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mircea_popescu: i suppose us housewives hold
tupperware parties just for
the shred of human contact.
mircea_popescu: if
there's not advertisers
to make
topics acceptable
to discuss among strangers,
there'd only be silence.
mircea_popescu: yeah i was
thinking, what a recipe for disaster
this is, get a bunch of very emotionally repressed, sexually insecure protestant
type people and lock
them up in a can where
the usual british problem of "acceptable
things
to
talk about" is resolved by economical interest.
pigeons: mircea_popescu: i noticed when i was a child people's "orthodontists" would reccomend
the child get braces
to pay for a new boat for
the "doctor". He
told my mom my sister really needed
them because otherwise low self esteem could mar her life forever. You notice lots of people with
the exact same shaped
teeth, its rather boring. It doesn't seem
to bother Britons who floss with pocketknifes and forks
ozbot: Romanian state
TV airs Christmas carol about burning Jews | Jewish
Telegraphic Agency
unbalanced: Little Bitcoin icon on
the package and everything
unbalanced: But more importantly globe-spanning P2P Bitcoin commerce ftw!
They were suddenly way more curious about Bitcoin, it really helps
tell
the story.
mircea_popescu: all you hear is how people's
teeth are. it's like some weird voodoo shit by now
unbalanced: javanomad, since we're missing each other here: got
the coffee
two days ago and handed it all out in 5 minutes
to
the others at
the coworking space
pigeons: yeah, well somebody's face is
there
pigeons: manager's face is on
the door at my burger place
mircea_popescu: i ain't calling no office.
they come here and
tell me.
topace: you can call
the office and ask
mircea_popescu: lmao
this quest for anonimity. why would anyone
trust
this
thing if nobody actually will step up and say "yeah, it's me" ?
topace: thestringpuller: correction, i dont run havelock, i run
the Havelock Mining Fund (HMF)
pigeons: money wants
to be
transmited
pigeons: i
thought money was meant and intended
to be
transmitted
dexX7: yeah pankkake already linked me
to
this article :)
dexX7: tl;tr: bitcoin is doomed and
the euro is decentralized
ozbot: This finance expert
thinks Bitcoin will fall 99 percent by June
mircea_popescu: i fail
to see it.
that's
the most obsequious piece ever.
pankkake: well certainly not old media, being contrarian is
their raison d'être !
mircea_popescu: that was
the original point, i
thought
the
theory is
that zh is not old media.
mircea_popescu: perhaps it's
their fucking job
to do
their fucking job ?
pankkake: they
take from a few blogs already, perhaps submit something
trollbaiting enough and it will get published
mircea_popescu: dexX7
the logs kinda answer
that question for ya. which is how it should be #2 :)
dexX7: the article doesn't sound very positive
though.. or
the reporter is clueless about how
things work
mircea_popescu: dexX7 o you meant
the fortune
thing did you. yeah, guy was around here for a coupla days asking questions.
mircea_popescu: if in
the end
this comes down
to, "some starving fucker in england paid someone @zh $200 for a repvertorial" i'm going
to piss all over
them.
deadweasel: "MPEx charges 30 bitcoins
to open an account, which at Wednesday's closing price was $33,000."
dexX7: oh did
they interview you for
that line?
mircea_popescu: you can't
tell
the shitholes from
the fuckholes anymore i swear.
mircea_popescu: wasn't
this zerohedge
thing supposed
to be like, NOT verge/gawker/vice/whatever ?
mircea_popescu: so someone please explain benkay` s link
to me please. bitbet has a btc/usd bet
that has more volume on it
than
the entire predictious bullshit put
together.
deadweasel: MPEx, a stock exchange for companies with shares
traded in bitcoins --
there are four of
them -- also lists bitcoin options.
ozbot: How
to bet against
the bitcoin megabubble -
The
Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blogTerm Sheet
pigeons: well i don't have anything
to hide so i leave
the bathroom door open when i
take my dumps
Gotyawallet: bottom line, no probable cause? get
the fuck out of our searches.
pigeons: we can't
tell
the
tin foil nut from
the oppressed anymore
pigeons: that happens.
the question
the article doesnt answer is are his claims of how his life was affected
true or not
dexX7: Only problem Kantor says is
that after he
typed
the word “controlled,” Google search allegedly auto-completed his phrase with
the word “bomb” << lol what
Gotyawallet: I hope
that lawyer's up and sues everyone involved
to poverty.
Gotyawallet: Do
these people not have any common sense when
they make shit like
this!
Gotyawallet: I knew
that autocomplete was going
to fuck someone!
mircea_popescu: if it's a case of "shut up or we're building our own nuclear subs"
then maybe.
ozbot: Damian Marley - Welcome
To Jamrock - YouTube
pigeons: I don't
think anyone competent would even have any desire
to run a USD/AUD/UK/whatever government money <-> BTC exchange
pigeons: the chinese relic hunter is still out
there with
the real killer of OJ's wife
pigeons: yay an exchange run by zhoutong, i know where
this leads
mircea_popescu: Confirmed
total: 10,009 BTC << BitBet over 10k BTC bet.
truffles: i dont want
to make instrumental
though
Gotyawallet: even gox's market sales data looks scammy..flatline at $885 is sticking out like a sore
thumb..wtf.
truffles: will look into
this life changing
tech
Gotyawallet: i've done all kinds of
things with audacity
truffles: i wish
they edited
that part out
Gotyawallet: foggy and dreary sunrise on
the atlantic east coast of south florida
truffles: take away
that annoying female and it improves
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rvex: who would want
truffles
truffles: if it gets claimed, im sure i can
think of somethink else
Gotyawallet: <todamoon> but i dont have real money
to buy
KRS|Gotyawallet: no..there's someone with
the name krs and krs1 was confusing