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mircea_popescu: maybe ask him what his contingency plan is once twitter "loses his password" ? how will he continue to regale the eager world with the delightful tales of his continued, sustained failure to mean or matter in the world ?
mp_en_viaje: but schiff dun know about that, because i guess scott locklin mental issues.
mircea_popescu: anyway, a lot could be said re the standard interactions between these unmitigated assholes. take http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-fail-the-scott-locklin-method/ and compare/contrast to http://archive.is/QA0cl#selection-511.1-521.5 or http://archive.is/FyVWH#selection-277.1-287.38 or ten trillion other examples.
BingoBoingo: Well, Locklin's only had 5 going on 6 years to surrender and yet...
mircea_popescu: come to think about it, locklin fits very well in the impudent imbecile gallery, with yarvin, yukowsky and whatall else, 70s to 90s born fleshwastes.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform, was talking re dutch/locklin/whatever horde of these literate imbeciles.
a111: 69 results for "locklin", http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=locklin
asciilifeform: !#s locklin
a111: Logged on 2018-01-19 02:14 mircea_popescu: recall at some point was some pompous asshole locklin, "scientist" ? there's no end conceivable of supply. once one swallows the "always has choice" usg pill, that one becomes this. it's inescapable.
mircea_popescu: recall at some point was some pompous asshole locklin, "scientist" ? there's no end conceivable of supply. once one swallows the "always has choice" usg pill, that one becomes this. it's inescapable. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-fail-the-scott-locklin-method/
BingoBoingo: In other lol, people we've read talking about people we've read and sorted before (Lafond on Scott Locklin) http://www.jameslafond.com/article.php?id=8856
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2017-05-14#1655633 << if you mean the locklin piece, guess what! was my first impression of the dood five years ago as well. ☝︎
asciilifeform: ( though , unlike locklin, i will not rule out wreckers as the explanation )
phf`: locklin
mircea_popescu: in which field he's you know, folks like locklin's unconfessed but quite evident ideal.
mircea_popescu: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-11-09#1564885 << his bile is unwarranted. silver the dope, locklin the dope, what the fuck's the difference. ☝︎
a111: Logged on 2016-06-03 23:25 mircea_popescu: leaving it as an exercise for any attendant alfs to explain difference between locklin and baruth. $indistinguishable_flavours_of_stupid_old_man
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-06-03#1476745 << locklin entertained me (he had articles on 'q' programming lang, apl, etc. that were not wholly uninteresting.) ☝︎
mircea_popescu: leaving it as an exercise for any attendant alfs to explain difference between locklin and baruth. $indistinguishable_flavours_of_stupid_old_man ☟︎
a111: Logged on 2016-05-30 23:44 mircea_popescu: it was whether they'll live or die on the corpse of rome's empire. strictly that. and in my hands locklin will starve.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-05-30#1473835 << i'ma have to reread the original mircea_popescu-vs-locklin thing aren't i. ☝︎
mircea_popescu: it was whether they'll live or die on the corpse of rome's empire. strictly that. and in my hands locklin will starve. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform thinking about it, it occurs to me that locklin's maudlin piece about reals is exactly typical of him and his "i am not intelligent, nor creative, but here's a bunch of hood ornaments i stole from other people's cars so you may think me intelligent and creative if you've never seen a car before" stance.
mircea_popescu: anyway. wank, a locklin stock in trade (tm). moving on.
a111: Logged on 2016-05-26 02:14 mircea_popescu: heh look at that, locklin includes bitcoin the keyword in an attempt to stay buzzy.
asciilifeform: http://btcbase.org/log/2016-05-26#1472285 << i still hold that locklin's whipping at mircea_popescu's hands was wholly undeserved ☝︎
mircea_popescu: heh look at that, locklin includes bitcoin the keyword in an attempt to stay buzzy. ☟︎
assbot: An introduction to Kerf | Locklin on science ... ( http://bit.ly/1Ou6YU0 )
mircea_popescu: sure. like orlov, locklin and eric what's his face. they all live.
