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asciilifeform: and like complete idiot i was crawling around inside laser cabinet with a motherfucking obgyn mirror, looking for crud in the beam path..

asciilifeform: as in, for seconds, or even minutes.

asciilifeform: in other 'news', apparently it is possible for parallel port input pins (on all cards from this century, it seems) to... get stuck

asciilifeform: mega-recommended to all tuned-in folx.

asciilifeform: 1930 b00k, very trilemaish imho.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: ever read ortega y gasset's 'revolt of the masses' ?

asciilifeform: not quite relatedly,

asciilifeform: the os is no more painful than the bad old commercial unixen of the 1990s. but consider the hardware.

asciilifeform: i can almost picture the committee, 'how can we move to making this box entirely, instead of merely largely, useless!'

asciilifeform: oh and, 1/2 depth of the (already short) keystroke.

asciilifeform: in other noose, is ben_vulpes excited to buy the new crapple shitbook pro, missing f-keys and (yes) power jack ?! ☟︎

asciilifeform: fromloper: who might you be ?

asciilifeform: !!up fromloper

asciilifeform takes it back, there is no such ugly in murmansk.

asciilifeform: nfi.

asciilifeform: it was labeled as britain somewhere ?!

asciilifeform: that's a pic of murmansk

asciilifeform: https://stashnode.com << in other lulz, 'why build a trb node, buy a prb box from stranger today!'

asciilifeform: ahok

asciilifeform: waiwat, this is confusing. ~is~ or ~is not~ connected ?

asciilifeform: the not-connectedness, that is

asciilifeform: this can't be ruled out.

asciilifeform: how many grunts does it take to push button.

asciilifeform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp22xCSMOyw << it.

asciilifeform: where we also had this

asciilifeform: i'd rather play 'ranger' for msdos

asciilifeform: or was it the one where you pay some fixed sum for the crate, and then get to fill it with discounted items up to a certain mass

asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: is the latter the subscription deal ?

asciilifeform: https://archive.is/cQAPl << speaks for itself.

asciilifeform: https://archive.is/OHYrx << in other lulz, 'The battle groups will be backed by NATO's 40,000-strong rapid-reaction force, and if need be, further follow-on forces, for any potential conflict, which could move into Baltic states and Poland on rotation.'

asciilifeform: see the oregon lulz thread from last yr.

asciilifeform: 'beoble of lolmart' are good for 0 fire.

asciilifeform: gold.

asciilifeform: e what's coming to them. (The presidential election is not rigged.)'

asciilifeform: 'Now that it's looking like a Trump win is unlikely, you could argue that his supporters are following those conversations to their logical conclusion. You could also argue that Trump is feeding this narrative with his frequent proclamations that the election is “rigged." If you are among the 84 percent or so of Trump supporters who believe that is a legitimate issue, then it's an easy step from there to assume the riggers will hav

asciilifeform: noshit.

asciilifeform: https://archive.is/hmw8D << elsewhere, in the land of lulz.

asciilifeform: also gotta love that now 'guessed password' == 'hack'

asciilifeform: phf: and this is only the vanishingly rare occasions when they bother with paperwork.

asciilifeform: mr hedgehog is either complete idiot or he collected and put in his pocket the firing pins before smiling.

asciilifeform: 'i'ma blow my chin off, twice for good measure'

asciilifeform: where did it come from

asciilifeform: that cross-pistols pose, that was here a couplea days ago

asciilifeform: https://archive.is/WNi9A << meanwhile, in the prb cellars, the umpteenth 'soft' phork

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu has been to usa, iirc, neh ?

asciilifeform: and liposuctors ?

asciilifeform: is the 'getter' gonna un-fat'em first ?

asciilifeform: 'salvation of the drowning is work for the selfsame drowning' (tm) (r)

asciilifeform: (possibly already have?)

asciilifeform: these will self-export.

asciilifeform: worx great.

asciilifeform: iirc they are being tried even now in syria.

asciilifeform: this is even supposing it not being polluted with radioactive crud.

asciilifeform: going across ocean to pick up ~anything from carcass of usa is -ev.

asciilifeform: and it'll be mexican scrap-harvesting mission.

asciilifeform: only question of when.

asciilifeform: since when is this avoidable.

asciilifeform: i could picture this if votes were actually counted.

asciilifeform: diebold - at 100%.

asciilifeform: ^ cult mega-classic.

asciilifeform: phf: and i'll raise you a https://archive.is/3hylC

asciilifeform: 'puff, the magic dragon'

asciilifeform: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a23470/two-men-jump-start-a-car-with-ak-47s/ << from mats's link

asciilifeform: from 19th c. up.

asciilifeform: nope, around cheat machines

asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: there was a thread

asciilifeform: hey aryans also existed.

asciilifeform: pl is hotspot of nato 'missile defense' monkey business.

asciilifeform: the polish nobles made up a story re how they were not slavs, but 'sarmats', ~= aryans

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: btw do you know why 'sarmat' ?

asciilifeform: https://archive.is/VdjKM << from BingoBoingo's link.

asciilifeform: what's better than usgwallet ? usgwallet on fritz chip !11

asciilifeform: https://archive.is/DgDTV << in other 'would be funny, but sad' noose.

asciilifeform: after his dekulakization, naturally.

asciilifeform: they mean, i think, that thiel will sit in clitler's gulags.

asciilifeform: gold.

asciilifeform: 'Hamilton’s Backstage Capital invests in entrepreneurs who are underrepresented in the Valley, including women, minorities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The firm has backed 20 startups, including makers of background noise reduction software and wearable tech jewelry, Hamilton said.'

asciilifeform: oh noez

asciilifeform: ~work~ ?!

asciilifeform: ' a prominent diversity group refusing to work with any company associated with Thiel'