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ben_vulpes: sure; i recently got 2 pair of
tall jackstands, delivered
to house, for ~.6
the cost of item at store which was even shorter
ben_vulpes: be damned if i'm going
to drive around all day on
the offchance
they have a
thing
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: i somehow get 'em
to leave
the register and check inventory manually
lobbes: There's something
to
this "locals blinded by pretense fall into uselessness" heuristic, I
think
a111: Logged on 2018-05-11 20:33 mircea_popescu: i dun recall EVER hearing "carolina is
the suck" in local drawl ; but people from ohio will literally ask you "what, and you came here ?!" as if
they can't conceive anyone who isn't born
there being found
there even momentarily.
lobbes: This was precisely my experience. I remember
thinking how *refreshing* it was
to come out of
the heart of pantsuitlandia (taxachusetts) where everyone was up
their own ass in "we are so progressive and enlightened.",
to ohio where everyone was "yeah... we pretty much suck. Sorry you have
to be here" >>
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-11#1812483 ☝︎ lobbesbot: danielpbarron:
The operation succeeded.
mircea_popescu: i dun recall EVER hearing "carolina is
the suck" in local drawl ; but people from ohio will literally ask you "what, and you came here ?!" as if
they can't conceive anyone who isn't born
there being found
there even momentarily.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: and argentina, or
the us, full
to
the brim of imbeciles
thinking "the whole world is in awe of our example", went from
top 5
to worst decile in
the same interval.
mircea_popescu: lobbes, incidentally, i've noticed
the people's subjective reported dissatisfaction is one of
the best proxies for local suckitude. ~100% of romanians agreed
that romania sucks, 1988, and as a result romania went from ~gabon
to ~austria in 30 years. meanwhile columbia people agreed with
themselves "they love
their country", and columbia went from columbia
to columbia in
the interval. nicaragua idem.
lobbes: Hey, at least
there is
that!
lobbes: But
teh weather here is so much better, so I can't complain
too much I guess
lobbes: I will say, I've lived in New England, Ohio, and now here. And, believe it or not, imo
the people of Ohio
trump
the usefulness of people here by a large margin
mircea_popescu: civilisation just isn't what it used
to be, 1mn lazy asses don't sum >0.
mircea_popescu: heh. it occurs
to me i've not lived in a city smaller
than 1mn in YEARS
lobbes: Looks like
there's a fry's in Raleigh, roughly
three hours from me o.0
lobbes: Few weeks ago I was
trying
to buy a power supply cable and didn't want
to wait for lulazon
to ship.
Tried half-dozen local shops, both "big box retailers" and "mom n pop computer stores"; -none- had any in stock >>
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-11#1812272 ☝︎ mircea_popescu: let
them be nude and happy outdoors, chained
to
the respective chainposts.
hanbot: ystem
they were going
to
tell
the cashier about....
a111: Logged on 2018-05-11 16:25 mircea_popescu: in strict, physical
terms. i can peel a coupla bills off
the roll way before anyone can a)
take
the card b) orient it
to machine slit ; c) slide it
through ; d) wait for data
to run back and forth
to visa servers (include here
the pro-rated delay of "servers down" shenanigans) ; e) get me
to "sign" like 1100 period barbarians
the f) slip of paper it printed and spit out etc.
hanbot:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-05-11#1812288 << yeah, YOU can. way before pretty much anyone else, and certainly way
the fuck before
the masses can a) be
told
that yes, in fact,
the act of purchasing something involves
them paying! b)
thereby realize
they will have
to retrieve monies c) emit a mournful moo d) reach into bottomless purse/euromanpurse/dip hoof into each of eleventeen pockets e) find a button! f) remember
that bunion/ill aunt/weather s
☝︎ mircea_popescu: ie, "all
these naked chicks can't even figure out where
the praying beads are"
hanbot: hey danielpbarron (or any other mp-wp users with 'classic'
theme goin'), assuming you're using mp's antispam, wouldja mind pasting your
themes/classic/comments.php for me so i can see how you're handling
the $suffix? differs from
the 'default' i'm using, but i'd like
to include a fix for it in a comments patch.
a111: Logged on 2018-05-11 19:38 mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, and
this is different from
the bitcoin dot com scheme how ?
