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phf: "We built voice modulation
to mask gender in
technical interviews. Here’s what happened. Posted by user Aline Lerner"
phf: "As a not-completely-cynical participant in a democratic society and a half-assed amateur philosopher, I’m about as
turned off by Yarvin as I could be."
phf: a conversation about racism on lobste.rs "urwid crowdsale"
thread is also quite piquant
phf: i have a bunch of sites blocked on my router, google's and facebook's ip ranges, reddit, hackernews, but sometimes i load
them up in hidemyass
to see how
things are on
the other side of
the world
phf: "A School Where
the Students Hire
Their
Teachers (wbez.org)"
phf: All
the best from Paris,
phf: "Welcome aboard our spaceship, Eva. We’re very much looking forward
to meeting you in person.
phf: “The streets of Paris are sad. I want
to build a robot
that will make
them happy again. I’ve already starting learning how
to code on
Thymio robots, but I have
trouble making it work. I want
to join
the program so
the mentors can help me.”
phf: "A 10-year-old Girl Applied
to
the Paris Summer Innovation Fellowship (facebook.com)"
pete_dushenski: ie. where i first
took classes in english and was marked wrong on a geography
test where i answered 'ouest'
trinque: gave it
the old college
try?
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: so you saw
the play with her ? 'sent' sounded like a solo recon mission
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: pet has seen ?
tix are running $1k per last i heard
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: right. i guess
that pankakke and
tat fit in similarly.
pete_dushenski: 'hamilton', for
those blissfully unaware, is
this 'hip' new play written by some mexican queer about founding father alexander hamilton's rise
to glory complete with more break dancing and rapped lyrics
than you can
throw a harlem globetrotter at
a111: Logged on 2016-06-30 02:57 pete_dushenski:
http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-30#1492971 << for all
the
times i've heard
the exclusively alfian
term of art 'kakotronic', it's never quite registered. care
to explain like i'm 5 ?
mircea_popescu: it's a style where you import gold by
the galleon only
to see rents go up and not much else.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: spanish empire style ? i'm ignorant of
this style
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski didn't work for italy because, in spite of rural shithole, nevertheless delusions of grandeur, and unwarranted impressions
that "we've already smoked
this joint".
BingoBoingo: Eh, he's just
trying
to rockefeller
the sun
pete_dushenski: tesla laid out plans
to 'acquire' solarcity for $2.86 bn last week
pete_dushenski: also, it would appear
that musk's scammy usg-funded acquisition of one of his failed enterprises by his other failing enterprise missed
the logs.
a111: Logged on 2016-06-30 00:15 asciilifeform:
http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-29#1492935 << '40s was
the
time when agrarian shitholes had
the choice -
the ones
that had a choice - of conversion
to fascist industrial power, or
to die.
pete_dushenski: i'm also assuming
that 'full bore kako' and 'kakotronic' are interchangeable here
pete_dushenski: reading his blog for 2 seconds will
tell you
that much
pete_dushenski: though it's no mega-mystery
that funkestein_ has always been an odd duck
BingoBoingo: Oh,
that's where danielpbarron was. He rediscovered girls.
BingoBoingo: What would have been wrong with 1950's folk using nylon drain pipe while
they waited for PVC
to arrive?
BingoBoingo: More seriously
though fuck whoever
though galvanized iron ought
to be used for drains
shinohai: I rather like older
tools, don't mod
the maintenance. Most
tools sold in stores locally are garbage.
BingoBoingo: Wrench also has wood on handle wrapped in electrical
tape
BingoBoingo: Seriously
though
the power of
this
thing. With
the occasional squirt of PB Blaster no fitting has failed
to yeild
to patience and pipe wrench.
shinohai: I used
to do
the homebrew electrolysis
thing
to remove rust.
BingoBoingo: Wrench's bath has been interupted periodically
though
to work.
shinohai: Did your vinegar bath help fix
the yardsale wrench btw?
BingoBoingo: Adventures in Pipe wrench ownership milestone #3 Disassembling everything
to
the wall, and debating whether or not
to wake up reciprocating saw
to open wall.
a111: Logged on 2016-06-30 00:15 asciilifeform:
http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-29#1492935 << '40s was
the
time when agrarian shitholes had
the choice -
the ones
that had a choice - of conversion
to fascist industrial power, or
to die.
mod6: quick search doesn't show anything definitive. but you could always check in #freenode,
trinque
trinque: anyone happen
to know
the message rate limit on freenode?
a111: Logged on 2016-06-29 01:08 phf: "You can buy one or more Urbit stars for $256 - or,
TODAY ONLY, only $205."
trinque: also btw, chars mangled
to " in wot are fixed.
trinque: gave psql access
to phf
to
that end
a111: Logged on 2016-06-29 22:54 pete_dushenski: $rate funkenstein_ 2
trb privkey patch guy
shinohai: What's with
this eth/dao surge in price, did butterin float more usd into
the mess?
a111: Logged on 2016-06-29 00:34 asciilifeform: what was it mircea_popescu said, 'never interrupt an enemy who is in
the middle of fellating his nagant'
a111: Logged on 2015-10-12 15:02 mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=12-10-2015#1296856 << china likes us start-up culture and its effects. "never interrupt enemy when making a mistake".
traditionally you wouldn't have
the gall
to pointedly help him, either, but i
think mr xi correctly inferred ustardian head
too far up ass
to even notice.
a111: Logged on 2016-06-29 02:09 mircea_popescu: buy
thermotransfer crap in
turkey, for like 10 bux a pile of 100, sell
them for like
ten bucks a pop. "advanced!"
deedbot: trinque updated rating of asciilifeform from 2
to 3
deedbot: trinque updated rating of ben_vulpes from 3
to 4
trinque: about
time I updated ratings as well
a111: Logged on 2016-06-29 15:20 mircea_popescu: meanwhile, ethereum itself is brought
to you by ming chan, "an mit alumna", vitalik buterin, which you no doubt remember as an obscure bitcoin punk, jeffrey wilcke, bernd lapp ("bern lapp's background and experience in management experience spawns many years"), stefano bertolo, yessin schiegg, willioam mougayar,
thomas greco (omise), and vladislav martynov. see
https://archive.is/Se89j a111: Logged on 2016-06-29 19:41 mircea_popescu: but since
the answer's not
that readily
translatable, let's delve. "x de y" is a very common pattern of early childhoold romanian construction, so much so
that it's a byword for infantilism.
deedbot: pete_dushenski rated funkenstein_ 2 <<
trb privkey patch guy
shinohai: ty pete_dushenski and congrats on getting
that patched ;)
deedbot: pete_dushenski updated rating of shinohai from 1
to 2 <<
trb
tester+navigator
shinohai: There are many job opportunities in
the US and of A. For men, construction worker,
taxi driver or accountant. For woman, prostitute.
mircea_popescu: while you're all dicking about,
the
trishop's doin' all
the partying.
mircea_popescu: "I found myself with a girl under each arm, a scotch in hand, dead center in
the front of a crowd observing
the fire dancing show
taking place during
the big Friday night finale of PorcFest XIII. Having ingested both MDMA and LSD1 earlier
that evening, I imagined
the scene
took on a particularly mystical quality."
phf: asciilifeform: what's your luby
transform code written in?