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mircea_popescu: this will require MUCH more powerful sats, evidently, and
a lot heavier navgear. but whatever, discussion was re possibility not feasibility.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform well you can't "retransmit" at
a time before transmission. so yes unidirectionalyl in time.
mircea_popescu: amusingly, it makes
a number of historical points for me. "but how could mp have known" etc.
BingoBoingo: "In the last 24 months, Commanders and/or Sergeants Major at the Group and SWCS level have systematically removed numerous fundamental SF standards, lowered and undermined the grading metrics for others, all while simultaneously ensuring that
a gagged cadre population was expressly prohibited from holding students accountable for their academic, physical, and character performance."
a111: Logged on 2017-11-30 02:57 mircea_popescu: it is also why methamphetamine is not actulaly militarily useful : it aggravates instead of balancing out
a natural disadvantage.
a111: Logged on 2017-11-30 02:56 mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744508 << the problem with amphetamine in ww1 (which is what that was), then confirmed in ww2, is that it is actually
a disadvantageous tradeoff. the fundamental problem of mammals, which includes humans, is that yes they can charge, but they are ridiculously vulnerable after having charged. this has shaped the face of war, is the principal underlying engine of war, and so on. in ~general~ t
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 23:23 asciilifeform: ( also not sure how comparable is the psychology of krokodilism, which is
a form of morphinism, to gabriel_laddeling. )
mircea_popescu: works, so to speak, like
a rocket tied to
a formula 1 car. those items need more thrust like i need more nose ; they need more adherence is what they need, and rocket dun help that.
mircea_popescu: it is also why methamphetamine is not actulaly militarily useful : it aggravates instead of balancing out
a natural disadvantage.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: he positive results from
a successful charge do not come close to the potential negative results of your exhausted troop being attacked.
mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744508 << the problem with amphetamine in ww1 (which is what that was), then confirmed in ww2, is that it is actually
a disadvantageous tradeoff. the fundamental problem of mammals, which includes humans, is that yes they can charge, but they are ridiculously vulnerable after having charged. this has shaped the face of war, is the principal underlying engine of war, and so on. in ~general~ t
☝︎☟︎ mircea_popescu: the walls were not simply black, it fell off as
a dust.
mircea_popescu: generally substance abuse in post soviet world would curl the contemporaneous mind. cluj tribunal, three levesl, maybe say 50k sq foot of floor space,
a thousand or two (mostly women) working there had
A TRUCK. i don't mean
a van. i mean
a semi.
mircea_popescu: back in those days, you couldn't be
a doctor if you couldn't make your own. just not possible.
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 19:06 BingoBoingo has only met one "clean productivity mether" who tried the recovery thing. Bounced in/out and then allegedly
a heated argument did in his cardiovascular system
mircea_popescu:
http://btcbase.org/log/2017-11-29#1744393 << i think i knew hundreds. widely abused in post-soviet medical system, for instance ; at some point
a whole surgical section was losing it at the same time, one step away from ending up discussed in the national security council.
☝︎ a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 18:57 BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> but beyond that, I was applying to accelerators with this company because I don't want
a real job << Sometime at
a "real job" would be good for you. Work at BingoBoingo store, call it "field research" if that makes Brian in the head feel better. Show up, bust your ass, eat shit, THEN ask yourself "Why wasn't I working this hard for myself before?"
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 18:33 trinque: what's the point of putting
a company pitch in
a cover letter for another job?
BingoBoingo: lol: "His office was in
a secluded space, and he had
a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting up. This afforded him the assurance of privacy. It allowed him to welcome female employees and initiate inappropriate contact while knowing nobody could walk in on him, according to two women who were sexually harassed by Lauer."
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/matt-lauer-accused-sexual-harassmen TomServo: I was under the impression that using -connect $tsmr.node.ip -nolisten would be
a faster sync, but seems
a bit faster without.
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 18:08 BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> this is
a ssd box, on very reasonable fiber, no less. << I am very glad/sad that asciilifeform's sync from wild experiments are concordant with my own
gabriel_laddel: some people learn about sex and go MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMME. Some people hear about sports and find it appeals to them. there is
a wide variation in genetics & environments.
gabriel_laddel: My interest, incidentally is what OTC d-amph looks like on societal level. The yanks had racemic amph, Erdos had that + ritilan. Japs & Germans had meth. Nobody has had
a d-amph free-for-all afaict.
