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mircea_popescu: kakobrekla hey was
that chick in fifth element somalian
too ?
benkay: the only atoms i want
to fuck with are warm and concave
nubbins`: you could load 35mm and expose images over
the sprocket holes
nubbins`: take a
triple exposure, advance a half-frame,
take a double, etc
nubbins`: seriously, have you ever
taken pictures with a holga?
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: if you want something
that realistic you should play kerbal space program
mircea_popescu: benkay it's funny
that
the game requires
the playerbase
to use a lot of math, which
the developers
themselves can't apply.
benkay: they'd have
to implement proper orbital dynamics first
ozbot: Have you played Elite back in
the 80s ? pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: the game is notoriously boring, as far as
the actual gameplay goes.
mircea_popescu: but w/e, i occasionally fly a mk1 ferrox, just, been kinda busy
these motnhs
diametric: mircea_popescu: I have a friend like
that, I don't
think he's been in space except
to move between hubs and manage his orders.
zboralski: corp robbery with a freighter was fun
too.
diametric: TEST space rental scams. Fountain had some really good ratting and people would pay
top dollar
to "rent" from me
mircea_popescu: diametric well i run
the bitcoin corp
thingee. i don't play so much, mostly market stuff.
nubbins`: i'm not bad at mario kart
tho D:
zboralski: the last
time I played I hijacked a dev account and couldn't figure out how
to get out of
that Jove system which didn't have any gates.
diametric: but I hear
TEST has gone
to FW after
the moon redistribution or whatever.. I haven't played for over a year now.
diametric: nah i never posted much, was entertaining
to read
though
diametric: zboralski: oh cool, flew a lot with PL when
the HBC was formed
mircea_popescu: it's mostly so years later when
they're butthurt all over
the interwebs i can link
them
to old pages and lol
zboralski: I was in Pandemic Legion... My alt was
the executor.
TomServo: mircea_popescu: Since when do you give anything in
the US
that much credit? :)
zboralski: nah, I
tried at one point but it is not fun if people recognize me I get banned again.
diametric: I
think at my most addictive moment I had almost a dozen accounts going...
mircea_popescu: TomServo but it encourages
the rest
to simply move
to mpex and give
the fiat world
the finger.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
ten
ton hammer etc keep sucking eve's cock, i'm curious what will
they say once eulora is out.
TomServo: Ha. I guess why not would be when
the rest are pissed
they don't get
the chance.
nubbins`: montreal is where
the party is
ThickAsThieves: cool, i enjoyed my last
trip
there, but it was a looong
time ago, as a
touring punk
mircea_popescu: the power cutting business did happen, and
the ships in question are hardly worth 10 btc.
mircea_popescu: zboralski o you're
the guy
that broke
the bob / eve
thing ?
zboralski: one of
the directors of Band of Brothers was a dev and was cheating by printing
tech 2 BPOs
mircea_popescu: there are
two
types of kings in
the world :
those who have a collection of various mages, and
those who have a delusionist.
mircea_popescu: so substantively, what was
the controversy/misconduct/we ?
zboralski: Slashdot: "EVE Devs Admit
To Misconduct"
mircea_popescu: "The leadership of
the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada consists of 6 board members, each being selected by an independent election committee of Bitcoin enthusiasts from across Canada."
ThickAsThieves: "Holmes is
the Business Development Manager at CaVirtex,
the leading Canadian Bitcoin exchange. "
ThickAsThieves: "A
technical expert with management skills, Pakosh is a serial entrepreneur with a 30-year record of identifying
trends"
mircea_popescu: nubbins`
tyhe best part is
the dorklist oops i mean leadership
nubbins`: few people in
the corporate world are willing
to risk
that
nubbins`: if
they lose
their shirts because of a price fluctuation, people lose
their jobs
nubbins`: large corps have shareholders
to answer
to
nubbins`: the problem is
that in any industry, at some point up
the chain, you find a business who simply is not willing
to
take
the risk of accepting btc
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pankkake: what kind of industries could be "in a bitcoin loop"
the easiest?
ThickAsThieves: a useful service would be one
that auto bought ccoins you spent i guess
thestringpuller: yea so if you store your profits in coin, and liquidate coins
to pay expenses no payable directly by btc what does it really matter?
nubbins`: tat,
too
true, it's a hard sell
tho
nubbins`: now
they're immediately cashing out for fiat
too, because
the cotton farms don't accept btc
mircea_popescu: but if
they did accept btc ... it'd be still at
the fiat equiv
nubbins`: i don't know of any wholesale suppliers
that accept btc
nubbins`: i mean, good for me if i print
things for btc; bad for me when i have
to immediately cash out btc income in order
to pay for inks and paper
ThickAsThieves: so
tired of "I convinced my aunt
to accept btc for her maid services!"
ThickAsThieves: which is
the real achievement reddites should be going for
nubbins`: y'know,
the shitty
thing about being a business
that accepts bitcoin is
that none of my suppliers accept it
ThickAsThieves: and of course it's unofficial, so
thats another consideration
Apocalyptic: "Honey, even Namecoin is "worth something"
these days." // can't be believe she actually
thinks Namecoin is worse
than XRP
ozbot: Romanian Villagers Managed
to Keep Fracking Out of
Their Backyard | VICE United States
dexX7: i was
thinking about you when i raised
the q :D
mircea_popescu: <dexX7> what would you do if a buyer contacts you in 1-2 weeks and
tells you
that he had no clue? <<< point him
to bitbet faq ?
nubbins`: and if he feels he's been wronged,
to open a dispute claim
nubbins`: dexX7: i'd invite him
to read
the item description