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mircea_popescu: who'
the better coder,
the linux guy or
the windows guy ?
mircea_popescu: what'd you rather do, linux or windoze ? rm -rf has no "are you SURE ???"
triplicate dialogue.
mircea_popescu: aren't you in a much better position
to correctly evaluate it ?
mircea_popescu: don't you see
the backflow here ? if you KNOW
that your order will be unquestioned if it's an order,
mike_c: and so you continue
to be wrong, and no longer receive any input as
to why.
mike_c: try
this. axiom (for
this case): woman is right, you are wrong. who has a better chance of changing your mind/behavior? slave eventually is
told
to stfu and will do so.
mircea_popescu: the fact
that a wife is relatively safe, in her person and property makes
the relationship much alike
to
that with a dog. which dog, in it's bestial stupidity, is also relatively safe.
mircea_popescu: you get
to discover just how stupid you are, in short order, and a wife's no substitute.
mircea_popescu: yes, her well welted flesh is going
to participate favourably in your life.
mircea_popescu: and now, consider
that you WILL punish your slave for no fault of her own.
mircea_popescu: did
this harrowing emotional experience constitute an opportunity for
them
to grow, as a person ?
mircea_popescu: did it even happen
that you were privy
to a case where
they fucked up ? for w/e reason,
they made
the wrong call, resulting in a lot of
trouble for a patient ?
mircea_popescu: you want me
to answer a negative ? she shouldn't presume becauise it;'s not her place.
mircea_popescu: how
the hell does it preclude participating favorably in your life ?
mike_c: no, it precludes
the 2nd part
mircea_popescu: mike_c
that she's a slave does not preclude her being your intellectual equal.
mircea_popescu: applying "no pain no gain" in reverse, obviously
there's also a lot more upside with
the slave.
mike_c: which is "better": 1) woman
that does whatever you say. 2) woman
that is your intellectual equal and participates favorably in your life
mircea_popescu: take it
this way :
there's a lot less you can be spectacularly wrongabout with
the wife. A LOT LESS.
mircea_popescu: you really like
this similarity, but no.
the limited upside's with
the wife.
mike_c: it is same as dog. you are limiting
the downside, but also limiting upside.
mircea_popescu: the relation with
the slave's constructed
to expose
them
mike_c: you can apply
those last
two lines
to BTC as well
mircea_popescu: but
the relation with
the wife is constructed
to protect
the possible failures.
mircea_popescu: yes well, everyone
thinks
their
thing's special, for as long as it lasts.
mircea_popescu: as far as i can see, wife's closer
to dog
than
to slave.
mike_c: that is
the benefit of slave, like benefit of dog. it will do what you
tell it or else. child and wife have different pros & cons.
mike_c: that is backwards.
the person is
the important part.
mircea_popescu: slave'll do what you
tell her
to, and
that includes go kill yourself.
mike_c: hell no. you only
think
that cuz you haven't met wife yet.
mircea_popescu: if anyone from ecuador is here : i will
trade with you in violation of ecuador's alleged "laws".
fluffypony: "The law gives
the government permission
to make payments in ‘electronic money’, but decentralized digital currencies like bitcoin will now be prohibited.
The proposed electronic money is
to be backed by
the assets of
the Banco Central del Ecuador,
the nation’s central bank.
The National Assembly will oversee
the new currency while
the central bank will develop and integrate it into
the broader financial system."
mike_c: she is still out
there.
mike_c: not
the position of making you
their slave.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony pretty much
the only
thing one can be sure of here, is
that news's been scoopt.
mike_c: until you meet
the right woman :D
mircea_popescu: which is why women are my slaves, rather
than me
theirs : because i am great, and
they aren't as great.
mircea_popescu: mike_c but anyway, presumably because my
terms are great.
fluffypony: mike_c:
true
that...I guess we want it
to be a bit more of a "sure
thing" when embarking on a 20 year project
that will consume nearly all our
time and money ;)
mircea_popescu: i want
the right
to kill any children or i won't have any.
that's
that.
mike_c: that doesn't make sense. why would anyone bet on bitbet on your
terms?
mike_c: fluffypony: yes. and on
the other hand
they will never have an intelligent conversation with you.
fluffypony: mike_c: because dogs are adorable and love you, and if your situation changes you can rehome
them, and if
they have an untreatable aggression problem you can (legally and even morally
to most) put
them down
rithm: i call
to
the stand vbuterin
mike_c: it is a gamble. more upside with a good kid
than a good dog.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony i don't
think
they
take peers
that seriously.
mircea_popescu: d rather pay indiancandy's plane
ticket for 500 or w/e it was
fluffypony: rithm: isn't a jury supposed
to be made up of your peers? so
then his jury is going
to be made up of Karpeles and
the "dev
teams" behind MaidSafe and Ethereum?
rithm: babies grow into
teens?
mircea_popescu: fluffypony decent film. has
the cannonical moment of
the down kid parent
thing.
mike_c: you pay $500,000
to have a cute little
thing
that loves you for 10 years, hates you for 8, and
then hopefully respects you after
that.
chetty: if more people really understood babies grow into
teens
there would not be a population problem
rithm: pirate wants a jury
trial
fluffypony: either way, we've realised we're
too selfish as a couple
to consider children, and I doubt
that will change in future
mike_c: kids aren't supposed
to be a profitable economic activity.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla can i send you my cv ? maybe
there's a job opening somewhere, bit4x ?
mircea_popescu: which doesn't work
today, as
there's not much useful work kids can do.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu: islam does exactly
that, honour killings, still have population explosions
chetty: not kids would survive, all
teens should die
fluffypony: well it's other concerns, mike_c - my neice has down syndrome, and I don't envy
the ongoing struggle my aunt and uncle have
mircea_popescu: people wanna solve
the fertility problem,
the solution is simple : give parents
the unchallengeable right
to kill
the kids up until age 16.
bitcoinpete: fluffypony: cross
that bridge when you get
to it, neh?
fluffypony: if
they ended up being useless shits, what
then?
mike_c: doesn't say much of your analysis of
their gene pool :)
mircea_popescu: mike_c because if he were
to discover
they aren't, he wouldn't have an out.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla ow shit, guy posting on
the forum just annulled half a million btc worth of paper.
mircea_popescu: how many people with
tween kids in
tow are willing
to consider whether
the little schmucks are even worth raisingin
the first place ?
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete or it's just
too painful
to admit
they're currently wasting
their
time.
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu:
ThickAsThieves
this is
the benefit of aging. you start
to realise your
time is worth more
than money. << a lesson few, even more aged, grok. intentionally i often suspect, as
they're
too unimaginative
to find better uses for
their
time
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