asciilifeform: (including his non-euclidean geometry pieces)
asciilifeform: gauss actually is interesting to mention here, given as he made many 'leaps of intuition' - most of them, into neverneverland. he knew this, even, and so refrained from publishing most of his work
asciilifeform: karl friedrich gauss was also an impressive chap at 16, if in different ways, yes
asciilifeform agrees in principle with mircea_popescu. but only gets to eat by 'turning correct screw' because of a set of personal connections which, as usual, aren't portable.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: know the 'which screw' joke ?
asciilifeform: then where would i come in asking for pay, after that.
asciilifeform: legal representative will point out errors in ancient fortran code, or resolder a loose component?
asciilifeform: hire doppelganger >> try this with people who worked in same room with you for years.
asciilifeform: make a sport out of rubbing its hopes, aspirations and legitimate expectations into the dirt >> try being a pauper in the Big Zone some time...
asciilifeform did 6 yrs. of spanish, reads, e.g., marquez, just fine.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: one of my jobs is indeed a company i co-own - but the only customer is usg, and the office is required to be within a few km of a particular institute.
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: traditionally, even 'tele-'whatever work in usa requires at least an occasional physical visit, simply to make sure you haven't republikfluchted, apparently
asciilifeform: at that time, naggum was sitting in standards groups and eventually became indirectly responsible for the atrocity of 'xml' (he authored the 'sgml' standard, its grandparent)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: what's he to do in argentina? teach the pampas cats and ocelots common lisp ?☟︎
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: that part i understand.
asciilifeform: so naggum was dragged into the courts, eventually escaped with his life but not particularly much money
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: yes, precisely that buffett thread
asciilifeform: chetty: likewise, there are many unofficial collectors of 'tax' here (which is to say, not actual tax, but other unavoidable wealth extraction like rent that conveniently zaps every penny of your surplus)
asciilifeform: chetty: the us is quite the same, except that here they add insult to injury by letting the fattest kulaks escape all taxation rather easily
asciilifeform: (seems like norway has, or at least had at the time, a confiscatory tax scheme where you lose essentially 100 percent after a certain point.)
asciilifeform: at one point he figured out that, given taxation law in No, his standard of living would not much change if he cut his consulting to 2-3 months of a year.
asciilifeform: here's what i recall (any other delvers in naggum archive, feel free to correct)
asciilifeform: '...the Norwegian government, which for a few years decided to tax me based on what I should have been _able_ to earn, and therefore _probably_ earned without reporting to them, so I should pay taxes on it, plus penalties for lying to them...'
asciilifeform: incidentally, the ruined church where 'hack-dc' met also hosted a 'clojure' society. after attending a few meetings and trying to actually put the system to use, i ended up writing... well, that post.
asciilifeform can only explain ibm in argentina one way - they hope the nazis will come out of cryostasis there, and like up to buy gasenwagenkalkulators
asciilifeform: perhaps BingoBoingo should knock and see when he's in town
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: 'On January 31, 2009, Bauman reported that ZVUE fired him and the rest of the staff and replaced them with a new team. Furthermore, Bauman claimed ZVUE are falsely using his name in connection with new material, making it look as if Bauman is still employed...' (pediwikia)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: anyone can pretend - even in antarctica. but if you mean, that audience will believe - sure. but what good does it do - if audience is broke.
asciilifeform: mats_cd03: but didn't stay to collect free funeral, apparently
asciilifeform: some people, for instance, sign up just to get their teeth done.
asciilifeform: mats_cd03: laugh, but this is actually one of the attractions.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: just what is it a 'good place' to do? not even - to die. (ever see what even a pauper's burial costs here?)
asciilifeform: (in usa, it is traditionally forbidden for car manufacturer to run dealerships, and tesla corp. is lobbying to have this repealed. dealers - not pleased.)
asciilifeform: aside from the grudgewank involving dealerships
