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gabrielradio: i had doubts for a second
there. i'm still
trying
to figure out where
to go straightforward & where
to reconstruct
to better cater
to
the meaning
mircea_popescu: repetitio est mater crezutio. also needs a note, because if you
turn "crezut" into believe it's unobvious wtf crezutio's supposed
to be anymnore.
mircea_popescu: "which were not his, but some young lady's" << "belonged not
to him, but
to some pretty young
thing ..."
gabrielradio: quite so. how would you go
translate "pai nu?!"
mircea_popescu: anyway. possibly one of
the hardest pieces
to
translate, it's so well flown in romanian...
mircea_popescu: deodata is not suddenly, in
that contexts, it's "at
the same
time". english apparently fails synonymy. At
the same
time, simultaneously and concurrently i guess.
ascii_field: ergo
the vans have precious little
to do with bomb
ascii_field: incidentally, any self-respecting bomb craftsman puts in a fluorescent
trigger for
the xray schmucks
mircea_popescu: meaning
they steal, rape, arson and kill << burn and pillage eh ? you don't arson anymore
than you disease.
mircea_popescu: the
thing
that actually cvasi-crystallizes if allowed
to cool, and it cracks
mircea_popescu: ftr, romanian hell not being
too well connected
to
the needs of catholicism still mostly fills
the space with smoala, which is a heavy
tar.
mircea_popescu: that's how
the hell ended up containing half sulphur by mass
ascii_field: or, if you'd rather go back in
time,
the situation with catholic church and gunpowder.
mircea_popescu: might as well be in 7 grade, "o look, jane got
tits! how ridiculous jane is!11"
mircea_popescu: "o look, X discovered
the
tank before us. how evil is X of
the
tanks!!11".
mircea_popescu: he chinese of
the 70s
trying
to pretend
the usians are bad BECAUSE of computers. as if "computerization" is a bad
thing in and of itself, not merely a natural evolution in which
thosew guys happened
to have got
the drop on our guys.
mircea_popescu: and for
that matter,
the very amusing situation where people (including derps with aspirations of culture and intelligence a la orwell) fell for
the very obvious
trick of pretending
that
the nazi/fascist police state stuff was not merely
the germans/italians being
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, ie, doing exactly what britain,
the us, russia will do
themselves later on, but somehow it were specific about
them. sort-of like
t mircea_popescu: and speaking of
these latter : i wonder how many people realise
that
the us complaint with spanish administration in florida was
that it's
TOO LAX ? as in, not oppressing
the land nearly enough ? which is why
they invaded.
mircea_popescu: you know, what it mostly was between
the
time of
the lombards and
the
time of
the spanyards.
mircea_popescu: meanwhile
that stupid shit is 30 cents each off
the boat.
mircea_popescu: i ask her if she's stupid. she pretends
to not know what i'm saying. i leave.
mircea_popescu: shitty service ; old confused woman reads off a
tiny script on a lined paper
thing, apparently
the EXACT SAME planter is 283.
mircea_popescu: apparently im expected
to give a shit because we're in california-palermo or something ?!
mircea_popescu: go
to a different shop, a little further. advertisement on wall, "if you want
this shop
to survive, don't ask for a discount".
mircea_popescu: incidentally, i had
the most ustardian experience in argentina yet. so i want planters. small shop down
the street, mostly closed, someone's house. finally it's open, i pick
the planters,
they're 90 each. i say i want 5,
they only have 3. i scratch my head and leave.
ascii_field: but yes, my first
thought was, 'and
they laughed at lucent'
mircea_popescu: note
that 35 forever is actually less revenue
than
they made leasing old rotary phones.
ascii_field: now when you walk in, you either pay
the 800 or agree
to
the '35/mo forever' claptrap
mircea_popescu: "yeah baby, his daddy bought him an iphone ; i ordered
this
thing
to hold 800 bucks. pick a cock
to suck."
ascii_field: this
thought was inspired by learning
that
telcos in usa suddenly abolished
the 'contract subsidy'
thing
mircea_popescu: if i was younger and somehow
the ipod
thing actually put any drag on my mating,
that's pretty much what i'd have done.
ascii_field: reminds me of a product i suggested
to a fella in meatspace - an iphone-shaped container
that conveniently holds 800 usd
mircea_popescu: it's not, "money, i could do anything with". it's "money, i'll buy a
toke with"
ascii_field: there is
typically at least
twice
this in
the pan of any respectable panhandler even here in
the suburbs.
