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pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: currency can survive about five minutes with a dead usg
<< more complicated. reichsmark outlived reich by a few years (until occupying armies got their shit together)
<< didn't roman coinage remain in some limited use into the middle ages because of lack of alternative?
mircea_popescu:
<moriarty> mircea_popescu, UK, sorry to disappoint you in not being able to introduce fine latinas
<< nah it was because i was just laughing my ass off at this "galt's gulch" disaster.
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BingoBoingo: 02:12:51 asciilifeform: buy while its cheap
<< go try and buy.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: decimation: easy riddle. 'fritz chip' was finished, shipped, now ubiquitous. no more need for group.
<< Not chip, but Fritz has a lot of history
decimation: dead usg
<< I find it amusing that folks like the20year think that owning some raw land is a defense against such cataclysms
mircea_popescu: mats_cd03: its okay, i have faith the usg will mismanage itself into oblivion long before the dollar fails from due course
<< this is like hoping the heart will cease functioning long before the liver gives in. in reality, they're so interconnected their demise is a cvasi-simultaneous event willy-nilly.
mircea_popescu: decimation: if you find a mob who is all derping the same thing, is it a conspiracy or organic knowledge discovery?
<<< it's the internet :D
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla: like gox decoupled from stamp
<< pretty much
mircea_popescu: mats_cd03: i for one would buy thousands of btc if it went to 0.3, and im sure many in this channel would too. it'd hasten the demise of some common enemies
<< thousands, srsly ?
mircea_popescu: mats_cd03:it just occurred to me how much of a fight btc is going to be in for with the usd over the next decade
< duh :)
kakobrekla: due to 'work and personal issues'
< buttcoins take too long to load, imma jump !
mats_cd03: 22:12:52
<+asciilifeform> buy while its cheap
<< go try and buy.
<< not a problem for anyone thats not american, i suppose.
atcbot: >> No data returned from CoinMiner.net
<< [PityThePool Hashrate]: 168.59 GH/s [iSpace Pool Hashrate]: 1.16 TH/s
mircea_popescu:
<dub> like apple user doesnt secretly want her nude selfies leaked online
<< you mean the photoshopped nudies hackers obsessed with her made ?
mircea_popescu:
<mthreat> That's the problem with double bottoms... they always look like double bottoms at first.
<< word.
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> bfl assets seized
<< all pointers seem to indicate the forum post is a prank.
atcbot: >> No data returned from CoinMiner.net
<< [PityThePool Hashrate]: 131.94 GH/s [iSpace Pool Hashrate]: 0 TH/s
rithm:
<mod6> i had some bad
<insert subject here, i assume lag> before, its ok for me now. we need irc.bitcoin-assets.com
</grammarnazi>
chetty:
<mod6>
<+gribble> Time since last block: 6 hours, 55 minutes, and 34 seconds
<< this can't really be right is it?!/7 miners on strike?
mod6:
<+gribble> Time since last block: 6 hours, 55 minutes, and 34 seconds
<< this can't really be right is it?!
jurov:
<mircea_popescu> not necessarily. guy's old, he might die etc.
<<< lol bitbet became assassination market >:D
jborkl: los_pantalones> MP goin the other way ?
<-- I think he goes both ways actually
kakobrekla: []bot> Bet placed: 250 BTC for No on "Bitcoin to surpass Berkshire as an investment"
http://bitbet.us/bet/786/ Odds: 44(Y):56(N) by coin, 60(Y):40(N) by weight. Total bet: 2566.68146022 BTC. Current weight: 44,220.
< usg found more coin in the couch?
chetty:
<xmj> and i think mp is my hidden evil twin that's why we hate each other so //how do you know you are not the evil one?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: the more annoying you are to larger groups of people, the less advisable it is to go into a fucking ravine. stick to the town, everyone's annoying there.
<< or why jooz are avowed urbanites.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: so you make a commitment to a house that exceeds the commitment you make to the woman in question. seems a bad equity play.
