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mircea_popescu: kinda hard
to prosecute asshole ceo who colluded with asshole "expert"
to buy worthless domain for 1mn,
then laundered 800k out of it and left
the company
to burn.
mircea_popescu: what it really does is give a good angle for fraudster employees
to defraud companies with diffuse investors situations.
cazalla: making it easier
to sucker
the next buyer in
to pay x amount
cazalla: the $1,000,000 is difficult
to know given everything out of gawminer guy's mouth is bullshit
mircea_popescu: lots of
these domain "deals" are simple collusion, as it's in both parties interest
to announce a high price.
assbot: Coin.org Sold For US $75,000
To Digital BTC | Qntra.net
mircea_popescu: PeterL:
the stuff
they made apparently had great properties, just not quite cheap enough
to replace
the incumbent
technology (which suffers from high propensity
to fire) << story of
this business since its inception.
mircea_popescu: PeterL: noble gases, while inert, will not absorb as much heat << gases are shit for sheer caloric capacity anyway.
the reason you want
technologica gases rather
than plain argon is
the compress-and-cool heat extraction process. works better on
the hfcs
than on random neon w/e.
decimation: well, it's one
thing
to have laws (silly or not), and it's another
to lack
the ability (or will)
to enforce
them
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: considering
that folks are -still- grinding down soviet army installations for metals... << soviet military complex was objectively larger
than us ever got
tho. cheap plentiful raw materials.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo: decimation> at any rate,
the most amazing
thing
to me is
that
the chinese, indian pauper still dreams of 'coming
to america' << Is
that so different from USian pauper dreaming of actual Galt's Gulch? <<< nope, you have it exactly right. same
thing, except one is run by fraudulent "real estate" developers and
the other by fraudulent "recruiters".
decimation: the fiat state's bona fides in
this matter are not exactly well established (controlling geography)
mircea_popescu: if
the fiat state loses its alleged right
to control geography, it loses.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: danielpbarron would make great fireman. holding a sign, 'do away with fire.' << he has a point. do away with borders and welfare.
the latter will occur naturally once
the first is done.
mircea_popescu: PeterL: Speaking of bezzle, I just did my yearly health insurance signup. makes me mad how much I have
to pay now, about 4
times as much as
two years ago for
the same crappy plan <<<
terrorist doesn't understand how obamacare works.
Adlai: blueprint components are as fungible as
the money used
to commission
them
Adlai: decimation: i'd
think
that if you have
that kind of money, you wouldn't be buying an entire sub anyways
Adlai .oO( Bitcoin is actually VERY lispy...
the entire blockchain is code-as-data )
decimation: if you want something modern and not a rusty bucket you are
talking ~$1-2 bn and your money can't buy one
decimation: PeterL: I
think nuke subs are generally unobtainable, but diesel-electric ~$100 million depending on what you are getting
Adlai: well
that [pump] descelated quickly
Adlai: but sometimes it
takes a
tough
turd
to season a savory salmon
Adlai: anything.el is a
turd
decimation: it does let you 'jump
to definition', auto-complete, etc.
decimation: "Buying
the vessels from Japan could
threaten Abbott's hold on power at
the next election, said Martin Hamilton-Smith,
the defense and
trade minister for
the state of South Australia, which is home
to 27,000 defense-related jobs including 3,000 in shipbuilding."
assbot: Australian government under pressure
to hold submarine
tender after eyeing Japan deal| Reuters
decimation: but you certainly do have
truck with submarines!
PeterL: is
this
the NSA project after Cardano?
decimation: you could deploy
them in strings off a buoy
decimation: no, but like all 'renewables'
the energy is so widely distributed
that it would require laughable physical plant
decimation: yeah ideally one would locate
the whole operation somewhere near a heat sink
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform>
this is why i suggested small 'naval mines' with steel capsules in water pool. << plus side you can grow
Tilapia further north
cazalla: scoopbot, you gonna get
the scoop or what pal
PeterL: the stuff
they made apparently had great properties, just not quite cheap enough
to replace
the incumbent
technology (which suffers from high propensity
to fire)
PeterL: some of my coworker were involved in a project making a
transformer fluid replacement last year
decimation: yeah
the best part was
the flourinert waterfall
decimation: PeterL: I would suppose
that
the first step would be
to use a fluid heat exchange cooling system
PeterL: you want something
that will absorb heat,
thus
the cfc
decimation: yeah
the most expensive part in any case is going
to be air sealing
decimation: yeah, if anything usg agents will do what
the movies, newspapers, and
tv
tells
them
they should
decimation: I'm dubious
that
there is much real coordination of
these
things, more just random entropy in various usg departments
decimation: and on
the other side it's used as a club
to keep
the paupers in
their servitude
decimation: worms come when
they come, eat what
they will
decimation: asciilifeform: actually
this is a good point. usg is ineffective at enforcing whatever 'immigration policy' it creates anyway,
that's a sideshow
decimation: heh I
think usg still pays for highly-enriched uranium from soviet bombs
PeterL: asciilifeform: my sister, lives in NYC, complains about
the homeless bums who piss on
the sidewalk
BingoBoingo: decimation> at any rate,
the most amazing
thing
to me is
that
the chinese, indian pauper still dreams of 'coming
to america' << Is
that so different from USian pauper dreaming of actual Galt's Gulch?
decimation: at any rate,
the most amazing
thing
to me is
that
the chinese, indian pauper still dreams of 'coming
to america'
decimation: asciilifeform: instead we have
the 'fire brigade' who show up with a
tank full of kerosene
PeterL: we could switch
to building houses out of non-flamable materials?
decimation: look, if usg got out of
the money manipulation game, hard money came back, and folks had
to get by on
their own achievements, immigration wouldn't be an issue
BingoBoingo: And waiting seems
to be
the only solution
to get my arm hair back
BingoBoingo remembers now why he
tries
to limit his sharp object purchases. Imma have
to sand and refinish
this desk soon...
BingoBoingo: The US immingration issue is best understood when you consider
that most prospective immigrants come
to flee more restrictive and more socialistoid states (e.g. India, China)
PeterL: decimation no, I would get
the government out of
the healthcare business, but I am resigned
that will never happen
decimation: PeterL: would you also allow each one
to collect health welfare
too?
PeterL: my opinion is
that
the us should loosen
the borders and let more people in
decimation: BingoBoingo: you hit
the nail on
the head. 'health insurance' is basically 'health welfare' now
BingoBoingo: PeterL> decimation: you might be right. My employer (from what my coworkers
tell me) has
to go
through a
ton of red
tape and paperwork
to keep
them here << Grandpa pays
the same $80/month for medicare part B
PeterL: decimation: you might be right. My employer (from what my coworkers
tell me) has
to go
through a
ton of red
tape and paperwork
to keep
them here