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assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 18:26:06; ascii_field: phun phakt: in recent year or so, 'paypal' will simply sit on a
transaction for
three weeks, collecting interest from
the money.
ascii_field: trinque: some items even on ebay i had
to wait for years
to find.
trinque: ah; well
this
thing looks cool
ascii_field: and
that cannot be had anywhere other
than ebay.
mats: 14:30:38 <+ascii_field>
times 1,001 in a year or less << aliexpress?
trinque: seems you could draw us back into
the middle east, meanwhile hit us economically like china seems
to be doing, and
that's it
☟︎ ascii_field: been far
too long since vietnam, neither side even remembers what
the other looks like, other
than from old photos
joecool: Best
to have realistic goals I suppose.
The bitcoin news sites
that suck group is pretty crowded anyway
ascii_field: trinque: how else
to get american airforce into
the meatgrinder, for ru
to practice on
trinque: this "syrian
toddler"
thing is everywhere. must be
time for war
joecool: nice job with qntra.net by
the way, I read
that daily
joecool: I don't speak
too often in here, but I do like
to keep up with
things
☟︎ trinque: "should
they later find
the
time, interest and inclination
to contribute substantially (as I have no doubt any actually could),
there's going
to be more revisions."
assbot: Logged on 11-08-2015 13:45:47; asciilifeform: mircea_popescu:
the original story with
these is
that
they were simply a group of officers who...
took an oath
joecool: hrm, was I purged from
the WoT graph? catching up on
trilema and
the logs
that appears
to be
the case?
trinque: yep, I was briefly interested in
this "Oath Keepers"
thing, but
they're ironically exactly
the white counterpart
to #blacklivesmatter
ascii_field: they happily send
their sons
to army so
they can 'die for a fat bitch's right
to marry her dog'
trinque: and most of
these people don't see
that
the american system resulted in precisely
that predicament
trinque: wouldn't he say
that he'd like
the laws changed further in his favor in
those cases?
ascii_field: trinque: no shortage of
this. picture
the 'patriarch' in usg divorce court
trinque: phf: also elaborate if you would on how
the "badass christian patriarch" is false?
trinque: the alternative at least in
the US seems
to be
this social-media narcissism which feels not just justified but entitled
to arbitrary beliefs
trinque: phf: I can see
that point, but I see
the problem as a matter of what rules are imposed, not
that
they are imposed.
☟︎ phf: trinque: my main issue with fundamentalists and
their ilk is
that
they are busybodies and
tend
to get into other people's business. none of
that "render unto caesar". not
to mention
that
the whole badass christian patriarch stance is pathetic, because its false.
trinque: shinohai: I see it as just another way
to line people up into some semblance of a command structure
shinohai: I honest;y don't have a problem with most, except
the real real fundies
trinque: these gun-toting christians hate socialism, so I like
them just fine
☟︎ BingoBoingo: Also greek allows maximum
trollage when you
tell Missionaries
the original
text isn't all
that exciting
jurov: I'd play safe and had a Greek one.
That one's passable for Catholics and Protestants
too
shinohai: Though I do want a copy of
that "Queen James" Bible
translation
to keep on
the shelf for when Mormons come over.r
shinohai: Maybe danielpbarron can
tell us if it fulfills a prophecy. Bible is out of my league.
BingoBoingo: shinohai: "And
there came out a fire from
the LORD, and consumed
the
two hundred and fifty men
that offered incense."?
trinque: Blessed be
the LORD, my rock, Who
trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
assbot: Psalm 144:1
TSK: Blessed be
the LORD, my rock, who
trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare, ... (
http://bit.ly/1POb5we )
ascii_field: srsly, walk into any u.s. gun shop,
there
they are, bright-pink kalash, etc
ascii_field: popularly bought by wife
to discourage husband from hogging it at
target practice day
BingoBoingo: shinohai: "Kill
the bullock before
the LORD ... bring
the blood, and sprinkle
the blood round about upon
the altar."?
ascii_field: l0l
this reminds me of
the 'hello kitty' rifle
BingoBoingo: shinohai: "And
the Egyptians shall know
that I am
the LORD."?
