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mircea_popescu: but hey, don't look at
the paris attack and say "lol, i guess we can dismantle all us secret services". say something else! anything else! how about "o noers, should be giving
the slow, inept macfhine more $$$!"
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:48:43; asciilifeform: (why would
the smaller machine fall into
the net dragged by
the larger - slower - one ?)
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:46:40; asciilifeform: one day i would like
to read a cookbook published by mircea_popescu. which will show
the foods not only as
they are on
the
table, but as
they are in
the stomach, small intestine, large, and onward...
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:40:55; asciilifeform: 'We believe AI should be an extension of individual human wills and, in
the spirit of liberty, as broadly and evenly distributed as is possible safely.' << interesting
turn of phrase
assbot: Logged on 13-12-2015 06:39:45; asciilifeform: 'Sam, Greg, Elon, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter
Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research are donating
to support OpenAI. In
total,
these funders have committed $1 billion, although we expect
to only spend a
tiny fraction of
this in
the next few years.' << lulzy
mircea_popescu:
https://archive.is/7rXTw <<
typical 15yo doing
the
typical 15yo
thing : put
two-three stories
together in a new combo, passes
them off as "real"
to adults
to see what
they say.
punkman: "She also questioned
the high number of cancer deaths in
the area, saying no one could
tell her
that solar panels didn’t cause cancer."
punkman: "She is a retired Northampton science
teacher and is concerned
that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep
the plants from growing."
☟︎ mircea_popescu: "Together, we've shown what's possible when
the world stands as one," he said. << doom.
the only
thing possible when
the bureaucrats unite is doom.
assbot: BitBet - Cardano
to Ship in 2015 :: 4.97 B (11%) on Yes, 38.3 B (89%) on No | closing in 3 days 18 hours | weight: 1`109 (100`000
to 1) ... (
http://bit.ly/1Y6qgZZ )
mircea_popescu: other
than "probably still a better option
than dan quayle"
punkman: "President Obama, who regards
tackling climate change as a central element of his legacy, spoke of
the deal in a
televised address from
the White House. “This agreement sends a powerful signal
that
the world is fully committed
to a low-carbon future,”"
BingoBoingo: llv seems like it coul be fun
to drive if it will
take v8 swap
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> grumman ?!! << Post
truck was sold by Grumman.
BingoBoingo hears postman's Grumman LLV when it reaches neigborhood, allows for mail
to spend little stale
time in box.
BingoBoingo: USPS delivered parts for
the AmazingPlasticar over priority mail just fine.
BingoBoingo: Post Office so cash positive made
to pay pensions 75 years in advance.
punkman: can't wait for USPS
to finally say "fuck it, we'll email
this junk
to you and burn it"
punkman: asciilifeform: from recent ghost in
the shell actually
ben_vulpes: tbqh every
time i hear about what
the wizards are up
to it sounds like something from a parallel universe
BingoBoingo: lol "no one goes “postal” anymore (they go, as my
trainer said, “‘high school,’ like Columbine” instead)"\
mircea_popescu: <danielpbarron> heh i'm mcguyvering out in
the field as i oversee my employee building spicy moss ordinaries << in eulora news,
the cotton pickin' is real!
funkenstein_: what is it about evidence of vomit-inducing mental illness in primates
that is "edifying" or "spiffy"?
mircea_popescu: well
that i believe is
the normal function of
the ua government.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> wouldn't you expect gov.cn
to be better policed ? << It's not. I've only seen spam links from
there.
assbot: Logged on 12-12-2015 18:23:12; mircea_popescu: wouldn't you expect gov.cn
to be better policed ?
pete_dushenski: no
tv or even books
to distract. why not be an artist at your craft ?
pete_dushenski: or
that moonshine in bathtub would suffice
to extract one from said monopolu
pete_dushenski: basically, more zeros from one excel cell
to another and voila ! chips.
pete_dushenski: from outside,
there's no cost. from inside, 'dunno yet, but we'll
try
to reallocate some of our other budgetary items
to accommodate asic production'
assbot: Logged on 15-10-2015 01:03:09; mircea_popescu: in
the sense of, "put on provision slip, sign, costs nothing"
pete_dushenski: ok, and how many iphones does usg have
to buy off china
to pay
the israelis for 100k asic chips ?
pete_dushenski: but really, a
terahash is running ~1 btc atm (or was last month), which'd mean
that 50k btc of ~just equipment~ is popping on and offline PER DAY.
though
the measurement problems inherent in ;;nethash may account for
the majority of
that...
pete_dushenski: those cf-18s might not be able
to hit
the side of a barn in syria, but why not a stationary and defenseless mining farm in iceland ?
pete_dushenski: 50 petahash here, 50
there... what's a few hundred acres of mining farms between friends ?