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thestringpuller: nubbins`: what's the bad news?
nubbins`: good news! my browser appears to be safe from the security bug i just found out about
thestringpuller: don't have multimeter? use tongue instead.
asciilifeform: thestringpuller was sticking tongue in the smoke socket or what
thestringpuller: i eventually had the thought, "Yea ALF would frown on this, lets die another day shall we?"
thestringpuller: fucking around with batteries in the not good way
thestringpuller: we were drunk as fuck and I immediately though, "would alf approve?" to see whether or not the procedure we were undertaking would kill us
thestringpuller: asciilifeform: was thinking about you last night as we were messing with high amp electronics in the car.
thestringpuller: asciilifeform: more ritualistic than ceremonial imo
thestringpuller: oh are we talking about debt celining again?
nubbins`: "massive panic as government needs to change value of magic number that means nothing"
nubbins`: can someone please explain to me why this is an issue?
pete_dushenski: lol i tried...
nubbins`: tell him to stop voting Ford?
pete_dushenski: lol my bro lives in etobicoke at the moment
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pete_dushenski: home of all the bizniz!
nubbins`: where important men do important things!
pete_dushenski: from toronto!
pete_dushenski: i suppose that relative to doge, gold seems like way less of a scam
nubbins`: fuck vaultofsatoshi because they dealt in fuckin doge
pete_dushenski: and they 'verify' accounts in, like, an hour
nubbins`: i'm fascinated that they let you deposit and withdraw physical gold
pete_dushenski: i don't have a ton of personal interest either, just the least stinky poo, i guess.
nubbins`: on the rare occasions that i need to, -otc
pete_dushenski: interested in kyc, that is
pete_dushenski: nubbins`: you've got a local broker then ? or -otc ?
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pete_dushenski: lol i think they're better than that. a broker i've done a few deals with swears by gerald's business
pete_dushenski: quardriga hasn't done anything exceptionally derpy to my knowledge
mircea_popescu: known as "we're well the fuck confused, and what are these word things again ? ooo... shiny!"
pete_dushenski: thestringpuller: either way, they seem to be reasonably reliable
mircea_popescu: The wild ferret web hopper's are designed as specific agents to retrieve data from all available sources on the internet. They work in an onion format hopping from spot to spot one level at a time over the internet. The information is gathered into different relational databases, known as "Hazel's Horde".
mircea_popescu: http://www.robotstxt.org/db/ferret.html << what in the Heaven Of Shit's name is this!
pete_dushenski: tech was the gateway to girly pics
mircea_popescu: turbo was for kids tho, we had the one before that. with fake money. ☟︎
asciilifeform: 'turbo' (there were others, i think)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i recall reading that you had it too - the one with the racecar photos
assbot: Logged on 07-03-2015 13:53:13; nubbins`: and if there's one thing necessary to bringing STEM education to third-world classrooms...
mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=07-03-2015#1045310 << can't get boys into tech without getting the girls into nudity. ☝︎
pete_dushenski: and think that this is a reasonable way: advertising! investing! exchanges!
pete_dushenski: because now some derps in vancouver want to 'get on the bitcoin train'
asciilifeform: apparently incredibly loved in the harems << amplified the lulz from remembering that the first (and until moving to usa, only) gum i ever chewed on was turkish
thestringpuller: why are they generating so much press right now? (other than the "publicly traded")
pete_dushenski: but yes, i've also seen their ads splashed absolutely everywhere
thestringpuller: My google and youtube is littered with ads from them.
pete_dushenski: why do i care about chf-cad ? planning a trip there for may upcoming!
thestringpuller: pete_dushenski: how do you feel about this new canadian exchange?
assbot: Logged on 07-03-2015 04:17:02; decimation: heh EUR/USD fell to $1.08 from $1.10
mircea_popescu: apparently incredibly loved in the harems, which hadn't yet met the yanks (who had not yet met buffett) so there was no wrigley's.
nubbins`: i can only assume this shares a root with the verb "masticate"
mircea_popescu: fun fact : the island of chios, named Sakız Adası in turkish, is what led to romanian calling it sachiz.
nubbins`: yeah, this is all hypothetical
nubbins`: wow, this ink remover is actually marketed as a /mastic/ remover
pete_dushenski: basically, all these doods : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEpwBVXbKhs
mircea_popescu: anyway. a) they're mostly using "syntetic" turpentine, which is an oil product ; b) ;;google pistacia terebinthus
PeterL: pete_dushenski: two cents say 'sneezing baby panda' runs on the gop ticket against hillary << are you referring to one of the politicians, or an actual panda?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i thought that was benedictine, lol
asciilifeform: pine resin << and turpentine's waht
mircea_popescu: go back to girls!
mircea_popescu: it's damned pine resin you noob! if you can't tell pine from turpentine you've really no business sniffing aromatics!
asciilifeform: the turpentine from the casks
mircea_popescu: the greek word for hemlock was translated by the amjew word for turpentine ?!
asciilifeform: drinking turpentine was good enough for socrates..
pete_dushenski: two cents say 'sneezing baby panda' runs on the gop ticket against hillary
nubbins`: causes the resin particles to swell
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: betcha love greek wine too
nubbins`: mineral spirits, for example. terrible ink remover.
mircea_popescu: positively loved the smell.
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pete_dushenski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnW3xkHxIEQ&app=desktop << lulzy president continues to lulz
nubbins`: incidentally not all solvents are created equal for these jobs
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you know as a kid i used to go to a school whose wooden floorings were turpentined each week ?
nubbins`: haze remover was traditionally the most caustic thing in the shop
assbot: Secret of the Universe: A Strong Smell of Turpentine Prevails Throughout | Quote Investigator ... ( http://bit.ly/1EpEvPe )
mircea_popescu: there's hazardous chemicals, and then there's hazearduous chemicals.
nubbins`: mircea_popescu try some haze remover
mircea_popescu: PeterL either that or fairy farts, i don't remember. that whole day's a haze.
asciilifeform: 'a smell of petroleum prevails throughout' (TM)
PeterL: didn't we decide propane would be a good substitute gas for the whipped stuff?
mircea_popescu: anyway, let it be pointed out that kb 50ish is not really high or anything.
nubbins`: besides, not like i'd know the diff
mircea_popescu: cheaper per ton.
mircea_popescu: prolly cause they changed the laughing gas for tear gas meanwhile.
nubbins`: i actually did a couple whippets last month for the first time since uni
PeterL: nubbins`: FWIW i've used these methyl soyate products before << used as solvent?
nubbins`: or in layman's terms, emulsion remover removes emulsion ;p
mircea_popescu: ^ i used to handle that as a teen!
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mircea_popescu: ;;google carbon tetrasulphide
mircea_popescu: "but i know better than that, after what happened to little timmy next door."
mircea_popescu: "making squealing sounds like my ex wife, trying to get me to go out"
nubbins`: nod, they just hover outside the windows 8)
mircea_popescu: "and im happy to report no flying frogs trying to get into the house yet, so there is that."
nubbins`: and they're actually fucking *nuts*.
nubbins`: FWIW i've used these methyl soyate products before
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i guess they weren't terribad. but still, the push is the lulz.
mircea_popescu: IT WAS FOR THE ECONOMY
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: what a crock o'shit that was! still sometimes comes with heatsinks as 'degreaser'
mircea_popescu: anyone recall the florida orange lobby push for "use orange peels in cleanning products" ?