asciilifeform: herr mocsny was once called an 'intellectual father' of the 'pua' folks.

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: idk if that snakepit still exists

asciilifeform: and if you need to cook something else, take the parabolic reflectors off and prop in the sun.

asciilifeform: (apologies for the line noise)

asciilifeform: as to when is the next race, etc.

asciilifeform: afaik he's still alive, somewhere in ohio (u.s.) but only posts to groups re: competitive bicycling

asciilifeform: one of the best that ever lived, imho

asciilifeform: incidentally, this fellow, afaik, was not a psychiatric case himself, but for some reason enjoyed trolling usenet groups full of such

asciilifeform: (last turd. anyone who wants more can visit the site)

asciilifeform: derstood as an attempt by men to democratize the experience of enjoying beautiful women. So far, technology hasn’t been up to the task—actual beautiful women are still better—but technology will keep improving.)'

asciilifeform: With Howard Stern’s girlfriend, the salient features are absolute: her looks and her receptive behavior. If every woman looked similarly good, and behaved as adoringly toward the average working stiff, they would still look good. (A man can test this hypothesis by viewing photographs of thousands of attractive women. Even after massive, pervasive exposure, they still look good. In fact, pornography can be un

asciilifeform: ntract, they would all be merely average again in the eyes of women. (Consider that the average US working stiff is fantastically wealthy in Medieval terms, but modern US women have simply raised their materialistic requirements commensurately.)

asciilifeform: 'It’s interesting to consider which gender’s ideal can be realized first with technology. It should be a lot easier for technology to simulate Howard Stern’s girlfriend (for the satisfaction of men) than for technology to simulate Howard Stern (for the satisfaction of women). With Howard Stern, the salient feature is the success, and the relative status. If every man had a $500 million satellite radio co

asciilifeform: 'If the world’s most beautiful women want to be gold-diggers, that’s their right. It doesn’t “humiliate” me. It merely establishes what I would have to obtain (namely, wealth and fame) if I wanted to bang some of those women. The actual women, that is. Technology may provide an easier alternative. And a more intellectually satisfying alternative too.'

asciilifeform: be happy, while their Oprah-bots listen to them talk about their problems and simulate interest.'

asciilifeform: 'The in-laws won’t be as much of a problem either because the male in-laws will be preoccupied with sexbots of their own, therefore they will have less time on their hands to spend meddling in the lives of their relatives. At family gatherings, the men will gather around to trade sexbot programs, while the women will gather to complain about the men’s sexbots. Or may women will play with their catbots and

asciilifeform: moietybot: someone ought to cross-breed manul with the argentinian 'colocolo' - to get a thicker-yet beast

asciilifeform: 'Some women might, however, choose to coexist with sexbots, just as some European women as they get older tolerate their husbands taking up with younger mistresses. The aging wife gets to keep her status and her stable home. She has all the trappings of marriage, but she no longer functions as her husband’s sexual outlet.'

asciilifeform: 'Social skills will decline markedly after the advent of sex robots, much like the way electronic calculators degraded arithmetic skills. Because sex robots will finally allow men to be themselves. This will make men even less desirable to real women than they are already, driving men to seek solace with sex robots even more. The cycle will be vicious and I can’t wait for it to start.'

asciilifeform: anyone have the ancient link to the piece re: korean students who go through 2-3 of the 'androids' per year?

asciilifeform: i've always thought it odd, that no one, lambo or trambo, makes a car with standardized panels for the outside

asciilifeform: tg2: that, or rubber bumpers.

asciilifeform: anyone recall the widget the americans used in vietnam, that picked up rf noise from cars?

asciilifeform: bought out in short order, and in the higher millions << might be a little problem once the car behind/in front/side of yours has emitters

asciilifeform: moving the car sideways

asciilifeform: afaik, the only parking-related car widget worth mentioning is that japanese mod where all four wheels turn

asciilifeform: i vaguely recall that a recent mercedes has radar of some form

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: one can buy marine radar domes quite small enough to fit on a car.

asciilifeform: tends to piss itself half the time, if left alone.

asciilifeform: even the fabled '3d printer'

asciilifeform: like any machine tool, really.

asciilifeform: one can get a pick'n'placer for $20-40K (USD), but it isn't magic - someone clueful has to run it

asciilifeform: not that 'vertical integration' is unheard of, but it rarely makes sense for a small electronics firm to buy pick'n'place apparatus, ovens, etc.

asciilifeform: where'd the turd come from?

asciilifeform: and get pieces like this.