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mircea_popescu: they got a good plane, which keeps
the us in check. but infantry wise...
mats: I can't
think of anyone capable of opposing
them on
the field
mats: I suspect daesh anticipated
this play (not
the first
time its been used) and exploited USG willingness
to aid
mats: a denial of any
troop movements in country, in fact
assbot: Logged on 02-09-2015 00:38:55; mats: raped DoD, orc locals, just finished raping USG in
their own court
mod6: ima go and
try
to catch up on
these logs and get some extra zzzs. have a good evening all!
mod6: I'll add it
to my
to-do list ;]
mod6: not sure if I wanna use
trac or anything at
this point.. but some cosideration is warrented for /something/ resonable for at least personal use.
mod6: i've sneezed about 34
times
today.
mod6 has one of
those summertime colds
mats: the phrase happens
to predate 'yi yi zhi yi'
mats: it may be
that i remembered it incorrectly, i am only partially literate and recall
the phrase from a
translation of a ming
text
mats: funkenstein_: i am having difficulty finding
the source of
the idiom (and subsequently how it is properly written) but
the second half does not parse
mircea_popescu: meanwhile it's more like "we've been using
temporary shelter in a permanent manner for
the past decade and why is
this insulation falling off"
mats: FTR, i do actually believe
that Bush et. al were naive enough
to believe AFG/IRQ needed and wanted democracy
mircea_popescu: the poor usg how it only wanted
to restore peace and democracy
to
those poor iraquians, beleaguered by corrupt officials and
tyrannycal despotism as
they were, and
then
this capitalist concern of evil capital came and abused
the entire good will of
the people of usia and
their elected representatives.
mats: raped DoD, orc locals, just finished raping USG in
their own court
☟︎ mats: dunno about
that. from intel i've gathered, it appears KBR did
the raping here
mircea_popescu: (in kbr's case, it's not
that
they're stupid, it's
that
they were raped.
the classic "we provide indemnity so now you may not not break
the law as we
tell you
to"
trick. "key is in your pocket" in legal parlance)
☟︎ phf: asciilifeform: yeah, suggestion is not intended as
the correct solution. more like send kill -HUP -> system goes into an hour long snapshot state
mircea_popescu: tis
the
truth. i personally wouldn't work with a rogue entity even if it promises "rly for srs"
to cover my legal costs.
mircea_popescu: but otherwise, who
the fuck do you
think will ever work for
them without indemnity ?
mircea_popescu: obv govt will
try
to wiggle out of its own promises, being
the government of
the united states
that's at issue here.
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 23:50:16; mircea_popescu: i have a mile of logs showing
the behaviour without exception.
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 23:53:24; mircea_popescu: and no stack's not fucking germane. he was
trying
to insulate HIS INCOME. i was discussing optimizing YOUR EXPENDITURE. not like items.
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mircea_popescu: and no stack's not fucking germane. he was
trying
to insulate HIS INCOME. i was discussing optimizing YOUR EXPENDITURE. not like items.
☟︎☟︎ kakobrekla for a second
thought magick packet rebooted phuctor
mircea_popescu: i have a mile of logs showing
the behaviour without exception.
☟︎ kakobrekla: magic packet
that plugs
the mains cable?
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 23:10:57;
trinque:
tax avoidance is a foolish move if you're dealing in
their currency
hanbot: hey, i have some of
those
too!
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 22:19:12; mircea_popescu:
trinque note
that, importantly, you also need a particular sort of helpless population.
the afghani have been bombed pretty much constantly since
the 70s, did nothing.
hanbot: look on
the bright side: at least people care enough
to find
the holes in your design.
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 22:21:22; phf: asciilifeform: what about something like
this
http://paste.lisp.org/display/154647, put a flag on sighup, put a couple of checks (i'm not sure if my guess as far as mainloop is correct) for
the flag, do a stop
the world snapshot. can have it running normally, periodically send kill -HUP ...
ben_vulpes: hanbot: i once cooked up a wiki page on
the
topic. has since languished, rotted, died.
ben_vulpes: work on
this
thing cannot be marshalled. must be self-organized, by
the selves so involved.
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 19:10:19; mike_c: but "know each other" != "know what everyone is working on at all
times"
ben_vulpes: "every software development company eventually ends up writing
their own issue
tracker,
time
tracker, and billing system."
hanbot: it's a full day just following along
the ml, honestly.
hanbot: getting ready
to implement something ben_vulpes?
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 19:07:20; ascii_field: people like
this imho do not need mechanized 'bug
tracking' machinery
trinque: well, I should say, it is a move you ought
to be prepared
to back up.
trinque: tax avoidance is a foolish move if you're dealing in
their currency
☟︎☟︎ jurov: and (completely lawful) nonrecognition of business expenses happens,
too.
jurov: the govt.. and
try make
that up on VAT
jurov: here,
too, practically gave up on income
tax avoidance
to
this day
jurov: mircea's entrepreneur experience in 90's romania is germane
to everything
ben_vulpes: he also fought entrenched interests, and
they won. as
they do.
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 18:50:51; ascii_field: also mircea_popescu appears
to have forgotten about mr stack and his programmatory llc ?
assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 17:16:07; ascii_field: i can't help but wonder if someone is getting a red star pinned on his uniform in moscow, for having planted
this bug
mircea_popescu: trinque
the fed mostly owns privately issued paper anyway. mostly bond bundles, but most of
them are
tied
to stocks (via banks) so in point of fact
the fed owns atm ~118-122% or so of
the entire us economy
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 01-09-2015 16:57:22; *: btcdrak wonders where he can short Mike and Gavin's reputation which seem
to be going down in flames along with
the XT movement.
trinque: speaking of bombing, when does
the Fed start buying stocks directly
trinque: you just prevent all
the meanies from being mean, and
then wealth and empire emerges