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mircea_popescu: your life becomes a carousel of a) identifying partitions upon
the world that'll neatly divide it across
the line of "this part exposes my dysfunction" / "this part doesn't expose my dysfunction" (definitionally an impossible task) and b) making up stories about
how it all
works out, or will, or whatever.
billymg: because isn't that
the point? try to figure out
how the world works and get it to work for you
a111: Logged on 2015-08-21 23:21 mircea_popescu: "Welcome, kiddo, to
how the real
world works. You go ahead and place your crazy protest bids way off in
the bottom of
the sociological order book and scream that someday, SOMEDAY,
the market will come down to meet you, and you will be vindicated.
mp_en_viaje: in retrospect, it's
the bittersweet kind of irony typical of
how the world actually
works that
the crowning opus of argentine govt fantasy was called
vaca muerta a111: Logged on 2015-08-21 23:21 mircea_popescu: "Welcome, kiddo, to
how the real
world works. You go ahead and place your crazy protest bids way off in
the bottom of
the sociological order book and scream that someday, SOMEDAY,
the market will come down to meet you, and you will be vindicated.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform some "think tank" fulla "information workers" or knowledge or whatr was it. because totally, OUR oligarchs are SO VERY NOT
THE SAME!!! thing as russia's, and OUR retarded kids are so very unlike
the pakistani womens' exact same kids. it's not spammers, therefore, lest you wish to not understand
how the world works!
mircea_popescu: you don't understand
how the world works because alien dragon being of pure energy, charges from wall socket.
a111: Logged on 2018-10-06 14:36 mircea_popescu: "but mp, you don't understand
how the world works" "what is
the meaning of '''new''' in
the context of '''similar enough to old for this scheme to work''' "oh, it doesn't PROMISE to stay that way! this pile just
works as long as it does!" "which isn't a promise ? and if it stops working, what, time for linux-backports-compat-compat, a set of scripts to update
the set of scripts that updates...?" "YES!"
mircea_popescu: "but mp, you don't understand
how the world works" "what is
the meaning of '''new''' in
the context of '''similar enough to old for this scheme to work''' "oh, it doesn't PROMISE to stay that way! this pile just
works as long as it does!" "which isn't a promise ? and if it stops working, what, time for linux-backports-compat-compat, a set of scripts to update
the set of scripts that updates...?" "YES!"
☟︎ mircea_popescu eagerly awaits
the time "most advanced army in
world" comes back "not defeated" from whatever shithole, but instead complaining that "
the barbarians don't understand
how the world works", "aren't used correctly '''advanced''' weaponry" etc
mircea_popescu: why
the fuck would people who ~fundamentally disenjoy~ something nevertheless want to be "high profile" in it... this part is incomprehensible. really, talking to people is something you dislike doing and then you figure you wanna be a "high profile blogger" ? "yes mp, because it's all about shaping
the landscape, not enjoying
the landscape". right ? fucktard mcdullardson is going to ~improve~ upon
how the world works.
mircea_popescu: in
the end, this is
the only military strategy that EVER worked ; it is
how alexander conquered "
the world" to
the degree of having cesar weep on his tomb ; it's
how the mongol horde worked, it's
how the "shocking" ottoman empire worked, it's
how war
works when it does.
mircea_popescu: there's a very deep link between "putin doesn't understand
how the world works ; notwithstanding which he stole our election" and "cell (5,7) on your screen".
mircea_popescu: "o noes we really won and also things and matters and nobody understands
how the world works" bla bla bla bla on it goes.
a111: Logged on 2017-12-07 21:00 mircea_popescu: "oh, we are currently fibbing about you have immunity, therefore your constitutional protection is null and void, cuz that's
how constitutions work now, therefore... oh what do you mean we'll change our mind later ? OF COURSE! you don't understand
how the world works ?!"
mircea_popescu: "oh, we are currently fibbing about you have immunity, therefore your constitutional protection is null and void, cuz that's
how constitutions work now, therefore... oh what do you mean we'll change our mind later ? OF COURSE! you don't understand
how the world works ?!"
