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nubbins`: i have a friend who can play drums in his bedroom with the door closed and you can barely make out the beat
nubbins`: i suppose individual room configurations would make it tough to pull off in a general sense
asciilifeform: nubbins`: as a matter of fact, i'm surrounded by it (fans.) it's precisely what i'm trying to be rid of.
asciilifeform: re: headphones << can't decide which i like more. 'qc20i' or firing range earplugs.
thestringpuller: ugh, I guess I'm moving to France.
thickasthieves: I have more expensive ones and i dont really like them as much
thickasthieves: I use the JVCs for going on walks and such, and the ATs for making music and while flying
thickasthieves: <+cazalla> i love my m50s /// mike_c those are the best in that price range imo
fluffypony: Vexual: no not at all, but I would imagine I'll use it with friends who may get motion sickness
mircea_popescu: maybe i visit after the fall. play fallout in new reno irl or some4thing. ☟︎
ChesterMolester: I came for the woman and stayed for the coin
fluffypony: I think he's on the no fly list
fluffypony: http://i.imgur.com/omUhB6F.png
mircea_popescu: anyway, the baby-in-belly was the more disturbing part i thought
mircea_popescu: i was allowed to watch pasolini's fucking decameron
mircea_popescu: being a yurpean rocks i guess.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony i was allowed to watch it.
fluffypony: but that I watched a couple of years later anyway when one of my school friends got it on VHS
fluffypony: mircea_popescu: yes, otherwise known as "that movie that came out when I was 8 or 9 years old that I wasn't allowed to watch because it had a chick with 3 tits in it"
fluffypony: personally I prefer the old one, but at least they kept that bit in for continuity :-P
jurov: i daresay otherwise
jurov: next time i see someone reading from bones or coffee stain imma pester them whether they have tested past output for enough entropy
Vexual: no i think i get it
Vexual: i might even understand it tomorrow; this water is giving me heartburn
Vexual: i dtill think a cell phne cam is an excellent source of entropy
benkay: <decimation> benkay I think you mean bacterial outbreaks. They are already happening: // yup. been drinking all day.
Vexual: yes i heard that
Vexual: i was joking about what mike hunt bought dick nob
mike_c: ok, i'm off to buy something and hit the sack. thanks for the help.
cazalla: mike_c, only thing i dislike about m50s is the soundstage is a little too small for fps gaming, i switch to my speakers when gaming but they aren't gaming headphones to begin with so isn't a big issue
cazalla: no but i should
cazalla: Vexual, i think aus was first, i still have some of the first abo polymer notes around somewhere
dub: fresh out of glenfiddich but I'm now sipping a glenrothes, good suggestion
cazalla: mike_c, didn't know they had an m50x, i still think i'd go the m50s due to no coil and i would likely lose the cable if i could detach it anyway
dub: heh, famous actor lives across road, pulling into my drive earlier I see another actor getting a box of beer out of his car and going inside
mike_c: i find the same with electronic music. di.fm ftw.
decimation: I find comfortable headphones with classical music encourage focus
mike_c: i like working in an office. fewer distractions.
decimation: indeed, I guess the solution is buy one and sell it on craigslist if it sucks
decimation: I suspect the average listening would be unable to differentiate most of these headphones in a blind test
decimation: "The issue as I understand it is that the output impedance of the iPhone 5 is around 3.7 ohms whereas the older phones and iPods are around 5.5 ohms. What is not clear is whether this has been changed by software or by hardware. There are reports that this is an issue in the EU region only. Yet some folk in the USA are also complaining."
decimation: I would like to see the basis of his regulation
mike_c: hehe. that's why i stick with one.
mike_c: i can't stand bills of different size. such a pain to roll.
mircea_popescu: apparently i'm getting a fucking fever.
dub: the ear pad rubber is perishing on mine which is quite astounding considering how briefly every other set I've owned has survive
mike_c: fucking amazon needs to take btc already. i bought some fiverr shit the other day with btc and it was so smooth. kind of changed my opinion on using btc for random purchases.
mircea_popescu: Vexual got me i swear!
mircea_popescu: o nm, earphones lol. i misread.
mike_c: that just personal preference? my dead ones had coiled and i kinda did like that.
cazalla: m50 has coiled cable which i don't like, m50s does not
cazalla: i love my m50s
decimation: I'm a sennheiser fanboi, but I'm sure there are other quality headphones out there. examine the spec sheet
mike_c: are those buds? i'm looking more for over-ear.
decimation: I find earbuds and the like extremely uncomfroatble, you aren't going to get better quality than bigass headphones
mike_c: i mean, i don't need cancelling. i don't want to hear surrounding noise.
mike_c: although i agree with the office. my office neighbors annoy me often enough.
