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decimation: lolz http://www.gundersenhealth.org/ncptc/center-for-effective-discipline/discipline-at-home < "How is repressed anger often vented?[due to spanking as a child] By watching TV and playing video games to experience forbidden and stored up feelings of rage and anger, and by identifying with violent heroes. (Children who have never been beaten are less interested in cruel films, and, as adults, will not produce horror shows). "
PeterL: I admit I was jumping up and down and shouting at my TV as the MSU Spartans pulled out a tight win
TomServo: tv chat?
dvsdude: i see tat on the tv chat...i think
asciilifeform: and it's more entertaining than rotgut and tv news.
asciilifeform: tv
asciilifeform: is it a proper tv ?
asciilifeform: say it's 1970 and you just bought a tv set.
punkman: was trying to turn off all energy savings and picture "enhancement" features on TV yesterday, found out it runs FreeBSD
asciilifeform: decimation: nope. iirc, it mostly uses misconfigured tv boxes
asciilifeform: there are considerably more misconfigured consumer routers, tv boxes, electrical dildoes, etc. than 'wordpress' installs.
mircea_popescu: yeah, because tv really matters o.O
cazalla: yeah it's everywhere except TV, so it's nowhere according to TV lol
cazalla: Vexual, it does, 2nd paragraph, and i don't watch much tv tbh
ben_vulpes fired up the 52" tv on loan from a client today
asciilifeform: emp arms powered by chemical explosives are 'sexy', suck in grant money like nothing else, even deployed (!) by usa in gulf war 1 - taking a tv broadcast antenna out of action for a few hours (they had to change an amp) ☟︎
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform every single room in this country has hardware, wrought iron tv supporter. i've not seen a tv yet standed on any surface.
mats: i lost the battle in giving up TV. i haven't picked up anything new though, so thats a win, i guess
BingoBoingo: So ran out to Grandpa's to replace the batteries in his TV remote. On the way to the store from his place say a big ass shooting star with a definite green tint.
mircea_popescu: where they shot a tv producer and some senator ?
mircea_popescu: same thing, for the exact reason you don't see much reading on tv.
BlueMeanie4: maybe for you, but the average mouthbreathing american goes by TV or Twitter feed
assbot: Secret East TV: A Night In With Jonny & The Cowabungas (A Night In Sessions Ep. 2) | Secret East ... ( http://bit.ly/1I0xyE4 )
nubbins`: http://secreteast.ca/2014/10/secret-east-tv-a-night-in-with-jonny-the-cowabungas-a-night-in-live-sessions-episode-2/
adlai: in case you've been living in a dark attic with no TV shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk
adlai: "TV is the first electric drug... somebody else's trip, plus advertisements" - mckenna
gribble: Howdah pistol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah_pistol>; Pedersoli Howdah Hunter 20-Ga. Pistol : Cabela's: <http://www.cabelas.com/product/Pedersoli-Howdah-Hunter-Ga-Pistol/740261.uts>; American Guns: Howdah Pistol Reveal : Video : Discovery Channel: <http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/american-guns/videos/howdah-pistol-reveal.htm>
Vexual: how are you gonna brush up without tv?
mats_cd03: I'm giving up my remaining vices - TV and pot - as my thanksgiving resolution
mircea_popescu: " After a successful 25 year career in real estate and finance, Zoltan L Nagy has emerged as a versatile and reliable talent landing jobs in commercials, film, TV shows, print ads, industrials, radio & TV hosting and even some small movie roles."
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: what he did was snip out most of the amp. at the time, most tv owners lived in or very near cities, with powerful transmitters. hence - worked. mostly.
ben_vulpes: http://asshat.shithouse.tv/
ben_vulpes: http://tm.shithouse.tv/ << for future reference
ben_vulpes: http://nodeps.shithouse.tv/
BingoBoingo: Just turned on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-louis-county-police-scanner sounds interesting already
decimation: well, so when it's 'easier' to sit down and eat a tv movie while having your brain manipulated by the tv, it's good to know why
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Yes,a tv show. Reptilians in government was actual US pop culture artifact
gernika: Seemed to have a lot of references to the Nazis. 80s made for TV series in which lizards disguised as humanoids invade the planet.
Fergudishu: nubbins`: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bassemmasri that has 85k people watching and a trollbox lmao
BingoBoingo: nubbins`: http://www.ustream.tv/Channel/St-Louis-County-Police-Scanner
BingoBoingo: http://www.ustream.tv/Channel/St-Louis-County-Police-Scanner << Shots fired
cazalla: mircea_popescu, twitch updated their rules, you can't show a tonne of cleavage anymore, this girl - kaceytron - her fault http://www.twitch.tv/kaceytron
cazalla: bagels7, you don't have to be hot to be a gamer girl, just play games and talk to the nerds and they'll send you tips, example - http://www.twitch.tv/karmaah 565 viewers and she is ugly, Top Single Donation : Jamspr $750 Top Donator : Jared0x90 $2540 holy fuck if i was a girl i'd be on there playing pokemon for tips all day
bagels7: im canadian, and stupid canadian bitches on tv would rather say americans are not stupid than be impolite
mircea_popescu: romanian press : "wow, find out how much alina eremia makes working for romanian tv!!!" "alina eremia paid kingly-ly for role in tv!!!11" "find out here..." etc.
