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mircea_popescu: it is
the closest
thing
to china outside of say greece.
mircea_popescu: this is
the most successful sort of special pleading for
the entire "resistance
through culture"
thing. which is why
the argument can't be properly carried in english, etc.
mircea_popescu: ascii_field
transylvania has
the not-to-be-neglected advantage of
two millenia of continual habitation. stuff like soviets barely register if at all.
trinque: yes, life comes
to
this, and no, you can't do anything about it.
ascii_field: over in
the land of
the proper orcs,
tales like
this were
taught with
the 'constructive' aim of 'see kids,
THEY want
to put us back in
this. yes,
THEY.'
trinque: the desolation in
the story is imo a healthy
thing
to consider.
ascii_field: what did
the idiot kids want
to 'activity' ? search for starving old blind mine horses
to rescue ?
mircea_popescu: which is, as far as romanians are concerned, how hitler was invented, and
the soviets are, again, just some easterners
trying
to be german in
their retarded way.
mircea_popescu: it had ben in
the curricula in
that part of
the country before ferdinand. which was before charles.
ascii_field: i'd imagine it was in
the curriculum because 'see how
they lived in pre-soviet era'
mircea_popescu: bless her soul, for without
that it'd have ended up as yet another class of world-saving idiots.
mircea_popescu: most of
the kids in
teh class got all angry and actively-intensive about
the fefeleaga story, but
the
teacher had
the presence of mind
to point out
that obviously activity of any kind will be ineffectual, and if one's inclination's obviously going
to be ineffectual one's necessarily misunderstood something.
chetty: I actually dont even recall
the story, just
the name, and
that after I read it I wouldnt read hca again for years
ascii_field: mayakovsky had
the sense
to eat his nagant as a young man
mircea_popescu: ascii_field i dun have
the patience for animated full length features. but i did like
the ... shit, what was it called.
the one where
the guy breaks in and murders a buncha women. one of
them confronts him, in perhaps
the best scene of japanese cinema
mircea_popescu: romania has (actually - had. i published a post asking for his death and he died
three days later) one
too, adrian paunescu.
mircea_popescu: heck, i recently discovered
the "northern system's" principal children's writer (hc andersen) is not know
to
teh northern ppls.
ascii_field: i bet mircea_popescu would love 'grave of
the fireflies'
mircea_popescu: not from
the hero's pov, obviously,
that can't be. but from my (the other's) pov.
mircea_popescu: my great-grandfather, aged 85 or so, died by
taking
to bed and refusing
to eat anymore.
chetty: well perhaps she dos something other
thna carry rocks now
ascii_field: (where a serf drowns his dog,
the only
thing he ever loved)
ascii_field: chetty, mircea_popescu: story reminiscent of
turgenev's Муму
mike_c: It was something. I kinda assumed she's killing herself at
the end.
chetty: mike_c: goddamn mircea,
that was depressing// I
thought it was heroic
mike_c: trilema
traffic is going
to drop by half as your readers start jumping off a cliff.
mike_c: hopefully you've got an old romanian love poem or something
to follow
that up with
mike_c: goddamn mircea,
that was depressing
assbot: Logged on 14-08-2015 08:07:28; punkman: cazalla: coreboot supports some binary blobs n
things iirc
assbot: Logged on 14-08-2015 06:16:49; assbot: Logged on 13-08-2015 20:43:18; mats: wish i had
that skill. would be useful for conversions between base16, base10, base8, base2 conversions when doing low level computering
punkman: cazalla: what you
think I'm gonna watch
that
thing,
title is enough
punkman: "Obviously it would be better for you both if you could discuss
this openly: she would rather not waste
time if she won’t get hired, and you would rather not reject your
top candidate. Unfortunately, I don’t
think you should assume
that you can safely discuss
this. If you decline
to hire someone after finding out
that
they have a covered disability, you may expose yourself
to a lawsuit."
cazalla: i
thought you could sack at will in america?
punkman: cazalla: BingoBoingo, sounds easier
to sack
the fat cow << what and get sued for 100x
the cost of chairs?
BingoBoingo: I mean at some point you'll have
to
throw hm
to
the wolves for a bit lest
the wolves find him anyways
cazalla: bit young for
that, although didn't stop my own father
BingoBoingo: I
though you had
to send
them
to
the wolve for a couple years
to
toughen
them up a bit, but maybe save
that for later
cazalla: BingoBoingo, sounds easier
to sack
the fat cow
cazalla: i just don't
think i could
toss him
to
the wolves in
the public school system
cazalla: lol was just discussing enrolling kid in a montessori pre-school from 2 1/2 years onwards no less
than 30m ago
BingoBoingo: I'm just going off
the stereotype of
that being where people who've ever been punched emerged from like in
that SNL skit
assbot: Logged on 14-08-2015 06:02:18; BingoBoingo: I don't even
think
the asciilifeform phillipino
theory can explain
this one. USG must be farming out spam
to Montessori schools nao.
BingoBoingo: Probably didn't cover
the part where
the recipient's inbox matters
too.
BingoBoingo: Even niche retail can move stunning amounts of money in
the gross. Just hard
to do anywhere near
that much net.
punkman: "To give you an idea of how desperate a retailer has
to be
to close overnight,
the
tiny supermarket where I work, which is about half
the size of a Wal-Mart’s food section, lost 1 million dollars per year when it closed down overnight in 2009. "
cazalla: sounds like some alex jones
type shit
wilbns: something about
the glowing particulate and
the presence of
two explosions,
the first of which possibly being
to
trigger a criticality event
wilbns: BingoBoingo: wow, can't imagine what a nuke would be like,
then
BingoBoingo: Apparently it was only in
the
tens of
tons, no kilotons
wilbns: wondering how many kilotons
that explosion was
shinohai: *with
time honoured social engineering <<< applauds BingoBoingo
punkman: BingoBoingo: you could go look for
the hungrier ones in africa
cazalla: i'm not so sure shame works anymore,
these people are without shame
BingoBoingo: Black chicks
that aren't fat are
too damn rare. Shame and fat hate are a way
to correct
that with
time honored social engineering.
cazalla: BingoBoingo, all
this fatty hate and your fondness of black chicks is making me wonder if some
there is some similarity
to be found here with ardent gay haters who can't get enough of
the cock behind closed doors
punkman: well it's up
to you
to choose what is used or not
cazalla: i
thought
that was a bit of a no no?
punkman: cazalla: coreboot supports some binary blobs n
things iirc
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 14-08-2015 00:32:27; mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=13-08-2015#1237131 << im starting
to suspect a "alf's guide
to coreboot" full doc would be more valuable
than anything on cryptome currently and really a great addition
to loper-os. provided it actually is complete.
cazalla: of course
there looks
to be nothing wrong when it is a b&w photo which is dimly lit
to boot
cazalla: her legs look skinny in
the reflection eh, maybe it is a skinny
to fat photo edited with adobe photoshop
shinohai: Pretty good shop,
though
the reflections don't change xD
cazalla: why is a woman dressed like
that in a shopping centre anyway?
shinohai: I dunno cazalla if u squint your eyes and pretend she is
the girl on
the right ...\
cazalla: (which means i'd root her but not
tell anyone here)
cazalla: the one on
the left? ah i'd pass
BingoBoingo: trinque:
The path
to a big ass is
the squat rack
cazalla: i dont mind fat ass and
the chubby look, just no stomach over hang
cazalla: yeah i
think so
too
trinque
trinque: big asses ftw.
there's a middle ground here.
BingoBoingo: Yet you will never get her
to lose any of it without shame