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ascii_field: (expect mircea
_popescu to retort 'throw the damn thing out' but i'll note that they aren't exactly in limitless supply - nor do we yet know of an alternate box that is)
mircea_popescu: ascii
_field but you take an eerily supermarket view of this setback thing.
ascii_field: in some cases ( mircea
_popescu of all people ought to know ) partial copy of something survives
mircea_popescu: gabriel
_laddel i specifically dispute the stance that we're trying "again". it's still the same one try, and it's still going oin magnificently.
mircea_popescu: ascii
_field there are always plenty of crumbs scattered around for the man carrying a large enough hammer.
ascii_field: mircea
_popescu: point being that it's much easier to honestly work towards some useful end when not fighting over crumbs
ascii_field: gabriel
_laddel: except that they -have- a wot. just, firmly under sc4mz0r control.
mircea_popescu: gabriel
_laddel for the sake of argument, can you identify an university that closer adheres to dijk's ideas set forth in your 2nd url than b-a ?
thestringpuller: BingoBoingo: Maybe like thestringpuller's it is missing << pete
_dushenski: I think that got fixed. tumblr is lik dumb.
danielpbarron: ascii
_field, when should something show up in /dev ? when i plug the usb thing in? or when the povo turns on?
gabriel_laddel: mircea
_popescu: I remember that a while ago you mentioned you lectured at local universities. Was this in Romania aor Argentina?
gabriel_laddel: mircea
_popescu: Yep. Aggressive intelligence frightens the luddites(?) who have temporarily taken over.
ascii_field: gabriel
_laddel: if you're interested in the eotvos thing, absolutely must read the old threads here
mats: mircea
_popescu: their reading comprehension is awful if they went and wrote this piece afterwards
ascii_field: gabriel
_laddel: schwartz actually experimented with cleaning it up and submitting as proper latexed paper to journals
mircea_popescu: gabriel
_laddel we were going to put it on the cardano originally, but guy stopped answering emails.
ascii_field: gabriel
_laddel: yes. and even bought it for actual money back when al was selling
ascii_field: mircea
_popescu: folks aren't signing up for uni because of employment, but as a temporary reprieve from... what comes next
gabriel_laddel: ascii
_field: has complete set of Uncle Al? Worth every satoshi?
ascii_field: mircea
_popescu: actually my explanation is out of date, now that i think about it
mircea_popescu: ascii
_field who in his right fucking mind would participoate in this ?
ascii_field: mircea
_popescu: that's not even the interesting part
punkman: mircea
_popescu: it was great when they weren't all "no kid left behind"
thestringpuller: ascii
_field: you're leaving your house quite often these days. I thought you may have developed agoraphobia.
mircea_popescu: ascii
_field no, it's 1 per 10k normally, and notice the age specification. you'd get about 1 to 300k 18yo suicides normally.
mircea_popescu: ascii
_field obviously not. i was asking him about his country today.
ascii_field: mircea
_popescu: you just need a pulse << not how it worked in ussr. sadistic entrance exams (for sci degree, that is. not for meritwash of apparatchik children, that was done american-style)
mircea_popescu: gabriel
_laddel you readily can. it's like trying to keep a 16yo girlfriend today. think of that, you have the model.
mircea_popescu: " (If you even wondered why I did not join Disneyland or IBM, you now know why. )" << gabriel
_laddel see ? right there.
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu: Did you not have your TSA approved paper gown?
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski "it wasn't a diary kibbutz, it was a bombs and explosives kibbutz. DIE GREAT SATAN!!!"
pete_dushenski: mircea
_popescu seems like this is also how calgary is cool but largely sucks
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski incredibly enough, it's not how that works.
nubbins`: mircea
_popescu i'll blithely respond by gesturing to all the people in my life who came here by chance and never left again 8)
mircea_popescu: pete
_dushenski the only thing that can work is making the place be cool. merely "not suck" is not good enough.
nubbins`: pete
_dushenski out of twodogland, specifically
BingoBoingo: pete
_dushenski: Maybe like thestringpuller's it is missing a field?
BingoBoingo: pete
_dushenski: Probably the best way to solve this problem is to look at how blogs that play nice with scoopbot do RSS and crib off of that
nubbins`: pete
_dushenski yourself, paste imgur here
BingoBoingo: <mircea
_popescu> he has all the sexual projection of a highschool retard. << "non-threatening" 1950's USia was retarded in this way
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu> elvis was dumb as rocks, if reports are to be trusted. << And drugged all to hell. Owner screwed the pooch on that one.
mircea_popescu: mike
_c the name&shame of vcs that did superfish was on slashdot etc
BingoBoingo: <mircea
_popescu> so your welding really consists of owning the dc. << Ideallu solder and powersupply is chozen such that yes
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: mircea
_popescu ^ where this was even for ? isp ? << well, turns out the datacenter (phoenix nap) refused to forward the counter-notification.
mircea_popescu: ben
_vulpes: this has made me wonder how much "book value" of these big shops is similarly inflated. << from the recovery practice, one would not usually expect more than about 1% of book value to be recoverable through asset sales.
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu: So in the newest Batman, the valet is the coldest killer
decimation: ben
_vulpes: my understaning is that patents are pretty worthless
decimation: ben
_vulpes: usg will 'pay' for R&D, so "R&D" is what you get :)
decimation: ben
_vulpes: I was reacting to your statement about third parties looking to 'create value'
decimation: ben
_vulpes: apparently the company R&D budget is now to be used for 'merit washing'
BingoBoingo: ben
_vulpes decimation Honestly I think people who run up bezzel debt and weaken fiat are heros
decimation: mircea
_popescu: don't you think shame is a motivator?
BingoBoingo: <mircea
_popescu> some time with their thoughts hindered no adult thinker. << No guarentee roommate would be adult thinker
BingoBoingo: <mircea
_popescu> there's exactly one rape there, and it comes out of a political struggle. << Is rape ever anything other than politics?
BingoBoingo: <mircea
_popescu> most people don't bother fucking their wives. why'd they bother with some random dude. << Prolly so random dude doesn't fuck them. WHy do dogs sniff assholes
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu: Seems to from what I can find on the subject.
BingoBoingo: mircea
_popescu: "Get ready for prison" camp is actually a thing is USia