decimation: benkay I think you mean bacterial outbreaks. They are already happening: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/superbug-stalked-nih-hospital-last-year-killing-six/2012/08/22/5be18b1a-ec66-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html
benkay: mircea_popescu: die of "an infection" ? // i prefer the interpretation where the us is always on the verge of horrific viral outbreaks due to decades of antibacterial abuse
decimation: I can't imagine a way to be more ignorant about a business and its prospects
decimation: mircea this insider trading thing is relevant to your post I linked above. information doesn't want to be free, but who gets to decide if it is secret?
decimation: I guess they ran out of nailguns
artifexd: []bot appears to be down. I'm out of the country. Can't fix it until I get back next week. Sorry folks.
mircea_popescu: hanbot:well exactly. something bound by accidental inhalation on the lower end and hernias on the higher << i agree. half meter cube, ideal robot.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: mpex modem << as i recall, reliability of net connection is not an issue at mpex << so far that's the part that works best.
decimation: "they are not free" << I mean that they lack the will to do otherwise, making their "rights" and "freedoms" as useful as toliet graffiti
asciilifeform: 'I don’t have to write that I want millions of chickens to be brutally murdered. I can buy all the dead chickens I want at the grocery. When advocating a policy that requires violence for its implementation, it is rarely necessary to advocate the violence. Once people agree to implement the policy, the necessary violence will be forthcoming.'
asciilifeform: i for one don't give even a basic fuck whether microshit employees can live in mansions - or in specially-constructed oubliettes with a terminal in the lid and a hole for shit in the bottom.
asciilifeform: decimation: if you think a senator - or entire senate - can ban the use of coolies - i've a bridge to sell.
kakobrekla: iirc i paid about 5k back them for my stuff.
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: the funny part is, surplus lab robots (like the one i used to program) can be had for < $1k. but they're gigantic.
kakobrekla: 0.1 is not much to ask as far as i know.
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: sure. i could have parts machined. but, on top of being a miser, i'm rather impatient.
asciilifeform: mpex modem << as i recall, reliability of net connection is not an issue at mpex
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: why would i wish for the gadget if i had a machining setup. (could then make one just like it.)
Namworld: I have those turned off in my client since last year. I don't see those anymore. Was quite annoying and barely helpful.
benkay: i discovered at the border that my passport is expired. canadian borderfolk dgaf, but i'm *really* anticipating hitting US customs now.
mircea_popescu: now that's what i'm talking about.
mircea_popescu: i'd rather make it so it works than you know, make it so it phones.
jurov: mircea_popescu: i meant for you to have actual modem onsite, to be able to reach mpex even if there's internet problem
mircea_popescu: <benkay> <thickasthieves> some kinda wtf WoTcoin http://www.wired.com/2014/07/document-coin/ // it's quite clear everyone'll eventually have their own coin. << truth. whore stopped me in the street last night, "gringo how do i get my own coin ?"
benkay: i just found a beer bottle with a threaded neck onto which a cap had been crimped to not un-thread. i did not know that this was possible!
kakobrekla: >prolly better off getting alu machined locally.< i mean all the profiles.
kakobrekla: other thing is, Z axis, while I have the parts, two alu blocks would still need to be machined - if you have access to machining you are prolly better off getting alu machined locally.
kakobrekla: asciilifeform possibly, but i suspect it still a fortune to ship since im not in china or uk. two more issues, as i said, its not assembled atm and would need to be before its shipped overseas, to see whats what. this takes time.
benkay: reputation and behavior are incredibly important because you can rewrite the blockchain basically at will, unless you do something with a merged-mine approach (but i don't know enough about mm to comment really)
herbijudlestoids: anyway, 3am here, just wanted to login and check on yall after i noticed mpex was down. lots of love.
herbijudlestoids: so, as i guess my absence has indicated, have been keeping busy
herbijudlestoids: but i guess mircea_popescu knows whats what when it comes to building the system he designed
herbijudlestoids: yes, admit i was a little surprised about the downtime thing upon visiting trilema
herbijudlestoids: thought i would check in
punkman: mircea_popescu: anyone can connect to a website on dial-up as it is. << I think he meant having his modem dial a telephone number for mpex
mircea_popescu: jurov i don't get what it'd be supposed to do tho. you mean dial-up access only ? anyone can connect to a website on dial-up as it is.
kakobrekla: <asciilifeform> unrelated - is kakobrekla awake? i wish to buy his gadget. < moving to eu already?
Duffer1: i'd mudd
artifexd: Also, I'm a little intoxicated. "Welcome to Ecuador" says the family, with alcohol.
artifexd: I don't understand this “burning bitcoin" concept. Bitcoin are destined to be one of the most valuable commodities that have ever existed. Burning them is just dumb. Plain and simple. Dumb.
nubbins`: i'd wondered what happened to goat, seems he's banned from the forums
decimation: one answer I came up with: banning bitcoin is banning information transfer, which seems to be beyond the power of the state
decimation: I admire the german system for this reason; take a test around middle school to really determine if you are capable of the university path