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mircea_popescu: the
thing's shockingly fabulous, i've never had
that "This is an exquisite piece of machinery" feeling in any commercial plane before.
mthreat: 25k hours is a lot.
the highest columbia probably has under 5k hours even
today.
mircea_popescu: speaking of which, anyone flew wioth
the 737-800 LATEST version ?
mthreat: asciilifeform: many people don't -
they fly "experimentals" and save lots of money
mthreat: mircea_popescu: i plan
to do a bunch of flying
to mexico soon. I flew along
the rio grande a few weeks ago and my right wing was practically in mexico
mthreat: (since it was never certificated in
the US)
mthreat: the albatros is under an "experimental" certificate, so it isn't subject
to
the same
testing in
the US
mthreat: asciilifeform: you're probably referring
to
the brand-new price.
the cessna 400 is a "certificated" aircraft, which means it costs more because it had
to go
through more FAA
testing
mthreat: but it was built by columbia before cessna acquired
them
mthreat: actually it
technically is a cessna 400 now, since 2008
mircea_popescu: shinohai no,
they just don't belong irl. girl has a point.
shinohai: The only person I have ever met
that hated Argentines more
than mircea_popescu was
this girl I dated from Chile .... but evidently
there is
this long-standing hatred between
the dos paises.
mircea_popescu: afaik landing is
the killer. if you get
to land 1 hour fresher it's also worth
the risk.
mthreat: i wouldn't only pack a life vest, i'd wear it
the whole flight!
mthreat: if I can add 1 hour
to
the
travel
time and eliminate
that risk, sometimes it's worth it
mthreat: water ditchings are pretty survivable, but on a non-retractable plane like mine,
the risk of flipping over is real
mircea_popescu: eh get out. for one
thing
the gulf is so fucking populated you'd be picked up in
three hours. for
the other,
the
thing flies better over water.
mircea_popescu: cr is a
tiny nation, doesn't need
to do anything in particular
to survive. but at least
they have
the intelligence
to produce cash crops like coffee rathert
than commodity crops like fucking soy.
mthreat: 1379 nautical miles. 1 fuel stop minimum, probably more, unless I want
to fly directly over
the gulf
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it HAS!!!11 pretenses of industry. if you ask
the average fucktard
they
think
themselves an industrialized nation. irl
they farm soy and
try
to borrow for a living.
mthreat seeing how many nautical miles CR is from
Texas
mircea_popescu: though in fairness
the argentines have been argentining for a whole lot longer
than cable
tv existed.
they're just bad stock.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
turns out no. "watching us
tv -> retarded, guaranteed".
mircea_popescu had nfi idea what racism is ; and imagined it's mostly pretended. not so. i HATE argentines, fundamentally, and
the only reason
there's not 40 mn corpses in limed pits right now is
that i don't have
the pits.
mircea_popescu: to loosen
the rectal cavities of
the monkeys indigent.
mircea_popescu: i will not set foot in
that accursed shithole without a bunch of people carrying pikes
mthreat: mircea_popescu:
te fuiste de argentina?
mircea_popescu: can't really have a fucking code of conduct. beyond "don't be offensively stupid" i can'\t imagine. he might even be gay or not wear a
tie!
mircea_popescu: what, i'm not
to consider petruchio ? because why not ?
mircea_popescu: mebbe it's
the private hall he figures. on
the long
term everyone's going
to do
the majority of lines in his own hall i imagine
mircea_popescu: shinohai actually you're in luck, writing qntra report nao ; next piece will be about one of
the girls picking costa rican bitches.
mircea_popescu: the one other item is ... jurov fell off as lord
treasurer. i dun exactly recall why or wherefore ; but he is STILL holding a considerable sum for
the foundation, and moreover why sohuldn't he be a lord ?
shinohai: Thought my eyes were playing
tricks on me
this morning, after a long night staring at
tits.
shinohai: " I propose be be inducted as
the Lord Scanner."
shinohai: Fitting, also if I may make slight spelling correction `be` is used
twice in
the Framedragger entry.
shinohai: "If you prefer a grittier vibe, you can put down roots at Potrero 1010, where you can see (and hear)
the
traffic on I-280 rattle away beneath your window."
a111: Logged on 2017-03-29 22:30 asciilifeform: re shortages, lulzy
trend in washington region of building block after block after block of cardboard condo
towers ~which
then stand dark, for years on end~ continues
deedbot: lobbes updated rating of mircea_popescu from 2
to 4 << Enzyme Supreme
deedbot: lobbes rated diana_coman 3 << She's done massive work over in Eulora (e.g. foxybot). Very intelligent and often willing
to shepard noobs
deedbot: lobbes rated hanbot 2 << Her writings on
the
Tardstalk forums many years ago aided in freeing me from
the matrix. I will always be grateful
deedbot: lobbes rated danielpbarron 2 << A pillar of
the current Euloran economy, and longtime Republican. I also enjoyed his Super Mario Brothers 3 article
lobbes: and
thanks for
teh honorable mention, danielpbarron
BingoBoingo: No local grudge is
too petty if
the right person cares
to have it covered!
mod6: Will let you know
though if she requests anything.
mod6: <+BingoBoingo> mod6: Any local news ur mom would like
to see Qntra cover? << Nothing in particular at
this
time.
mod6: <+phf> "are you boys up
to no good? -- no, mam" << haha. I
think she
thinks we're doing great
things, and have a just cause.
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> mod6
tell urmom best compliments from
the republic assembled! << will do!
mod6: <+ben_vulpes> no pressure, but
that's wild how your mom archived everything manually << ikr!?
BingoBoingo: mod6: Any local news ur mom would like
to see Qntra cover?
phf: "are you boys up
to no good? -- no, mam"
mircea_popescu: mod6
tell urmom best compliments from
the republic assembled!
a111: Logged on 2017-04-01 00:55 mod6: and reads
the SoBAs. she had a
three-ring binder for each full of articles, etc.
trilema
too.
a111: Logged on 2017-04-01 00:34 mod6: quick update. with all
the running around i've been doing for my mom last few days,
totally forgot
to write up
the SoBA. It might be out a day late. Or.. maybe not.
a111: Logged on 2014-08-06 00:42 mike_c: i have been in
the newspaper multiple
times, and i have been in
trilema posts multiple
times. one of
these means more
than
the other, but I can only show my mother
the newspaper clippings :)
ben_vulpes: no pressure, but
that's wild how your mom archived everything manually
shinohai: If she was printing out subreddits,
then I might worry.
shinohai: Well,
this is
truly all
the news fit
to print.
mod6: She was straight up sawing down
trees for
this stuff.
shinohai: I'll bet she reads
the logs, you'll find
those hidden away in
the attic later on.
shinohai makes note
that she is avid Qntra reader ....
mod6: was kinda blown away by
that.
mod6: and reads
the SoBAs. she had a
three-ring binder for each full of articles, etc.
trilema
too.
☟︎ mod6: heheh. so going
through a lot of her
things since she's moved
to hospice...
mod6: quick update. with all
the running around i've been doing for my mom last few days,
totally forgot
to write up
the SoBA. It might be out a day late. Or.. maybe not.
☟︎ shinohai: The going inside
to encrypt it should have given me pause
though.
shinohai wrote
the piece on his patio in direct sun, far away from burning interstate overpasses ....