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TheNewDeal: it's just like
the game - no one cares about
the ending, it's how you get
there
benkay: nubbins`: is
there an auto insurance monopoly in your corner of
the great untamed communist north?
benkay: <mircea_popescu> mike_c stop opposing progress and an end
to oppression. // hey have you guys heard about
this ICBC auto insurance monopoly in BC?
nubbins`: it was
the only
thing on
the gift registry
that i felt comfortable buying
dub: asciilifeform: expense of
travel may be offset by reduced attendees, one couple claimed
to have saved considerably
nubbins`: asciilifeform please join steve and kristy as
they ritually disembowel
themselves!
transportation
to and from event provided
nubbins`: oddly enough,
this job came
to us via a
trendy downtown ad agency
dub: since such
things are frequently cheapest booked earliest
dub: been
to a couple of weddings involving several
thousand dollars worth of international
travel and accom for
the guests, one of
those had a save-the-date (STD?)
nubbins`: i struggle
to understand living a life so bereft of meaning
that blowing your wad on a $50k one-off party is
the culmination of your aspirations
dub: if you know when, why not skip straight
to
the invite proper
dub: I have a similarly gatsby
themed one on my fridge
assbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
dub: funnily some
time in
teh 90's as I recall
they started not
taking it out and advertising as iodized
mircea_popescu: <dub> idk, I recall a
theory
that abnormally high iodine levels in
the japanese contributes
to
their well above average longevity << fukushima makes sense nao.
nubbins`: <+dub> (most western
table salt has iodine removed)
mircea_popescu: <dub> not
that I would want
to go back << omg #bitcoin-extradition
cazalla: i won't pretend
to know much about it other
than what i said, law states
they must add it
to bread here, marketed
to help
the fetus yet women aren't falling pregnant, sounds more like a marketing pitch - here's a donut with folate, any excuse
to buy it
BingoBoingo: About as close as Bio gets
to having a level 0 standard
BingoBoingo: cazalla: Every living
thing of note uses folate
dub: ;;google cows in
the bread
cazalla: actually, bread is folic acid, yet
these women don't have babies
cazalla: they add it
to salt, bread etc etc here
dub: (most western
table salt has iodine removed)
dub: idk, I recall a
theory
that abnormally high iodine levels in
the japanese contributes
to
their well above average longevity
cazalla: re: salt, what is it with chinks and magic salt, had missus bff coming around with himalayan salt
trying
to scam me under
the guise of it being great for baby
BingoBoingo: For
the cost of keeping a phone alive on
the network I dunno of anything cheaper
than
Tracfone in
the US
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: For asciilifeform> we're
talking about a gadget
that powers up and sends a single 'sms' every blue moon. << You can pay $ int every year.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: But device cost is low and every similar device must be
treated as a
turd anyways
kuzetsa: I guess assbot shares
the same database as gribble, neat
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform:
Their sims are very device locked
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: If you want pure cell phone and SMS service Carlos Slim's
Tracphone is
the cheapest option
dub: not
that I would want
to go back
dub: theres a sim in mrs dubs ipad
that hasnt had credit on it since.. whenever ipad2 dropped 3+ years? still registers on
the network fine
dub: now
that I
think about it, I once bought an LTE modem with sim and $50 credit for $50
kakobrekla: ascii your service provder is selling out
to spammers ?
tried switching
to another ?
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: I'm starting
to get curious. Do you really get
that many SMS spammers?
dub: it'd be cheaper for me
to buy a burner with sim included
than just sim
BingoBoingo: Often cheaper
than [Insert President] Phone plans
BingoBoingo: They do indeed charge both ways, but it is still at least half
the price of actual service.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Not for
the privacy part, for
the billing
tyranny
dub: was wondering wtf you are on about until I noticed you said you pay
to recieve
traffic (wtf?)
nubbins`: so in
the wedding planning world, a "save
the date" card is a
thing
BingoBoingo: At least with
the prepaid model if
the carrier pisses you of,
the shredder is a viable solution
to device difficulties
BingoBoingo: Rassah: Actual brain hacking is much harder
than it first sppears
Rassah: I
think "our monkey brains" are largely influenced by societal norms, and bitcoin will "hack" some of
those norms just as other
technologies and science discoveries have...
BingoBoingo: Azelphur: It looks like you've worked quite a bit on Electrum. Familiar at all with documentation for
the server component?
assbot: Bitcoin Is Great, But It Won’t Fix Our Monkey Brains |
The mlaut
BingoBoingo: shesek: Well,
this channel is kind of like
the pipefitter's lounge, but for serious bitcoiners instead of pipefitters.
shesek: I actually have no idea what
this channel is for - I saw it mentioned on Reddit and joined in
dub: it would be a problem if I used
the automation bits but its not annoying enough
to start pulling it apart
dub: theres an appendage on
the front of it
that runs
through middle of
the screw which you pull out and wiggle
to get it going again
dub: yeah, dust caked around
the sensor oslt
dub: smart way
to isolate fuel store from
the hot bit
dub: its a bit buggy with
the pellets,
thinks its jammed and refuses
to start around half
the
time
assbot: Archimedes' screw - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
BingoBoingo: County fair week has
to be
the worst week, why does a sled need 8 gallons of engine displacement
to pull another sled full of weights?
decimation: that's a pretty small gap
to close off
decimation: "This is ?type 3? solder, which allows solder balls of up
to 45 ?m in size, where 99% of
those particles are below 38 ?m. "
decimation: you would need a
tiny auger screw
though?
assbot: Mans Anxiety Not About
To Let Depression Muscle In On
Turf |
The Onion - America's Finest News Source
decimation: x
turns of screw gives repeatable amount?
decimation: generally in
that application you don't care about drool or spillage
decimation: yeah you almost want
to push it out with water or something, except
that would dilute
the flux