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jhvh1: danielpbarron:
The operation succeeded.
jhvh1: shinohai:
The operation succeeded.
shinohai: Hey *IS*
Today is
the International Day of Remembering How Mircea Popescu Is Better
Than Me day after all.
mircea_popescu: (that's when maggots infect
the actual eye, for
the innocent)
mircea_popescu: fucking screwflies are a greater
thing, ophtalmomyasis comparatively a blessing.
mircea_popescu: everything's gone
to crap, and
the imbeciles responsible dare run around pretending
the stupid-ass handhelds were "a great
thing".
mircea_popescu: ie it's been run by govt (through some paper layers, but whatevs) for long enough
to have
turned
to shit.
elaineo: i guess in
the current form it's a ponzi scheme like social security
mircea_popescu: this means one of
two
things -- either
they're run as state offices on
the federal budget (which means
they will
turn from profitable
to shit over a generation or
two) or else
they are run by rando scammers,
trying
to do
the whole aluminum siding bit.
mircea_popescu: anyway --
there's no way for a life insurance company
to obtain an economic advantage over
the competition. everyone has
the same acturial
tables.
mircea_popescu: badly alligned risk profiles can
turn something into a barren economic field.
mircea_popescu: if on
the other hand you elaine ou do
terrible software work,
that is EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER.
there is no way a company can pay up.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: consider
the risk profile. if you elaine ou do
terrible sex work,
that is one pissed off customer who's going
to get a free cocktail and a voucher for a chance
to win an hour with kardashian.
mircea_popescu: do you understand why computers and software are extempt from
the general consumer protections ?
☟︎ elaineo: what do you mean it's not an economic activity? you mean it's not profitable for
the insurance company?
mircea_popescu: if
they didn't obamacare-equivalent it, it wouldn't exist.
mircea_popescu: ~same would happen with life insurance,
this isn't
the 1890s anymore and yidish is not spoken in
the home.
elaineo: incentives would be more aligned
that way
elaineo: i've always felt
that life insurance companies should be
the ones paying for people's medical bills
to keep
them on life support.
mircea_popescu: deedbot also keeps a deeding service (think notarization for
the new generation), backed by
the full faith and credit of
the bitcoin network.
elaineo: there was a dating service called coffee-meets-bagel
that had a primitive version, not sure if
they're still around
mircea_popescu: i've never encountered one
that worked, outside of
this one. but
then again i lead a sheltered existence.
elaineo: @mircea_popescu I understand how wots work in general, is
there anything particular about
the one for #trilema?
mircea_popescu: check out
the dumb broad, she imagines moneymaking scales, rich dude is going
to get into
the same arrangements with her as rando highschool boyfriend would.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: to voice self say !!up
to deedbot in pm,
then decrypt
the
thing he gives
tyou and say !!v
to him with
the otp
mircea_popescu: there we go. one of
these days i'll even learn how all
the
tools work.
elaineo: no, first
time reading
this site
mircea_popescu: christos ballas, author of
the indeed very good
tlp blog
elaineo: @mircea_popescu working at a run-of-the mill cash-burning silicon valley
tech company? yes.
mircea_popescu: there;s
this feedback loop for writers. it's great
to write->publish->read.
think of it as a special sort of ooda loop.
BingoBoingo: * mircea_popescu would propose writing for qntra, but sadly qntra encountered an arrow
to
the knee <<
This is no obstacle
to writing for qntra. Merely an obstacle
to getting puslished on Qntra. While disaster awaits a resolution one can still write
to
target qntra and settle for publishing elsewhere.
elaineo: it's not just
the career success, it also comes with pretend-asceticism. like a greek philosopher-king
mircea_popescu: elaineo
the sort of people
to whom it is socially respectable would respect you a lot more for i dunno, a gucci bag.
elaineo: i don't
think academia is as retarded as it's portrayed in MSM.
they amplify
the worst parts
mircea_popescu: anyway. i spent one semester
teaching myself. it helped a lot
that i was one year junior
to
the people i was
teaching and had great relationship with provost.
elaineo: to be fair, it's a socially respectable career
that doesn't require any serious work
mircea_popescu: if
they knew how
to sell it,
they'd be wondering why no men in academia rather
than
the current nonsense.
mircea_popescu: to my mind it's a lot like abusive drunk with halitosis who also makes no money coming home one night
to announce he wants a divorce.
elaineo: cuz i spent a dozen years
thinking
that
that would be my ultimate achievement in life
☟︎ elaineo: well, i feel better about myself if i say
that i was
the one who left
deedbot: mircea_popescu rated elaineo 2 << somehow manages
to write unirritatingly while also academia. i have yet no
theory as
to how
this is possible.
mircea_popescu: !!rate elaineo 2 somehow manages
to write unirritatingly while also academia. i have yet no
theory as
to how
this is possible.
mircea_popescu would propose writing for qntra, but sadly qntra encountered an arrow
to
the knee
mircea_popescu: mod6> Ada Field Report: 1) Perl is fast. <<< dat discreet
trollage
mircea_popescu: the logic is sound : hominid sufficiently advanced
to understand
trickery of hidden button should also be sufficiently advanced
to not crash it.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform:
These are more
typically. Hold button,
trivial
test of "familiar with idea of heavy equipment or not"
mod6: older ones
though...
mod6: lot of
the bobcats i've seen recently have a 10-key pad
to enter a code before it can be started.
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Most heavy equipment starts by holding hidden button while pressing "start button", Or
turning key shapped ignition switch while holding hidden button
ben_vulpes: not like it would be hard
to wire keypads into
them if
they still don't have meaningful locks.
BingoBoingo: While scooters produce delicious 2-stroke exhaust and help
the pobre commute within
their substantial means
BingoBoingo: Anyways, it's hard
to meaningfully lock a door when excavator sleeps within 100 yards of door. Doesn't leave much
time
to
take position with anti-materiel rifle before it closes range
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Few have meaningful locks on
them. Only docile because passerby have anxiety about starting up unattented equipment.
ben_vulpes: existential
threats, yes, but in
their docile state!
BingoBoingo: Nah,
the customers
there are demanding and suspicious. Not
to mention keeps existential
threats
to datacenter
too close.
ben_vulpes: under
that analysis, should probably do fork/heavy equipment/rental+dealership instead of scooter dealership
BingoBoingo: If locale has enough people who feel entitled
to protective road cage
to justify 4-wheel dealership, locale prolly sucks for building building
ben_vulpes: it is a sad
truth
that all data centers i have been in have sadder coffee production facilities
than even starbucks.
BingoBoingo: ben_vulpes: Prefab strip mall has shorter walk
to coffee shop, provided a coffee data
tenant rents space
jhvh1: BingoBoingo:
The operation succeeded.
jhvh1: danielpbarron:
The operation succeeded.
mircea_popescu: why would anyone stick around after
that is incomprehensible.