<< it's a terrible equity play. but plebs don't think in terms of +ev, only in the emotional "nao"
atcbot: >> No data returned from CoinMiner.net
<< [PityThePool Hashrate]: 117.28 GH/s [iSpace Pool Hashrate]: 1.24 TH/s
pete_dushenski: ben_vulpes:
<decimation> 'owning' your home is partially renting from the government, partially speculation on mortgage bonds, and partially a 'ticket' to future 'wealth'
<< fucking bril
<< mhm.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: decimation there used to be this thing that you're not a real woman if you give good head
<< missing a "don't" ?
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: quebec was if memory serves 50.5 - 49.5
<< ayup. pretty much each and every time they gave it a go
gribble: mircea_popescu was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 3 seconds ago:
<mircea_popescu> * mircea_popescu already in use. Retrying with ...
ben_vulpes:
<decimation> 'owning' your home is partially renting from the government, partially speculation on mortgage bonds, and partially a 'ticket' to future 'wealth'
<< fucking bril
mircea_popescu: gernika: I made more consulting for a firm based out of Minnesota than I was working at the big name tech company that acquired a startup I had worked for. So yeah. Fuck startups.
<< acquihires are usually pitiful affairs that rarely work
mircea_popescu: The20YearIRCloud: zeks? Are those like zergs?
<< gulag prisoner labor in soviet research.
mircea_popescu: gernika: I am a consultant in silly-con valley
<< win.
gribble: (market sell [--fiat] [--market
<market>] [--currency XXX]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is Bitstamp. If --currency XXX is provided, converts to that fiat currency. Default is USD. If '--fiat' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in fiat.
gribble: (market sell [--fiat] [--market
<market>] [--currency XXX]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is Bitstamp. If --currency XXX is provided, converts to that fiat currency. Default is USD. If '--fiat' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in fiat.
gribble: (market sell [--fiat] [--market
<market>] [--currency XXX]
<value>) -- Calculate the effect on the market depth of a market sell order of
<value> bitcoins. If
<market> is provided, uses that exchange. Default is Bitstamp. If --currency XXX is provided, converts to that fiat currency. Default is USD. If '--fiat' option is given,
<value> denotes the size of the order in fiat.
gribble: (sell
<amount>
<thing> [at|@]
<priceperunit>
<otherthing> [
<notes>]) -- Logs a sell order for
<amount> units of
<thing, at a price of
<price> per unit, in units of
<otherthing>. Use the optional
<notes> field to put in any special notes.
<price> may include an arithmetical expression, and {(mtgox|bitstamp)(ask|bid|last|high|low|avg)} to index price to mtgox ask, bid, last, high, low, (1 more message)
BingoBoingo: TheNewDeal> BB, weed is legal in some states for the record
<< Remember, it was the bong that did in Charlie Shrem
decimation: in theory one could operate a bitcoin
<-> usd atm in a pot shop
kakobrekla:
<mircea_popescu> what i don't get is the partial russian translation here and there
< my guess is it wants to justify its legitimacy by providing translation service.
chetty:
<mircea_popescu> likely because mah people been trying to keep me from armflailing fits// that will be the day
mircea_popescu:
<los_pantalones> or is this blatant theft of contract specs ?
<< nah, bitbet is designed/intended as a backstop for an infinity of independent repackagers/customer oriented bookies and assorted venues.
mircea_popescu: "Looking at those payouts, no one should take those bets, either for or against. The payout ratio is really, really bad if I read it correctly."
<< makes sense.
mircea_popescu: los_pantalones: ThickAsThieves don't.jump.
<< STOP! it's hammertime!
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> as is 'user friendly'
<< no, he has it kakobrekla
mircea_popescu: 18
<mike_c> please, beauty. none. helen was a thin pretense.
<< for what, gayola ?
mircea_popescu:
<mike_c> physicists are probably looking for a 3rd option, but might take awhile.
<< all you need is love...
kakobrekla:
<mike_c> this activity is hurting kakobrekla's theory that bitbet need moar user friendly
< i dont like the combination of these letters
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski "and unusually sane 46 years (1520-1566) atop the throne, certainly compared to his successors"
<< certainly what