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mircea_popescu: phf word. numerous stories, as far as eu was concerned, us were a sort of you know, haitians.
mircea_popescu: took london a while to get one, even.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform no such thing as restaurant outside of paris, vienna, and a few more.
phf: jefferson has a lot of lulzy stories of balling out while he was an ambassador to france. he's also the person who advocated 10 year (5?) debt removal system, being perpetually in debt
asciilifeform: can you picture what's left of a man after 20 yrs of javascript ?
mircea_popescu: a lot of smarter folk put A LOT more work than i ever did into "modern computing plarform" and didn't get as much out of it.
asciilifeform: i have yet to meet, i think, a d00d worth half a shit on a comp , who didn't grow up with a 8bit micro
mircea_popescu: this is a revelation ticos, for instance, by and large never achieved ; and you will be surprised if you examine young slavegirl hopefuls, in that they also, do not see the world as mere covers stretched on a numeric structure.
a111: Logged on 2017-12-13 17:32 phf: ben_vulpes: have considering buying him a commodore or somesuch, i.e. a basic repl machine that you can also use to teach him about the meaning of peek/poke?
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-13#1750682 << in retrospect, regarding the matter cooly and with the disinterest of old age, i can affirm that this is ~the only important and enduring portion of computing as an education tool in my life. it's what feeds eg http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-11#1749457 and everything in between ands up to that : the 6yo mp's discovery that there exists a numeric universe underneath, and that it's t ☝︎☝︎☟︎
phf: did you give him a copy of lord chesterfield's letters to his son? :p
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-13#1750615 << anyway, this is probably going to be a recurring topic. ☝︎
asciilifeform: ( or a display for it, for that matter )
ben_vulpes: i actually caved for a plane ride recently, procured a set of entirely unobjectionable 45-minute videos of various animals tearing each other apart. imagine my fury when the downloadotron had failed to save these for the flight!
asciilifeform: if you can find a working one ☟︎
asciilifeform: commodore a++++ recommended
phf: ben_vulpes: have considering buying him a commodore or somesuch, i.e. a basic repl machine that you can also use to teach him about the meaning of peek/poke? ☟︎
phf: asciilifeform: i actually bought, at some point, at "garbushka" bazaar, a cd with a psychedelic design, that had an entire collection of all kinds of "computernarcotic" softwares ☟︎
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: i used to work with a number of d00dz who had young chillunz, they all bought rubberized tabletrons for'em 'as soon as knew how to hold it'
asciilifeform: there were a buncha these
phf: apropos, i was always curious if that old school binaural sound generator program from the late 90s could be used to pacify children, but never had a chance to try ☟︎
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: right, causative factor , a->b, but not necessarily includes one for ..->a
ben_vulpes: some yes! monetization algorithms get the humans to do a lot of the work as well, which helps the whole 'ecosystem' escape local minima ☟︎
a111: Logged on 2017-12-13 17:12 asciilifeform: nobody said theory had to include a 'why'!11
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-13#1750614 << for my own peace of mind, wtf is a theory in your view ? cuz to my mind, theory = pairing of allegedly observed phenomena with aleged causative factor. ☝︎
ben_vulpes: there's a spoken word meditation guide and some rhythmic pulsing
ben_vulpes: yes, this is a woman who is an american "school counselor" and she interprets her job to be placating kids with fucking ipads
ben_vulpes: still astonished the pantsuits that a) child can eat with spoon and b) would eat something with flavor
ben_vulpes: moreover, what does sitting prez a la obab even pay for. agent orange clearly living at mar a lago because omfg rats in the white house
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> imo very much worth it for the fisherman. << yah, pretty reasonable for a guided trip. probably be a blast.
ben_vulpes: lol right, salary last time i checked as a kid was what, 100k? sounded like lots when i was a kid but today...
ben_vulpes: the apple tree was a spectacular spot of marketing; doesn't mean the guy lacked in steel.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes not very possible. it's easy to believe that "thank you for your leadersheep" cocksuckers a la mccain and what's-his-name-married-ketchup aren't worth pressing for glue. HOWEVER back when the country was poor and the us president depended on the largesse of european middle class to afford a meal in a decent restaurant, they HAD to have had some folk with mettle
mircea_popescu: mod6 incidentally, they have it pretty well streamlined. spend a grand or so, hire a boat with crew, go fishing for the whole day.
