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diana_coman: I suppose I should rather be grateful
that
they are dead and so don't get
to see indeed how it is
there, really.
diana_coman: mircea_popescu: do you mean it's not
the effect of
the Dark ages but
the cause? I don't quite see it
tbh.
diana_coman: and what
truly gets me is
this memory (that doesn't even seem
to be just mine alone/specific
to me) of
that great-grandfather who hung on
to life just
to get
to ask
the guy coming back from
the first
trip
to
the US "how is it
there,really?"
mircea_popescu: not
that hanbot_abroad doesn't make >50% of all
the sushi we eat by now, but holy hell
mircea_popescu: diana_coman, what
the fuck, so im gonna make my own boot atelier, produce locally everything, clothes made in
the house, have my own pizza oven... do you realise
this is EXACTLY what created
the "Dark" ages, all
the lords retired
to
their latifundiae and made everything
there on slave labour ?
mircea_popescu: they fucking reconstructed it, except of course improved by experience. who
the fuck do we shoot now!
diana_coman: but apparently
they are not at
this stage yet/too much fat still
to get
there or dunno.
diana_coman: I got
the other part - which in hindsight proved good
training at least - ie if you want something, you gotta do it yourself or forget about it!!
mircea_popescu: pretty much certain it's what got ceausescu shot, in
the end, a hundred
thousand people with a
thousand memories each of "my friend Q, place W, year R ; my friend
T, place Y, year U" and so on.
mircea_popescu: but by now, "the west" is exactly in
that fucking position, "oh,
this is
the pizzeria, you can't have some pizza, oh
that was
the steakhouse where i was gonna
take my friend as he was leaving, well...
there was a queue so we ended up not going,
that'll be our memory of our parting in year Z, how we were gonna but didn't because
the regime is a piece of shit"
diana_coman: mircea_popescu: well, only earlier
this morning it dawned on me
that yesterday's idiot would have been quite at place at a party meeting so yeah.
mircea_popescu: it couldn't be, in 1985 cluj, a case of "come meet me
at X for Y". it always had
to be "[unless
they're out]" as a coda. unless
theyre's a [too long] queue, etcetera.
mircea_popescu: diana_coman, you know, reading your boys'
things,
the most striking lulz is
the creeping in
the usian socialist republic of
the
traditions of
the romanian socialist republic. do you recall how utterly infuriating for
the general population it was, in
the 80s,
the constant need
to have all social arrangements dependent on
the very flimsy supply arrangements of
the bankrupt & dysfunctional state ?
mircea_popescu: in short, my
trivializing, oral style's built out of a whole lotta scholarship, not out of a whole lotta
triviality.
mircea_popescu: whaack, you did produce grammatically correct
trash. i can readily see whence
the
temptation comes, but what you have
to
take on faith (lacking as of yet
the capacity
to for yourself distinguish) is
that
the various "similarily looking"
trilema articles substantially aren't at all similar.
mircea_popescu: anyway, i'd very much like
the redirect-unvoiced functionality already, also.
diana_coman: well,
they are very good at pretense otherwise so
they can ...pretend
they haven't found anything, right? what is
this, half-assed pretense only?
diana_coman: well,
they *did live* somehow until
they found me, right? so... it's possible!
mircea_popescu: in any case
there is quite literally no alternative whatsoever.
mircea_popescu: in one form or another. most likely, in
the anal childhood form, obviously.
mircea_popescu: there isn't actually any shortage.
the world outside
the gates is actually so intractably boring & pointless, it's pretty much necessarily as well as universally
the case 100% of all available activity will pour into
the republic.
diana_coman: myeah, I know; I admit
that one hand I really didn't believe anyone was so dedicated
to my chan and on
the other hand I also did not quite grok
the extent of disconnect
that people can somehow live with.
mircea_popescu: i mean, you can "ban", but
the ban's gotta specify something, and whatever it specifies will be an arbitrary, user-selected string, such as ip or box name or w/e
mircea_popescu: the problem with irc is
that if you've actually got a dedicated moron,
there's no good way
to keep your log from filling with crap otherwise.
diana_coman: mircea_popescu:
that's a good point, so I'll do just
that,
thank you.
mircea_popescu: diana_coman, you know, obviously
the correct solution is
the correct solution ; but ad interim you can set your chan
to
+m anyways, and
then voice whoever you personally want, manually.
diana_coman: trinque: #ossasepia got so famous and loved
that I have dedicated idiots wasting
time and space so I really need it;
spring is almost here, so will it get done?
