asciilifeform: (rumour has it that it was obsoleted by a clever satellite downlink employing laser)
asciilifeform suspects that costliest telegraph bits, not including his 'blockchaintelegraph', were the american 'elf' naval transmitter - before the latter was scrapped for cost reasons
asciilifeform wonders what fraction of google's 'translate' load mircea_popescu's site accounts for.
asciilifeform: and of course the costliest bits: mistaken ones.
asciilifeform: walks around the city finding things labeled 'mob' -- japan.
asciilifeform: decimation: the more interesting thing is the belief that 'compliance' will save them from gasenwagen
asciilifeform: but loopholes work only for so long as the crown wishes.
asciilifeform: decimation: interesting re: linked photo set (milling on a drill press!) very 'jungle conditions'
asciilifeform: this was the original inspiration for the 'plastic printed rifle' thing. that portion, apparently, is not exposed to gas pressure and can be made of virtually anything harder than cardboard
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: phun phact. in usa, the popular 'm16/ar' rifle is not legally 'arms' if it is missing the little aluminum part that holds the clip and trigger mechanism.
asciilifeform: the mob << grep mr mold's works for 'looks like hitler'
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: he wouldn't have been out there trying to make a bitcoin-... << claims that he tried (and gave up, because 'can have problems')
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: he [yarvin] doesn't want the current one to crash << this is because he is persuaded (not necessarily wrongly) that he and his children will be eaten by orcs when crash
asciilifeform: hint - the phrase 'international community'
asciilifeform: i suppose everyone here knows what the word 'community' means to a usg muppet
asciilifeform sees this and every time wonders if he's responsible for this crackpottery with 'shitcoin' essay
asciilifeform: 'included the idea that "the community" would "just" decide to delete UTXOs - that is freeze funds...'
asciilifeform: so - how long does conformal corp. have before one should conclude they failed the 'test' (approved mircea_popescu's comment) ?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: originally soviet afaik
asciilifeform: and, as such, go to its tender mercies.
asciilifeform: precisely. the africans are subjects of the reptiliate.
asciilifeform: pete_dushenski: ask the chinese why they're shipping in own labourers in their modest, semi-clandestine african colonies.
asciilifeform: uses it as a peculiar sort of human zoo.
asciilifeform: decimation: you answered the question. usg owns it.
asciilifeform: 'donate btc to poor villagers!' - it'll work
asciilifeform: 'Bit Drop project' << aha the old tired african chumpatron. lay siege to some pisshole, make 'international' stink, food is dropped from bombers. drive off would-be eaters at gunpoint, collect the crates, sell.
asciilifeform: ^ and a profusion of 'bobs' who can fuck goats round the clock and remain 'bridge builders'
asciilifeform: this is like the zombies in, e.g, 'quake', when player lacks a grenade
asciilifeform: what continues to astound me is the meticulously tended garden of a parallel universe where this discussion isn't happening, a 'computer' means 'wintel box', 'bitcoin economy' means 'coinbase' and 'bitpay', etc. - carries on just so. with the glossy magazines, free newspaper publicity 'so plentiful they can eat with their arses', etc.
