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sina: rly? because in Portugal posession of an ounce of weed is nothing, here it's up
to officer discretion (above 1oz is
trafficking!), in US if you're black
that can be jail, in Indonesia you could get death
sina: I
think at
this point, given countries like Portugal which have decriminalised a lot of drugstuff, it's clear
the lines for drugs is just as arbitrary
mircea_popescu: or did you read
the "how
to be a pimp" piece on
trilema ?
mircea_popescu: did you see
the economic discussion of
the matter in
the logs ?
sina: um sure? so
the line for some drugs is drawn *here*, and other drugs drawn *there*, and depending on a similarly "nothing
there" criteria, some peoples lives are ruined and others enriched
mircea_popescu: one could argue
that, but not very successfully.
try and argue it re drugs for instance.
sina: it just so happens
that
this is where one of
those lines is laid
today
sina: well one can argue
that all of
the lines in "society" are essentially of
the same arbitrary construct
mircea_popescu: but be
that as it may --
the notion
that a drawing can be at issue is not only just as stupid as usual, but also crits. now you don't even have any sort of available "i really believe
this crap" defense.
sina: it wasn't all
that long ago
that we were doing just
that in fact
mircea_popescu: much saner
to put all gays in jail because "they offend baby jezuz"
than
to put all pedos in jail because "they harm little kids"
☟︎ mircea_popescu: i am making
the point
that irrespective of whether some group should be oppressed or not,
the "justification" proferred for
the oppression is ridiculous.
sina: to clarify, are you
trying
to make
the point
that childporn shouldn't be prosecuted? or
that
the definition of childporn is overlybroad
mircea_popescu: this is like saying an idiot ignoring
the door and
trying
to walk
through
the wall "Came very hard".
the hardness isn't
the point,
the utter idiocy kinda overwhelms it.
sina: ah childporn. yeah
they come down on
that kind of stuff very hard here
mircea_popescu: that
they're
thereby negating
the very pretense of justification never seems
to have occured
to
them. oh, really, does it harm little drawings ?
mircea_popescu: to my eyes,
the
true outstanding imbecillity of
the remains of
the british empire is
this,
taking
the ustardian pretense
that "child pornography" and
turning it
to
the point of "CARTOON!!!! child pornography".
sina: and despite our local media being incapable of discerning an utter charlatan from a block of wood,
those who could, did
mircea_popescu: are you allowed
to peruse drawings of little squares labeled mom "fucking" littler squares labeled daugther and/or dog ?
sina: but you're still allowed
to ridicule Craig Wright here
sina: we def got
the wilting heat in summer, and little scorpions as you approach
the equator
a111: Logged on 2017-06-30 15:21
trinque: australia probably has laws against ridicule by now
sina: for a sydneysider, 8 degrees C is essentially
the siberian
tundra
sina: mircea_popescu:
time
to mess with gossipthing?
Framedragger: ah, you quoted
the athletes part quite exactly, and 'tis a nice passage
mircea_popescu: and
this isn't even getting into
the whole layer of "i make a webcomic about shit i don't grok" "famous" retardation
mircea_popescu: i've a better chance
to find actual human among
the barefoot jungle nicas
than among
the usgistani "famous people".
mircea_popescu: not a single one, you understand me, out of dozens examined, proved upon examination
to be more
than wasp spit and dung.
mircea_popescu is sick of "famous people" like of crab apples. let
them sit in some other latrine with
their "oh i lost my pgp key 20 years ago" zimmerman and
their "i dedicate my life
to raising impudent street urchins as if
they were white people" bernstein and
their "oh hi, rng ?" koch and
their "o btw, i lied about
that laptop" rms everything else.
mircea_popescu: anyway. is passage
there about "football glories" who expect
they already did
their work and will be getting conference chicken free for life.
BingoBoingo just back from day in
the sun and dirt, memory still in lossy mode
mircea_popescu: anyone recall
that "protocols of elders of zion" equivalent, "why not hire inerlligent people" ?
