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nubbins`: mircea_popescu: not me, as it
turns out :D
Namworld: Like most of
the stuff in stores is like what, ultimately owned by 2-3 large conglomerates?
mircea_popescu: nubbins` whio
the fuck can even pay attention
to 12
things in a year
Namworld: Eh, when it comes
to food brands, it's all convoluted with sub-companies and multiple
trademarks.
bounce: there's
the pay people
to do homework racket. I'd be interested in selling such services (getting paid
to learn? cool) except
that it'd enable idiots
to get diplomas.
nubbins`: genius finds himself
taking bar exams for crappy students, ends up working sans degree at a prestigious law firm
Namworld: Oh, Sobeys bought
the group
that held
the IGA franchise in 1998. Explain why
they use same brand now.
nubbins`: FWIW
this is loosely
the plot of
the
tv show "suits"
benkay: didn't several us presidents do
that asciilifeform ?
nubbins`: asciilifeform, benkay: gotta pay
the piper!
nubbins`: good
to know i'll be passing
the guy in
the street in a couple years
nubbins`: ^
this murder happened about 50 metres from my house
princessnell: egalitarians require we
take
their religion classes ("multicultural" courses)
to graduate with any degree in most us universities
benkay: i hear
tell of a mythical
time where one could attempt
the US bar without having a law degree.
nubbins`: i had
to pass
that many in my first year ;(
mircea_popescu: you wanted a degree, you had
to pass all of a dozen or so courses.
nubbins`: and you need X credits
to get Y degree
nubbins`: when i went,
three credits per course was
the norm
nubbins`: rent/mortgage is 30% higher
than south of 60, as well
benkay: at least you don't have
to
take a class
to do an internship, nubbins`
nubbins`: home of
the $50 watermelon and
the $28 head of cabbage
benkay: welcome
to
the us, where you can't even work without
the permission of
the bureaucracy
benkay: "i'm doing an internship
this summer, and apparently i need
to
take an ethics course before i'm eligible for credits from
the internship"
nubbins`: not sure about
the usa, but if a canadian
takes a job "up north",
they get a government subsidy called
the "northern allowance"
to offset
the increased price of goods
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform wasn't
that ohio guy quoting in
the 20k range ?
ozbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
ozbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
nubbins`: "but maybe
they put
the permit parking sign in
the wrong location"
nubbins`: for parking
too close
to
the stop sign.
nubbins`: ^ i got a $50 parking
ticket
today
ozbot: imgur:
the simple image sharer
mircea_popescu: not really. most prices are just depressing
to all hell.
mircea_popescu: labour is a dollar an hour, you don't need much more
than a few hundred man-hours anyway. renting
the machinery and getting some concrete/sand/brick isn't
the end of
the world.
bounce: so where does
the cost come from, labour?
mircea_popescu: "@kristathomas Don't Be Right And Don't Ask Why: Essential Ingredients For Building A
Team" << lol. just as long as your "team"'s not supposed
to be apple.
mircea_popescu: like
the nipple pierced girls' fucking, being
the product.
mircea_popescu: so
the product is "getting photovoltaics
to be common so
they may be deemed standard so
they may become mandatory so
the developers can sell and
the finance economy can work etc"
bounce: 5k what? dollars?
that's a wooden shed, materials only, or what?
mircea_popescu: this is why
the market is collapsing all
the damned
time
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform nah, more like,
the more expensive housing is
the product.
mircea_popescu: benkay you seen
the derpage ensuing from 30 btc mpex reg fee ?
mircea_popescu: if nipple piercings ensured
the women carrying
them will be used as fucktoys, giving away free cool nipple piercings would not be giving away any product either
mircea_popescu: "@SunSentinel · 1h Man drives
Tesla from New York
to Miami at no cost" who
the fuck came up with
this idiocy.
the
tesla is a luxury product.
the people who buy luxury products are being sold on "no cost" housewife routines ?
mircea_popescu: you gotta learn
to ignore
the reactions
to
the major hits and focus on discussing
the others.
pankkake: so
there's various degrees of holding it wrong
pankkake: if you hold a macbook with only one hand
too much,
they'll eventually bend
TheNewDeal: if you grabbed a computer case by
two opposite corners and flex gently, does it make a noise?
mircea_popescu: I should also note
that no one else makes a laptop whose metallic chassis enables it
to pass
the “Creak
Test” – hold a device by
two opposite corners and flex gently. Do you hear a noise of any kind? If so, you are holding a mechanically-unsound piece of garbage.
mircea_popescu: Imagine
that every car maker save for
Toyota insisted on using
the infamous East German
Trabant as a standard of quality – yet blindly imitated random elements of
Toyota’s visual design. How long would it
take for
the whiners
to appear on
the scene and start making noises about monopolistic
tyranny?
hanbot: asciilifeform: i actually
thought it was 'cryptographer / radioman / funker.' << s'not as cool as all
that, but who can resist
the allure of shiny golden insignia
peterL: has anybody had experience with escrow.ms on bitcointalk forum for doing escrow? are
they reputable?
pankkake: one day, I'll up on
the first
time
ozbot: Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
bounce: probably "crossword"
then,
though
that'd depend on
the
type of clue given