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trinque: I mean
the cities wont be a risk
to
the rural areas after some period of starvation
danielpbarron: is it foolish
to assume
that I can bribe my way out of catastrophe?
PeterL: I was just
trying
to finish
trinque's idea of hiding in
the woods for 3 weeks
trinque: asciilifeform: I don't mean
that I'd return
to
the city 3wks later
PeterL: wait out collapse,
then return
to scrounge resources from ruins?
trinque: let
the cities burn
themselves out
trinque: pick a spot far enough
that no one hungry is going
to wander
there on foot
trinque: that sounds like surviving 3 weeks in
the woods at most
though
trinque: actually "in advance" would make sense if
there were ongoing shortages
trinque: asciilifeform: I would want
to know whether
that was mostly a reaction after collapse, or something which people had in advance
assbot: Logged on 26-11-2013 17:41:46; asciilifeform: "There's a shift in people's
thinking as essential items become scarce.
They believe
that... hoarders created
the shortage... if someone can establish such a link between
the crisis and you, you have a problem.'
trinque: I'd expect
they were living off
the state's
teat mostly
trinque: asciilifeform: were all (former) Soviets growing
their own food?
trinque: I mean if we're headed back
to
the stone age, might as well eat a bullet in
that situation
danielpbarron: i still have
those gloves and hat. not gonna say it isn't high quality.
trinque: this idea
that people cannot possibly survive without vast supply chains is pretty new...
PeterL: but
tools do not last forever
trinque: PeterL: you don't need infinite amounts of
tools, once you have
them
danielpbarron: and come
to
think of it, a lot of
their industry was exporting
to outsiders.
things like "hand made whatever"
PeterL: danielpbarron: I imagine
they have
to import metal
to make
their farm implements, or are
they doing mining and refining
too?
trinque: the problem being
the neighbors of course, in such a situation
trinque: danielpbarron: my parents have a farm
that produces far in surplus of what
they need
danielpbarron: I once visited a false church community in waco,
tx (no relation
to
that other
thing) and
they seemed capable of sustaining
themselves independent of any supply lines. But maybe all
the ground
tilling was just for show -- I didn't stay
there year-round; just for a week for
their "harvest festival"
trinque: bitstein: nice! I lived
there for years, grew up in houston
trinque: enough for pieces of
the military
to break off and start fighting for
texas?
chetty: right? left?
too
the moon might as well be. right and left don't make sense anymore
trinque: invoke
the "end
times", etc
trinque: I could see someone clever
turning
them into a far-right movement of some kind
chetty: yeah, need
the bubba effect
to kick in
trinque: asciilifeform: I don't
think
things have gotten bad enough yet for
them,
the rednecks
danielpbarron: perhaps it'll be like with legal weed -- permitted
to do bitcoin, or permitted
to own a gun. choose one.
trinque: and people who actually know how
to use
them
trinque: asciilifeform: I
think people who never leave cities
tend
to forget how much weaponry is just outside
chetty: walk softly and carry a big stick won't ever change, at least not
the big stick part :)
trinque: they can
try;
there are hordes of rednecks in
the woods already stocked up for armageddon
☟︎ trinque: I don't see how national-scale weapons control could be implemented in
the US
chetty: they even ignore
the courts, why bother with
the silly 'public'
PeterL: Apparently
the government has started changing
the rules,
then asking for public comment (which
they
then ignore)
assbot: Logged on 26-02-2015 17:54:22; asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: it was clear
to anyone who gives a fuck
that usg would
target ammunition, rather
than small arms per se, when it 'gets serious'
PeterL: maybe asciilifeform 's desire
to make bullet in jungle conditions is more urgent
than we
thought?
BingoBoingo: The proposed a guarenteed payment pool for GPU miners where once ASICs arrived
the GPUs would be aimed at other computing
tasks
BingoBoingo: There's been a number of
these
things.
This was actually one of
the business's "CoinLab" explored
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Possibly. Mentioned by name in
the linked
TorrentFreak piece.
trinque: I have a family member
that's
tagged for harassment at
the border for political involvement in
the 70s
PeterL: just needs a >S.MG</a> in
there
PeterL: BingoBoingo:
the link for s.mg is not closed, could you fix?
danielpbarron: PeterL, something's not right with
the beginning of
the MiniGame paragraph
PeterL: if you had one in your pocket instead of in case, would
they have been interested by it?
mike_c: they didn't want
to make you suspicious so you wouldn't see
the people following you.
danielpbarron: "Noticed
the laptop was 'laggy' and
then I saw
the mysterious E in
the
taskbar. Blamed
the kids again but
then I saw
the Utorrent update comments and bingo, me
too," Ian notes. << people with children are pirating movies?
☟︎ chetty: and I can't
type either :/
chetty: although I have crossed boarders in last year a few
times with no problems, I am always ready
nubbins`: FWIW canada customs have consistently provided me with
the least-pleasant border crossing experiences of any agency
nubbins`: chetty it amazes me
that people still carry non-wiped devices over int'l borders
☟︎ jurov: ^ heh
these utorrent forums. "account suspended"
PeterL: does
therealbitcoin list have an rss feed?
mod6: up
to height=288287 (static build)
mod6: then
that'll be another version bump & release in itself.
mod6: i understand. i
think
the first objective will be
to resolve
that issue once we get
the milestone "release" bundled up.