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phf: asciilifeform: they are no good even at basic literacy and opsec.
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assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 10:18:46; phf: ascii_field: mircea_popescu: go give ben_vulpes a unix and laptop co-designed with it, then he can throw away the crapple
<< there's three apples in my mind, 90s one, the early 2000s one when programmers migrated from linux to a unix that Just Works, and the post iphone explosion apple. the first two are dead (10.10 is the final reason i froze my setup and migrating my entire stack away). but my point is that
gribble: diametric was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 4 weeks, 4 days, 20 hours, 39 minutes, and 20 seconds ago:
<diametric> punkman: the people paying his employer for their ad services were not getting return on those ads.
mircea_popescu:
<phf> you mean like a bell pepper pizza?
<< absurdly the us figure spicy salami can be propperly called "pepperoni", which is normally a veggie.
phf: mircea_popescu: "Fractal -- from Wolfram MathWorld mathworld.wolfram.com/Fractal.html A fractal is an object or quantity that displays "
<< wolfram's "new kind of science" is all about "this one thing i generated kind of looks like this complicated process, maybe they are related? i feel like they are!"
phf: ascii_field: mircea_popescu: go give ben_vulpes a unix and laptop co-designed with it, then he can throw away the crapple
<< there's three apples in my mind, 90s one, the early 2000s one when programmers migrated from linux to a unix that Just Works, and the post iphone explosion apple. the first two are dead (10.10 is the final reason i froze my setup and migrating my entire stack away). but my point is that maybe you guys are just arguin
☟︎ phf: mircea_popescu: iirc that was before ukraine.
<< that was indeed before ukraine. i saw a few of my well trained, but otherwise bummy friends with "business" go oh well party is over and switch to sberbank financial analyst positions or somesuch.
mircea_popescu: In fact, even the term “word problem” is not used in Russia, because the word “problem” usually means a word problem, while non-word problems are called “exercises”.
<< exactly correct ftr. the difference was even enshrined as such, in the ro equiv of "standards" cca 60s.
mircea_popescu: "The authors of “standards” want to reform American mathematical education, but actually only aggravate its main shortcoming: vain ambitions and contempt for consistent, systematic and thorough study."
<< this is a societal problem. Obama is not an accident, but an archetype.
mircea_popescu: "I asked several school teachers who were enthusiastic about teaching fractals to define a fractal and none of them mentioned the idea of dimension, least defined it. Usually they emphasized “repeating patterns”. When I asked why they were not satisfied with wall-paper, they took offence."
<< yes, because who needs to take a breather and think when they could take offence instead and flail!
mircea_popescu: "The idea to teach fractals in school has already found many supporters. (Everything is possible for those who are not competent enough to understand how difficult it is.)"
<< heh. "But fractals are cool man, like the universe's all connected and everything"
pete_dushenski:
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ << "The median was eight correct answers out of 12 (mean 7.9). The data show that adults with higher education levels are more likely to answer questions about science correctly. Men score an average of 8.6 out of 12 correct answers, compared with women's 7.3 correct answers.Whites score a mean of 8.4 items out of 12 correct, compared with 7.1 among Hispanics an
mircea_popescu:
<ascii_field> phun phakt: most american 'home insurance' co. will specifically ~not~ insure any item you built yourself
<< of course they will.
assbot: Logged on 11-09-2015 20:45:57; mircea_popescu: asciilifeform:
<< mircea_popescu appears to have slept through the total obliteration of whatever 'premium' status ipNohe had.
<< it's in the price, see ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform:
<< mircea_popescu appears to have slept through the total obliteration of whatever 'premium' status ipNohe had.
<< it's in the price, see ?
☟︎ trinque: "They will train to repulse an attack from the air and to defend the coast, which means firing artillery and testing short-range air defense systems, " the source said, adding that the exercise had been agreed with the Syrian government.
<< might as well have said "against US airstrikes"
pete_dushenski: "James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, is said to talk nearly every day with the head of US Central Command’s intelligence wing, Army Brigadier General Steven Grove – “which is highly, highly unusual”, according to a former intelligence official."
<< it brings a tear to mine eye to see these bureaucrats breaking down barriers like this. *sniff*
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BingoBoingo:
https://archive.is/C32nz << "Well, since a ton is 2000 pounds and Fat Activists tends to have their mortality increase rapidly after 500 pounds, we can conclude there are 3-6 Fat activists to the ton."