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bitcoinpete: bitcoins are better spent on one-of-a-kind art
than electronics from
tigerdirect
bitcoinpete: i'm still glad
to see people with coin shelling out for legit shit
BingoBoingo: bitcoinpete: if it were one of
the Violas,
that would be real news
ozbot: Want
to edit
the wiki without paying a fee? Read
this.
mircea_popescu: o look, 200 lines in
the past coupla hours. poor people
trying
to read
the chan.
mircea_popescu: mike_c oldest
trick in
the book, every
talking head on
the
tv screen has a little speaker in his ear
thing. course, my backup is slightly better
than what
tv stations can afford, but still.
mircea_popescu: mike_c
there's only me posting as me. however,
there's multiple people working on feeding me data and other predigested strings.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla pls
to redirect b-a donations address
to
trilema kthx
mircea_popescu: whoa look at
that! i wrote more
this past month
than
the next 4 people bombined ?!
gribble: Bitstamp BTCUSD
ticker | Best bid: 501.79, Best ask: 506.47, Bid-ask spread: 4.68000, Last
trade: 501.13, 24 hour volume: 55293.10877297, 24 hour low: 466.1, 24 hour high: 571.5, 24 hour vwap: 517.259175662
kakobrekla: yes its possible
to send empty lines but my altgr on mah keyboard is broken
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves
that's funny, because 99.999% of published researchers live off grants given by
the people who want global warming
to be a rthing.
BingoBoingo: Oh, ellipses don't hide
text in
the logs
that come out of assbot no more
mircea_popescu: deadweasel: why would anybody consult
the public? << maybe
the public is
topless and looks good on its back ?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu:
That's about
the sentiment I've been coming
to have about my plot coupons.
mircea_popescu: cazalla
that's actually an excellent q, hope you get some answer.
kakobrekla: ah i forgot
to mention MP re outspamming
mircea_popescu: xdotcomm_ how can it be comparable
tho ? i mean... gribble actually ads functionality.
mircea_popescu: the20year3
this "enough of our shareholders complain"
tack is bollocks. i complain, and i'll have your head for it, plain and simple.
xdotcomm_: mircea_popescu: i
thought it was comporable
to irc-bot
mircea_popescu: xdotcomm_: benkay: how come exchanges /etc are not using
this
https://gpgauth.org/ << because why would anyone sane give
their keys away
to some website ? might as well ask why no serious bloggers are ujsing disqus.
mircea_popescu: the20year3 so if
the claim is
that rent is
trading under book, why not buy back shares ? and moreover, is
the book value reported anywhere in any sense ?
mircea_popescu: the20year3 businesses where
the big barrier
to entry is capital actually are very poor businesses (in
that surpluss capacity can be and usually is created on
the spot - or in other words, because
they have no moats). buffett expounds on
this in his 1983 letter if memory serves.
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taking control of cable box, sending
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moiety: lets
try
that again shall we? : i have an animal related story i cant read because im
too scared
to scroll, is
there an add on
that removes pics? like adblock/flashblock?
moiety: i have an animal realted story i cant read because im
too scraed
to scroll, is
there an add on
that removes pics? like adblock/flashblock?
moiety: the dogs head is begger
than
the whole pup!
moiety: i
thought i sensed cute,
that gif is epic mircea_popescu
moiety: BingoBoingo:
that one (youtube link) just
totally wanted
to rip
the camera person's face off didnt it?! i
think
they are known
to scalp people
noCHINA: is
that squeeze bacon shit real?
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To Sucking
noCHINA: prices would reflect
true value at all
times
noCHINA: if insider
trading was legal we'd have much more
transparent markets
noCHINA: no its not --
thats just
the free market operating... its up
to
the stupid public
to decide if a rumor is real or not before panic selling
mircea_popescu: people won't drive an extra gallon of gas just
to use random plasic bit X
mircea_popescu: MisterE if any large retailer decides
to stop
taking a card it's more like a death sentence
to
the card
than
to
the retailer.
