• Charlie Stross@wandering.shop
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      7 months ago

      @maol 25 years ago I saw one for sale in the Scottish borders for £250K. An absolute steal—if you could afford the £25K/year for heating and the extra £100K+ to repair the leaky roof. Never mind the £50K to install double glazing and insulation and the £200K or so in renovation it urgently needed. Etc.

    • David Gerard@awful.systemsOPM
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      7 months ago

      loved how they got the second castle in the Czech republic for a mere 4m EUR, and didn’t at any point question why a whole fucking castle was on sale for just 4m EUR

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        7 months ago

        They bought a second one? This is too much. I suppose Sam Bankman-Fried already proved EAies were terrible at picking investments when he decided to pursue purchasing Nauru (arguably the Most Unfortunate Island In The World) as a bolt-hole in case of apocalypse.