asciilifeform: 'US troops often demonstrated poor litter discipline, discarding all manner of trash, damaged gear and clothing, expended batteries, and more. Much of this was of use to the VC, and they would collect such materials after a unit moved on.'
asciilifeform: table for many finns to take up temporary and low-paying work ...' etc etc
asciilifeform: http://www.vedomosti.ru/economics/articles/2015/12/09/620202-finlyandiya-550-evro << finland 'plans to pay all adult citizens 550 eu. independently of all other income; the sum will not be taxed. in return, the finns will have to disclaim all other government benefits, which add up, on average, to 600 eu., but no greater than 1500' (????) 'the government will ... consider this idea in nov. 2016 ... ... right now, it is unprofi
asciilifeform: i will do it, but strictly because i do not presently perceive an alternative to exist.
asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=25-02-2016#1415029 << i am actually very ambivalent about recommending an integer field arithm cipher for use as block cipher on a conventional pc. for one thing, we will have transfer rates measured in kb/sec (if we're lucky.) for another, extreme side channel danger, because we're branching-on-secrets. for a third, entropy starvation.☝︎
asciilifeform: and i would secretly love to be proven wrong, and for an actual cryptographer to exist, and show up, flying on jet pack, and show a scientifically-founded blockcipher for us.
asciilifeform: ;;later tell mircea_popescu http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=25-02-2016#1415038 << i suggest that it is done 1) no earlier than 4th 2) no earlier than working cramershouptron is posted 5) paid not to my earthly carcass but to snsa piggy - under whose flag it will be published.☝︎☟︎
asciilifeform: modern buildouts typically have separate meters.
asciilifeform: where was mircea_popescu's article on the countryside.
asciilifeform: i say this as statement of (afaik) fact, not judgement.
asciilifeform: no coast dweller, to first approximation, knows or gives so much as a spoonful of shit what happens in the places where one may meet with bulls.
asciilifeform: and the places where they can be seen, may as well be mars.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: realize that most u.s. folk have never even seen a bull, likely.
asciilifeform: but it is how usg leveraged its original tax collection powers to ... being what it is today.
asciilifeform: this was practiced until a proper ban was passed (iirc 1950s) and the trick deemed no longer necessary.
asciilifeform: that it would not actually sell to anyone, for any price.
asciilifeform: usg theoretically demanded a tax stamp.
asciilifeform: for instance, for many years, possession of marijuana etc. was a ... tax offense.
asciilifeform: we have many fictions like this in usa.
asciilifeform: similarly to how the allodial title is with usg, who won't let it go.
asciilifeform: the mineral rights are with the city, or the original developer of the street, who won't part with them even for maxint.
asciilifeform: so in what sense is the reconstruction available.
asciilifeform: yes, if you see it in the shop, and grab it first, it costs 0.10 rub.
asciilifeform: it is 'available' like toilet paper was in '92 su.
asciilifeform: this is a 'distinction without difference'
asciilifeform: not in the typical american residential sector.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they are typically not available.
asciilifeform: the condo corp.'s claim to prevent my drilling of the walls at least makes some kind of physical sense
asciilifeform: but i will say, if mircea_popescu laughs at the condo title owner, who doesn't have right to demolish the walls or drill through the floor, how is this situation any different from the rancher who does not own the oil ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: in usa there exists, somehow, title on 'condominium' - but it is strange, you still have to pay 'service fee' that is quite similar to the cost of renting a flat
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: what's it cost ~with~ title ?
