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mp_en_viaje: if i do check it out, and in a week return, "bitch, i know five guys
 that've done you" she'll ask me "so ?" and if i go "you lied" she'll leave because "you're a fucking idiot". she has a point, doesn't she.
 mp_en_viaje: it is substantially
 the same as
 the male equivalent (which for some reason is formally opposite, "i leased 20k chicks in one year!!!". cool!
 mp_en_viaje: right. one day i met a girl, we fucked,
 then she
 told me i am her
 third.
 this 
happens ; what do i care ? i didn't refrain from anything until her claim checked out (nor did i bother checking), what difference does it possibly make.
  dorion: I didn't mean it as how I
 treat
 them, but what my expectations are.
 mp_en_viaje: why should you be impolite, especially
 to prospects.
 mp_en_viaje: doesn't even have
 to be as harsh as all
 that. literature is not history nor history literature ; no ought yet flew from any is, in other words... you recall bacon ?
 dorion: mp_en_viaje discount what
 they say until
 they've executed on an offer ? act as if
 the check isn't going
 to cash until it does.
 mp_en_viaje: it's not a matter of degree, it's a matter of "does
 the man
 think
 there's one
 thing, or does
 the man
 think
 there's
 two
 things ?"
 mp_en_viaje: the other's illustrated in glengarry glenn ross, "I want
 to show you something. It might mean nothing
 to you...and it might not. I don't know.  I don't know anymore. What is
 that?  Florida.  Glengarry Highlands.  Florida. "Florida. Bullshit." And maybe
 that's
 true; and
 that's what I said: but look here: what is
 this? 
 This is a piece of land.  Listen
 to what I'm going
 to
 tell you now:"
 mp_en_viaje: dorion, but
 there's a difference between
 the jokes
 they
 tell and
 the offer sheets
 they carry.
 the first is illustrated in la grande belezza, "Se non prendo sul serio Proust, che ci prendo sul serio ?" "Ma niente. Niente non devi prendere sul serio, acceti il menu, naturalmente."
 dorion: in
 this case in particular, a friend made
 the intro and brought me
 to
 the guys' office. later we went for drinks, watched a fight,
 talked about non-business
 things. a week or
 two passed and he came back wanting another meeting
 to discuss how we work with
 them.
 dorion:  how I judge what
 they say is I look
 them up, ask around, etc.
 dorion: in my mind, I
 talk
 to people
 to see who'd be a good fit. based on what
 they say, I decide if I want
 to continue
 talking
 to
 them. part of
 dorion: mp_en_viaje hm, not sure I do see. you're baiting
 to see
 the degree
 to which I remain ustardian painted into
 the corner ? ftr, I for sure want
 to be aware.
 diana_coman clears up a pile of paper notes as
 the write-up is finally done.
 ossabot: Logged on 2020-02-19 21:23:42 mircea_popescu: "literate" veals, very capable of scribbling
 their own name in an alphabet of
 their choice (somehow nobody notices "using an alphabet of your own choice" is
 THE OPPOSITE OF SPELLING, and
 the exact definition of illiteracy -- all
 the fucking farmhands who can't read or write COULD scribble something down, anyone can screech random squgg;lies, with a shovel in a pile of dirt, with
 their own piss on driven snow, f
 mp_en_viaje: aaand in "other questions nobody [was smart enough
 to have] 
asked of me" : "hey mp, why do you always cat file | awk ? isn't it awkward ? don't you know awk can load its own file directly by itself ?"
  mp_en_viaje: you asking me how
 to verify an anecdote,
 the very substance of social banter, denotes you miss
 the point ; and it paints my observation in its
 true colors : i'm baiting, because i suspect you might.
 mp_en_viaje: back at reality, however,
 things stand a little differently : ustardians have, for some ungodly reason, painted
 themselves in such a corner of insecurity, anxiety and inferiority selfcomplexation, ALL
 their social banter consists of
 these lame as  fuck self-anecdotes, like a bunch of neoprotestant farmers discussing nothing but
 their crops, and how well
 they've done ploughing. goldarn an' blue blazes!!!
 mp_en_viaje: this is, perhaps, a weird
 thing
 to say ;
 then again i'm a weird sort of guy.
 to retort
 that "well... how would i go about verifying it" is pretty good repartee in
 the fancied context i just described.
 mp_en_viaje: and i say "you know, from experience
 these never actually occured".
