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radan: maybe I'll invest
the same amount in
the other direction
to cancel it out
ThickAsThieves: I have a celendar reminder
to review bitbet every 3 days
mircea_popescu: a good policy is perhaps
to never bet
the day you discover a bet
radan: I
thought betting yes would return 28x
mircea_popescu: i wonder how long before
that berkshire bet collects 1k on no side
moiety: i'm only ever in my bank when i need
to shout at
them for fucking something up
MisterE: they mostly rely on computer algorithms and usually give
the go ahead from some corporate HQ
radan: and use it like a club
to beat on anyone who's not following
their "recommendations"
radan: but governments
tend
to monopolize force
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ozbot: More
Than 30% Of Americans Haven't Visited A Bank In
The Last Six Months
radan: that's one of
the metrics
the government likes
to use
ThickAsThieves: i read an article
today
that says like 30% down or something
radan: consider
that
the purpose of a business (from a societal, not individual viewpoint) is
to keep as many people as busy as possible
mircea_popescu: cut 99.5% of
the workforce woreking in a bank, increase salaries for
the remainder 10
to 100x
BingoBoingo: Joe Brown is one of
those cases of if you stare
too deep into
the ghetto, you eventually become ghetto
mircea_popescu: everyone else just pushes paper, does forms and bs.
that could be done away with
mircea_popescu: currently
there's one valuable person per bank office :
the credits officer. he's
the guy
that makes
the call if lending is a good idea.
radan: hopefully I won't need
to eat
those 60 bucks anytime soon
TestingUnoDosTre: I would rather my county have a pompous
tv personality judge
than a real hard ass judge
mircea_popescu: deadweasel finance couldn't be abandoned, i dont
think. merely reduced
to it's bare bones.
TestingUnoDosTre: apparently, he was an actual criminal judge for a county back in
the day
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: He was one of
those daytime shows
that keep
those with nothing
to do during
the day sated in between ration
tickets.
bones`: My hometown shining star of Reality
TV, mircea_popescu
TestingUnoDosTre: If anyone finds a version of
that bitcoin swaps article
that contains comments about
the winklevoss brothers, please send it
to me. I read it earlier
today and broke out laughing, but I can't find it now :(
MisterE: and Iceland is on
the same
track so in retrospect I'm glad I stayed put
radan: but consider
that
the reason for
this is
that everyone shares significant ethnic and cultural bonds you are not privy
to
moiety: i like
to
top comment re judge judy BingoBoingo
radan: I presume you want
to go
there because
they have a stable society
radan: Iceland's pretty
tight on immigration unless you're rich or a refugee
radan: I don't
think you can, MisterE
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Well, of all of
the
things
to have drawn contempt from, asses might not be
that bad
MisterE: yea I wanted
to move
to Iceland for long
time now
MisterE: pretty much everyone I know gets hacked for
the first
time using WordPress
mircea_popescu: ;;later
tell benkay
that salt stuff sounds like unintended malleability.
ThickAsThieves: "The second way for an Icelandic citizen
to receive
their auroracoins will be
through SMS.
The person’s cell phone number will
then be matched with
their National ID number and once verified
the user will receive
their auroracoins."
mircea_popescu: concerned parties are advised
to send some dust first,
that'll verify
the address and lock it down
mircea_popescu: well it doesn't run wordpress afaik, but
that's no absolute guarantee.
ThickAsThieves: it makes a difference if
the site can be compromised and depsot addressed get mitm'd
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: i was actually contemplating just copy pasting
the output of current wp in a html file << notrly such a bad idea.
mircea_popescu: ;;later
tell MykelSIlver it makes relatively little difference what software bitbet.us runs, as webserver doesn't really hold coins anywya
ThickAsThieves: "The first way is as follows, since 80% of
the Icelandic population is on Facebook, Icelandic citizens will be able
to claim
their coins simply by logging into Facebook
through a gateway."
MisterE: ThickAsThieves: you're
talking abotu
Tera?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i'd really love
to see
the chinese files on nato
ozbot: Online casino - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
mircea_popescu: but from what i've seen
these people were
trying
to sell icbit-style "futures" on
the usd
ThickAsThieves: referring
to diff futures etc not being
the same as USD btc options
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves what difference do yo uhave in mind
there ?
mircea_popescu: the various stocks either don't have enough volume or, for
the non-mpex crowd, arten't actually stocks, don't even publish statements etc
MisterE: I dont
think I'm understanding everything I'm reading
there
ninjashogun: and I was introduced
to him explicitly by someone.
MisterE: yea
they are but a robust derivatives market is more
than options
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves yeah, everyone's
trying
to pass off bucket shop bullshit for "derivatives"
ninjashogun: I mean, I forget
the name of
the link, but it has
the
term "fyrstikken" in it.
MisterE: MP: I see
that monthly statement, bummer month, but anyways what am I missing about a derivatives connection?
the bonds market?
mircea_popescu: who
the fuck
thought someone wants a mentor
they've never met.
BingoBoingo: radan: I prefer 0.5.11
to newer multibit releases
moiety: you just listed reasons why you haven't found investment yourself
there ninjashogun
ninjashogun: given
that
there's no due dilligence
that can be done. no contracts
that can be enforced. no sec. no proof you're not getting scammed. and every listing on crypto stocks is a scam. and
the OPERATOR is a scammer. ......... how is anyone investing?
ninjashogun: wait I do want an answer
to my question above on why anyone would invest in crypto stocks - don't people with money
to invest have standards?
CheckDavid: Exchange currencies without risk of scam at
the
trade level
ninjashogun: CheckDavid, come
to #bitcoins-assets-stupid with me and duduqa
TestingUnoDosTre: you could sell
them in neat little batches with different risk profiles... it would be a paradise
CheckDavid: You mean doesn't do much yet. Or it won't do much of anything in
the near future?