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pankkake: I don't like
the buckling springs
pankkake: desk ergonomics are my first question
to employers, before pay
pankkake: well I usually spend more on monitors, keyboards,
than on
the actual computer :)
jurov: actually
this one is inherited from my grandpa
jurov: i always seek
to have big desk with monitor as far as possible... means whole hands resting and no RSI, foreplay or not
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pankkake: I have
to write an article about it, but keep procrastinating
pankkake: everything apple makes is part of
the conspiracy
to slowly physically weaken humans
mircea_popescu: (incidentally,
this is also why ipads are doomed as a serious
technology. no right click ? fu.)
mircea_popescu: yeah. loss of fine motor control as a result of inervation of
the gross motor pathways.
pankkake: indeed. and still people belive
the "minority report" interface is
the future
mircea_popescu: it's really uncomfortable for humans
to hold
their arms extended in
the air.
pankkake: but all
the fun is moving your hands in
the air!
pankkake: I always wanted a
theremin. it's not
that expensive either
ozbot: cat plays
theremin - YouTube
mircea_popescu: anyway, you don't HAVE
to underwrite options, you can pretty much cover all strategies simply buying
mike_c: then you will probably say "no" at
that
time as well :)
mircea_popescu: i
think
the sort of macro stability you want here may
take a little more
than a few months.
mike_c: ok. i will come back and
try again in a few months
mircea_popescu: so, in general mike_c i can see some merit for what you're saying, and in
the end
things are going
to move
that way. mpex is in no way given for all
time as it is.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yeah.
tho he cheats by having
the piano
there.
mircea_popescu: suppose you have credit
taken which gets called on
the ground of exercises being announced.
mike_c: but it would
take more capital
to act on it.
mircea_popescu: announcing
the exercise is not substantially different, in
that it would send an actionable signal of
the same
type.
mircea_popescu: in a heavily mommentum
traded by vastly
the incompetent and clueless, on very little actgual capital
mike_c: ok. i would in fact be fine with announcing
the excercise, but not returning
the capital.
mircea_popescu: if you dump
this 650 btc into buying more btc on margin, you are in fact adding
to
the noise
mircea_popescu: a week later,
the price doubles. you get exercised. you obtain say 650 btc back.
mircea_popescu: let's
take a case, as a for instance. you write 1000 calls @200, deposit 1000 btc.
mircea_popescu: conceivably it would cause panic, especially if you
take
the returned capital
to immediately go
the other way.
mike_c: we know when
they are sold, but knowing when
they are excercised would..
mike_c: i'm
trying
to figure out what problem
the information would aggravate?
mircea_popescu: basically underwriting an option puts you in
this firm, fixed
term commitment.
benkay: mircea_popescu: is it
true
that exercises aren't assigned until end of month?
mircea_popescu: on
the other hand,
the btc options market is fragile, and
this may be one of
those cases where information aggravates problems.
mike_c: no, you won't.
that's my issue.
mike_c: sort of
they are
though. when excercises are assigned
the option holder knows about it
mike_c: i was hoping
to sway you.
mike_c: um, last
time you just said it "wasn't standard"
mike_c: mircea_popescu: i want
to make one more push for announcing option exercises
to assbot. it is
the only way
to know
two
things: 1) open interest 2) excercise costs. otherwise it's just a big mystery when/if
the option holders are excercising and, not
that mpex would ever make a mistake,
there is no way for me
to verify
the excercise costs.
ozbot: Leon
Theremin playing his own instrument - YouTube
mircea_popescu: and
the 2nd doc is
the registration paperwork of
the panama fund
thing.
the first is a list.
mircea_popescu: Vp7771 you know you can just
type mirc and hit
tab,
that way it actually highlights
BingoBoingo: jurov: I like
this one. I mean one of my BTC addresses is 1LvCuntsJyFFQsLuJhBXBPokbQa7SAyMr4
jurov: omg..... BingoBoingo, u want
to change it? but
the old one ceases
to work
then
pankkake: referral links
turn users into spammers
nubbins`: as if i'd follow a referral link
that says "fuk u" at
the end! ;)
Vp7771: Mirceau what are
those docs?
skinnkavaj: That was
the funniest post on bitcointalk ever
mircea_popescu: in
the sense you were right about investments recently, sure.
jurov: she's
there
to distract :D
mike_c: and it hasn't sold
to
the panamanians.
skinnkavaj: mircea_popescu have
the ugliest security exchange in
the world and most disturbing PR person on
the planet
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mike_c: well,
that was fun. good
times everyone.
mike_c: but
the market has spoken.
mike_c: yes.. lower
than i was hoping for.
mike_c: ok.. if anybody is lurking and waiting
to snipe
these, you are running out of
time. down
to 0.16
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mike_c: although your collateral requirements for options seem
to account for it..
mircea_popescu: mike_c by
the end of
this month you can count on it as impossible.
mike_c: also, different conversation, 10k usd / btc does not seem impossible
to me :)
mike_c: the rate of change of
the underlying is not even a factor in option pricing.
Namworld: If we doubled in price every 2 months like
that, in 1 year we'd be at 12,800 USD per BTC
mike_c: it's about volatility, not where
the price is
Namworld: I feel
the current price is maybe
too high. It's nice
that value is rising but I'm unsure why it needs
to raise so quickly.
Namworld: The buyers at 0.12 are going
to get reamed
mike_c: man.. i'm gunna get reamed on
this. down
to 0.2
kakobrekla: nanotube i just want
to have
the mans
to point
to a specific user
to user action, could also be done in a way
that log.bitcoin-assets works (with
the hash
tag in
the url
to jump & highlight a specific line)
mike_c: if
that's accurate,
the directors are on
the board of a
ton of companies.
mike_c: for inspiration, last month people who bought my options made 28%.
that's damn near 1% a day. price dropped.
mike_c: i heard a rumor
there were smart investors in
this channel