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mircea_popescu: bitbet is small. asicminer doesn't practically exist. it's
take it or leave it.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves as far as i can see, other
than mpoe (which may well be oversold), sdice is
the only investment available atm.
benkay: it's not a
terribly common perspective...
mircea_popescu: you're buying into someone else's specifically so as not
to have
to deal with
that.
ThickAsThieves: so would you argue
that with all
that is known
to
the public,
benkay: i like
that attitude,
that plans are not investors business.
mircea_popescu: you want
to be involved in business planning, start one.
mircea_popescu: most companies fail
to file at all after
their first year
mircea_popescu: if
this is a spark but not a fire
then what can io
tell you
mircea_popescu: sdice always was and still is
the majority of rthe blockchain
davout: ThickAsThieves: you expect change when some other folks don't see
the need for it
truffles: oh its not called
trolling huh
davout: ThickAsThieves: what is it
that pokes your ego ? :p
davout: what is
this NAT.ROUTERS
thing?
davout: let's
talk about evolution
then
mircea_popescu: it will behave accordingly. you want excitement, chase
the vircurex ipos or w/e
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves
that's fine but not all
things are
that.
davout: ThickAsThieves: watching
things as
they are is already doing something, which can bring great enjoyment
mircea_popescu: anyway. point being :
the hammer has not grown. it is what it is.
davout: mircea_popescu:
these suction pumps do not work
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves
this growth
thing... it often is illusory.
davout: ThickAsThieves: buddhism
teaches us
that "not doing" is already "doing" if you see what I mean
truffles: same ppl who give out advice
to others *snicker*
davout: truffles:
that's called having fun :-)
mircea_popescu: in my mind investors are making a revenue from
their holding
truffles: ThickAsThieves I
think youre
trying
to reason with stubborn ppl who are comfortable with what is
mircea_popescu: yes, pralines are dead
to
the us market, in
the sense
that
the uninformed poor
there don't get any.
ThickAsThieves: and investors expect a business
to maintain and moreover gain revenue right?
mircea_popescu: this particular piece of confectionery has been unchanged since
three centuries ago
davout: ThickAsThieves: does it need
to ?
jcpham: allow players
to create "accounts"?
benkay: we could actually
talk about execution instead of features
then
jcpham: would you like for satoshidice
to add more features and a whole frontend/backend server architecture?
benkay: has anyone bothered
to plot relative market share of
the btc gambling space?
mircea_popescu: this attitude is what leads
to creeping featuritis and general cruft.
mircea_popescu: davout i'd
take
that as a good proxy for how valuable a website is for sdice
ThickAsThieves: you might not WANT marketing
to matter or have a suitable rationale for it within yourself
davout: ThickAsThieves: like I said, someone who has a stake in
this *will* put up a US accessible clone of
the SD website
jcpham: well i
think s.dice is dead and SD will be fine
truffles: <davout> hipsters care about features, investors car about dividends>>> disagree with
that
mircea_popescu: and im not
transferring
the argument, i'm just not particularly interested in arguiubng about s.dice per se, i
think
the general point is more interesting
davout: i
think sd markets itself for free on
the frontpage of blockchain.info
ThickAsThieves: it's
that marketing, communication, and development are important
davout: i had
the sunglasses on my forum avatar first
mircea_popescu: but srsly, most
things worth it in
this life aren't what's being hyped
ThickAsThieves: people dont seek out
tv shows because
they are harder
to watch
mircea_popescu: there's
this very american worshipping of a very particular
thing
jcpham: people can watch waht
they want
davout: what makes you
think
that it won't make it even more attractive ?
ThickAsThieves: i'll probably end up eating my words, but at
the moment i have no problem saying
that i
think sdice is dead in
the water
davout: some big shareholder should just clone
the SD website and make it available in
the US
toffoo: wow .. did it hit
that in
this recent dump or was
that from earlier?
toffoo: what is
the all-time low on s.dice?
Namworld: By
the way... if anyone wants
to sell S.DICE shares but finds
there's a lack of volume
to sell
them, PM me.
Scrat: shows every
TX as a double spend
ThickAsThieves: i love how people feel
the need
to wait for 6 confs when making deals with me
deadweasel: technically if all you do is
take profits, it would be impossible
to go broke. in a general way.
mircea_popescu: listen. "Nobody went broke
taking profits" is like saying "the rain in spain stays mostly on
the plain"