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pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: not saying you should depart with btc for $car, but i've yet
to meet
the seller who
turned down, as you say, incadollars.
pete_dushenski: the story is basically
that geeky had a business class
ticket only
to discover
that air india had
turned
the plane into all economy seats. geeky still boarded
the flight but flipped his lid when
they landed and refused
to deboard before roughing up some airline staff.
mircea_popescu: it's kinda funny for me
to read all
the nightmare stories of various ppl
trying
to airtravel, because i've had nothing but great experiences and well... sucks
to be
them i guess.
pete_dushenski: ravindra gaekwad is
the mp's name. a 'shiv sena' (far-right) party leader.
mircea_popescu: i
totally would.
the name of
the game is disproportionate retribution. let your $100 seat savings cost you $10 mn in financing, why
the hell not.
pete_dushenski: i dun
think so. firebrand indian mp just has
to helicopter or drive in car now. it's some fubar shit.
mircea_popescu: and, of course, air india is consequently losing its subsidies, because
they'll get hold up in parliament.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: india isn't as socially stratified as it used
to be. member of parliament was recently banned for ~all air india flights~ for chiding an attendant who stuck him in an economy seat.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: even artist can grow up as poor canadian, never exposed
to culture, and continue 'successful career' equally sheltered, shuttling from airport
to hotel and hotel
to arena, forever contained in $bubble.
mircea_popescu: also, i don't expect
the hotel makes any money from
the deal.
they're giving
the rooms away free. etc.
mircea_popescu: i don't get it, so india apparently sees a rider for
the very first
time, gets all excited ?
a111: Logged on 2017-05-16 06:59 danielpbarron:
the damage from frostbite happens in
the warming up. i've had it happen more
than a few
times where my feet would get cold and
then i'd hop in
the shower and get
that "hit with hammers" sensation. also feels like bones are itchy.
a111: Logged on 2017-05-16 05:23 pete_dushenski:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-05-14#1655841 << why did btc4rx7 deal fall
through ? /me offered previous owner of saddam 10btc. he declined because 'too volatile' and 'family
to feed'. i didn't
think he'd bite, but now
there's at least one more schmuck who can't say he never had
the olive branch extended
to him. i guess
that's something.
a111: Logged on 2017-05-16 01:36 asciilifeform: in other near-term lulz, a 'pbot' is in
the worx, so
that folx can play with various input->output pairs in-chan
BingoBoingo: Anyways, motorcycle and chainsaw both are essentially motors powering sprockets
to drive chains. Only really difference is
the parts
the chains
touch
BingoBoingo also
though laundry machine dildo was already a
thing.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> chainsaw bike eh. why not microwave
tv and
tower laundry machine dildo, while at it. << Microwave
tv would be great for solving problem of people immersed in
tv.
danielpbarron: the damage from frostbite happens in
the warming up. i've had it happen more
than a few
times where my feet would get cold and
then i'd hop in
the shower and get
that "hit with hammers" sensation. also feels like bones are itchy.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: chainsaw bike eh. why not microwave
tv and
tower laundry machine dildo, while at it.
BingoBoingo: In further
trivia at apex on
technology, chainsaw maker also produces appliance called "Bed redefiner"
BingoBoingo: And unlike
turbine,
trivial fuel is required
to spin up motor
☟︎ BingoBoingo: Only disadvantage I am seeing here is
that reconfiguring chainsaw
to be chainsaw instead of bike mover
takes
time.
Time
that could be used
to clear obstructions like hamplanets had one been simply
traveling as a pedestrian with a chainsaw.
BingoBoingo: Advantage of chainsaw as powertrain is having a chainsaw
to clear road obstructions provided rest of chainsaw is kept in saddle bag.
BingoBoingo: (Primary advantage of 2-stroke motor is lubrication in any rotational configuration such
that gravity glove shennanigans need not deprive motor of friction protection)
BingoBoingo: In other
threads completed:
The best late model consumer vehicle is likely
the pre-2017 model year Honda Rebel. 4-stroke combustion is a bummer
to see on it, but air cooled and carbeurated. Better would be humble bicycle with "echo CS-800P" chainsaw swapped in
to replace pedals.
pete_dushenski:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-05-14#1655841 << why did btc4rx7 deal fall
through ? /me offered previous owner of saddam 10btc. he declined because 'too volatile' and 'family
to feed'. i didn't
think he'd bite, but now
there's at least one more schmuck who can't say he never had
the olive branch extended
to him. i guess
that's something.
