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_popescu was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 3 seconds ago: <mircea
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decimation: mircea
_popescu: in the us you can buy "umbrella insurance" for such a possibility
The20YearIRCloud: mircea
_popescu: some states/countries exempt homeowners from stuff like that, i know mine does
decimation: mircea
_popescu: there's this thing in American culture that you aren't a 'real person' if you don't 'own' your home
gernika: mircea
_popescu: agreed. not a viable outcome for employees. Although in my case they kept our product alive until it was killed in a second acquisition so it was sort of a semi-acquihire. Still a complete waste of money.
decimation: mircea
_popescu: my understanding is that the narrowboats are popular with chums who 'pub crawl' on water
decimation: mircea
_popescu: I haven't done the narrowboats, are they a good time?
gernika: mircea
_popescu lol seems to be better than other things I've tried
decimation: we've been derping about some technical stuff, gernika, ben
_vulpes and I were talking about the silly-con valley employment scam
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes my ll is broken cause spanish. talk to ascillifeform
decimation: mircea
_popescu: but they 'spend' billions of 'money'?
decimation: ben
_vulpes: I think the renting vs. buying thing is a generational shift in the us
decimation: ben
_vulpes: don't forget the usg 'subsidy' of mortgages
decimation: ben
_vulpes: I suspect this is how most money is 'made' in silly-con valley
xmj: ben
_vulpes: that's a no ?
decimation: mircea
_popescu: yeah that's pretty much the idea. it's amazing that such a seemingly 'approximate' algorithm can be made arbitrarily precise through iteration
xmj: ben
_vulpes: are you looking for anything sysadmin payable in BTC, then?
SubCreative: mircea
_popescu: Ill give you a interview that covers some of it.
mircea_popescu: mike
_c here's the problem : would you credit anything they said ?
kakobrekla: <mircea
_popescu> what i don't get is the partial russian translation here and there < my guess is it wants to justify its legitimacy by providing translation service.
RagnarDanneskjol: mircea
_popescu - the deed bot is complete /demo ready, works like a charm. i think moloko wants to clean up a few things, I'll try to get him to drop in tonight to discuss - might be late
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu: It's Nick Denton's Facebook knockoff, except super scam
chetty: <mircea
_popescu> likely because mah people been trying to keep me from armflailing fits// that will be the day
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu: You know the notice that says you haven't been issued a warrant, that disappears when you have. Apple's diappeared.
mircea_popescu: <los
_pantalones> or is this blatant theft of contract specs ? << nah, bitbet is designed/intended as a backstop for an infinity of independent repackagers/customer oriented bookies and assorted venues.
BingoBoingo: los
_pantalones: No, great Marketing on BitBet that its competitors have to make bets on BitBet bets
mircea_popescu: los
_pantalones well yes but the medium is the derpage.
mircea_popescu: los
_pantalones i guess you're not the next stalin then.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform re the children chained / throats cut business, same goes to you as discussed with los
_pantalones re that robbery gopro video.
mthreat: mircea
_popescu: ferfal lives in the US now, for a while ;)
mthreat: mircea
_popescu: nah the reddit kids are a friendly bunch, i've been to one of their parties
mircea_popescu: los
_pantalones: ThickAsThieves don't.jump. << STOP! it's hammertime!
kakobrekla: mike
_c sometimes the line from product and package is hard to determine, seems to me.
kakobrekla: mike
_c nice package is mostly for superficial people. to those i think it does not cater well.
kakobrekla: mike
_c that 'nice package' of a 'good product' does not turn off the buyers after the 'good product'.
The20YearIRCloud: mircea
_popescu: I'm going to write up a letter/note and give a poster & instructions to each one of my tenants, then offer a discount if they use BTC to pay for their rent( even if it's a fraction of the rent). But that will only account for 15 of the 50 posters, so I was gonna run a few contests on our FB page (If that's ok with you?) for the remainder
☟︎ The20YearIRCloud: mircea
_popescu: I got the posters today, I had a question about redemption of the prize or whatever - Do the claimants just get on here and post a link to a photo, are there any other requirements?
mircea_popescu: 18<mike
_c> please, beauty. none. helen was a thin pretense. << for what, gayola ?
mircea_popescu: <mike
_c> physicists are probably looking for a 3rd option, but might take awhile. << all you need is love...
kakobrekla: <mike
_c> this activity is hurting kakobrekla's theory that bitbet need moar user friendly < i dont like the combination of these letters
pete_dushenski: mircea
_popescu: his successors were all "only mommy can make me dinner so i know it's not poisoned"
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski "and unusually sane 46 years (1520-1566) atop the throne, certainly compared to his successors" << certainly what
xmj: ben
_vulpes: btw, ive since learned that sending SWIFT wires is cheaper and more convenient than PayfuckingPal.
assbot: Logged on 28-08-2014 04:09:12; mircea
_popescu: answer : because women. pregnancy is also -ev, and yet women do it. the same psychological complexes that control that can also yield amusing social results.