diana_coman: trinque: any chance of having
the voice model in #ossasepia?
deedbot: diana_coman rated d41r -2 << alias for c0ncord, hence
the same man-alone saving
the world
through coding while hiding under
the bed.
deedbot: diana_coman rated c0ncord -2 << man-alone saving
the world
through coding while hiding under
the bed.
ossabot: Logged on 2020-02-03 20:11:06 mod6: I fully agree, mailman is a ancient artefact back from, probably literally,
the pre-september internet days. Yes, it's quite, well, frustrating
to say
the least.
ossabot: Logged on 2020-02-03 19:52:30 mod6: For me, I've always liked
the mailing list. It's cumbersome, and it's had it's pain points in
the past. Everyone, at one
time or another, has had a problem getting
things stuck in its queue, etc. However, when it works, it does work pretty well. I like how it checks
the WoT on submission, has an archive, and we can all go back and look at it years and years later.
mircea_popescu: iirc some really idiotic copy/paste construction like "more
than {x} years" resulting in "more
than 1 year"
mircea_popescu: hanbot_abroad,
that's for sure one of
them. however,
there was a more recent, not directly bitcoin related, egregious example which literally claimed ONE year.
ossabot: Logged on 2020-02-07 09:56:20 mircea_popescu: incidentally BingoBoingo do you recall wtf it was, some derpy website for copy/paste "software" or somesuch,
that proudly announced how it's for professional experts by professional experts WITH OVER ONE YEAR OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE ?
BingoBoingo: His stature indeed appears
to have supported his high claims of Solomonic descent.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I don't know
that absolute or relative bigness is a necessity for exhausting Italians.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo,
this'd be a good
theory, except of course ethiopia is very small by african standards. about
the same population as
the region of lazio at
the
time, like 10mn.
BingoBoingo: Kinda
the only winning strategy for Africa.
Throw bodies at
the problem, keep
taking losses which are actually a win until
the other side exhausts. Solve
two problems.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
they rather sound like
the serbs ; which would be surprising except of course for
the part where
they're deeply orthodox. just like
the serbs.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo, in practice
they kinda got defeated in all engagements, just wore down
the flimsy italians
through sheer numbers. very unlike
the boer fucking up
the brits right and proper a half century prior.
mircea_popescu: survived
the italians which are
totally european, didn't survive
the redditards, which are just as
totally european as
the redditalians
BingoBoingo: Socialists had a coup.
The depose 80 year old had health problems as folks his age
tend
to. Still
too much of a perceived
threat
to
their more equal Africa and...
BingoBoingo: That's
the whole of
the Rasta
thing. "An African beat Italy which is
totally European. We've won"
BingoBoingo: hanbot_abroad: Some cult formed around a cardboard cutout of him.
They smoke weed and listen
to Bob Marley.
hanbot_abroad: mircea_popescu i guess medical
tourism is a main appendage ofze devil
then
mircea_popescu: "Hence, without cooling your heart of accustomed valour,
there emerges your decision
to fight fiercely, mindful of your history
that will last far into
the future… If on your march you
touch any property inside houses or cattle and crops outside, not even grass, straw, and dung excluded, it is like killing your brother who is dying with you."
mircea_popescu: "If you withhold from your country Ethiopia
the death from cough or head-cold of which you would otherwise die, refusing
to resist (in your district, in your patrimony, and in your home) our enemy who is coming from a distant country
to attack us, and if you persist in not shedding your blood, you will be rebuked for it by your Creator and will be cursed by your offspring. "
mircea_popescu: so
the italian dorks are playing empire in his ancient land ; dude fancies himself a descendant of
the fucking queen of sheeba in a direct line.
therefore he issues a proclamation :
mircea_popescu: in other historical news,
the strangled salassie's one helluva sassy.
mircea_popescu: the pestilence even reached romania ;
these fucktards who really have no good cause
to survive managed
to squeeze a few "OLD STYLE barber shops" in between
the slot machine/"sportsbets" nonense and
the "
fuck my wife,
two for one" establishments/courtyards.
ossabot: Logged on 2017-10-02 15:09:36 mircea_popescu: sadly
the story behind
that is
that denni parkinson was
there with HER BOYFRIEND, who's some photog
there
to shoot some bs about branson's hobby (some kind of new and improved surfing)
mircea_popescu: a beard, "you mean
this
thing overprocessed
to look like groucho marx glued something on ?"
mircea_popescu: by
the
time
the "oh, fu-xi could mean anything, shrimp fucks
the cowboy leg is on
the menu because literally, our chinese mother
tongue does not have any actual meaning" dorks of
the future
turn
their drones
to "recreate
true europe", it'll be
the faux ustaridian "nobody can accuse it of not being europe" ersatz
that's all
that's left.
