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Duffer1: he scammed some guys he devd
a coin for by premining the shit out of it
BingoBoingo: r3wt doesn't exactly have
a history himself of being reliable...
ThickAsThieves: <herbijudlestoids> ThickAsThieves: yo you around? --- for
a few minutes or so
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids his model is fundamentally broken. the relative prices of currencies are to
a large degree fixed politically.
the20year: NL did manage
a artillery regiment in ww2
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids
a distinction ultimately without
a difference
nubbins`:
a newfoundlander invented the gas mask!
nubbins`: "we are
a large company that wishes to build
a highrise"
nubbins`: they'll name
a building after ya
nubbins`: mircea_popescu, there's no such thing as
a hassle here
mircea_popescu: nubbins` maybe the hassle of getting permits is such that they're just making
a point.
the20year: Specifically, i was looking at building
a methane digester and compressing the gas
nubbins`: i have
a hard time believing that the compression systems are so uneconomical that the better solution is to just waste it all
the20year: The compression systems aren't cheap, but i did manage to find one
a few years ago that ran off of natural gas
nubbins`: fun fact, we have
a ton of offshore oil fields here, and they just burn off all the natural gas on site instead of doing something useful with it
cazalla:
a few weeks back we had 40c+ for 5 days straight
the20year: we're gonna hit -17c
a few times next week
the20year: Car slid off road today into
a guard rail. This is the worst winter I've ever had to drive in
the20year: I had to shovel
a 2ft high ice wall last night
nubbins`: anyway, just kidding, if my dad was
a cop i'd kill myself
nubbins`: YEAH WELL MY DAD IS
A FUCKING COP
the20year: My brother sends enough DHL packages I guess that they want to start
a hub or branch or whatever where he's located
the20year: My brother actually pitched the idea of bitcoin to
a higher level manager at DHL, and coinbase contacted him to pass some information to DHL, i guess coinbase has some pretty neat programs for large organiations
the20year: chinese new years, from what i had been told it has
a pretty dramatic on all economics involving china
nubbins`: ever try fighting
a man who just ate
a full chicken?
the20year: The US did that in vietnam quite
a bit, filled enemy bullets with high explosives and let them kill themselves
the20year: The chemical components are extremely expensive for modern powders and highly controlled, or you could buy
a 8lb, or 24lb jug of mixed powder
benkay: no, no.
a hand-cranked mill that mills powders into well-mixed other powders.
mircea_popescu: benkay down the same route : wouldn't the best investment be
a large supply of keys to already installed cock cages ?
nubbins`: benkay, what's
a milling machine?
nubbins`: i've got my doubts that any bullet would pass through more than
a couple of hands after shtf
benkay: if you're really hedging against needing lots of bullets wouldn't it be better to throw down the cash for
a milling machine and buy the individual chemical components?
the20year: Most of the guys that I know that stockpile ammo are keeping it in the factory sealed cans. In the US we get quite
a bit of warsaw pac stuff that was designed to have 300+ year shelf lifes
mircea_popescu: i'd totally want to go hunting with
a suppply of bullets that's spent the past three years being handled and knocked around in pockets by 5000 dorks.
the20year: Just as good as
a commodity as gold/silver, but can be used :)
mircea_popescu: most shopkeepers could live an entire shopkeeping life without ever seeing
a gold coin)
nubbins`: i think it would take me
a while to get bored with pissing on gold
mod6: Olympic Gold medals are required to be made from at least 92.5% silver, and must contain
a minimum of 6 grams of gold.
mircea_popescu: and no you can't have my knife, this isn't
a cafeteria, it's
a restaurant
nubbins`: i didn't think 100% gold was
a thing, anyway.
nubbins`: sure, yeah, if you're in
a hotel.
mircea_popescu: so basically, since i have
a bed anyway, some guy unrelated might as well come take
a nap.
nubbins`: there was
a 33yo woman today won
a medal in snowboarding
nubbins`: i'll have
a 2 liter happy meal please!
mod6: 2 litres at
a time!!!!!1
mircea_popescu: nubbins` but see, we're not culturally and anthropologically
a thing that resulted from 5k years of worm eating.
mircea_popescu: there's
a reason europe kicked butt, and that reason has
a lot to do with cows
nubbins`: how about all the places where cow milk isn't really
a thing?
mircea_popescu: we're
a construct of our history, and they're in there.
mircea_popescu: the introduction of the cow marked
a major explosion in human society and evolution
moiety:
a woman just breastfed
a puppy to save it's life
nubbins`: Duffer1 this "bag" thing is
a mainland construct
Duffer1: was he not selling it in
a bag? that could be the trouble
mircea_popescu: moiety sounds like
a shade under ok. they prolly skim
a little to make butter or w/e
mircea_popescu: what, you can't pool your moneyz with someone to buy
a cow ?
nubbins`: like, you can't even buy shares in
a fucking cow
moiety: i have never sampled
a taco in my life
nubbins`: start the day off with
a nice migraine
nubbins`: i have
a friend who used to work at
a starbucks
davout: i'll have
a Double Ristretto Venti Half-Soy Nonfat Decaf Organic Chocolate Brownie compiler pl0x
nubbins`: speaking of compiling, eulora fans are clamouring for
a new release
nubbins`: saw
a photo once of some asshole with
a desktop computer set up in
a starbucks
pankkake: I don't think you are allowed in without
a macbook anyway
nubbins`: this is for no good reason other than some asshole decades ago decided "hey, i'll sell all these peaberries as
a tanzanian thing"
nubbins`: and it's almost impossible to find
a non-tanzanian peaberry
mircea_popescu: dub because people saw dumb on
a marquee and got all excited
nubbins`: "i guess this is true...
a hypothetical you..."
nubbins`: so you can go to
a starbucks in, say, romania and order the same drink you do in seattle
nubbins`: they actually wonder if you'd like
a dark roast or pure carbon
nubbins`: they ask if you want
a dark or medium roast
moiety: sounds like
a plan to find out mircea_popescu
pankkake: moiety: hopefully just
a few days
pankkake: so I guess starbucks, with macdonalds, is
a place where I will never understand orders
mircea_popescu: your doctor who is french forbid to you,
a frenchman, coffee ? and this happened in france ?
pankkake: I've been almost
a week without coffee, this discussion is torture!
nubbins`: mod6, when the average disposable income reached
a certain point
nubbins`: mod6, the kiddy cup is
a "short"
mod6: yeah, they told me that, and im like thinkin... 'only in starbucks-universe, when someone orders
a `tall` they give you
a kiddy cup'