 mp_en_viaje: upon you return, you recount how it went. one of
 the 
 things you say is "hey, do you know
 the one with
 the
 two nuns and
 the...", on
 the basis of a fellow latex salesman unknown
 to us having
 told you a dirty joke over drinks one night in
 the hotel lobby, after coming back from
 the business and before going up
 to
 the personal assistants in
 the rooms.
 mp_en_viaje: suppose you were a latex salesman ; suppose we both and with
 these other fellows worked for a latex mfg co. suppose you were sent
 to a latex convention sometime. suppose
 there you met some fellows, did some business, had some drinks, maybe a local secretary up
 to your hotel room, whatever.
 ossabot: Logged on 2020-03-02 16:06:09 dorion: aok. we sent him
 the proposal
 today, so we'll soon find out.
 mp_en_viaje: maybe
 the bimbo, i'm old and lazy. but
 ty!
 whaack: mp_en_viaje: cool, if you do a beach
 trip nearby and would like
 to surf I'll
 take care of
 the boards etc.
 mp_en_viaje: whaack, i usually beach central rather
 than north, but maybe we drive up
 there one day, check it out
 whaack: mp_en_viaje: 
http://logs.ossasepia.com/log/trilema/2020-03-01#1958708 Apologies, I had responded
 to
 this without having +v and didn't realize
 the message didn't go
 through. (thankfully jfw pointed out I had missed
 the msg) I'm in Playa Junquillal, a beach in Guanacaste (the nearest city is Santa Cruz) . It's pretty close
 to billymg's location. I am game for
 the 28th.
  billymg: anytime after
 tuesday should work, just so i can rest after
 the flight over
 billymg: ah cool, yeah
 that would be good
 too
 mp_en_viaje: not
 that, but i figured we actually go have a cup of coffee
 this week
 billymg: mp_en_viaje: i didn't mean
 to invite myself
 to anything
 though, if it was meant
 to be only for a smaller group i'm happy
 to wait until called upon
 billymg: mp_en_viaje: yup, i'll be
 there permanently as of next monday. just figured i'd doubly confirm
 that i'll be around
 that weekend
 billymg: count me in for
 the 28th as well
 dorion: mp_en_viaje , jfw I'm game for
 the weekend of
 the 28th.
 mp_en_viaje: so, yes, rather -- only at
 the finest places.
 jfw: They must have
 them only at
 the finest places!
 mp_en_viaje: cuz
 they're hard
 to make, you know, chinese sheet can be had for what, $3.
 threadbare sheet can be had for 5-10k nights slept in, and handwashing weekly. what's
 that cost, $1mn ?
 mp_en_viaje: toothless 30yo women, "you get 32
 teeth at birth, you can have 32 explanations in
 this life", and so on.
 mp_en_viaje: just, you know, ACTUALLY
 threadbare sheets, something i doubt you've ever seen irl.
 mp_en_viaje: nah, lifetime poor people are universally cleaner
 than
 the suburban priss mind gives
 them credit (on
 the basis of
 their very limited experience of bums, who are very specifically NOT
 the same
 thing -- a bum is an idiot with delusions of grandeur, a poor kid from a poor family is simply bereft of means)
 mp_en_viaje: of course, if you're curious you can also go live downtown, hire a room in one of
 the prostitute hotels, get some very real 1950s bronx experience under your belt.
 mp_en_viaje: heredia (where
 the local aspie class huddles) is pretty shitty, santa ana insanely expensive, escazu full of retarded (mostly retired) gringos.
 mp_en_viaje: in any case,
 try and get a place on
 the west side, all
 the nice beaches are on
 the pacific coast, it'll save you an hour or so in infernal
 tico
 trafic
 to cross
 the
 town.
 jfw: heh, well whaack managed
 to find a beach with a commute
 to
 the grocery store
 mp_en_viaje: costa rica is small,
 there's only practically
 the
 town of san jose.
 jfw: mp_en_viaje: what would be
 the
 town
 to stay in?
 jfw: mp_en_viaje: alright, I'll go for Saturday March 28th. If
 that works for others
 too, so much
 the merrier.
 mp_en_viaje: jfw, well, i plan on maybe going
 to rio late may  ; other
 than
 that i'll be mostly around. pick a day, i don't specifically care which and it doesn't make any sense for you
 to
 try and coordinate with large groups at large distances -- if indeed
 there's a gathering you can
 take
 the hourish
 trip down again, at
 the considerable cost
 to you of a lunch out or w/e it is.
 jfw: got a
 time frame in mind yet?
 jfw: yeah not bad, probably more
 time in waiting and ground
 transport
 dorion apologizes
 that wasn't asked 3 weeks ago.
 ossabot: Logged on 2020-03-01 10:35:31
 trinque: not
 tabled, and I apologize for
 the delay. I
 think it needs about one more post, and
 then
 there'll be a whole item described. I've been digging into
 that
 this weekend, ought
 to be able
 to squeeze it out
 today or
 tomorrow.
 mod6: mp_en_viaje: Ahhh, alright,
 thanks for
 the update.
