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mircea_popescu: "o ya, you're really living it large dude.
the whole point of a pool
table is
to keep it in a cellar."
mircea_popescu: my mind boggles when i visit someone and
they have shit like a pool
table in
the basement
decimation: yeah you probably want
to build it in a basement
decimation: dump a concrete block in
the ground, build a building around it, isolated with air gap
decimation: one probably need not be
that hardcore for an optics bench
decimation: there is much art
to drying wood without warping
decimation: everyone knows
that such blocks of wood are
trival
to obtain - simply punch a
tree ala minecraft
diametric: asciilifeform: so if you post on reddit with +/u/CompileBot language \n\n [ code ], it will run
that code and post it as a reply.
diametric: with a 15% discount
this weekend apparently.
diametric: mircea_popescu: oppo has
the only phone on
the market currently running cyanogen
that's been certified by google as well
mircea_popescu: hdbuck well don't forget
to publish if you figure out anything.
hdbuck: im really
trying
to grasp what happened with
the massive PUT orders in early feb. MP's feb report mentioned his ability
to stand for
the sake of bitcoin, and being well connected, etc... But who was on
the other side? Why such orders in bulk at
this given period? :/
diametric: possibly, it also reminds me of when someone wins at something, people immediately assume
they cheated somehow because
they
themselves didn't win.
cazalla: If you put ones ego aside for a moment,
there is a lot you can learn, at least
that has been my experience
to date
cazalla: diametric: I
think
the dislike might come from feeling inferior due
to
the conversations here
mircea_popescu: the more likely explanation is probably
that
they're not actually as smart as
they see
themsekves.
mircea_popescu: the convenient explanation being
that
they're exposed scammers/shills with a bone for pr.
cazalla: I'm your average person, can't keep up with some of
the conversation here, need
to go and google words for definitions and so forth but I'm here (got started in Bitcoin nov 2012) so I would expect others who are average
to start
turning up as I have
diametric: and by association
they've linked
this channel
to scammers
diametric: there is a surprisingly amount of people
that really dislike mircea_popescu. I've encountered a few
that proclaim he's a scammer, but when questioned on what scam specifically
they fail
to give details.
cazalla: diametric: learning curve i would
think
cazalla: given it
takes a year
to go
through
the /r/bitcoin and bitcointalk wringer, i am
thinking most end up here after some
time and not straight off
thet bat
mircea_popescu: they all pretend like
they're businessmen, it's
the hip
thing
to claim
mircea_popescu: curious which is
the first hip hop artist
to make it here.
hdbuck: anyho, still reading logs. im not going
to bother any longer. keeping up
the faith :)
hdbuck: a joke
taht had kept you busy for
the last couple of years
mircea_popescu: that aside, bitcoin will outlive
the dollar, in which sense any arbitrary price point will be reached eventually.
hdbuck: i saw your first post on
the btcforum was: "I'm pretty convinced we will see 1mn$ / BTC at some future point" havent changed your mind so far? ^^
mircea_popescu: my cock really doesn't
taste as bad as people
tell
themselves.
mircea_popescu: rather
than
this current "pick bugs off
the floor put
them, in
the bucket whence
they run back out"
thing we've been doing for
the past
three years
mircea_popescu: who knows, maybe
the sec finally decides
to stop dicking around and we get some scams actually blown open properly,
hdbuck: i figured you had a pretty good idea
tho cuz i'm clueless :)
hdbuck: mircea_popescu, could you please enlighten me regarding what is actually going
to happen in bitcoinland? i mean, all
that junk going on with
the BTCFoundation,
the heists,
the banks,
the whole damn world? what
to expect if not some shitstorm lies and persecutions?
mircea_popescu: <mpoe-pr>
there's a
thread
there for movie recommendations. forum people. recommending movies
to each other. can you imagine
the horror? cause it's worse
than you imagine.
mircea_popescu: <mpoe-pr> you're aware
that
there's
this bitcoin forum
that i work on every day. and on
this forum,
there are sub-forums. and one of
these is off-topic.
hdbuck: what?!
they havent had add Karpeles
to
that list yet? ^^
mircea_popescu: are
these
the idiots who whine at facebook about whether x y z is a country ?
mircea_popescu: "The sooner
this community gets rid of
these stains/schemes currently
tainting
the innovative and revolutionary world of bitcoin which
they are piggybacking,
the sooner we will make progress."
kakobrekla: mp, mk,
the keys are right next
to each other
hdbuck: i really cant
tell so far
benkay: i was under
the impression
that 2% was an outrageous return in btc.
mircea_popescu: speaking of which,
the berkshire bitbet is something else
benkay: i've been looking for fb puts on
the same scale.
benkay: what
timeframe? just out of curiousity.
benkay: "but we're already printing money every week! what else are we
to do?"
benkay: i start
to understand
the furor over QE ca 2007
ninjashogun: mircea_popescu, madoff chose a return
that was set not
to be "too good
to be
true" while working more on giving
the appearance of very low baked-in risk. He did not give out returns
that made anyone wealthy - he was just very consistent about it.
mircea_popescu: the image comes straighyt from
there, who knew
these guys use mpex
tech o.O