☟︎ mircea_popescu:
the "legal" approach will take longer and require more work, you're just new in this
world and don't understand
how the state
works yet.
mircea_popescu: very amusing because of
the slug reaction to salt : "what do you mean our failure means worthlessness!!!! THAT IS NOT
HOW WE WERE PROMISED
WORLD WORKS!"
a111: Logged on 2017-09-27 19:52 ben_vulpes: campaign against knowing anything about
how the world works will continue until
the risk free rate is negative
ben_vulpes: campaign against knowing anything about
how the world works will continue until
the risk free rate is negative
☟︎ shinohai: Now
the Lord Baron Titsbare, because he feels bad for some random chick in 3rd
world country, has to spend
the next hour or so explaining
how Bitcoin
works to n00b.
mircea_popescu: kinda
how this
works. by
the timpe peopple pay bots here for rng, we're simply owning
the world and no more. which is why i said maybe premature.
BingoBoingo: es are
the ones who don't know
how the world works...
mircea_popescu: Framedragger bitbet ended up short ~same btc, idiot chorus went "well since mp happens to be doing
the accounting for it, and he's rich anyway, he should make whole our delusions as
how the world works. because we have parenting issues from a bad childhood and also are so fucking speshul."
mircea_popescu: anyway, it's funny
how "winning"
works out. white man went to new
world to make
the local idiots stop sucking. much like iraq today.
mircea_popescu: don't tell me you don't understand "
how the world works".
ben_vulpes: "i want a boat, are boats free?" "sure, baby! free boats!" "but what about
the people who make
the boats, shouldn't they get compensated for their labor?" "you mean their COERCED LABOR? in
world of free, nobody
works who doesn't want to work, and we all work for
the joy of it!" "wait but then
how do boats get made"
mircea_popescu: (or, in
the imperial expression, "putin doesn't understand
how the world works".)
mircea_popescu: those damned foreigners dun understand
how the world works properly, desk fliers stuck doing it in garage.
BingoBoingo:
The stupidity that hits a critical mass and becomes "Hussein Bahamas presentes:
How the World Works"
mircea_popescu: next i suppose they'll be "teaching
the controversy" of whether shit or turd is
the correct choice, and we'll continue ignoring them and they'll continue to pretend that we don't matter and their 5% is inexplicable at
the same time. without any problem whatsoever in their absent minds, putin doesn't understand
how the world works and influences
the elections, sure, why not.
mircea_popescu: anyway, none of you understand
how the world works. it isn't that anyone GOT shot. at all. nobody gives a shit what happens. it's that someone COULD HAVE!!!! that's
the only fucking point.
mircea_popescu: "shells that were artificially created" takes
the cake. it's not just that putin doesn't understand
how the world works - it's that
the one true socialism is
the only NATURAL producer of artefacts
mircea_popescu: this is
how tv
works in
the third
world (which more and more includes
the us) : derp floats something "because why not".
a111: Logged on 2016-11-02 13:53 mircea_popescu: "gotta have taint! its
how the world works!"
mircea_popescu: lol. and what else, putin just didn't understand
how the world works ?
mircea_popescu: google.com?hackdog.me should go to google com notwithstanding it belongs to hackdog.me by
the standard because IT HAS GOOGLE COM IN IT!!1 and hackdog.me doesn't understand
how the world works! and anyone who still remembers
the standard is just putin's bitch! and hurr durr!
pete_dushenski: so basically usa drags Benigno Aquino III by
the nose to
the united nations, gets inevitable anti-china ruling, duterte comes in and gives Scarborough Shoal to china anyways, much libtard us media flailing about
how duterte 'just doesn't understand
how the us-centric-unipolar
world works'
trinque: "I have decided
how the world works and will now run around picking phenomena from it as fits my narrative."
mircea_popescu: i don't think you understand
how the cruel
world works.
mircea_popescu: gets lulziest when they encounter people who do not want to exchange their life for a fetish, and then explode into "putin doesn't understand
how the world works!!1"
mircea_popescu: look : we keep "having these threads" where you keep sprouting nonsense about
how you think
the world works. we'll have them until either you give up on thinking you have a clue on these things ; or i get tired of it.
a111: Logged on 2014-11-13 19:04 asciilifeform admits that he suspects bip64 of being a plot to create usg-like bonds in btc. folks will be asked to trace X proper btc for X+epsilon 'locked' ones that are to land back in their pocket 'in
the future', should they live long enough, but are actually recovable 'because this is
how the world works'
mircea_popescu: wtf else, putin doesn't understand
how the world works ?
