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mircea_popescu: (trisomy is usually
a copy of one or the other gene, but it doesn't actually have to be - it could be
a mix of them, which ~could~ be
a legitimate new gene, if mindbogglingly improbable)
mircea_popescu: and it is unlikely but technically possible that you actually require
a TRISOMY to get the topmost performance.
mircea_popescu: if the gene for being
a total fucktard has genes
A through P and
a through w, where upcase ones are dominant, it may be the case that the AD kid is the geniusest of them all and the BG kid is the total fucking retardest of the lot, way behind ww or ft or whatever the fuck other recessive combo
mircea_popescu: "The other model Hariezer lays out is that magic lies on
a single recessive gene. He reasons squibs have one dominant, non-magical version, and one recessive magical version of the gene. So of kids born to squibs, 1/4 will be wizards. In this version, you either have magic or you don’t, so if wizards married the non-magical, wizards themselves could become more rare, but the power of wizards won’t be diluted. C
ben_vulpes: ;;later tell mike_c dude just fork over the coin for
a socket from kakobrekla
mircea_popescu: the one thing that'll ruin
a bright young mind is success among idiots.
mircea_popescu: you familiar with the "there's nothing worse for
a good startup than
a bad revenue source early on" quip ?
mircea_popescu: there's
a reason for the yawning geopoliticomilitary chasm centering around pekin, and that cause is that the top brass of the us centcom failed to guess cca 1980.
ben_vulpes: perhaps i misspeak when i say "superiority" rather than pointing at the value in denying others ownership of
a space.
mircea_popescu: if you're fighting over terrain you do not know you've got
a whole heap of problems, each much bigger than anything
a buzzard flying by could solve.
mircea_popescu: what can be said about the kid who gets into
a fight his first day in the new school ?
mircea_popescu: if what you're doing requires "air superiority" you're essentially trying to construct
a nuclear-powered lawnmover
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> [03:20] <asciilifeform> '...no survival kit is complete without silver bullets...' << this is actually
a lot more sensible than it seems. silver has some good chars for making
a bullet. << no no no no no and again no
ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> and even taught to
a girl << contrary to public opinion this is not really
a feat
ben_vulpes: <assbot> Successfully added
a rating of 1 for brendafdez with note: no such thing as
a chick that can pgp << hawwwww
mircea_popescu: (tru story : mp was once at
a guy's bday party, very smart coder guy. the party - total cockfest. mp's escort only girl in the room. mp sighs and goes got any booze ?
ben_vulpes: look i'm making
a reference to the plethora of local fauna.
ben_vulpes: is it one of those silly 'performances' where dinner is stupid expensive and you watch
a theatrical thinger?
mircea_popescu: "Have fun, meet new friends and become
a part of the Sesso Community. Become
a volunteer at Club Sesso!" dude...
ben_vulpes: on
a previous branch, i'm far more interested in
a) vino b) carne and c) tango than the local whatever whatever
ben_vulpes: your reports of the local bdsm scene are *not*
a sales pitch.
ben_vulpes: <pete_dushenski> i'd never had
a ball boy before and it. was. sweet. < heh.
ben_vulpes: ;;later tell nubbins "if i had
a vanilla linux box here, it'd likely be no sweat" << heard of
a thing called "vagrant"? "virtualbox"?
ben_vulpes: <nubbins`> if i had
a vanilla linux box here, it'd likely be no sweat << heard of
a thing called "vagrant"? "virtualbox"?
megadeth: Mircea,
a personal thank you from my side for 1) Placing your money on the bitbet. 2) Spending your personal wealth in the well being of BTC.
decimation: actually, since apple controls the complete stack all the way down to silicon, they are in
a unique position to actually deliever, but didn't
decimation: well, they did actually appear to spend alot of time 'giving
a fuck'
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> but shows how much of
a fuck was actually given << or how much of
a fuck was available to give.
decimation: asciilifeform: the ultimate problem is not actually having
a secure terminal, but pretending that you do
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i dunno, so they can claim the most valuable email address in bitcoin space as "
a customer" ?
decimation: I'm sure they found
a way to game the feds out of bezzlars in exchange for piles of fake weed
mircea_popescu: " Content preview: Dear Alare Kool, thank you for registering at Bitstamp exchange service! At this point you have just contributed
a great deal to future of decentralized monetary market."
