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bounce: oh I don't mind
them going
the way of
the dodo.
the
thing was rather moriarty was rationalising
their existence as "best possible (evar)", which I disagreed with
mircea_popescu: and if
the system is uprooted, you really
think something like its coiffure fashions a la mastercard would somehow survive ? how.
bounce: at
the end of
the complaint would be something much akin
to your "bring back pecunia non olet" argument
bounce: uhm. I
think you misread
the context of
the comment
then.
mircea_popescu: the carnot cycle is rigging
the system of
thermodynamics
mircea_popescu: airlift is achieved
through "rigging
the system" of dynamic equilibrium
mircea_popescu: rigging
the system is pretty much
the only strategy. give an example of something else at work.
bounce: hmno, I don't
think rigging
the system is a good long-term strategy. it shouldn't be necessary, and if you
think it is, you're venturing into empire
territory.
mircea_popescu: but
that doesn't make
them anything other
than styles.
mircea_popescu: this is for sure.
they're a part of it, like
the hair styles of
the late empire are part of
the late empire.
mircea_popescu: bounce well,
they won't go anywhere for as long as
the system
that spawned
them lasts.
mircea_popescu: but hey, props for
trolling bounce into a frenzy, i never saw him
talk
this much b4
bounce: the card racket's profits do mean it's not going
to be replaced. also
the convenient fobbing off of risks
to everyone else. (chargebacks
to
the merchants, privacy problems
to
the "consumer")
mircea_popescu: dude reading
this moriarty fellow interact with xmj is like watching a drunk clown
trying
to ride a cow with k-j, except
the clown is really a cow in clown costume and
the cow really a clown in cow costume and again adn again.
mircea_popescu: bounce: but
the
takeaway ought
to be
that you (ie,
those in power) are rigging
the system
then blaming
the victims for having let
the system end up being rigged against
them. <<<
this is exactly right. how else would anything work ?
bounce: so, a people of scolds,
then
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: we could start with his idea of 'young and old men ought
to live in separate countries.' <<
they do, mostly.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu: yiddish is full of adjectives
that describe people, far more
than of
those
that describe
things
mircea_popescu: it's quite amusing, and will put
the entire "secret cabal"
thing into such perspective...
pete_dushenski wonders why his mind so readily leans
towards old
testament references…
mircea_popescu: decimation: I don't get
the jews. why do
they care about jews?
They are just a small subset of europeans among
the unwashed masses of europeans <<< you should learn yidish
to see
the
things some jews
think about some other jews.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: a professional scammer not scamming usg also, would be like a pro mechanic who won't fix own car <<
these words.
pete_dushenski: mircea_popescu:
the
turdware spreadeth across
the land
mircea_popescu: decimation: apparently sabu of anonymous was living in a usg welfare apartment <<
the great "we infiltrated
them for once" success story ? myeahg.
mircea_popescu: you probably want
to be sovereign on your own [inasmuch as you bought
them] chips
mircea_popescu: it means exactly what signatures ever meant : nvidia wants
to be sovereign on its own [inasmuch as it produces
them] chips
mircea_popescu: <pete_dushenski> asciilifeform: is
this buono or male? <<< suppose your roommate goes "certain aspects of
the appartment are only available with my permission".
assbot: [Phoronix] NVIDIA Alerts Nouveau:
They're Starting
To Sign/Validate GPU Firmware Images
kakobrekla: i also got
the insides, but
thats
the point.
ben_vulpes: hm, probably want
to look at bending moments and beam constraints
too.
ben_vulpes: it's pathetic
the
things can't even open a beer.
ben_vulpes: chetty: looks like an actual bend
test, with fixtures and all
assbot: One (M8) comes last, Note 3 first in Consumer Reports bend
test
punkman: asciilifeform: what's
the difference of
the non-test variety?
mircea_popescu: problem of mod\ernity is everyone
trying
to meta
the shit out of
their lif
chetty: was it? from his point of view, at
the
time? I have
trouble
trying
to imagine some of
the early stabs at
tech
chetty: You
think farnsworth had a clue what
TV would become? or cared?
mircea_popescu: no, because it is always going
to be
the same : industry.
mircea_popescu: but let's stick
to history. car or parabolic mirror
to put ships on fire
mircea_popescu: obviously i can appreciate your position : for all
the banality of sex, it's still a big deal
to
the virgin.
mircea_popescu: the only relevant change
there is
that
the car is history and
the moon lander is not.
mircea_popescu: they'll go on
to reddit
to discuss how X Y and Z are betting websites for as long as
they can still find coins in mom's cushions
to pay for
the pizza.
mircea_popescu: forget "hearts and minds",
that's
the
telltale preoccupation of a dying empire. concern yourself with
the ground under
their very feet and let
them figure it out.
mircea_popescu: to
tell me
that range is included in
the item is nonsense of
the first degree.
mircea_popescu: decimation: it is because of
the dynamic range allowed in a single blob <<<
this is nonsense.
the "range" is not intrinsic
to
the blob.
the blob will only hold as much as it physicall can. what its concents mean
to you, is entirely up
to you
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: if you had a
truly clean break with
the age of
turdware -
there would be a market for about six machines. <<
this is diletante business analysis. you really only need one, provided it works. look into
the early history of ford cars.
mircea_popescu: this is a major cause of
the foss
taking so very long
to be killed.
mircea_popescu: he just woke up
to
the concept of "never do something stupid, no matter how much you "gotta" "
mircea_popescu: but unlike
the other fucktards involved, he didn't go away into
the night, and his efforts are at
the root of why we even pose a problem
to
the usg
today in
the first place.
mircea_popescu: and if your project is long
term... well
there you go.
mircea_popescu: in general, not doing something stupid "you got
to do" is better on
the long
term
than doing it.
mircea_popescu: rms's
tortured existence is proof as
to
their uneven strength : neglecting
the "gotta" works better
than baking it in.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform:
then squadron with stone megacock can feel victorious, vindicated. << methinks
this view is a little
too convenient.
chetty: well when did
that start? or do you mean when it got
to be public and all
mircea_popescu: chetty was
this before or after
they started paying
terrorists for
the safe return of deserters ?