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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform see North Hollywood shootout etc. not
that
tricky.
nubbins`: ah, i always figured
the assault weapons were more for show
benkay: can you armor
the entire ghetto block squad?
mircea_popescu: notice
that
the serious bank robbers etc use very heavy assault weapons
mircea_popescu: you can get armor good enough
to render any handheld firearm useless.
mircea_popescu: the problems only begin
there. firearms are mostly an obsolete
technology.
benkay: the gutters are full of humans eager
to
test
the 20 dollar disposable firearm.
benkay: preach about
the plastic gun, asciilifeform
nubbins`: you can generally
tell by how much space you're willing
to let something
take up in your house
nubbins`: well
there's short-term
things and long-term
things
benkay: just enough
time
to become baseline competent but not anywhere near good.
benkay: i start over on a new domain every four years, i
think.
nubbins`: sadly, not enough
time
to learn it all
nubbins`: asciilifeform: i
think benkay is
thinking similar
to a lost wax process
benkay: asciilifeform: yes,
that is a casting process.
benkay: but man
the ludicrous shit
those poor companies struggling under
the fda have
to deal with
benkay: and
the impossible-to-machine rib-holding-together-hardware, nubbins`
benkay: obviously
takes some
tweaking, but
totally feasible.
nubbins`: hemostats, pliers,
tweezers, screwdriver grips, etc
benkay: your metals just burn
the plastic out of
the casting
nubbins`: i've seen lots of
tools made with 3d printers
benkay: if you pour metals 3d printers are
the bomb for casting
nubbins`: yeah, 3d printed sex
toy would actually be a bacteria factory
nubbins`: replacement battery covers for sex
toys, sure
nubbins`: generally sex
toys aren't made from hard plastic
pankkake: is it safe for sex
toys? I fear it isn't, but
that would be a great use
nubbins`: i don't doubt
that most of
the 3d printers in people's homes were used
to make a couple sets of chess pieces and now sit idle
nubbins`: but if you've got a need for rapid prototyping,
these
things are worth
their weight in gold
nubbins`: asciilifeform: for most of
the public, it's a solution in search of a problem
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three days
pankkake: for people who don't know how
to build
things
nubbins`: asciilifeform: it's
the ultimate novelty.
nubbins`: interesting
that it uses audio
to
transmit
the information
pankkake: it's still a
thing, allows big
things
to be stored at once. still at
this
time it's probably nothing
nubbins`: but yeah, consumables cost is probably
through
the roof
nubbins`: these resins seem
to remain flexible once cured
pankkake: if you exclude namecoin, and
the datacoin aberration, probably
mircea_popescu: before, not likely.
these people are not inovators, after all.
mircea_popescu: actually, i would wager a guess
that
the disk space of btc blockchain > disk space of all other altcoins combined
pankkake: spammers are extremely creative in avoiding
the word penis now, it's amazing
kakobrekla: it says so right on
the .. .eh.. nevermind
kakobrekla: well, without
the external adapters anyway
nubbins`: altho
to be fair you only need
those 8 characters
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nubbins`: i should probably start putting a full return address on
these packages,
too
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i was gonna do
that lol. much better. such meme now.
nubbins`: nod,
that's what caused me
to bring it up
sbp: mircea_popescu: Lindsay Lohan, by
the looks
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform also amusingly, gherla is romania's largest, most infamous prison and also an informal way
to say "prison" in general.
nubbins`: doge is maybe
the best meme yet
TomServo: I've looked at
those, but have always been hesitant
dexX7: but it's
too big imho
mircea_popescu: rarely, a younger girl
that will be a waitress past 30.