☟︎ decimation: asciilifeform: it's
a shame that nobody produces an 'englebart violin' chorded entry device
decimation: there was
a windows tool that turned the pcr-1000 into
a spectrum analyzer - not fast but it kinda worked
decimation: actually your scanner would be
a halfass alternative
decimation: does your o-scope have
a 'spectrum analyzer' mode?
decimation: the other solution is to insert
a differential filter (lowpass) in the actual scan array circuit
mircea_popescu: fact remains you can add
a chunk to generate fake keypresses right next to it.
decimation: common mode chokes create an impedence to the common mode circuit - you would have to pass both signal and ground through them.
a mix #43 toroid with several turns of both signal and ground would help
decimation: some ferrite might help, but it takes quite
a bit to make
a difference
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo gold is pretty atrocious
a material to make guns out of.
BingoBoingo: Silver's
a bit harder, still soft enough for rifling. Just not quite as dense as pb
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> '...no survival kit is complete without silver bullets...' << this is actually
a lot more sensible than it seems. silver has some good chars for making
a bullet.
decimation: it could also be
a harmonic of some local am broadcaster
BingoBoingo steeling up for the prospect of walking halway to St Rose at for the prospect of seeing
a smidge of green in the sky.
decimation: shortwave in the us is
a desert of crazy
decimation: yeah pretty much. that's why it causes
a danger to long conductors, sets up currents through 'ground'
BingoBoingo: Maybe placebo, but at last check tint to lights
a bit greener than usual for such clear skies.
BingoBoingo: <decimation> BingoBoingo: I don't mind python, but realize it's just kind of
a c with lisp ideas thrown in << I'm just looking to populate
a toolbox.
decimation: BingoBoingo: I don't mind python, but realize it's just kind of
a c with lisp ideas thrown in
BingoBoingo: decimation: On St. Patricks day? After mircea_popescu lost the Berkshire bet? I'm fine taking in the Aurorae as
a faint green glow.
decimation: asciilifeform: so you would endorse taking
a look at 'racket'?
decimation: BingoBoingo: actually that reminds me of
a funny quote on the econtalk podcast: "Reminds me of when I tried in 1976--I was in
a shopping mall in North Carolina trying to get the Libertarian candidate, Roger McBride, on the ballot. One of my few forays into politics. I would accost passers by and ask them if they would like to see
a third party and have another choice, and many of them would say: We have too many already."
decimation: doh stupid cut "Though the report found that
a majority of Americans are skeptical of government surveillance programs, it also found very few are taking the extra step of encrypting the content of their e-mails. In fact, half of those surveyed said using encryption software gives the government enough suspicion to monitor
a U.S. citizen's communications."
BingoBoingo: I'll check again in
a couple hours, bu we may have aurora building visible here
decimation: apparently it's
a scheme variant with tons of junk glommed on
decimation: apparently john carmack is
a fan of the 'racket' language
assbot: Successfully added
a rating of 1 for brendafdez with note: no such thing as
a chick that can pgp
TheNewDeal: ;;Later tell TomServo Ill be around wednesday evening to Sunday evening. Send me
a message
decimation: I haven't used it, but it ought to deliver
a gentoo-like experience (uses the same repository afaik)
decimation: chetty: the G4 global storm is
a global phenomenon, still ongoing
decimation: nubbins`: the aurora should be slightly visible, if you have
a dark sky
nubbins`: i recall using VMS on
a work term once
nubbins`: i diddled with slackware in my teens, have used debian or
a derivation thereof since
mircea_popescu: nubbins` me either. nor would i have considered it, pre debian showing all the leadership of
a stale clump of bread.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you know it occurs to me
a broad systemd test script would be useful
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform maybe tell them that if they provide you with
a full diagnosis / story of what happened you'll publish the whole thing on your blog,
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Sure, my mail occasionally gets registered
a bit early or late too. I write it off to lazy mailmail scanning everything at once. Still how lond would it take intermediate site to sabotage
BingoBoingo:
A charitable to the vendor interpretation here is that USPS didn't know you had door camera and you didn't know USPS's official address attached to your domicile is Fort Mead