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fluffypony: Naphex:
they're 7 worldwide in
terms of *peak* broadband speeds
Naphex: i
think romania is a bit higher now:P
Naphex: getting ready
to leave for
the office
benkay: yo everclear
that nick's unregistered in
the wot - looks like you're sitting on some prime real estate
benkay: hey random_cat see you
tomorrow?
assbot: Voicing
the20year1 for 30 minutes.
decimation: yeah I
think
the electric hob would give more control anyway
decimation: what about
the
traditional modifed
toaster oven?
decimation: sounds legit. so you have a hot air rework station
too I presume?
decimation: that usually implies some cleanup
too, but if you have a well-made board with good mask and clean contacts you are usually okay (surface
tension of liquid metal is miraculous)
decimation: supposedly it works, but it sounds a little hokey
to me
decimation: basically you
tack
the qfn down and
then use a really fine
tipped soldering iron
to "push"
the solder in little grooves up under
the chip
decimation: there would be no point, other
than
to make yourself work harder
decimation: I assume
that you aren't clocking
the
thing very high either?
decimation: ascii have you ever used 'qucs'? I played with it a little bit and found it
to be pretty neat
decimation: there is a weird divorce in culture between EE's who build hardware and EE's who
touch software
decimation: weirdly all of
the "good" EE design packages are winblows only
decimation: years ago I did some hand routing with orcad. It made me feel like a money
trapped in a
traveling salesman's
trunk
decimation: what software did you use for
the design? your choice is either crap open source or crap $$$
decimation: sounds like bureau-speak for "we hire idiots and
they produce nothing"
benkay: decimation: driving more
tort suits?
decimation: benkay: don't forget
that
the lawyers get a big cut of
the 100B
benkay: "unrealized damages"
that is
to say 'my eyesight was worth 100B, but now i have no eyes,
therefore pay me 100B'?
decimation: asciilifeform: had
to switch
to 4-layer. << did you do your own layout or did you hire
that out?
decimation: there is little doubt
that
the Augean Stables of
the west are piled with mountains of horse shit. who is going
to wash
them clean?
mircea_popescu: is
this supposed
to be some sort of dirty secret or something ?
mircea_popescu: "To be perfectly honest,
those jobs are reserved for my children, but yours might still be able
to find work as
their personal bathroom assistants, if
they are docile and pretty... let's pretend you didn't hear
that."
BingoBoingo: The complexity of healthcare billing in
the US adds a whole new layer of hell.
mircea_popescu: why expose yourself so. i'd have never ok'd
that stupid shit.
mircea_popescu: such a stupid name,
too. where were all
the branding experts ?
mircea_popescu: if
the us were a program, it'd be discarded as unmaintainable.
mircea_popescu: which is why
the entire mess is so difficult
to fix : like one of
those old products of mad artisanry, nothing works as intended, everything's
tied up in unrelated parts.
mircea_popescu: amusingly, it has exactly zero
to do with doctors, hospitals or budgets.
decimation: yeah
the "insurance" doctors in
the us must carry against unrealized damage claims is an incredible
tax
mircea_popescu: unless you can bring a bill of sale showing your eye is worth $100, you can't get $100 for your eye. and
that's
that.
mircea_popescu: romania does not admit
tort proceedings for unrealised damages.
mircea_popescu: i actually
talked it over with a couple of people over lunch. it's our considered opinion
that
the difference between
the us and
the ro health care systems can be distilled in one very simple point :
mircea_popescu: decimation yes. actual necessities. such as food, as opposed
to fast food.
mircea_popescu: yeah i was
thinking,
they want aplenty, it's just
they never actually confront it.
decimation: well, I mean "want" as in "want of
the actual necessities of life"
decimation: there is no doubt
that
the west suffers because of its freedom from want
mircea_popescu: in short,
things are going well, for any natural definition of "well".
mircea_popescu: humans are supposed
to watch half
their litter impaled before
their very eyes, not
to pester
them
to death with vaporub.
decimation: your orthodox fathers would certainly endorse
that sentiment
mircea_popescu: but hey. life's supposed
to be interesting not satisfactory.
mircea_popescu: course,
this may be a bitch for anyone
trying
to raise children or you know, live
the life of X.
BingoBoingo: Who really wants
to go
to heaven if you have
to live like a Saint while
there?
mircea_popescu: generally, devils are a lot more fun
than
the pompous idiots cutting
them free.
decimation: well,
there is certainly wisdom in giving people exactly what
they want
mircea_popescu: i kinda appreciate
the sentiment
tbh. let
the devil be free.
decimation: all in
the name of freedom, liberation, and enlightenment
decimation: at
the heart of
the progressive religion is a great desire
to cut loose
the straps
that bind
the devil
decimation: most of
the elite are busy binding
the next generation while
they fail
to reproduce
mircea_popescu: in general by examining
the reality in
the field, rather
than whatever naive
theories of
the eager
teenagers, one dicovers
the opressed generally deserve it.
mircea_popescu: <decimation> as you have found, moldbug himself is extremely reluctant
to
take any action
that might have second or
third-order effects
that displease USG <<<
that sorta
thing.
mircea_popescu: guy's simply managed
to persuade me
that he should indeed be lynched.
mircea_popescu: "I
think
that
this agreement, were it feasible, would benefit all concerned."
ozbot: Donald Sterling racism: Why
the Los Angeles Clippers need
to boycott
their next playoff game.
mircea_popescu: ah,
to be rich, and powerful, and say nigger faggot whenever one feels like.
decimation: in
the US it is customary
to make a house out of
the cheapest materials available, on
the smallest possible lot (to maximize
the builder's profit)
BingoBoingo is simply happy
the
tornados spared
this house
today
decimation: I
think future historians will call
this era "the golden age of mendacity"
mircea_popescu: he means, of course, "It’s not going
to happen, and when it does, you people will have deserved it."
mircea_popescu: "It’s not going
to happen, and when it does, you people will deserve it."