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bitstein: I only know Rio from City of God. And
the Simpsons.
bitcoinpete: the city felt ready
to pounce onto
the world stage
bitcoinpete: rio was definitely getting itself ready for
the games when i was
there 15 months ago
bitcoinpete: i'm looking forward
to following
the world cup
this year
bitcoinpete: sorta like a mix between barcelona,
tel aviv, and vancouver
bitcoinpete: rio is
the best part of south america
that i've seen
fluffypony: we've never been
to South America, so I'm really looking forward
to it
bitcoinpete: there are worse ways
to kill
time
than in brasil and istanbul :D
fluffypony: bitcoinpete: well
this wedding in May was already down on
the list, so it's kinda just killing
time between
the conference and
the wedding
fluffypony: then back
to BA -> Istanbul, hang around in Istanbul for a bit -> Germany for 14 days for her cousin's wedding -> Istanbul -> Cape
Town
fluffypony: then conference,
then spend
time in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile for 2.5 weeks or so
fluffypony: but I
think
the current
thinking is
to fly Cape
Town -> Istanbul -> BA pretty much straight
through
fluffypony: the wife and I had a LONG debate
today about what we're going
to do
fluffypony: bitcoinpete: I am - I'm waiting for
this rise
to play out and will pay my dues in July-ish
bitcoinpete: so fluffypony are you signed and sealed for
the
third conference?
assbot: GIF: Lance Stephenson blows in LeBron's ear on
Twitpic
pankkake: but it's another Good Cause, and you can also blame
the pope along
the way
pankkake: AIDS in africa is based on shaky estimates. not much actual
testing
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bitcoinpete: "John
T. Pagel said he was not convinced
that
the climatic changes happening in
the United States were a result of human emissions. He suspects
they might be part of a natural cycle. But with Californians dangling cash in exchange for his willingness
to cut emissions, he jumped at
the chance
to build his digester."
bitcoinpete: "Much of
the cited data on
trafficking is based on shaky estimates, and many conflate all sex work with
trafficking. A 2003 study funded by
the Agency for International Development used actual counts
to estimate
that 88 percent of female sex workers in Cambodia had not experienced coercion."
assbot: Log In -
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Times
princessnell: << my boyfriend got
the same vibe. burning
the field?
dexX7: hmm looks like www.xapo.com starts
to operate. received an invite.
assbot: New federal database will
track Americans' credit ratings, other financial information | WashingtonExaminer.com
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xmj: add Austrian,
they're all over eastern europe/former yugoslavia.
mircea_popescu: " It's much better
to learn all you need
to know about
the science of
the biotech stock you just bought from other, more-educated
true believers on Internet stock message boards."
chetty: I wouldnt expect any EU member
to have
trustablke banking for long
xmj: as I was saying, LHV is good. but I did need
to show up in
their office after registering
the account online.
xmj: fluffypony: guy who runs
this is
the local head of
the European Students for Liberty group
fluffypony: I'll be in Europe in September
to
tidy
things up, it's just between now and
then
that I'm getting
tired of
the Italian BS
xmj: I'm with LHV,
they're good.
fluffypony: I already have
that structure setup in Italy, but
the economy and bullshit
there is starting
to break my balls
xmj: fluffypony: estonian banks have
that.
mircea_popescu: take a
trip, hire a lawyer, start a company like sane people.
fluffypony: is
there any EU bank
that allows
the opening of an account online or via mail, provides internet banking with SEPA
transfers, and you can get a debit card for
the account?
mircea_popescu: ahhh
that pleasant feeling of having just written a great piece.
assbot: Parazitii feat Dan Lazar
Toate-s la fel (cenzurat) - YouTube
xmj: if you want high quality engineers, better prepare
to pay'em
mircea_popescu: i
think
this is a sympthom of decay,
they've finally given up on
trying
to hire engineers and are now looking for webheads willing
to work for free
xmj: monty python "every sperm is sacred" comes
to mind
mircea_popescu: hmm, was it quince
they inserted a slice into
the woman pre copulation as a very early spermicide ?
assbot: 10 Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Fruits you should
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mircea_popescu: xmj, not really everything
tho. just,
the sort of stuff
that ends up on late night shopping channels.
xmj: on
that note,
Taleb has good
things
to say in Antifragile
jurov: well, i can
think of a mug
that will suspend
the liquid in midair in electromagnetic
trap.. no more washing, yay
xmj: mircea_popescu: everything is
trivial in retrospect
chetty: well solving problems
that do not exist does seem
to be
the current pandemic
mircea_popescu: definitely possible.
the objection isn't
that it's not possible,
the objection is gthat
the person is allocating
their work unjudiciously.
chetty: so a
technological improvement on coffee mugs might be possible - not
that I believe it but hey I dont know what I dont know
mircea_popescu: once
those advances happen zippers (and velcro) are
trivial.
mircea_popescu: try as he may, an inventor hopeful in 1700 could not make zippers.
their existence is predicated on other advances.
mircea_popescu: chetty, except zippers are just
technologically advanced clasps,
mircea_popescu: it;s almost as if
there's
this prion,
that
turns
to itself anyone
touching it. like a linguistic virus, even if you discuss
the infected,
mircea_popescu: it's not
that
this is wrong. it's
that
this is wrong *exactly
the same way* and for exactly
the same reason as
the
thing he criticises
mircea_popescu: "No other part of
the market seems
to attract wildly devoted cultists like small biopharma stocks do;"
chetty: (but
the condom
thing is really dumb - imo)
mircea_popescu: the most impressive part
to me
tho is
the fractal quality of it! because
the guy discussing
the problem says later on
assbot: How
to Buy, Buy, Buy. In
the Pipeline:
jurov: and
that not for mug innovations, just
the kiln
mircea_popescu: to anyone sane, it's quite clear
that
the coffee mug problem is a solved problem. but
to
this particular sort of
touched in
the head smart fellow, it's not.
mircea_popescu: im sure somewhere someone is working hard on inventing a "new
type of coffee mug"
mircea_popescu: i suspect
there's a particular neurosis
that manifests as
this fixation on "inventing"
things in spaces
that don't allow it.
assbot: Is
this
the future of condoms? Cap device goes on very
tip of
the penis | Mail Online
fluffypony: next up on Reddit: "The guy
that
threatened Our Illustrious Andreas is still using a computer! Let's get him banned from computers!"
fluffypony: "You shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a computer. Why don’t you stay off
the crack pipe you crazy idiot."
assbot: This is me being completely spaced out pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: THE META
THING is a shitty knockoff of something from 2000 years ago in (multiple) dead languages
mircea_popescu: benkay: asciilifeform and mircea_popescu would probably say it's a shitty knockoff of something russian or from 2000 years ago in a dead language
tho << lmao.
cazalla: see i know
this because i
thought i would find women on usenet when i was 15 and would post
they needed
to be ddf
mircea_popescu: fluffypony: if nobody says anything
the bad actors will continue <<< not on
the forum
tho.
mircea_popescu: someone
translate grenwich village speak for me, i keep losing
track. what's ddf again ?