prob most reporters wouldve respected it but yeah its not like theres a law
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
actually it's about ethics in shitcoin journalism
― 龜, Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
turns out it wasnt exactly an interview or at least he didnt think so, he didnt realize the texts were going to be published even tho he was talking to a reporter he had no relationship with and he didnt ask for it to be off the record, lol what a bozo
― lag∞n, Thursday, November 17, 2022 10:36 AM (twenty-six minutes ago)
I had just been saying to a friend of mine after it came out that he's been blabbing at Michael Lewis for six months that he really should've read The Journalist and the Murderer, but he has been quoted as saying that books are a waste of time
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:03 (one year ago) link
nobody should ever talk to a journalist for any reason
its pretty funny must admit, bet hes still talking to him too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
i bet he knew michael lewis did moneyball and figured it was gonna be that sort of thing, heck michael lewis prob told him that, you ever see that movie where brad pitt is smart thats you boy were gonna get handsome oscar isaac to play you
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
Gonna be T Chalz with a bad perm
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
I admit I find it very odd that this dude was able to earn so many people's trust and life savings
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
aiui the website looked good
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 17 November 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
have not seen it myself
I wonder how many people actually signed up for FTX because of the Larry David ad. Feels like the ad was practically made for the Larry character to be proven right.
― jmm, Thursday, 17 November 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, November 17, 2022 2:03 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglin
he’s made a point about bragging about not reading books. this is the kind of guy he is
― k3vin k., Thursday, 17 November 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
I had just been saying to a friend of mine
and that friend... was ILX's bitcoins thread
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Thursday, 17 November 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link
sic I’m gonna chase you off the Orpheum stage with a stick
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 17 November 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
wld think this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as collusion is concerned, seems like theres always tons of funds sloshing around between various big holders for unknown reasons
This is a useful reminder that some top crypto people -- executives, whales, investors -- are in small private group chats discussing other market players and coordinating activity. There's a club and they're in it. https://t.co/7thi054UUt— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) November 18, 2022
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 13:25 (one year ago) link
not sure if this embed properly but he's in the replies:
Its a long story but we were scammed just like you guys, its ok --justice is coming— Zhu Su 🔺 (@zhusu) November 13, 2022
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 November 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
that was in reply to this question: "If you smelt a rat, what convinced you to become one of the biggest traders on their exchange?"
The Papa John interview is lovely pic.twitter.com/bpDMDm9t9G— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 26, 2019
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
lol, solid follow up Q at the end
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 18 November 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
what the fuck are you talking abouthehe im talking about something
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
"stay tuned" with that facial expression is peak tim heidecker
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 November 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
he looks soaked. Does he douse himself from head to toe in baby oil?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 18 November 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
anyway zhu su tweet is very spiderman pointing at spiderman
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 18 November 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
papa john's greasy sweat is the secret ingredient in papa john's pizza
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 November 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
interesting, gbtc is guess is some bitcoin derivative and its price has sharply decoupled from bitcoins
Based on GBTC's 43% discount to NAV, #Bitcoin is already trading well below $10K. I think this is the real price of Bitcoin, as when you sell $GBTC you get paid real cash. But when you sell #BTC you get paid #Tether. To get actual cash for Bitcoin you must accept a huge discount.— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) November 18, 2022
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link
idk why you couldnt just cash out the tether tho, if thats not working seems like we would be hearing about it
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
omfg haaa
.@llegrarosenberg went deep into Caroline Ellison's alleged Tumblr. It wasn't just a Harry Potter fan blog. It was a RATIONALIST Harry Potter fan blog.https://t.co/OX3t2kTJbS pic.twitter.com/fOcKg8YHtb— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) November 18, 2022
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
lol of course
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 18 November 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