asciilifeform: (locklin)
asciilifeform: (locklin was a disgruntled physics student)
assbot: How to fail - the Scott Locklin method. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1MRUbgH )
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-fail-the-scott-locklin-method/#selection-229.46-229.131
mircea_popescu agrees with idea asciilifeform's linked article, still thinks very little of scott locklin.
assbot: Advice to a young social scientist | Locklin on science ... ( http://bit.ly/1JmYiwT )
mircea_popescu: <mats> conned or what? lent his name for a buck to some trash? << intelligent people have a lot of trouble avoiding locklin's mistake.
decimation: asciilifeform: actually in that scott locklin comment thread he brings up labview, which I'm sure you are familiar with
assbot: Not all programmers are alike: a language rant | Locklin on science ... ( http://bit.ly/1Dtx5Iy )
asciilifeform: i learned of the man from locklin, incidentally
mircea_popescu: the perfect age to be stupid re what things are, whatthey mean and what to trust. locklin's their model.
assbot: Notation as a tool for thought: Wavelets in J | Locklin on science
gribble: How to fail - the Scott Locklin method. pe Trilema - Un blog de ...: <http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-fail-the-scott-locklin-method/>; It's been an epic few days: What happened? pe Trilema - Un blog de ...: <http://trilema.com/2013/its-been-an-epic-few-days-what-happened/>; In defense of the troll pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.: <http://trilema.com/in-defense-of-the- (1 more message)
gribble: Anatomy of a Fusion press release | Locklin on science: <http://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/anatomy-of-a-fusion-press-release/>; Newer Posts - Locklin on science - WordPress.com: <https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/page/2/>; Design | Locklin on science: <https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/category/design/>
gabriel_laddel: ;; google scott locklin fusion press release
assbot: Not all programmers are alike: a language rant | Locklin on science
mircea_popescu: i can't read locklin without him annoying me. such a total schmoozeball.
assbot: Not all programmers are alike: a language rant | Locklin on science
assbot: Not all programmers are alike: a language rant | Locklin on science
asciilifeform: as i recall, locklin's observation was that 'printed' gun is a technowankerous curio, vastly inferior to an aggregation of discarded plumbing parts and a rusty nail
mircea_popescu: where is the locklin one. basically his thesis was that "printed guns will never work because the barrel isn't sexy"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform was this where i was disagreeing with locklin's similar idiocy ?
mircea_popescu: locklin never managed to get over being told off.
assbot: Optalysys and Optical computing | Locklin on science
assbot: Can the Su-25 intercept and shoot down a 777? | Locklin on science
assbot: Quantifiably unsane: Vessyl | Locklin on science
decimation: lol the scott locklin article. basically the NIF is a shrine to big engineering project meets pseudoscience
assbot: Anatomy of a Fusion press release | Locklin on science
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: locklin is one of those folks who never penetrated the btc bozo field
assbot: How to fail - the Scott Locklin method. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: i can't see a reference to lockin's stuff without thinking of http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-fail-the-scott-locklin-method/ anyway
assbot: Not all programmers are alike: a language rant | Locklin on science
assbot: Not all programmers are alike: a language rant | Locklin on science
ozbot: Michael Lewis: shilling for the buyside | Locklin on science
mircea_popescu: see, locklin is no jew.
asciilifeform: locklin is off the mark
mircea_popescu: then we wonder why locklin doesn't get bitcoin.
ozbot: Anatomy of a Fusion press release | Locklin on science
mircea_popescu: some people are locklin
mircea_popescu: (locklin being the new way to say dumb, as per http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-fail-the-scott-locklin-method/ )
benkay`: too locklin!
mircea_popescu: except they're too locklin to get it
mircea_popescu: i guess locklin is writing his apology already, in the terms of "Mircea Popescu was right, I'm a clueless douche with no education and too much ambition, and as a result I say stupid shit".
mircea_popescu: so then wtf is locklin on about
mircea_popescu: but locklin doesn't strike me as much better honestly.
mircea_popescu: http://www.google.com/search?q=scott+locklin&tbs=qdr:d lol
mircea_popescu: locklin dixit.