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gx: oh, i see
the faq now
gx: is it something i can actually
throw BTC in and
trade on?
gx: can someone give me
the lowdown on how MPEX works
nubbins`: boy,
these photos and videos sure are disrupting me
nubbins`: they forgot
to mention
that he's obviously an insufferable
twat
ThickAsThieves: the author: "Kent spent a decade in
the
trenches
trading, researching, and writing about equities and options. A advocate for civil liberties and open information, he produces and performs cyberpunk music as SEVEN7HWAVE. Currently Kent oversees digital marketing for Pixorial - a disruptive video and photo sharing service."
nubbins`: "i can't comment on whether or not we're insolvent,
that's confidential"
ThickAsThieves: "In
the email interview, Mr. Karpelès responded
to questions about
the company's solvency or protection for customers' funds by saying
that
the matter is confidential. "
nubbins`: "police described
the death as no big deal"
ozbot: Could
there be a $50,000 bitcoin? -
Term Sheet
nubbins`: they should get wu-tang
to do
them a
theme song
nubbins`: candy crush:
the saga continues
nubbins`: well, poking fun at
tweedleherp and
tweedlederp can onl... wait, really?
nubbins`: less entertaining
than it once was. i
think she's getting
tired
nubbins`: best way
to get people mad at ya
ozbot: Need btc Donations for Kidney
Transplant
nubbins`: why's
that, you held up a mirror?
gx: i can only hope
that someday our offices for coinigy are 1/2 as cool looking
ThickAsThieves: also note
they occupy
the 2nd and 3rd floor of
that same building
gx: doesnt look like a lot of room for storage
tho :P
gx: ThickAsThieves what's
that?
nubbins`: oh, wait, romania borders
the black sea, doesn't it
nubbins`: absent cads: i had a
tenant who was an adult male brony, also 80% sure he was a pedophile
jurov: what would you use 1e12
transistors for? you'd need
to parallelize everything on order of 1e3
ozbot: Graphene nanoribbons could be
the savior of Moore’s Law | ExtremeTech
benkay: argh engineering what even ams a
tradeoff
benkay: wait no hang on
they're great in some applications
benkay: but
that's a damn hard line
to hold in
this consulting environment
benkay: i kinda
think fuck single page javascript apps
Vexual: you might like
to
try an alcohol habit, come back from lunch saying "hang on a darn
tooter!"
benkay: bankruptcy walking, but
the sharks are still just circling.
benkay: their previous startup has burned
through like 20M in capital, and isn't even dead yet
Vexual: yeah it's
these managerial
types
benkay: whatever happened
to getting
the job done?
benkay: "hey dudes, here ams rate sheet, figure you only will be interested in 1/4
time"
benkay: (all unaware of my inability
to correctly satoshize a bitcoin)
benkay: their poor devs were like "oh god yes save us from
the documentation"
benkay: we'll see how
things change when
that does
benkay: one can hop from scam
to scam quite handily doing
that for a while
MisterE: why would someone claim
they know php / js and don't?
Vexual: id like
to speak
to r3wt
jurov: no you spelled
that correctly afaik. i was referring
to content, it was very lulzy
Vexual: jj you often seem
to correct my spelling when im
tipsy, which i like
Vexual: i
think i can guess
the mad genius
that orchestrated
that
MisterE: fuck
them for
taking down
their mea culpa
ozbot: Slashdot
Tries Something New; Audience Responds - Slashdot
Diablo-D3: slashdot is up
to what, 8? 9? now?
Diablo-D3: and I have a 5 digit slashdot UID, I fully well know what slashdot used
to be
Diablo-D3: what community, and
thats always been his fucking site, no matter whos actually owned it
Diablo-D3: srsly? you're going
to pull
that card?
MisterE: cads:
the fuckers pulled it from
the site
MisterE: I
think he learned his lesson he posted a mea culpa
MisterE: community pushed back and CmdrTaco kept ramming it down our
throats
MisterE: their comment
threading is shit and
the beta made it much worse
MisterE: yea we boycotted
them all last week
cads: apparently last october
the company rolled out some interface changes
that have incited
the users into anger.
The users "Slashcotted" slashdot
this past week :P
cads: they started a
tv channel a couple years ago, and were acquired for 20 mil by a holding company
that same year.
cads: haha, slashdot seems
to be doing better
MisterE: like
TPB it's well mirrored
cads: On
the plus side if it ever goes down nerds will just put it back up
MisterE: reddit was a cliquey
thing before it blew up and most were
techies / libertarians
cads: that just love
their reddit and coffee?
cads: independently rich
tech
types?
cads: just a
tiny parameter
tweak in
the voting mechanism
cads: "we have
the power
to determine when
trolls swarm a
topic"
Duffer1: reddit has infinite value
to any organization looking
to shape american perceptions
Duffer1: the comments are already weaponsgrade stupid, perhaps
the us military will step up
to fund
the disinformation platform of
the new century
cads: jurov: yeah,
they need a business plan because right now
they just give a fun free news platform for all
Duffer1: i don't believe
that will end well for
them, but i'm not creative enough
to figure it out either so who am i
to say
cads: "we spent half a mill on consultants alone so far and nothing.
Time
to bring in
the leeches"
Duffer1: it has intrinsic flaws
that make me not read
the comments, but i still browse daily for headlines
Duffer1: ya
they've essentially said
they're not creative enough
to figure it out, so at least
they recognized
they need help
cads: the funny
thing is
they
think
they're going
to be able
to get non-shitty ideas from VCs with 5% buyins.
Duffer1: it will be interesting
to see if
they'll be able
to unobtrusively monetize
the site
cads: so
they eat about a million of each year and
there's really no way I can see for
them
to make money
cads: when
they were spun out in 2011
they started with 20 mil, and
they have been operating
the popular online social forum and news syndication site with a "very lean staff"
cads: the reason
they
took
the million is
to open
the business for buyin and input from silicon valley investors
cads: it already had 18 million in
the bank
cads: can you guys suggest a business model for reddit
that would actually make money?
mircea_popescu: you should smartly recognise
they're just
the same and be done with it
mircea_popescu: the girl you love
today has but a cunt just like your ex
cads: I should just smartly recognize
that it's just as
trivial as
the old math, and solve it just as easily in one stroke