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mircea_popescu: the only magic
trick in all
this is, how is speaker viewing self. if speaker has already decided is not exceptional ;
then argument "shorty was exceptional - i'm not" can be brought ; but obviously
the heuristic indicates
the problem's somewhere else ; if however speaker hasn't made such decision,
then
the argument can't be logically brought. and we know whether speaker has or hasn't made such a decision by whether he brings
mircea_popescu: i won't consider short chicks ; at least in
theory (though say chet was a shorty).
trinque: can't argue from general case
to make comments about
the exceptional
mircea_popescu: the point was, is shorty bar
to performance. we find shorty is no bar
to performace. other bars may and indeed do exist, sure. so worry about
those.
mircea_popescu: yes, but in
the observation
that X was exceptional is not included
the proof
that Y is not.
mircea_popescu: well, in
the literal sense, it's a mafia
term denoting
this dude who operates independently. but in
the figurative sense here used,
the idea is
that you compare incidence as of
the biological phenomenon with incidence as invidivuals-who-are-short-and-also-have-x.
mircea_popescu: cuz like
this : what's incidence of dude being under 5 feet ?
then how come like
the best caporegime i ever had was like 4 9 ?
mircea_popescu: btw, it's entirely self-justificatory nonsense. i have personally verified short stature does not per se negatively impact
the shorty's prospects.
phf is really involved in
the story, "go little weird short guy, go!"
phf: what i don't understand is where all
the "cool kids" are during summer break? why not go play with
them
then so you don't have
to catch up every
time?
mircea_popescu: so anyone recall
the spot in
the logs many years ago where i explained
to iirc
trinque
that
the great sex mutation was most likely driven by
the introduction of speech ?
☟︎ phf: yeah, main reason i got back
to moscow every other winter. "why are you going
to russia in winter? isn't it cold? lol!" shut.
the. fuck. up.
mircea_popescu: girl's father had aro (huge bulky suv from
the 70s, could go
through swamp) and boat. you know, like
that, boat, on land
mircea_popescu recalls
this lulz where country girl married rich british fellow who had
two kids ; who came
to visit.
phf: what
they call "crosscountry" here is of course winter sop in moscow
mircea_popescu: anyway - i'm so impressed with you lot actually chewing
through
that
turd, i'm writing
the next part.
phf: i'm pretty sure only reason we had it is because
tallinn was closest my dad could get
to not-ussr, so he'd buy up whatever cool shit he could find
mircea_popescu: well i had no idea.
these
things...
they're kinda group run.
phf: rula was
the estonian brand, and
they started making
them at least in 70s
phf: mircea_popescu: you know
they made scateboards in su, my dad brought me one from
tallinn, because he was obsessed with Estonia, but i'm pretty sure by mid 80s
they made
them all over
boolcrap: hrm, i
think
they should have charged jody foster with accomplice
to murder
boolcrap: speaking of, didnt
they just let hinkley out?/
boolcrap: hrm,
this is pretty nice - but nope.
boolcrap: hrm , let me go
thru
this one again.
boolcrap: pointer
to
the datastructure
that contains all
the information about current
threads and crapola
boolcrap: stas you remember how
to calculate base from segment selector and gdt in x64?
pete_dushenski: ben's probably marginally closer
than BingoBoingo from here
pete_dushenski: hell, davout wouldn't be a bad guy
to ring up atm either.
pete_dushenski: well, you exist as well. i could visit you
too. ben, bingo, shin, mod idem. all of which would be a few hours
travel, not a whole day each way.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: any
thoughts on conference 4 of late ?
pete_dushenski: anyways, our mental representations of one another would indeed be fascinating. a motley assemblage of irc logs, blog posts, and various sm
tidbits
gribble: mthreat was last seen in #trilema 19 weeks, 3 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes, and 37 seconds ago: <mthreat>
trinque: sweet
thanks
pete_dushenski: fwiw i also can't fathom alf at president
trump's inauguration dinner
table
pete_dushenski: kids aren't allowed
to compete anymore.
too many winners and lusers.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: lol. ya i even entered pog
tourney once.
mircea_popescu: i love it when i ask mysqld
things it
takes seconds
to answer.
diana_coman: though
there was ofc
the "the fox got
them *again*" eternal story re chicken I
think
diana_coman: I suppose "they" being
the neighbours who also cut veal etc dunno about locking up