283600+ entries in 0.176s
mircea_popescu: so what,
take 14k usd, go
to eritrea, buy 700 women and 700 donkeys ?
mircea_popescu: it is written in
teh
torah, "you gotta interface with
the locals."
mircea_popescu: also, a hectare ? wtf is
that. we're
talking by
the dc, 10kmsq.
mircea_popescu: in general "get free land" sorta deal is you know, a jew-targetted
thing. also how china started its rise.
mircea_popescu: i want
to be a ru citizen just about as much as i want
to be an us citizen.
mircea_popescu: it was an utter shock,
they're so cheap and effectual i fully expected EVERY shoreline EVERYWHERE is protected by
them
mircea_popescu: my #1 wonderment leaving
the country, incidentally, was
that ~nobody uses
these.
mircea_popescu: dun seem washington has much into all of
this, does it ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform anyway,
the summa of
the
thing being
that
they (stupidly) decided
to give
the feds
ten mile square ;
the northerners wanted it in a big city,
the slave interest down south. eventuyally hamilton managed
to
trade
the south undertaking a share of
the northern foreign debt in exchange for putting
the capital down by virgina.
mircea_popescu: one pennsylvania mutiny each decade'd have kept
the cancer in check.
mircea_popescu: ie,
the original idea was much more a la
tmsr
than a la usg.
mircea_popescu: early us history is deeply against everything
the us ended up.
mircea_popescu: i suspect so did
the colonists. "make it shitty so nobody wants
to be
there"
mircea_popescu: lucky him he didn't live
these days, what a fine hitler icon
they could have cut out of his hide.
ben_vulpes: that is before he lights
the cf panels aflame with current.
ben_vulpes: to
the mechanical engineer, an insulator is just a resistor with a high ohmic value.
mircea_popescu: the insanity of going
to war in something mom croched for you however....
the mind boggles.
ben_vulpes: but
the core element was "cf is a resistor it
turns out!"
ben_vulpes: i forget
the specific details of what caused
the fire i saw.
ben_vulpes: sure. does imply a closed circuit. eg someone else doing
the same
thing elsewhere
mircea_popescu: you know,
that'd be pretty lulzy if
that's how it went down.
ben_vulpes: whereas sheet cf is simply high resistance once you scratch
through
the epoxy and
touch some carbon
ben_vulpes: well randomly distributed means
that
there's not quite as much surface area of c/c in
the matrix
mircea_popescu: but no, how'd ground
to frame short it ? carbon fibre's a dielectric
ben_vulpes: anyways, shame about
the brits.
they once made wonders like
the black arrow.
ben_vulpes: or or or lazily clipped something
to
the frame figuring "hey, it's plastic-y, should be insulative."
ben_vulpes: i'm going
to be someone
tried
to ground
to
the frame.
mircea_popescu: anyway.
this entire idiocy started with
the
triton in
the late 90s. british engineering.
mircea_popescu: maybe next
they build a cherry bomb shaped aircraft carrier. complete with
the fuse.
mircea_popescu: basically, ustards came up with
this genius idea of "build warship on form of amateur raft", everyone's copying it now.
mircea_popescu: iercer
trimaran hull from, constructed exclusively of infused vinylester carbon fibre cored sandwich materials for all structural elements, with external "stealth" geometry and features intended
to reduce detection.
The KRI Klewang (625) caught fire because of an electrical short-circuit in
the engine room during a maintenance period on September 28, 2012 and was a
total loss."
mircea_popescu: "First launched on 31 August 2012 at Bali Strait, 63M Carbon Fibre Composite
Trimaran Fast Missile Boat (Indonesian: Kapal Cepat Rudal [KCR]) named KRI Klewang (625) - a
traditional Indonesian single edge sword, was
the first stealth
trimaran of
the Indonesian Navy built by North Sea Boats at Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia.
This ship combined a number of existing advance
technologies into a single, unique platform; a wave-p
mats: covertress: you should direct your efforts
to something more productive
than
trying
to jam your hands in a money printer not meant for you
shinohai: ^ he just wanted
to be cucked.
mircea_popescu: well, all i know on
the
topic is
that "krypton" is a superman
thing
phf: death
to videodrome! long live
the new flesh!
thestringpuller: Well he sends kal-el (superman)
to earth, cause krypton goes boom cause people didn't listen.
thestringpuller: you know cause if you know anything about krypton, jal-el superman's dad,
told
the great kryptonian cousuel "the world is going
to end and we can prevent it" and
they were all like "Um no. You're insane".
thestringpuller: Consumers rely on blind
trust based on recent observations.
That is
they want
to deposit money in black box X,
to retrieve Y. If black box fails
their expectations, its because
they didn't perform
their due diligence in researching
the black box.
shinohai: For only $19.95
trinque I can sell you money
tree!
trinque thanks covertress for
today's lesson on money printing and malinvestment
thestringpuller: As chappelle once said, "You can't just choke all your problems away. It
takes hard work."
thestringpuller: Not at all. It just seems
there is no room at all for consumerism, if you use Bitcoin correctly.
shinohai: You say
that like it's a bad
thing.
thestringpuller: i mean yes. but
the "future of
the consumer" seems nonexistent.
mircea_popescu: i dunno. if a bunch of blondies decide
to inspect
the abandoned house in
the middle of
the night, what usually happens
to
them ?
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: If consumers revolt against an obfuscated enemy, what ends up happening
to
the consumer overall?
covertress: I'll be back... going
to play with my little project now. nice chatting with you all. :)
mircea_popescu: if you find
the
time
to read
the log,
the whole
turkey dollars
thing's discussed periodically. even recently re
the linkedin "billion" sale.
mircea_popescu: covertress a) it's not actual money and b) a dying empire bleeds money.
they spent some on
the
taliban,
too.
covertress: then explain
the obscene amounts of money being
thrown at blockchain
tech
mats: but i concede
thats hopeful
mats: i'm sure
these were just mbas
mircea_popescu: mats i recall
the last
time i was in a roomfull of engineers who decided
they needed concrete but didn't know how
to pour it. we were about seven, playing on riverside.
mircea_popescu: so how long have you been doing
the "being excited online" + "going
to conventions" bit ?
covertress: I met so many companies at Concensus who are convinced
they need blockchain because it's
the latest
thing (internet 2.0 in
their minds) but,
they have no idea how
to implement
thestringpuller: "blockchain" "internet of
things" "easy money" "get rich quick" "work from home 2 hours a day"
thestringpuller: mats: unfortunately, it seems
the
trend has revealed more people like
to spend
time hyping
things up rather
than actually building something useful for customers.
covertress: if you all
think ETH is a scam,
then I
think I found
the right room :)