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform do you have
a book recommendation for use of amphetamines in ww2? I looked
a few times and nothing caught my interest
a111: Logged on 2017-11-29 15:07 mircea_popescu: also managed to misplace
a 2ct diamond i used to wear in mah lapel... utter puyi operation i'm running over here.
gabriel_laddel: Well for one, awfully interesting comparison - to
a chinaman!? Completely out of the blue (yellow?). That his eunuchs did anything at all continues to be surprising to me, thought I guess floggings are useful motivation when you've no sexual drive?
a111: Logged on 2014-08-25 03:08 asciilifeform: busy as
a bee << funny that they show an idiot sow scrubbing, and not, e.g, paul erdos crapping out theorems
gabriel_laddel: he city, because I didn't see
a soul four hours (maybe two, idk). Found
a doorbell with arab lettering and rang it furiously. I hope it disturbed them something awful anddsfsdfsdfewdshdslkhfdslhlkjfdshdskjfhds AHEM. Wasn't thinking that at the time, but
a terrorist attack & subsequent rebuild seems more likely than any other route to improved publi
gabriel_laddel: ome and
a weekend nights end at like 11pm because my generation deserves holocaust). This involved dancing around all over the place, even going so far as to pull out my computer & code onehanded, balancing on one foot, bobbing like
a maniac, with lightbulb affixed. Honest to god, I can't tell you if ANYONE even lives in the whole western half of t
gabriel_laddel: Example: had the thought -- ~ _someone, somewhere_ in this godforsakken sodom must have an imagination, and
a curiosity to match it! So I took
a light bulb, placed it above my head like
a cartoon 'idea emoji' and walked all of SF many times over trying to elicit some sort of novel reaction from the fri night 'partygoers' (ED NOTE: sf is
a nursing h
gabriel_laddel: not
a choice in the matter.
A state of (Csikszentmihalyi) flow - forgetting to eat, drink, sitting in one position beyond any reasonable limit - we all do this when thinking anyways, but it can be interupted. When you remove the very notion of interruption what you're left with is tweaking, which is an awful lot like being enslaved, perfectly, by
a BingoBoingo: trinque: Maybe he hits bottom, finds
a sponsor to guide him through steps, becomes useful?
trinque can walk
a few blocks and watch bums get high at pleasure
gabriel_laddel: I have to move because people are coming into the room, but will drop an actual story with details here in
a sec, or at least PM to you ascii
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> dun think it's very active orally ? << Could make
a chewing gum or sublingual tablet
BingoBoingo wonder what gabriel_laddel's objection to cocaine was, it's
a natural botanical and reportedly fairly cheap compared to historically
BingoBoingo: Tradition 3: The only requirement for membership is
a desire to stop drinking. Doesn't say for how long...
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> do i need to do some time in
a dope den , to learn this ? << I have been suggested you visit an AA/NA meeting for some time to meet people
gabriel_laddel: Nono, just different. Fuck can't find the link -- but anyways, I had the idea that it'd be easier to hold
a lightbulb over my head and head out on
a Sat. night in sf than to network with people one by one
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform d-amph is better in that it far less physical, doesn't cause oxidative stress, isn't as much of
a "scheming" high and won't make you tweak to the point of tripping face.
BingoBoingo has only met one "clean productivity mether" who tried the recovery thing. Bounced in/out and then allegedly
a heated argument did in his cardiovascular system
☟︎ ben_vulpes: BingoBoingo: i did not know that the networks cross-pollinated but it makes
a great deal of sense
BingoBoingo: gabriel_laddel: It is
a form of withdrawal.
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> BingoBoingo meth has no withdraw << It has
a withdrawl syndrome. Not at all like opiates or alcohol. More subtle, treacherous thing.
gabriel_laddel: yo it'll sound like
a bunch of excited / nervous engineering types discussing IP addresses, fake names & locations over lunch
BingoBoingo: <gabriel_laddel> but beyond that, I was applying to accelerators with this company because I don't want
a real job << Sometime at
a "real job" would be good for you. Work at BingoBoingo store, call it "field research" if that makes Brian in the head feel better. Show up, bust your ass, eat shit, THEN ask yourself "Why wasn't I working this hard for myself before?"
☟︎ gabriel_laddel: Oh I think I'll hear fear / desperation in the voice of one of these government people while getting
a coffee.
gabriel_laddel: "yer not
a man then!" OK ya, am total wage slave / bitch to someone willing to kill for it. fine by me
trinque: yes, the splitting is also
a speed user thing
ben_vulpes: b-but building
a fortress and carving
a domain of sovereignty out is antithetical to the digital nomad ideal, trinque !