 BingoBoingo: Fed it into deedbot before, but it seems deedbot deeding from chan may be requiring some manual intervention on
 trinque's side.
 ossabot: Logged on 2020-01-14 08:58:52 mircea_popescu: i will want a full release ready
 to go concomitantly, so if your client isn't liable
 to be around
 then maybe deed it prior.
 mp_en_viaje: but yeah, we're still in
 the original plan, should be done by end of march.
 mod6: mp_en_viaje: Hey
 there, Sir.  Now
 that you're back
 to CR (glad you had a good
 trip), plz
 to process mpex withdrawls when you have an extra few minutes. 
 Thanks in advance.
 dorion: aok. we sent him
 the proposal
 today, so we'll soon find out.
 mp_en_viaje: the only way you care
 to verify is whether
 the check bounces.
 dorion: what are
 the best ways
 to verify such claims in your experience ?
 ossabot: Logged on 2016-09-10 09:16:45 mircea_popescu: hard
 to properly word a "company not around" clause is
 the problem. according
 to usg, ibm and cisco are both "still around".
 mp_en_viaje: trinque,
 the problem with your proposal is
 that
 the article isn't yet loaded at
 that point.
 mp_en_viaje: i don't
 think you understand ; costa rica is austin in march/april 12 months a year.
 billymg: trinque: also, hey, i've got about a week left here in austin. if you're not
 too busy let me know if you'd be up for a drink or some steaks
 billymg: trinque: i haven't looked closely enough at it yet
 to say but i will check out get_header and see if i can get it working
 that way.
 ty for
 the lead on
 that
 trinque: if
 the problem with wp is
 that it was designed "for everybody", putting improvements in an optional codepath (themes) seems exactly
 the wrong
 thing.
 trinque: billymg: what did you
 think of my proposal
 to suck
 the quoter up into
 the get_header func?
 trinque: mp_en_viaje: I might be able
 to
 travel in summer, don't mind
 the mugginess as long as
 there's beach.
 mp_en_viaje: diana_coman, i just did it, so yeah. fly avianca
 though, via colombia, leaving either spain or germany. easily
 the best airline over
 the atlantic
 today.
 BingoBoingo: mp_en_viaje:
 Thank you. I've been making progress fitting more of
 the
 tools in my hand and building with
 them. diana_coman is working me on how
 to plan, re-examining my relationship with
 time and how I budget it, and grounding myself in practicality. I've surrendered
 to diana_coman's mastery and
 the breaches in my head aren't completely closed yet, but I'm surrendered and working her program.
 diana_coman: bvt: I'll have
 to check closer what's going wrong with
 the script on my machine as
 there seems
 to be some weird going on, possibly at output rather
 than anything deeper.
 billymg: (the roadmap article
 that is)
 diana_coman: mp_en_viaje:
 thank you and no worries at all; I hope I didn't come across as not wanting
 to visit either, it's more
 the 12+ hours
 travel one way
 that gives me pause.
 billymg: mp_en_viaje: agree. ugh, yeah, i've really been meaning
 to publish a roadmap for mp-wp
 that others can comment on
 mp_en_viaje: billymg, with it, one gets
 the great advantage
 that pingbacks
 to his blog also link
 to
 the correct place in
 the article, which imo is big.
 mp_en_viaje: diana_coman, i hope it doesn't come across as any kind of disinterest or noninviting. i very much would like
 to do more steaks, but i don't want
 to produce an obligation.
 mp_en_viaje: mind
 though
 that you include
 the whole shebang,
 the reason i linked
 to
 that comment rather
 than
 the article plainly is
 that
 the ~correct~ auto-select stubs on pingback were only introduced
 there
 mp_en_viaje: billymg, i
 think
 that'd be
 the salutary
 thing ;
 that wayy it'll at least carry over passively
 through edits
 billymg: at least as an interim until proper
 theming in mp-wp is solved, just so
 the correct select mechanism is at least included in
 the package on first press
 billymg: as for vpatching
 the server side select mechanism, since mp-wp ships with
 two base
 themes a patch could at least be made
 to include
 the select mechanism in
 those. seeing as how most people copy/paste one of
 the included
 theme directories
 to customize/create
 their own