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mircea_popescu: that's great, it means
there's more 1/4 billions for
the
taking in
the nf&l
tax chest.
firedrops: exxon has a site fenced off in houston, fenced my entire life,
they have been pouring millions into it since '88 for very serious chemical spills. Luckily my city did not sieze it.
mircea_popescu: hopefully
the nf&l government has learned
that being cocky costs 1/4 billion out of
the budget.
mircea_popescu: The company filed a $500-million NAFTA challenge, settling
two years ago for a $130-million payout from Ottawa.
nubbins`: so
they said "what's yours is now ours"
nubbins`: they didn't like
the way Abitibi was putting people out of work
nubbins`: big company closes mill,
threatens
to close another
nubbins`: many faces were red when
this went down
mircea_popescu: The province had argued
that its environmental protection cleanup orders were not "claims" under insolvency laws, and
thereby fell outside
that process.
mircea_popescu: "a string of massive data
thefts and cyberattacks in recent years."
nubbins`: i never had any problems w/ it, but all i'd ever do was dump money
to send back home, so i never really held a balance
mircea_popescu: curious how long until he discoveres further ways means and reasons
to hate btc.
nubbins`: "current POLITICO Chief Economic Correspondent and Morning Money columnist, CNBC contributor, ex nyt, ft, wapo.
tweets often snarkastic"
nubbins`: and
they give you a one-time pad
that you need as well
nubbins`: TBF you do need a private key issued by
the bank
to be installed on your PC
tho
ozbot: South Korea is stuck with Internet Explorer for online shopping because of security law -
The Washin
nubbins`: no joke, i had
to register pink eye using paper forms
nubbins`: and i'm not installing a VM just
to use my government's website
nubbins`: besides, e-anything in
this province requires IE :(
nubbins`: went back
today, "leel you can't file
this until
tuesday"
nubbins`: drove
to another city yesterday
to file a paper "oh lel you need your wife's signature
too"
nubbins`: i filed a simple damage claim for $3k about 3 months ago and it's still clattering around
the justice system
mircea_popescu: as many counties simply do not have a lawyer
that will
take a vast majority of cases
mircea_popescu: which makes most people unable
to reach
the court at all
mircea_popescu: it's also a matter of people being
trained
to be dependant on lawyers
nubbins`: either due
to lack of finances,
time, know-how, or all
three
mircea_popescu: it's usually
that people don't quite have
the ability ot use
the courts.
nubbins`: those companies hold
too much power
mircea_popescu: of course
they'll also ban you, but
then again it's
their website/forum/we it is.
nubbins`: i wonder if casascius will respond
to my post
today
nubbins`: go ahead and
try
to get equifax
to remove something from your record
coingenuity: so it's a bad bad
thing
to have happen
to ya
coingenuity: and around 80% of all banks in
the usa use chexsystems
nubbins`: "The majority of banks using ChexSystems will not open a new deposit account for a customer
that has a negative item reported."
coingenuity: if you get a black-mark in chexsystems, you will be /fucked/ for
the rest of your life
coingenuity: the last
thing you want is a chexsystems ban
coingenuity: nubbins`: also, you can sneak under
the radar for a minute but
they'll catch you eventually and blacklist you from chexystems... so i am guessing
they're playing with fire ;)
mircea_popescu: nubbins` in fairness
they're a small outfit, but i never heard anything seriously wrong about
them.
nubbins`: guess
they're not big enough ;0
firedrops: :) i want ot buy gold with btc for a long
time..
mircea_popescu: good.
then once you finally move out of
the shithole you can run my gold future.
firedrops: coingenuity, make sure your entire exit plan is sorted!
to
the minute....
nubbins`: and i guess
they're not having issues with banks
nubbins`: haven't had any problems with
them
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: i've gotten set up with backup residency in other nations now as a result of
the experience i've had in
the last few months
mircea_popescu: coingenuity how about you move before
they stop issuing passports ?
coingenuity: nubbins`:
they
told me "whoa bro, you're way
too big for us"
mircea_popescu: or generally a citizen of a state moving
to socialism.
coingenuity: especially when all
the places i had accounts closed me with 24h warning
mircea_popescu: firedrops great problem
to have as long as you're not an american living in
the us
coingenuity: hard being
told by 150 banks
to go die in a fire
coingenuity: heh, depends on
the day - last few months have been depressing with
the stuff going on behind
the scenes in
the financial world, but i'm keeping my chin up
firedrops: i hear you. it's a great problem
to have.
coingenuity: ah, for sure,
thanks for your patience- keeping up with growth can be difficult sometimes
firedrops: coingenuity: no worries mate, we've been sorted for over a year,
that's why I'm looking into using you again...
coingenuity: firedrops: we've been in an all-out war with
the banking community, as have been most large bitcoin companies in
the last few months... my apologies for
the lax communication, as you can imagine with
the delays our support guys have been swamped
mircea_popescu: myeah. it's what i gathered as
to
the explosion of forum complaints. poor communication skills on one hand coupled with mean/marginalyl dishonest "customers" on
the other
firedrops: they were fixed, in
time, but mostly just zero
to slow communication.
mircea_popescu: pretty sure it's not
the same guy. what issues did you have ?
firedrops: yes, I had some issues with an order, but Idon't know if AMAGI is any better... could be
the same guy.
dexX7: coinabul had some shady incidences in
the past,
there is much on
the forum
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trade: 338.9, 24 hour volume: 50588.88029688, 24 hour low: 281.0, 24 hour high: 340.0, 24 hour vwap: 315.01105
dexX7: hey mp, what's your call for
this journey? in april it was 100.
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [XBOND] [PAID] 0.69348300 BTC
to 1`386`966 shares, 50 satoshi per share
mircea_popescu: i imagine with
the current lift we;ll get a new set of post-november retards, making
the previous set look smart by comparison.
kleeck: Ah. So
this glorious pay-to-chat was run by
the inputs.io guy...
ozbot: Coinchat Is A Chatroom Where
Talking Sense Earns You Bitcoin |
TechCrunch
kleeck: But look back on
that graph you see similar behavior over
the last month.
kleeck: high of ~4.1 and
then
the dip
to 3.4
today.
mircea_popescu: you have
to understand hash guessing is a dirty process mostly based on statistics
kleeck: But
that looks
to be a regular pattern.
kleeck: So, wasn't
the
TNH over 4PH/s?
ozbot: Bitcoin is creating a whole new set of problems pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
kleeck: I let
them know
that constantly.
mircea_popescu: kleeck you should let your friends know
them crimecoins are about
to
turn into yourgfissuckingmeoffcoins
mircea_popescu: i rthought
they came up with a new
type of acid blotter
kleeck: Or as my
troll friends call
them, "CrimeCoins".