a111: Logged on 2014-11-13 19:04 asciilifeform admits that he suspects bip64 of being a plot to create usg-like bonds in btc. folks will be asked to trace X proper btc for X+epsilon 'locked' ones that are to land back in their pocket 'in
the future', should they live long enough, but are actually recovable 'because this is
how the world works'
mircea_popescu: hence "apple could buy russia - if only it wanted to!" "oh yeah, what about russia ?" "oh, putin just doesn't understand
how the world works" "oh yeah ? and who;s going to show him ? you ?" "democracy! humanrights!" "fuck your mother."
kakobrekla: phf you cant have responsibility without liability; no skin in
the game - no game. if nothing else, it creates a set of bad incentives. this is
how fiat
world works and we collectively despise that.
mircea_popescu:
the path to mp
world starts by now fucking having an opinion about
how swift
works when you've sent a grand total of... 0 ? 10 ? what is it ?
mircea_popescu: because apparently i don't know
how the world works, and haven't properly groked
the memo about
how "reality is enacted by convention" or somesuch.
mircea_popescu: and sure, you can blame
the miners.
the problem is -
the design sort-of forced this endgame upon them. i doubt most of
the chinese even understand ~what went wrong~, in
the very faint general, letalone in this specific ~what we did wrong~. by
the chinese bible they were being very reasonable and i just don't understand
how the world works. ach ach my dear fellow mp.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: you just don't understand
how the world works mircea_popescu: which is
how the entire
world (except brazil) enjoys
the benefits of refrigeration, even as there's maybe a guy in a thousand people that could explain
how it actually
works.
mircea_popescu: why. because that's
how the whole
world was built. and
how it
works when it
works.
thestringpuller: Working on a winblowz box is
the worst experience ever. I did so for 1.5 years writing JBoss web applets. Everyone thought "Oh you can run
the dev environment in windows, well you're crazy. THIS IS
HOW THE WORLD WORKS" to which I would revolt saying, "Your development process is insane which is why you spent 2.5 mil bringing in AGILE consultants to reduce your bottom line, which didn't fix any of
the real problems."
ben_vulpes: gosh mircea_popescu you just don't understand
how the world works do you
thestringpuller: 19 year olds are all whiney "I'm going to change
the world by doing X, but I have no idea
how the world works so I'm just going to ignore that part!!!!11"
mircea_popescu: kinda
how the world works. typical strip club makes more money selling titshelf space than it does selling booze
mircea_popescu: <pete_dushenski> seriously, what leader of
the free
world ? he isn't
the leader of his own backyard. <<< generally that's
how this "civilisation" business
works. you may have
the fetish of power if and only if you abandon all power. serve
the system as it were.
pete_dushenski: "All of this adds up to a multifaceted perception problem for those of us who are operating legitimate businesses that are dependent on Bitcoin. Both trustworthiness and terminology matter." << bitcoin clearly needs more marketing from chuck et al., only then can bitcoin truly succeed as a tool for fiat banks to understand
how the world works.
BingoBoingo: <ascii_field> agents of dropped-as-a-baby << dropped as baby tends to lead to honest idiocy, not reimagineer
how the world works wishdiocy
mircea_popescu: this is
how the world works, africans and their huts notwithstanding.
assbot: Logged on 13-11-2014 19:04:36; *: asciilifeform admits that he suspects bip64 of being a plot to create usg-like bonds in btc. folks will be asked to trace X proper btc for X+epsilon 'locked' ones that are to land back in their pocket 'in
the future', should they live long enough, but are actually recovable 'because this is
how the world works'
assbot: Logged on 21-08-2015 23:21:00; mircea_popescu: "Welcome, kiddo, to
how the real
world works. You go ahead and place your crazy protest bids way off in
the bottom of
the sociological order book and scream that someday, SOMEDAY,
the market will come down to meet you, and you will be vindicated.
pete_dushenski: BingoBoingo: you don't understand
how the world works, bitcoin needs more professionalism and less making enemies of one another
ben_vulpes doesn't understand anything about
how the world works assbot: Logged on 02-09-2015 18:15:54; punkman:
the world doesn't know
how the world works punkman:
the world doesn't know
how the world works ☟︎ mircea_popescu: <ascii_field> that's
the new usg catchword for 'bitcoin agrees to quietly kill itself because That Is
How The World Works' ? << in a word, yes.
ascii_field: that's
the new usg catchword for 'bitcoin agrees to quietly kill itself because That Is
How The World Works' ?