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mircea_popescu: prolly should ping smickles about this too. who else... brendio's not on i see
mircea_popescu: one point : the format for stat might change in the future, but not too soon. i expect everyone who uses stats programatically to move to statjson in the coming months.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller spmpake is like a send money early thing
mircea_popescu: get on kakobrekla's case to add mpex support in smpake
mircea_popescu: otherwise, hit and run affairs... he'll just count himself wronged.
mircea_popescu: if you could beat up pirate with impunity and regularity (such as the state does) then maybe.
mircea_popescu: the only way violence works in the frame you wish to use it is as a manifestation of dominance.
mircea_popescu: and otherwise, a system which relies on being sufficiently childish seems a little... unappealing.
mircea_popescu: well, i could argue it's child abuse to try and find children to do stupid things. rather than have them beat up pirate you might as well fuck them, end result's the same.
mircea_popescu: suppose your wife cheats on you (and you care). do you kill her or pick a better woman next time ?
mircea_popescu: doing a little more or a little less has overall little impact.
mircea_popescu: but your school example is very bad, because a. you're in close proximity and b. in most cultures kids are supposed to twist each others' arms all through kid years.
mircea_popescu: well for one point im not terribly concerned with a labeling, so i dunno that i am libertarian or anything.
mircea_popescu: but don't you think in principle it's more efficient to hire counsel before than to break bones after ?
mircea_popescu: old lady should retain the services of someone who's not innocent.
mircea_popescu: well, i wasn't trading with him to begin with, for the exact reasons, but as an academic point.
mircea_popescu: but anyway : you're flat out wrong. dude that looks like elephant man has a much easier time scamming everyone
mircea_popescu: no but seriously. a hit costs money. it doesn't pay 7% a month. ergo.
mircea_popescu: and one goes to the other "time to call the helicopter yet ?"
mircea_popescu: dub you know how all this "hire a hit" talk sounds ? like two down and out meth whores sitting in their three year old miniskirts on the curb. they don't wear underwear because they can't afford underwear.
mircea_popescu: mircea kinda has fag potential... which is why it shouldn't be entrusted in the wrong hands
mircea_popescu: and your john smith reminds me of this one time we were awaiting the visit of one jon smith, expert in whatever from headquarters!
mircea_popescu: ion, gheorghe, in general saint's names are quite frequent