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ascii_field: to describe any kingdom where
the crown is
the largest economic actor in any
terms other
than socialist, is stark nonsense
trinque: ascii_field | american 'anti-communism' in all ages was a cartoon idiocy << not
talking about mccarthy here, but
the average
TX business owner
mats: trinque: was referring
to
thestringpuller's message
ascii_field: what, srsly, is
the next step after
this idiocy, 'small blocks kill kittenz!!111!!11'
☟︎ ascii_field: thestringpuller:
the usg muppets are in high gear, yes
trinque: that'd be
the next question
trinque: ascii_field:
this is
the ratio of federal
taxes paid vs federal expenditure in
the state
trinque: mats:
that's not something I can even respond
to.
ascii_field: (and is it about cash flow
to state gov. or
to residents at large ? )
ascii_field: trinque:
this map only counts dollar-denominated payouts from usg
to states
trinque: but I'd say being in a bad currency is one of
the most obvious problems
thestringpuller:
https://medium.com/@octskyward/the-capacity-cliff-586d1bf7715e - "Finally, a brief word about my own background for
those who don’t know me. I have spent
the last five years implementing Bitcoin wallets, and before
that I spent nearly 8 years at Google.
Three of
those years were spent on
the Geo
Team (Maps/Earth), where I was a professional capacity planner for one of
the world’s busiest websites. Just like now, capacity pl
trinque: were I in any position
to do so, I'd encourage
the states
to pick fights with
the federal govt
trinque: tons of business, and you can grab an average person off
the street and get
them yelling about socialism in about 5 sentences
trinque: provided
the right screaming bastard
to articulate it
trinque: ascii_field: in
TX for example I
think anti-communism has
teeth
ascii_field: trinque: it also means
that if you're on
the
throne, you gotta pander
to derps
to some extent - because
this is implicit in ruling a naturally-occurring herd containing both halves of
the 'bell curve'
☟︎ trinque: if a major war between
the largest powers breaks out,
there wont be much of a place
to sit either
trinque: ascii_field: I understand
the quote
to mean
that militarism is good for destroying
things, not for building a place
to sit, eh?
ascii_field: recall napoleon's 'can do anything you want with a bayonet but
to sit on it' ?
trinque: and
the dirt we have is already occupied
trinque: point is
they aren't making more dirt
trinque: ascii_field: worked for
the communists
trinque: ascii_field:
this is why I favor
the idea of a capitalist political party more
than some kind of conflict
assbot: Logged on 26-11-2014 00:46:13; asciilifeform: have
to understand, jet fighter is not really a complete machine. it is a
tentacle of
the larger industrial slave empire which produced and employed it.
trinque: scientology's
tax exempt status is a goddamn hilarious defeat of usg
trinque: they worm
their way inside
the machine
trinque: look at
the scientologists... heh
trinque: like
there's gonna be some grand war of liberation
trinque: I
think it's foolish
to
think of it in
terms of
that
williamdunne: ascii_field: Somehow I
think Liberland will struggle
to get even a single
Trident sub
williamdunne: ascii_field: Its not
the only exchange in Singapore by far, it probably was a suicide
trinque: being able
to wreck continents gives you a bit of an advantage
trinque: every other political entity is busy playing
their relationships with
those big
three against each other
trinque: certainly not some kind of sealand or
things of
that magnitude
williamdunne: ascii_field:
Think
the dope one has more
to do with Islam
trinque: the only
things big enough
to meaningfully oppose nato are russia and china
williamdunne: I'd be interested in seeing what would happen if
they were, off
the
top of my head outside of various south American shitholes I can't
think of good examples of it
ascii_field: if anything,
they are more eager
to enforce usg dictate
than usg proper
ascii_field: ben_vulpes suggests
that portland is also doing well
williamdunne: Seems
to be doing well, a lot of growth
there and is well off compare
to Malaysia,
ascii_field: letting it be known
that you will wreck usg is not 'aggressive' except
to usg muppet
theatre
trinque: it's protecting against inward agression
that's
the issue
williamdunne: Don't
think
they are meant
to be outwardly aggressive
trinque: to
the extent
that it is still hk it is at
their pleasure
ascii_field: this kind of faux sovereignty may be interesting
to some folks - but not me.
