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mircea_popescu: punkman it's really gpl not natural gas.
they
truck it.
pete_dushenski: but now
that gas/diesel prices have
tanked, cng has been massacred.
punkman: at least where
there is gas pipe
pete_dushenski: compressed gas adoption was growing quite steadily in n.a.
the last ~5 years.
mircea_popescu: much worse power curve of course, but fuck
that,
they're
taxis.
mircea_popescu: anyway. by now upwards of 2/3 of
taxis actually run on compressed gas. way cheaper defo cleanner.
pete_dushenski: giving better people just a bit more money
to play with and voila.
mircea_popescu: because of
this,
the diesels available were WAY better. it's not
that "built
to higher specs". it's
that built by better people. substantially better.
punkman: pete_dushenski: also
taxis
mircea_popescu: because of
this, some of
the smartest automotive engineers went into diesel. it looked like
the future.
mircea_popescu: what happens is
that
throughout
the 90s, diesel fuel was 50%
the price of gasoline, and gpl conversion was not a mass market
thing like it is now. you could get it, like you could get nox.
punkman: generally all
the professional drivers have diesel around here.
pete_dushenski: sorta playing
the idiot as a means of catalysing 'debate'
punkman: queso de cabra is also fun in omelette, even has a rind similar
to brie
mircea_popescu: it'snot even
true
that "everyone in europe = diesel". and it;s not
true
that "because regulation", either.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu baruth is a bit of a
troll. he's baiting here. and hooking 'em
too by
the looks of
the comments.
punkman: how do you cut brie for
the omlett?
mircea_popescu: also in
the same vein, pine bark aged smoked sheep cheese (romanian
thing, dunno if
they do it anywhere else)
punkman: I'd say
the same about brie :P
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 16:11:55; mircea_popescu: psa : brie is
THE omlette cheese.
mircea_popescu: you don't have
to love it, or even like it. just like you don't have
to love beer - god knows i don't. but if you're not capable
to APPRECIATE it you're really not in
this movie.
mircea_popescu: derps shouldn't get a vote srsly. whosever can't appreciate
the scent of diesel is neither a man nor allowed
to discuss cars.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: What other reason is
there
to love fuel oil? Certainly not
the characteristics of
the chemical itself. It's slippery, it stinks
to high heaven, it doesn't evaporate. <<
pete_dushenski: ima send
this pic around and see if anyone knows her.
there aren't ~that~ many degrees of separation between her and i
mircea_popescu: <pete_dushenski>
this was
taken at
the south west corner of
the west edmonton mall parking lot, right next
to
the movie
theatre and
the gun range (!) << so cool huh.
cazalla: not sure, but
that sure is uncanny, wonder what
the odds are of someone posting a pic of a chick naked in a car park you know of
pete_dushenski: just checked, wem still boasts 'world's largest indoor amusement park' including 'world's largest indoor
triple roller coaster', and also 'world's largest parking lot'
☟︎ pete_dushenski: west edmonton mall, for a number of years, held
the record at
the world's largest indoor shopping mall. still holds several worlds records iirc.
pete_dushenski: actually, you can also see
the fantasyland hotel in
the background (curtain wall facade) and
the waterpark (dome roof at right)
pete_dushenski: and for what it's worth,
the car looks
to be a nissan altima coupe. ~$35k off
the dealer lot.
pete_dushenski: this was
taken at
the south west corner of
the west edmonton mall parking lot, right next
to
the movie
theatre and
the gun range (!)
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 21:17:06; mircea_popescu: for
that matter,
the average painting is a fuzzy gray.
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 21:12:50; ben_vulpes: 2023: #bitcoin-assets has migrated
to xotika, queue
to perform is longer
than a human lifespan
pete_dushenski: spend
the next decade retooling and reorganising ? uhuh. i
think not.
pete_dushenski: what else, destroy one of
the only manufacturing industries extant on
the contient ?
pete_dushenski: but since vw sorta blew
the lid off
things,
the only
thing left
to do is rewrite
the regs
to be more accomodating.
pete_dushenski: first, it was C02 MATTERS GUISE, which was a convenient
trojan horse for black-smoke belching diesels.
pete_dushenski: unless you want
to end up in
the bull-fighting ring chasing after
the red cape being waved by
the man yelling 'toro!', why bother ?
pete_dushenski: i dunno wtf is with
this nasal septum piercing fad sweeping
the four corners of
the fucking globe but it's abhorrent.
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 19:44:52; AgentScully: piercings are old...
those were a pain in
the ass
cazalla: could've just linked
the song pete
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 17:00:35; mircea_popescu: if you ask
them.
pete_dushenski: "For what has she
these Grecian arms bestow'd, But
their destruction, and
the
Trojans' good?
Then change we shields, and
their devices bear: Let fraud supply
the want of force in war.
They find us arms.'
This said, himself he dress'd In dead Androgeos' spoils, his upper vest, His painted buckler, and his plumy crest."
cazalla: pete_dushenski, yeah, but
that can be a sexy look
too..
think winona ryder with short hair
pete_dushenski: cazalla like
the ancient greek army general ? ya
think ?
cazalla: dunno, looks a bit androgynous but nice
tits anyway
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 16:37:15; AgentScully: ah, yeah, I had an orgasm right as
the server went down... nik was rather sad about it
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 16:11:55; mircea_popescu: psa : brie is
THE omlette cheese.
pete_dushenski:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=03-10-2015#1290779 << how could la ancien regime americane not want a
third bush ? he knows how
to play
the part. he's seen it done. imo it'll be a close contest between
trump and jeb. no one else has a chance. but it's jeb's
to lose.
trump has
to stay out in front of
the spotlight being outrageous day in and day out FOR ANOTHER YEAR, which is nigh on impossible. i give
trump a
☝︎ assbot: Logged on 03-10-2015 10:45:22; mircea_popescu: holy shit what happened
to mpoe!
assbot: Nobody could have foreseen
their using a plane like a rocket on
Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... (
http://bit.ly/1KYL7D2 )
mircea_popescu: y conducted experiments get contradicted by practice down
the line.
mircea_popescu: ag3nt_zer0 it's just standard confirmation
time.
the problem with
technology is
that it works a certain way, which people actually understand. users, however, which are eminently NOT people, but fucking animals, don't care about all
that. instead
they "try"
things, and
then "come
to expect" on
the basis of you know,
two attempts last Sunday. and
then get all aggitated if
their unfounded, poorly researched, biased, badl
☟︎ cazalla: thestringpuller, could be
the least of it!
cazalla: thestringpuller, nope, but weev was on 8chan last night going on about strapping explosives
to drones and similar ideas
ag3nt_zer0: this is just standard confirmation
time? a general warning about services like bitpay?
☟︎ ag3nt_zer0: BingoBoingo what does it mean practically
to "wait for confirmation
through mining before accepting a Bitcoin
transaction."?
ben_vulpes: he's not even out yet, but i do plan
to
teach driving rather early
ben_vulpes: the fix
took less
than an hour of
time for disassembly, diagnosis, hardware store
trip, fix and reassembly.
ben_vulpes: subject of
traditional b-a
threads,
the corvette started honking uncontrollably last night.
ben_vulpes: average bagel
topping is a poisson schmear
mircea_popescu: the average
tv show is what you get when nothing's plugged in,
that static buzz.