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mircea_popescu:
<Vexual> sounds like some good investigative journalism
<< very much this cazalla
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform> (or rather, upper bound thereof)
<< your house doesn't collapse the moment a tile hanger in the bathroom falls off, but still,
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> the funny thing is, that the cost of a reasonable death bunker is nearly equal to the cost of escape.
<< if you think about it, this is necessarily so.
BingoBoingo:
<asciilifeform> the funny thing is, that the cost of a reasonable death bunker is nearly equal to the cost of escape.
<< Yeah, seems at least as much as cost of escape.
mod6:
<+mircea_popescu> now if ben_vulpes an' mod6 get this show off the ground, it'll be reheheheally fascinating in short order.
<< just wrapping up the regression of the static binary:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=ny9m6Q3R and after this, we just need to bundle up this thing and sign patches & tar ball. gettin close!
assbot: Logged on 30-01-2015 05:49:56; mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: if you were planning to kill someone, would you helpfully tell him first ?
<< that's not the point. in a normal society, the threat is a fundamental tool to hierarchy building.
ascii_field: i like how plane ticket is more expensive than VIP ticket
<< where'ya flying from
cazalla: kakobrekla: ascii_field not missing, 'betmoose' is right there, in the first comment.
<<< might be the funniest thing i've read for a while
ben_vulpes:
<ascii_field> in other news, apparently apple released a portable machine that not only has slower cpu clock than the typical such box 5 yrs. ago - but cannot charge and use an external peripheral at the same time!
<< they want you to buy a thing to make more holes
PeterL: asciilifeform:but going back to mathematical notation for a spell - let's write, e.g., a gnarly triple integral, in plain humanlang.
<< When writing such an integral, I use words in my head as I put down the symbols (eg. integral from 0 to 2pi integral from 0 to 1 integral from 4r^2 to 4 of xdxrdrd(theta) )
adlai: cazalla: battle royale
<< i'm sorry but that was a terrible movie, basically Running Man without arnie = worthless
mircea_popescu:
<decimation> other than being a megalomaniac and/or sick fuck
<< kinda the definition.
decimation: asciilifeform: re: old macbooks
< apparently coreboot supports the old 1,1 and 2,1 macbooks
decimation: mircea_popescu: re: terrorist
< eh, I don't see it. what does it benefit the terrorist to even bother?
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> so perhaps it was -that- rappoport
<< seems entirely plausible
mircea_popescu: "Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the companys lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end. "
<< ahaha. this is so fucking convenient.
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> hoster?
<< gigaom was a ms shill back when ballmer was new and ms thought blogs might matter.
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: anything damning we ought to know about 'Aerolineas Argentinas' ?
<< i think they've notlost a plane yet.
mircea_popescu:
<mod6> mp: you run .ar now right? just tell 'em im comin and it's all good.
< haha nah.
decimation: re: apple watch
< my question: did they spend an extra $10 for a temperature compensated crystal oscillator or does it have a cheapass crystal which requires constant correction
mircea_popescu:
<ben_vulpes> i have to pay the reciprocity fee again don't i
<< reciprocisquat all the names!
mircea_popescu:
<asciilifeform> the ar entry fee gizmo, that is
<< i don't think you can readily imagine how tech retarded the argentines actually are.
decimation: asciilifeform: re: passports
< did you notice that the us state dept. now issues an 'rf proof' sleeve with all passports?
cazalla: danielpbarron: i created a folder to dump all the undeletable apps and hide the whole thing on the last page
<<< hah i do this too and the folder is titled useless
mod6:
<+asciilifeform> the ar entry fee gizmo, that is
<< lol wtf, you have to pay a 'reciprocity fee'?
punkman: saifedean: hard money, dude!
<< but pegged to the dollar?
gribble: meowmix was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 22 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes, and 18 seconds ago:
<meowmix> !b 50
danielpbarron: thestringpuller, "A screenshot of the Abra app"
<< should this not be hosted on qntra?
ben_vulpes:
<ascii_field> ben_vulpes: 240k... 2-3 people
<< chinese slaves ?
<< nobody ever said how many hours.
ascii_field: ben_vulpes: 240k... 2-3 people
<< chinese slaves ?
ascii_field: rowhammer article
<< didn't we do that here a while ago?
mircea_popescu: "no discipline has been announced for those who received the emails and said nothing."
<<< lol wait, wut ? da usg stoolie programme ?
mircea_popescu:
<assbot> Feels like something is missing from this picture
<<< someone giving a shit ?