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mircea_popescu: phf my reasoning was, that he was having a meaningless dispute with ben
_vulpes ; possibly understood it to be meaningless ; and possibly therefore attempted to go upnode. that the selection of upnode wasn't judicious can't be held against him specifically because no standing.
phf: well, he opened with a "scale issue", but when started getting concrete answers from ben
_vulpes "backtracked" but doing one of those setup questions, "do you believe in freedom?" sort of thing. ben
_vulpes refused to eat the bait. that's where you either switch tactic or close the setup "well, if you believe in freedom then you obviously believe in bombing them sons of bitches". but instead of closing he started nitpicking whatever ben
_vulpes was s
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes not only this, BUT HE STILL HASNT HAD ENOUGH
ben_vulpes: mircea
_popescu: "you're not a real progressive unless you support legalizing sex work"
ben_vulpes: pete
_dushenski: it's "homes" from "homie" and that from "homeboy" not "holmes" from "sherlock holmes"
BingoBoingo: as far back as 2013 ben
_vulpes and I duelled over who get to get the most playtime with the food that comes in here.
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski your case isn't even the most egregious. i ever tell you about the idiot that drove straight into us, from a full stop, backwards ? his car, much wiser than him, braked and so there was no damage.
aquentson: what did mircea
_popescu say? I have 1 million bitcoins!
BingoBoingo: aquentson: Lord mircea
_popescu is done with you. Answer my question.
aquentson: <aquentson> what do you expect your men to think mircea
_popescu ?
aquentson: what do you expect your men to think mircea
_popescu ?
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes basically it directly transates to a very racist "i am great roman citizen and you are barbarian have these beads". wtf, really ?
aquentson: there came king maker mircea
_popescu and when all seemed desperate up the hill on sunny uplands
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes worth your time to make a ! lb 3 so it says id, txn count byte count ?
mircea_popescu: in other news, allow me to heartily recommend #chainstate. ben
_vulpes 's humble abode, and the home of <mimisbrunnr> block 447563: 1`241 txns, 998`190 bytes
aquentson: you might be king maker mircea
_popescu
a111: Logged on 2017-01-09 15:06 mircea
_popescu: and before anyone asks : the advantage of this is that this solution scales. ACTUALLY scales. specifically, if at any point in his own time and for any reason in ~his own domain~ taleb wants to get more control, he can. he actually can. you explain to him, when he asks, HOW to be more in control of his mp-wp install. in terms of configuring the php script, or in terms of configuring the apache server, or in terms of configuri
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 21:17 jurov: mircea
_popescu: ty for quick mpex service!
a111: Logged on 2016-05-09 23:44 mircea
_popescu: will have to be done eventually.
jurov: mircea
_popescu: ty for quick mpex service!
☟︎ a111: Logged on 2016-12-09 01:44 mircea
_popescu: ~if i am~ a drug dealer and i burn down your house, you'll what ? file a police report ? go on the local news network with a teary eyed "no one could have predicted that if i get pissy with people who break the law for a living i might end up with a burned down house" ?
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 00:23 pete
_dushenski: Framedragger: how did you reach out to taleb ? twitter ?
ben_vulpes: mircea
_popescu: aight here's what i have so far
pete_dushenski: mircea
_popescu: ftr grand tour has budget of 160mn british pounds for 36 episodes
ben_vulpes: mircea
_popescu: the truly sad thing about the show is that they have the budget to hoon in style but choose instead retarded fucking tricks
pete_dushenski: ben
_vulpes: speaking of car entertainment, you been keeping up with grand tour ? i have to say that i've regretted watching everything i have above and beyond episodes 1, 3, and 4.
pete_dushenski: ben
_vulpes: maybe that's how all successful ceo's hold their hands while driving. now watch wannabes copy this move like girl who can't use canopener.
ben_vulpes: pete
_dushenski: that's just how he holds his hands!
pete_dushenski: speaking of lulz, carlos ghosn seen here lying through his teeth about how 'relaxing' driving his infiniti autonomous car is while he nervously hovers his hands over around the steering wheel while in motion lest the robot steer him into incoming traffic at any moment :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJOGZX6_WVc pete_dushenski: mircea
_popescu: tw is at least going out with a party.
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski not bad. so everyone's agreed, taiwan's a lost cause huh.
a111: Logged on 2016-12-22 06:44 ben
_vulpes: lol yes, most boys
deedbot: BingoBoingo rated gabriel
_laddel
_p -1 << Alleged Cali bum boi, Powerless and his life is unmanageable. Refuses submission to powers greater than himself.
BingoBoingo: <mircea
_popescu> i'd rather try to rescue drunks. << Is there any better way to stay sober?
ben_vulpes: mircea
_popescu: 'internal combusion engine'
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 03:44 ben
_vulpes: asciilifeform: does the igloo2 product line have something hilariously wrong with it a la apu2?
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes "put this OVER THERE" except over there 519s
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 03:30 mircea
_popescu: i'd rather try to rescue drunks.
gabriel_laddel_p: mircea
_popescu: am I allowed to respond to people who reference me in the logs?
mircea_popescu: yeah this is not particularly useful. gabriel
_laddel
_p you're in no position to a) challenge anyone here ; b) hurr durr about what you've done. you've done nothing, outside of being yet another of california's loud bums.
gabriel_laddel_p: trinque: what
_exactly
_ have you done with your life that makes your advice so worthwhile?
trinque: gabriel
_laddel
_p: I didn't say a thing about lisp.
deedbot: trinque unrated gabriel
_laddel
_p.
trinque: gabriel
_laddel
_p: the crying/flailing has gotten old by now.
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 02:34 mircea
_popescu: who the fuck reads biographies of mathematicians.
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 01:08 pete
_dushenski: "My overall conclusion is that chickens are just as cognitively, emotionally and socially complex as most other birds and mammals in many areas, and that there is a need for further noninvasive comparative behavioral research with chickens as well as a re-framing of current views about their intelligence."
a111: Logged on 2017-01-10 00:44 BingoBoingo: pete
_dushenski: Well gotta keep the record of excellence in the log so we can point gabriel to a minimum viable residence