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Vexual: our law professors all leeave so
they dont suicide
mircea_popescu: so basically in
the "civil system" so
to speak,
the common law lecturer actually is
the associate professor.
nubbins`: vexual,
the queen is a figurehead here ;p
coingenuity: mircea_popescu:
theres a lower level
than lecturer, but
this is made of non-graduated students
nubbins`: vexual, you
think
this is an experiment? ;p
Vexual: theres an element
they are forgetting
mircea_popescu: ok so actually you call lecturer something
thatg'd be here "preparatory", ie, pre - assistant
Vexual: here i know of a uni
that gets 100k for any phd, and it doesnt cost
them
that much by any means
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coingenuity: so lecturers put in
their
time, hopefully less
than 10 years.... and pray
they get a proper associate professor position
mircea_popescu: the way
they do it here is you join as a research phd/grad which is called "associate prof",
then you get lecturer, conferentiary and finally professorship
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: basically, before you get
to
the level of being a proper professor, you have
to do all
the bitch work
that full professors wont do
Vexual: good for a patent lawyer and 1%
thats all
coingenuity: because you're not qualified enough
to be a proper professor
Vexual: its like you, before
the internet was athing
nubbins`: tenure is becoming a
thing of
the past
coingenuity: nope, mircea_popescu - you experience
tenure only above
the level of assistant professor
pankkake: yeah,
that is bad, I
think it's funny but looks like I'm
the only one
mircea_popescu: coingenuity i
thought everything in academia is on
tenure
track
mircea_popescu: think about it, user locks btc up
then gets...nothing.
mircea_popescu: pankkake well, generally if a bet can't be re-written
to exclude a draw
then it's probably not worth betting on.
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: lecturers are non-tenure-track, even at a senior level - basically
the lowest level of college academic you can have
pankkake: mircea_popescu: so what can I do for
the "BFL will ship before ActiveMining" bet? make it last longer? I agree
that
the draw result would be boring, but defaulting
to Yes or No is worse
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: nope, his highest
title was senior lecturer... i dont
think he's qualified as a full professor
coingenuity: like, real professor would give obama a stack of papers and say "read
this shit, and administer
this pop quiz"
mircea_popescu: i can't wait for him appointing
to judicial jobs all his students
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coingenuity: also interesting is
that obama was a
teacher for most of his career
Vexual: he can
trade choom on
the big island
Vexual: pc went mad a long
tima ago
Vexual: they changed
the books
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: pretty much, obama is
too worried about stupid
things like gay marriage and gun ownership
to care about, you know,
the economy
mircea_popescu: maybe it's "stop paying people
to not farm, start paying people
to not get birth control"
mircea_popescu: that's an interestin
topic, actually. i wonder where obama stands ion farm subsidies.
Vexual: coz ill
take
the land and make it earn with no subsidies
pankkake: the EU has
the Common Agricultural Policy. it's nonsense
coingenuity: did
they? i
thought it was an american construct... we've been doing it for like 90 years now
coingenuity: i.e. government pays farmers
to /not/ grow crops
nubbins`: coingenuity: nah, nl *hydro* does
that
Vexual: teach em
to use it wisely
coingenuity: nubbins`:
the way
their shareholders make money is bilking
the government
mircea_popescu: there's also
the paper fiction stuff, described
there.
nubbins`: would've
thought
they'd at least
try
to dress it uop
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Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
nubbins`: well, it's
their job
to make
their shareholders money
coingenuity: core infrastructure
that is subsidized always is poor on paper so
they can get more subsidy
coingenuity: but
thats all just nonsense, same as waste management or
television service,
they're only profitless on paper
nubbins`: newfoundland power petitioned
to have rates increased recently, and
they just flat out stated
that it was so
their shareholders would get a fair return on
their investment
mircea_popescu: perversely
the govt makes more per kw/h burned
than
the elec company.
mircea_popescu: coingenuity except at least in
the us
the way
they're run
they make jack shit anyway.
Vexual: am looks good, but 200m?
thats a lot for one cat
coingenuity: mircea_popescu: ive said for years,
teh
true winners from mining are power companies
mircea_popescu: The average price of electricity in October was 13.2 cents per kilowatt hour (KWH), up from 12.8 cents per KWH in October 2012—and up from 9.3 cents per KWH in October 2003. Americans now pay 42 percent more for electricity
than
they did a decade ago.
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Vexual: my clockspeed is
too slow
Vexual: eys in
the rocks look like cambodia
nubbins`: ^
that's an album cover, i occasionally come across it while browsing for records
Vexual: coke addicted reindeer hanging around under your lemon
tree?
mircea_popescu: why did dipshit get
to be a
thing ? dipstick seems much better a word.
ozbot: Ben Caplan &
the Casual Smokers - Conduit Music Video (Official) - YouTube
Vexual: the mexican from
the hottub?
Vexual: yah vinegar dinky. its a
thing
KRS1: some of
this artwork looks like someone was on acid
nubbins`: you buy both, you get an original drawing wrapped around
them
KRS1: thats what
this is?
Vexual: oz zine was crazier
than
trilema
KRS1: i've never seen a publication like
this
truffles: nubbins`
tastes in rock music is so out
there
KRS1: thanks
this one is choppy
ozbot: Ben Caplan &
The Casual Smokers - 40 Days and 40 Nights @ NXNE 2012 - YouTube
nubbins`: sorry for
the change of venue, couldn't find it on youtube
ozbot: Ben Caplan &
The Casual Smokers - Forty Days And Forty Nights on Vimeo
Vexual: i occasionally photocopy
thing children shoudnt read
truffles: theyre hurting her again
though
Vexual: his kungfu is good enough you dont want
to ask
Vexual: probly
to
the marina, im a busy dude
truffles: where u gonna go with
the yacht Vexual
Vexual: im bookmarking
this mix so i play it qwhen im
too high
Vexual: ill do it in reverse if you give me 2
tracks