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mircea_popescu: "Russia finished
the final stage of
the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline in 2013."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i just get my news earlier
than everyone else
that's all.
mircea_popescu: they may add a say 30% surcharge for any us exports just for fun
tho.
mircea_popescu: nah,
they're never stoppin gthe gas. putin is much
too smart for
that.
mircea_popescu: "The
two versions of Russia—McCain’s “gas station masquerading as a country” and Lake’s fearsome conqueror—both start from
the same bitter knowledge, even if Senator McCain and Mr. Lake will never admit
that fact in public. It’s a simple one: Russia will
take Crimea, won’t pay a big price for it, and
there’s not a
thing anyone can do about it."
mircea_popescu: and
that, for
the first
time since 2008, is actually a clear path
tho
the end.
mircea_popescu: because if
they do hold enough
they're going
to
trigger a contest with
the chinese as
to who dumps
them first
mircea_popescu: im curious how much us
t's is russia holding in offshore accounts
chetty: Putin is set
to respond
to Obama's sanctions of Russian officials with his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin.
mircea_popescu: chetty i doubt anyone has
the nazi esprit de corps
to actually declare wars anymore.
chetty: Is
there a bitbet yet on when it formally becomes war?
mircea_popescu: (one of
the best predictors of who will be defeated in any conflict is see whose messages don't manage
to coallesce, displaying instead dualities)
mircea_popescu: anyway, good point in pando article, re
the "party line". it suffers from spina bifida, and will crumble into dust
mircea_popescu: "we are
the people you
tried
to kill, and we will bury you"
mircea_popescu: i can readily see how something like
that would create plenty of national identity.
mircea_popescu: random guess.
their pr is mtgox-level atrocious, which is kinda sad after all
these
trilema articles on
the
topic
ozbot: This is what
the death of Moore’s law looks like: EUV rollout slowed, 450mm wafers halted, and an
mircea_popescu: they probably lost a hard drive, didn't have a proper array and can't restart
till
they fsck
mircea_popescu: ;;later
tell benkay "the secret discovery of
these
techniques was for
the
Tyrant merely a happy accident" << it was in fact. rsa was invented by some brit guy, kept under lock and key unused for 4 decades.
bitcoinpete: benderp: fantastic article. quite enjoyed "engaging in nefarious activity
to palp
the
testicular fortitude of
the people who matter and actually set policy in Bitcoin"
ozbot: BitBet - Bitcoin
to surpass Berkshire as an investment
mircea_popescu: meanwhile back at
the ranch, bitbet invented a whole new kind of hell.
ozbot: The SEC doth breach itself upon
the rocks of MPEx, and Popescu himself
benderp: it's kinda rough as
these airplane pieces can be
mircea_popescu: "OP, I know cryptostocks makes it seem as
though starting your very own security is a sort of past
time accessible
to anyone who'd like
to
try, sort of like adopting a pet fish.
This has nothing
to do with bitcoin securities in fact and everything
to do with play-pretend exchanges exploiting
those who'd like
to
try but aren't ready for one reason or another."
BingoBoingo: WHat's
that
thing you say "If you can, you must"
ozbot: Warren Buffett says he wants
to pay more
tax (then structures a deal
to ensure he does
the exact opp
dignork: asciilifeform, i
tried 3-axis chip, it had a huge margin of error on a
toy q-copter :(
mircea_popescu: i'/d suggest you
try
this
theory out, but instead just lie down D:
mircea_popescu: many countless ways
to
throw camnav for a loop, including lulzy
things like silly strings
dignork: asciilifeform, US considers shutting off gps in some cases, so pbbly
their drones can work gps-less
too.
mircea_popescu: but on large icmb
type of
things.
tehy've not really fittedf it
to
the 10lb shits yet
dignork: asciilifeform, i loled about
this story with my friend who builds
them for non-US army, and she said
that it won't work with
their drones, cz
they'll fallback into gps-less mode, once
there will be delta between compass/altimeter and gps readings
mircea_popescu: and if
this keeps up for another 3-4 years
the rest of
the world will own more drones
than
the usg.
mircea_popescu: the word around
the backchannels is
that
the usaf gets back about 2/3 of
the drones it sends out
dignork: asciilifeform, do you mean
the story with fake gps
transmitters, which diverted drone?
mircea_popescu: i guess people in
the us are so starstruck with "technology"
they forget
they're just little radio planes.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu:
The problem with drones is it is way
to
tempting
to stick
them in places where
they don't belong.
mircea_popescu: turns out
they are kinda useless in actual military operations.
ThickAsThieves: do you
think a scientist stating evolution is a fact is arrogant?
mircea_popescu: may have something
to do with all
the drones
the us lost in
the ukraine.
mircea_popescu: "Two U.S. Air Force commanders in
the 422nd Air Base Group at RAF Croughton have been relieved over a loss of confidence in
their abilities."
gribble: nubbins` was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 3 hours, 10 minutes, and 25 seconds ago: <nubbins`> most people don't get
that far
ninjashogun: ThickAsThieves, I read your links. I didn't start any more conversations
though.
mircea_popescu: so now stfu for a few months and spend hours reading
the logs.
ThickAsThieves: ughlol and shogun made it easy
to be dismissed,
they started every conversation with
their hands out