phf: this is probably not
the best example but
there's only so much
time you can spend googling "ak-47 allah" at a packed lebanese cafe
trinque: "deter muslim
terrorists" lol
ascii_field: 'none of
the buttons work but
that's ok, you can press morse with power switch
to scroll'
ascii_field: but with regards
to 'chinese firmware' i meant
the opposite end of
the plague
phf: imho
that was
the first wave of retards in linux
the whole "linux on desktop"
thing, shifted massive amounts of resources
towards догоним и перегоним. instead of bullet proof fvwm or whatever, you now have a dozen of windows ripoffs with "minor imperfections", but don't worry
there's a libfoo
that adds exposé support
to your
terminal characters
ascii_field: i had
this on my dx,
they are invariably shit
phf: probably could be reversed, but at
the price point nobody with
that amount of free
time will bother.
there's a chinese firmware hack,
that replaces kindle's os
phf: but
that goes with
the whole "market of 100 people"
phf: i have a hand rolled version of instapaper
that
takes html articles and adds
them
to a periodic readinglist.mobi. same for b-a logs. in fact i read most of
the stuff on kindle, far away from a real computer..
☟︎ ascii_field: phf: 'dx' was imho
the only usable machine from
them
phf: i'm disappointed
that amazon caved and went
the retard route with
their kindle. i've gotten as far as booting
temacs on kindle, back when it still had a shitty but hardware keyboard, gave up when i saw version
two with
touch screen, left in disgusts when fire came out
ascii_field: thing is, i like doing
things away from computer.
phf: but we have shortage of
those
phf: nobody's going
to go out of
their way
to satisfy
the needs of 100 people or so, who are also
temperamentally ascetics
ascii_field: the lack of an EXACT knockoff 16c anywhere on
the planet is among
the best evidence for mircea_popescu's hypothesis
that 'no one programs'
phf: i've noticed
that. i have a pretty hacked up ccl repl,
that does math for me in infix notation, and
that's something
that i reach for in anger. i'd like something as easy, and preferably portable
ascii_field: phf: it is better
to use a really good computer proggy, like 'derive',
than a shit calculator
phf: ascii_field: guy who wrote firmware also distributes laminates. i hear you, but it's
the whole poverty point, for me it was a step up from "why
the fuck can't i get a decent rpn calculator?" i
tried iphone apps even..
ascii_field: and even if it were
the correct size & shape, I AM NOT FUCKING WRITING ON KEYS WITH PEN
BingoBoingo: <ascii_field> ben_vulpes gets oil for frying pan at
the farmer market ? << Doesn't
the oil render of
the MEGA_Hippie pork lardons?
ascii_field: classic 'here have
this
thing
that isn't actually
the same at all'
ascii_field: and FUCK NO do i not want multiple keypresses for
the above ops
ascii_field: i don't want
the 49 series with
their idiot vertical layout and
tiny keys
phf: there's
that conversion project,
that
takes one of
the modern hp calculators and adds a programmer friendly firmware.
the layout is not as good
though
ascii_field: as in, does shr and shl, and/or/xor/not, hex->dec->oct->bin, each of
these with 1 keypress
ascii_field: phf: it isn't about 'retro name' but about
the only programmer's calculator ever made
phf: naturally all
the retro names fetch a pretty penny
ascii_field: and WHERE
THE FUCK OTHER
THAN EBAY could i have gotten it.
ascii_field: the main flagging criterion as per various leaked papers is 'sim
that connects only occasionally'
ascii_field: precisely how many and within what geographic spot constitutes 'interesting', i do not know. ask
the inquisitor when it's your
turn in
the room 101 chair.
ascii_field: phf: if you're ~connected~ with more
than a handful, you are flagged.
phf: <ascii_field>
they flag residences with more-than-average count of distinct sim id <<
they do? i don't even know how many sims i have,
they have all kinds of practical applications! sms proxies, rc helicopters, remote
triggered explosive devices, what?
assbot: Logged on 30-04-2015 21:29:20; ascii_field: as far as i'm concerned, historically, ebay is just
this gizmo
that shaves a zero off
the price of
the costliest
things i buy. so i was never moved
to care whether it is run by hitler or fueled with baby seal juice etc.
ascii_field: punkman et al: notice how paypal is among
the most hated firms in
the world, prolly right up
there with microshit; and yet
there is no escape from it if you use ebay
assbot: Logged on 03-09-2015 18:28:40; kakobrekla: in
the words of Blake, "just lucky, i guess".
punkman: ascii_field: your argument has merit, but I don't
think for long
punkman: ebay has been optimizing for "chinese supermarket" sellers for a long
time now.
ascii_field: srsly, if
the answer is 'don't do
that, instead put
this broomstick up your arse'
then fuckyou
ascii_field: where
the fuck am i supposed
to get, e.g, specific bracket for specific circa-1992 laptop ?