☝︎☟︎ lobbes: of course now I'm in
the warm, sub-tropical southeast! Barely had a winter
this year :D
lobbes: the 5 years I
then spent in northern Ohio (where it'd get below 0 F often) were comparatively more bearable
lobbes: <mircea_popescu> snow is not so
terrible because very insulating. << I can attest! I grew up on cape cod; while
the winters never usually got below ~30 F on average,
the occasional noreaster would punch you
to
the bone. cold rain + high winds = no fun
pete_dushenski:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-05-15#1656491 << well,
they are made of ye newe nose-cutty plastique.
this is, however,
the least annoying of its 'features'. cracking and breaking due
to
temperature fluctuations and extremes is markedly more of a nuissance. 'moar durable! progress!' is anything but. nooz at 11.
☝︎ mod6: i suppose
they should consider
themselves lucky.
mod6: not a year goes by
that I don't read about some person who got drunk, fell asleep on
their porch mid-winter, and loses some digits due
to frostbite.
mod6: once you get frostbite,
they say
that it's pretty easy
to get afterwards because your capillaries never heal fully. making you susceptible.
mod6: by
the
time i
took my skates gloves off... feet/hands really painful. i used
to put
them in very luke warm water
to
thaw
them out.
mod6: probably some. i
think i've had it quite a bit. not
to
the point of decay or amputation or anything. but
there've been many
times I remember playing hockey outdoors as a kid in 10 or 20 below f weather.
mod6: like, my pants stood on
the own.
mod6: once, i was walking on a frozen lake. fell
through some
thin ice (~january-ish
time), by
the
time i walked ~2.2km home, my pants were frozen and my legs were blue.
trinque: never jumped in
the water, but I've hopped in a few snowbanks naked. it's a riot.
mod6: i
think you did, ya.
mircea_popescu: fucking cape cod style winds, i was cold in my winter gear.
they were
the color of liver.
mircea_popescu: anyway, cold hardness is very much developed
trait. i
think i
told
the story of
the pubescent girls at
the black sea playing around in
the freezing water like fucking sirens.
trinque: look if
the cows all fart at once it sets off a positive feedback loop
mod6: but shit, i figure, if
they could do it, I could do it
too. not
that i look forward
to
that, but it's not impossible. hell, it might be downright necessary.
mircea_popescu: well no because back
then
they had anthropogenic minnesota warming see.
mod6: staggers
the imagination -
the sheer determination of a generation long since gone bye.
mod6: meanwhile, all 6-8 of 'em or whatever lived
through 2 minnesota winters in a covered wagon.
mod6: house is still
there.
mod6: they came from germany or whatever, bought/steaked a claim;
took 'em 2 farming seasons
to get enough money
to buy
the supplies
to build
the house.
trinque: oh? actually settled
the place?
trinque: yeah,
that
tornado on
the highway recently, good
try.
trinque: folks must not go outside; you'd
think
that'd
toughen
them up
trinque: probably has its charm. I like when
the environment
tries
to kill me.
mod6: imagine
texas in
the summer.
then imagine
texas in
the winter -90 degrees.
trinque: ah ok, can't say I've been
there.
trinque: ah maybe
that was mats or something.
mod6: ya. i was just
talking about
this
today, in fact. long story, but at
the end, he fucked up, and how's he supposed
to learn
that he fucked up if no one slaps his dick and says "you fucked up, don't do it again" ?
mircea_popescu still chuckles at
the "indignant community" back when fetlife
turned out
to be a shithole.
mircea_popescu: trinque people vastly overestimate
the importance of social media howling, also. and
this is entirely borne out of stubbornly ignoring
the numerous cases of it being raped
to shreds.
trinque: I
think people vastly overestimate
this "the gendercommitter shall sue"
mircea_popescu: the lazy and
the stupid ganged
together and convinced "everyone" ie
themselves
that placing blame is bad, evil, counterproductive et all.
mod6: i mean, how is one
to learn if one doesn't know he did incorrect action/whatevers?
trinque: can always drag you
through
them longer
than you can manage.
trinque: I dunno; I worked for folks
that had
their own lawyers, when working in mines.
mod6: it's different now
tho. back in
the day, if you did something retarded, you would be dressed-down for your failures.
these days, mines are ~safe-spaces where no blame can be placed or else lawsuits.
trinque: they also can't block a walkway or entryway
to panhandle. next year
they can ban
the panhandling outright.
mod6: they just looked at me like: O.O (wtf is
this dude on about...)
mod6: "I'm here because of
the beatings I've
taken."
mod6: i
told some administrtion people at
the mines recently something very much
the same.
mod6: fair enough.
there is
the separate case of enbracing
the beatings
too.
mircea_popescu: mod6 i find
that
the people putting in
the work end up actually being
the smarter among
the many.
a111: Logged on 2017-03-29 16:10 mircea_popescu: (basically, long story short, usg financed a coupla units in georgia and ncarolina with japan's money, ain't giving it back. loss is whatever you want it
to be, 3
to 10 bn)