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mircea_popescu: yo Naphex wouldja consider putting "get in the wot" among the tasks for performers that earn them
a fee reduction ? i'm willing to support it on the other end with the cents for tits programme.
mircea_popescu: There are only 90 primitive functional, algebraic, polynomial, logarithmic, trigonometric, exponential, and differential transformations. There are only
a dozen basic tactics for methods of solution. There are only 33 rudimentary sine and cosine transforms. There are only 29 elementary classes of Fourier transform functions. There are only
a few score series expansion modalities.
mircea_popescu: (from the "if money's
a curse, may god strike me down with it! and may i never recover!" series)
mircea_popescu: it is
a curse, not entirely unlike, say, being born intolerant of the smell of farts.
mircea_popescu: internal discipline never exists in
a void. either you are
a discipline factor, in which case you will, willy nilly, attract slaves and construct an ordered space, by the act of mere existence, or you are
a discipline beneficiary, in which case you will slowly gravitate, also willy nilly, towards
a structured space.
mircea_popescu: also, three ring binder management is not
a good representative of management.
mircea_popescu: to me this is
a good indicator of the subiacent truth : orwell was not really
a writer, just masquerading as one.
mircea_popescu: once newton/leibniz fixed notation, for instance, to take
a very easy historical example,
☟︎ mircea_popescu: it is not terribly useful, in that nobody has
a fucking clue how to approach the serious problems.
mircea_popescu: it needs to be
A LOT more crystalline before it does any serious damage to the walls of the world.
mircea_popescu: currently it could be fair to say we have
a large lump of peat bog math.
mircea_popescu: gabriel_laddel
a large part of the problem is that math is very poorly structured.
gabriel_laddel: mircea_popescu: I remember reading it, and at the time I couldn't tell if you were discussing seriously using V as
a basis for academics, or just the general notion of having
a explicit academic WoT.
mircea_popescu: right for
a definition of right that didn't even exist pre 2015.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i'd trust
a ba mechanic. cook. dentist. plastic surgeon.
mircea_popescu: it gets WINDY. parking on
a 30% incline with 50mph winds.
punkman: gabriel_laddel: is there
a mirror of mcclim.cliki.net?
punkman: why didn't the thai gov install some hardware in all the ISPs without making
a fuss?
punkman: "Windows 10: Off to the Hottest Start in History" "In just
a few short months, it’s been incredible to see more than 110 million devices already running Windows 10."
punkman: BingoBoingo: elaborate is also identifying, which I guess might be
a problem if you wanna by anonymous
BingoBoingo: phf: But if you get that elaborate it looks like you care about their otherness. Far easier to get
a ghostbusters pillocase and start with that for the alibi.
BingoBoingo: Surprisingly common now. When I was going into college dad suggested I do somthing medical with
a geriatrics speciality. How he never new when I said no that Bariatrics would be so trendy.
punkman: "We try
a chest X-ray, turning up the power to the maximum setting. All we see is white: The patient’s body is just too thick to allow standard X-rays to penetrate to the bones; he is
a walking lead shield."
☟︎ BingoBoingo: "Though I have no way of knowing it, within
a few months
a crane will hoist the patient’s body through
a hole cut in the side of his house,
a hole that allowed EMS personnel to lower the body onto their new ultra-wide, ultra-sturdy gurney."
BingoBoingo: Also impossible to make
a case in
a just system for extortion as no one has been threatened afore. In the worst case, if things work right hard to make
a case that there was any connection between events at all.
BingoBoingo: phf: This is why I love bars. People have no idea if they know you or not and will talk as if old friends. This isn't favors. This is
a nuclear option.
phf: known as блат in russian,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blat_(favors). though that word is more often used in context of getting ahead i think it basically applies to overall structure of society. when shit hits the fan you call
a your sister's husband's uncle who's
a general, "vasily mikhalich, this is such and such..."
