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mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo gold is pretty atrocious a material
to make guns out of.
BingoBoingo: Of all
the silly james bond premises
the man with
the gold gun seemed one of
the more feasible ones.
mircea_popescu sits patiently waiting
to see what alf finds in his kbd now
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> '...no survival kit is complete without silver bullets...' <<
this is actually a lot more sensible
than it seems. silver has some good chars for making a bullet.
BingoBoingo: So in News, disorderly conduct has moved from series of incompletable bench
trials
to Hearing
today.
mircea_popescu: <assbot> Is using encryption suspicious? Half of Americans say yes, according
to Pew << half of americans also
think an mit degree means basic electric competence.
BingoBoingo: What else is
the Hoover Damn or its remains going
to be sending power
too?
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Give it
two decades. 1 GW at 440 HZ
decimation: asciilifeform: you might be listening
to WWCR
transmitter #3
BingoBoingo would consider driving if he hadn't started
the libations 10 hours ago.
danielpbarron: i'm reading
the quoted radio
text in
that alex jones voice in my head
BingoBoingo steeling up for
the prospect of walking halway
to St Rose at for
the prospect of seeing a smidge of green in
the sky.
decimation: shortwave in
the us is a desert of crazy
nubbins`: you pick up some bizarre
things on shortwave sometimes
decimation: asciilifeform: are you listening
to 'coast
to coast' on am?
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> '...no survival kit is complete without silver bullets...' -- radio << About as easy
to cast as lead
decimation: BingoBoingo:
the main body of particles has passed, but
the earth's magnetic field is still bouncing around in its wake
decimation: yeah pretty much.
that's why it causes a danger
to long conductors, sets up currents
through 'ground'
BingoBoingo: decimation: I
thought it made contact about 24 hours ago, not quite finished with contact?
BingoBoingo: This being middle west
though nothing about sky can be
trusted.
decimation: the aurora is actually caused by particles spiraling down
the
the magnetic field lines,
the solar flare
that sent
them here was over days ago
BingoBoingo: Maybe placebo, but at last check
tint
to lights a bit greener
than usual for such clear skies.
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> or possibly
the solar flare << Direction of solar flare fun from here is line of site
to downtown (granted not huge downtown) and walmart LED lights.
BingoBoingo: <decimation> BingoBoingo: I don't mind python, but realize it's just kind of a c with lisp ideas
thrown in << I'm just looking
to populate a
toolbox.
decimation: BingoBoingo: I don't mind python, but realize it's just kind of a c with lisp ideas
thrown in
BingoBoingo: decimation: On St. Patricks day? After mircea_popescu lost
the Berkshire bet? I'm fine
taking in
the Aurorae as a faint green glow.
decimation: BingoBoingo: apparently you could just drive
to
to colorado
BingoBoingo drilling python some more realizing
to do what I want prolly need
to drill perl and C
BingoBoingo: decimation: My one legit referendum petition I remember signing was when I was living in Missouri. It is Mardi Gras and I signed
the legalize
the marijuana petition because fuck west county
decimation: in your blog, you say
that scheme is
too 'minimal'
to be useful
decimation: asciilifeform: so you would endorse
taking a look at 'racket'?
decimation: BingoBoingo: actually
that reminds me of a funny quote on
the econtalk podcast: "Reminds me of when I
tried in 1976--I was in a shopping mall in North Carolina
trying
to get
the Libertarian candidate, Roger McBride, on
the ballot. One of my few forays into politics. I would accost passers by and ask
them if
they would like
to see a
third party and have another choice, and many of
them would say: We have
too many already."
BingoBoingo: <decimation> Obummer or Mccain, even when ron paul was on
the
ticket (for primary) << Insuffiecient information at
the
time
to blame eeveryone for voting "generic sharp black kid" over
the lich
decimation: Obummer or Mccain, even when ron paul was on
the
ticket (for primary)
BingoBoingo: decimation: You have
to remember
that ~98% of Americans made
the mistake of voting for Obummer or Romney
decimation: doh stupid cut "Though
the report found
that a majority of Americans are skeptical of government surveillance programs, it also found very few are
taking
the extra step of encrypting
the content of
their e-mails. In fact, half of
those surveyed said using encryption software gives
the government enough suspicion
to monitor a U.S. citizen's communications."
assbot: Is using encryption suspicious? Half of Americans say yes, according
to Pew. -
The Washington Post ... (
http://bit.ly/1CrawES )
decimation: apparently it's a scheme variant with
tons of junk glommed on
decimation: apparently john carmack is a fan of
the 'racket' language
assbot: Successfully added a rating of 1 for brendafdez with note: no such
thing as a chick
that can pgp
TheNewDeal: ;;Later
tell
TomServo Ill be around wednesday evening
to Sunday evening. Send me a message
decimation: I haven't used it, but it ought
to deliver a gentoo-like experience (uses
the same repository afaik)
danielpbarron: 09:48 <+asciilifeform> summary: add '-systemd'
to USE flags << ah yes i forgot i had done
this
decimation: the powerline impacts are probably not detectable on your local line,
they affect long distance
transmission lines
decimation: it is maximal opposite
the sun; it will move south during
the night
decimation: chetty:
the G4 global storm is a global phenomenon, still ongoing
nubbins`: like almost
the only place in .ca out of range
decimation: nubbins`:
the aurora should be slightly visible, if you have a dark sky
nubbins`: and my last job, most of
the place was mainframes running IBM i
nubbins`: i recall using VMS on a work
term once
nubbins`: i diddled with slackware in my
teens, have used debian or a derivation
thereof since
mircea_popescu: nubbins` me either. nor would i have considered it, pre debian showing all
the leadership of a stale clump of bread.
mircea_popescu: really, solitaire is dependent on networking ? fuck
the whole lot of
them.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the idiocy of how linux nowadays handles dependencies makes me fucking hate
the entire
thing.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform from what i've seen
they mostly do "bad actors in bad period costumes and elevator scripts"
BingoBoingo is perfectly happy
to admit his beloved Breaking Bad is just MacBeth fanfic
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It didn't start
that way, but it is headed
there.
BingoBoingo: It's basically another hairy
twatter fanfic, still not as good as
the woodchipper one
BingoBoingo: nubbins`> large amt of both
types on
the ground
today ;/ <<
This year aside from October we've just been all light and fluffy
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you know it occurs
to me a broad systemd
test script would be useful