trinque: williamdunne: doesn't seem like
the chinese communists have had any
trouble steamrolling hk
williamdunne: trinque: Pretty much, or at least
the point of being something equivalent
to Hong Kong
mod6: using 'default' just isn't
the right
thing.
ascii_field: williamdunne,
trinque:
the point of effective
thermonukes + delivery vehicles
mod6: <+trinque> mod6: what'd
that ext error end up being? << i needed
to add
the correct AKI
to
the AMI created from
the Volume Snapshot.
ascii_field: williamdunne et al: 'micronations' are interesting right up until you
try actually using
them for something (e.g., resisting usg dictate) and it gets bulldozed. so, approximately as interesting as a pistol
that is guaranteed
to explode in your hand.
☟︎ trinque: mod6: what'd
that ext error end up being?
ascii_field: 'In
the proposed channel,
the voice call
throughput was entirely occupied in order
to convey covert information, and it achieved a
throughput of 13 bps...' << l0l lamers
ascii_field: mats: not off
the
top of my head, but idea was same ('speechification' modem for using stock gsm chipsets on arbitrary bits)
jurov: then
they
tried
to float from serbian side of danube , croatian customs detained
them,
too
jurov: they
tried
to enter from croatia by road and ford, customs stopped
them and barred
the road
williamdunne: BingoBoingo: I
think
they're not stopping anyone doing anything, just doing passports or summin
BingoBoingo: williamdunne: But closed in which direction? If I recall
they blocked people from leaving croatia... May be recalling wrong
williamdunne: BingoBoingo: Has Croatia bullied
them yet? All I've seen is
the border closed which seems sane if its a separate country
BingoBoingo: williamdunne> Liberland might actually be a cool option, although no-one recognizes it yet so no-one would criticize
the US for raiding a DC
there, no? << Downside, no credible army makes Liberland easy
to annex. Look at how easily Croatia bullies
them.
williamdunne: The ones who previously
turned down because of DDoS
williamdunne: What do you need, and is
there anything I can help with. I'll happily speak
to a couple of
them for you, I've made harder sells before
jurov: nice fantasy, but
that would make my situation worse
williamdunne: And
then promptly apply a healthy dosage of
thermite
to
the HDDs
jurov: we have our own secret service
to raid
the dc. and when
they do it,
they
take everyone's stuff :D
jurov: but
then i can prolly drop
the servers into danube, either :DDD
williamdunne: Liberland might actually be a cool option, although no-one recognizes it yet so no-one would criticize
the US for raiding a DC
there, no?
☟︎ jurov: liberland is actually closer
than ukr or sea from here
trinque: going
to need a #b-a undersea base
jurov: and ahuling servers
throught
the border can be pita
jurov: but i don't know anyone i can
trust in ukr
williamdunne: Ah, if East could have access
to some stuff in Ukraine easily. Can't imagine
they would care
too much for any bullshit, bigger stuff
to deal with
jurov: if you read
the logs, mircea supects someone gave
the rack a hefty kick, damaging multiple drives in
the raid
williamdunne: Roughly where in
the world are you located? I know its Slovakia/Slovenia, but NESW?
williamdunne: Sure, I appreciate
that. Still better
than most
the crap out
there
williamdunne: Could do with some way of disabling power when certain
triggers happen
williamdunne: I
think
the biggest issue will be physical security
mircea_popescu: jurov i don't understand
this ddos
thing. were you renting a vps ?
mircea_popescu: the only economists qualified
to discuss bitcoin are here, and afaik
the consensus is "gavin is
too dumb
to understand how ridiculous he is"
mod6: mircea_popescu:
ty :]