mircea_popescu: there's also nothing rightful in
the unmitigated audacity of daring
to not conform
to
the environment
ascii_field: l0l who
the everliving fuck doesn't have $ 25 ?
mircea_popescu: there';s nothinfg rightful in not having $25 disposable
to play, which is ALL
this is about.
ascii_field: perhaps now can believe
the 'rentalstarter'
thing !
mircea_popescu: hint : people don't accept one oz in
trade for 25 bux.
mircea_popescu: should be interesting
to see how well
teh entire "i am hoarding gold"
thing plays out.
mircea_popescu: "i'm going
to build a successful company - venture capital got my back"
mircea_popescu: at
this point needing a warning
that
the cloud is maintained by and for
the nsa is like needing a warning
that if you marry an american you'll be stuck with an ineffectual narcissist, or
that if you save in dollars you'll end up worse
than
the manic collector with alzhimers and his piles of old newspapers, or all sorts of similarly obvious stuff.
ascii_field: 'Surprisingly, Dropcam’s privacy policy doesn’t warn customers
that
the government could seize
the cloud-based video from
their cameras or
tap into
their live-streams, and doesn’t state under which circumstances
the company would comply with such a request. (Update: And law enforcement has come calling with warrants.)' << ahahaha
punkman: do
the japs still censor
their porn?
mircea_popescu: i wonder how many 4th wave feminists fighting rape on campus and what other derpage realise
that
their daughters... well no.
their nieces will live
their life naked.
ascii_field: to
the point of uninstrumented women's
toilets being a rarity in some places
ascii_field: jp, i'm
told, is 20 yrs ahead in
this metric
mircea_popescu: gotta a) keep driving down
the capital cost of pron ; b) acclimate
the womenz
to
their nude future.
mircea_popescu: i wonder how long before a guy starts sending all
the companies scam "copyright infringement" notices and invitations
to pay $600
to make
the embarassment go away, like
those
twerps
trawling
the noob
torrent folk.
ascii_field: the fact
that your signing up for 23andMe or Ancestry.com means
that you and all of your current and future family members could become genetic criminal suspects is not something most users probably have in mind when
trying
to find out where
their ancestors came from.'
assbot: Logged on 19-10-2015 19:53:28; mircea_popescu: jus don't answer
the mail, it'll
take care of itself.
mircea_popescu: you get
the
tool, plug it into your linux laptop and go.
mircea_popescu: o hey, did ethereum just break
through it's record low ?
ascii_field: modern color laser printers do include some form of
tracking information
that associates documents with
the printer's serial number. (If any manufacturer wishes
to go on record with a statement
to
the contrary, we'll be happy
to publish
that here.)'
ascii_field: '(Added 2015) Some of
the documents
that we previously received
through FOIA suggested
that all major manufacturers of color laser printers entered a secret agreement with governments
to ensure
that
the output of
those printers is forensically
traceable. Although we still don't know if
this is correct, or how subsequent generations of forensic
tracking
technologies might work, it is probably safest
to assume
that all
mircea_popescu: i've got
the best fucking weather, it's incredible. constantly 16-18ish, nice breeze, beautiful sun...
mircea_popescu: the suits in washington have more
to do with jpm and gs
than all of
this
mircea_popescu: depends what you mean by "policeman".
the legitimate job (beat cop, giving directions and
taking drunks home) is gone.
the paper pusher job is whatever, another social worker.
the DEA agent / carl force IV
thing is just a different jolly roger color scheme for
the same
thuggery.
Xplosionist: I mean, I'm very glad we have people
that do it. Most of whom are actually nice and do a good job. But, wow, I would never want
to deal with as much crap as you have
to put up with fore
that job.
☟︎ diametric: I should say, despite
the claims of "most dangerous job"
mircea_popescu: for every 5mn gestapo anon reports
there was a shocking 0 coups on hitler's lyf.
diametric: Surprisingly
there aren't
that many police deaths in
the US per year.
Xplosionist: But
the pork/policemen analogy is
too fun.
ascii_field: may be a legend, from zeitgeist of
the
time, so
to speak
ascii_field: fwiw i have no solid proof
that it
took place.
mircea_popescu: i heard
the story also but always figured it for ethnofantasy