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mircea_popescu: who knew, mpex is 50% better
than
the best investment in
the history of venture investment.
ReutersEmily: I am completely unfamiliar with
the etiquette in here
nubbins`: there's a pun hidden in
there if anyone's looking
nubbins`: in fact,
tits are inflationary just like btc
nubbins`: with
the caveat
that
tits are better squeezed now
than later
mircea_popescu: bitcoin's made for spendin' like
them
tits are made for squeezin'. not all
the
time not by everyone.
mircea_popescu: i would say moore's law officially solved
the problem of slashdotting, permanently.
mircea_popescu: so i can't really believe it, but after being on everywhere
trilema ain't been down.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Roughly when did you start lawyering up and working on
the MPEx/MPOE legal contingencies?
nubbins`: TBF i was buying btc and pushing
them into SR as fast as i could, and pascale said "maybe we should sit on a few k's"
mircea_popescu: i spent about a year with ppl going "wait so you bought at 15 ? but it's not even half
that now! you got duped mp!"
nubbins`: luckily had
the foresight
to stop spending
them
nubbins`: avg price for
the ones i still have was around $22
nubbins`: i spent most of
the early ones
mircea_popescu: men who live in low price houses can afford
to
throw pricepoints around
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i like bothering people with
that figure :D i imagine all
the assholes buying 10k for a pizza are long gone so nobody can bother me.
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: an order of magnitude lower
than me ;(
Namworld: You can't make up stuff like
that.
nubbins`: really making
the rounds
this
time
Namworld: Well
the official details are entertaining.
Namworld: Gox has now 202k BTC, officially.
They also officially don't know how much
they have at all.
mircea_popescu: unless it's a naked karpeles dancing in
the streets of
tokio for nickels i ain't interested.
mircea_popescu: that man will soon discover
that paying back his mortgage is not really in his interest,
mircea_popescu: benkay: at 12,
there was a man ranting in ##econometrics about mortgaging himself
to
the hilt and going long btc. <<<
this has long been
the practical bank killer.
daybyter: Namworld: what language you want
to use?
mircea_popescu: illegitimate governments never can stand for
the peoples
they claim
to represent.
Namworld: But
they want me
to code an exchange regardless.
mircea_popescu: no but usa !=
the people living at any given
time in
the areal. just like cccp !=
the poor russian and other nationalities engulag'd.
Namworld: mircea, no, I'm not coding for noobs. I just give an advice about not
trusting anything just because it looks good because code can't be audited.
BingoBoingo: This was especially
true at
the peak of McCarthyism, since Johnson
though
there's gradually been a little less denial
though every generation.
mircea_popescu: the chief difference between
the usa and
the cccp being
that
the usa is in denial about building socialism.
Namworld: He has more debt in USD
than funds, cheap Bitcoins and an overall profit, in
that scenario.
BingoBoingo: Namworld: Here's a likely plan. 1) Be shit and get coins
trading for 1/5th value buying many with play money 2) Shutdown and Bankruptcy filing 3) gradually "find" coins 4) ??? 5) Profit
kakobrekla: did he check under
the couch cushions?
jurov: if gox "finds" anoher 500k
that'll be
time
to hedge
Neil: Missing huobi;
the one with highest vol.
benkay: ;;later
tell Izzy_ come back for help sometime
Izzy_: don't want
to clog
the forum w/ my
tech support needs
Izzy_: well if anyone wants
to help out a mac user, you can email me @ isabism@gmail.com
benkay: are
the assettes being helpful with building?
chetty: I need
to do some mac and eep win,
to make eulora clients soonish
benkay: oh lord does os x not ship with gpg
these days?
Izzy_: ok
terminal, says command not found
chetty: benkay: I haven't
time for scfi reading much in a while, anyway real life seems
to have caught up,
the newspaper is mostly scifi
Izzy_: hm i can't
type into my console
benkay: rest assured
that was my next message.
benkay: ha i was sticking something in
the fridge, BingoBoingo.
cazalla: i could've had hundreds instead of
the plebeian amount i now own
benkay: type gpg -k at
the console
benkay: Izzy_: dost
thou run windows? *nix?
cazalla: the rush is
that i only appreciate now what i wish i appcreciated 2 years ago
benkay: the counterargument is
that
the halvening is many moons from now.
cazalla: i don't but i just wish i had
the dosh now incase it goes back up in
the interim
benkay: btc's probably
the best
thing you could do with
the stash.
benkay: don't
take it
too seriously, now cazalla.
benkay: now might not be a bad
time
to do
the same
thing.
benkay: i
thought him either a fool if honest, or a sly fox if amping
the hysteria.
cazalla: just putting what he plans
to give me into bitcoin
cazalla: i'm not knocking off
the old man
benkay: at 12,
there was a man ranting in ##econometrics about mortgaging himself
to
the hilt and going long btc.
benkay: what do you plan
to do with
the hoard?
benkay: and
the gig is planned for 1.25 months from now.
cazalla: he's kind enough
to give my brother and I a windfall
benkay: oh, I see. you're going
to off your father.
benkay: cazalla: how does
the inheritance play?
cazalla: benkay:
that + my old man is being generous enough
to give his kids some $$$ from his own inheritance
benkay: chetty: i'm reading a splendid little space opera set across
the solar system. war between mars and
the belt, with big rocks waiting in
the wings
to get
tipped down
the well.
benkay: chetty: iirc you've been known
to read scifi?
cazalla: i need it
to stay down for another 5 weeks :\
LordPutin: i hope
the ceo of bitcoin gets released onbail
tonight so
the price goes back up
Izzy_: hope
to hear from her
tonight
Izzy_: @mircea_popescu g'night -
thx for
the contact w/ your scottish friend
cazalla: chetty: send 'em
to Israel
cazalla: i've no retort
to
that (as much as i've sat here
thinking of one)
mircea_popescu: no man
that can't be bothered
to fuck
the woman cares if she goes astray, srsly nao.
cazalla: given
they are xenophobic beyond what i could ever be, i expect
them
to put up a little more resistance
to cultural enrichment
than
the west has
to date
mircea_popescu: if
they didn't bother
to grab
the soap so far, why'd
they muddle with
the rope henceforth ?
cazalla: hopefully japanese men have enough sense
to grab some rope
cazalla: can't find
the article but it detailed
their plan
to bring in negroes