):80(N) by weight. Total bet: 6.20805692 BTC. Current weight: 99,019.

pete_dushenski: "Areva, the French nuclear technology giant, warned on Monday that it was facing a loss of a magnitude that raises doubts about its ability to continue operations without an injection of state funds to restore its capital. The state-controlled company expects a 2014 net loss of about 4.9 billion euros, or $5.6 billion, from a loss of €500 million a year earlier." << blame the japs!

[]bot: Bet placed: 1.00018 BTC for Yes on "Bitcoin to drop under $150 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1123/ Odds: 100(Y):0(N) by coin, 100(Y):0(N) by weight. Total bet: 1.00018 BTC. Current weight: 99,997.

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thestringpuller: $bids mpoe

nubbins`: but dealers care less about safe and more about $$

asciilifeform: 'If Shkreli acquires Biltricide from Bayer, he plans to raise the price of the drug to $100,000 for a single-day course of treatment, according to people briefed on Turing's business plans. No other changes or improvements to the drug will be made by Turing. The extra revenue generated by Biltricide is expected to earn Turing a fast profit for its investors and help defray the cost of developing other, experimental drugs, sour

assbot: Should I dox myself for $3? : Buttcoin ... ( http://bit.ly/18fsqic )

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[]bot: Bet placed: 2.5 BTC for No on "BTC to top $413 before Songkran" http://bitbet.us/bet/1122/ Odds: 1(Y):99(N) by coin, 1(Y):99(N) by weight. Total bet: 2.6 BTC. Current weight: 99,998.

[]bot: Bet created: "BTC to top $413 before Songkran" http://bitbet.us/bet/1122/

nubbins`: it really is only like another $8 for the purple logo'd one, hey?

nubbins`: ~$35usd for sata-ful

nubbins`: sadly, the cheapest pogo a canadian can land is $25usd

mircea_popescu: asciilifeform> decimation: they didn't. usa spent $maxint trying to copy, but then changed their mind when realized they have scarcely any railroads << so lulzy this.

asciilifeform: decimation: they didn't. usa spent $maxint trying to copy, but then changed their mind when realized they have scarcely any railroads

decimation: he paid a couple $k per night apparently

assbot: Spitzer Prostitute Details: $80,000 Spent, Mood Music, Multiple Prostitutes, Up To A Decade Of Use And An Ever-Present Security Detail ... ( http://bit.ly/1D0cZCf )

asciilifeform: as in, let it be known that you have $maxint

asciilifeform: correct if i'm thick, but $maxint will buy a whore or two ?

asciilifeform: but what do the folks with unaccountable $maxint in bank, whose names never appear in the beobachter, do with their time ?

decimation: what about 'we can raise $x bil from old men in the UAE

assbot: Clintons’ foundation has raised nearly $2 billion — and some key questions - The Washington Post ... ( http://bit.ly/1D08Del )

asciilifeform: iirc he compared it to certain genetically engineered bacteria that end up shedding the payload - 'why should i piss out $protein when i can be making more copies of self faster'

nubbins`: mircea_popescu:nubbins`: what's a young anti-consumerist to do ;/ << shit look at that, "mother earth news" is actually a thing. <<< print issues are a bit lacking these days, but for the $20/yr or w/e...

[]bot: Bet placed: 4 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to drop under $100 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1108/ Odds: 8(Y):92(N) by coin, 11(Y):89(N) by weight. Total bet: 24.43457636 BTC. Current weight: 41,533.

[]bot: Bet placed: 5 BTC for No on "Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) to drop under $30 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1112/ Odds: 6(Y):94(N) by coin, 7(Y):93(N) by weight. Total bet: 19.99351 BTC. Current weight: 48,541.

[]bot: Bet placed: 12 BTC for No on "Gold to drop under $1000 before April 2015" http://bitbet.us/bet/1119/ Odds: 7(Y):93(N) by coin, 8(Y):92(N) by weight. Total bet: 25.4954 BTC. Current weight: 78,985.

chetty: All around the country bubbles aroud various installations push rent up $BigInt for $ConvenientInt radius// which makes stupid ideas like min wage even more ridiculous

BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: this doesn't include private 'consulting' gigs, also, which many of these folks take part in << Seriously perverts rents. All around the country bubbles aroud various installations push rent up $BigInt for $ConvenientInt radius

[]bot: Bet placed: 1.5 BTC for No on "BTC to top $500 before 1st May" http://bitbet.us/bet/1120/ Odds: 15(Y):85(N) by coin, 15(Y):85(N) by weight. Total bet: 10.19984479 BTC. Current weight: 92,401.

pete_dushenski fuming at 'air' now. $450-600 for new display!

asciilifeform: and sure, he could join a class-action and possibly get $10 seven years later.

