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a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 17:21 mircea_popescu: asciilifeform peons don't enter into it.
the sort of captives in
the consolidated shit of
their own head who ask for a "solid, useful knowhow item" and
then IMMEDIATELY retort "it isn't innovative" when such is presented, however...
those doods have problems.
mircea_popescu: i
think
the only place where you can properly speaking rent a house is ~europe
mircea_popescu: i dunno
there exista a place inthis world with 90% occupation. maybe beijing.
mircea_popescu: well yeah, it's all in
there in de "damage property", a very general understanding of "shit
that makes my economic position worse"
trinque: human shit on
the walls in more
than a few cases
trinque: meatwot folks
that own an apartment building have
told horrific stories
mircea_popescu: depends. irl good
tenant is one who doesn't damage
the property more
than what he pays in rent.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform peons don't enter into it.
the sort of captives in
the consolidated shit of
their own head who ask for a "solid, useful knowhow item" and
then IMMEDIATELY retort "it isn't innovative" when such is presented, however...
those doods have problems.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: i've yet
to meet someone who lets as a living, even if part
time, who wouldn't kill for a good
tenant.
mircea_popescu: o, wait, you have "corporation" landlords over
there donntcha.
mircea_popescu: i dun see
the problem, i do
this with some regularity. get
the landlord
to eat >
then your actual residual post amortisation you're golden.
a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 03:34 ben_vulpes: asks
the guy who developed a recreational habit of fixing other people's
toilets in
the most retarded corner of south america...
Framedragger: i mean,
towards NT kernel. boy i should recline now
Framedragger: asciilifeform: you didn't feel any appreciation while reverse engineering rootkits
targetting NT kernel? :) just curious
Framedragger: asciilifeform: iirc
there are reverse-engineered implementations, yes, but whether
they're any good is another q
a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 01:04 Framedragger: sure. my internal alfatron says "may as well
test for
tape backup storage system viability"
though; surely it's inefficient
to
test *all*
things in a domain
that one is not optimistic
to begin with. but i see your rationale of course
a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 01:02 Framedragger: mircea_popescu: oof, max fat32 size is 4gb, with a maximum of (to
the
tune of) hundreds of millions of files (less
than 1bn);
there's also exFAT of course, etc., but eugh
a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 01:03 mircea_popescu: i don't recall being as pissed off with fat32 at any point
throughout
the 90s as i've regularly been hence.
a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 01:00 mircea_popescu: we ~might~ even wish
to see fat32/
mircea_popescu: you might well be right. i still wanna see
them.
there is no possibility
to waste
time by looking around.
a111: Logged on 2017-03-20 00:42 mod6: So I'll be getting into
the
thick of
that very soon. Lot
to do
to get
trb-i going.
mircea_popescu: hey, it works for
the "domain name real estate" "investors" !!
phf: jeez, i like how
they are not even
trying. a bootstrap
template one pager and a link
to "bitcointalk
thread"
☟︎ BingoBoingo: ^ Nothing about amends
to non-people which would be injurious
to actual people
jhvh1: 9. Made direct amends
to such people wherever possible, except when
to do so would injure
them or others.
trinque: We admitted we were powerless
to give a shit about
the IRS
trinque: if so, what's with
the demure intro
trinque: I'll be impressed when
the "I'm just a dude"
trope goes away.
shinohai: I had
to fill in during your absence BingoBoingo
BingoBoingo: <doppler> I've seen
that you ask it quite often << Are you sure it was him you saw asking?
mircea_popescu: there's a lot of dumb shit young men do because
their parents are woodland creatures / barn animals, buyt
this is by far
the most common, "building a career" on government crap.
ben_vulpes has a
tool in place,
the annual maintenance and extension budget for which was dwarfed by
the amount of money spent closing
the sale on its replacement. which is going on lord only knows how late, nth rewrite, over budget, no surprises in sight
mircea_popescu: yeah,
that's
the problem with "sweet" setups of
the religious persuasion : no real barrier
to entry, it's all blowing smoke. so you sooner or later find yourself eyeball deep in
the shitswamp and wonder how
the "sweet"
thing ended up fulla flies.
ben_vulpes: except for how it's a miserable shitshow of liars and frauds and also you have
to sell shit
they won't actually benefit from
to bureaucrats
mircea_popescu: except
the essay is not for schoolboy consumption but for bureauctat consumption. he gives it
to his boss / superviser / inquiry committee and walks
mircea_popescu: but yes, it's one step above
trying
to make money out of "guaranteed A essay" depository websites.
ben_vulpes: the best game in
town is actually
to sell "software services"
to
the "public utilities"
mircea_popescu: o wait, lockheed martin
thing doesn't actually fly either
mircea_popescu: that's
the game in "owning" public infrastructure : you pretend
to be
the owner, offer
the bureaucrats all
the convenient excuses you can while sucking all
the
tax money possible. it's like lockheed martin without
the wings
trinque: the only "own a subway" is
that
trinque: ben_vulpes: isn't
trimet some kind of quasi-governmental
tick sucking on not one, but
two states?
mircea_popescu: moreover fuck
the "it's going
to
take". you want me
to own an item i can't price
to market ? hurr.
ben_vulpes: more specifically, "assuming one wants a car shop for purely emotional and recreational reasons, how
to determine what
to pay for it?" "calculate hardware liquidation price, discount four years of cashflow declining by 10-30% a year
to
today, and offer a dime over
that"
☟︎ ben_vulpes: well yeah, nobody wants
to deal with schmucks who're going
to gripe about
the shitbuck it's going
to
take
to fix
their sole mode of
transportation
mircea_popescu: buy a subway holy shit. why
the fuck would you buy an item
the dorks expect
to be provided "as a publicgood". fuck
them.
ben_vulpes: funny, veen and i were just running
through
this
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes yeah, and guess why ? because outside of
the owner,
the paper's not worth jack.
mircea_popescu: and especially
these days, when
they don't even own
the capital goods in any sense whatsoever.
ben_vulpes: buffet at least endeavoured once upon a
time
to buy firms with established mgmt.
mircea_popescu: nobody gives a shit about
that, nor can a model based on such examples be
THE MODEL.
mircea_popescu: this works ok if
the corporation does stuff buffett understands, like fishing, or manufacturing chewing gum
mircea_popescu: the delusion of a corporation has at its core
the notion
that "what
to do" is a well explored space, and
that "anyone" could and moreover in
that position would be doing it.