ben_vulpes: just a lie like the rest of the american myth
asciilifeform: nobody said theory had to include a 'why'!11 ☟︎
ben_vulpes: while my two year old is scarfing down olives, prosciutto, spicy chilis, with nary a blink.
mod6: Trying to haul in a vw bus.
mod6: Doing some fishing like that could be a pretty fun time.
mircea_popescu: costs a little more, but then again what's the money for.
a111: Logged on 2017-06-17 17:31 asciilifeform: 'FDA specifically bans from human infant formula ("felonious fortification") the addition of a tetraunsaturated fatty acid only found in human breast milk. Near as anyone can tell, its only metabolic purpose is to encourage brain development. Human milk for human babies - or you bring up a Democrat.' ftr.
mod6: Jerky is great, but it's a hassle to make ya.
mircea_popescu: if you can sell the meat without having to preserve it ~at all~, you got a fiddy to a hundy buck a pound sorta thing. if not... whatever costco charges, 9.95 or such
mircea_popescu: mod6 and the thing is, meat age matters IMMENSELY. unless you operate a smoking thing, which fwis is all but unknown in the us, and unless i guess you know how to rot it properly (whicjh again, is nice, but MAYBE once a month sorta thing, like the romeo&juliets), in order to eat a steak shot-this-morning i'd pay, but really i wouldn't eat a "straight from the freezer" steak unless i have to.
mircea_popescu: then THAT guy can afford to take a buck or something, knowing full well that in a coupla days its gone anyway
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> i guess if all the "exclusive gated community" schmucks weren't so schmucky thery could have a delegated hunter, get your steak in the mail by 10am. << In old country missouri village of "Town and Country" licenses hunters, but only as far as reducing the traffic hazard posed.
mod6: Yeah, srsly now. It'd be great to have a local wild-game guy, just like butcher or automotive repair guy.
BingoBoingo: Back in old country, most people had a good chunk of their venison processed into salty "stick" form for long term sub freezing refrigeration.
mircea_popescu: i guess if all the "exclusive gated community" schmucks weren't so schmucky thery could have a delegated hunter, get your steak in the mail by 10am. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: only way is to have a large population that can eat it, somehow. though iirc usg was pretty shitty about preventing hunter sales.
mircea_popescu: yeah. and in places like alaska, say, where they do take a moose now and again, it's more convenient because freezer everywhere.
mircea_popescu: yeah but how many rare steaks can you eat in a week.
mod6: yeah, adding in the fat really helps hold em together. Venison is so lean.. makes a damn good rare stake too.
mircea_popescu: a yeah.
mod6: mircea_popescu: its quite a lot of work. i helped dress my buddies buck this year. took ~3 hours.
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> mod6 problem is, if you actually take one of those, you gotta do something with a quarter ton of meat. what, take in 6 more women ? << No where close on a deer. Large buck (deer) is usually ~100 kgs total weight/
mircea_popescu: i shot a grand total of 1 doe. and honestly the excstasy wasn't worth the laundry.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> now where to find wheat field... << Wheat fields are a seasonal thing in US, check bean fields a few weeks after harvest
mircea_popescu: mod6 problem is, if you actually take one of those, you gotta do something with a quarter ton of meat. what, take in 6 more women ?
asciilifeform: pretty sure i once saw a pheasant.
mod6: You'd think there would be a bunch just west of where you are.
asciilifeform: outside of a picture, i mean
asciilifeform: a grous is рябчик , and for most of life asciilifeform never encountered it in any other context.
mircea_popescu: ftr, ananasy is like, cheapest fruit here, on a per lb basis. apples are like... WHOA.
