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phf: two
types of references
that are fairly easy
to produce are back links (that's
the one working) and << refs
that aren't quite
there yet
phf: there's basically a generic annotation-tron,
that walks in memory log entries (on account of
the whole past b-a log neatly fitting into 130mb of ram)
phf: ^
that one was easy guess on account of
there being like many of
those
too
mircea_popescu: do you speak farsi ? do you know
that line with
the candleflame ?
phf: well, would not be
the first for a lisper
mircea_popescu pours himself a glass of popcorn, waits for phf
to fully ensnare himself in
the monstruous
task he's contemplating.
phf: up is superfluous really on account of
there being a link, but down lets you see what was referenced later
phf: up goes
to previous entry, down goes
to follow ups
mircea_popescu: historically, romanian army conquered
the city, derps as
they are moved straight into
the previous high command. which
the soviets had mined. and
the romanians didn't bother
to check. so it blew up.
mircea_popescu: and
to make
the story whole : odessa, also marks, misfortune.
phf: asciilifeform:
there's a good kebab place in vienna which is a 30 minute drive for me, but i still make
the
trip from
time
to
time, it's worth it.
the food is OK, but
the atmosphere is very "faux upscale
tehran"
phf: haha, yes, it's
there and it's exactly how i imagined it in person. very medieval christian soldier
mircea_popescu: roughly equivalent
to "here's
this shit we captured off fucking isis!"
phf: can see plenty of romanian swag at
the kopkapi
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform hey,
turkey is covered in
the sad marks of
the misfortune of being
too close
to romania.
the old port
to
this day carries an inscription explaining how romanian inept handling of explosives burned
the whole
thing down.
mircea_popescu: for your peace of mind it was
there a decade ago also, had a lulz with chetty at
teh same pretense.
mircea_popescu: you don't mean
the one where
they display king carol ist of romania's approval, do you ?
phf: but my favorite was restaurant on bosphorus. it was intended
to be upscale, so
they had
those middle eastern style stern servers all wearing white and failing at simple
tasks, but
the kebab was rich and juicy
mircea_popescu: i ended up hitting it 2x every
time i was by, something else
that place.
tiny shop
too, 100 feet of corner or such.
phf: there was
two places within galata walking distance
that we liked
mircea_popescu: did you find
that extraordinary kebab shop, 2 squares down from galata ?
mircea_popescu: village is one large wot, practically, once demand exceeds
the pig, off its head goes.
mircea_popescu: if rich however, everyone raises pigs, cuts by arrangement, fresh meat 2-3
times a week
mircea_popescu: incidentally,
this is ~ how romanian village works. if poor, everyone raises pig, cuts for xmas, makes
traditional preserves.
phf: of course, you can move
to istanbul and have excellent kebab every day, but of course you'll have
to work for usg expat style, since who else needs programmers
phf: but i've said
that before,
there are places in u.s. where food is good verging on excellent.
there are couple of places in dc (pasta mia in adams morgan,
temari in rockville)
that have good food, but
they are far and few
mircea_popescu: but... all
things can be fixed, and
there's jewish butchers in new york and plenty of italians in boston and whatnot.
mircea_popescu: when i first left romania, "everyone" was pretty sure
that ain't never happening. even had driver carry distraught damsel all
the way
to airport, 400 miles, and
then carry her bawwing earthly coil back
to cluj.
mircea_popescu: and in fairness food was always why you wanted
TO move,
phf: i'll keep
that in mind
mircea_popescu: i hope
to one day live
to see alf unable
to leave because love.
phf: asciilifeform: you know
the name of
that cellar?
PeterL: asciilifeform arn't you
the one who is always complaining you can't move because you need "real food"? yet now you say you have none where you are?
phf: asciilifeform: we structure our lives very differently, so point
taken
phf: there are some good icecream places. go
to franklin fountain in philadelphia for example
mircea_popescu: there sits
the chick, confronted with some vacationing kids, she has not
the werewithal
to ACCEPT
their offer for a ride
mircea_popescu: phf
think on just one
thing : i also
train women
to be human. oft
they get a
task
to
talk
to random people.
they NEVER get a fucking
task
to memorize and recite random strings.
mircea_popescu: ONE GUY survived. but i had 1k+ of
the
things, and god damned i used most.
phf: there was
that "if i were an evil overlord
thing i will and won't do" list, which ranted on
that point
mircea_popescu: it did rock. i once won an attack by
the fucking muttons with he.
mircea_popescu: but imagine if
the fucking base was full of corridors omfg!
mircea_popescu: so yes exceptions do exist. but
the fact remains
that
the fucking reason you even
take your base
to
the desert is
to be free of
this bs.
mircea_popescu: heck, most of ladri de biciclete, a1950s film,
takes part in
the underground vaults of rome.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform sure. but as far as cultural impact goes,
the catacombs (ie, burial site in old city) were much more important.
mircea_popescu: there were some
tubes, used
to
throw rocks from very high parapets, later on
phf: well, it's also doom 1 map convention "if it looks cool and complicated and lets you run
through it's a base"
mircea_popescu: it has no such root. castles were expensive, because of
the stone. ~nobody built anything without a very good purpose.
mircea_popescu: no fucking research facility, let alone super-whatever base is designed like
that!
mircea_popescu: why, because
that's what
the imbecile making
the movie saw in star wars ?
mircea_popescu: super-mega-ultra-splendiferous fucking advanced computabase consists mostly of fucking
tunnels and corridors going nofucking where.
phf: asciilifeform:
those dead bushido masters made drawn swords go "schwink" on video, but i assume
that's an intentional skill
mircea_popescu: incontinent break of convention is
the sign of ignorance.
mircea_popescu: if you'\re going
to use
the
typically new york sewer escape scense
mircea_popescu: right.
there's nothing wrong with artistic license ; or with artistic convention.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform but
they wore black on stage because invisible.
there's good reason for
this!
mircea_popescu: sweet innocent girl sitting next
to me watching
the apcs storm past
the sewer was like "don't
they know where
the sewer is ?"
mircea_popescu: there's a very good reason
the character wears black.
there is no fucking convention re
the open storm sewer in
the desert.
mircea_popescu: what if
the chicken plant 20 miles down has an accident and sends a 7 foot
tall chickenshitsludge
tsunami ? does your base smell of chicken shit for
the next
three decades ?
mircea_popescu: who
the fuck designs bases with open storm sewer into
the desert ? what if it's a fucking rain, your base gets wet ?
mircea_popescu: a lot less humourless
tedium and unselfaware, unintentional self-irony critting would have also helped.
mircea_popescu: and unlike
there,
they actually needed a waif someone could conceivably want
to fuck, here.