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BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> if nothing else whatsoever were known about them, the redactions make it entirely obvious
<< WHich is why the escaped yet utterly contained Snowden1 is known for nothing but powerpoints. Censored and surrounded with phriends.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> well, everything you saw the guardian publish, at any rate.
<< Greenwald/Guardian did filter the SNowden 1 documents
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> the difference is a brick in the face.
<< I lean towards attributing this to the two having sifferent roles and access. Difference being Snowden1 achieved escape velocity before collaborating with Greenwald and others while 2 blindly followed 1's example into trap
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> who was killed
<< I suspect this is more Greenwald than Snowden1
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu> wait, snowden married ?!
<< Last I checked his girlfriend followed him into exile.
BingoBoingo:
<mircea_popescu>
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=29-07-2015#1215525 << dunno that edison invented this. it was quintessential to the forging of the original us, the construct that for the first time mattered on the world stage, giving the dollar like any purchasing power whatsoever
<< Probably actually started when US and Britain fought for monopoly to impress North Americans into maritime service
☝︎ BingoBoingo:
<decimation> "And before some idiot American yells "we saved you in ww2!". No, you did not. America allied with Communism and slaughtered millions of Europeans. America has brought death, porn and gmo's. FUCK YOU"
<< Pretty sure German actually was on the GMO crop train first
mircea_popescu:
<phf> the "west" ascii is talking about, is the place that only existed on the 80s vhs tapes.
<< word srsly.
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> y'know, the mythical 'west' that my parents thought they were moving us to
<< I'd hate to see the alternate history where your parents moved you to ben_vulpes's west
ben_vulpes:
<nubbins`> it's actual swill
<< every time that i'm up north i can't shake the feeling that's where they ship the tired american brands to finally croak
☟︎ ben_vulpes:
<asciilifeform> the secret is, i LIKED MAC OS
<< noises were gorgeous
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> i bet pigs would work just as well
<< May need an obligate carnivore for musk from the anal glands. Perhaps physical Doge may have a use.
BingoBoingo:
<nubbins`> nowadays, the animals are force-fed so you might as well feed the beans to a cow.
<< I have the feeling a ruminant's multiple stomachs could defeat even a bean.
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> is it some brain infection ?
<< Yes, disease was 1950's USia. The appearance that came from the plenty of being only "civilized" area not torn to shit in the 1940's and agriculture's strain to provide real food. Marketing got really good at pushing "tv dinners"
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> i like my 'hypercard' on at least 800x600 pixels
<< I usually do the presentation with a "clean desk" to heighten to realization that this machine was small enought to allow civilized other work at desk, as happened in age when computer was office accessory.
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> but generally i don't recommend an archaeologist's machine to a civilian
<< I recommend this one because hypercard. As a dare, for the ones that get it realize not all "advances" are such.
BingoBoingo:
<phf> ppc macs were nice. i spent years with a handmedown g3 ibook, running linux on it, and i still love that machine, probably for sentimental reasons
<< Bought one used with defunct vertical line on screen. Played with then closeted, then recycled. Prolly should have kept it.
mircea_popescu: "The innovation machine is running at full speed in the wrong direction."
<< heh. yes, keep copies of your old browsers, for the new ones will be less and less useful.
assbot: Logged on 28-07-2015 14:14:25; decimation: re: monopoly
< note that in this case 'monopoly' means 'the crown will send its agents against you if you use my frequency'
mod6:
<+shinohai> I'm not sure if mod6 finished his last night or not. I quit about 11 p.m. because I was pretty buzzed.
<< i hit the same problem as trinque
decimation: re: monopoly
< note that in this case 'monopoly' means 'the crown will send its agents against you if you use my frequency'
☟︎ BingoBoingo:
<shinohai> Hmmm I need to give lynx another look.
<< Lately I've been liking w3m
assbot: Logged on 28-07-2015 03:06:30; asciilifeform:
http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=27-07-2015#1214249 << astonishing hipster idiocy. just like, e.g., 'hemingwriter'. ('let's make laptop shaped like typewriter! that'll bring western civilization back!') idiot cargocultists. 'let's omit all, even the few useful features like 'who called' from cell phone! that'll bring the 1950s and american industry back!'
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> or is 'stripper' merely another word for whore in modern parlance ?
<< It often is.