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funkenstein_: perhaps
the galaxy is already filled with something
mircea_popescu: " It
took mankind a million years
to fill one small world and
then only fifteen
thousand years
to fill
the rest of
the Galaxy."
assbot: Logged on 31-03-2015 04:09:07; ben_vulpes: fuel, oxidizer etc delivered
through capillary
tubes
mircea_popescu: we're fighting
the bad ideas of
the 1100s by being
too stupid
to have
them yet!
mircea_popescu: "i have an idea, let's separate church and state.
the 'community' is made out of idiots who aren't actually intellectually prepared
to have any sort of church yet anyway."
assbot: Logged on 31-03-2015 03:35:35; asciilifeform:
there is exactly one cure for
this kind of mental pathology.
the good news is
that it -will- be prescribed. whether
the 'patient' wants, or not.
assbot: Logged on 31-03-2015 03:31:18; asciilifeform: substation
transformers in usa are in severe shortage
mircea_popescu:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=31-03-2015#1080512 << everytrhing even moderately costly is in severe permanent shortage in
the soviet america.
the only
thing
they have in ample supply is "technologies", a la facebook. exactly mirroring
the situation of
the previous soviets, eating pravda on bread, except "real" pravda on imaginary bread.
☝︎ assbot: Logged on 31-03-2015 03:22:24; asciilifeform: (short-term,
that is. which is
the only model of concern
to
these people)
nubbins`: say, asciilifeform, does your pogotron buildroot
toolchain have an arm-buildroot-linux-uclibcgnueabi-g++ ?
nubbins`: ;;google power grid is fucked if
too many
transformers blow at
the same
time
nubbins`: if something widespread happens, existing supplies won't come close
to covering replacements, and you're looking at months/years for production
to catch up
nubbins`: they're quite expensive and so
there's not a
ton of extra stock laying around
ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> [03:30] substation
transformers in usa are in severe shortage << really? source?
this shit doesn't fit in a container and ship from china
these days?
ben_vulpes: fuel, oxidizer etc delivered
through capillary
tubes
☟︎ ben_vulpes: <asciilifeform> [03:10] but because of
the implicit
transformation from 'item'
to 'fabric' << i occasionally bat around
the notion of producing microturbines with litho
ben_vulpes: different engineering goals lead one
to pick different power plants.
ben_vulpes: <mircea_popescu> [02:35]
the problem is
tho :
the electric machines suck specifically for being electric << different powerplants for different regimes
nubbins`: the <ul> structure won't really support
this sort of per-release comment going forward, give me 5 minutes
mod6: aight, like
that any better?
nubbins`: you might also wish
to put a small blurb under 0.5.3 just noting
that
to
the best of your knowledge, it's vintage legit
nubbins`: mod6, just a suggestion: put
the 0.5.3.1 release note under
the link rather
than over it. it looks like it's attached
to
the original 0.5.3
nubbins`: who updates
thebitcoin.foundation again? jurov / kakobrekla ?
nubbins`: i wonder how many people have printed private keys on
thermal paper and subsequently hot-laminated
the result
decimation: “I had a cherry
tree
that died about 10 years ago. I cut out a part, and had a ceremony for it,” Campbell said. “I burnt it as part of an offering. I was
thinking of getting others in
the community
to do it, and have a healing ceremony.”
decimation: yeah,
the really bad
thing is
that
the damage would be global in scale
decimation: because it would
take months
to build
the
transformers
decimation: supposedly
this is why
the 'carrington event' would be so
terrible
decimation: of
throwing yourself in front of one of
their
trucks
to stop
them, which I considered.”" < lol
decimation: ^ a pretty good sample of
the way people
think in maryland
decimation: "Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner introduced
the
tree-protection measure in April, following widespread complaints from residents about
the power company's aggressive
trimming of
trees around its power lines."
decimation: now land is dear, and no one wants
to pay
to bury
the lines
mircea_popescu: aerial cables, bad idea.
trees and cable, horrible idea. etc.
decimation: well,
the whole
thing backfired now
that
the replacement service was going
to be classified
title II
decimation: I wonder if
telephone modems are still a
thing
decimation: wash dc power 'customers' can be reliably expected
to 1.) whine about a single
tree branch
trimmed by
the power company and 2.) whine when
the
tree knocks out
the power
decimation: asciilifeform: actually as long as
the swarm was operating within a short range of ground,
there's no reason why it might not connect
to a power 'tether'
mircea_popescu: yea, until your
tile splits in
the middle and
the halves slam into each other.
mircea_popescu: i suspect
this is not akin
the myth
that 1900s ocean liners had solved a problem since idem.
decimation: ^ women children dog cat fly in aluminium
tubes with rare metal spinning disks
mircea_popescu: and i suspect not enough
to move economy
to your model.
mircea_popescu: there's a reason
the first coin in
the world was a bar of copper.