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Bicknellski: ya I am sure some actually follow their restrictions
mircea_popescu: from this chick that came to college here. used to be vegan at home.
mircea_popescu: Bicknellski i have it in confidence that it only happens because they can't afford it.
mircea_popescu: why does that look like it won't end well.
Bowjob: dont indians get queasy if they see cow meat
Bicknellski: so they have to sub in real cow.
Bicknellski: hard to get coconut milk
Bicknellski: cooking with it all the time
Bowjob: they seem to like milk a lot so
Bicknellski: Nice good on them
Bowjob: they buy carfuls of milk all the time
Bowjob: not the feather indians
Bowjob: they seem to hog all the milk. even here
Bowjob: hah. I want you guys to note that those people who hounded the milk.. are Indo canadians
Chaang-Noi: that is what i get for reading a wall of text in 30 seconds
Bicknellski: there was the california one
mircea_popescu: Chaang-Noi the yukon gold rush not the california one
Bicknellski: I love how detroit was basically boxed up and shipped to Mexico
Chaang-Noi: 1860 too early for goldrush? why are the 49ers called the 49ers??
Bicknellski: weve been a service based economy for 20 or 30 years other than resources
Bowjob: irrc Americans complained about canadians taking milk from the US
Chaang-Noi: my family is involved in maufactoring in the usa, but there is not much left lol
Bowjob: and steal all the deals
Bowjob: Actually.. americans complained that Canadians borderhop just to shop
mircea_popescu: ya, cheap dollar would help industry, if there were much left.
Bowjob: I go to bellingham for cheap deals sometimes
Bowjob: the us goods are actually cheaper than canadian ones..
Bicknellski: lots of Mericans love to come fishing with a cheap dollar
Bicknellski: We enjoy the lower dollar
Bowjob: Well, CAD was worth over 1 USD earlier this feb
Bicknellski: ya that is why I thought it was more
Bicknellski: it was the 50s... my parents used to brag about it
mircea_popescu: was it because they were pegged tot he sterling ?
mircea_popescu: 1860 is too early for gold rush
Bicknellski: it was the `860s lol
Bicknellski: well not the 50s
Bicknellski: On July 11, 1864, the Canadian dollar was worth $2.78 US.
Bicknellski: up to the 60s
Bicknellski: Canadian Dollar used to be valued a lot more than us in the 50s I think
mircea_popescu: the fact that it's absolutely never mentioned proves it.
Bowjob: was it 2 years ago? it was a bit before that
mircea_popescu: the fact that the usd is lower hurts a lot, im sure.
mircea_popescu: used to be canadian dollars were this "inferior fake dollar" practically.
mircea_popescu: Bowjob actually there's a lot of old media references. elaine (seinfeld) gets evicted for putting canadian quarters in the washing machines
Bicknellski: 79 c on the 1
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 29.61019, Best ask: 29.62000, Bid-ask spread: 0.00981, Last trade: 29.62000, 24 hour volume: 34715.21158870, 24 hour low: 28.98839, 24 hour high: 29.87035, 24 hour vwap: 29.55842
Bowjob: well, it used to be 1 cad = 1.25 usd
mircea_popescu: anyways, im off. cya all tomorrow.
mircea_popescu: there's minute-ish gaps if the orders it has in expire before it can put new ones in
mircea_popescu: 24 is the cutoff not 48
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: is the bot not quoting anymore?
Bowjob: " The Bitcoin Forum is moving to a new server. Hold tight."
mircea_popescu: practically twice a day.
Bowjob: bitcoin talk is down
mircea_popescu: jcpham a, actually he makes sense in the end.
mircea_popescu: the things people pick to get hang up on seriously.
mircea_popescu: "The valuation of said company, can in theory exceed the total number of bitcoins. brain melt"
mjr_: yeah, i am trying to scoop up as much as i can now while it's low
mircea_popescu: ppl are selling it to buy asics
mjr_: its cool that you can find good value though
mircea_popescu: mjr_ well i don't think the mpoe bot expected linear btc in the past year.
mircea_popescu: BitHub was there any question ?!
mircea_popescu: only because they expect linear price evolutions
mjr_: every strike plus premium will usually equal the same
mjr_: i mean, for an option chain on a very thick stock
mjr_: the 19 was not priced in line with the 17
mjr_: i only got the 17 call only cuz it had the lowest break even
mircea_popescu: it's what options do. if you have the right trend they accelerate it
mircea_popescu: whereas the exchange only went
mircea_popescu: more than that lets see
mjr_: and the worth of those bitcoins is up to my valuation
mjr_: at the end of the day, i would get the (vwap-strike)/vwap bitcoins
mircea_popescu: basically you turned 6 bux into 12
mircea_popescu: in usd whatever, .41 *29 - .33 * 17 or what's the case
mjr_: so in that example, i will get approximately .41 btc...
mjr_: so you use the vwap
mjr_: aha ok thanks so much
mjr_: this is the part i got confused on
mjr_: ok, so when it settles though, I will be settled in bitcoins
mjr_: I am right about $4 in the money
mjr_: since the vwap is currently around $29
mjr_: depending on how you value the premium i paid (i use my average cost of bitcoins) that puts my breakeven point around $25
mjr_: i bought this months $17 call
mjr_: mircea_popescu if you have a minute can you go through this example with me?
mjr_: i was a little unclear on how the cash settlement works on options
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 29.60002, Best ask: 29.67849, Bid-ask spread: 0.07847, Last trade: 29.67849, 24 hour volume: 34177.53570017, 24 hour low: 28.98839, 24 hour high: 29.87035, 24 hour vwap: 29.48634
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 29.62201, Best ask: 29.72209, Bid-ask spread: 0.10008, Last trade: 29.72209, 24 hour volume: 35966.27130235, 24 hour low: 28.98839, 24 hour high: 29.87035, 24 hour vwap: 29.48641
thestringpuller: either fill the order in it's entirety or kill it after a certain time
thestringpuller: some people incremental fill the order
deadweasel: bots, i think.
deadweasel: who the hell buys .01 btc anyway?
deadweasel: .01 bot is working hard to push down the price. weird
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 29.71704, Best ask: 29.78000, Bid-ask spread: 0.06296, Last trade: 29.71704, 24 hour volume: 35931.59973145, 24 hour low: 28.98839, 24 hour high: 29.87035, 24 hour vwap: 29.48437
jcpham: currently i am the miner
jcpham: nanotube has set the market
OneFixt: looking to buy XRP
mjr_: yeah, i am transferring from exchange, so i can't set TX fees
jurov: if anyone asks about CoinBr.iDiff-E , send them after ukto
deadweasel: and that is a pain to change, so rather than spend 30 seconds changing, they wait 10 minutes for first inclusion, or longer
deadweasel: it's a preference, not a per txn setting