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mircea_popescu: the chief narrator device is mostly
there
to insulate
the author from
tyhe material, best i can
tell.
adlai: well i guess mcmurphy is
the "main character", but
the book has a narrator. i'm not sure i've seen a movie yet where narration didn't interfere with
the story
mircea_popescu: imo
this is one of
those situations where
the better movie makes
the book its bitch. yes
the book is longer and goes into more detail, as a book has space
to do. but
this is a
twin edged sword
adlai: and
the main character is neither jack nicholson nor randall mcmurphy
adlai: the book is quite different from
the movie, in
that
the movie merely
tells a story, whereas
the book
takes
the slightest baby step
towards actually placing you inside
the main character's head
adlai: the movie is good, very good. but as long as
the book's around, it'll only be second best
adlai almost wishes One Flew would've been a mediocre movie,
then maybe more people would read
the book
thestringpuller: phf:
that's fucking brilliant. also astute observation of why people send requests
the day before a vacation begins. funny how many disorganized people end up in an ofice.
mircea_popescu: i've just had
the world's worst peach. what
the fuck
this
tree should be ashamed of itself.
phf: those who matter will know
the right date anyway, but
the ones
that have "needs" are so disorganized
they would
think
they misunderstood you
phf: the
trick is
to leave on vacation
two days before you
told everyone you're going
thestringpuller: Is
there a reason everyone wants shit done like
the day before you
take vacation?
kakobrekla: well your idea was
that i would periodically flush btc
to you, which i declined.
mircea_popescu: it's a reasonable condition. iirc
the bitbet
thing was a straight meeting of
the minds, i wasn't going
to do it with anyone else as
treasurer anyway.
kakobrekla: here
the story was different, it was my condition
that i am
the
treasurer if we are doing
this
mircea_popescu: most people don't know how
to walk on
two feet, meanwhile.
mircea_popescu: most people are used
to getting raped by banks, and have enough respect
to stfu and kiss
the bloodied, dripping penis in
thanks.
kakobrekla: anyway, when we were doing bitbet i was explicit about not wanting
to handle other peoples money
kakobrekla: most people know how
to use banks, most people dont know how
to use bitcoin (at least approximately correctly)
kakobrekla: if
this was a fiat company
there would be no such issue
mircea_popescu: myeah. one classical problem
the corporations were for is
that usually ventures require a lot of dedication, and people got lives
to live.
kakobrekla: as it is now i dont have any obligation
to keep it running, if one day i wake up and have enough i can just shut it down singlehandedly - if listed anywhere,
this changes
☟︎ mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo damned
tging nearly burned down in croatia
this summer anyway.
BingoBoingo: I mean enough US gears is in ISIS hands Russia had
to assume
the US infared IFF market meant ISIS had
taken
that warship as loot
mircea_popescu: the notion
that government agents/agencies have ANY right
to privacy is
the highest grade of lulz.
BingoBoingo: "We don't
talk about our customers except when we do"
mircea_popescu: "The Cooperative is declining
to name
the Illinois state agencies and buildings which will be affecting by" why
the fuck ?
mircea_popescu figures in short order fucking
tables will "no longer be able
to cool passively".
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform recall
the discussion of "philips desperate
to stick its shitendrils in here before led
takes over" i
think
punkman: I'm considering getting some proper LEDs,
they high-wattage ones don't look
too bad
mircea_popescu: which is why
the power plants don't update :
they actually do
the math.
mircea_popescu: but, and
this general point remains, you don't get
to, nor should you, exclude operational costs from efficiency calculations. after you factor in
the $500
to replace your favourite pair of pants you always just so happen
to be wearing at
the
time, plus
the inconvenience at billable hour cost etc, suddenly
the idea
to switch
to "modern, energy saving, efficient" bulbs looks a lot closer
to
the insanity it is.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: which means
they increase draw until
they explode, normally.
punkman: mircea_popescu: oh you mean
teh cock?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform ftr, where do you buy your metal-halide lamps
that are ACTUALLY free of mercury ?
mircea_popescu: punkman if it doesn't get up as much as before for a few weeks
the effect's supposed
to go away.
BingoBoingo: Everyone feels good in
the beginning, at least one party feels good in
the end.
mircea_popescu: well, br exposure, not
the end of
the world. wash
the place, but at leasr you get
to keep your clothes.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> i somehow suspect less
than 1 in 500/15 young men die within 5 years. << Aha.
The scam is rates
to renew policy gradually increase up until 40-50 years of age and
then insurance company is all "lol, nope" which makes derps wonder where "affordable" life inurance went when
they had no such
thing before. Customer backloads
their risk, insurance company frontloads
theirs and whoever quits
the game of chicken first wi
☟︎ punkman: they didn't destroy
the glass cover
mircea_popescu: yes. but when
they do
they don't cut
through
the fucking glass protector and burn
the floor!
mircea_popescu: punkman
those aren't
the kind
that cut
through
teh glass
punkman: it did burn
the wooden floor
mircea_popescu: punkman
they pretty much all have ;
the other heavy metals
they could have are not much better.
mircea_popescu: (incidentally, if you didn't know -
this is pretty much
the only
thing where a vacuum cleanner
that was supposed
to have its bag changed weeks ago is good for - but boy is it great for it.)
punkman: not sure
these have any mercury in
them
mircea_popescu: expect ~1 cubic metre of assorted
toxic waste per exploded shitbulb.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: remove and seal all clothing, wash in abundant water, have air in space vacuumed
throw out, wash
the surfaces in acid
punkman: mircea_popescu: what's
the cycle?
mircea_popescu: i somehow suspect less
than 1 in 500/15 young men die within 5 years.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: punkman go
throught chemical exposure protection cycle rightnao.
funkenstein_: how many months of USan salary were saved
to pay
to rip out
the olive
trees of palestine?
assbot: Logged on 24-11-2015 08:47:46; mircea_popescu: makes 0 sense.
to be paid 500k when you die, even starting as a 20yo man you'd have
to do at least 500 bucks a month in premiums.