BingoBoingo: What is Africa but a European playground where
the
toys
took over
the playing?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, and
this is different from
the bitcoin dot com scheme how ?
☟︎ phf: yeah, dakar rally for
trucks is a european
take on monster
truck rally
thing, not as larger
than life over
the
top, but
taps
the same kind of feelings
phf: ben_vulpes: i'd say 1/3 of image search results is with
that
thing airborne
ben_vulpes: take me out
to
the deeesert/romp around on
the flaaaats/burning oil and lighting off guns/fuck all
the liberals i'm gonna have fun/cause it's root root root for
the germans/if
the diesels get neutered it's a shaaaaaame/cause it's one!
two!
three! strikes you're out in
the us! penitentiary! game!
ben_vulpes: heh heh heh nothing like seeing five
tons on 1.25 wheels
a111: Logged on 2018-05-11 17:05 asciilifeform: kamaz. (
to be fair,
they make a buncha different ones )
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, wait, so
they claim
they PURGED
the debian keys ? in 2015 ?
mircea_popescu: also very large cacti count as "wooden" in
this sense. but i mean gimme a break, yes wood is supposed
to float, but not in acetone ffs.
mircea_popescu: you can hold without effort humongous looking clubs,
too, it's practically speaking made of packing peanuts.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes, anyway, yeah,
the "wood"... i mean
they have all
these overgrown grasses which
to ~them~ appear woody, but
taking an axe
to a palm is not so unlike
taking down a movie set in anger.
mircea_popescu: "you know how after you're constipated for like
the rest of
the day ? shit has been ruined!"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, ahahaha, is
that a locomotive
temple
to my penis ?
ben_vulpes: poor asciilifeform, one begins
to understand his resentment of
the "bars with acres of parking"
mircea_popescu: (the bottle of venezuelan rum, btw, has been a standard mandatory for
the car for a year now)
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes, also not
the same flora here.
the wood is about half-value if i had
to guess, caloric-wise.
mircea_popescu: charcoal sack is now a mandatory car
trunk item. at
the rate i'm going i might actually next buy a
truck.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: sounds like
they let it burn off, which'd keep it moderate.
the problem usgderps suffer from is *not* letting it burn.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes, suffers from it moderately.
there's occasional wildfire, but nothing like california.
trinque had a nice outing with
the girl once, drove 4runner out onto
the beach, fucked
the night away, cooked breakfast in a fire-pit we made
mircea_popescu: however a)
they build out of steel beams and brick and b)
they're built out of solid "don't give a fuck". so...
ben_vulpes: wildfires at all? suffers from
the northwestern us problem of excess
tinder buildup at all?
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: place gets enough rain
that
the whole
thing is unlikely
to go up at once right?
mircea_popescu: b) go
to
the beach, want
to start a fire ? by all means. wanna make a fire in your yard ? yes please. is
there a fire going ? cool!
mircea_popescu: the very relaxed attitude
to fire among
these people is a joy
to behold. a) anyone can start a lawn fire at any
time
they feel like, and
there's daily sirens from firetrucks rushing
to reign in
the more successful attempts.
mircea_popescu: well...
the way
they do it here is
that you
take it out
to
the "rancho" (basically, concrete poles with a roof) and charcoal it
there.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: nono, i exaggerate, grossly.
that said, i haven't figured out how
to bake a chicken without a cloud of chicken-scent emerging and permeating
the domus on every basting.
mircea_popescu: i must say im really impressed with phuctor 3.0 webatron. sensibly more responsive
than prev.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes, for
the record, if your place needs evacuation every
time girl fries something you might consider a) getting better oil and b) not smoking
the shit out of it.
mircea_popescu: not
that slow either.
the mentally livelier ones REALLY get motivated by
the "make something with own hands" cheap and early successes.
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: sure, dood is like sixty five
tho.
mircea_popescu: i mean,
that nut with
the "mac on cheese on pizza awesum!" is actually adventurous and far sighted with reference
to her peer group. sad as
that may sound.
mircea_popescu: let
the aspirants
to relevancy work for
their aspirations.