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mircea_popescu: even
things
the russians mistake for "slav spirit" are about as chinese as it can be.
mircea_popescu: this has been china for pretty much
the entire interval
mircea_popescu: buncha equal peons, and
the emperor drunk out of his mind. between
these, a bureaucracy, completely arbitrarily "educated" by rote.
bounce: anyway, china going communist has, well, at least given a different flavour
to
the
thing. wonder if and when
they're going
to do something about
that
bounce: I
think I'm missing context here.
mircea_popescu: who doesn't
think farmers understand, because for shephers... c'e diverso. e con le stelle, uno puo parlare.
benkay: well
the
things are real.
the constructs i wrap around
them are just figments of my own mind.
bounce: doesn't stop shit from getting real,
though
jurov: bounce
they need
to secure oil and other supplies from others
bounce: china was always quite a lot self-centered.
this appears
to be a bit less
the case of late.
mircea_popescu: or in
the words of
tornatore (uomo delle stelle), "e il mondo vero, or solo per finta ?"
benkay: don't bring
that mystical claptrap around here
mircea_popescu: in
that physicalist view you'll have
trouble showing people even exist at all.
mircea_popescu: benkay no but on
the naively nominalist view
that "you" existed sincer forever and will exist forever. soul or w/e.
benkay: doesn't sound so steady
to me
benkay: for a century at a
time with interruptions
mircea_popescu: the steady state of planet earth is china being
teh world empire
mircea_popescu: sure
there is.
the steady state of humans is being dead.
benkay: everything oscillates.
there is no such
thing as steady state in natural systems.
mircea_popescu: with
temporary century-long interruptions due
to invasions and whatnot. it always reverted.
mircea_popescu: what
the us pretends for itself, china has been, for
the past ~5000 years
mircea_popescu: bounce
the little known fact is
that china was always
the world's empire.
TestingUnoDosTre: My bank claims
to use no openNESS. Any easy way
to verify
this claim?
bounce: interesting
to see
the differences. as an up-and-coming empire
they're occasionally serious about appearing
to be a functional government (as well as not
that respectful of human life;
they feel
they have
too many people running around already), where
the US, er, works a bit differently.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo and
the
thing is, god help you if you sell
the chinese golden
toilets. afaik nobody got shot when it was discovered haliburton "misplaced" 1 bn in
the various senatorial etc campaign slushfunds in iraq
mircea_popescu: (read
that again. fine = pretty broad. jesus i fucking love myself har har har)
mircea_popescu: only one i can
think of. and
the definition of "fine" must be pretty... broad.
bounce: there's places
that allow 'true' unnamed discussion and have it work fine,
too
mircea_popescu: but if you can't afford what you need, isn't
that an indication
that you shouldn't be doing what you're doing ?
mircea_popescu: it doesn't have
to be "real", because wtf is
that real mean, but it does have
to be identity.
mircea_popescu: i still
think discussion is impossible absent identity.
bounce: I'm reminded of
the register, where
they used
to moderate each and every comment, and
then gradually lifted
the requirement.
they have a reasonably vibrant commenter community, without requiring facebook or real names or what-have-you.
mircea_popescu: pretty lulzy, "this newspaper closed until we can find some not-retartded people
to read it"
mircea_popescu: bounce it's not
trivial
to actually burn down a modern
transformer.
bounce: hm. burned
to
the ground or shut down by regulations. alright,
the red
tape wins.
mircea_popescu: and because of ecological concerns, old style coolant mixtures
that were azerotropic were replaced with new, more expensive formulations. a punctured coolant room means you have
to empty, was and refill.
mircea_popescu: bounce not really. all
the bullet needs
to do is perforate
the coolant room. anywhere.
bounce: or
that. anything
to cause a nice electrical fire. bullets have a harder
time
there, despite
their awesome speed. substations are like
that.
bounce: or squirrels, for
that matter.
mircea_popescu: they're conveniently forgetting
to mention
the ominous part where
the attackers disabled
the security with minimal, expert moves.
benkay: (how
the fuck do you snipe *anything* inside a substation - lines of sight have
to be like 20ft max)
bounce: what was it again, guaranteed (low) prices for consumers and "free market" stupidity for suppliers, in california,
that led
to under-investing in infrastructure and utilities basically bleeding
themselves dry, leading
to years
to come full of brownouts and blackouts
danielpbarron: but i'm in "the north," so
that's easier for me
to say
danielpbarron: i prefer
to go without AC; I like being out in
the sun while
the summer lasts
benkay: okay i get journos are
tarded.
mircea_popescu: likely
to hit
the south
the worst,
too, which is ideal on at least
two counts.
mircea_popescu: it's gonna be a long hot summer boys and girls. no better way
to get
the masses
to believe in global warming
than keeping
them without ac for a summer.
ozbot: It's way
too easy
to cause a massive blackout in
the US - Vox
mircea_popescu: in other-other news,
the us preparing for electricity rationing :
mircea_popescu: fucking kiss of death,
this, only commodified businesses have
the
time. finance is dead.
mircea_popescu: so citi conference call, all
they want
to
talk about is how
they're cutting costs.
TestingUnoDosTre: Fun fact: someone I know sent
to a dispensary in Denver
that sold bath salts, but
the cashier had
to warn" not
the ones you're
thinking of"
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [B.MINE] [PAID] 3.41934336 BTC
to 8`322 shares, 41088 satoshi per share
TestingUnoDosTre: Haha marijuana in
the
toilet bowl. Gotta
torch
the evidence, newbies
benkay: whatever happened
to 'cops are coming - run!'
danielpbarron: "The juveniles
told
the officers
that
there was a party
that was out of control and people were drinking and smoking weed" NARCS!
ozbot: Havelock police bust party, charge mother,
teens with alcohol offenses - Local News -
The Havelock N
mircea_popescu: benkay i'm just being steganographical. see because sometimes
the
things i say are in reality secret messages for uknown
third parties according
to secret schemes of encoding and so forth.
mike_c: my
take: altcoin is made for spending, bitcoin is made for storing wealth.
BingoBoingo: I've just been locking
the price into a range I find sustainable and magic happens
Apocalyptic: I heard
the price is up 50% from last week, he better :)
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo you makin' a killing on
this
thing yet ? :D
mircea_popescu: "Is
this still being mined.... I mined it when it had a coingen.io logo still and No source hahahaha"
mircea_popescu: Namworld:Depends on
the sort of capital
they have. Gox's name isn't what's doomed. << you gotta be kiddin' me.
benkay: Namworld:Assuming Karpeles doesn't get
to keep his 100k
that he "also lost" << oh, he will. "what bitcoins?"
mircea_popescu: are you a hot blonde with a sister whose name is alabama and was played by patricia arquette in
tarantino's movie ?
mike_c: the mediawiki scammers have bots
that solve captcha. apparently
that is more important
than bitstamp.
kakobrekla: >API calls are returning a captcha page. Regular visits
to
the site do so as well, but unlike me, my bot is unable
to solve
the captcha on its own.
kakobrekla: <mike_c> yes,
this is different because you can't sell a position. < its
taking awfully long for someone
to code
that.
mike_c: i would
think
that would be
the case. i would welcome an analysis of
that
topic with numbers and examples :)
los_pantalones: do you have
to constantly reweight
the size of your other side ?
los_pantalones: wouldn't
that also increase liquidity on
the other side of
the bet
los_pantalones: so
there is a big opportunity cost of
taking
the other side