asciilifeform: colleague of mine bought a $3k 'macbook' a few mo. ago

asciilifeform: why is it possible to borrow $maxint in mr. chump's name without his pgp key

asciilifeform: plus the $xxx bil of tax deduction subsidies for the mortgage racket as a class

decimation: well, the better way to think about it is that there are well over $1 bil bidding up the prices

decimation: yeah that's roughly 1/2 to one billion $ per year in your area alone, usg paid rent

decimation: $2286 per month for e5 with family

decimation: I had a friend in the wash dc area that calculated an O3 officer (roughly BS degree plus 5 years experience) makes about $140k in wash dc

decimation: even a lowly E-1 rates $2140 per month with dependents

nubbins`: that's two hundred bucks each, per month. $7 a day.

nubbins`: my wife and i collectively have to scrounge together about $400 per month to keep this house going

nubbins`: but what i'm saying is that while cutting one's income from a gross of ~$60k to a net of ~$6k necessarily involves severe lifestyle changes

asciilifeform: suddenly it costs $100k to move $100k

asciilifeform: in that 'usg knows you had $xxxx that day in your pocket'

[]bot: Bet placed: 3.09885 BTC for No on "BTC to top $500 before 1st May" http://bitbet.us/bet/1120/ Odds: 13(Y):87(N) by coin, 14(Y):86(N) by weight. Total bet: 7.69984479 BTC. Current weight: 93,956.

punkman: mircea_popescu: (the guy fatass kim is trying to immitate, basically. paid $$ to be adopted by some ex german prince) << lol! Prince Frederic (Gabor's current husband) paid some old lady to adopt him too, rest of family doesn't recognize him.

mircea_popescu: (the guy fatass kim is trying to immitate, basically. paid $$ to be adopted by some ex german prince)

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: gotta appreciate that this is about as real to me as a $500M synchrophasotron. i.e., i get the basic principle involved, but have never seen with own eyes nor know in person anyone who has

mircea_popescu: <NewLiberty> ^^ yes, my friend that does this has household expenses >US$50K per month. << that's a decent dozen o' slavegirls.

NewLiberty: ^^ yes, my friend that does this has household expenses >US$50K per month. Not your average person on the street.

ascii_field: ($1000+ 'pentium 3', etc)

[]bot: Bet placed: 3 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to drop under $100 before April" http://bitbet.us/bet/1108/ Odds: 10(Y):90(N) by coin, 13(Y):87(N) by weight. Total bet: 19.93457636 BTC. Current weight: 44,198.

[]bot: Bet placed: 2 BTC for No on "BTC to top $500 before 1st May" http://bitbet.us/bet/1120/ Odds: 22(Y):78(N) by coin, 23(Y):77(N) by weight. Total bet: 4.60099479 BTC. Current weight: 95,091.

ascii_field: point was trying to make was that mass economics (e.g. weed) are not applicable to ultra-niche affair where there are maybe three people in a continent who can even begin to attempt $task

The20YearIRCloud: Just about, granted I think what happens is they require personal financial statements from a person during the proceeding, and he declared ~$40k worth of stock

The20YearIRCloud: We're hovering around the $3/share area

ascii_field: anyone who buys, say, $50k of gift cert cards in cash, is guaranteed to have some official scrutiny.

mike_c: colluders are paying $66 an hour to play at a $1/$2 no-limit game

mike_c: figure 80 hands/hour, avg $1 cap, 6 players at table (5 colluding)

mike_c: Pokerstars has $3 cap at common no-limit games

mike_c: Live rake is $5/hand.

mike_c: 7k on $1mm wagered?

[]bot: Bet placed: 3.6908 BTC for No on "Gold to drop under $1000 before April 2015" http://bitbet.us/bet/1119/ Odds: 13(Y):87(N) by coin, 13(Y):87(N) by weight. Total bet: 13.4909 BTC. Current weight: 85,070.

ben_vulpes: <BingoBoingo> [] decimation> that should be the bar for voting - if you don't have your $185k, you can't vote, because you are literally a bum << Maybe there should be trophies for certain people who inflicted directly and personally more than that damage on the fiat system without being politicos? << most offensive thing about being born here is how one's effectively born into slavery for others obligations.

BingoBoingo: brendafdez: Sony actually used to have an option (extra $50 US or so) to not have factory adware on your computer when they ship it

brendafdez: Last time was also Pete from Coindesk, he interviewed all the poeple claiming to run 'exchanges' here. There are a huge numer of such 'exchanges', most of which don't even exist like coinmelon (refered to by mp as coinmuon bc of the sign at the doorbell). Then there's Latincoin, which is also there athe 'embassy' and also doesn't even exist and is only piching to 'investors' to get money with no product. Last time they were asking for $7 ☟︎

cazalla: <punkman> I knew a guy that had a couple browser toolbars/plugins that replaced ads. He made $500-1000 per day for quite a while. <<< i use to get something like $1 per install from pinball publisher