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mircea_popescu: all yes in
this pile. all no in
that pile. end of story.
decimation: people in
the midwest have kids, some of
them have skills, and
they end up in some bureaucracy
mircea_popescu: i suppose
the one
true differential between lords and peons is
the answer
to
the simple question
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform doesn't
that sound like something
to discontinue on general principle ?
decimation: people are willing
to spend
their lives gaining skills only
to end up paying elon
to work for him
decimation: for instance, spacex runs on
the same 'fumes'
decimation: asciilifeform: note
that
this 'marriage' isn't really about a meal as much as a fantasy
mircea_popescu: most of
them are necessarily unemployable in
the real world
decimation: or maybe most of
them are unemployable in 'the real world'
decimation: maybe usg employees
think
that if
the just stick around one more year
they can 'change
the system' liked
they fantasized about when
they signed up
mircea_popescu: and
they'd hit on
the hot blonde, if
they could be sure of same.
mircea_popescu: think about
that. it's like being in a bar where you hate everyone
to
the point you wouldnt buy
them a drink.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the one important point in all
this is - even
the people on govt
team don't like other people on govt
team enough
to go partners.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: i look forward
to it. my new passport is a 10-year affair and has some sort of electronics in it. "don't get passport wet,
treat like mobile device" it says.
mircea_popescu: what do you suppose
ten-twenty
twerps can do with enough money
to buy isis a humvee each ?
trinque: it remains
to be seen what charges
these guys end up with
decimation: usg has promised all of
them a comforatable retirement if
they play ball
mircea_popescu: the notion
that an entire hierarchy would manage
to split it into bits... heh.
mircea_popescu: it's shocking enough
that one dea agent defected over about 1 year's nominal pay.
decimation: asciilifeform:
this was sop in su as I understand
mircea_popescu is rooting for him, gavin and
that radioshow derp getting
together and starting a wallet site or something.
decimation: mircea_popescu:
those agents investigating dpr apparently 'switched sides'
assbot: Logged on 05-06-2015 03:06:48; asciilifeform: williamdunne:
the usg connection of karpeles is as clear as daylight, considering how he is investigationally untouchable (both in
the sr
trials and in
the greatest btc-related monetary black hole known
to date)
assbot: Logged on 05-06-2015 03:05:28; pete_dushenski: so one person does funds, one person does other
things ? you might excuse me for being suddenly reminded of magicaltux's recent 'decentralise
the exchanges' essay
decimation: yeah
this is a point, as long as usd is 'money'
they can
toy with anyone
decimation: but
they can't send agents
to question why you withdrew $10k
decimation: asciilifeform: yeah, usg can still claim usd
tax
decimation: ah I see what you are getting at, need
to choose your partners carefully
mircea_popescu: "this person is charged with being more powerful
than we like
to see."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform not
that far off, it is after all
the argument
they brought before australian courts against austian dotcom kid. or for
that matter in swiss courts against belgian dude.
trinque: utterly devoid of meaning aside from "and for
this we will fuck you dry"
trinque: having
too much btc will have a word like "structuring" pretty soon
trinque: asciilifeform: not a bad point
there
assbot: Logged on 05-06-2015 03:28:58; decimation: it's a good way
to raise children, but lord help you if you marry
the wrong woman
assbot: Logged on 05-06-2015 02:53:01; williamdunne: While I'm going
to be putting myself very publicly as
the face of
the company, I'm not
the only one responsible for it
trinque: decimation: I don't mind
the
thought of raising kids at all; still don't
think I'd marry
decimation: it's a good way
to raise children, but lord help you if you marry
the wrong woman
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 05-06-2015 02:48:58; williamdunne: Latest board resolution contains a line similar
to
the one in a couple of MPEX contracts
that goes along
the lines of "The company deems
this contract valid, regardless of
the opinion or declaration of any person, regardless of what
title
that
they may choose
to fashion
themselves with" lol
trinque cannot
think of a single reason he would marry
decimation: greenspun has a continual rant on
the divorce racket
decimation: asciilifeform: yeah, it's a real
thing
too I hear. if one of
these 8(a) qualified companies enter bidding,
they automatically win
trinque: the court can rule in "the best interest of
the child"
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: i guess i figured
that since usa is where
they're mostly use,
that pre-nups work
there. upon reflection,
this is a nonsensical conclusion !
decimation: asciilifeform: also
there's supposedly a super-category for minorities/handicapped/veterans
decimation: Spandrell made another good point in his next post: "Say a woman
that gets a job before of a female quota, but is chosen specifically because she isn?t a loud feminist and does not abuse her legal privilege. Will she ever abandon feminism? Most likely not. After all she owes her job
to feminism, even if she had
to
take a second sanity
test. But she has nothing
to win, and quite a lot
to lose from abolishing female quotas."
trinque: didn't our
thing eat all his useful folks?
trinque: I expect
to hear
that phrase again
trinque: "freedom from
terrorism" is a particularly insidious concept
decimation: that's a great set of clothes.
the deer is a fine horse, etc
decimation: but
the deeply weird
thing is
that nobody questions - 'oh
those people who were working on red commies are now working on
terrorism'
decimation: now
they want
to bring of
the end of days by destroying
terrorism
decimation: asciilifeform: but
there's an interesting parallel
to usg:
they 'won'
the cold war, yet failed
to unemploy
the 'national security' complex
decimation: The moral is
that we should be ashamed of ourselves and aspire
to be as virtuous as
this child. But of course in reality
this child would have been arrested and executed, alongside his parents. Which is obviously why nobody
tells
the king about his new clothes.
They?re not stupid.
mats: fun fact: 'zhao gao' also
translates
to 'terrible'
decimation: In
the West of course we have Hans Christen Andersen?s
tale about
the kid and
the emperor?s new clothes.
The funny part is it?s fiction. And
the story is just about a child, who having a pure heart, dares
to say
the
truth against
the powerful.
decimation: but
the important element is
that one must 'make believe' in
the appropriate way