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mircea_popescu: on
the ethnic filter point, a) it was not actulaly
the case historically (new york by ww1 was just about getting
to
the point of advancement) ; b) it'sjust
the lazy man's approach
to
things. doesn't work, either.
assbot: Logged on 08-08-2015 00:33:42; asciilifeform: ussr, for instance, just about broke its back producing ic (and cloned computers of various descriptions.) it is not clear
that
these paid for
themselves, regardless of how you measure economic
assbot: Logged on 08-08-2015 01:57:42; mircea_popescu: incidentally, one could prolly make a killing in
the north america
this way. just - offer patronage
to
the various people who got paper
to cut.
assbot: Logged on 08-08-2015 01:54:53; nubbins`: "by making us guess whether you have a basement apartment, you waive your right
to claim
that you don't"
assbot: Logged on 08-08-2015 01:47:47; mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the "not inhabited" part holds its own mystery. did it provide an edge
to users ?
then, how come not used - is it
the current castration of "thinking" folk
that prevented
them from deplyoing it ? something else ?
nubbins`: anyway i should go listen
to music and inhale drug smoke
nubbins`: add a spare blade, i
think i dropped close
to a
thou on
that fucking
thing
nubbins` points
to client who paid $1ea for business cards, printed and
trimmed by hand, because digital offset shop w/ electronic die cutter did such a shitty job o.O
mircea_popescu: i have a dog
that can slobber better
than any race horse :D
nubbins`: this isn't always
the metric
tho
nubbins`: i do have a lovely plough, cca 14th century
tech,
that can
trim a phone book cleaner
than
the phone book factory does
mircea_popescu: incidentally, one could prolly make a killing in
the north america
this way. just - offer patronage
to
the various people who got paper
to cut.
☟︎ nubbins`: and not just of
the arts, either
nubbins`: i have neither
the means nor
the will
mircea_popescu: which means, i'll spend fifty, because hey, it keeps one or more lawyers owing me for
the bread i provided
them
nubbins`: the process of making
them lose is itself an unreasonable burden
nubbins`: meantime, i have paper
to cut, feet
to rest on coffee
tables...
nubbins`: "by refusing
the breathalyzer, you waive
the right
to claim you're sober"
nubbins`: "by making us guess whether you have a basement apartment, you waive your right
to claim
that you don't"
☟︎ mircea_popescu: "by refusing
to suck my cock you waive your right
to fart" < formally invalid.
mircea_popescu: "by sucking my cock you waive your right
to complain about its girth" < formally valid law.
assbot: Logged on 07-08-2015 22:54:22; mircea_popescu: i'll
take over
the us fed and run it from right here, and if
there's nobody else i'll
take over fucking china silicon and run it from right here
too. what in
the ever loving fuck.
nubbins`: and you waive
the right
to appeal o.O
nubbins`: you don't let em in,
they're forced
to do
their assessment from
the street
nubbins`: actually it's
the other way around
mircea_popescu: "guided
tour, naked - $50. add $1000 per oz of clothes. shoes $500 flat fee."
nubbins`: and
the homeowner
tells you
to fuck off
nubbins`: it's where
they count your bathrooms and look at your basement and make sure
they're charging you enough property
tax
nubbins`: oh, city workers knocked on my door
the other day requesting entry for "propertyassessment"
mircea_popescu: not
that
the presence of "official committees" isn't a sign
that
the
thing's dead/dying.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the "not inhabited" part holds its own mystery. did it provide an edge
to users ?
then, how come not used - is it
the current castration of "thinking" folk
that prevented
them from deplyoing it ? something else ?
☟︎ nubbins`: this intro sold me on
the rest of it
nubbins`: there's
tricks you can still pull and
tricks you can't
nubbins`: asciilifeform
the fact
that
the si and hf exists means
the guy's probably not as much of a fuckin rube as
the dude who built
the church his grandfather was married in
nubbins`: not in 1st world anyway. when i was in
the sacred valley of peru, right in
the middle of a 7 hour hike i came across a bunch of guys building a church outta mud bricks
nubbins`: no stonemasons work for
the good of
their community any longer
nubbins`: but,
this is now a relic of
the past
nubbins`: nah, what i was going at is
that people wanted
to do it for free
nubbins`: altho
the church builders were generally more free
to fuck off and do something else
nubbins`: and it's
the same
thing
that
the church builders had going for
them
nubbins`: the pyramid builders had one more
thing going for
them
mod6: I'm gonna re-tackle
the rotor build
tomorrow btw.
nubbins`: good enough
to keep me going until it's
time
to head out
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nubbins`: whoops, guess
that broke assbot's url handler
nubbins`: "call off
the police: law-abiding citizen count higher
than ever"
trinque: I am
to
the point where a bootable root.img is repeatably produced