BingoBoingo: Nevermind Myspace lost all of
their shit during one of its zombie reboots, Instagram Immortality!
BingoBoingo: Just going
through motions for social media.
BingoBoingo: I don't know
that
they even impress each other.
Too solipsistic,
they seem
to just be
trying
to win
tourmament markets
that don't even have prizes.
mircea_popescu: i dunno who
the fuck it's supposed
to even fool ;
then again, apparently
the last people
to have ever had any money,
taste, sense or experience died with
the millenium. so i guess
the fucktards impress each other. it's gotta be, because otherwise
the insanity is inexplicable enough -- it's fucking evident
they don't ENJOY any of it, protestations
to
the contrary notwithstanding (or rather, pleading against
their case)
mircea_popescu: and, of course, bdsm. and all combinations -- including
the
typical 50yo moron with a "slave" who's a 20something female doing "rituals", such as inane bullshit where she "swallows
the ashes". and so on in
this
theatrically
tedious vein.
BingoBoingo: Yeah, community colleges, US military bands, etc do
these
tours
telling kids
there are careers in
the field of making noise in "cafes"
mircea_popescu: fucking intolerable.
this, and
the pretense 2010s "conaisseur of foods" revival, with
their vomit of wine and cheese and whatnot.
BingoBoingo: The Jazz zombie
today's a sort of extension of
the higher ed bubble's "follow your passions" derpery.
mircea_popescu: what
the FUCK, jazz in
the past
three decades ?
this is like mc cain's love of his life (for
the past 9 months). dude's been dead for a year.
ossabot: Logged on 2020-02-07 09:56:20 mircea_popescu: incidentally BingoBoingo do you recall wtf it was, some derpy website for copy/paste "software" or somesuch,
that proudly announced how it's for professional experts by professional experts WITH OVER ONE YEAR OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE ?
mircea_popescu: And
then, of course,
the first hit, JAZZIZ Magazine [Search domain www.jazziz.com] "For more
than
three decades, JAZZIZ Magazine has been covering
the music scene, documenting innovations, charting industry
trends and following
the artists whose lives so colorfully inform our own.
The award-winning JAZZIZ Magazine is your one-stop destination for entertainment in
mircea_popescu:
transparent in various sizes." cuz
totally,
that's what I'll do with a... water bottle.).
mircea_popescu: and i ask because... wtf, fucking ridoinculous nonsense! Look for
them online, it's an ad at
the
top (for discountmags.com, "Jazziz Magazine - Check Out Our New Low Price"), one on
the side (this one for "redbubble.com", "JAZZIZ “Redemption”" by JAZZIZ " -- yes, including
the BROKEN crapsoft quotes -- "Millions of unique stickers ready for laptops, water bottles, helmets, and more. Get up
to 50% off. Glossy, matte, and
BingoBoingo: Off
the
top of my head, I do not
though it sounds incredibly familiar.
mircea_popescu: incidentally BingoBoingo do you recall wtf it was, some derpy website for copy/paste "software" or somesuch,
that proudly announced how it's for professional experts by professional experts WITH OVER ONE YEAR OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE ?
mircea_popescu: there's self-evidently no reason such a
thing as an alleged Matt Micucci should exist, and definitely no good cause for it and similar nothings
to aggregate, and for
the resulting sadness
to be labelled anyway other
than "garbage".
mircea_popescu: c. A somber vibe and universal consciousness are
the common
threads
that
tie each piece
together"
mircea_popescu: "Trumpeter and composer Avishai Cohen’s sophomore release on ECM is a reflective journey
that grapples with
the existential crises facing
the world
today. At barely 38 minutes,
the album’s five
tracks present a delicate interplay between
temporal precision and intuitive improvisation. Cohen deftly utilizes drummer Nasheet Waits, pianist Yonathan Avishai and bassist Barak Mori
to communicate
the raw emotions of his musi
mircea_popescu: meanwhile in "oh, it's easy, whatever it might be, adulthood, culture, public speaking, opening a can of
tuna. JUST COLOR BY
THE NUMBERS!!!" postcards from ustardia :
mircea_popescu: i guess
this over-optimistic "people are reasonable"
tack on my part betrays innocence and little more.