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jurov: if you happen
to end up with destructive coherence between
two laser diodes, where
the energy goes?
ascii_field: jurov: sorta like
the famous gedankenexperiment where chinese radio orders all citizens
to get on stools and jump at
the same
time
jurov: energy gets
trnasferred
to
target eithrt
nubbins`: i still
think he used a lens
to focus
the beams 8)
jurov: might be interesting
to reuse old camera with autofocus
nubbins`: that said, i was pretty unimpressed with
the amount of
time it
took
to light paper on fire
nubbins`: ascii_field i
think he used a lens
to focus
the discrete beams
ben_vulpes: loosen her up with
these big old binaries
jurov: ben_vulpes: redirect
them
to imgur?
jurov: ascii_field: you surely wouldn't want
to be on receiving side of it, coherent or not
☟︎ ascii_field: (there is a reason coherent beans are more interesting
than 'archimedes'-style collimated white light)
trinque: jurov:
that
thing looks damned fun; needs more lasers and MOAR POWER
though
ascii_field: but
the bureaucratic flavour of 'u.n. minutes'
trinque: gimme
the 2040s at
the latest
assbot: Logged on 12-06-2015 15:59:37; pete_dushenski: "In Britain, GCHQ’s ability
to monitor crime gangs – including
those involved in people
trafficking and drugs – has been reduced by a quarter."
trinque: jurov: I already see him in
that
thread
ascii_field listened, out of entomological interest,
to a recording of interview with hearn. yes, him. among
the expected idiocies, hearn confessed
to an interest in 'remote attestation' and 'trusted computing' as 'promising' alternatives
to normally functioning bitcoin...
nubbins`: thestringpuller summers are busy so if
this is a real project, yes, otherwise no
assbot: Space
travel isn’t for you.
There are no virgins
there either. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... (
http://bit.ly/1f6Y5FU )
pete_dushenski: "In Britain, GCHQ’s ability
to monitor crime gangs – including
those involved in people
trafficking and drugs – has been reduced by a quarter."
☟︎ pete_dushenski: more like "Snowden’s actions have also led
to
terrorist groups
to discard new encryption
technology in favour of good ol' pgp. "
pete_dushenski: "Snowden’s actions have also led
to
terrorist groups developing new encryption
technology."
assbot: Don't listen
to Edward Snowden's supporters – his leaks have been a gift
to
terrorists - Comment - Voices -
The Independent ... (
http://bit.ly/1f6VPOE )
nubbins`: is
this something you actually plan on doing, or is
this another instance of me wasting a bunch of
time generating a quote for something
that won't happen?
☟︎ pete_dushenski: after
taking public
transport for an hour each way
to class when it was only a 10-minute drive, i started caring about cars pretty quickly
pete_dushenski: ford and mazda co-developed
the platform and each made
their own body style atop it
assbot: Logged on 12-06-2015 01:41:21; asciilifeform: ben_vulpes:
these remind me of an ancient car i've always wanted
to drive, 'ford probe'
pete_dushenski: in any event, promises
to do
this or
that 'by
the end of
the century even
though we won't have a country' is
the 2nd lulziest shit all week
pete_dushenski: or mebbe 'gossipd' does exist in a century but
the kids are calling it 'irc' for nostalgia's sake
pete_dushenski: kakobrekla: lmao y'know
that's a point i hadn't considered.
thestringpuller: so garzik proposes a soft-fork, and
the shills act more retarded
than ever stating, "No. We need
to hard fork
the network and up
the cap."
kakobrekla: hehe, gossipd still not done
till 2115.
mircea_popescu: but yes,
they are, "storing" it where
the germans did.
mircea_popescu: lol,
the indian state is desperate because minority holder in
the country. indians are nuts with
the stuff.
nubbins`: what are
they doing, repatriating it
to
the usa? :D
assbot: Customs officials at Mumbai airport seize gold worth Rs 1.99 cr from aircraft
toilets |
The Indian Express ... (
http://bit.ly/1MvNU84 )
nubbins`: as it stands, in canada, it's only
torture if it's performed by a state
nubbins`: there was a push after
this
to add "torture"
to
the criminal code
assbot: Logged on 12-06-2015 14:54:10; mircea_popescu: “They’re safe from Paxton, but
they’re not safe from people like Paxton.”
mircea_popescu: itdoesn't add any further drama ? you have
the quote above.
nubbins`: ehhh i
think BDSM angle doesn't add any further drama
mircea_popescu: is
there some sort of canadian conspiraci ? are
they afraid of
that derpy canadian corp i bitchslapped
thisspring ?
nubbins`: i read once
that
the victim was actually brought around
to various locations
to be beaten by different people
mircea_popescu: by nature, yes. inasmuch as a party doesn't fight back, a welt's a welt and a smack's a smack you know ? whether you kloink your slave or your roomate over
the head, whether
they consented
to it or not doesn't enter in
the functions
that return "isbraindamage" as aboolean.
nubbins`: i've been reading about
this case off and on for 4+ years and i still can't make any sense of it
mircea_popescu: ie... and once
the public's safe from all
the paxtons, who's
to keep isis out of
the usis ?
mircea_popescu: Sir
Thomas More: Oh? And when
the last law was down, and
the Devil
turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper,
the laws all being flat?
This country is planted
thick with laws, from coast
to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut
them down, and you're just
the man
to do it, do you really
think you could stand upright in
the winds
that would blow
then? Yes, I'd give
the Devil benefit of law, for my own safe
☟︎ mircea_popescu: William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England
to do
that!
mircea_popescu: Sir
Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road
through
the law
to get after
the Devil?
mircea_popescu: William Roper: So, now you give
the Devil
the benefit of law!
mircea_popescu: “They’re safe from Paxton, but
they’re not safe from people like Paxton.”
☟︎ mircea_popescu: “I'm glad
that he was declared a dangerous offender, but
that only
takes one person off
the street, and
there are lots of Paxtons out
there, so
the laws have
to be changed
to keep
the public safe,” she said.
mircea_popescu: maybe
they could
take up
the cause of feminism in gaming or something
nubbins`: googling "dustin paxton" brings pics of
the victim, but i can't recommend you look at
them
mircea_popescu: now whether you'd convict on
thebasis of
that mostlycomes down
to whether you're republican or democrat.
mircea_popescu: i am at
this point judging by
the implicit cues and my understanding/preconceived notions re a functional police force
that
they most likely got
their man.
nubbins`: "look at
this ghastly photo of a couple
things laid on an unmade bed"
nubbins`: asciilifeform half
the kids i went
to uni with had houses messier
than
that
mircea_popescu: the case being otherwise is an extraordinary claim
that requires extraordinary evidence
mircea_popescu: this is
the standard interepretation whenever something appears in vice/slate/the rest of
the shitsites.
mircea_popescu: and you believe
this is an impossibility re your cook roommate ?
nubbins`: guy presented
to ER weighing 80lbs down from 250, with his entire bottom lip missing