BingoBoingo: I am finding similar results. Seems email isn't functional for anything but "subscription" market
that was never subscribed
to
mircea_popescu: from experience, famous doods aren't worth
the paper
they'll be buried in
BingoBoingo: Then maybe famous guy like asciilifeform of Loper OS fame ought
to email? You've got more history in
the field.
mircea_popescu: he should have been here. arguably more
than, eg, rms.
mircea_popescu: showing cunt
to passerby also work for middling adolescewnt female, not world class. and yet...
a111: Logged on 2017-06-30 20:40 Framedragger: basically she inherited
this
terribad codebase, "bridgedb". she rewrote parts of it (possibly finishing
the rest but i didn't stay in
touch), and fixed all kinds of weird
threading issues by effective use of semaphores etc, which is nothing special, but
the result is just so damn easy
to read
Framedragger: check
the video i guess,
tastes can differ heh
mircea_popescu: the whole requirement is
to be able
to explain, naught more.
mircea_popescu: so basically, something more in
the vein of literate programming
than in
the vein of lolzjavascript
Framedragger: trinque: yeah i acknowledge
that. well fuck, i need
to actually
try
to respond, but for
that i'd need
to
take a look at subject again. which i can do and probably should do
mircea_popescu: Framedragger see now you're being useful. because
the republican notion of "those people" is gendercomits for comments.
Framedragger: and hence need multiple hashrings (which ensure uniformly random distribution of
them), etc.; many moving parts.)
Framedragger: "heavily documented and commented without useless comments code", effective use of OOP in python without using classes just for
the sake of it,
tackling a
technologically entangled
thing (i could explain but basically
there is
this "bridge db" which gives "bridges" at some churn rate, but bridges come in different "buckets" (different obfuscation protocol etc),
mircea_popescu: well, might be
the first
time he's confronted with
this issue.
trinque: Framedragger: you're avoiding spilling
the "what was not all nonsense"
mircea_popescu: and so
this was a learning experience for you, because semaphores as a concept ?
Framedragger: trinque: she agreed
that "yes i was quoting here because i liked
the quote, didn't understand in depth", many
times, while at
the same
time i didn't
think it was all nonsense. i would have
to dig up
to actually provide examples, which i suppose yes would be nice.
Framedragger: i don't mean easy as in lazy, i mean
that
there was no point for
the historical bad
to be so clumsy
Framedragger: basically she inherited
this
terribad codebase, "bridgedb". she rewrote parts of it (possibly finishing
the rest but i didn't stay in
touch), and fixed all kinds of weird
threading issues by effective use of semaphores etc, which is nothing special, but
the result is just so damn easy
to read
☟︎ Framedragger: trinque: i read said flatmate's dissertation on critical writing and provided lots of criticism, it was nice, not sure what else
to say
mircea_popescu: Framedragger do believe i have no intention or
tendency here, i'm just curious.
trinque: 'engaging' is a
tripeword marketing people use when
there's no content
mircea_popescu: trinque would "Scholastics" sound any better ? cuz it's
thje same
thing, unchanged since
the uni was invented, by
the
turks, in 1200.
trinque: "I supposedly read some books, and now listen
to me prattle about myself while I stand on
the books"
mircea_popescu: sort-of like nigger-rigging is what
they call us navy works.
trinque: ah well on
the basis of your feelings and coy avoidance I'll suppose it's a
thing
then.
Framedragger: (had a flatmate who was into
that for long, had some good engaging convos)
trinque: > feminist critical
theory
shinohai: Didn't find it on reddit ....
twitter scraper found it
a111: Logged on 2017-06-30 19:43 asciilifeform: shinohai: 'Above all Dr Craig Wright is humble, kind and generous. Although its widely accepted
that
the Bitcoin developers are brilliant engineers. A major problem is
that
the developers have horrible and nasty personalities. Dr Wright is generous, humble, calm, polite and above all nice. Bitcoin will
therefore hugely benefit from Dr Wright returning
to more actively participate in Bitcoin engineering and research. ' didjaknow!!