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ThickAsThieves: to become a mod and manage
the Altcoin
thread he created
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves which jimmy is
this and what exactly do you work on with jimmy ?!
ThickAsThieves: I just want
to note
that briefly working with Jimmy @ cryptocointalk.com has been a pleasure and I like what he's doing with his forum
mircea_popescu: amusingly,
the forum never discovered
this a year or so ago.
davout: I LEARNED FROM
THE MASTERS
davout: "and are now running a bitcoin exchange ?!" <<< haha, missed
this
mircea_popescu: soo... our good friend
the irrelevant
twitter authority has failed
to actually back his bullshit. surprisingly enough.
pankkake: le gorafi is often close
to reality, like
the onion
davout: you can see stuff like "terrorist organizations on strike after
the government complexifies
the emergency plans color codes"
mircea_popescu: l’autre grand géant HBO domine le marché avec des séries de qualité, de Newsroom à Games of
Thrones
davout: (the french school was
too retarded apparently)
davout: sat on dutch school
there for
three years
davout: when i was a kid i wondered why my mum had
to buy dollars on
the black market
pankkake: another good point for bitcoin in africa, is
that using multiple currencies isn't something new
davout: kakobrekla: it's on
the other side!
pankkake: many (all?) of
the horrible african leaders have been western-educated
chetty: Africa would do fine if people would stop helping
them so much
mircea_popescu: the us folk are merely on
the receiving end of a pillage system
their grandfathers built and
they can't support.
davout: mircea_popescu:
the proof is
that
they manage
to survive in africa
the20year: A guy in my
town exports farm equipment
to south Africa, it's always depressing
to hear how
terrible
things are getting for farmers
there
mircea_popescu: the20year
the average of africa population is A LOT less retarded
than
the average of us.
mircea_popescu: then capital goods,
then capital in cash. a full four degrees away from it yet
the20year: I just get sad every
time I hear about more stupidity in africa, i wish someone would do something
taht might actually make
the general populace act less retarded
mircea_popescu: fat in
the kids first,
then fat in
the cattle,
then real estate
mircea_popescu: they don't actually have enough for any other saving
to be worthwhile
davout: the20year:
the way
they save is
they make kids
the20year: financial independence is a good
thing
the20year: most africans don't save, saving money for
the future is a good
thing
the20year: I
think
that you could get good
traction on african exchanges/wallets if you show
the use of savings
mircea_popescu: france is fucked anyway, i
think pretty much everyone realises
this by now.
the20year: and if you look , holland's
tax is just a
throwback
to mitterand's big
tax in
the 80s, which saw a pretty large exodus of business leaving
the country
the20year: The guys i've
talked
to in spain are all leaving over Hollande's big
tax
davout: lived
there, mommy still knows folks in various ministries, if
they're corruptible
that could become
the main exchange hub in africa >)
mircea_popescu: the20year i pay ~3%. i dunno where you got
that 75% from.
the20year: I just want
to see how
the map changes in Europe more
the20year: Between negative population growth, rise of immigration and 75%
taxes, it'll make for a quite interesting century
davout: i'm considering opening a bitcoin exchange in nigeria,
thoughts?
the20year: I don't know about
that, it's going
to be quite interesting
though in 20 years
mircea_popescu: at
the rate
things are going france or denmark may be
tomorrow's bulgaria and ukraine.
the20year: Compared
to moldova, where it costs $1m
to build a $50,000 building
the20year: His statement
to me was
that all political officals are corrupt, but
they're also cheap
to buy, so you can get done whatever you want for a few hundred bucks
mircea_popescu: the20year actually, romania is exactly capable of producing
them, and in fact it had sold
them.
the20year: Yeah, obviously
that's stupid because Romania can't produce
things like
that,
they're more into producing shovels and cheap inaccurate guns
mircea_popescu: meanwhile in
the same 2004, romania was one of
the 3 countries
the us was suspecting might have sold inertial stabilizers and other high
tech gear
to
the evil arabs.
the20year: Land prices went from $3k/ac
to nearly $8k locally
the20year: That's when grain prices in
the US started
to boom which is finally starting
to end now
the20year: Nothing like
the holomodor mind you, but
they were worried about an agricultural collapse on a massive scale
mircea_popescu: and as a result,
they actually had a famine, in
the 90s
mircea_popescu: it worked in
the ukraine and bulgaria, which mostly made pickles all
through
the 90s.
the20year: my one contact
there keeps wanting me
to come over and help with business development. He has a
ton of cool stuff going on since
they can export
to
the EU
mircea_popescu: in broad strokes,
the soviet plan was
to have industry concentrated in russia and agriculture in
the west.
the20year: Really? My bulgarian contacts seem
to make fun of Romania for being more commie
than
themselves
the20year: Moldova seems
to be a shining beacon of economic and poltical freedom. But
that's
the only one I can
think of
mircea_popescu: about
thirty years ago, some countries in
the waszaw pact were a lot more zealous
than romania in implementing
the glorious directives of
the eastern socialist brother.
mircea_popescu: i still use
them,
they're still available for sale. not in
the supermarkets, of course, which happens
to be great : i never used
them, but now more people have direct economic incentive not
to.
the20year: And in
the US some want
to make kosher/halal slaughters manditory
lnovy: ok, will dive into
that,
thx
mircea_popescu: the [-] has
the meaning
that
the current
trade is at a lower price
than
the previous
trade
lnovy: the
thread
that is linking
the irclog?
lnovy: eg.
that little [-] at
the end of assbot line has a meaning of what?
lnovy: mircea_popescu: I'm reading
that, but I guess I'm not
that schooled in
the
terminology,
therefore I'm asking for layman
terms...
lnovy: Hi guys, anybody willing
to explain me
that 2/4/2014 mpex puts in laymen
terms?
thx
mircea_popescu: "We have
tried spending money. We are spending more
than we have ever spent before and it does not work....After eight years of
this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started...and an enormous debt
to boot!"
BingoBoingo: Thailand and Ukraine in flames at
the same
time?
There won't be any girls left for
the cam sites.
BingoBoingo: Great point "Boys get caught and go
to jail, girls get caught and go
to
the maternity ward."
mircea_popescu: that sad moment when your favorite read of
the day is a year old articlke of your own
ozbot: Candice is making breakfast pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
BingoBoingo: Never before has Bowlderization done as much harm as it did
to
the Big Rock Candy Mountain
mircea_popescu: To be buggered sore like a hobo’s whore in
the Big Rock Candy Mountains.”
mircea_popescu: I’ve hiked and hiked
till my feet are sore and I’ll be damned if I hike any more
mircea_popescu: I’ve hiked and hiked and wandered
too, but I ain’t seen any candy.
mircea_popescu: The punk rolled up his big blue eyes and said
to
the jocker, “Sandy,
BingoBoingo: Any Industrial chemical process
that smells
too bad for New Jersey happens in Ohio