281700+ entries in 1.858s

mircea_popescu: i don't know of any system where labour capital has
a lesser value.
mircea_popescu: this is pretty funny, guy now wants to work for me, admits he couldn't do as good
a job as thje girl.
ozbot: Eek
A Mouse - Schizophrenic.MP4 - YouTube
Vexual: id send you the log, but it's not really
a log
nubbins`: great if you have
a wii and your buddy has
a u, tho
nubbins`: and everyone with
a u has an original wii ;D
nubbins`: that's because they give you
a $250 controller with your u
Vexual: wiimotes must cost
a bit, they dont even give you one with
a u
nubbins`: you can probably just get gyro arduino shields for cheaper than
a wiimote now anyway
nubbins`: and it's more than enough to keep
a quadcopter in the air
nubbins`: seriously,
a motionplus and an arduino sets you back maybe $50-60
nubbins`: consider that
a wii motion plus attachment fits in
a child's hand, costs $25, and can track acceleration and movement along 3 axes
Vexual: wrap the mag around
a sparkler and flee
Vexual: is that
a little raddome on the top of tail?
dub: I think you're going to need to get real lucky to tangle
a cord in the prop
dub: if you're aiming
a gun make it an rf gun
dub: it'll just limp
a bit
dub: not if for
a rotating wing
Vexual:
a magnet and
a parachute
dub: cheaper yet,
a parachute
dub: presumably you would harden in the defensive direction (down) while leaving
a channel on the harder to target side (up)
Vexual: do they make
a cargo model?
mircea_popescu: i dunno... this thing doesn;'t look like
a little flame throwing would take its paint off
Vexual: im pretty sure anyone who might actually want to down
a drone would have better explosives
mircea_popescu: (actually, i wonder what
a rc plane equiped with 4 ounces of acetone and
a sparker would do to
a drone carrying
a missile)
Vexual: you get
a portion of the btc delivery fee when you `obtain` and maintain
a mesh drone
mircea_popescu: it'll be
a riot to keep pumping the "nsa is doing an excellent job tracking everything!!1"
truffles: Dr McCarthy thinks "the human race is
a very good thing" so he may be wrong on others
kakobrekla: just scan the moon with
a qr gun until you get
a small boy with
a penis
mircea_popescu: there exists
a natural number indicating the first pi decimal at which that jpg representation can be found
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform here's
a theorem : for any jpg representation of
a six year old riding
a tumescent pig penis,
mircea_popescu: rarely
a more insurmountable task was met by
a less apt entity.
mircea_popescu: well at least, if we're contemplating the task of censoring the blockchain, i would say the bitcoin foundation is
a well chosen agent.
deadweasel: this is me trying to understand what might be
a good idea.
truffles: dubs his theory the 'Monkey-F******-
A-Pig hypothesis'
Vexual: maybe start with something like
a coral
Vexual: maybe its
a crackpipe kinda thing
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves you could use your bitcoin fortune to endow
a monkey pigfucking farm
truffles: maybe its
a publish or perish kinda thing ya know
ozbot: 'Humans evolved after
a female chimpanzee mated with
a pig': Extraordinary claim made by American ge
mircea_popescu: dub i dunno but i've seen this new thanksgiving nonsense where they cut
a turkey and
a pigglet and put the halves together
dub: we don't eat
a lot of monkey, perhaps the jews are right
Vexual: cancer isn't much of
a problem until you're dead, then it's less of
a problem
dub: isnt there
a recent genetic breakthrough that we are the result of
a monkey fucking
a pig
truffles: i was just looking if there was
a non scanner way to tell if uve got cancer..
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves that kinda reminds me of the one time i got
a buncha romanian blogger's faces and symmetrized them
truffles: TAT yea but u think they all look
a like
ThickAsThieves: i asked
a black guy if he was related to
a famous black guy that he looks very similar to, his response "defining features don't equal relation at least not typically" is he
a grump, or did i cross some kinda they-all-look-the-same line?
ThickAsThieves: (1) NSA’s mission is of great value to the Nation”; (2) NSA performs its mission the right way—lawful, compliant and in
a way that protects civil liberties and privacy; (3) NSA performs its mission exceptionally well. We strive to be the best that we can be, because that’s what America requires as part of its defense in
a dangerous world; (4) The people who work for NSA are
kakobrekla: anyway no glitches or anything and i abused the card
a lot
benkay`: that sounded like
a bubble popping
mircea_popescu: obviously the same cave early behaviour is related to
a lot of the forum-style scammy nonsense passing for investment so successfully.
mircea_popescu: and this is not limited to our narrow corner of tghe world. keeping
a fortune and making
a fortune are widely different skillsets.
mircea_popescu: the same will repeat for
a while, i suspect. most of the people that willl sell under 10k have sold or are about to sell at 1k ish
mircea_popescu: the mounting buying pressure is temporarily sated, but then later on ? 200, 500, 800 go by like
a dream
mircea_popescu: in general, the expectation will be that she caves late. and indeed should you after
a three week courtship tell her gtfo, you should have said yes on the first pass it'll be unexpected.
mircea_popescu: now, this is
a rare behaviour irl. if you go up to
a girl and ask her out, it's rare that she says "ok, i'm willing to be your gf now" after two hours.
ThickAsThieves: some really do enjoy knowing they have
a legacy to leave
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves the trick is, making
a fortune and keeping
a fortune are pretty divergent skills.
jborkl: I lose track, it isn't
a exciting week anymore if less than 10,000 btc is hacked(run off with by
a shitbag)
mircea_popescu: no seriously ? get
a job in porn, the set mother will tell you when you need to wash the cum off.
mircea_popescu: " It became increasingly difficult to balance school, socializing, laundry, and
a part-time job."
dub: I wonder how many people that took parents to
a job interview got hired