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mircea_popescu: trinque you think it's a gender issue ? i dun think she's old enough yet.
davout: justJanne: i don't know lol, you were talking about firemen, guess they're bored or something, but then again, you don't only see volunteer librarians in societies that "work well"
ben_vulpes: anyways i got magical tits runnin around i'm off
williamdunne: On a similar note, I considered dunne.so and thug.so as alternative to thethug.life
justJanne: Ofc I know that shit.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes i don't sleep, i wait.
justJanne: Since then, I'm just defending the current position.
justJanne: mircea_popescu: I didn't start any process.
justJanne: Because I still don't believe it is a good idea.
justJanne: I even read dozens of logs of the chat before.
mircea_popescu: you've done what a hacker news reader would do, reading the usg piece instead of my piece and imagining "oh i read about crypto"
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> ben_vulpes also must give people rope to hang with, it's a tandem process. << maybe next cycle i can refrain
justJanne: williamdunne: I read blogs about it for 3 years.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo from what i hear a major battle is raging in us agriculture. monsanto vs agrobiz
williamdunne: justJanne: I shared all of your opinions at first, thought MP was a cock etc. I then had the decency to spend ~9 months reading logs and blogs before speaking
mircea_popescu: yeah i guess time for a reading list.
mircea_popescu: i've known a bunch of german sluts, i don't go around assuming you're one, right ?
justJanne: So I read and learned a lot about it.
justJanne: I wonder how you guys actually think your social system will work in reality.
justJanne: I didn't go nuts yet.
mircea_popescu: this gives you an opportunity to explain yourself, or to go nuts i guess.
justJanne: I made yesterday some statements,
williamdunne: I swearsies
justJanne: Yes, and I'm arguing with you.
williamdunne: And I am not a lord
williamdunne: Something I have said does not apply to others here
justJanne: I don't know. I have no issues with you guys building a state of anarchy, ☟︎
trinque: I say sit in it
trinque: I'll take it
justJanne: I think trinque was the one saying it?
williamdunne: When did I say this?
williamdunne: No it isn't, I was born here
ben_vulpes: kakobrekla: how long do i have to wait for assbot to accept and act on my raitings?
trinque: williamdunne: oh, I do not
ben_vulpes: i'm looking forward to ttip draining medicaid for hilaribad training proggys
trinque: what I do want is other people signing contracts on my behalf.
williamdunne: Although in this case I like subsidies, I change my mind
williamdunne: I should, I'll do that later
williamdunne: I just like the idea of suing government, wasn't aware that you could sue for removed subsidies
ben_vulpes: show me how to save my wot from impending doom, and i'll give a shit.
ben_vulpes: i literally give zero shits about starving people in africa.
justJanne: I am saying: just the food you let go to waste would be enough to feed the starving people in Africa.
justJanne: BingoBingo: the issue is that you can't walk around in larger towns anymore, and that's where bikes become useful. And no, people don't steal it. Hell, I've left my laptop hundreds of times on random park benches in heavily frequented parks, never stolen. In my neighborhood most people don't even lock their doors.
assbot: Logged on 19-05-2015 03:06:37; decimation: I suspect one cannot be against 'basic income' and 'insurance for all' without being a nazi in modern germany
trinque: lol, I give that a 50/50 on working out
trinque: I used to get a lot of thinking done driving between the major cities in TX; past a certain hour there's nobody out there
assbot: Logged on 19-05-2015 01:15:12; BingoBoingo: I dunno anything beats walking.
mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=19-05-2015#1137659 << i'm with him. i love walking. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: i get it, you got how to throw a great party down, once someone prepares the cupboards. very impressed.
mircea_popescu: corruption is commerce that dares work against one's ideological goals. the mere fact that this could happen invalidates that one's thinking, and the fact it happens i npractice, and not even exceptionally but to the degree it can no longe be ignored even by the wilfully ignorant ...
assbot: Logged on 19-05-2015 05:33:47; trinque: asciilifeform: I tend to think if it survived that long something's right about it
trinque: asciilifeform: I tend to think if it survived that long something's right about it ☟︎
asciilifeform: (not i did not say, 'uninteresting.')
trinque: praise to the guy still using the DOS point of sale... I bet nobody knows how to break into that anymore
trinque: I've seen 2k
mats: i dunno all that much about linux tbh
BingoBoingo: I thought you were going to say both
trinque: yeah I'm sure that informs the "modern" sensibilities
decimation: I suspect one cannot be against 'basic income' and 'insurance for all' without being a nazi in modern germany ☟︎
trinque: glad I drank wine at ben_vulpes' office instead
trinque: antisocialist thread went about as I thought
decimation: under the right conditions I guess they could kill alot of people
decimation: the game is just to minimize it I guess
BingoBoingo: This weekend I was traveling the still more southern parts of illinois, saw the first wild armadillo I've seen east of the missippi
mats: i have a hard time believing VX was used in a training event
decimation: I had a friend who went to 'real' MOPP training - he was suited in a room with VX gas.
decimation: I guess they are 'too busy'
decimation: I guess you could sell on ebay
decimation: mats: I shudder to think about what the rest of usg is up to
mats: the ugly status of officer corps is why i didn't stay in ROTC in univ
decimation: mats did you see that econtalk link I posted about lying in the military
mats: in my short stint, i shit you not, things like uparmored vehicles, munitions, and all sorts of tactical gear (e.g. night vision goggles, range finders, body armor) vanished into thin air, leaving the commander on the hook
mats: nah, heard of it though, i'll add it to ma list
mats: i witnessed a pretty serious amount of theft and graft, even at the company level in .mil
assbot: Logged on 19-05-2015 00:48:25; mats: i recommend a stint as a govt employee
justJanne: BingoBoingo: I walk that much daily, I know.
danielpbarron: i bike amongst a sea of cars (ct shoreline gets crazy in the summer)
BingoBoingo: I dunno anything beats walking. ☟︎
danielpbarron: i ride a bike everywhere in the spring/summer
justJanne: Tbh, I like cities where you have to use the bike.
danielpbarron: I do
danielpbarron: then i become a slave or die i guess
jurov: well, i'm not holding my breath there
danielpbarron: jurov, those services will be provided by WoT members eventually I hope
danielpbarron: how do you know I have even been paid?
danielpbarron: shouldn't you compare your thing to my thing? (the thing i'm proposing)
jurov: i have personal memories of govt monopolies in czechoslovakia
justJanne: I don't care if the government owns the trains, as long as they are 100% on time, cheap, and fast.
danielpbarron: i think the key words in that story are "US investor"
mats: i recommend a stint as a govt employee ☟︎
mats: cost of living being high or wutever is immaterial, i think.
jurov: no mats. i'm saying you're going to be separated from your money either way
mats: jurov: i don't follow. so, because rent is high, folks should get a min wage/basic income
danielpbarron: justJanne, I'm all for keeping people alive that would have otherwise starved to death. They just gotta be humbled by the experience; they aren't entitled to the help.
danielpbarron: i don't think anyone here is taking the side that the U.S. is a good example of how things should be
justJanne: I wonder how you’d do without the people taking away your trash, the people putting out the fires, the people cleaning your streets
justJanne: ah, the good old "I can live in a cave" defense
danielpbarron: no, I can work and live despite the people around me
jurov: danielpbarron: so you get to keep all your money, i ask again?
danielpbarron: i don't think you fully grasp that