asciilifeform: there is NO reason to 'enmagic' the string 'genesis'
asciilifeform: mod6: 'genesis' means 'all antecedents are 'false'n rather than 'no valid antecedents'
asciilifeform: 'A Finnish court has sentenced the former head of Helsinki's anti-drugs police to 10 years in prison for drug-smuggling and other offences. ... It ranks as the second least-corrupt country, after Denmark, in the global index compiled by Transparency International.' << in other reich lulz.
asciilifeform: 'Mr Obama also announced the US will declassify technical information related to Russian cyber activity to "help network defenders in the United States and abroad identify, detect, and disrupt Russia's global campaign of malicious cyber activities".'
asciilifeform: now we know how spanish priests quit convertin' and joined in the target practice sport with the normal conquistadores.
asciilifeform: davout: that one was almost record holder! ~ten whole seconds
asciilifeform: eh, why to even bother putting the link in.
asciilifeform: (buying plane ticket, and visiting mircea_popescu , supposing that he is still buying usd for something, is probably in the end cheaper than 'goxing')
asciilifeform: 'and now they come to tell us in which hole to fuck the goat, and to consider transition to sheep, and to send opium west, not east, ' etc.
asciilifeform: in the pashtun sense contemplated, they were exactly the same thing, 'they think they own the world because they can make jets'
asciilifeform: (works best, afaik, as 'part of a balanced diet' with rockets,etc, naturally.)
asciilifeform: not everybody wants to be involved with mega-empires, on the giving or on the receiving end. in that light, the pashtun mountains are every bit a 'high-tech' deterrent as a SAM battery.☟︎
asciilifeform: make sure to tell this to the pashtuns
asciilifeform: inhospitability to aircraft can also be a win.
asciilifeform: has ~usable atmosphere. which beats the shit out of the usual 'colonization' fantasies.
asciilifeform: hey it's a better deal than 'live on the poles' or 'under ocean' or 'on moon'
asciilifeform: water from anywhere but the ~top~ of the peak. but you would have to somehow generate mains current, etc.)
asciilifeform: ( though i do have a few nitpicks re: mircea_popescu's 'Do you have any idea what it costs to drill for water in that sort of clearly basaltic substrate ? Look it up. And then, IF, and that's a huge if, you're lucky enough to find water, you'll be stuck pumping it five thousand feet. Which means each cubic meter of water will cost you, even should you have the perfect engine, a megajoule and a half' -- there'd be no reason to get the
asciilifeform: aha, as described by uncle al and others.
asciilifeform: planned devaluations are one of the inevitable death agonies of a collapsing monkeystan, quite like, e.g., rolling mains blackouts.
asciilifeform: tomorrow however to deposit the now officially “banned” notes.'
asciilifeform: 'As the deadline for handing in India’s decommissioned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes arrives, the government has signed a law jailing those who continue holding them. ... The Indian Cabinet has cleared a so-called ordinance, transferring liability to consumers and away from banks and authorities after a final cut-off point of March 31. Consumers could thereafter land themselves in jail for four years. Regular consumers only have until
asciilifeform: 'With just one programming technique, the SPITBOL compiler violated several principles of good programming...'
asciilifeform: this lolcow species will never die, will it.
asciilifeform: 'This is physical Bitcoin as it was meant to be: just hand it to someone and they've got it. Pass it on multiple times! As simple as a handshake. No miner fees, no confirmation delays.'
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the various derps (i've lost count) all use the same seek00000ritychip
asciilifeform: 'Secure authentication and product validation device datasheet summary. The complete document is available under NDA. For more information, please contact your local Atmel sales office.' << lel