MisterE: then pulled back
to scoop up after a drop,
thats manipulation
noCHINA: TestingUnoDosTre: large whales who want
to cash out see 'bad china news' and decide
to do it quickly
MisterE: they might have leaked a rumor before starting
to dump
mircea_popescu: noCHINA it's rare
that news actually has any sort of impact on bitcoin prices. people generally like
to see patters, but i've seen hundreds of such claims and
they were never right.
TestingUnoDosTre: I never said manipulation. I agree with your statement. Where I disagree is when you claimed
that
this had
to do with some news
that was released.
noCHINA: there is no such
thing as 'manipulation' --
there are only bids and asks ...
they're either filled or not
MisterE: still MP
that is 55% of small businesses. when I said not
taking visa would be a death sentence I was
talking about large retailers like Walmart or Safeway. I'm sure CC acceptance and usage is much higher
there and it would be a death sentence for
them.
TestingUnoDosTre: I don't care how many btc were sold
today. China news was basically
the same shit
that was said before, and it was released like 12 hours or more before
the MINI crash
tg2: That's convenient
that 50k were sold and none bought :')
noCHINA: TestingUnoDosTre: 50,000 BTC sold
today--
thats on china news
MisterE: yea
this last dump, if you can even call it
that, was manipulation for sure
TestingUnoDosTre: and it's more like someone who wanted/needed
to get rid of coins
noCHINA: its like
the good news doesn't factor in at all
noCHINA: china ban,
then gox crash,
then china ban #2,
then IRS,
noCHINA: just when you
thought bad news was finished for bitcoin --
there is more
mircea_popescu: they're not even right,
they overstate plastic acceptance.
MisterE: I have
to admit I'm *very* surprised by
the stats in
the forbes article
MisterE: because of personal experience, obbviously you have nbot spent much
time shopping in rural america at
the likes of WlaMart and safeway
MisterE: yes any large retailer who
told you you can't pay your $100 bull with plastic would be done
MisterE: I've lived out of
the US for 8-years but even before I left cash usage at large retailers was hard
to find
mircea_popescu: "<MisterE> we're not
talkign about small retailers" / "<MisterE> and any retailer who didn't accept
them would be suicide"
MisterE: you're making assumptions
that I;m extrapolating what I do
to others
mircea_popescu: so in general : i understand you're living your own life. you'll have
to understand your own life is irrelevant.
mircea_popescu: MisterE unless you're one of
the govt poor using
the govt's own plastic, which is neither visa nor mc etc.
MisterE: when you go
to a supermarket and stock up for
the week you use a card
mircea_popescu: credit cards means american express, visa and mastercard, in
that order.
noCHINA: Visa should just drop
teh minimum per-swipe charge and go straight %.
they'd make more
MisterE: we're not
talkign about small retailers / mom & pop restaurants
mircea_popescu: "But data from Intuit shows
that 55 percent of
the nation’s 27 million small businesses do not accept credit cards."
Duffer1: what would happen
to retailers if
the debit card ceased
to exist?
noCHINA: orderbook
thinning out... 1000 BTC moves price $40 now
MisterE: here in
Thailand it's much less as well.
MisterE: where is here? I'm
talking about
the US
mircea_popescu: i'm even arguing against your counting ability,
that's about five statements right
there.
MisterE: use of credit and debit cards,
that use
the visa network, for shopping is prolific in
the US and any retailer who didn't accept
them would be suicide. <- Are you arguing against
that statement mircea_popescu ?
mircea_popescu: TestingUnoDosTre subkeys you generate off a main key aren't more anonymous
than
the main key.
MisterE: hell even backwards
Thailand has it
mircea_popescu: o look at
that, wired article about "the soul of bitcoin", in
terms of "two schmucks no one heard of or cares about"
MisterE: that makes
them able
to be used for purchases at most major retailers