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decimation: well, munger comes
to
the same conclusion as moldbug,
that is usg is highly resistant
to voting - because
to be otherwise would be
terrifying
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: people employing a wot are so much more successful
than people who do not << completely. see italians, somalis, jooz, whoever.
the rest are but chumps.
mircea_popescu: seriously, very
thin ice sheets
to shade you from
the sun.
mircea_popescu: the notion
that "democracy", ie, an implementation of democracy without a martial population and strict limits on
the franchise is even practicable...
decimation: certainly anything
that destroys 'process' is a good
thing
mircea_popescu: then representatives of
the democracy are shot on xmas day and you can get a beating just by saying you
think communism may be a
thing.
mircea_popescu: but from
the inside of a "democracy", i can
tell you
this : people employing a wot are so much more successful
than people who do not
mircea_popescu: decimation
that's not even
the biggest deal. arguably
the biggest deal one outside could ever figure out.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: haven't seen le grand blond but will add it
to
the list.
decimation: ^
the 'result' is simply
that outcomes are not process-neutral, so manipulation of 'voting rules' manipulates outcomes.
thus, dictatorship by process, ie usg
decimation: " So, what
that means is,
this is actually
terrifying. Democracy is radically indeterminate.
The outcome can be manipulated. But
that manipulation will not be apparent
to people unless
they have seen
this
technical result. Which means
that you sort of--you can have shamans, people who know
the rules, be in charge in ways
that are
tantamount
to dictatorship. So, we should be very skeptical about claims
that 'this is what
the people
pete_dushenski: the most
telling line, and keep in mind
that
this is in
the late 60s/early 70s, was hawking saying "physics is business"
mircea_popescu: make it just like
the bond franchise, but with handicapped people and science.
decimation: ^there's a 'democratic' effort
to get a black guy
to play james bond
mircea_popescu: have a senegalese man play Igor
Totallyhonestlyrusynskyi
mircea_popescu: incidentally,
this might make a great basis for a remake of
that fabulous "le grand blanc" (which srsly was james bond only well done)
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski old joke, americans ask russians how do
they keep discovering
their secret agents. "you could
try not sending black people..."
☟︎ mircea_popescu: and why la serenissima is not a democracy, and why no democracy can be anything but "a popular democracy", as in
the popular democratic republic of <insert etnonym>
mircea_popescu: back
to
that "you have no rights" fisher quote for a second : it splendidly illustrates
the difference between democracy and republic,
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: who are
these blacks who were sorted ?
mircea_popescu: i
think
this is even mentioned in meanwhile declassified soviet stuff.
they actually sorted
the blacks by "switzerland or germany"
mircea_popescu: but somehow
the geeks felt switzerland was more "technical"
decimation: my understanding is
that it's not very simple
to get a work visa in switzerland
pete_dushenski: swiss will go hide in
the mountains, play defense, sell out who
they like
the least, one by one until
the asker fucks off
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: eh, not really a proponent of said
theory.
mircea_popescu: decimation in fairness,
they had all switched
to
those alcohol based swipes in
the 90s.
mircea_popescu: so, yes. carrie bradshaw of philosophy writing for
the
toptenz of nyt has heard of cornel but not of chomsky.
mircea_popescu: note
that
they DO list
that imbecile west. who has contributed as much
to human knowledge as obama has : being black.
pete_dushenski: or more precisely, who he knows
there with a spare couch
pete_dushenski: if bitstein is correct, one wonders how hearn affords
to live in switzerland
mircea_popescu: and
this is how
the carrie bradshaw selected hearing works. she'd have heard of
the new york
times, but not of... hm
decimation: ^ actresses waiting
tables/turning
tricks now use 25% less water
pete_dushenski: 'private rooms' cost less, whole suite, ya,
that's
too high falutin
mircea_popescu: that's
the idea, generally. like going
to a rave, orwhatever. sleep on
the floor of a squatted building.
pete_dushenski: because in magical fairy land,
things
that don't like you don't exist
mircea_popescu: pete_dushenski if you recall
the famous "conference" held in london by nefario,
taaki and
the rest of "bitcoinica consultancy" crowd...
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: heh, well
this particular whore recently claimed
to have never heard of #b-a, which must be like carrie bradshaw never having heard of
the new york
times
mircea_popescu: decimation in fairness, california has always been past its demographic limits. people were paying more for hay
there
than anywhere in
the world cca 1850
mircea_popescu: just like
the actresses waiting
tables and
turning
tricks.
mircea_popescu: you know, "journalists" just like
the fictional carriew bradshaw,
decimation: meanwhile actualy california has 'reinvented' itself into a central american shithole, wants
to pretend like it matters
mircea_popescu: like hearn, like everyone else on github. like
the names on social media, like
the leah goodmans
trying
to convince you
they're "journalists".
mircea_popescu: that's pretty much
the life of
the whore, and of
the mentally ill, and of
the "student" and so on. bums,
the lot of
them.
mircea_popescu: no fixed place of residence, some nights in a hotel, or a car, or someone's livingroom, or
the park.
mircea_popescu: the "easy" situation has created
this particular inferno for
the underclass,
that
they are literally a mob now.
decimation: does
this invention begin
to hit limits?”"
mircea_popescu: note pete_dushenski
the guy starts by inquiring whether
the
tramp is "in a room
tonight"
decimation: it would be handy
to have a 'diceware' version for rsa keys
pete_dushenski: "The 25 percent cut in water consumption ordered by Gov. Jerry Brown raises fundamental questions about what life in California will be like in
the years ahead, and even whether
this state faces
the prospect of people leaving for wetter climates"
assbot: Y’know
that post-industrial service economy
thing ? Ya, it’s just another shitty command economy. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... (
http://bit.ly/19WNKsN )
pete_dushenski: lol i was wondering when
the last 5k was going
to disappear from
the 'ethereum wallet'
mircea_popescu: could be romania back when ceausescu was
trying
to play prague spring supporter just as well.
mircea_popescu: "I don't remember
that," Fisher says. "But
the inmates did
tell me
they had never eaten so good until I arrived."
TomServo: Ethereum wallet down
to 486 BTC.
mircea_popescu: because
they lived
there forever, and are adapted
to what
there *means*.
mircea_popescu: much like
the same idiots have reclassified natural phenomena like wildfire as "bad", notwithstanding
that coniferous
trees will only open
the seedpods if
they get scorched.
mircea_popescu: the important part being
that
the pansy-ass
ten year olds masquerading as adults have reclassified as "trauma" a large swath of life experiences
that are exactly necessary for
the woman.
mircea_popescu: re
this entire "powdered alcohol" bs : why
the fuck would i drink a galon of cyclodextrine slog for a quart of alcohol ?
mircea_popescu: “The likelihood of widespread Palcohol abuse — particularly among underage consumers — carries a real possibility of
tragic consequences,” Mr. Franchot said in a statement, “which is why I’m so pleased by
the industry’s unified response
to protect
the public from such a dangerous product.”
assbot: Logged on 05-04-2015 19:39:37; ben_vulpes: me pogo's at
the office
assbot: Logged on 05-04-2015 18:06:07; Apocalyptic: ^ only for
that fact alone it's a good experience
assbot: Logged on 05-04-2015 17:22:50; nubbins`: would be nice
to get some people
to
test
this patch when it's ready