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> gotta pay attention with them << shooting things that walk on the ground -- a bit more risky ya.
mircea_popescu: yeah. you need like a dozen to make a meal, but the meal is worth making.
mod6: i wanna give turkey a try too. i hear it's a lot of walking, but lots of fun.
mod6: Ducks fly fast tho, ya. I should give that a try next year.
mod6: I can't imagine trying to hit a fast-flying anything @ 100 yds with a rifle much less a mile and a half.
mircea_popescu: still, if you manage a mile-and-quarter kill or some insanity like that, you really want the dog to do the running for you.
mod6: I'd imagine that there wouldn't be much decent meat left after getting hit with a rifle round.
mircea_popescu: but in general -- the duck is harder shooting, because pheasant is dumb as rocks, will let you come close enough to fucking arrow it to death. duck will not. but with modern rifles this isn't a problem.
mod6: I don't have a low-land dog either, no. Definitely need a newf or lab or whatever.
mod6: Duck is good eating. I don't have all of the equip. for it. Most guys have a lot of decoys and a blind or boat of sorts.
mod6: i've got a long way to go. I'd like to get ~50.
mircea_popescu used to go just about now, for river ducks. early to mid december, when it snows a little and as aresult warms.
mircea_popescu: doing business, and especially being in business is principally a STYLE.
mircea_popescu: the polychinelle's secret about people is that everyone wants a new friend just as much as you do, if not more. makes things easier.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Ah, the consultadora is a small firm. How the locals say "accountantancy", there is she there who is my primary contact.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo do. find an upmarket steakhouse, take her for lunch (not dinner) one day at her convenience. this isn't in any sense sexual ; but it is a good idea to leverage the environment to impress upon the help that it is indeed a very good idea to be as helpful as humanly possible.
BingoBoingo: Anyways, the consultadora has begun the work of massaging a bank account out of Itau which apparently is impossible for estadosunidense as private individuals, but no problem for business individuals.
mircea_popescu: like http://trilema.com/2017/how-the-beastforumcom-private-messaging-function-became-a-paid-user-only-item/ ?
mircea_popescu: shinohai : http://btcbase.org/log/2017-12-13#1750345 (and also, consider constructing a mass messaging rig as pluriously described on trilema ?) ☝︎
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I saw a teeny bopper with a shirt that said "Acid Please" in montevideo shopping.
shinohai: My friend in Memezuela finally got in touch. Think he's got a visa to Italy in June.
BingoBoingo: Ah, the locals dress in all sorts of manners. I am not obviously a foreigner until I open my mouth. And then... They still mostly guess Brazilian...
shinohai: I need a red shirt with Birds on it so I kinda look like Quagmire for this party I'm going to.
BingoBoingo: The only mandatory thing is a big snapper with proper death and postmortem treatment
mircea_popescu: (for bonus lulz : twattle, evidently a twat cognate, means to buffer, to mitigate, to cushion. RITE ?)
mircea_popescu: (and no, limiting this to "take master cock whenever master feels like" is VERY disingenuous. maids' knee is a thing FOR A FUCKING REASON ; servile class spends most time workign, not fucking.)
mircea_popescu: upon re-wreading, it occurs to me "idleberated" is not even such a bad word to describe the situation of various wenches, maids and whatnot who belabour under the misapprehension that they're excused from the obligations their servile social class imposes on them
asciilifeform: it'll end up a discount '.tv' before long. telewision.
mircea_popescu: but apparently these idle-liberated domestic appliances HONESTLY BELIEVE carrying half an ounce over half a yard a coupla times one morning constitutes enough contribution to the general welfare of humanity to thereby eat, every day, and perhaps who knows, even 7k robe, one day.
asciilifeform reviews linked item, with some surprise notices that it in fact mentioned a turtle
mircea_popescu: in other statistics nobody cares about : out of 1817 females under 30 with an interest in kink that checked out http://trilema.com/2017/galati-yachting/ this month, OVER 900 !!!! thereby inferred that saving turtles is what i do for a living, my job or in some manner similarily my profession or occupation.
a111: Logged on 2017-12-13 15:28 BingoBoingo: So, it turns out looking directly for abogados was a mistake. The accountant has popped the gringo bubble. Apparently gringos seeking tax shelters for existing money go to abogados. Empressarios like myself go to consultadoras.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform if any girl touches any lens with any non-natural fiber that girl thereby gets a whopping.
a111: Logged on 2017-12-12 17:54 BingoBoingo: Also, the local accent is beginning to break into discrete works as opposed to noise. The epic 2.5-3 hour AA meetings here have been an invaluable opportunity to listen to a variety of local speakers one at a time.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: was it a lockheed-martin bathrobe, or a raytheon ?
mircea_popescu: in similar lulz, from gal on cali mission recently : "in other news i saw a $7000 bathrobe yesterday. the moment anything says boutique i know it's gonna be like car-prices-for-decorative-knick-knacks sorta deal".