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decimation: asciilifeform: well,
the aforementioned English devised a system where every such chap has a stick-wielder nearby
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decimation: I suspect
that few of
the young apprentices
that mircea_popescu mentioned ended up dispising
the masters who showed
them how dumb
they were
Adlai: on
the other hand,
that child grew into a "psychologically unemployable" adult
Adlai: on one hand i'm pretty pleased about
that, it enabled me
to have
tons of free
time growing up, and i
think i used it reasonably well
Adlai: and yes, it's fair
to say
that i was "mistreated" by never having
to work for money until i stopped accepting my parents' charity
Adlai: i'm not sure what's humane or better, but i'm open
to
the possibility of
there being better
treatments
than what we do now
mircea_popescu: Adlai i
think english speakers mistreat
their children horribly.
decimation: Adlai: do you
think it is more 'humane'
to pay
to keep
the humans in shitholes with nothing
to do?
Adlai: you
think we
treat animals (including people) well?
mircea_popescu: the only disgusting
thing is
that a minority of kids
today are mistreated by not being so
treated.
Adlai: and
then i stop
thinking about it because bacon
Adlai: whenever i
think about such ideas, my disgust at
the
theoretical
treatment of people
turns into disgust at
the actual way we
treat animals
today
mircea_popescu: Adlai in england you mean ? usually when he's old enough and skilled enough
to practice a
trade
decimation: mircea_popescu: not
to mention
they sent
their criminals and 'surplus young men' into slavery in
the colonies
decimation: in
the ancient world it is my understanding
that selling children into slavery was in some cases
the 'social safety net'
mircea_popescu: pretty much every snotty brat got shipped off
to slave labour at
the age of about 7.
mircea_popescu: incidentally,
this isn't some sort of crazy altenrate world. one of
the chief pillars of english prosperity, not just financial but espexcially intellectual, was
the flourishing free market in children
they had.
mircea_popescu: much like
the vast majority of people writing should be charged
decimation: I have a friend who made his
teenagres pay
the utility bills
Adlai: text is
too small
to find it quickly
through google images -> /me gives up
mircea_popescu: i
think a vanishingly small minority of parents actually adds value
through parenting.
Adlai: there's a doonesbury somewhere out
there where mike's dad gives him a bill for all his parenting, including his share of rent
mircea_popescu: any helicopter mom can run
the mouth for longer
than anyone can maintain an erection.
mircea_popescu: if you're going
to put up with parenting level bullshit you might as well answer one of
those "will rent for cocksucking" craigslist ads.
mircea_popescu: this is plainly untrue. if
teenager rent is null
then pretty much any woman's rent is also null.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i've yet
to meet adults
that made less
than
teenager allowance.
mircea_popescu: * Adlai is a bit puzzled by
the incentives arising from s.qntr's share model... authors are incentivized
to write
the longest possible article which will pass review, while
the editor is incentivized
to pick
the shortest available article on a specific subject << works i guess.
Adlai looks at
the listing again
BingoBoingo: Well,
there's a
timeline
to answer how beyond what is contained in
the listing document. Any or all of
the methods proposed
there may be considered.
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> larval cycle where you are supported by external wires (parents, student debt, etc.) << clearly spending your own money as you see fit should be a better position
than begging mom/govt. so if
that's what it is
then... yeah, waste it. it sucks.
Adlai: BingoBoingo: "how" is
the key word :)
mircea_popescu: <asciilifeform> or is
there a set of staff authors ... ? << set as in brothel. anyone can submit for an audition
mircea_popescu: <cazalla> so regards
to finding additional author, on
the about page i added must be in wot + 6 months #b-a logs, i'm happy
to loosen requirements if article quality is up
to par, what do people
think? << yah if
they're in
the wot at all and
they submit something
that's decent should be ok
xanthyos: much of
the btc criticism i read online hearkens back
to mtgox, like mtgox is
this powerful buzzword
that
trumps all arguments, like rudy giuliani did with "9/11"
Adlai: how does qntra plan
to monetize?
decimation: one wonders if usg actually keeps anything secret or just fills out paperwork
to
that effect
Adlai: i'm imagining a situation where authors are competing, i realize
that qntra has a smaller author pool atm
Adlai: decimation: after one of
the snowden leaks,
there were some emails sent around govt networks asking people not
to open
the leaked documents on workstations with lower clearance
than
the leaks
cazalla: and why would i be incentivised
to write short articles? i can earn from
the same pool of shares other authors do
decimation: One cannot imagine a better situation for allowing bureaucrats unlimited freedom of action
than
to create a massive propaganda apparatus (hollywood) which everyone (including dear leaders) believe
to be
the
truth.
cazalla: if anything it will act as motivation for
them
to contribute a lot of quality content and possibly earn more
than
they would have by publishing it elsewhere
decimation: asciilifeform:
that 'spytainment' paper is hilarious. I especially like
the part about re-classification of previously publically released material.
cazalla: Adlai, providing contributors adhere
to quality guidelines, i don't see long articles
to be a problem for
the website
Adlai: that doesn't necessarily produce
the "best" content, although
trying
to incentivize "better" content
through share distribution might be misguided
Adlai is a bit puzzled by
the incentives arising from s.qntr's share model... authors are incentivized
to write
the longest possible article which will pass review, while
the editor is incentivized
to pick
the shortest available article on a specific subject
Adlai: firing squads
take a long
time and use
too much manpower (Eichmann et al, 1942)
Adlai: makes me just want
to wait until
the movie comes out
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Adlai: another possibility is
to wash your hands before you eat, and use straws instead of benjies
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: if so,
the simplest device is... a bank.
the infected cash is brought
to
the bank, and given
to
the hapless devil inside. afterwards, one walks six metres
to
the cash machine and withdraws clean cash (generally, where i live, only newly-printed money is ever placed into
the cassette,
to avoid jamming rollers.) << Out I get some used, but pressed bills out of
the cash machine
BingoBoingo: Adlai: Depending on where one places
their cut off for "life" it could be. I'm of
the opinion
that fire meets
the minimum qualifications for living
though.
Adlai: "free from bacteria or other living microorganisms;
totally clean"
mats_cd03: guess ill go
to
the harvard law school library and bug some librarians for
tips
mats_cd03: i am realizing
the West Key system is not going
to be helpful in doing
this legal research
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BingoBoingo: Food for
thought. Bone wax is an actual product applied
to living bone.
cazalla: they as in anyone
that wants
to contribute
to
the site and earn equity
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Everything for
the occasion. Maybe eventually a staff? Qntra only pays in equity
though.
cazalla: ideally
they find some news, verify rumour, something of interest
to readers
that is original