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pete_dushenski: then again,
there aren't many avenues for
teaching mental
toughness and discipline outside of sports in north america
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu (jobs board)
that! (scars of 'athleticism')
that again!
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller give
them a decade until all
the hair bone cracks and microtorn ligaments start acting up
mircea_popescu: then pete_dushenski can
take as his first project promoting
the jobs board :D
mircea_popescu: trinque we need
that jobs board yo,
teh cup runneth fulleth.
pete_dushenski: 'can do X excellently but can't
tie shoelaces w/o
tearing acl'
pete_dushenski: thestringpuller you ~look~ vigorous and strong, but are as fragile as
they come.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: unhealthy mentally maybe, but all
the athletes I know are physically fit like no other.
ascii_field: mircea_popescu has it. and for sporty
types, last i checked,
there ~were~ sports
that don't guarantee braindamage
Naphex: Looking
too hire
Talent Scouts for XOtika.tv; Job entails discoverying
talent
to perform on XOtika.TV and introduce
them
to
the wonders of Bitcoin. You get a weekly allowence based on performance and 5% percentage of
the
tip amount received (permanent and stacking) by
talent you find.
mircea_popescu: i dun
think i'd encourage any kid
to play "professional" school sports.
they don't get paid (no, 'scholarship' is not pay like coupons are not refunds) ; b) it's really fucking unhealthy. i mean being in shape is one
thing. being "an athlete" is about as unhealthy as being a diabethic.
phf: mircea_popescu: you know it was just b-a of
the 1800s. << i
think of b-a as more of a stonemasone guild,
then a fraternity. maybe in a couple of hundred years when b-a has hereditary wot ratings and ceremonial pgp keys
that are not otherwise used for anything.
the way i read
that joke is
that one has
the
trappings and
the other has a
trowel
that is used for its direct purpose.
thestringpuller: I would expect
the midwest
to have baseball as
the
top sport.
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski:
The sport really isn't for rich kids from Maplewood anyways.
pete_dushenski: thestringpuller exactly
that. and when
they're done,
they're done like dinner
pete_dushenski: i guess compared
to being on your phone
twixting your assistant prof, anything is dangerous
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: Yeah
that started last year.
pete_dushenski: why don't kids want
to play
this popular usian sport ? injuries.
mircea_popescu: "Until last night when
the Free Beacon contacted
the State Department
to inquire about
the discrepancy, McGurk’s official biography on
the State Department website also falsely credited McGurk with
the rank of ambassador."
pete_dushenski: #7: Cocoa and Chocolate (Cocoa Powder) << maybe *this* is why i've been craving hot chocolate
the last month or so.
mircea_popescu: obama now appoints his own ambassadors, senate rubberstamp
too expensive.
jurov: it was pointedly not a zinc, i was
taking
that one for some
time
jurov: started
taking a mineral water for
this, seems
to have improved, will see
jurov: in other news, it may
turn out my recent mental stupor was primarily not due
to allergy, but lithium deficiency
ascii_field: lipsticked up
to be somehow superficially 'opposition'
ascii_field: it is same usg, but a special holding pen
therein.
mircea_popescu: in general any company is better
than usg company by now, and consequently
this approach, if it ever was seriously entertained, fails.
jurov finally came around
to build 0.5.4-TEST2, if it sync, it will be new node
mircea_popescu: it's like "water's own weight will keep
the water up".
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski you get clients, work on
their projects. like anyone else.
☟︎ ascii_field: similarly, it is made clear
that if you wish
to oppose some particular usgism, you can do so in
the company of impotent flat-earther
twerps
to your heart's content
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu another 'pr' pregunta : how do you see it being funded given
that
there's more
than just
time required ?