BingoBoingo: Plasma TV I think of considering this problem was acquired 8 years ago
asciilifeform: yes, there was a time when we have 'commodore 64' or 'bk-0010' and tv out, and that was it.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: TV has use cases
decimation: I use tv for computer display
asciilifeform: and i seriously don't get people who suggest 'use tv'. are they using computer with tv? if not, why not? and why eager to suggest to others.
asciilifeform: sold as tv -> triangular pixels -> yuck
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Samsung plasma monitors sold as TV's seem to have good longevity. Just need to sit at a distanc
BingoBoingo: So marginally more directional than a satellite TV reciever.
cazalla: guy on right did a toshiba laptop scam tv pitch and i pranked him over and over on live tv
assbot: i'm on TV, oh shiz, first cops, now this, imma be a star son! - YouTube
cazalla: anyway this is me on tv, ya might need to turn the sound up to hear and look at the middle of the tv screen to see skype call pop up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuAQtXNQDLo
cazalla: i've been on tv too but not my own show heh
saifedean: lol, i had my own tv show when i was in college...
mircea_popescu: you should be on tv.
saifedean: about a year ago i was interviewed on arab news satellite tv on bitcoin, probably the first interview in arabic on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWTyo0sJNCk
decimation: yeah, if anything usg agents will do what the movies, newspapers, and tv tells them they should
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> and playing on tv set (esp. ntsc crt) sucks. << NTSC was the worst
asciilifeform: and playing on tv set (esp. ntsc crt) sucks.
ben_vulpes: http://fuckyes.shithouse.tv/
The20YearIRCloud: Especially CANADIAN TV
The20YearIRCloud: And TV wouldn't lie
The20YearIRCloud: people think they are, but they aren't, it says on the TV show itself that it's a documentary
The20YearIRCloud: Yeah, that trailer park documentary tv show
punkman: he just finished his tv gig, wonder where he'll pop up next
thestringpuller: well these (the redditards) are the same breed of lemmings that truly believe the sun rises in the west if the talking head on tv tells them it does.
mats_cd03: no tits on tv but your 12 year old can walk around with her ass hangin out on halloween
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Her career is sad because of the Sitcom curse. If one successfully does TV, the best they can hope for is to do Windows ads with Bill Gates as Seinfeld did.
assbot: Cybernetic arm goes crazy on canadian TV show - Imgur
undata: http://lisp.shithouse.tv/
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> long-day 100k youtube views cost like 20 bux or so iirc. << Basically this is the thing that pays for decent streaming tv
gribble: Jesse Ventura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura>; Off The Grid - Ora.Tv: <http://www.ora.tv/offthegrid>; Jesse Ventura - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/user/VenturaOffGrid>
mircea_popescu: <BingoBoingo> Gawker toxic to advertizers: http://adland.tv/adnews/gawker-toxic-brands-who-partner-them/1291467968 << this is quite true, and not just of them.
assbot: Gawker is toxic to brands who partner with them | adland.tv
BingoBoingo: Gawker toxic to advertizers: http://adland.tv/adnews/gawker-toxic-brands-who-partner-them/1291467968
BingoBoingo: bounce: TV antenna lives on roof.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Watching the game on broadcast TV.
danielpbarron: not that i watch much tv
danielpbarron: and thought, "it's not every day i see the word 'crypto' on tv"
danielpbarron: i saw it on the tv in a bar
mod6: i remember watching it on tv
jurov: i just heard some TV gizmos are good for playing
asciilifeform: and woe be unto you if you have some calling that is more costly than watching tv.
gribble: Seventeen Moments of Spring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Moments_of_Spring>; 17 Moments of Spring - 1/12 - 1/7 - YouTube: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIzOma9Pyv8>; Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny (TV Mini-Series 1973) - IMDb: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069628/>
asciilifeform: for a human vegetable, who only needs to afford a hovel to eat, shit, and fuck in, and a tv screen - different cost.
gribble: Hank Moody (Character) - Quotes - IMDb: <http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0031933/quotes>; "Californication" Hell-A Woman (TV Episode 2007) - Quotes - IMDb: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039933/quotes>; Hank Moody - Mirror Monologue - Smile Douche! - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzpiWYrW5tw>
Vexual: well the girls are a subset that like to be on tv
xinxi: interesting, so the tv program is also quite educational.
xinxi: Vexual - you are not chinese? then you watch the translated tv program?
xinxi: Meng Fei? you mean the beauty selection tv program?
punkman: bounce, it's rather amazing how many tv shows revolve around cops
xinxi: i would probably get higher marks in chemistry if i watched that tv a few years earier.
mircea_popescu: i don't think any sort of mp reality show can be on tv
thestringpuller: that would be a good premise for a tv show or somethin
asciilifeform: ru sp4mz0r steals cc #, charges 10k usd. on, e.g., 'amazon'; chumper reads his bill, complains, bank magically vacuums 10k+C (positive constant C, chargeback penalty) from 'amazon', plasma tv is nowhere to be found (drop house, magicked away)
gribble: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=HIMYM | Acronym for the TV show, How I Met Your Mother. ... Hey, did you check out last night's episode of HIMYM? by teegee87 October 13, 2007. 353 65. Merch ...