☟︎ phf: i remember reading about chinese equivalent and noticing many similarities. they have
a cool word for it, but i can't recall it
BingoBoingo: <phf> in su we were taught
a different strategy, since "having evidence" is top kek, know who to call if things go bad. if you had no one to call, you were shit out of luck << I figure why call? Make arrest as expensive as possible.
phf: in su we were taught
a different strategy, since "having evidence" is top kek, know who to call if things go bad. if you had no one to call, you were shit out of luck
☟︎ BingoBoingo: phf:
A man does agress with other people's words. USG does that. Ethics demands you only defend with that.
phf: stand up and be counted show the world that you're
a man
BingoBoingo: I got enough tape of local pols saying racist things to make
a Preet believe I was
a footsoldier in THEIR conspiracy of hatred
BingoBoingo: <phf> you should try buying some weed from him << Nah, I'll put eye holes in
a pillowcase and keep it in my back pocket.
BingoBoingo: It has been
a long while since home has been hasseled though, and the fucking same black person driving my street several times in the same day is as suspicious as fuck.
trinque pours out
a little beer for BingoBoingo's troubles... into his mouth.
phf: i'm moving to dc again, so will pay them
a visit
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> trinque: unless I'm greatly mistaken, he has
a court case for something or other physical and US dept of treasury agents have dropped by his house b/c btc. << I have disorderly conduct misdemeanor pending in neighboring county. Fed visit is on pre-qntra blawg
gabriel_laddel: trinque: unless I'm greatly mistaken, he has
a court case for something or other physical and US dept of treasury agents have dropped by his house b/c btc.
phf: asciilifeform: i think main use case for
a hackerspace is place to deploy own oversized equipment, but have the location subsidized by "makers". most i've been to would go through the typical list of "3d printers", eventually followed by "and here's
a cnc laser cutter etc. that you can only use if you ask such and such nicely and make he'll let you under his supervision"
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> wat's
a murder-duplex << In 2005 wife doused her husband in kerosene and lit
a match. Now walking free because only manslaughter
☟︎ BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> Facial recognition goes both ways. I could use pics. << Doesn't need to go far. My street has no black residents. My street is
a blind loop. One pass could be
a common criminal. Multiple people is Law Enforcement.
gabriel_laddel: BingoBoingo: anyways, let me spell this out for you - it'd be really cool to take
a cuise down to BA, get coffee with MP and cruise back right?
BingoBoingo: Derping to take
a picture doesn't look tough.
gabriel_laddel: BingoBoingo: and write
a Qntra article about walking off the reserve.
phf: apartment living goes well with other outsourced infrastructure, i.e. ghetto warehouse for your lathe-placement-needs. you can do it on the cheap by pulling resources at
a hackerspace
☟︎ BingoBoingo: * asciilifeform will point out that airplane ticket costs less than any truck outside of
a scrapyard << Scrapyard frequently has servicable trucks for travel
gabriel_laddel: BingoBoingo: have you ever thought about taking
a cruise down to SA?
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: wouldn't that be
a collectible and costly rarity ? << They are. But also fuel efficent.
trinque: hang out there for
a couple years then I'm buying
a house
trinque: about 1550-1800 for
a really nice place for
a single guy
funkenstein_: for those interested in number puzzles, this "sloane's gap" one is to me
a real puzzler
BingoBoingo: trinque: I am trying to become sufficiently unpoor to get
a 20-15 year old compact pickup. I filed that into the long term goal category.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I am not particularly impressive in the flesh. I am
a super featherweight trapped in
a super welterweight's 5'7" body
mircea_popescu: no, i know the thing, and ftr
a number like that has been thrown around pretty much ever since the major synth advances of the 80s
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> you realise i can declare
a compound of arbitrary complexity right ? << Declare, yes. Not blow yourself up with, no.
mircea_popescu: you realise i can declare
a compound of arbitrary complexity right ?
BingoBoingo: I reverted to considering the "chicken tax" where
a foreign made Ford Ranger of year old vintage would cost more to sell in USIA than an F-250 Super Duty with the OMGWTFBBQKINGRANCHDRESSING package, because arbitrarity.
BingoBoingo: Ah, THought
a more general price of anything.
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> which is to say !s anything made for $20k or so << I dare you to deliver to me
a Compact pickup truck in the United States less than 3 years old. The problems are known.
gabriel_laddel: I love how *everyone* either missed or ignored where ascii was taking the "cocaine sales practice as
a measure of USG power, whatever its form" thread.
BingoBoingo: More pronounced widow's peak and smaller tits, then I might confuse that for
a girl I liked in High School
trinque: mircea_popescu: if one's considering rules for the masses, probably better to keep
a lid on the stuff