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jborkl: But I learned so much,
this
time I have it right.
TATtothemoon: I like all
these Davis
tidbits of dudes
telling dudes not
to buy bitcoin
jborkl: Learning by losing other peoples money for
the 9th
time is really rough guys
mircea_popescu: yeah pretty much everyone who read
that came here
to wtf
jborkl: Oh and usagi made a
thread, only a 90% loss and it worked out well
jborkl: I noticed all
these accounts with 5 posts or 3 posts, now it makes sense
jborkl: Oh, so
they mos needed more money eh
mircea_popescu: jborkl o, it's a riot. no more noobzone, so all
the shills can make socks with lower cost
mircea_popescu: it'd actually be a sad
twist on bitcoin if
that's what it'd end up doing : burn elec
to mine, burn btc
to spam a forum...
too virtual.
mircea_popescu: the only idea is
that i have a larger pile of money
than your mom has a pile of used condoms.
mircea_popescu: well...
there's nothing in
the idea,
that's what
they're doing already, amateurly, or on shoestring budgets.
mircea_popescu: sadly
there's no way i could in good conscience justify
the expense
to shareholders.
mircea_popescu: see
the panic on
the faces of
the various would be "entrepreneurs" once
they get flooded
to shit.
mircea_popescu: i'm half considering hiring an indian outsourcer and putting 2-3-5k indian kids on spamming all
the scam
threads just for lulz.
jborkl: Oh
to
the moon is
the motto of
the altcoin of
the week
mircea_popescu: jborkl i
think shills have
to be pretty dumb. if
they were smart
they'd find more productive stuff
to do neh ?
mircea_popescu: not sure of what exactly, but it is a strong
top signal
jborkl: I don't know ,
they are pretty dumb shills if
that is
the case
mircea_popescu: that'd have
to mean
the forum is mostly not read by noobs anymore.
mircea_popescu: this may be an explanation, basically, buncha shills simply making a deliberate effort
to switch
terminology around.
mircea_popescu: i've never before seen people genuinely praise shit and despise steak, out of what seems like
their own personal volition and
thought process
TATtothemoon: I start
to want
to correct people and
then I'm like why bother anymore...
mircea_popescu: and a bunch of muppets in all
the noob-scam
threads congratulating
them on
their superprofessional buznizz skillzorz
mircea_popescu: there's a bunch of muppets in mpoe
thread screaming about how mpex is "designed
to make money from noobs"
ozbot: Testing Shiller's Nobel Prize Against
The Bitcoin Bubble - Forbes
mircea_popescu: nubbins meanwhile
the lift of s.mpoe earlier
this week from 80s
to 100s quietly added about 200 million worth of new wealth
to
the savvier counterparts
to
those investors buying... all
the other scams.
Duffer1: only if #B-A gets
to pick
the winner
Apocalyptic: not if you don't invest
them and hold
them securely kako
nubbins`: "This
time around,
the
task of cleaning up banks should not be quite as daunting as five years ago because shareholders, bondholders and wealthy depositors can expect
to
take some of
the losses, as happened in
the bailout of Cyprus in March."
the20year2: i've seen more about
the german gold
than spanish and itailian banks
mircea_popescu: just as soon as
they agree not
to point out
the various unflattering bits. and so what if no girls are interested ?
mircea_popescu: the slobbering fat dork and
the lanky acneic geek can be best friends
mircea_popescu: the news on
the german gold owed by
the us also disappeared.
the20year2: it went from utter collapse
to....nothing
the20year2: I've been so curious as
to what's been going on with
the PIGS, here in
the US
the news disappeared
Apocalyptic: <ozbot> Europe prepares
to come clean on hidden bank losses // brace yourself
ozbot: Europe prepares
to come clean on hidden bank losses
the20year2: I do freelance work for most of
the major lenders, and get
to see all
their vacant properties or properties
that are in default, but
they don't want
to process
mircea_popescu: exactly how bad bank assets are being
the most closely guarded secret atm.
mircea_popescu: 2014 has a good shot at being
the first zero gdp year on record. both
the us and
the eu look set
to write off in financials at leeast as much if not more
than what
the economy produces.
the20year2: farmland and large cities
taking up more water
mircea_popescu: meanwhile, piigs banks look set for an aditional... 300
to 500 billions in writeoffs.
benkay: all states sitting atop
the depleting aquifers
benkay: everything fed by
the colorado river
benkay: "let
the water
table drain!" say
the bureaucrats. "let
the states fight over what scraps of water remain."
benkay: while
the
tyrant's agricultural policies hasten
the next dust bowl.
benkay: let
the robots have
the center of
the country
the20year2: BOA is
terrible about it, wells fargo is quite good
the20year2: Some banks will force winterization -
they hire people
to watch homes, when someone moves out
they get in and winterize it
mircea_popescu: mr dimon might have
to bring back some of
those 20mn
to help jpm make it
through spring.
the20year2: So, come spring anyone looking at
them will get a nasty surprise of broken pipes
throughout
the20year2: There's a $100 process
that will make
the property weather just fine
kakobrekla: Apocalyptic you can bribe blockr.io guys
to add it
there
mircea_popescu: so what happens
to
the average us home, which was build on
the cheap out of shoddy materials, is currently foreclosed and
thus empty, and
the winter hits hard ?
Apocalyptic: hum primecoin block explorer cannot even afford
their own domain it seems
the20year2: they
tried
to mobilize
the national guard but
they couldn't even assemble
the20year2: We had one in '78 and
the drifts were 4 meters high
benkay: sadly,
the
technical gentleman disregards all of
the other metrics
that might be interesting
the20year2: If you look at Ohio's weather, since
the mid-late 1800s, we've had a bad winter every 30 years or so, and we've been due for a bad one for like 2years
the20year2: I've been saying for 4 years for people
to get emergency heaters, and only one person I know went out and di it
the20year2: too few people have planned for
this crap, i'm curious what
the death
toll will be
kakobrekla: i knew it was a scam in 2003 or so, is one of
the reasons didnt get my degree, not
talking bout c or f.
chetty: people may not
take it seriously, but you still can't buy a decent lightbulb
benkay: and
then get real serious about numbers of variables and extrapolations and observation windows briefly before saying 'but
this is all esoteric shit
that bogs one down in details when
the more important point is
that
they cannot possibly say what
they say with any justification'
the20year2: really? I run into quite a few people who do, and
the -50 degrees
this next week are proof