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mircea_popescu: you have like 30% chances
to develop some
types of liver cancer etc.
mircea_popescu: it may actually be genetic. about 18% or so of
the population finds various aromatic hydrocarbons... aromatic.
mircea_popescu: huffing
toluene/whatever other solvents is not
that geograpghically concentrated
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Shakespeare: but all
the kids seemed
to be escaping alcoholic dads
Shakespeare: the documentary blamed it on
the banning of birth control
nubbins`: "why are smart people disinclined
to put
their lives and plans on hold for decades and hit a generational reset button?"
Shakespeare: girls
that look like boys, huffing paint all day
Shakespeare: well why are smart people so disinclined
to reproduce?
mircea_popescu: while by population should only be entitled
to a modest 15%
mircea_popescu: what does worry me is
that out of
the stupidities emitted every day, said sphere leisurely owns 99.x%
mircea_popescu: people keep harping about "inequality of wealth distribution", but
that fails
to worry me.
Shakespeare: that, and of course,
that your wife is always right
Shakespeare: really
the only lesson
to learn is
to not watch Cosmos with others
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform more open minded, in
this context, is for instance considering
the point
that a severe beating is liable
to be at least as effective an educational
tool as speech.
Shakespeare: but you can see how
the first statement morphed with each of my rebuttals
Shakespeare: i explained
there is a scienctific process
Shakespeare: she just
thinks
they need
to be more open-minded
Shakespeare: maybe mutations arent
totally random, whatever
Shakespeare: i explained
that just because
they say evolution is fact, doesnt mean
they exclude all other possible influence
mircea_popescu: this woman would chew on her own liver if she ever read
these logs wouldn't she.
Shakespeare: she just
thinks scientists shouldnt be so arrogant about
their proven
theories
Shakespeare: this is compounded by her being mad at neil degrasse
tyson for saying evolution is a fact
mircea_popescu: lmao so i made hotel reservations
today, which
they confirmed in
triplicate, and
the girl eager
to impress both her boss and his mysterious business partner guy of numerous hermetic grandeurs (ie, me) broke out
the special character set : "doublé rooms" she says.
mircea_popescu: Shakespeare make her kneel naked on dry beans for
two hours.
nubbins`: too bad you only paid for
the draft sketches :\
Shakespeare: my wife is pissed at me because i said people dont pasteurize chemicals and i wasnt polite enough (being wrong wasnt even
the issue, as she was
talking about apple cider vinegar, and i was
talkign about acetic acid)
mircea_popescu: bloctoc if you have
the fiat collateral
to post im pretty sure you'll find some. you can prolly even ask coinbase.
benkay: i'll be watching
the logs
benkay: anyways, off
to
troll
the local yokels about
their inadequate security and absurd obeisance
to
the
tyrant
mircea_popescu: benkay
that blockchain
thing actually soiunds like a good idea. i can't believe
they're past
the 24h mark.
mircea_popescu: im sure
that according
to
the fly's own onboard instrumentation, its flight is quiet.
Shakespeare: whiskey, beer, some ginger drink with i
think rye whiskey, beer, malbec
mircea_popescu: it's like... nobody ever puts in a derp order
that goes unfilled by
the derpgods ?
mircea_popescu: The current digital currency narrative, while certainly attractive
to entrepreneurs, venture capital, and
the media, is extremely "First World" in nature. And a primary question remains -- do such innovations, as we know
them
today, address
the needs of consumers and businesses on both sides of an international
transaction?
Shakespeare: maybe if
they all
trade bonds for bonds enough between countries, all
the debt will go away
mircea_popescu: i'll
tell you who. all
the people with worthless cash.
mircea_popescu: "The Piraeus bond deal underscores both
the continued improvement in
the perception of Greece’s economy as well as
the flood of cash in
the financial system
that has depressed returns on debt of all stripes."
Shakespeare: i'm just making excuses
to do a euro
toyur
mircea_popescu: that's ok, once
they reach a level where
they can be helped
they'll make
their way here.
mircea_popescu: Shakespeare no, but matonis could pay me not
to pay you...
Duffer1: i'd put .1 on
that shakespear
Shakespeare: mp will you pay for my
ticket from Romania
to Amsterdam
to go
to
the Bitcoin 2014 conference and call out Jon Matonis with a crowd present?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yes, but you will notice
that mpex has mpoe-pr doing a lot of fun stuff
mircea_popescu: a steady stream of "putin
takes stance on making kremlin
toilets use recycled paper" bs would do wonders.
mircea_popescu: this is
the problem with large organisations and old people,
they aren't in
touch with
the kids anymore, dunno how
to really hurt
them.