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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform nonsense.
the middle east always was enternally-warring.
this is like husband stuck with a bad divorce, "at least i made her into a slut"
cazalla: mircea_popescu, yeah but at least it is clueless
to each site equally on
the list
gabriel_laddel: well, I've not looked at cyc yet, but
thanks for
the pointer.
gabriel_laddel: my basic understanding of category
theory is
that
there are interesting
things
that can be derived when you break down basic mathematics into some abstractions such as functors, mappings etc.
gabriel_laddel: nah,
the obvious, in
the case of category
theory: Sucking up all
the mathematics ever via some OCR routines and categorizing it via computer. Have an intern write a parser for latex -> ast
gabriel_laddel: it seem
to me
that
they're not doing
the obvious, which bothers me somewhat.
gabriel_laddel: I'm not going
to claim
to know
that
the math works out unless I do it myself
though
gabriel_laddel: glosses over
the whole point of
the experiment, which he would know if he has read it)
cazalla: oops, forget
to remove
tardstalk from
that one (have a longer list with other non news sites)
assbot: Logged on 26-02-2015 21:54:23; asciilifeform: with regards
to 0.5.3, i was expecting
to see some
technical discussion re:
total rework of
the blockchain sync mechanism and its idiocies, but
this didn't happen
ben_vulpes: "failed
to live...and impose
their existence upon
those children" << i'm a bit confused about
the "give up, make way for
the next generation" attitude when put next
to
the "parents should impose
their existence upon
their children".
decimation: asciilifeform: not having an intelligence agency of my own, i regard it as an open question just how usg might behave should it ever begin
to lose < My prediction is 'descent into regional civil war'
decimation: apple assumes
that you don't need
to use your computer
to compute, so it isn't designed for sustained levels of cpu-pegging
decimation: asciilifeform: another colleague of mine is shipping his back as we speak - kernel panics every 20min or so << I'm convinced
that
the 'gpu issue' happens on even more recent macbooks
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decimation: right, which is why it amazes me
that it's unheard of in
the us
decimation: apparently
this is one artifact of
the divorce between england and
the 'continent'
assbot: Logged on 01-03-2015 01:10:09; asciilifeform: right now (see earlier
thread) 'fat' is embezzled. what of when 'meat' is ?
gabriel_laddel: btw, I was using
the word "mooc"
the other day, and I
think you read it as "mook". I meant "MOOC" as in "massively open online course"
decimation: point of interest - on youtube one can easily obtain copies of
the vienna philharmonic new year's concert (neujahrskonzert). it's clear
that it is broadcast all over europe, yet I have never heard of it being broadcast in
the us
assbot: Logged on 01-03-2015 01:07:58; asciilifeform: presently
tested against designated foreign 'orcs' (what do you suppose urban battallions in iraq was a dress rehearsal for ?)
assbot: Logged on 01-03-2015 01:05:16; gabriel_laddel: Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. when
that crisis occurs,
the actions
that are
taken depend on
the ideas
that are lying around.
that I belive is our basic function:
to develop altenatives
to existing policies,
to keep
them alive and available until
the politically impossible becomes politically inevitable.
gabriel_laddel: nope.
The one where you detailed your relationship with your father
gabriel_laddel: Incidentally
this is what Sean Parker's father did, and Sean is one of
the coolest Silly con valley people
gabriel_laddel: I've nothing else
to say. Your grasshopper article coupled with
the rabbits exposition covers it all. Don't
try and make
things into
that which
they are not. And if you have a kid, care for /them as an individual/. Your life is over. Make way for
the next generation.
mircea_popescu: liek
teh child. in
this sense, children are animals. not "people" in
the sense of, "just like me".
mircea_popescu: that one. important part
there being about understanding
the animal is an animal, which is a category of
things
to be.
mircea_popescu: you ever read
the discussion wit hthe slaves re
the dead rabbit ?
mircea_popescu: gabriel_laddel if you got a purpose in mind, you need a
tool not a child.
gabriel_laddel: The reason
these
things are interesting is becuase
they exist independently of us,
they're unavoidable.
gabriel_laddel: If your kid is asking question - answer
them.
They'll arrive at coding and mathematics by
themselves.
gabriel_laddel: I might as well explicate my
thoughts on
the matter, perhaps I'll learn something from someone else who has
thought about it.
mircea_popescu: the situation where i never had children yet understand more of parenting
than all
these people with children depending on
them is about as alarming as
the situation where i'd not be a woman but know more about fucking
than all women. what a shitworld!
gabriel_laddel: he
then
tries
to convince
the kid
that
they should go home and code instead of answering
the kids questions
gabriel_laddel: this is exactly correct. PG, for example, sees me coding in a coffee shop, is
there with his kid.
gabriel_laddel: "This in
turn because
they've failed
to live, as an actual act in
this world, and impose
their existence upon
those children,so
that everyone may be happy. Instead everyone's frustrated."
mircea_popescu: in africa
there's a market for gold encrusted
trabant, not so much for an actulaly good car.
assbot: Why Dogecoin is a scam, why
the people pushing it are assholes, why Business Insider is a contemptible piece of shit, why anyone who ever worked for it will be dancing in
the street for nickels and why Kevin Rose is a fuckwit. Plus other considerations. pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... (
http://bit.ly/1E4cknk )
mircea_popescu: "That'd be your VC circuit : a bunch of old men who have no
time
to spend with
their actual children.
They claim
this is because "they have
to work", but in fact it's because a)
they're afraid of
their actual children and b)
their actual children hate and despise
them, in no particular order.
This in
turn because
they've failed
to live, as an actual act in
this world, and impose
their existence upon
those children, so
assbot: Why Dogecoin is a scam, why
the people pushing it are assholes, why Business Insider is a contemptible piece of shit, why anyone who ever worked for it will be dancing in
the street for nickels and why Kevin Rose is a fuckwit. Plus other considerations. pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... (
http://bit.ly/1E4c5bQ )
gabriel_laddel: asciilifeform: do you have pointers
to any information about Uncle Al's roach repellent other
than mailing list / forum posts and
the patent?
mircea_popescu: now where's
that
trrilema article i want
to reference.
the one pointing out
this entire vc
thing is old guys dating.
assbot: Logged on 01-03-2015 00:34:18; gabriel_laddel:
The
things
these VCs fund are simply /strange/
mircea_popescu pictures asciilifeform in bed with a woman he picked up earlier in metro. she goes "oh honey,
that was SO FUCKING GREAT!" he goes "or maybe i wasn't even in!"
gabriel_laddel: Even if he knows what he is doing, still a fuckwit. Everyone knows
the story of
the scorpion and
the monk, right?