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nubbins`: yeah, i submitted a fix and
they applied it almost immediately
nubbins`: that's with both lines on
the front
tho, extra cost if you want it split back & front ;(
deadweasel: where's my "Got land?
Thank Whitey!"
tshirt, nubbins` ?
nubbins`: imagine
the nightmare of
transcribing
that
nubbins`: need
to catch
the light
to see
the pubkey
benkay: i want my pubkey embossed on my business card now
that i
think about it
nubbins`: i was just floating
the idea of bespoke
t-shirts with one's public pgp key printed on
the front
benkay: q4->q1 drought looks
to end soon
nubbins`: but surprisingly economical if you order even just
two
nubbins`: probably
the nerdiest
t-shirt i can
think of
nubbins`: t-shirts with public keys printed on
them,
think
there's a market?
nubbins`: it's not
that hard
to pull off.
nubbins`: to a point,
this original definition still fits
nubbins`: at one
time, an idiot was one who was unconcerned with public affairs
ozbot: Idiot - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
pankkake: isn't it
the modern panem et circenses?
nubbins`: turns out
the power-hungry aren't necessarily
the best people
to be placed in positions of power
nubbins`: democracy came about as a way for power-hungry low-borns
to claw
their way
to
the
top
nubbins`: Duffer1: perhaps
the biggest lel of modern history
nubbins`: when selling a house, oil heat is a huge negative
these days
nubbins`: today, an oil furnace will bleed your wallet dry over
the course of a winter
mircea_popescu: in a coal fired county ?! by people who made
their fortune in energy ?!
mircea_popescu: <nubbins`> and 90% of new builds use electric for
the primary heat source << in canada ?!
nubbins`: "You won't see me crying when
the power goes out. It's your own responsibility
to keep warm,
that's yourself and
the vulnerable, so just deal with it. It's not
the government's fault."
nubbins`: oh, i was mistaken,
that plant burns oil
nubbins`: today, you have communities setting up "warming centres" when
the lights go out
nubbins`: throw another log in
the wood stove
the20year2: here in
the US
the coal plant would be producing less and less due
to more regulations
nubbins`: a generation ago, nobody gave a fuck when
the lights went out
nubbins`: and
the same 35-40yo coal generating plant pumping out
the kWs
the20year2: I
told everyone I knwo for
the past 2-3 years
they need
to be buying backup propane hosue heaters and fuel, hardly anyone did it. And now we've had
this freeze
that's really caused problems
nubbins`: and 90% of new builds use electric for
the primary heat source
nubbins`: compounded by
the fact
that
there are a lot of "McMansions" being built by
those who made
their fortunes in
the oil and gas industry
the20year2: but who wants
to do
that? it
takes effort
the20year2: you'd
think with average snowfall
that high you'd have people prepare
nubbins`: we received i
think 140cm of snow in december, without any melt
nubbins`: TBF
the weather did play a small role in
the availability. all supplies are brought here by boat
the20year2: Sort of like when hurricane sandy hit NY/NJ
this year, instead of letting gas go up 50c a gallon
they just let
the stations run out. Fuel companies could have brought in fuel for an extra 25c-50c a gallon, but
the states ruled it illegal
nubbins`: well,
the need for fuel wasn't visible for many until substations started exploding
nubbins`: generally "scalping" doesn't happen here, so
there's
that, at least
the20year2: Depends on how contracts were written,
they can be written
to deal with availability. A market economy could also see
the need for fuel/goods and
transport
them
nubbins`: much easier
to complain about shortages
than
to address
the fact
that
they caused said shortages by rushing
to stock up on fuel when
the outages begin
nubbins`: but few will admit
their complete failure
to plan for
the unexpected
nubbins`: in fact,
the lack of planning was on
the part of
the citizens
mircea_popescu: everyone's moved on
to a planned/command economy and refuse
to admit it.
mircea_popescu: i don't get
this bs. how can a market economy experience shortages, at all.
nubbins`: needless
to say, you can't buy a generator or a bottle of kerosene here at
the moment
nubbins`: repair
time for a downed line? 1 month
nubbins`: hydro megaproject is actually located in mainland canada, connected
to
the island by undersea cables and
then above-ground cables passing
through a mountain range
nubbins`: the rolling outages started
this winter and are expected
to continue for
the next four winters
nubbins`: largest coal plant on
the island is ~10 years beyond expiry date
nubbins`: massive hydro project coming online in "2017", will increase rates dramatically for us while providing cheaper electricity
to other provinces and american markets
mircea_popescu: they do
this
thing where
they give it @2 cents/kwh
to old geezers etc. so some very passible welfare sort of hting
nubbins`: yeah, you don't find many single young people living on
their own here
nubbins`: to be fair,
that's maybe
the most vulnerable
to regional variation
mircea_popescu: well i
tell you, in general a student chick is either living in a four
to
the room dorm or else five-six chicks in an apartment, here. giving her her own place is a larger step up
than her education would afford.
nubbins`: cost of living is generally calibrated
towards min wage, more or less
mircea_popescu: anyway, i don't
think it's significantly different,
tbh.
nubbins`: 5 years ago you could rent
the same place for 450-500
mircea_popescu: in short : breat is a poor comparison point (partly because most women being able
to bake bread keeps bakeries honest)
nubbins`: ~$4.50 for
two liters, although being on an island with few cows, it's understandably more costly
than mainland canada
mircea_popescu: well... what's a gallon of milk
there ? it's about 7 bucks here by now.
nubbins`: going by a loaf of bread,
that 150 bucks would be about $525/mo here
nubbins`: so you can't get paid
to sit on your ass your entire life?
nubbins`: marginally worthless pulling
their own weight -- is
this before welfare became a
thing?
mircea_popescu: with drugs, 90% of
the population ends up costing more
than it's worth, and half of what by such a wide margin even salami is a poor use.
mircea_popescu: mno. normally
the population is more or less balanced, ever
the marginally worthless can pull
their own weight. get a job, pay
the rent.
nubbins`: pros and cons.
the uninspired continue
to be uninspired
nubbins`: it's practically canadian culture at
this point
nubbins`: although i always had
the impression
that eastern europeans didn't bother
too much with
the softer drugs
mircea_popescu: i'd be surprised if a
teenager in 10 actually ever had actual drugs of any kind.
nubbins`: something like 50-60% of canadians admit
to smoking marijuana
nubbins`: what's
the story on casual drug use in romania, anyway?
mircea_popescu: leave aside if
they actually had been stealing your
trash for
the past 5 months.
mircea_popescu: yeah, except until
the cops ransack your place and find 5 sets of opened similar packages cause your gf can't be bothered
to
take out
the
trash
nubbins`: "must have been
those pill heads,
they hate me and
they're into drugs"
nubbins`: if anything,
the fact
that i've complained about my pill-head neighbours so many
times would lend much credence
to my story, should i be caught with a package full of drugs in my mailbox
mircea_popescu: the judge will warn you and let you off if its your first
time
nubbins`: anyway, judges here are generally practical people who realize
that
they live in
the real world
mircea_popescu: and for
the cost of a drink you can send someon
to bed.
nubbins`: so for
the cost of a stamp and a couple of pills, you can send someone
to
trial
nubbins`: and
the pillheads go off
to jail