oh god whyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 18 November 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
haaaa
Departing from J. K. Rowling's original books, Yudkowsky supposes that Harry's aunt Petunia Evans married an Oxford professor and homeschooled Harry in science and rational thinking.[6][8][9]
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
Same guy who created a panic over an imaginary vengeful superintelligence, by the way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk#Reactions
― jmm, Friday, 18 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
lag00n found your alt
Peak crypto living.No physical possessions but a trusty rug to sleep on (rugged 4 lyf), an @FTX_Official hoodie that doubles as a pillow, a laptop (w/ Rust compiler ofc) and mechanical keyboard (max WPM for CT shitposting). Everything else in NFTs or earning yield on #Solana. pic.twitter.com/bcqgfEIDS6— Tristan (@Tristan0x) November 17, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 November 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
hard to tell without touching the thing (could be printed or machine made) but to this persian that looks like a couple thousand dollars worth of persian rug. also if sleeping on that is rugged then my grandma in her end of life stage (rip) was also rugged
― the late great, Friday, 18 November 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
pretty sure thats in ikea rug fwiw, and not because i bought it and thats my home be serious i would have a blanket too
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
lmao the mechanical keyboard is such a nice touch
really? that's pretty legit looking for a fake! last i checked the detail on ikea rugs looked a lot less crisp, though tbf since i started owning a dachshund (2010) i've stopped owning rugs
― the late great, Friday, 18 November 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
a trusty rug for the rugpulls
― jmm, Friday, 18 November 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
yup there u go
https://i.imgur.com/89FqxJq.png
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
it's a pretty nice rug
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 November 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
rugs are the original nfts
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 November 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
(I posted this to ILE but was informed there was an FTX discussion already happening here...)
Crypto skeptic Molly White's (creator of "Web3 Is Going Just Great") writeups are excellent - here's part 3 of her FTX coverage: https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-ftx-collapse-the-latest-revelations
Some highlights from it:* The spreadsheet included an entry for “Hidden, poorly internally labled (sic) ‘fiat@’ account: -8 billion”. Apparently SBF wishes for us to believe that he somehow just misplaced an account representing eight billion dollars in liabilities. SBF also included an attempt at remorse in the balance sheet (as one does): “There were many things I wish I could do differently than I did…”
(I'm reminded of the Robin Williams joke about putting $50,000 on your tax form for "snacks".)
* The clean-up guy (who oversaw Enron's bankruptcy) John J. Ray III said: "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here. From compromised systems integrity and faulty regulatory oversight abroad, to the concentration of control in the hands of a very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially compromised individuals, this situation is unprecedented."
* The Debtors do not have an accounting department and outsource this function.
― ernestp, Saturday, 19 November 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
Heads up: rotating a few FTX wallets today (mostly non-circulating); we do this periodically. Might be a few more coming, won’t have any effect.— SBF (@SBF_FTX) September 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oFfScP0S_M
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 20 November 2022 00:45 (one year ago) link
lol
― mh, Sunday, 20 November 2022 01:41 (one year ago) link
lmao
― 龜, Sunday, 20 November 2022 12:13 (one year ago) link
ah well
Sequoia Capital Managing Partner speaking about FTX: "[We did] careful due diligence...We’ve looked at it. There’s nothing much we could have done any differently...I can tell you that, for the next three to six months, we’re going to dream a little less"[@CNBC] pic.twitter.com/6JxCJaFv0u— The Transcript (@TheTranscript_) November 20, 2022
― lag∞n, Sunday, 20 November 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
https://mobile.twitter.com/patio11 Has always struck me as a terrible bore who knows what he’s talking about. He seems pretty adamant that tether is about to go.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 20 November 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
Give it to me baby
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, 20 November 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link
lets goo
― lag∞n, Sunday, 20 November 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
A person I have known for more than ten years, who I consider trustworthy, is convinced the cryptocurrency economy will shortly experience a systemic risk. I don’t know anything concrete, but if I were exposed, I would be concerned.— Paul Graham (@paulg) November 20, 2022
Vitalik subtweeting Paul Graham calling him out for being a total loser is the closest I’ve been to being bullish crypto https://t.co/7N1iw8zXJH— Bucco *Parody* Capital (@buccocapital) November 21, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 21 November 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
lol the entire crypto industry is very publicly crashing and burning, paul grahams friend told him
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 November 2022 02:24 (one year ago) link