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 02:08:18; mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform>
the other interesting
thing is
that
the market is segmented in such a way
that anyone who doesn't want mcfood ends up paying for ~all~
the alt-crackpotteries, not merely
the logical ones <<
this is a very valid point, and
the one spot where alf's ideas re meta-lizzards sound most persuasive. i do not believe
the market is gerrymandered as it is by accident.
ascii_field: this is at least partly engineered for
the purpose of reminding
the more uppity members of
the public
that 'if you want
to oppose
transgendered studies scholarships, fine, but you will do so in
the company of people who believe
that cancer is caused by demons'
mircea_popescu: apparently
trees standing also have something
to do with
the inept government.
mircea_popescu tends
to remember obama goons
trying
to "close down parks" because hey.
ascii_field: in
the british world, 'daily mail' plays same role.
ascii_field: and in
this way is ~entirely~
typical for 'right wing usa'
ascii_field: but
this site is not angled at folks having
this half a neuron or more
ascii_field: ^ anyone with half a neuron in usa knows
that schools have nothing directly
to do with
the fed. gov.
ascii_field: or, 'What happens
to schools in case of a shutdown?'
ascii_field: e.g., 'How Not
to Make Planned Parenthood Squirm'
ascii_field: mircea_popescu:
the depth of
the contempt
that
the herders show for
this particular variety of sheep is astonishing imho
mircea_popescu: anyway, it's a good model for it's market (middle america!!11),
that enchanted fargo where meryl streep still falls in love with clint eastwood every late summer.
mircea_popescu: it's a sort of wikipedia meets
that old women selling pots
thing, i forget what it's called.
ascii_field: l0l raytheon ad actually visible on
this www !
ascii_field: not
to buy new boots for
trigger-pullers, no.
ascii_field: considering
that, without exception, it - and similar - is where
the money goes.
assbot: Logged on 30-09-2015 15:47:03; *: ascii_field can do
the su anthem but has
trouble with last 2 stanzas of usaian
ascii_field: 'To keep America's enemies from running up
the score further, Obama will have
to
take more expansive military actions and increase defense spending. Perhaps Obama will come
to realize
this
truth before he leaves office, as Jimmy Carter did in his last year. '
ascii_field: mircea_popescu's advice is good except in
the cases of folks who don't expect
to live
to retire
mircea_popescu: i'm not speedy, i'm just existing on multiple planes at
the same
time is all.
pete_dushenski: and ftr i'm nowhere near as speedy at
these enjoyable activities as mp
mircea_popescu: you don't have
the same options once you're in a retirement home.
pete_dushenski: i quite enjoy my
time for reading, writing, etc... hmm.
mircea_popescu: the only
true drawback is
that unlike real estate,
this is a constant maintenance racket. everything you have at any point won't be useful in 5 years, or even 3.
things move
too fast. so its not one of
those "do
this right once it's done forever" stories like alf likes. it's more of a "hold
this lamp up".
pete_dushenski: ima mull it over and research a little further into
this 'pr' business
☟︎ pete_dushenski: this may well be
the right kind of b-a 'contribution' for me, given
that i can't code worth a damn.
mircea_popescu: this is one of
those
things "anyone" could do except anyone is a socially awkward fuck and anyone lacks
the focus and discipline for doing
thigns more complex
than microwaving.
mircea_popescu: haha
time doesn't scale. but anyway, for it
to exist in
three years you'll be spending a lot of
time on it
throughout
ascii_field wonders what interesting
things may become part of
the picture once enemy can no longer pretend
to live in parallel '#b-a never existed' world
pete_dushenski: if 36 months is mp='impressed',
then 48='so-so' and longer
than
that is 'pete wasn't
the right man for
the job'
mircea_popescu: besides, i wouldn't expect
this
to get anywhere within 12 months. if it does within 36 i'll be impressed.
pete_dushenski: furthermore,
the expense of just
taking
trips
to conpherenes seems prohibitive
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu i certainly
traveled plenty pre-monstre,
though
this will be decidedly diminished for at least 6-12 months. also, such
trips only once coincided with a conpherence. going forward, as most
traveling i do is personal
touristing,
these are unlikely
to coincide again.
mircea_popescu: that stuff. and besides, YOU
travel now and again don't you ?
pete_dushenski: don't wait until you're falling from plane
to build parachute ?
pete_dushenski: it's surely more
than just a make work project for me in your mind
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu but
that's really just a practical matter,
there are other ways
to build rapport.
the bigger question is 'why a pr agency' and 'why now?'
pete_dushenski: not
to put
too fine a point on it, but when and how is 'finance' or 'tech' journalist coming
to buttfuck edmonton ? afaik
they stay at home, work in nyc, or go
to 'conpherences'
mircea_popescu: (very fucking possible,
they
travel on starvation budgets)
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski as
to
the 2nd list : you want
to build raport with
those people. make a habit of
taking one
to lunch every week, if at all possible.