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mircea_popescu: i
thought we were discussing an abstract model of "the cultured man"
mircea_popescu: most of
the women i pick up manage
to live
their lives and pay
their rents without any dotcom gifts or "speculation".
decimation: I remember when moldbug put up his first 'begging' post - it was obvious
the gig was up
mircea_popescu: reading
that whole site's never been a bad use of anyone's
time
TheNewDeal: hmm it's not looking entirely familiar but I'm going
to have
to page
through it.
mircea_popescu: "So it is inevitable
that a deal will be struck by August 2, because
that deal doesn't actually mean anything.
This a is husband and wife arguing about rebalancing
the household budget, each pretending
they aren't going
to pay
the electric until he's agreed
to cut back on beer and she's agreed not
to be such a bitch. Whether
they do it or not is irrelevant,
the electric's still getting paid.
The electric always gets
decimation: because it's quite possible
to graduate from high school in
the us without actually learning anything about civilization or languages
mircea_popescu: well i only paid attention for a shoirt
time and late on
TheNewDeal: The guy had some of
the most advanced discussions on anti-depressants and anti-psychotics
that i'd seen before on a blog
BingoBoingo: TheNewDeal: Not at
the moment. Maybe you can be more specific.
TheNewDeal: BingoBoingo do you have any clue what blog I'm
talking about? You may have referenced him before
TheNewDeal: I even remember some of
the memorabilia on his website
that had some catchy pschiatric puns on
them
TheNewDeal: I remember someone giving a blog before
that was almost always on psychiatric issues
mats: i was under
the impression most here believed
the fracture of
the Internet as it is now is inevitable
TheNewDeal: Is
this
the same programmer guy who had psychiatric problems?
mircea_popescu: decimation on one hand yes
they did, on
the other hand
they fucked it all up.
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal most of what
the man ever writes is golden. and unlike derps like moldbug or orlov, he a) isn't putting annoyingly self-advertising and b) doesn't actually have a pro-state agenda
decimation: m. danton's sans-culottes didn't need laws or instructions
to know who
their enemies were and what
to do
BingoBoingo: TheNewDeal: foilage,
trashiness of
the dudes, vehicles, and woman's size.
trinque: it's not as
though
they confine
those
things
to a single state
TheNewDeal: bingo are you saying middle west because of
the woman's size, or
the foliage?
mircea_popescu: he Man (but with no pension.)
That's
the system. Cut SSI payments and
those docs-- and nurses and etc-- don't get paid."
mircea_popescu: "The system not only pays poor people, it employs lots and lots of almost poor people. I'm not saying
this is a good
thing, or a desirable
thing, I am simply stating a fact. Some of
these are direct government jobs (e.g. staff down at
the SSI office) and some are pretend private sector jobs. If you're a psychiatrist at an inner city clinic, you may
think you're an independent contractor, but you're really working for
T ☟︎ BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu:
That's not burning man,
that is clearly
the middle west.
decimation: similarly, usg civil servants don't find much reason
to bother with actual work, when coolies will do - often for free
decimation: I was
talking with a guy who was in korea in
the early 90's. at
that
time, you could easily find someone
to custom
tailor your entire wardrobe for a low $$ price. he recently returned
there and found no one bothers with
that anymore
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform re
the "private", chris ballas had an excellent piece.
BingoBoingo: afaik Westlaw/Lexis actually hire minions
to go
to
the courthouses
to pickup and scan paper records
mod6: We regret
to inform you
that your republic has
termites.
☟︎ decimation: your local city or state pays
them
to publish
decimation: asciilifeform: not only
that, lexis nexis (and like entities) even 'own' most legal codes in
the us
decimation: they all exist under
the heading of some usg fiat or another, mostly from fdr days
decimation: 'they will do it if
they know what's good for
them'
decimation: note
that usg accomplishes bifurcating
the internet without actually writing down any law
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform usg still working on hardforking
the internet, huh ?
mircea_popescu: first
time
the bs "state owns
the road" started afaik.
TheNewDeal: Somehow
that flew over my head, not sure if it was because I'm
thinking floor(x), ceiling(x)?
decimation: asciilifeform: re: $10-per-month-internet < yeah, except it's even more insideous - if you are
the 'right kind of people', you get
the deal, otherwise you get
the full monopoly
TheNewDeal: Mircea are you referring
to
the hurricane?
decimation: yeah
that's much simpler
than gluing ntp centrifugal governor on
top :)
decimation: asciilifeform: how does bitcoind maintain a wallclock without
the kernel's clock?
decimation: asciilifeform: I suppose just setting
the clock based on
the
timestamp of
the last block seen on bootup isn't such a bad idea
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal how about
that! i knew katrina was a floor not a
top.
decimation: asciilifeform: doesn't bitcoind occasionally need wallclock
time for its orphan & 'peak' algorithms?
mats: I'm disappointed
that
The Imitation Game didn't go with
the murder
theory
TheNewDeal: didn't realize it, but apparently it's possible
to declare a snow emergency in
the euniched states and make it illegal for anyone other
than police and medical personell
to use
the streets
decimation: asciilifeform: 'kernel space' < do you mean
the shared memory api?
mircea_popescu: myeah. groupon being an effort
to make
this into a BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY