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thestringpuller: decimation: at any rate, one cannot consider themsleves
a programmer today without knowing C << unfortunately not
a lot of people learn C in what you may call "computer science education" (or is so named)
decimation: at any rate, one cannot consider themsleves
a programmer today without knowing C
decimation:
a few years ago I tried to make an edit to wikipedia's 'climate change' entry.
a similar down's syndrome case guards that page - immediately reverting any non-libtard edit
mircea_popescu: well, i just sent you one, should be
a tab opened somewhere next to where it says #bitcoin-assets
mircea_popescu: <TheNewDeal> So I'm reading this conversation about programming languages from 7 days ago (28-10-2014). There is
a lot of trash talking about OOPs, like C++. I don't see anyone mention C. Is C just not worth mentioning? <<< c is really not ~that~ bad.
thestringpuller: co workers hated the clicking but damn it was
a slick keyboard
decimation: yeah I use
a knockoff (unicomp) myself
decimation: my dad had
a 'real' ibm AT at work, I was impressed by the built-like-
a-tank chassis
thestringpuller: I still have it. It's all boxed up. I just need
a PS/1 keyboard but those are hard to find.
decimation: tyranny - usg fines
a company for exporting that which is easily downloadable everywhere. anarchy - usg pretends it cannot investigate welfare fraud
decimation: C is more-or-less
a fancy set of macros around assembly
TheNewDeal: I took
a class that was all about MIPS, but it got over my head at the end. I was
a mech engr stuck in
a class of comp sci students
TheNewDeal: But there's not hundreds of thousands of people going around writing "Can lift
a volkswagen efficiently" on their CV
TheNewDeal: So I'm reading this conversation about programming languages from 7 days ago (28-10-2014). There is
a lot of trash talking about OOPs, like C++. I don't see anyone mention C. Is C just not worth mentioning?
BingoBoingo: decimation: I think of Denton more as the mirror image of the Koch Brothers, but that's
a very imperfect correspondence.
assbot:
A year ago today : Bitcoin
mircea_popescu: <BingoBoingo> The contemporary idea of the incredibly PC media mafia after the bush election exists as
a creature of Nick Denton's creation << hm. sort of like anti-drudge ?
BingoBoingo: decimation: Maybe once I set up
a homestead in more civilized lands
decimation: BingoBoingo: it would be interesting to have
a directory (with pictures) of those who call the shots in the media today
BingoBoingo: The contemporary idea of the incredibly PC media mafia after the bush election exists as
a creature of Nick Denton's creation
BingoBoingo: thestringpuller: Basically in the 1990's Nick Denton amassed
a warchest of bezzel bucks. Then he hired bored housewife to stalk celebrities for initial traffic. After that sustaining gawker was
a matter of keeping the bills paid.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> such coincidences. << Well, more than even killing Coindesk isn't
a point of Qntra ending gawker?
mircea_popescu: anyway, gawker, nov 4th. "But it's hard to tell if anyone is even real anymore." mp, sep 13th "I want the average redditor to understand that when he interacts with
a screen name, he is not interracting with
a person."
assbot: Alex From Target Was Just
a Marketing Ploy :(
BingoBoingo: Of course they get read. It's just... luer lock being
a thing with
a name I could have swore was the rare s.nsa detail that in the statement could have been shelf pointed to sooner if more transparent.
BingoBoingo: Who seriously knew last year's ship date was
a distraction while
a whole fucking factory was being built in the swamp?
assbot: Let’s Cut To The Chase, Is La Serenissima
A Cult? | Contravex:
A blog by Pete Dushenski
bounce adds
a [sic] and
a (whoosh)
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu lol i learned it auditorally so spelling wasn't
a problem
pete_dushenski: though my grandpa got
a kick out of my counting to 10 in romanian this weekend. correct pronounciation and all :D
mircea_popescu: (you think tying
a chick down is easy ? try it sometime! it;s fucking impossible if you're determined not to hurt her)
pete_dushenski: every bit as useful as
a sense of humour and
a second language
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu we obviously have different ideas of how
a harim should work ;)
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: Maybe you need to consider whose ego you stroke, before you go
a stroking an ego...
