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funkenstein_: transistor tech has changed
a bit in 40 years, jet engines not so much
assbot: Logged on 26-11-2014 00:46:13; asciilifeform: have to understand, jet fighter is not really
a complete machine. it is
a tentacle of the larger industrial slave empire which produced and employed it.
decimation: kinda like
a 'v1', but with the appropriate tracking/seeking system, and an entire fleet in orbit around 'La Serenissima'
mircea_popescu: the only actually available thing is, print
a "Obama made this lolz" sticker, try to affix.
decimation: I just thought of
a brilliant anti-'area denial' (to usg term) weapon system. imagine
a small turboprop uav ... that can drop its wings and turn into kerosene rocket
mircea_popescu: i dunno, draper gets to pretend like he's
a savvy businessman ?
mircea_popescu: everything since 2009 or so is
a post-dollar discussion.
mircea_popescu: the only purpose it would really work for is, giving us
a lot of weaponry to kill them with
mircea_popescu: there's
a reason usgavin & co pretend like nodes are not important while trying to make them not feasible.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform suppose they make
a few peers that use Luke-Jr style rules, and then ddos the ~60 or so remaining nodes.
funkenstein_: actually that kinda makes more sense than
a separate fedcoin
decimation: didn't you advance
a blacklist in gentoo?
mircea_popescu: but it jives very well with "so what if we can't control bitcoin - it'd divisible, so let's just carve
a kiddy pool and play in there! "
assbot: Logged on 22-03-2015 23:54:57; asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the problem is they didn't have title << does
a suitcase full of benjies have 'title' ? or
a tonne of gold bar? or not because fungible
decimation: asciilifeform: the question in my mind is the concept of 'title' without reference to the state. it seems to me that it is meaningless outside
a particular legal code
assbot: Logged on 04-06-2014 00:08:26; asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: the buggers' traditional defense is to pretend that the event was
a non-event - or, if this is impractical, to continue living in an imaginary world where they 'scooped' the story first, and all of the 'unsanctioned' discussion never happened.
funkenstein_: motherfuckers make me want to do
a little research of my own
nubbins`: doesn't autocatch
a /live seal/?
ascii_modem: it was
a mindfuck. bunch of possibly remoteexec vulns and no real scandal followed
danielpbarron: mircea_popescu> danielpbarron hey, mind writing
a "for total noobs" guide for deedbot in the b-
a wiki ? << i can do that
gribble: wn: basically adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially
a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence
a shy person" [syn: {basically}, {fundamentally}, {essentially}]
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: which idiots then go on to "really trust the... << I was always taught never to make
a business decision out of emotion. Making
a business decision based on "liking someone" fits this methinks.
mircea_popescu: just, manure, as george observed, is almost pleasant if you get down to it : there's
a pg, which isn't bad, with
a gnu in front of it.
decimation: was that
a slight at the gpg maintainers or stallman?
mircea_popescu: and so here we go, " people with
a pathologically difficult attitude toward various important software development philosophy (e.g. API and UI design)"
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: when I first joined this channel at the collapse of GLBSE you said, "Scammers just help the legitimate businesses' reputation that much more." My friend this past year went on to say, "In the new world, the most trusted person need not to be liked, because well he's trustworthy. He/She could be
a complete asshole if as long as they do their job."
decimation: there's
a libertarian fantasy world where humans are required 'play nice' because of some kind of rationalist first-principle
mircea_popescu: once innovation is admitted as an arbitrary construct, well... it's
a political matter.
thestringpuller: looks like it, not that it actually does. There is
a links from recent qntra article same date as comment that links to GPG contract article on trilema.
mircea_popescu: "It is possible to construct
a rational argument, from broadly agreeable premises, that leads directly to the NAP." is
a direct equivalent to "i can prove that blue eyes are what god intended"
decimation: aye,
a receipt of some kind would be handy to avoid exactly this. even for bitcoin, if you plan on arguing in front of
a 'legacy' judge
decimation: I think this might be
a difference between common and continental law
mircea_popescu: that's why if i steal your house i am ordered to give you back ~your house~ but if i steal your bottle of beer i am ordered to pay you for
a beer.
mircea_popescu: gifts are nice and good but for unperishables it is always
a good idea to obtain
a piece of paper too. any golddigger knows this.
assbot: Logged on 22-03-2015 16:17:10; asciilifeform: re: picasso article: i can easily imagine
a 'Dark Future of Hello Kitty' (TM) where
a plebe found with ten fifty is prosecuted because 'he could only have obtained them by stealing from j.p.morgan, stop telling lies, there's no other way'
mircea_popescu: gtfo, 300 pieces for under half
a million on average ?
assbot: Logged on 22-03-2015 14:05:31; nubbins`: the only reason MP gets away with being
a prick is because his articles are circuitous enough that it's not worth the effort to construct counter-arguments
assbot: Logged on 22-03-2015 09:18:50; trinque: I think we just solved it, representative democracy is
a trauma I can no longer acknowledge exists
mircea_popescu: danielpbarron hey, mind writing
a "for total noobs" guide for deedbot in the b-
a wiki ?
funkenstein_: came with
a free difficult to decipher t-shirt that says "entropy this ease freedom"
decimation: it's not strictly historical but the main author was
a journalist who covered the baltimore police for
a long time
decimation: cazalla: The Wire is
a pretty good take on how life in the 'big city' works in the us - and its bureaucracy
jurov: haven't you just argued that for you, half
a mil btc is equally as useless as that picasso?
assbot: Logged on 06-03-2015 03:29:02; mircea_popescu: making money is
a purely ~political~ function. if you are among the favoured elite of the respublica veneta, you then may invest in the ships, and make
a profit. if not, not.
☟︎ jurov: "It seems I must have liars and villains for opponents. I am not worthy in the sight of God that
a godly and honorable person should discuss these matters with me in
a Christian way. This is my greatest lament."
nubbins`: if you want to see respectful reverence, stay at
a resort
nubbins`: consider that "respectful reverence" (lel) is precisely
a waste of time in such situations. if their first impression is that you're an asshole, why would they go further? almost certainly it's not worth the effort. save the smiles for the 200 other suckers who were on your plane, and who will gladly open the wallet
nubbins`: the only reason MP gets away with being
a prick is because his articles are circuitous enough that it's not worth the effort to construct counter-arguments
☟︎ nubbins`: i dunno, man. this whole article gets
a C-
nubbins`: "So that the locals here seemvii to have an unwarranted expectation of my generosity" <<< unwarranted how? every whitey that goes to jamaica spends
a ton of money.
mats: fun fact: Chrome has an entire PDF serializer just for print preview - it creates
a PDF of the page and then renders that in PDFium.
trinque: I think we just solved it, representative democracy is
a trauma I can no longer acknowledge exists
☟︎ punkman: sounds like you need
a safe space :P
fluffypony: trinque: obviously it's
a good thing, it means more water, and since the advent of quality bottled water the consumption of water around the globe has increased
punkman: "after
a while, she had to return to the safe space. “I was feeling bombarded by
a lot of viewpoints that really go against my dearly and closely held beliefs,” "
trinque: later, teaching the controversy! is glacial melt
a bad thing?
cazalla: punkman, agreed, i only watched
a season or two of that before giving up.. same shit every episode
cazalla: looks
a bit like natalie portman
decimation: nevertheless, I'd have
a beer with the guy :)
decimation: I think there were
a few trilema posts on this point
decimation: outflanking usg from the left is
a common pattern worldwide
mircea_popescu: anyway, brazil's actually in
a better position in sa than the us is in na.
decimation: well, the irony is that obama is
a product of the other side