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mircea_popescu: decimation yes. rich fools are dangerous in
the manner of
the weak
tower discussed earlier.
BingoBoingo: <decimation> are you saying rich fools are unwelcome ? << Rich fools are a resource
to harvest like any other until
the simply become fools
mircea_popescu: decimation
try a mental experiment. consider very insular, outsider-hating middle america community. consider you show up
there and lavish new york mannerisms and expectations upon
them. lynch mob is unsurprising. consider oppositely you show up
there and display an intimate knowledge of
the various blood feuds underpinning
their social system. suddenly everyone wants you over for sunday dinner.
BingoBoingo: No US
town wants a factory
to be useful,
they want it because it employees consumers
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> nobody wants
those.
this is surprising
to nobody outside of us folk i would
think. << Well considering
that most US local and state level economic development projects consist of efforts
to attract and create consumers... Yeah
mircea_popescu: nobody wants
those.
this is surprising
to nobody outside of us folk i would
think.
mircea_popescu: decimation
there's exactly
two ways : one's wealth and
the ability
to select and hire local helpers.
the other's deep knowledge and an ability
to select and persuade local patrons.
BingoBoingo: I need
to find someone who can introduce me
to one of
those Chinese agencies which rents out designated white people
DreadKnight: mircea_popescu, considered
that scenario as well, nice :)
mircea_popescu: DreadKnight you're
talking
to
the only romanian billionaire. i don't jobs.
DreadKnight: mircea_popescu, figured,
that's why
the quotes; job
there?
mircea_popescu: i'd say it's much easier
to get japanese citizenship
than bitcoin citizenship
mircea_popescu: there's
this cracked.com v2.0 set of websites, which pretty much live off internet-hyperbole.
mircea_popescu: the situation in
the field has justabout 0
to do with
the zerohedge-esque nonsense
therein discussed.
mircea_popescu: i know a guy who moved
to japan and got citizenship, i know a guy who married a very pretty japanese rosebud and settled in yurp
decimation: I
think most of
them would rather die
then let
that happen
mircea_popescu: you should be able
to reconstruct state on your own from
the sea so
to speak
mircea_popescu: like all
the people falling on a nail gun from
the 9th floor
mircea_popescu: decimation
this is a valid point. if i hadn't had
trilema and all i did was finance i'd probably hang myself
decimation:
http://www.xenosystems.net/iq-shredders/#more-3088 "How many bright Indians and bright Chinese are
there, Harry? Surely
they are not infinite. And what will
they do in Singapore? Well, engage in
the finance and marketing rat-race and depress
their fertility
to 0.78, wasting valuable genes just so your property prices don?t go down. Singapore is an IQ shredder."
mircea_popescu: ful
to
the bezzlers, which means IT DOESNT EXIST O NOES
mircea_popescu: “To have a nation, you must have people and you must have young people
to be able
to drive
the economy and young people buy
the products — all
these gadgets and fine dining — and if you don’t have
that, and you refuse migrants as
the Japanese do, you will just dissolve into nothingness! I
think before
that comes,
they may change (their) policy.” << a country which doesn't have enough gullible fools is not use
assbot: Lee Kuan Yew drains your brains for short
term gain | Bloody shovel
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform merely
the fact
that i reject
the message doesn't say nanything about its validity.
mircea_popescu: the core reason for it is
that
the species must perpetuate.
this hinges on women not really giving a fuck.
mircea_popescu: also, people not giving a fuck is a major
technical proble,
mircea_popescu: if presented with
traffic from alleged key, i expect it
to be signed by keys i already accepted.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform gpg has built in key signing for
this reason.
mircea_popescu: nubbins`> just doing up
the books for july, seems we have a mystery cash surplus of $666 << you have been clearly blessed. now if
the lady's late...
decimation: why should some freshman care about
taxpayer assets?
decimation: well, in
that case
the primary risk is
the university's computer system
nubbins`: just doing up
the books for july, seems we have a mystery cash surplus of $666
DreadKnight: just saying
that a lot of non-tech / older people
tend
to use weak passwords
DreadKnight: BingoBoingo, I didn't said
their passwords
BingoBoingo: DreadKnight: Well, why are you giving your parents passwords
to infrastructure?
mircea_popescu: "but parents don't want
to share
the ideology xD" <=> "i'm happy with it but i can't get my parents
to use it
themselves" ?
