Matches for from:asciilifeform, 112685 total results Sorted by newest | relevance
Fri Dec 16 18:33:14 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> find me the d00d who 1) affords a single, solitary bar 2) happily melts it
Fri Dec 16 18:32:45 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> nor have any choice re the matter (nobody's buying your old 486, but they ~will~ buy the gold)
Fri Dec 16 18:32:27 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> the hobbysts lose nothing, subjectively, by doing so
Fri Dec 16 18:26:49 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> whereas if kakobrekla or asciilifeform buys a bar and then puts it in a safe, and hopes to get, e.g., usd or eur back for it at the unit/gram qty listed on the paper, it is just variant of fiat.
Fri Dec 16 18:25:50 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> i.e. have independent means of assay and willingness to lose some % by doing so, rather than trusting the assay mark & paperwork that came with the bar, or paying premium for coins
Fri Dec 16 18:25:22 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> a dozen or so entities ~actually~ use it.
Fri Dec 16 18:23:48 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> very similarly, kakobrekla .
Fri Dec 16 18:23:33 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> kakobrekla: yes, it is physically possible. but ~nobody does it.
Fri Dec 16 18:22:06 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> i can't say that i have.
Fri Dec 16 18:22:00 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> kakobrekla: do you personally melt and assay the bricks ?
Fri Dec 16 18:21:08 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> the existence of sham-gold depresses the price of physical.
Fri Dec 16 18:20:59 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> but the two markets aren't actually separate.
Fri Dec 16 18:20:12 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> gold suffers from the paper-alchemy problem even long before anyone again seizes it.
Fri Dec 16 18:04:52 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> then -- wasn't practical !11
Fri Dec 16 18:04:29 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> iron law.
Fri Dec 16 18:04:21 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> if it is practical to drain something, it will get drained
Fri Dec 16 18:01:47 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> i can't resist asking, how does kakobrekla know how well it does
Fri Dec 16 02:05:43 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> http://trilema.com/2016/internet-census-2016 << of interest to any remaining phuctorists here
Tue Dec 13 16:50:06 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> incidentally schematics were published not long ago, if kakobrekla wanted to make ~identical~ rng, he also could.
Tue Dec 13 16:49:30 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> kakobrekla: i wouldn't particularly worry, there are 100+ other rng