asciilifeform: there is this thing called 'freedom of association'. used to be a thing in usa.
asciilifeform: say, 'i want to live only with folks who graduated with science degrees before 2010'☟︎
asciilifeform: but if it were not, different approaches could be tried
asciilifeform: where i live, at present, any experimentation in selectors ~other than rent bezzle~ is specifically forbidden by usg.
asciilifeform: in practice, the 'do not want' is identifiable with minimal effort. because these are not spies from washington, but human refuse
asciilifeform: i doubt that any usaschwitz inmate would have a serious problem distinguishing 'want this as neighbour' from 'do not want' in five minutes of conversation.
asciilifeform: we're designing a residential complex, and trying to keep out destructive lumpens
asciilifeform: except in this hypothetical, we are not designing a soviet rocket factory, and pondering how to keep out spies from washington.
asciilifeform: if you don't see 'T' (thief), 'M' (mayhem)....
asciilifeform: well, first you check the applicant's forehead for brands.
asciilifeform: ah, problem of 'who gets to move in' ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: can't help but wonder if the blurry '90s thing was installed... deliberately! if it did not smudge, no one would know it is digital!!1!!11
asciilifeform: in the fine tradition of sf cover art, where the artist must never, under any circumstances, know anything at all about the inside of the book.
asciilifeform: what's ridiculous? that he's standing right next to the wire? sure.
asciilifeform: my other thought was that it is even possible that both variants used physically-identical components and the cheaper one was somehow crippled in software.
asciilifeform: but instead to prod people to the costlier 'high res' variant
asciilifeform: my first thought was that these are not intended to actually sell
asciilifeform: there was a row of apple portables, and some had high-res lcd (sold as 'retina' trade name) while others had standard lcd. but the latter do not resemble the machines i have previously used having such; instead, they were atrocious, with what looked like triangular pixels, dithering visible to the naked eye;
asciilifeform: unrelatedly, today i went into a shop and saw a type of chumpatronic contrivance for which i do not know the name:
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: which is why more and more of its actual muscle is extrajudicial