DreadKnight: seen a chart with most popular passwords... 123456 and password being
top entries xD
DreadKnight: I meant
that
they're not keen on complex / strong passwords
DreadKnight: BingoBoingo, 27, but since I'm into
tech, parents learned a bit from me, both are using linux for years now
BingoBoingo: <DreadKnight> but parents don't want
to share
the ideology xD << Wait, how old are you?
DreadKnight: nothing sucks more
than
typing a strong password on a
touch screen device.
DreadKnight: but parents don't want
to share
the ideology xD
DreadKnight: got my own algorithm for strong passwords
that are unique and
that I can actually remember and
type for a while now
DreadKnight: true, but it would have been nice if wp had a
timer
to avoid
that kind of abuse, mircea_popescu
assbot: Romanian Dicelist pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
DreadKnight: well, didn't knew much about security back
then, wasn't protecting
the log-in page
too well against common stuff
DreadKnight: made my own little blog system, no users accounts or databases, using files instead, will put it
to good use soon, mircea_popescu
DreadKnight: mircea_popescu, used
to, but got popular faster
then I expected and hacked a few
times without backup; might get back into writing soon, without using wordpress
this
time
decimation: "Consumer price indexes show negligible price changes in non-normalized accounting, not only because
they are fudged and rigged, but because prices are set by dollars competing for goods. Because American spenders have fewer and fewer normalized dollars
to spend every year, normalized consumer prices are also dropping. " - Mr. moldbug
decimation: "brand over quality" is also an artifact of
the dillution of fiat ownership
DreadKnight: started watching
that Welcome
to
the Dollhouse movie someone recommended around xD
BingoBoingo: My favorite part of Eve online is
that anyone not explicitly an ally is a potential adversary.
DreadKnight: no, just
that some people around are not into mobas and feel like we're boring or offtopic, I respect not playing moba
cazalla: no, not caring
to debate at
this hour = ragequit
DreadKnight: anyway, don't really care
to debate mobas at
this hour
DreadKnight: it's fun as long as you got
team or don't
take it seriously / not play
too often
DreadKnight: mircea_popescu, I'm not
the problem,
the game sets me up with weirdos most of
the
time and it's bad for my health; I don't always have semi decent
team mates online
to play with
thestringpuller: have we really gone from
talking about world news
to LoL in all of 20 minutes?
mircea_popescu: DreadKnight you're prolly not gonna be happy or even willing
to hear
this, but it sounds like
the problem is you.
DreadKnight: forgot
to mention noob
team mates getting shadow blade in dota2 while
there's already an invis carry in
the
team; or picking multiple invisible heroes *sigh*
☟︎ DreadKnight: it's rare
that I win a game because of another
team mate; I usually get really annoyed and
tell people what are doing wrong, but not many listen
cazalla: you're gonna lose games, even
the
top players only have 2:1 win/loss ratios
danielpbarron: DreadKnight, i used
to play all-stars; now i play dota2
DreadKnight: cazalla, lost a lot of games in LoL while beating
the whole enemy
team by myself; all mobas basically have
the same issues, but LoL has a few more on
top of
that
cazalla: DreadKnight, it doesn't require purchase of champs at all unless you're adhd and won't stick
to one role
DreadKnight: cazalla, it has less
things
to deal with, but yeah; I hate
the account system, region limitation, runes and summoner spells needing levels, LoL requires purchase of champions, basically limits you
to constantly play
the same 2-3 champs most of
the
time
cazalla: so you message
the good ones, start playing
together, build synergy, you won't start with it from game 1
dignork: pigeons: hard
to compare really,
trash vs. garbage :)
cazalla: DreadKnight, it does have
the same idiots who kill steal, play wrong lane, afk etc etc
mircea_popescu: decimation
the funny
thing about
the incident is
that everyone happily ignored
the "your business part" and
took it as gospel. "the importance of brand over quality"
pigeons: dignork: yes dogeparty is just counterparty on doge, but like i said, much more useful
than ethereum