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ThickAsThieves: "I don't want
the next big job creating discovery,
the research and
technology,
to be in Germany, or China, or Japan,"
the president said
nubbins`: "OP made me feel quite ashamed of how a lot of
the listed qualities
that i find so disgusting in of
the mindsets of some
the crypto following, so succinctly described my own actions which i never looked closely, instead just looking at others in contempt."
nubbins`: if you can pay
to remove bans, posts like
that should entitle you
to a get-out-of-jail-free card
mircea_popescu: you're not getting a pass. which is you know... wtf,
this guy PASSED ?!
mircea_popescu: so are drugs. now, would you
take a 20 dollar hit
the day of a 20k exam ?
nubbins`: looked into
this some years ago when deciding whether
to do statistics or not
nubbins`: actuarial exams are a paid-for
thing usually, as well
mircea_popescu: enough so
that most people rely on
their comp
to pay for it.
nubbins`: in which case
the crash and burn would be more like a smouldering fire
mircea_popescu: nubbins` it's like
the SAT, except
to even show on
the scale in s7 you need about 98% on
the sat.
nubbins`: unless you actually did
take lsd
nubbins`: you'd crash and burn pretty close
to
the start
nubbins`: not being american nor a stock broker, can't say
that i have
ThickAsThieves: "If I was inclined
to have a boyfriend, I would select one my height and weight
to save having
to readjust
the driver's seat position. I am not interested in doubling my wardrobe as I wear
the same outfit everyday
to facilitate speedy identification should I ever be in a boating accident."
nubbins`: a guy really does lsd in
that wall street movie and writes an exam and passes it?
mircea_popescu: what good are 3Gh/W chips at 3 dollars each in
that context ?
herbijudlestoids: any chance of having assbot broadcasting in another chan with mode +q set so
the logger i setup only stores
the orders?
mircea_popescu: the notion
that
the imperial household is in any way limited wasn't doing
too well over
there anyway.
ThickAsThieves: "OK guys, everyone processed
these stellar news? Let's be optimistic
that
the driest patch is over, esp. communications-wise. Keep in mind
though,
the dividends won't rise until April and
there still may be weeks of silence where friedcat fixes
the last problems"
mircea_popescu: the part dealing with why
technology can't help
the police)
herbijudlestoids: BingoBoingo: plenty of interesting stuff from hedge funds and instos goes up
there as working papers daily ;)
mircea_popescu: i strictly mean, average quality went down, in
the sense
the understanding displayed dwindled. not in
the sense better predictions were done
ThickAsThieves: is it really a prediction if it was
the plan all along?
BingoBoingo: herbijudlestoids: Maybe subscribe
to some more interesting stuff
than SSRN
mircea_popescu: tho it's a huge
task, you can't even read all
the deluge of
today
herbijudlestoids: i dunno about your view but i am just saying predictive discourse was worse in 1913
than now
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: as someone who actually sits on SSRN in his free
time reading research old and new i kind of disagree
mircea_popescu: this is BECAUSE a democratic view
to specialist fields is harmful for everyone involved :
mircea_popescu: you will find a marked decline in
the average quality.
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids if you
take
the whole predictive discourse of economy in 1913 and compare
to 2013
herbijudlestoids: or economists have always sucked at predicting
the economy and now we know it
herbijudlestoids: so economists used
to be better at predicting
the economy and now
they suck?
ozbot: Predator Drone Sends North Dakota Man
to Jail - Forbes
mircea_popescu: and a few old people left over. once
they die
that's it.
mircea_popescu: in
the wake of wikipedia you have strictly ignoramuses with delusions of education
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids
there's a subtle point involved here : back when information cost money you had a bunch of ignoramuses clearly labeled as such and lots of educated people.
herbijudlestoids: but if i cant efficiently allocate it
then i wont allocate it
to anything but cash and gold since im risk averse
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: maybe democracy isnt what i mean. i want more information
to be freely available so
those who are interested in it can use it
to make informed decisions.
to "level
the playing field"
ThickAsThieves: well remember, she probably harbored hate for me by
then
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves you should have paid her
to dump her bf.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves you should have hired
the whole stable.
mircea_popescu: if you don't have
the greenest grass wtf are you doing
herbijudlestoids: because as it
turns out, not *all* jobs are about doing what everyone else says and if youve got
talent you can command
those jobs
mircea_popescu: then
they still hate you but a) you're having fun and b)
they also love you.
mircea_popescu: this is why you make your designers work nude and spank
them occasionally.
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids so make
them simple rather
than open.
ThickAsThieves: but
that job is all about doing what everyone else ssays
herbijudlestoids: complex systems "complicate away" friction and make
the system less robust
ThickAsThieves: thats
the big joke in entering
the graphic design field
herbijudlestoids: mircea_popescu: i
think
there is a lot
to be said for systems with high friction
ThickAsThieves: i also began
to feel guilty manipulating customers
to not shoot
themselves
mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids what rattles me is
this : how can you sit
there and propose democracy as anything but a horror, with
this experience ?
mircea_popescu: this is starting
to sound a little
too much like popular bitcoin finance.
herbijudlestoids: justuwait,
the next gen kiddies will know all our secrets by
the
time
theyre 12 and work for minimum wage
to do
the same
thing
herbijudlestoids: i work in large scale IaaS and its
the same, you gotta educate everyone
BingoBoingo: herbijudlestoids: No need
to own a still.
Time spent operating a hypothical or alleged still could be better spent on other ventures.
ThickAsThieves: particularly in
that you are
teaching
them something
they REALLY dont want
to believe