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kakobrekla: i guess
the bigger point was
the insignificance of altcoins
kakobrekla: or as asciilifeform put it , invent
the parachute before
the jump
kakobrekla: i
think
this may be
the first useful
thing
that came out of altcoins
kakobrekla: ;;later
tell mircea_popescu ^^ since we were speaking of block reward going
to 0
kakobrekla: hm i dont have
that one, just garr sucking off inaba
BingoBoingo: Only post is by kakobrekla, a photoshoop of
Thermos sucking off a Gar
ThickAsThieves: The
trading activity itself--
the frantic activity-- keeps
the rest of reality away. You're not your job-- you're something else. You're not your family, you're more
than
that.
Things have
the potential of possibly happening someday, and no work will have been necessary
to accomplish it. Just you wait.
ThickAsThieves: because
the strategy does not involve market
timing or status updates, it is on autopilot, and
there's no "i" in autopilot. Well,
there's one, but it doesn't stand out.
ThickAsThieves: The mistake is in
thinking
this has anything
to do with
the money. It's said
that most at home
traders fail, but
this is incorrect:
they fail at making money, but
they are successful at feeling like a
trader.
That is
the goal;
the money is secondary, which is why
they fail at making it.
The buy/hold/reinvest
the dividends strategy of Buffet is
totally opposite
to what's desired,
kakobrekla: SCAM SITE. HE JUST RIPPED
THE HTML FROM MY SITE BITCAPITAL.CO
BingoBoingo: Seriously nice walkthrough of why betting both sides and betting constantly is
the best way
to bitbet.
Duffer1: you can't buy calls/puts for
that and just buy some btc?
TestingUnoDosTre: heres my
thing. i own mmm stock, want
to a decent position of btc.
this position is meant
to hedge
the scenario
TestingUnoDosTre: i understand
the nature of weighted but
there are market changes
that could influence
the results. what are my options?
kakobrekla: anyway, now
that we have come
to
the end of
this support
ticket, i will kindly ask you
to leave feedback for our internal purposes. how slanderous / rude did you find our support experience?
ThickAsThieves: you know it's actually more beneficial
to you
to bet your full intended amount
to start with
kakobrekla: they will prolly see your line in
the logs, not
that it magically adds numbers
to your initial wager
TestingUnoDosTre: so can you explain
to amod
that i intend
to bet more, depending on how
the market interacys with
the bet?
BingoBoingo: Is
the future of 3M really
that big of a deal?
kakobrekla: well
the mods decided
that it does not qualify apparently.
kakobrekla: if
the amount is
too low for it
to pass moderation, well
that sucks
then.
kakobrekla: well
think about on how much you are willing
to lose for your hedge and see what
the market sez
kakobrekla: if you lose, you lose it all in all
the cases
TestingUnoDosTre: my
trouble is
this. im willing
to wager more as
the bet develops, but .5 btc is more
than most bets start with. i want
to gage interest, see if
theres an actual good payout, and wait maybe a week or few before i add more
to
the bet
kakobrekla: hi
TestingUnoDosTre , which part of
the mods reply > "Rejection reason: Consider submitting with substantial paid wager given peculiarity of proposition" you have
troubles with?
Duffer1: thickasthieves
the article was
terrible, was just pointing it out
to MP if he needed something
to hate on
benkay: relevant
to your interests is all, BingoBoingo.
BingoBoingo: benkay: For
the purposes I am looking for on
the Betbet, I need
to see unit patches and other
things
that affiliate
these "Russian Soldiers" with units of a regular army.
The backops unaffiliated, noncombatants (as per
the Geneva convention definition) can't resolve
that bet as yet.
benkay: but you'd want
to bother mircea_popescu or kakobrekla until
they satisfy your curiosity
benkay: help?
that's not really how bitbet works most of
the
time.
benkay: the more you
throw down
the bigger
the attraction on
the other side, right?
TestingUnoDosTre: if I just
throw 2 btc out
therr, im afraid no one
takes interest until
too late
ThickAsThieves: basically bitbet is saying your bet is lame, but if you back it
theyll list it
benkay: anyways,
ThickAsThieves has it on
the nose. mods say submit with substantial wager.
benkay: yeah
there's
that approach
benkay: TestingUnoDosTre: you gotta
try harder, frere.
benkay: To make a long story short :
there’s no way
to obtain a price feed
that could be relied on, currently.
benkay: bitdaytrade-esque failure and Jesse’s enthusiastic support of
the well known and universally reviled Jared Kenna scammerx.
There are some others out
there, and
they pop up and down like flies.xi
benkay: Even if one were
to roll
their own index : BTC-e is a rather dubious venture, still fondly remembered for
their involvement in NovaCoin,
the original altchain scamcoin and spotty reports of selective scamming. Bitstamp has
two
thumbs down from Matic for reasons I don’t fully grasp but
then again I don’t really need
to in
that circumstance. I wouldn’t
trust Kraken
to hold as much as my spit, especially after
their recent
ThickAsThieves: whats
the big question, doesnt it say
to include a bet sum
to get it accepted?
TestingUnoDosTre: that link is about MPoE options and counterparty risk, which
thishas very little
to do with. amiright?
benkay: the easy answer is probably just
to use bitcoin-central, but
that'd just reek of cronyism.
benkay: you should probably ask
the relevant parties as indicated in
the
trilema piece.
benkay: did you read
that link?
benkay: other bets dependent on btc price were *placed* before feeds were found
to be useless. your bet was placed after feeds found
to be useless. your bet is rejected probably because now
the mods know
the price signal is fucked. previous bets were not because nobody knew
the price signal was fucked.
benkay: bet opening dates,
TestingUnoDosTre.
benkay: well your bet comes after
the data feeds are found
to be useless.
TestingUnoDosTre: theres bets with btcs usd price on
the website all
thr
time. can you expand?
artifexd: Thanks benkay.
That was exactly along
the lines I was
thinking.
artifexd: So
the bet outcome is determined by
two (possibly compromised/influenced) feeds?
artifexd: And
there is a place it is priced in BTC?
TestingUnoDosTre: MMM / BTC above or equal
to .2 on May 3 2014 Rejection reason: Consider submitting with substantial paid wager given peculiarity of proposition
wao-ender: looks like information escalation, lot of folks calls
this like ww3.. overrated.
wao-ender: r> oh and
there's a russian warship docking in cuba now, mysteriously
benkay: ;;later
tell mircea_popescu just answering
this nonsense: (<ThickAsThieves> benkay only dates WoW sluts) with some of my own
ThickAsThieves: Duffer1,
that article is poor. He begins painting a picture, but
then he won't show us
the finished piece.
mircea_popescu: copumpkin im not in a position
to dick with it right nao.
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: did
that one work?
mircea_popescu: auto insurance is great insurance
to have,
too, because you end up with just as much float as disaster, but much less risk.
BingoBoingo: Well, Buffet generally bets slow and safely. I mean buying
the
trains was a great move on his part.
mircea_popescu: anyway, not entirely accurate. numerous
times people benefited, sometimes immensely, by betting against
the us.
Duffer1: how far
the mighty have fallen
mircea_popescu: ahahah gotta love
the fact
that a 90 yo guy in nebraska is pretty much
the only one left still believing
this.
mircea_popescu: embedded in our market economy will continue
to work its magic. America’s best days lie ahead.
mircea_popescu: country’s present condition
to
that existing in 1776, you have
to rub your eyes in wonder. And
the dynamism
mircea_popescu: Indeed, who has ever benefited during
the past 237 years by betting against America? If you compare our