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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 ?
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: 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: in which field he's you know, folks like
locklin's unconfessed but quite evident ideal.
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
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.
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.
mircea_popescu: heh look at that,
locklin includes bitcoin the keyword in an attempt to stay buzzy.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: sure. like orlov,
locklin and eric what's his face. they all live.
mircea_popescu agrees with idea asciilifeform's linked article, still thinks very little of scott
locklin.
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
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
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
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 ?
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
assbot: How to fail - the Scott
Locklin method. pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
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
ozbot: Anatomy of a Fusion press release |
Locklin on science
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: but
locklin doesn't strike me as much better honestly.