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mircea_popescu: ascii_field btw, how about you get them personal friends in the wot and start a something.
mircea_popescu: for your peace of mind : the last time a mast broke off in a storm the year was 1715.
mircea_popescu: like invention of tools to make aeroplanes safer in 1915
mircea_popescu: ascii_field your problem is that you're premarket in that.
mircea_popescu: and i understand WHY they hire the way they do, with contests etc.
mircea_popescu: except he doesn't want tyo compete with the 16yos those guys hire.
mircea_popescu: ascii_field so this would be in demand either a) by the nsa or else b) independent work a la s.nsa
☟︎ mircea_popescu: ascii_field "here's this binary, find out what it does" ?
mircea_popescu: which did you mean ? and neither of these are programmers.
mircea_popescu: "problem solver" is either a) cocky bs major from minessotta (we had examples ridiculed in here) or else b) collin powell.
mircea_popescu: mike_c it's very dissonant for me because he seems to come from this place where exactly the opposite of what i see is true. backwards world of alf.
mircea_popescu: this simply reflects stuff discussed all over trilema. why would it not be.
mircea_popescu: ascii_field that there is no serious demand for highly skilled computerizers
mircea_popescu: i must say im still broadly unconvinced by the entire thing.
mircea_popescu: in any case, this would present excellent cause to disallow acces of women trying to appear *as women* in this field. either they learn how to be men or learn to live without participating in technology.
mircea_popescu: makes no difference for a bankrupt corp why it's bankrupt. still out of sight.
mircea_popescu: if women have it, and "do what i mean" and "i should be safe whether im naked drunk or not", then yes, semiskilled shanonizers in microsoft garb everywhere.
mircea_popescu: if a company can either secure its network or lose its ass... then the professional will be in demand.
mircea_popescu: if this is true, which i still doubt but perhaps just as an artefact of my limied circle, then the pill is simply destruction of the legal protections.
mircea_popescu: i suppose to the degree this phenomenon exists, it is driven by the feminization of the internet (the sort of retarded behaviour illustrated by that comment i quoted earlier).
mircea_popescu: is this true btw ? i am sensing this trendwhere people go "real professionals are not in demand"
mircea_popescu: my point is softer than that. specifically, it is that simply having put this there would not have tarnished your blog, but been smart an' convenient.
mircea_popescu: just put it there so it can be found conveniently and forget about it.
mircea_popescu: whjat the fuck difference does it make to the book how many read it?
mircea_popescu: dude, let's burn the library of alexandria because nobody ever read it. i bet that's how it actually went down.
mircea_popescu: ascii_field you know you really should blog/link these things. srsly.
mircea_popescu: the entire "we're obeying the law because the law produces foodstamps" and "keeps the terrorists at bay" doesn't really look too functional at any rate.
mircea_popescu: could as well obey this law as any other, and in the end none at all.
mircea_popescu: why would anyone obey the law ? it says nothing about their beliefs, it fails to make the world meaningful.
mircea_popescu: then it lost gender. it's teetering, and i don't think it's any longer sustainable at all.
mircea_popescu: it lost that pillar of support. but it reconstructed some sort of balance around the remainder.
mircea_popescu: see, law is in and of itself meaningless and powerless. if it reflects deeply held societal beliefs, it is powerful. which is why it was powerful in the old christian days, pre 1000 ad.
mircea_popescu: yes, it shouldn't inconveniently oppress. but that does NOT mean it should not oppress at all. tho i see how that mistake is easy to make.
mircea_popescu: once law ceases to be an instrument of convenient social oppression, it ceases to matter.
mircea_popescu: i mean your proposal sounds sensible, but only if one (mistakenly) imagines law can exist sorta out of itself. it can't.
mircea_popescu: nowadays redneck simply means "someone who doesn't think transexuals have a special gender and gay marriage is a thing"
mircea_popescu: perfect word this. "dude, stop with the bydlokodinga!" "did someone bydlokodinga libnss ?"
mircea_popescu: i guess hating on hos kinda comes with russian culture huh.
mircea_popescu: moreover, i hold actual whores in higher regard than most other professions. certainly i give social precedence to a whore over a us college professor.
mircea_popescu: heh it couldn't be written by mp. i never signed anon in my lyf.
mircea_popescu: (yes, yes, pr0n. but why the derpy teens in polo shirts!)
mircea_popescu: subplot : why the fuck is the dude wearing pink panties.
mircea_popescu: that's "what do i get for". why is something entirely the fuck else, mentally stunted bunch of business school rejects.
mircea_popescu: motherfucker corpspeak. they ask the questions, they fail to fucking answer.
mircea_popescu: <p data-translate="why_captcha_detail">Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property.</p>
mircea_popescu: <h2 data-translate="why_captcha_headline">Why do I have to complete a CAPTCHA?</h2>
mircea_popescu: a) it's not really as much money as you imagine and b) i forget.