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mircea_popescu: problem is... no. canada economy can't support rates over 5% , and won't. possibly ever in
the history of canada.
mircea_popescu: rates everywhere will start
to raise next year since 2008.
nubbins`: ThickAsThieves: i was reading an article
the other day saying
that rates here in canada will start rising
this year or next
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mircea_popescu: i never actually bother doing
the math untill i see
they're cheating me
pankkake: if
they
think scamming me is worth me not coming if I discover it… so be it
nubbins`: pascale just referred
to
the part of
the
toilet where all
the lid hinges are as "the choda"
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves as usual,
they do not know what
the words
they're saying mean.
nubbins`: friend, paying for an item with cash at
the store: "why is
this so easy?"
benkay`: business partner on discovering our banking partners wants 5 dollars for every physical check: "why is
this so stupid? why do banks suck so much?"
benkay`: babe, on getting a new credit card: "why is
this so commmplicated"
mircea_popescu: you personally can do anything you please, and so can anyone else. but on aggregate people will play
the game correctly.
antephialtic: sounds very Rawlsian. Pick
the game you want
to play based on
the odds before you roll
mircea_popescu: compare with rolling a pure 20 stat char. do you EVER re-roll
that ?
mircea_popescu: but from a game
theoretic perspective, consider you've rolled an 3 point average character in a 1-20 stats game.
pLambert: could I, as a person in a rich society, just choose
to spend little on my children and expect
them
to contribute?
mircea_popescu: this not even
taking into account
the big problem, which is,
the required minimal capacity of
the child
to absorb investment
mircea_popescu: pLambert
the view happens
to be correct.
the per-capita investment for poor man's children
to replace poor man is negative.
the per capita investment for rich man's children
to replace rich man is enormous, and exponential.
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pLambert: maybe we could get a perpetual motion machine
to apply
torque
to accelerate
the beam?
nubbins`: "maybe if i
take an extremely long rigid beam and swing it around my head,
the far end will exceed
the speed of light"
pankkake: pLambert: people
think I'm a horrible person when I state money as my number one reason
to not have children. but… it's
true
ThickAsThieves: pretty much
the state of current worldwide communication
nubbins`: i want
to get a set of
those stick-man family stickers for back windows
the20year1: And when I ask
them what
they
think about
the amount of pollutants created
to make
the NiMh for
the battery,
they look like a deer in headlights
nubbins`: funny story, our first hooters is opening up
this year
the20year1: i see
them all
the
time, with gore/lieberman stickers on
them
nubbins`: none because
they can't afford one
nubbins`: did
they realize
that 10 at a
time was
the least cost-effective method?
mircea_popescu: nubbins` clearly
the
tee but not
tank is a conspiraci of
the feminist dykes
to make life difficult for
the sluts.
nubbins`: i'm surprised
they didn't ask for bamboo
tanks
ThickAsThieves: incidentally i did few
t-shirt orders for clients, but
the last one was a yoga studio
chipug: honestly, fuck going outside.
think i'll give
that a miss from now on
nubbins`: "HERE'S A 200PX LOGO
THAT I WANT PRINTED EIGHT INCHES WIDE"
nubbins`: "WE'LL GO WITH
THE ECO FRIENDLY ONES"
nubbins`: punkman1: for some reason, you can't buy 100% organic cotton
tank
tops.
nubbins`: oh, did i mention
these are OVER DOUBLE
THE COST,
too?
ThickAsThieves: yeah cuz wholly organic would ruin yoga
tudios profit margin
mircea_popescu: do you know
the per-km-pound impact of
transporting vs
the per pound impact of manufacturing nongreen ?
nubbins`: seriously, i could sew a one-inch strip of organic cotton onto
the bottom of a regular
tank
top for
the same effect.
nubbins`: and because most people, given
the choice between BEING "eco-friendly" and APPEARING "eco-friendly", will choose
the latter
nubbins`: "is
this logo good enough quality?" 28kb png
nubbins`: than use non-organic
tanks from
the next province over
nubbins`: who would rather fly 6.25% organic cotton
tank
tops in from
the exact opposite end of
the north american continent
nubbins`: it even quelled my rage at
this client we're dealing with
nubbins`: my beautiful copy of
the codex seraphinianus arrived
today
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punkman1: hmm so
tin whiskers do indeed have
to do with
this "tin pest" reaction
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform srsly, all
that molten solder you've been breathing / spreading aroud
the kitchen
punkman1: wouldn't want any
tin whiskers
punkman1: mircea_popescu: will
the Cardano be lead-free or anything?
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deadweasel: lovely, next
time i need my anus dilated, I'll pick up a set.