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mircea_popescu: did bitpay pr, ever clever and professional, have anything
to say yet ?
mircea_popescu: much like, you want
to pick up a chick. no go, because... passport
the wrong color ? notrly.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform possibly no go, because you don;'t know how
to ask.
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: noooo way ?<< yes way.
these are
the fuckwits
that want
to be involved as adults
decimation: yeah, you could say
that we are ruled by non-men, as opposed
to men, because laws cannot rule anyone by
themselves
mircea_popescu: decimation
the problem with
trying
to promote a system of "laws not men" is
that ONLY men can rule. and so under
the guise of "laws not men"
that keeps actual men away
BingoBoingo: I'm still realling
that
the Bitpay bought one of
the most expensive and lowest return forms of advertising.
decimation: in
this case, derpy nobodies are ruling
mircea_popescu: benkay:
the word i got was
that large,
tech-heavy equipment gets stalled at
the border. << anything fucktarder muricans do gets stalled everywhgere.
decimation: so you often complain about
the 'rule of law not men'
decimation: well, derp derp who cares what
the opinion of usg employees are
decimation: oh yeah
this isn't even a real court, just a commitee of government employees
decimation: yeah it's a civil case, as opposed
to criminal
mircea_popescu: the entire "attainder"
thing is
the result of internet fucktards opining on matters. i wouldn't repeat it.
BingoBoingo: It is amazing people can
talk in
this state www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=072000050HArt.+26.5&ActID=1876&ChapterID=53&SeqStart=74600000&SeqEnd=75300000
mircea_popescu: not
to property (the so called process "in rem", eminent domain, a whole list)
decimation: what's
the difference between making a law condeming joe
to death, vs a law
that condemns
the redskins
trademark
to death?
decimation: I
thought it was illeagal for a bill of attainder
mircea_popescu: what law allows
the office
to randomly re-register
trademarks ?
decimation: Federal
trademark law does not permit registration of
trademarks
that ?may disparage? individuals or groups or ?bring
them into contempt or disrepute.?
assbot: U.S. Patent and
Trade Office Cancels ‘Disparaging’ Redskins
Trademark |
Theden |
Thedening
the West
BingoBoingo: Mats_cd03:
These places exist in
the middle of
the US
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Dying college
town. Competing against a shortage of broke grad students
Mats_cd03: are you living in a fucking
trap house
decimation: teachers "pay" by being unable
to actually practice
their craft (see my above link)
decimation: yeah
that's definitely
true, even
the
top of
the pile
decimation: why do
those people deserve
to be sheltered from
the harshness of reality?
decimation: what I would like an "economist"
to explain
to me is why we subject science and engineering
to such high competition but professions like collecting welfare,
teaching k-12, gov't employee, etc are subject
to no pressure whatsoever
BingoBoingo: In
the location I'm looking at $3.2 k/year rents a
ten minute walk from work, no roomates, because
they are horrible for opsec
decimation: people don't want
to do
those calculations -
they know
the
truth and
they don't want
to face it
assbot: The Man Who Wasn't
There | Science Careers
BingoBoingo: If I get
this bezzel job I don't plan
to pay more
than $300.month
to rent
decimation: yeah, I was reading greenspun last night and I
thought of you - his post about
the low quality of rentals available
to citizens
decimation: Of course,
there is a "power law" effect in
these kinds of
things - only
the best guys make bank,
the rest deminish exponentially
decimation: that's cool, but
that's nothing
to do with engineering salaries
decimation: when a 'house' costs 700-1000k,
that's wave slavery
decimation: all
the numbers I've see from
the bay area companies show
that senior engineers are making maybe $150k
BingoBoingo: You also learn
the color of
the dandelion greens at
their best if you are smart.
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: It
turns out
that
the cure
to an American "Liberal Arts" education is resenting
the part where you live on dry noodles.
decimation: Everyone at our school knows who Dylan is. He comes and goes
to lessons as he pleases, habitually swears at
teachers, and is an accomplished playground bully. ... I was surprised
to hear Dylan?s name announced. He had collected one of
the largest amounts of ?reward stickers? in year seven, and was due
to collect a prize. Many
teachers, it
turned out, had
taken
to bribing him with
these stickers in a desperate attempt
to appease his
BingoBoingo: ;;google site:trilema.com live
to be a millionaire
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Not starving, scraping. Live poor nao
to live rich later.
BingoBoingo: In about 12 hours I have an interview for a job in
the bezzel economy, so pumped
decimation: ancient process of course, but still would be very useful if
true
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Of course. It would either be
the last great way
to profit from mining or an loss, magnitude
to be determined
assbot: Planet Analog - Brian Bailey - Mohamed Kassem: Q&A With
the Company Founder
decimation:
http://www.planetanalog.com/author.asp?section_id=519 "MK:
The cost is going
to be dependent on
the process
technology, but let's assume it can be in 0.35 or 0.18. Most designs are probably going
to be done for about $500 plus silicon costs which could be in
the hundreds or low
thousands of dollars. You will get your chips in about eight
to
ten weeks."
decimation: oh yeah I forgot
that guy - I
think you sent
the link before. I was amused by
the
Tcl
BingoBoingo: I kind of wonder what an asynchronous ASIC design would do
to BTC mining
decimation: yeah
the problem is
that even if you could get a chip made for free,
the cost of reasonable
tools
to make reasonable designs are prohibative
assbot: Burkholderia pseudomallei - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
BingoBoingo: Yeah. Hatfill's current plans are interesting
though now
that he has extracted money from
the gasenwagen's cheerleaders
BingoBoingo: Sometimes
the fun in an activity comes from
the potential for breaking, and
the
times people break reinforce
the excitement.
moiety: so silly, why pay
to get broken
punkman: moiety: yeah
that seems
to be a common
theme where brits go
to vacation
BingoBoingo: Well,
the right combinations of lights and sounds can be as dirorienting as
the drugs
moiety: i watched
this program called "What Happens in Kavos" and it was all people like
that. broken legs, ribs, noses but so wasted
they either don't notice or don't feel it enough
to do anything about it