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mircea_popescu: back in
the days of pam grier's youth, her brother going "i'm black. i don't dance. i don't athlete. i don't sing. wtf should i do ?!" was kind-of a joke. now
though...
mircea_popescu: the work-on-wallstreet is rather visible a collegiate
track, sorta like "nigger".
mircea_popescu: i meant re
the bottle. your "boss" will
take you "partying" at approved venues etc.
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 17:00 asciilifeform: Mocky: i've even worked in a salt mine where
the bottle was Officially (i shit
thee not) issued, erry friday at noon.
mircea_popescu: led
to
the usual symptoms of imperial decay -- monetization of real estate (a bad idea
throughout, even if it repatriated
the money japs made selling
toyotas/sinking detroit in
the 70s -- sorta like arsenic is bad for you even if it "keeps syphilis inactive" and so on) ;
the star model driving and being driven by
the fashion cycle, and so
the fuck on.
☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 16:48 Mocky: i'm convinced
this whole ecosystem of outside recruiters is 100% byproduct of startup "investing"
that props up
the illusion of "high growth" companies
that burn
thru cash by hiring people so
they will qualify for more money
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 16:43 Mocky:
this is why i worked for
the same company for 14 years, i hate
this shit. but also what made me soft
target for
their betrayal
mircea_popescu: the problem with a country consisting of doing-other-people's-laundry expects is
that... well...
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 16:42 Mocky: so many damn recruiters.
they're like mosquitos in a swamp.
they all want
to 'have a call' and
then 'a skype' 'see if you'll be a good fit'. ugh.
two years out of college with a degree in hr, you're gonna decide if i'm worthy
to be submitted for a job, and
then pressure me
to
take low ball offer.
mircea_popescu: was pretty lulzy,
typical-to-TV-altreality new york "contractor", "well... we'll have
to put 8 men on it in
three shifts...
that's 54876983769287563984798634... and
then..."
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 15:07 asciilifeform: ( and iirc,
the cost is in fact ~open-ended~, and is proportionate
to how many hours
the pinkertons actually feel like sinking into particular d00d )
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 16:17 Mocky: looks like Roger Ver's bitcoin.com is looking for java and js developers for
their mining
team
http://archive.is/MlomS Mocky: as long as I still had kids at home, never
tried
to get out
a111: Logged on 2016-11-29 02:36 asciilifeform:
there was iirc something about how an economic landscape stable enough for 'savings' is an ephemeral and quite unnatural
thing, rather like billiard
table
Mocky: in
truth i do feel like idjit for being old man without
the brains
to have saved anything. i don't even have a workshop full of shit like asciilifeform
☟︎☟︎☟︎ Mocky: I interviewed with a job once
that offered "unlimited paid
time off" but inside reports were
that anyone who
tried
to use was instantly on
the shit list
Mocky: haven't seen it with my own eyes, even
then
Mocky: reminds me of "20%
time", "work on your own projects on friday since we know you'll be doing
that anyway"
a111: Logged on 2018-11-28 22:46 asciilifeform: ( d00d had pretty good gig: opened safe in
the morning, closed in evening, and played 'wow' all day... )
Mocky: the only activity in life
that makes me understand why people
turn
to
the bottle
Mocky: i'm convinced
this whole ecosystem of outside recruiters is 100% byproduct of startup "investing"
that props up
the illusion of "high growth" companies
that burn
thru cash by hiring people so
they will qualify for more money
☟︎ Mocky: this is why i worked for
the same company for 14 years, i hate
this shit. but also what made me soft
target for
their betrayal
☟︎ Mocky: so many damn recruiters.
they're like mosquitos in a swamp.
they all want
to 'have a call' and
then 'a skype' 'see if you'll be a good fit'. ugh.
two years out of college with a degree in hr, you're gonna decide if i'm worthy
to be submitted for a job, and
then pressure me
to
take low ball offer.
☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-11-20 03:38 mircea_popescu: i have nfi, it's pretty fucking lulzy
though. i mean,
there's a long list of
these defeateds by "fate", but he's one of
the most hysterically humiliated humbugs.
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 06:09 mircea_popescu: incidentally,
the whole usg "clearance" wank narrowly mirrors
the quatari "sponsorhip employment" wank.
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 06:10 a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 01:07 Mocky: "must be open sores contributor, love python 3" what's next? "line cook, must love
toasters with cancel buttons"
a111: Logged on 2018-11-27 19:12 mircea_popescu: i imagine
that'll be spyked's next
thing, bot-driven vtrees mirror service.
a111: Logged on 2018-11-27 19:51 mircea_popescu shall buy a lappy just
to
try
trinque's
thing on!
spyked: re pm feeds: if no one objects
to
this, just gpg me a list of
the feeds and
the recipients and I'll add
them manually.
a111: Logged on 2018-11-27 14:38
trinque: spyked: point is a simple "hey
trinque, lets make
the swap at $date, and get
the PM subscriptions ported over meanwhile"
a111: Logged on 2018-11-29 01:07 Mocky: "must be open sores contributor, love python 3" what's next? "line cook, must love
toasters with cancel buttons"
☟︎ mircea_popescu: incidentally,
the whole usg "clearance" wank narrowly mirrors
the quatari "sponsorhip employment" wank.
☟︎ a111: Logged on 2018-11-28 22:17 Mocky: so many of
the jobs out
there want secret government clearance now, jeez. who do
they
think
they are kidding with
their super secret shit
BingoBoingo: I miss
the belt fed
toaster from my first place of employment
Mocky: "must be open sores contributor, love python 3" what's next? "line cook, must love
toasters with cancel buttons"
☟︎ Mocky: blockchain engineer is a job
title now?
BingoBoingo: Anyways, let me know if anyone or anything
that should be in
the sidebar is missing
BingoBoingo: Nah, I
think I forgot
to ping
trinque
that my blog rebuilt completed with success
a111: Logged on 2018-11-28 01:31 mircea_popescu: i never heard before of some guy who CAN live independently, moving
to rural shithole
to not be bothered, and
then having ~same
to show for a year of his life as mod6. at least
that dood is holding down a job and a coupla kids meanwhile.