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pankkake: I wondered about
the choice of having so many little shares actually
mircea_popescu: or at least,
this particular anecdotal situation fits well with
that heavily ideologically slanted perspective.
mircea_popescu: seems
that while
taxing
the poor does in fact produce more revenue
than
taxing
the rich, nevertheless giving
the poor investment "voice" does not in fact produce more sense
than
the voice of
the rich already provided.
mircea_popescu: in
theory
the idea for making a "poor man's share" is
that it will have more volume and more stability.
mircea_popescu: interesting
that
the fragment am pt fares so much worse
than
the whole.
mod6: a happy ending for "happy endings", who would have
thought?
mircea_popescu: "While
the sale of sexual intercourse remains illegal
throughout mainland China, as of 2013 erotic massage, or more commonly known as massage with "happy endings," is legal in Guangdong province. In June of
that year,
the Foshan Court determined
that
the sale of erotic massage is not
the same as prostitution."
mod6: oh,
thats just when
the bet resolves. asicminer hasn't given a date
then? just an announcement
that
they're "coming"?
ozbot: BitBet - Miley Cyrus will be named
TIME Magazine's 2013 Person of
the Year
nubbins`: there was some guy on
the forums buying
them up a few months ago, he probably made out like a bandit
nubbins`: still surprised at
the premiums unfunded casascius rounds are getting on ebay
mod6: with
the diff where it looks like its going, a bn satoshi per contract would be signifigant. it would be pretty helpful maybe
to be able
to get
them for a fraction. anyway, all in good
time.
mod6: are you still considering
to go
to 100:1 or 1000:1 on
the X.*'s next year?
mod6: *nod* i see what you did
there.
mircea_popescu: basically it goes from 500
to 5k now. just smaller bits
mod6: mircea_popescu: cool about
the options. not
trying
to be picky or anything, but I
thought
the strikes went up
to 900 or something before? I only see up
to 500. or is
that what you're gonna write about later?
mircea_popescu: "Mourad Ikhlef, an Algerian living in Montreal who gained refugee status in 1994, was arrested in December 2001 and deported in February 2003, when he was handed over directly
to Algerian intelligence services."
gribble: MtGox lag is 0.339307 seconds. During
this
time, light
travels 0.000679967428929 AU. You could have sent a bitcoin
to
the other side of
the Earth, along
the surface (0.0001339 AU).
mircea_popescu: jurov` ^ and everyone else quoting options scripturally, make sure you account for
the lot change.
mircea_popescu: the system is working under supervision and
trades may be rolled back if problems appear
mircea_popescu: ok so, mpex options are back.
they are now quoted on a .1 btc per basis,
ozbot: Kawasaki's Neon Green
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nubbins`: sending someone money is
the easiest
thing in
the world!
mircea_popescu: how about keeping your money, once an ex wife,
tax authority or city council decides
they would want
to have it ?
nubbins`: i mean, sending someone money is
the easiest
thing in
the world
nubbins`: i wouldn't go
that far, but it's generally not unpleasant
nubbins`: seems like a hammer searching for a nail at
this point. banking is not inconvenient here
mircea_popescu: i doubt any western government has
the ability
to do obamacare.gov one better.
nubbins`: they've been pretty
tight-lipped about it so far
nubbins`: no, probably not. should be interesting
to see if mintchip-btc exchange services will come about.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [HMF] [PAID] 40.00000000 BTC
to 40`000 shares, 100000 satoshi per share
nubbins`: you know, it would be funny if
this mintchip
thing became ubiquitous in canada before bitcoin did
ThickAsThieves: The epic $15-million court fight between Love and
the Meighen heirs was finally settled
two years ago.
The defendants — including Love, his law partner and
their current and former firms, as well as Legacy Private
Trust and Canada
Trust — agreed
to pony up $8.9 million, but without admitting fault.
nubbins`: catch:
the Alderney IOU coins are
the size of
the one in
the picture accompanying
this article ^
nubbins`: meanwhile, some scandal surrounding
the director
nubbins`: canadian mint was supposed
to be doing some sort of digital money
thing
mircea_popescu: why is it
that
the state always
tries
to a. represent itself as "not
the state" and b. represent itself as doing what people do, except without doing it ?
nubbins`: essentially
they're selling IOUs
ThickAsThieves: Rather
than having a private key sealed inside, like
the popular Casascius physical bitcoins and
their contemporaries,
the Alderney bitcoins would be exchangeable for
the more useful digital kind by its holder paying a visit
to
the island.
They would not be official legal
tender otherwise.
nubbins`: ThickAsThieves: hm, so essentially
these are
trade coins
nubbins`: its prolly just a QR scanning app
that interfaces with bc.i API :P
nubbins`: i
think
that's
the distinguishing feature here
mircea_popescu: this'd be
the first
time anyone actually connected
to
the barfoundation actually did something.
ThickAsThieves: i
think he mightve been a BTC Foundation grant recipient or whatever
they call it
too
mircea_popescu: uyou ever seen a nonservice coming out of
the us webservice-entrepreneurs dog and pony show
that wasn't a. very banal and b. presented as
the new wheel ?
nubbins`: and why
this coinpunk guy is making it seem novel
nubbins`: and so i'm wondering why it hasn't been done a
thousand
times
nubbins`: but i mean, web wallets seem like
the obvious solution
to apple's bitcoin app ban
pankkake: they should be, in
the web browser (and
the MITM issue is
the same)
nubbins`: but my password is really really cumbersome
to enter on a phone
pankkake: but
that's my negative hater mind
talking
nubbins`: some sort of web wallet
type
thing for phones, from what i can
tell
pankkake: I heard of it, never
tried it.
the homepage has a hipster feel, i.e. it probably doesn't work
mircea_popescu: twist : queen liz is one of
the more famous female criminals of
the prev century.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [DEALCO] [PAID] 5.00000000 BTC
to 50`000 shares, 10000 satoshi per share
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [KCIM] [PAID] 4.34500000 BTC
to 869 shares, 500000 satoshi per share
mircea_popescu: "Win a USD5000 Casino Holiday
to Monaco" i'm like wut, 4 btc ? gtfo. make better prizes.
ozbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
firstblockchain: instead of
typing
them incorrectly like
the 'tard he's proving himself
to be
KRS1: strange, i just
transferred btc out of btc-e and it said i'm receiving coins from john-paul gallo
mircea_popescu: that moment when you
transfer a btc
to namecheap and can now afford
to renew like a hundred domains.
mircea_popescu: working with nefario
to invent
the exchange of
the future.
dexX7: i still believe in burnside
though
mircea_popescu: you ended up on
the list
there by virtue of being in
the
thread
dexX7: yes, it was
that
time
ozbot: The anatomy of a scam. pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: put
that
together with a no-backsies medium and you're definitely attracting sharks.
mircea_popescu: and
that
they don't need
to
think or do any useful work or manage
their own lives or contribute anything worth
the mention.
mircea_popescu: benkay has a point, but
the matter is significantly complicated by a large enough population of functionally illiterate people who've been fed for decades on
the illusion
that someone else is
there
to protect
them
gribble: ThickAsThieves was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 5 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds ago: <ThickAsThieves> can
the statue be riding a unicycle whilst making
the claim?