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mircea_popescu: ReutersEmily one of
the better
things you can do is get an irc client and set it up.
thgat way you have your own logs, highlights,
tab completes etc
gribble: Ukyo was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 11 hours, 53 minutes, and 29 seconds ago: <Ukyo> Kinda hard
to give what doesnt exist.
mircea_popescu: gotta remember, we're on
the web. and
the web is for spiders.
BingoBoingo: And
that
thing might be related
to
the Cyprus
thing, kinds
ReutersEmily: i also am
trying
to find out - why did he (Jon Montroll) go
to hang out with Danny Brewster after
that happened, and how did
that whole
thing get resolved?
mircea_popescu: nubbins` it's complicated and has a lot
to do with spiders.
nubbins`: so what, you strap yourself into a centrifuge feet-out for sleep and head-out for
thinking?
LordPutin: dont forget ukyo
the bitfunder scam artists
ReutersEmily: hdbuck it's a fun beat but i don't
think it's good for my blood pressure
nubbins`: he eventually decided he didn't live on
this street, and wandered off
nubbins`: no cherry blossoms here, but
there was a man looking confusedly back and forth between my house,
the house next door, and
the key in his hand
mircea_popescu: when i originally picked a date for
the secret conference, it was mostly
tied
to when
this particular walkway of cherries would likely be in bloom.
mircea_popescu: Namworld it has been for a week. all
the cherry
trees are pink
nubbins`: mircea_popescu,
thank fred phelps
BingoBoingo: nubbins`: Honestly by 2015 I imagine
this will be
the norm
ReutersEmily: oh didn't see your handle
till after i
tweeted hold on i'll do another one
Namworld: No need. What I mean is, someone comes in here and ask questions,
they'll probably get an answer, wether from
the press or just a random stranger. Who
the person actually is doesn't matter.
khersonus: Namworld: I felt
the need
to ask, so I asked. Does it matter
that I asked?
nubbins`: i have
to say,
things are interesting around here lately
ReutersEmily: Huh I wonder how I would go about proving I'm from Reuters - happy
to offer proof if you want
Namworld: khersonus,
there was no proof provided
that whoever is asking question is from Reuters. Someone joined and asked questions. People are answering. It could be left at
that. Does it matter how or why someone arrived here?
ReutersEmily: khersonus I wanted
to
talk
to mircea_popescu about
the SEC letter
khersonus: normally I just read
the logs, but
this was worth hopping on for
khersonus: ReutersEmily: how did you find out about
this place?
khersonus: Reuters on IRC? I can't decide if
this is
the future or
the past, but I like it.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla does assbot support
this many lines ? such wow. much amount.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo it seems just by
the
time you're done with your post you can start on another eh.
mircea_popescu: (this software works so
that if anyone is mentioned - or has any strings of interest mentioned -
they get a signal)
LordPutin: i called
them once and Dave from fbi answered
BingoBoingo: For a while "moving
to Panama" was such a popular claim it was nearly a meme in
this space
mircea_popescu: until
the securities and exchange comission of panama figures out how
to work with me, i guess
this shitshow'll continue.
☟︎ ReutersEmily: well
they have numbers you can call for help or whatever
mircea_popescu: i buy
that just about as much as any other flying pigs scenario.
mircea_popescu: a guy by
the name
topace used
to, and claims he is no longer because some offshore corp bought it.
mircea_popescu: but
this is what passes for "pr"
these days, at least at
the havelock level of
things.
mircea_popescu: obviously
this is not what one would read, be
that one reasonable or otherwise, and obviously
this point is not lost on
them.
mircea_popescu: ReutersEmily anyway, if you're positive-constructively inclined,
they probably mean "with none of
the risk holding your own btc entails, such as you not having a clue and deleting
the wallet"
mircea_popescu: recently, it was discovered (here)
that
they had misworded
their contract.
mircea_popescu: well
that seems just about
the average stupid
thing
they'd say.
ReutersEmily: what about
the fact
that neobee is collectuing euros promising customers exposure
to btc "with none of
the risk?"
mircea_popescu: resulting in a good 4k btc loss for
their "investors".
mircea_popescu: c)
that havelock has a history of allowing high rent corporations
to just walk away from
their obligations, such as
they did in
the case of virtex,
mircea_popescu: b)
that while neobee spends a lot of
time executing, it's so far failed
to actually come up with a business plan. anyone can buy advertising, and overpay for it.
mircea_popescu: a)
that while neobee collected funds (on havelock),
they have yet
to issue a report.
this is eerily reminescent of
the bitcoin foundation scam, and does not bode well
mircea_popescu: nothing
too highly.
to keep
this short and sweet,
the objections are :
mircea_popescu: the neobee people bought a lot of newspaper space recently,
that hat you mean ?
ReutersEmily: because i want
to know what you
think about some of
the new businesses popping up
there
ReutersEmily: yeah i would want
to come as press. altho since we have people far closer
to Romania
than I am here in NYC perhaps one of my colleagues would go instead
mircea_popescu: ReutersEmily if not,
there's going
to be another in 2015 anyway, so.
mircea_popescu: pizzaman1337 well i imagine she wants
to come as press rather
than vip
ozbot: The conference, second edition pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
Namworld: I'm sorry, I'm probably just interupting and distracting from your questions
to Mircea.
ozbot: Grave concerns re MtGox pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
ozbot: Grave concerns re MtGox pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
Monarch03: Mircea, what is your opinion about ASICminer, from investment point of view right now?
thanks
ReutersEmily: think it was a guy who couldn't run an exchange or an outside
theft?
Namworld: On Bitcointalk forum. She
tends
to be very accurate, yet most often dismissed. In
the end, she is usually proven right, sadly for
those who didn't heed her warnings.
mircea_popescu: rather
than six montrhs after, like your run of
the mill overworked, overwhelmed, sclerotic bureaucracy.
mircea_popescu: and if
the sec was at my april 2013 conference,
they could have known about mtgox nine months in advance,
mircea_popescu: we could have
together avoided a shitton of loss and misery.
mircea_popescu: now, if
the sec had actually had a gpgkey registered with me in april 2012,
ReutersEmily: so...perhaps you don't want
to discuss it here but i would love
to know what you
think of
the new cyprus-based 'bank'
mircea_popescu: ReutersEmily anyway, some highlights include calling out
the pirate scam in april 2012, at a
time everyone
thought
they knew better,
Namworld: MPOE-PR exposes scams and belittles random strangers looking for investments/offering a service which involves handling
third party funds, without any respectability or proof of competency.
Namworld: MPEx at its core was made
to be simple, secure and without any extras. Designed
to be a
true exchange. Other places so far dealing with Bitcoin securities have both
the issuing and official
trades of share, and
the web interface. It makes
them vulnerable
to hacking and meddling with
the list of holders.
mircea_popescu: ReutersEmily not other
than
the limits of how many shares
there exist in
that company.
mircea_popescu: ReutersEmily
take for instance mpoe-pr. you familiar with her body of work ?
ReutersEmily: but when you say
there are people who are
trying
to prevent bad behavior, how do
they do
that?