BingoBoingo: I think maybe it's
a spambot that saw
a word and forgot to link to Ugg boots or Nike's
mircea_popescu: "He’s one of the most masterful wielders of words" << you got
a ways to go foxy! check out pete's offerings!
ben_vulpes: he's not in
a logged channel, i'll refrain from sharing his handle.
mircea_popescu: "The new Foundation, the new deeds system,
a real Bitcoin news site, and more" << only the stuff of the past month gets
a mention because the previous stuff is so ingrained by now it's like
a skin.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform> when do we get on with one of us proving p==np and the others throwing him off
a boat? << I have
a feeling this is like weaponized bitcoind, if you have it best to keep it concealed
mircea_popescu: ifully over my head that I couldn’t read anything else for weeks. As someone always hunting for an intellectually challenge, I’d never seen anything even remotely like #b-
a. At once technical, philosophical, political, and outrageous, it was like
a gift wrapped for someone else, and yet just for me.
mircea_popescu: Then, as always happens when one is freed from the banality of the familiar, I found myself with some spare time during
a vacation in Mazatlán. Then, there, just like that, the pieces began falling into place. I actually sat down to read the #b-
a logs and there I saw conversations unfolding before my very eyes that gave context to Trilema, that gave context to Bitcoin, and that were were so tearfully, blessedly, beaut
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Never published anything co-authored, because he was in
a weird niche
assbot: Let’s Cut To The Chase, Is La Serenissima
A Cult? | Contravex:
A blog by Pete Dushenski
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: knapsack. << When restricted to
a knapsack I dunno that digging anything bigger than
a hole to bury turds should be
a bigger priority than evading the force restricting you to
a knapsack
mircea_popescu: PeterL use example, dude tries to open
a door by bashing his head against it. bystander "that's not how you open doors" other bystander to first bystander "you don't understand how the world works!"
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski better question for your next one : is being
a libtard
a cult ? how about dating, is that
a cult ?
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Have two poor quality "trenching tools" have
a strong preference for actual shovels though.
assbot: Software Doesn’t Fail. Socialism Does. | Contravex:
A blog by Pete Dushenski
mircea_popescu: summary of pete_dushenski last piece : "cult member casually examines the possibility of being in
a cult, comes back negative."
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> if everyone gets that tattooed, say on their butt, is the b-
a more like
a)
a cult with weird body mod overtones ; b)
a gaggle of ditzy teenaged girls (and therefore,
a buncha fags) ; c) none of the above ? < b
mircea_popescu: if everyone gets that tattooed, say on their butt, is the b-
a more like
a)
a cult with weird body mod overtones ; b)
a gaggle of ditzy teenaged girls (and therefore,
a buncha fags) ; c) none of the above ?
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> the maniacal fuhrer position is, afaik, open at the moment << was shockley's transistor
a cult ?
pete_dushenski: probably one in
a generation/century/millenium type of thing
cazalla: mircea_popescu, i have
a look later this arvo, things to do this morning
mircea_popescu: "Regional Immigration Police Commissioner Maj. Gen. Chartchai Eimsaeng said
a U.S.-based movie association had hired
a Thai lawyer to search for Neij, and his photo had been given to immigration police in Nong Khai." herp.
mircea_popescu: i guess i should start
a special service. "for only one small pile of internet funbux, i will viciously insult one commenter on your blog entirely out of left side. cheaper than hiring indians to write comments, funnier too."
assbot: Tête-À-Tête With
A Neo-National Socialist | Contravex:
A blog by Pete Dushenski
mircea_popescu: police breaking down door, which obviously imperils someone - such as the random bystander, is
a-ok. naming agents however MIGHT imperil someone, such as an asshole abusing his offical status to powerplay. this is very un-ok.
pete_dushenski: so like everything else bad and trolling and terrorist mkay, it's hard to distinguish it from
a cult
pete_dushenski: and one with
a structure quite unfamiliar to the western reader