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mircea_popescu: if you've seen
true romance, something like
that scene
decimation: he doesn't get any pr staff position in
the ro government?
mircea_popescu: and btw,
the guy's right consists of his ownership of
the land and
the beasts in question
decimation: ie
those
that eat meat but have never slain an animal
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform nah,
town hipsters.
the sort of kids
that'd be on reddit if
they could comprehend english
mircea_popescu: unlike
the god forsaken plains
to
the south, romania has a great hunting history
TheNewDeal: saw a black bear
there 2 years ago, was a small one
that was up in a
tree, just about broke
the branch it was on while reaching for some food
mircea_popescu: fun fact : romanian baron (ion
tiriac) owns hunting domain in romania, holds invite-only yearly event
decimation: no one in
the us is equal enough for such a privilege
decimation: of course, in England
the king could assign ownership of animals
to
the local barons
decimation: asciilifeform: it's well settled in common law
that
the wildlife belongs
to
the king
decimation: "Wildlife officials are offering a $2,000 reward for information leading
to
the capture of
the poacher or poachers responsible for killing a black bear with a series of arrow strikes."
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mircea_popescu: i shook hands with chimps,
they're not
THAT strong for crying out loud.
decimation: it seems
the human's advantage in such a fight would be
to rely on
tools
mircea_popescu: "And I bet
that Mr. Lee can hit pretty hard. I'm wondering if his ability
to block/dodge/fend off
the chimpanzee would give him
the advantage."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform fun fact :
the carpathian brown bear is just about human range. you'd get about one boy per generation per village
that could wrestle a bear.
assbot: The Secret
To Chimp Strength -- ScienceDaily
mircea_popescu: "Back in
the early half of
the century, circuses used
to hold fights between apes and
the strongest men in
the
town
they were
touring
through.
The men were generally knocked unconscious just a few seconds into
the fight, after
the first blow from
the ape."
mircea_popescu: for
the other
thing, does it even know what a choke hold is ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i'd choose
the chimp and fucking maul it.
mike_c: close bets is broken on
that page atm.. will be fixed shortly. some fucking python 2.6 decimal bug.
mircea_popescu: Bitcoin
to surpass Berkshire as an investment got .3 and isn't on
there ?
mike_c: no,
that's
the hottest on
the analysis page. it just missed
the publishing deadline.
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to 1)
nubbins`: look at how cute
their
tails are!
mircea_popescu: i have no idea why
they're not yet extinct, but it's right
there on my list after mosquitoes.
nubbins`: sure, but
the abstract idea of
them is nice
mircea_popescu: there is little in nature more objectionable
than a live monkey of any kind
mircea_popescu: nubbins` you know i don't get
this general conspiracy
to stuff monkeys down kids'
throats
cazalla: i'll get back
to it once i'm better, prob a few more days
cazalla: mircea_popescu, i had planned
to forum post past weekend, came down with flu so didn't get
the chance, fever is
the worst
assbot: BitBet - Argentine "Blue Dollar" buy price
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mthreat: tempting
to do a BitBet on
that...
mircea_popescu: and he's going
to run a budget without
taxation or inflation
too
mthreat: ya. december and january are very hot here, and
the "cortes de luz" (power outages) were a pain last year. Best
time
to get out in my opinion.
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mthreat: mircea_popescu: we're going
to patagonia, but in October....
kakobrekla: my closing point is, its not enough
to have 'the best product'. history is full of such examples.
decimation: clarkson needs
to get off his lazy ass and make more episodes
assbot: Primicia:
Top Gear grabar un episodio en la Patagonia argentina | ARGENTINA AUTOBLOG
decimation: yeah, I
think
the conditions of weather, population density, living arrangements, etc imprint
themselves during childhood
decimation: it would be interesting
to analyze weather data with
this in mind
mircea_popescu: siberia or sahara, best is in
the butt of
the bestholder.
decimation: perhaps
the best climate is
the most random one
mircea_popescu: by
the principle "for every incredibly hot woman
there's at least one guy
totally sick of her ass"
mircea_popescu: there's a difference between
the babies dead of neglect in 1905 and
the baby dieing of neglect right now.
kakobrekla: hanbot sure one can be like
that. but dunno how can we be so naive, if you read logs you must be aware ascii listed countless superior
tech solutions
that ended up in
the
trash bin or forgotten.
mircea_popescu: decimation it's not really worth it. plenty of places where
there's no winter. go
to san jose, cr, problem solved.
boolrap: i
think if you do it 10
times you get
transported
to another world
decimation: I wonder how many folks 'commute' between hemispheres
to avoid winter
boolrap: not
terribly harsh just, several blizzards every year would be great.
boolrap: yeah i could not live
there, i need winter
time
boolrap: right,
the way it should be
boolrap: whats in season right now, its spring
time soon ?
boolrap: how is
the food over
there?
hanbot: kakobrekla how about people who need a
timer don't get
to bet
mircea_popescu: boolrap well obviously, i mean, no kitchen robots and
the like.