asciilifeform: i have 0 ideas on the topic, only what's in the lint trap.
asciilifeform: ru -- now, apparently, exports, softened ruble made it a mega-deal.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they, like ru, produce own pipe, and ~none for export. it's a strategic commodity.
asciilifeform: where then, center? shamballa in nazi antarctica ?
asciilifeform: eh that's not mega-seekrit. e.g., http://oper.ru/video/view.php?t=1774 , (mega-bl0gg3r d00d) puchkov interviews fella who runs a spin-molded steel pipe plant. they buy allows (internally, in ru!) by london market prices.
asciilifeform: 'Barring a frightening and horrifying upset, later tonight Hillary Clinton will make history when she becomes the first woman to ever be elected president of the United States.' -- british fishwrap
asciilifeform: f July 5. Defense counsel received the discovery in a SCIF on June 13, 2016. This includes, however, a disc of emails that cannot currently be reviewed, as a secure computer has not yet been provided, as well as the files of the case agents, which are also classified and were not previously available to counsel..'
asciilifeform: e.g., 'This case is complex because it involves classified discovery that requires a top secret clearance to review. In order to make use of the classified discovery at trial, counsel will have to engage in CIPA litigation. This requires that defense counsel be able to review the discovery, determine a trial strategy and decide what discovery and evidence will be necessaryfor trial, in advance of the currentlyscheduled hearing date o
asciilifeform: they 'ideologically' refuse to see any papers etc.
asciilifeform: btw in state of md all you need to vote is the name, street addr, and bday of somebody registered.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: rubbish infrastructure because they dun actually ~count~ them ballots, and annoyed when too many chumps show up to fill the useless bin
asciilifeform: i have nfi what the latter refers to.
asciilifeform: it said something like '391 ballots; 1400 protected ballots'
asciilifeform: interestingly, the thing had a counter display
asciilifeform: they simply did not see any reason to install >1
asciilifeform: and holy fuck, hour+ queue for ONE (yes, one) ballotron.
asciilifeform: coming soon to an india near you (tm) (r)
asciilifeform: '“Banks will be closed tomorrow. It will cause some hardship to you….Let us ignore these hardships… In country’s history, there comes a moment when people will want to participate in the nation building and reconstruction. Very few such moments come in life,” Modi said.'
asciilifeform: 'Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes stand abolished from midnight: PM Modi Live update of PM Narendra Modi's address to the Nation. Corruption, terrorism, black money weakening the nation.'
asciilifeform: esp when the crematoria open for business.
asciilifeform: dunno, if mr t on the throne, i could swallow the 'they got unplugged from control'
asciilifeform: now i dun work at diebold, but it is hard to picture that a mr t win is not regarded as 'societal seekoority threat' and as such not any more permissible than , e.g., 'pirate party' senator.
